[MyAppleMenu] Friday, Aug 8, 2003

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Friday, Aug 8, 2003

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Macworld Backing Out From Hub Show (Scott Van Voorhis, Boston Herald)
<http://www.bostonherald.com/business/business/mac08082003.htm>
IDG World Expo, which controls the prominent show known as a Mecca-like magnet for deep-pocketed Mac users, said yesterday that it could make more sense to keep the show in New York.

MyAppleMenu : News
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101 Uses For Apple iChat (Leander Kahney, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,59931,00.html>
People are finding many versatile uses for Apple's iChat AV software, like sharing video across town or finding dates. Thing is, they're not using it much for video conferencing, the task for which it was built.

Back To School (Cade Metz, PC Magazine)
<http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1210552,00.asp>
Today, the most important school supply, aside from textbooks and perhaps a coffeemaker, is a PC.

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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Poll: 75% Will Hang Fire on G5 (Karen Haslam, Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=6708>
Many readers feel that delaying buying a G5 will allow time for hardware upgrades, G5-related changes to OS X, and price decreases.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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QuicKeys A Lasting Way To Automate Your Day (Bob LeVitus, Houston Chronicle)
<http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/tech/weekly/2037076>
The bottom line is that QuicKeys may be the most useful utility I own.

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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Microsoft Showdown To Test EU Powers (Reuters)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-5061393.html>
The European Commission is close to a showdown in its Microsoft case that will test its ability to force the world's largest software company to make immediate changes in its controversial business practices.

More Wintel news at <http://www.myapplemenu.com/wintel/>

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: News & Opinions
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New Top-Level Domain Goes .Pro (Lisa M. Bowman, CNET News.com)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-5061326.html>
RegistryPro is hoping doctors, lawyers and accountants will get with its .pro program.

Making The Web Pay (Ben Hammersley, Guardian)
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,1013313,00.html>
Can an individual with a talent for writing, drawing, photography or music use the internet, not to create millions, but to make enough to live comfortably and do what they want to do professionally?

Personal Broadcasting Opens Yet Another Front For Journalists (J.D. Lasica, Online Journalism Review)
<http://www.ojr.org/ojr/workplace/1060223904.php>
A camera, firewire and the ability to Webcast are all you need. Oh yeah, and don't forget that you have to like sticking a camera and microphone in people's faces.

Google Expands Self-Serve Ad System (Paul Festa and Stefanie Olsen, CNET News.com)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-5060917.html>
Google, which rose to prominence by making it easier to find information on the Web, is now making it easier to sell ad space there.

MyAppleMenu Reader: Life
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Food Shopping In The Fastest Lane (Jennifer Steinhauer, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/08/nyregion/08FOOD.html>
The founder of FreshDirect, the hot online grocery business, believes he has seized on the heavy lifting problem, by speaking to a city's passion for good food minus the unpleasantness of actually shopping for it.

Stuck In The Present (Josie Appleton, Spiked)
<http://www.spiked-online.com/Articles/00000006DE78.htm>
If the past is a foreign country, some history students seem to be finding it difficult even leaving their home town.

CBS Reporter Finds The Drama In Ordinary Lives (Phil Rosenthal, Chicago Sun-Times)
<http://www.suntimes.com/output/rosenthal/cst-ftr-phil07.html>
Today a fixture on "The CBS Evening News With Dan Rather" as well as a biweekly essayist on "60 Minutes II," Hartman has ascended at CBS News without reporting from a war zone, the White House or the latest Trial of the Century. He did it by hanging out with the Cabbage Patch Kids.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Too Many Stat Boards Spoil The Show (Lee Han Shih, Today)
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/4416.asp>
A nimble, pro-active and quick-thinking bureaucracy will help people and business run around less to get things done here.

Call To Arms In Singapore Yields Explosive Results (The Age)
<http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/08/07/1060145799308.html>
Right in our region there is a company that is making a bid to be an important international player in weapons production and sales. Its name is Singapore Technologies Engineering, a company that is listed in Singapore and ultimately controlled by the Singapore Government. The company aims to do more than simply supply Singapore's armed forces. It is touting for big export sales.

SBS Transit Pledges To Look Into Grievances (Goh Chin Lian, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,4386,203700,00.html?>
This comes after a closed-door dialogue on bus routes between grassroots leaders and the firm.

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