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Tuesday, Aug 19, 2003

MyAppleMenu : News
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PodQuest Puts Driving Directions On Your iPod (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2003/08/19/podquest>

Apple G5 Hits The Street (Jay Wrolstad, NewsFactor)
<http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/22117.html>
Mac users "should run, not walk," to their local store to check out the G5, says Aberdeen Group analyst Peter Kastner. "Mac buyers can stand tall; they now have what is arguably a performance leader."

New Apple Stores In Chicago-Area, Richmond (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news/20681>

Shareware Turns Nokia 3650 Into 'Universal Remote' (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/08/19/veta/>
If you have a Nokia 3650 mobile phone and a Bluetooth-enabled Mac running Mac OS X (10.2 or higher), you can use the phone as a universal remote control,  thanks to the US$8 Veta Universal 1.0 tool.

Apple Optimizes Emagic Platinum 6.2 For G5 (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news/20679>
Apple's Emagic today released Logic Platinum 6.2, the first version of its professional audio production application optimized for the Power Mac G5.

G5 Details Emerge (Jonny Evans, Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/top_news_item.cfm?NewsID=6760>
Details are emerging of Apple's Power Mac G5s, following the products' shipment in the US and other territories (including the UK) yesterday.

Cinema Display Prices Cut (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=6755>
Apple UK has reduced the price of the 20-inch Cinema Display and 23-inch Cinema HD Display.

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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Mac.Ars Takes On The Nature Of Apple, Plus The Prognosis For OS 9 (Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica)
<http://arstechnica.com/etc/mac/index.html>
Is this strategy of becoming all things to all people a good one? Can an IT purchasing manager take a company seriously which sells singles and servers?

.Mac Poll: 57% Plan To Re-Subscribe (Karen Haslam, Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=6757>

The Value Of Diverse Operating System (Clair Garman, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11952-2003Aug18.html>
Perhaps it is time to consider having various operating systems that interface with one another.

OK, Apple -- You Win (Chad Dickerson, InfoWorld)
<http://weblog.infoworld.com/dickerson/2003/08/18.html>

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Xserve: Newest Version Of The Xserve Features Less Noise, More Power For Demanding Workloads (P.J. Connolly, Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2003/09/reviews/xserve/>
The Xserve isn't yet perfect, but with the latest tweaks, including a faster CPU and improvements to the cooling and ventilation systems, it just got closer. It's still the easiest server to manage.

Acrobat 6.0 Professional: The Rainbow's End For Prepress Pros Lets Technical Pros Down (James Felici and Greg Miller, Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2003/09/reviews/acrobat6professional/>
Prepress professionals should upgrade to the Pro version. It offers the control they've been waiting for.

AirPort Extreme Antennas: Help Your Wireless Network Go The Distance (Becky Waring, Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2003/09/reviews/airportextremeantennas/>
If you need better AirPort Extreme range in a limited area, one of the Dr. Bott ExtendAir external antennas may be the perfect solution.

Final Cut Pro 4: Massive Upgrade Brings A New Wave Of Impressive Features (Anton Linecker, Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2003/09/reviews/finalcutpro4/>
Final Cut Pro 4 is a marvelous but flawed upgrade. There are hundreds of improvements throughout the program, and even taken on their own, the new bundled applications are amazing. Overall, Final Cut Pro 4 gets high marks, but Apple will need to release a few updates to put on the final polish and work out some kinks.

The Game Room: Bring Out The Big Guns (Peter Cohen, Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2003/09/reviews/thegameroom/>
For Mac gamers, the reality of waiting months -- or even years -- for popular Windows titles to appear on their machines is nothing new. But when the game in question is Unreal Tournament 2003, the biggest, baddest first-person shooter to emerge on the Mac in years, the wait can be excruciating.

Apple DVD Studio Pro 2.0 (David Nagel, Creative Mac)
<http://www.creativemac.com/2003/08_aug/reviews/dvdsp2030818.htm>
In every respect, DVD Studio Pro 2.0 provides a richer and more intuitive authoring experience than earlier releases, with a revamped interface that enhances the experience just that much more.

QuarkXPress 6.0: More Than OS X-Native, Industry-Standard Publishing Software Gives Designers More Flexbility (Galen Gruman, Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2003/09/reviews/quarkxpress6/>
Once you get past the "it's about time" reaction to QuarkXPress 6.0, you'll start appreciating its enhancements. They're worthwhile for any XPress-based production shop, and Quark's upgrade pricing is easy to stomach.

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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'Good' Worm, New Bug Mean Double Trouble (Robert Lemos, CNET News.com)
<http://rss.com.com/2100-1002_3-5065644.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=news>
A "good" Internet worm and a new malicious mass-mailing computer virus are creating an enormous amount of network traffic, slowing some corporate systems, security experts said Tuesday.

Microsoft Weighs Automatic Security Updates As A Default (Brian Krebs, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11579-2003Aug18.html>
Microsoft Corp. executives, digging out from the aftermath of an unwelcome Internet worm that wriggled into 500,000 of its customers' computers last week, say that it is time to consider making software updates automatic for home users of the Windows operating system.

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

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: News & Opinions
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Outsourcing Our Future? (Dan Gillmor, San Jose Mercury News)
<http://weblog.siliconvalley.com/column/dangillmor/archives/001291.shtml#001291>

Sony's Memory Stick Beats At Rivals (Richard Shim, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1041_3-5065656.html>
Royal Philips Electronics is the latest major consumer electronics maker to license Sony's Memory Stick technology, which continues to gain support from large manufacturers and expand its potential for wider distribution.

China Readies Super ID Card, A Worry To Some (David W. Chen, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/19/international/asia/19CHIN.html?8hpib>
Officials hope that the technologically advanced cards will help stamp out fraud and counterfeiting involving the current cards, protecting millions of people from those problems and saving billions of dollars. Providing the cards to everyone is expected to take five or six years. But the vagueness and vastness of the undertaking has prompted some criticism that the data collection could be used to quash dissent and to infringe on privacy.

SCO Puts Disputed Code In The Spotlight (Lisa M. Bowman, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-5065286.html>
SCO Group's legal battles against Linux took center stage at the company's partner and customer conference, as executives displayed the lines of disputed code and vowed to continue the fight.

MyAppleMenu Reader: Science & Tech
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Why Humans And Their Fur Parted Ways (Nicholas Wade, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/19/science/19HAIR.html>
One of the most distinctive evolutionary changes as humans parted company from their fellow apes was their loss of body hair.

High-Tech Word Of Mouth Maims Movies In A Flash (Lorenza Munoz, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-et-dropoff17aug17001423,0,183913.story?coll=la-headlines-technology>
Word of mouth -- buzz -- has long been an element in a film's success or failure. But rapid advances in technology, in the hands of an "American Idol" culture quick to express its vote-'em-off sentiments, has accelerated the pace of communication so much that Hollywood feels the reverberations at the box office almost immediately.

MyAppleMenu Reader: Life
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Glass With Class (Linda Hales, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12002-2003Aug18.html>
For design merchant Murray Moss, the future is clear.

Cultural History Of The Night (Jeet Heer, National Post)
<http://www.nationalpost.com/review/story.html?id=49CE8F32-631F-4A51-BB93-77BC340CD2D9>
In history, nocturnal urban darkness was the norm.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Singaporeans Divided About Relaxing Rules For State Flag On Clothes (Bridgette See, Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/47135/1/.html>

SCV Bent On Promoting Broadband Use (Jeannie Ong, StarHub, Business Times)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/sub/views/story/0,4574,91376,00.html?>
StarHub Cable Vision (SCV) would like to emphasise that it is genuinely keen on working with interested resellers to promote the cable broadband environment.

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