[MyAppleMenu] Wednesday, Dec 31, 2003

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Wednesday, Dec 31, 2003

MyAppleMenu : News
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Would $100 iPod Compete Or Cannibalize? (Paul Festa, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1041_3-5134102.html>
With rumors rife that Apple Computer will unveil a $100 music player at Macworld Expo next month, analysts are split on the likelihood -- and wisdom -- of such a move.

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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Macworld Wish List For Steve (David Miller, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/12/30/wish_list.html>

iPod Speculation Grows Before Macworld (Jon Fortt, San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/7600695.htm>
Don't count on seeing dramatically smaller or cheaper iPod music players in the new year, despite Internet rumors that Apple Computer will announce them next week in San Francisco.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: Top Stories
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101 Ways To Save The Internet (Paul Boutin, Wired)
<http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.01/internet.html>
101 proposals that harness the Net's own superpowers to defeat its foes. Up, up, and away!

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: News & Opinions
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The Fabulous Disappearing Internet (Susan Kuchinskas, InternetNews.com)
<http://www.internetnews.com/infra/article.php/3294121>
Will 2005 be the year we forget about the Internet? Thanks to always-on broadband connections at home and at work, plus simple and fun phone-based applications, "going on the Internet" isn't such a big deal.

MyAppleMenu Reader: World
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The 'We' Word: And The Tyranny Of The Majority (Roger Kerr, Policy)
<http://www.cis.org.au/Policy/summer03-04/polsumm0304-4.htm>
False collectives-what Americans call 'weasel words'-poison the language we use to talk about public affairs by cobbling together spurious majorities.

MyAppleMenu Reader: Life
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After 1,200 Meals, 'Check, Please' (William Grimes, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/31/dining/31CRIT.html>
New York diners have never had it so good.

MyAppleMenu Reader: Expressions
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Toad Skin (Barry Goldensohn, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/id/2093299/>

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : Top Stories
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PM Goh Upbeat About Future In New Year Message (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/print/64251/1/.html>
The Singapore economy is turning around and the sky is getting brighter -- these are some of the encouraging words Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong has for the nation ahead of the new year.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Singapore-US Trade Deal Brings ICT Opportunities (David Legard, IDG News Service)
<http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/12/30/HNmti_1.html>
The free trade agreement signed between Singapore and the U.S. (USSFTA) in May 2003 comes into force on Jan. 1, 2004, and provides opportunities and challenges for information and communications technology (ICT) suppliers in both countries, Singapore's Ministry of Trade and Investment (MTI) said Tuesday.

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