[MyAppleMenu] Tuesday, Aug 26, 2003

Tue Aug 26 21:05:01 EDT 2003

MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Tuesday, Aug 26, 2003

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Steve Jobs To Keynote Paris (Karen Haslam, Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/top_news_item.cfm?NewsID=6785>
Speculation exists that Apple will reveal further details of its forthcoming operating system upgrade, Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther). Sources within the Mac industry also predict new PowerBooks will be announced at or near the show.

MyAppleMenu : News
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Power Mac G5 Unveiled In China At BIRTV Expo (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2003/08/26/g5china>

Richmond (Va.) Apple Store To Open Sept 4 (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/08/26/richmond/>
The store is located at 11800 W. Broad St. Ste. 1134.

Maxtor Launches New OneTouch Line (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/08/26/onetouch/>
Boasting a one-button backup and restore solution (hence the name), the drives -- which can sit vertically or horizontally -- come with Dantz Retrospect Express software that's compatible with Mac OS X and Mac OS 8.6-9.x.

Mac OpenOffice 'Delay' Debunked (Andrew Orlowski, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/32483.html>
With only two developers, it desperately needs man power. But no one will join the porting effort until they see momentum behind the Aqua port.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Salling Clicker In Action (Joe Kissell, TidBITS)
<http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=07320>
The range of capabilities it opens up -- especially for people who give many presentations or do home recording in a closet -- is worth considering if you're already in the market for a new cell phone.

Go Hog Wild With Hog Bay Notebook (Matt Neuburg, TidBITS)
<http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=07319>
The interface is clean, clear, well-behaved, with a sense of rightness throughout.

SpyHunter (Nat Panek, Inside Mac Games)
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/reviews/view.php?ID=404>
In short, Spy Hunter is a fun concept with some serious flaws in its execution.

Canvas 9 (Brian Bumham, MacMerc.com)
<http://www.macmerc.com/reviews.php?op=showcontent&id=72>
Canvas 9 isn't cheap, but for those in technical illustration, it is well worth the cost due to it's broad capability. Hard-core graphic designers may pass on Canvas in favor of more specialized applications.

Eudora 6.0b31 Email Client Mini Review (Charles W. Moore, Applelinks.com)
<http://www.applelinks.com/articles/2003/08/20030826105410.shtml>

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: Top Stories
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MIT Everyware (David Diamond, Wired)
<http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.09/mit.html>
Every lecture, every handout, every quiz. All online. For free. Meet the global geeks getting an MIT education, open source-style.

DVD-Copying Code Loses Free Speech Shield (John Borland, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-5067665.html>
The California Supreme Court ruled Monday that a Web publisher could be barred from posting DVD-copying code online without infringing on his free speech rights.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: News & Opinions
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Spam-For-Money Plan Suspected By Expert On E-Mail Viruses (John Markoff, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/26/technology/26VIRU.html>
Computer security experts and law enforcement officials are struggling to understand the motives of a mysterious software author who appears intent on prying open many of the electronic locks on the Internet.

RFID Gussied Up With Biosensors (Mark Baard, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,60156,00.html>
Still stinging from failed attempts to introduce radio tags to consumers, retailers and their suppliers are now adding features to the technology to make it appear essential to the safety of the nation's food supply.

TiVo's Been Outflanked (Phillip Swann, TelevisionWeek)
<http://www.tvweek.com/technology/082503swann.html>
Despite the buzz and the quality of its service, TiVo's fate has already been decided. The DVR service will not rule the world, invading every living room with its fancy arsenal of recording bells and whistles. In fact, TiVo, which is now in fewer than 1 million homes, may never reach more than 10 million.

Job Skills: Preparing Generation Z (Thomas Hoffman, Computerworld)
<http://www.computerworld.com/careertopics/careers/story/0,10801,84295,00.html?SKC=home84295>
CIOs say college graduates aren't ready for corporate IT jobs. Now some progressive universities are doing something about it.

MyAppleMenu Reader: World
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The Anti-Anti-Americans (Adam Gopnik, New Yorker)
<http://newyorker.com/fact/content/?030901fa_fact1>
A summer of obsessions in France.

MyAppleMenu Reader: Life
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Good Sitcom Is Rare, And Actors Know It (Bill Carter, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/25/business/media/25TUBE.html>
The networks' version of hardball has usually prevailed in recent years. But this year's preseason ritual has a twist.

Burning Man Never Gets Old (Xeni Jardin, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,60159,00.html>
Ask any participating "burner" what Burning Man is, and you're likely to hear the same response: The event is more than the sum of its art cars, kinetic sculptures or suntanned bodies clad in body paint and glitter (and sometimes not much else). You just have to experience it in person, they always say.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : Top Stories
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Singapore Goes For Biotech (Wayne Arnold, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/26/business/worldbusiness/26biop.html?ex=1062561600&en=cf8d15cff089dfde&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE>
Biopolis, Singapore's new $286 million biomedical research and development complex, is hoped to attract scientists and investment.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Singapore Wage-Cut Plan Stirs Controversy (Tony Sitathan, Asia Times)
<http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/EH27Ae05.html>
Singapore, with its overdependence on                          multinational corporations (MNCs), has realized the                          brutal truth that the multinationals' global supply and                          procurement chain is continually evolving.

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