[MyAppleMenu] Saturday, Dec 27, 2003

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Saturday, Dec 27, 2003

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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iPod, Therefore I Am (Steve Gillmor, eWeek)
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1423033,00.asp>
Apple's popular MP3 gadget is at the front lines of a battle for digital rights. Can the government, the entertainment industry and Microsoft stop it?

MyAppleMenu : News
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2003: Online Music Comes Of Age (Daren Waters, BBC News)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3304257.stm>
In the not-too-distant future when compact discs are museum pieces and vinyl records are near fossils, 2003 will be remembered as the year digital music stepped into the mainstream.

BookEndz 15" Docking Station Debuts At Macworld (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news/22626>
BookEndz products, a popular line of docking stations for Apple PowerBook and iBook computers, enable the user to convert from a portable system to a "complete desktop system in seconds.

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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Six Things I Wish Apple Would Have Done Differently In The Past Six Years (Bill Palmer)
<http://www.billpalmer.net/com000091.html>

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Apple G5: Is It World's Fastest PC? (Gene Steinberg, Gannett News Service)
<http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/business/articles/1227gear27.html>
Even the least expensive configuration should outperform any of Apple's G4 computers and keep pace with 2.4 GHz Pentium PC.

Panther Raring To Make Leap Onto Your Mac (Bob LeVitus, Hoston Chronicle)
<http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/business/2320549>
If you haven't upgraded to Panther yet, I think it's time.

MyAppleMenu Reader: Life
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Experimental Lit (Laura Miller, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/28/books/review/28MILLERT.html>
Few literary scholars appreciate the fact that they labor in a field that lacks ''empirically valid hypotheses,'' or perhaps they prefer it that way.

How To Hold Up A Subway Tunnel: Get A Big Hanger (Michael Luo, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/27/nyregion/27ATLA.html>
The resulting four-year nightmare of jackhammers, blocked stairwells and rerouted exits will finally end next month, and commuters will get their station back. But most will have missed the feat of engineering that unfolded all around them every day.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Singapore's Spots To Avoid (Greg Cruey, About.com)
<http://goasia.about.com/library/weekly/aa032301a.htm>
In this squeekiest of squeaky clean cities, prostitution is legal -- and relatively well regulated. And if you're not careful you could walk right into a brothel in some of the city's shopping malls without even realizing.

Malaysia's New Leader To Meet Singapore Counterpart (John Burton, Financial Times)
<http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1071251786264>
The leaders of Malaysia and Singapore are expected to exchange visits next month in an attempt to improve strained relations following the inauguration of Abdullah Badawi as Malaysia's new prime minister in October.

$250m Upgrade For Changi Terminal 1 (Karamjit Kaur, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/topstories/story/0,4386,227141,00.html?>
The aim is to remain aviation hub; Terminal 3 opening put off to 2008.

Output Falls In Singapore (Bloomberg)
<http://www.iht.com/articles/122870.htm>
Singapore's manufacturing slowed more than expected in November, according to figures released on Friday, as companies like Merck and Schering-Plough produced fewer drugs.

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