[MyAppleMenu] Saturday, Dec 13, 2003

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Saturday, Dec 13, 2003

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Apple iPod In Short Supply For Christmas (Paul Taylor, Financial Times)
<http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1071251516839>
Hoping to get an Apple iPod for Christmas? You could be out of luck. Apple Computer's digital music player is in short supply in many markets, including the US and UK.

MyAppleMenu : News
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A Bakery On The Rise (David Levy, Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/business/profiles/sullivanstreet/>
"We're a 24-hour operation. With Macintosh and FileMaker Pro, we can adjust our standing orders, or add new orders, the moment any customer calls. To me, that's miraculous."

Apple Releases Pro App Runtime Update (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2003/12/12/proapp>
The update "provides improvements forApple's professional applications, and is strongly recommended for all users of Final Cut Pro, Cinema Tools, Compressor, LiveType, Soundtrack, and DVD Studio Pro.

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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A CTO's Holiday WIsh List (Chad Dickerson, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/12/12/49OPconnection_1.html>
A new 40GB iPod tops an IT wish list that also includes better airport Wi-Fi and Groove for OS X.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Flexible OmniOutliner (Giles Turnbull, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/12/12/omnioutliner.html>
When is an outliner not an outliner? When it does more than just outlines.

Halo: Combat Evolved (Jean-Luc Dinsdale)
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/reviews/view.php?ID=460>
Following in the tradition of well-produced, stylish, innovative and fun game releases, Bungie Studio's Halo is a landmark first person shooter.

2003 Hardware Gift Ideas (TidBITS)
<http://www.tidbits.com/tb-issues/TidBITS-709.html#lnk2>

2003 Software Gift Ideas (TidBITS)
<http://www.tidbits.com/tb-issues/TidBITS-709.html#lnk3>

2003 Gaming Gift Ideas (TidBITS)
<http://www.tidbits.com/tb-issues/TidBITS-709.html#lnk4>

2003 Gift Ideas For The Macintosh-Minded (TidBITS)
<http://www.tidbits.com/tb-issues/TidBITS-709.html#lnk6>

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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Windows Longhaul? Longhorn Could Be 2008, Says Gartner (John Lettice, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/34500.html>
Longhorn in 2005 seems definitely off the agenda, and while it might ship in 2006, it could be delayed until 2008 or 2009, according to Gartner.

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

MyAppleMenu Reader: World
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Coffee, Tea Or Freedom? (Nicholas D. Kirstof, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/13/opinion/13KRIS.html>
Ever since the Tiananmen movement was brutally crushed, China has been fairly stable because its leaders and its citizens have each been a bit afraid of the other. But the fear has steadily ebbed.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Valuair Getting Nearer To Take-Off (Karamjit Kaur, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,4386,225061,00.html?>
Budget airline has submitted its planned destinations for approval, and aims to pick its new chief soon.

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