[MyAppleMenu] Sunday, Dec 14, 2003

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Sunday, Dec 14, 2003

MyAppleMenu : News
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Apple's Panther Bares Its Teeth (Ian Hardy, BBC)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3254554.stm>
Apple, fed up with playing second string to Windows, has been taking its operating system from strength to strength.

iPod Player Elevates Portable Music (M. Scott Skinner, Arizona Daily Star)
<http://www.detnews.com/2003/technology/0312/14/b04-7142.htm>

Students' Best Gift This Season May Be From District (Genevieve Marshall, Morning Call)
<http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-4laptopsdec14,0,3580430.story?coll=all-newslocal-hed>
Middle-schoolers in Bethlehem will each get a laptop computer.

WWDC 2004 Scheduled For June 28 - uly 2 (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2003/12/13/wwdc>

The Apple Of Our I (Daid Williamson, Western Mail)
<http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200wales/content_objectid=13721090_method=full_siteid=50082_headline=-The-apple-of-our-I-name_page.html>
At a time when computer laptops are viewed by grave-faced airline security staff as possible bombs, Apple have breathed fun, possibility and beauty back into technology.

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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Muckraking, The PC Way (Richard Forno)
<http://www.infowarrior.org/articles/2003-08.html>
Despite a few hiccups along the way, it's becoming clear that Mac OS, not Windows, epitomizes Microsoft's new mantra of "secure by design, default, and deployment."

iPod Shortage: Storke Of Genius? (Bill Palmer)
<http://www.billpalmer.net/com000073.html>
Rarely have such headlines caused shoppers to simply turn their attention to other gifts so much as they've helped to ignite a last-minute shopping frenzy.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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The Sims: Superstar Expansion Pack (Kirk Hiner, Applelinks)
<http://www.applelinks.com/pm/more.php?id=292_0_1_0_M>
If you've got all the expansion packs and are looking for yet more variety, you'll be happy with Superstar. If you haven't picked up an expansion pack since House Party, however, you won't find much here to regenerate interest.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: Top Stories
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China Tries To Establish Homegrown Tech Rules (Dan Gillmor, San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/7489042.htm>
China isn't just reluctant to pay what amount to taxes to the developed-world owners of global technology standards. With the largest domestic market on the planet, at least potentially, plus an increasingly creative and well-educated workforce, China is creating its own competitive set of standards for its own market, although the global potential is obvious.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: News & Opinions
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Net Delivers Early News Of Hussein's Capture (Jeff Pelline, CNET News.com)
<http://rss.com.com/2100-1028_3-5123172.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=news>
Americans logged onto the Internet to learn about the capture of Saddam Hussein because the news broke after most of the nation's newspapers had "gone to bed."

MyAppleMenu Reader: Science & Tech
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In Archimedes' Puzzle, A New Eureka Moment (Gina Kolata, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/14/science/14MATH.html>
A historian of mathematics appears to have solved the mystery of a treatise written 2,200 years ago by Archimedes.

MyAppleMenu Reader: Life
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The Thrill Is Gone (Michael Walker, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/features/printedition/magazine/la-tm-airlines50dec14,1,3111603.story?coll=la-headlines-magazine>
Airline travel isn't what it used to be -- and it's not just because of 9-11. Forced into action, the industry is attempting to redefine the flying experience.

Acquiring Minds (April Witt, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53732-2003Dec10.html>
Consumerism was the triumphant winner of the ideological wars of the 20th century, beating out both religion and politics as the path millions of Americans follow to find purpose, meaning, order and transcendent exaltation in their lives.

Food For Thought (Julia Reed, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/14/magazine/14FOOD.html>
The newest ideas in cooking aren't so different from the oldest.

The Powering Up Of The Power Lunch (David Carr, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/10/dining/10POWE.html>
The right lunch at the right place at the right time is a statement, a way to get the jungle drums chanting.

In San Francisco, Good Things Come On Small Plates (Bryan Miller, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/14/travel/14tab.html>
San Francisco is joining in the East Coast trend towards small portions of food.

MyAppleMenu Reader: EOF
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Good Book Care Starts With Proper Shelving (Stacy Downs, Knight Ridder News Service)
<http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/magazine/daily/7471688.htm>
There are definite ways to store books and set up a house for comfortable reading. A good starting point is shelving.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : Top Stories
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Singapore Sees Potential In Developing Good Ties With New Malaysia PM: DPM Tan (Yvonne Cheong, Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/61939/1/.html>
Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan told reporters that if the Malaysian government would like to take a second look at the whole bridge, Singapore would be happy to discuss the matter.

Call To Shelve Causeway Bridge Project (Brendan Pereira, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,4386,225292,00.html?>
Now, an influential Umno politician in Johor has called for a rethink of Malaysia's plan to build a crooked bridge to replace its half of the Causeway.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Singapore Reviewing Athlete Imports Programme (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_sports/view/61897/1/.html>
Singapore's performance in international sports has been boosted by foreign-born players, but the city-state is now reviewing its programme of importing athletes to augment the local talent pool.

Ex-MP Exposes Ugly Voters (Li Xueying, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,4386,225270,00.html?>
These anecdotes and more are revealed in Goh Choon Kang's new book.

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