[MyAppleMenu] Thursday, Aug 14, 2003

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Thursday, Aug 14, 2003

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Will Browser Verdict Snare Others? (Paul Festa, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1032_3-5063444.html>
A patent-infringement judgment against Microsoft and its Internet Explorer browser has raised speculation over which company in the Web browser market might be the next target of Microsoft's pursuer.

More Power To You (David Zeiler, Baltimore Sun)
<http://www.sunspot.net/technology/custom/pluggedin/bal-mac081403,0,7977210.column?coll=bal-business-indepth>
Apple's muscular 64-bit chip could help launch a new wave of software innovation.

MyAppleMenu : News
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Apple Korea Opens 'Experience Center' (Korea Herald)
<http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2003/08/15/200308150023.asp>
Apple said customers will be able to browse the store and test the latest computer gadgets at the center, a move aimed at broadening its user pool in the domestic market.

Apple Releases August Security Update (Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/08/14/securityupdate/>
Security Update 2003-08-14 addresses a potential vulnerability in the fb_realpath() function which could allow a local or remote user to gain unauthorized root privileges to a system.

Final Cut Pro Updated To Version 4.0.1 (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/08/14/finalcut/>
The Final Cut Pro 4.0.1 update provides performance improvements and enhancements in several areas.

Designer's Dream Desk For i-Things (BBC News)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3141955.stm>
As part of his final year design project at Huddersfield University, John Treby created an innovative workstation which he hopes will mean users will not have to trip over themselves to reach their MP3s and cameras.

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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Why Apple Is So Tempting (Josh McHugh, Wired)
<http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.09/start.html?pg=2>
If Sony's up to the challenge of working with a quirky phenom, it could do worse than to adopt Apple.

Apple Settles In G3 OS X Case (Dan GIllmor, San Jose Mercury News)
<http://weblog.siliconvalley.com/column/dangillmor/archives/001274.shtml#001274>
Apple is doing the right thing by settling. Owning up to its mistake would be even better.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Speed Up OS X's Mail.app By Rebuilding Address Book (Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing)
<http://boingboing.net/2003_08_01_archive.html#200443964>

To Each, His Own: Sharing A Family PC (Ian Austen, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/14/technology/circuits/14basi.html?ex=1061438400&en=1d5a6e1828906ca6&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE>
Owners of relatively recent computers running the latest versions of Windows or the Macintosh operating systems may already have some of the solutions for peacefully sharing one computer.

Man's Best Friend (Marc Zeedar, MacOPINION)
<http://www.macopinion.com/columns/tangible/03/08/12/index.html>
Will I switch to Mailsmith? Or would another program work better? Or will I decide that Emailer, now that it's running smoother, is still good for a few more years?

Sim City 4 (Kirk Hiner, Applelinks.com)
<http://www.applelinks.com/reviews/simcity4.shtml>
If you've never played a Sim City game before, now's a good time to give it a try. And although there's nothing really ground breaking here, fans of the series won't be disappointed.

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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Microsoft Abandons Outlook Express (Angus Kidman, ZDNet Australia)
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,39020369,39115680,00.htm>
It might be the world's most widely distributed email client, but Microsoft has confirmed that it has no intention of further developing Outlook Express.

Microsoft To Launch European Music Site (Chris Nuttall, Financial Times)
<http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1059478992475>
Microsoft is stealing a march on rival Apple Computer in the battle for the burgeoning online music market, with the launch in Europe of a pay-as-you-go music-download service modelled on the iTunes service that has been a big success for Apple Computer in the US.

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

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: Top Stories
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The Quest For The Next Big Thing (Robert D. Hof, BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/03_34/b3846618.htm>
Gadget or service, it may emerge from a global digital nervous system.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: News & Opinions
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The Trouble With Ad Targeting -- And A Solution (Steve Outing, Editor And Publisher)
<http://www.editorandpublisher.com/editorandpublisher/features_columns/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1954756>
Ad-content conflicts have long been a problem for print media; now they're a bigger potential minefield for digital media.

Would You Like Wi-Fi With That? (Paul Boutin, Wired)
<http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.09/start.html?pg=4>
If wireless Internet access is such a hot technology, why is it such a dud business?

Are Windows And Linux Technology Equals? (James Maguire, NewsFactor)
<http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/22080.html>
Statistics about dramatic Linux sales growth are numerous, but here is one of the most telling: Sales of Linux servers in the U.S. grew a jaw-dropping 90 percent in Q4 of 2002 compared with the same period the previous year, says Gartner Dataquest.

Worm A Sign Of Horrors To Come? (Associated Press)
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,60019,00.html>
Security experts said the world was lucky this time because LovSan is comparatively mild and doesn't destroy files. They worry that a subsequent attack exploiting the same flaw -- one of the most severe to afflict Windows -- could be much more damaging.

Slick New Hand-Held Looks Like A Laptop -- With A Price To Match (Walter S. Mossberg, Wall Street Journal)
<http://ptech.wsj.com/archive/ptech-20030807.html>

MyAppleMenu Reader: Science & Tech
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The New Diamond Age (Joshua Davis, Wired)
<http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.09/diamond.html>
Armed with inexpensive, mass-produced gems, two startups are launching an assault on the De Beers cartel.

MyAppleMenu Reader: Life
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A Race To Master The Art Of French Cooking (Amanda Hesser, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/13/dining/13JULI.html>
Julie Powell is in the homestretch. She has 13 days and 22 recipes to go to complete what possibly only Julia Child has done. If she meets her Aug. 26 deadline, Ms. Powell will have cooked all 524 recipes in the 1961 classic, "Mastering the Art of French Cooking."

Call It Starbucking, The Fine Art Of Hating Your Local Outlet Of The Seattle Coffeehouse Chain. Why Is Starbucks The Brand We Love To Hate? (James Sullivan, San Francisco Chronicle)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/08/13/DD230381.DTL>
Perhaps more to the point, the company has come to represent an insidious sort of big-business inexorability and a particular brand of "lifestyle" marketing epitomized by the company's own chief product. They're not selling coffee so much as the "Starbucks Experience."

Mostly Not Mozart (Tara Pepper, Newsweek)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/950426.asp>
Few orchestras play the works of contemporary classical composers, and almost no one buys their albums. Is their music uninspired -- or do we simply not get it?

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Time To Review Land Compensation (Winnie Teo Chor Huan, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,4386,204661,00.html?>
SLA should take note that land compensation involves public money. Therefore some basic guidelines on valuation must be laid down, and checks on valuations made, to ensure that the compensation paid is fair.

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