[MyAppleMenu] Thursday, Dec 4, 2003

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Thursday, Dec 4, 2003

MyAppleMenu : News
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District 834 Should Not Break Laptop Contract, Board Members Say (Craig Dirkes, Stillwater Gazette)
<http://www.stillwatergazette.com/story.asp?cat=NEW&story=6572>
Oak-Land Junior High School students and faculty, and most staff members at Stillwater Junior High School, will receive laptops. Oak-Land is among four National Demonstration Sites in Apple's one-to-one laptop initiative, which is meant to enhance student achievement.

Contour Desiggn Debuts NoteRiser For Laptops (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news/22341>
Contour Design today announced NoteRiser, which enables the laptop/notebook user to position the computer for optimal ergonomic integrity.

New iPod Accessories Announced (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2003/12/04/higoto>
SimpleSpeaker is a small and light stereo loudspeaker which works without batteries and is connected directly with the headphone jack on the iPod.

Evangelist Spreads The Word (Alan Cane, Financial Times)
<http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1069493710558&p=1012571727117>
It is Russell Brown, all right, but not as his colleagues know him.Wearing a tuxedo and sportinga black wig, the senior creative director of Adobe, the software group, looks as if he has been processed with the group's own Photoshop system.

Graphic Converter 4.9.2 Released (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2003/12/04/graphicconverter>

Macworld US 'Eddy' Awards Announced (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=7425>
These are given to the year's top hardware and software products chosen by Macworld US's editorial department.

Kensington MouseWorks X 2.4 Released (MacMinute.com)
<http://www.macminute.com/2003/12/04/mouseworks>
Version 2.4 adds support for Safari, Horizontal Scrolling, and Kensington Digital Update.

Timbuktu Pro. 7.0 Released With Panther Support (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2003/12/04/timbuktu>
Some of the new features in version 7.0 include support for Mac OS X 10.3 (with support for Fast User Switching), support for multi-button and scroll wheel mouse commands, multiple user options to maximize bandwidth conservation, an improved Internet Locator Service which adapts itself even to frequently-changed IP addresses, and more.

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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The Panther Report: Why Do We Have To Unlock Secret Features? (Gene Steinberg, Mac Night Owl)
<http://www.macnightowl.com/#features>
In fact, if you pour through many of these utilities, you'll find that all they do is access features that are normally available only via a Terminal command.

A Sign Of What AppleWorks Is Worth (Rob McNair-Huff, Mac Net Journal)
<http://www.whiterabbits.com/MacNetJournal/#note_2070>
$5, that is about what the application is worth to me these days.

Discussion: Can You Make A Living From Shareware? (MacSlash)
<http://macslash.org/article.pl?sid=03/12/04/1153238>

A Dim View Of Apple's Photo Op (Alex Salkever, BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/dec2003/tc2003124_4311_tc056.htm>
I wrote that Apple could win big by making iPhoto software for Windows. That drew a slew of reader responses -- mostly negative.

The Apple Way (John Papola)
<http://homepage.mac.com/jpapola/iblog/C1863867956/E207536501/index.html>
What better place to start the Apple journey than to examine the fundamentals of how Apple delivers its products and why they remain one of the few "whole widget" computer companies.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Apple's New iBook Is A Perfect Combination Of Price, Performance, And Design (John Manzione, MacNETv2)
<http://www.macnet2.com/more.php?id=435_0_1_0>
If you've ever wanted a laptop, or even a second laptop to keep with you wherever you go, this is it.

Big-Time Music Services Arrive (Eric Dahl, PC World)
<http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,113634,00.asp>
Apple's iTunes Music Store is by far the best designed, and it lets you stream songs from the shared collections of other users (PC or Mac).

Today Is The Anniversary Of My Switch (Mike Wendland)
<http://www.pcmike.com/macmike/2003/12/today_is_the_an.html>
I've put together the top 5 reasons why I won't go back to a PC.

TechTool 4.0.1 For Mac OS X (Macs Only!)
<http://www.macsonly.com/#1241>
The unique eDrive alone is worth the price in that one avoids the need for an external boot drive to run optimization utilities.

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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Microsoft To Allow More Licensing Of Its Technology (Steve Lohr, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/03/technology/03CND-SOFT.html>
Microsoft announced today that it would open the doors to its storehouse of patents, copyright and trade secrets to outsiders with a more liberal policy for licensing the big software maker's intellectual property.

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

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: Top Stories
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That 1994 Feeling (Scott Rosenberg, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/col/rose/2003/12/04/rss/index_np.html>
RSS delivers a long-promised Internet dream -- getting you the information you want from the people you want without hassle or bother.

Checking Your Bill For A New Charge Called 'Oops' (David Pogue, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/04/technology/circuits/04stat.html>
As nickel-and-dime errors show up with increasing frequency on their phone bills and in other accounts, some customers wonder whether the mistakes are in fact company policy.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: News & Opinions
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Games made For Remaking (Michel Marriott, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/04/technology/circuits/04modd.html>
In recent years, players dedicated to modifying store-bought computer games have morphed into an underground movement -- mod makers, as they often call themselves. Now they are showing signs of breaking into the mainstream as game developers are increasingly willing to give away the very software tools they use to construct the games, including them on the disc with the game itself.

What Roy Disney's Resignation Means (Dana Blankenhorn)
<http://www.corante.com/mooreslore/20031201.shtml#62092>
We must build on the past, not use it against the future.

MyAppleMenu Reader: World
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Should I Have Asked John To Cool It? Standards Of Reason In The Classroom (Michael Berube, Chronicle Of Higher Education)
<http://chronicle.com/free/v50/i15/15b00701.htm>
To all such students -- indeed, to all students, those with disabilities and those without -- I try to apply the standard of disability law: I make reasonable accommodation for them. The challenge, though, lies in making reasonable accommodations for students whose standards of "reasonableness" are significantly different from yours.

MyAppleMenu Reader: Expressions
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Iowa (Rick Barot, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/id/2091830/>

MyAppleMenu Reader: EOF
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It's The naughty List For DJ (Sumathi Reddy, Newsday)
<http://www.newsday.com/news/printedition/ny-lisant033568678dec03,0,6047819.story?coll=ny-news-print>
The Babylon radio station WBAB/102.3 FM is experiencing a backlash from some listeners after a Monday morning show promoted a big announcement to families for several days, then told children that Santa Claus ... (stop reading this if you're under 10) ... does not exist.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Alkaff Mansion Restaurant To Close In May (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/storyprintfriendly/0,1887,223474,00.html?>
Located in the lush greenery of Telok Blangah Hill Park, the mansion was once a popular venue for wedding banquets and other functions.

Japan-Singaproe FTA Shows Little Effect (Junichi Fukazawa and Kazuta Umezu, Yomiuri Shimbun)
<http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/20031204wo11.htm>
About a year after a free trade agreement with Singapore took effect, it has yet to produce a major effect on the economy.

No Quick Decision On Seletar Upgrade (Crystal Chan, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/storyprintfriendly/0,1887,223408,00.html?>
Transport Minister Yeo Cheow Tong said he wants to see what advantages AirAsia sees in Seletar that Changi Airport cannot provide, especially when other budget airlines have said they prefer Changi.

Cost-Cuts Can Turn Off Good Staff, Bosses Told (Bryan Lee, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/topstories/story/0,4386,223401,00.html?>
A survey by US-based Towers Perrin found companies here too eager to slash costs by cutting jobs and salaries. It warned that this can actually harm businesses.

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