[MyAppleMenu] Wednesday, Dec 3, 2003

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Wednesday, Dec 3, 2003

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Speed Demon (Garry Barker, The Age)
<http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/12/03/1070351638530.html>
The Age imaging centre recently put a dual-processor Power Mac G5 through its paces, and the team was suitably impressed.

MyAppleMenu : News
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Apple Releases AppleWorks 6.2.1 For Windows Updater (MacDailyNews)
<http://www.macdailynews.com/comments.php?id=P2267_0_1_0>

Apple Speaks Mac To BBC -- Webcast Online (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=7422>
Show highlights include a face-to-face interview with Apple's vice president of hardware product marketing Greg Joswiak.

Willow Design Releases 20" iMac Carry Case (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2003/12/03/willow>
The case features protective compartments for the iMac, keyboard, speakers and accessories.

Apple Initiated With "Neutral" Rating (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news/22295>
Analysts at JP Morgan mention that Apple is poised for "robust margin expansions" in the forthcoming quarters on account of its new digital music product offerings.

Moby To Appear At L.A. Apple Store (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2003/12/02/moby>
Moby will be at The Grove Apple Store in Los Angeles, California, this Thursday, December 4 at 6:30 p.m.

Soundtrack v1.1 Released (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/12/02/soundtrack/?lsrc=mcrss-1203>
The new release includes general fixes as well as improvements in performance and linking of relocated project audio files, according to Apple.

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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An Apple On The Ginza (The Blog From Another Dimension)
<http://www.blogd.com/archives/000378.html>
It is an impressive sight.

One More Reason To Love OS X... (Alan Graham, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/4024>
It seems almost everyday there is another reason why I love OS X. Here's reason #367.

Why MS Software Is Driving Me Nuts (David Coursey, ZDNet)
<http://reviews-zdnet.com.com/AnchorDesk/4520-7297_16-5109322.html>
Why Encoutrage couldn't have just told me it was unable to connect to an IMAP server rather than presenting the TDN (three digit number), I don't understand.

The Upgradability Myth (Amy Percival, Spymac)
<http://www.spymac.com/comments.php?id=1195_0_5_0_M>
Its clear that consumers are recognizing that practicality and efficiency are more important than expandability.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Apple Offers DHCP Security Workaround (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/12/03/dhcp/index.php?redirect=1070462783000>
Apple recently posted details to its online Knowledgebase explaining how to circumvent potential problems.

Screen Spots On Computers Other Than The PowerBook G4 15" (FireWire 800) (MacFixIt)
<http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20031203010237284>
We've received a number of other reports over the past couple of months with various other Apple laptops.

Collaborative Editing With Rendezvous (Wei-Meng Lee, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/12/02/rendezvous.html>
One of the innovative uses of Rendezvous is in the area of collaborative editing, which allows multiple users to edit a document simultaneously, collaborating through the network. In this article I will introduce two collaborative editing tools, SubEthaEdit and iStorm, and talk about their various features.

iPod As Digital Photographer's Best Friend (Derrick Story, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/12/02/photo_ipod.html>
What makes the iPod scenario compelling is that it plugs into Panther, allowing you to leverage some of its powerful technologies. And that's what I'm going to explore here today.

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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Windows ATMs Raise Security Concerns (Paul Roberts, IDG News Service)
<http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/12/02/HNwinatm_1.html>
Last week's revelation by Diebold that its automated teller machines (ATMs) operated by two financial services customers were struck by the W32/Nachi worm raises the specter of even wider disruptions from virus and worm outbreaks and highlights a growing security concern that cash machines running Windows XP and interacting with other Windows systems are vulnerable to attack.

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

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: News & Opinions
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The Myth Of Doomed Data (Simson Garfinkel, MIT Technology Review)
<http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/wo_garfinkel120303.asp>
The handwringing about obsolete formats is misguided. The digital files we create today will be around for a very, very long time.

How Much Is Privacy Worth? (Ryan Singel, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,61439,00.html?tw=rss.TOP>
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday over whether the federal government should reimburse individuals whose sensitive data was disclosed illegally, even if no harm can be proven.

Sexual Spam Could Spark Lawsuits (Mark Ward, BBC News)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3256814.stm>
Firms that do not take steps to stop sexually explicit spam could face lawsuits from employees suffering distress because of exposure to offensive images.

The Search For The Perfect Gift Grows At Small Online Stores (Saul Hansell, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/03/technology/03ECOM.html>
Shoppers understand that they cannot feel the softness of a cashmere sweater on a Web site, but the Internet offers speed, low prices, detailed product information and a way to avoid the holiday crush at the malls.

Cooperative Computing Finds Top Prime Number (Stephen Shankland, CNET News.com)
<http://rss.com.com/2100-7339_3-5112827.html>
An effort in which thousands of people donate their computers' unused processing power has uncovered the largest prime number so far known.

AOL Fights Spyware In Coming Software Upgrade (Stefanie Olsen, CNET News.com)
<http://rss.com.com/2100-1038_3-5112843.html>
America Online will introduce antispyware software for subscribers as part of an optional service upgrade early next year, company officials confirmed Tuesday.

MyAppleMenu Reader: Life
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Why Do People Read Newspapers? (Carl Sessions Stepp, American Journalism Review)
<http://ajr.org/Article.asp?id=3505>
A massive research effort by the NAA- and ASNE-backed Readership Institute endeavored to find out. Now newspapers are heeding some of the findings in an effort to reverse the persistent circulation slide.

MyAppleMenu Reader: EOF
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Store Owner Fights Display Ban (SarahEisenhauer, Palm Beach Post)
<http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/content/auto/epaper/editions/tuesday/news_f3cc515663cd61da00a9.html>
To Christopher James, Christmas inspires too much joy to be celebrated only one or two months of the year.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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A Major Push For Monopoly? (Lawrence T Pereira, Today)
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/10923.asp>
The reading public is not naive, Mr Fernandez.

Singapore Signals Free Trade Agreement With EU Is A Priority (EU Business)
<http://www.eubusiness.com/afp/031202170839.erei2khy>
Singapore said Tuesday it would like to complete a free trade agreement with the European Union before a similar pact is reached between the bloc and the ten-member ASEAN grouping of southeast Asian nations.

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