[MyAppleMenu] Friday, Dec 5, 2003

Fri Dec 5 21:05:00 EST 2003

MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Friday, Dec 5, 2003

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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When Technology Is Heartwarming (David Pogue, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/04/technology/circuits/04POGUE-EMAIL.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1070557326-iWEdgv2ZUE+4WUyamOMXNw>
There's a lot of junk in technology, a lot of hassle and frustration, a lot of disappointment. But this moment was like a TV commercial. It was an emotional, powerful, simple, perfect example of how technology can change a moment, solve a problem, and despite the gulf of time and distance, bring you face to face with the people you love.

XPress/InDesign War Escalates (Jonny Evans, Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=7418>
The battle for market share between Adobe and Quark over desktop publishing appears likely to begin in earnest next year, according to executives from both companies speaking to Macworld.

MyAppleMenu : News
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iPod Sets New Trend In Portability (Dennis Friedel, Delaware Beachcomber)
<http://www.delmarvanow.com/debeachcomber/stories/20031205/767333.html>
"It's by far the hottest item for the holiday."

Waiting Game At Tokyo Apple Store (Jonny Evans, Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=7435>

UK BBC Viewers Snub Gates For Jobs (Jonny Evans, Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=7441>
Last night's BBC broadcast in which TV hack Alvin Hall declared Microsoft's Bill Gates the most powerful computer mogul has generated a storm of protest from Apple CEO Steve Jobs' followers.

Downloading Squeezes The Art Of The Album (Edna Gundersen, USA Today)
<http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2003-12-04-album-main_x.htm>
The album, music's dominant creative framework for the past 40 years, is dying under the wheels of an accelerating revolution.

Lights, Camera, Action: Panther Ready For Prime-Time (Robyn Weisman, E-Commerce Times)
<http://www.ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/32295.html>
"It's great to see people recognizing our OS and our hardware. Our goal is to make the best desktop computers and operating system we can make."

NTT DoCoMo FOMA 3G Subscriber Success Bolsters Apple's QuickTime, Microsoft Left Out (MacDailyNews)
<http://www.macdailynews.com/comments.php?id=P2281_0_1_0>

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Apple iPod (Robert Irvine, Web-User)
<http://www.web-user.co.uk/products/prod_rev.php?rid=275>
Although far from cheap, the sheer style and substance of the iPod make it both a desirable and worthwhile purchase.

Owari (Erica Marceau, Applelinks)
<http://www.applelinks.com/pm/more.php?id=236_0_1_0_M>

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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Microsoft To Charge For FAT File System, ClearType (Sydney Morning Herald)
<http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/12/05/1070351761346.html>
Microsoft has announced that it will be charging a fee from those who use the FAT file system and offered to sell licences to those who wish to buy one.

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

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: News & Opinions
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Google Wants Ruling On Search Trademark Law (Stefanie Olsen, CNET News.com)
<http://rss.com.com/2100-1024_3-5113673.html>
Aiming to pre-empt mounting complaints of trademark violations, search company Google has asked a court to rule on whether its keyword-advertising policy is legal.

FCC Seeks To Overturn Cable Broadband Ruling (Jim Hu, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1034_3-5113576.html>
The Federal Communications Commission filed a petition Thursday requesting a rehearing in a case that could bring new federal regulations to the cable broadband industry.

IDC Predicts 'Tech Resurrection' In '04 (Paul Roberts, IDG News Service)
<http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/12/04/Hnidcpredicts_1.html>
An improving U.S. economy and pent-up demand after years of austerity will combine to fuel IT spending growth in 2004, research firm IDC predicts.

What's In Store For Wi-Fi Standards? (Richard Shim, CNET News.com)
<http://rss.com.com/2100-7351_3-5113602.html>
Representatives from key industry groups gave an update on upcoming Wi-Fi standards that lay the groundwork for determining what tools manufacturers will have to work with as they develop new products in the coming years.

Report: Keep Broadband In Companies' Hands (Jim Hu, CNET News.com)
<http://rss.com.com/2100-1034_3-5113616.html>
The U.S. broadband industry may be dominated by phone and cable companies, but that doesn't mean the government needs to get involved, according to the Congressional Budget Office.

MyAppleMenu Reader: World
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Search For A New U.N. Role (Kofi A. Annan, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-annan4dec04,1,3402487.story?coll=la-news-comment-opinions>
The organization has been under a microscope since the U.S. defied it on Iraq.

Focus On Interaction, Not A Piece Of Cloth (Laila Saada, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/storyprintfriendly/0,1887,223657,00.html?>
I have always thought that religious belief and its practice are matters of personal choice, veiling included; for a majority of Muslims, this is indeed the case. But is wearing the veil as a sign of solidarity no longer optional in a post-Sept 11 world, where the whole faith seems to be under assault in the West?

MyAppleMenu Reader: Science & Tech
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Roast Dinosaur Off The Menu? (Philip Ball, Nature)
<http://www.nature.com/nsu/031201/031201-3.html>
New evidence questions the idea that a meteorite impact thought to have wiped out the dinosaurs triggered worldwide wildfires.

MyAppleMenu Reader: Life
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Fast Food Flap (Candy Sagon, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27920-2003Dec2.html>
His detractors call him a pimp, a sell-out and a hypocrite. He, in turn, accuses them of being elitist, unrealistic prigs. Who would have suspected that a chicken sandwich could generate all this heat?

Copywrong (Fiona Morgan, Independent Weekly)
<http://www.indyweek.com/durham/2003-12-03/cover.html>
Copyright laws are stifling art, but the public domain can save us.

MyAppleMenu Reader: EOF
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DJ: Sorry For Handling Of Santa 'News' (Lisa Schiffman, Newsday)
<http://www.newsday.com/news/printedition/ny-lisant043569871dec04,0,5851209.story?coll=ny-news-print>
WBAB talk show host John Parise still doesn't believe in Santa Claus, and he's not sorry for saying so. But he apologized yesterday for the way he broke the secret to children listening to his morning show Monday.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Singapore's First Animated Movie 'Sing To The Dawn' To Cost S$2.5 Million (Joanne Leow, Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/60492/1/.html>
The movie is a collaboration between Raintree Pictures, the Media Development Authority and Silicon Illusions.

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