[MyAppleMenu] Friday, Aug 29, 2003

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Friday, Aug 29, 2003

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Tibco Takes Apple To Court For Rendezvous (Stcy Cowley, IDG News Service)
<http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/08/28/HNtibcosuesapple_1.html>
Integration software maker Tibco Software Inc. filed a trademark infringement lawsuit Wednesday against Apple Computer Inc.,                                  charging that Apple's Rendezvous networking software violates Tibco's trademark on its own Rendezvous messaging software.

MyAppleMenu : News
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Apple Pushes Back Dual G5 Ship Date (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2003/08/29/g5>

Apple To Exhibit At OracleWorld San Francisco (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2003/08/29/oracleworld>

iTunes Beats Music Rivals For Awareness (Ben Carter, NMA)
<http://www.newmediazero.com/lo-fi/story.asp?id=243688>
Market research body NPD Group found that Apple's iTunes music service registered the highest awareness, with 20% of consumers aged over 13 knowing of the service. Among Macintosh users, the initial target market for iTunes, the awareness level jumped to 46%.

PC Makers Elbow Into Consumer Electronics Market (Franklin Paul, Reuters)
<http://asia.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=3353913>
The consumer electronics market, where  gadget lovers shop for everything from digital cameras and  digital music players to big-screen TVs, is about to get a lot  more crowded.

Apple Returns To The Old Dominion (Jeff Clabaugh, Washington Business Journal)
<http://washington.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2003/08/25/daily24.html>
Apple Computer, which opened its first-ever retail store in McLean two years ago, is returning to Virginia for its latest retail outlet. This one opens in Richmond at the Short Pump Town Center next month.

Backlash: Readers Contend Mac's OS X Is Much Toughter To Crack Than Windows (David Zeiler, Baltimore Sun)
<http://www.sunspot.net/technology/custom/pluggedin/bal-mac082803,0,1353478.column>
While creating a Mac OS X virus is not impossible, "the degree of difficulty here is at least 9.5 on a scale of 1 to 10."

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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Martian Distraction (Doc Searls)
<http://doc.weblogs.com/2003/08/28#martianDistraction>
"That's the coolest thing I've ever seen."

Apple Picking (Paul R. La Monica, CNN/Money)
<http://money.cnn.com/2003/08/28/technology/apple/index.htm>
Don't look to Wall Street analysts for clues to Apple's future. They just don't get it.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Lineage: The Blood Pledge (Galen Wiley, Inside Mac Games)
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/reviews/view.php?ID=353>
While its somewhat less than mediocre technical aspects and lack of enjoyable audio may turn you hesitant, Lineage can be a blast to play, provided you devote your time and effort into it.

The Blint Spot In Apple's Brilliant iSight (Tiernan Ray, E-Commerce Times)
<http://www.ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/31453.html>
Apple's iSight Camera and its iChat software are finely crafted, but lack of interoperability with all instant messaging programs limits the fun.

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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Browser Suit Spurs Microsoft To Change IE (Matt Hicks, eWeek)
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1233815,00.asp>
Microsoft Corp. is planning to alter its market-leading Internet Explorer Web browser as a result of a recent $521 million browser-patent verdict against it.

Dell The Conqueror (Michael Kanellos, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2010-1071_3-5068949.html>
Which is the most influential PC company in the world?

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

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: Top Stories
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The Ever-Growing Virus Crisis (Alex Salkever, BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/aug2003/tc20030826_4386_tc047.htm>
Education can help to make the Web safer, but the day may be coming when ISPs simply deny surfing rights to inadequately protected customers.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: News & Opinions
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Calif. Privacy Battle Not Over (Ryan Singel, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,60215,00.html>
California consumer advocates say all their work might be undone by a move on the opposite coast, where lawmakers, supported by the Bush administration, are moving a bill forward that would pre-empt stronger state laws, including the one newly signed by Davis.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Buangkok Station May Open In Three Years (Goh Chin Lian, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/topstories/story/0,4386,207031,00.html?>
DPM Lee is hopeful that there will be enough flats in the area within two to three years to justify opening the station.

Malaysia Gets Behind Open Source (CNET Asia)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1012_3-5069332.html>
The Malaysian government has reaffirmed its support for the use and development of open-source software, saying it has a "strategic role."

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