[MyAppleMenu] Feb 13, 2003

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Thursday, Feb 13, 2003

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.2.4 (Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0302/13.1024.php>
The update addresses issues related to reliability for built-in applications and services, and more. It's available for download through the Software Update system preference pane.

MyAppleMenu : News
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TiVo Integrates With iLife (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=5957>
Apple and Tivo are working together to furnish complete integration between Macs and Tivo devices.

A Laptop Alights At Home On A Minimalist Perch (Ian Austen, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/13/technology/circuits/13stan.html?tntemail0>
Griffin Technology hopes its curving, transparent plastic iCurve laptop stand will appeal to owners of iBooks, as the product's name suggests. The stand's design was inspired by recent Macintosh computers.

Final Cut Express Update Boosts Performance, More (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0302/12.express.php>
Final Cut Express 1.0.1 features improved performance and stability, according to Apple. It also adds linked keyframe parameters to the Motion tab. NTSC and PAL non-controllable device presets have been added to the Easy Setup window, as well.

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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Apple Of Whose Eye? (Dan Gillmor, San Jose Mercury News)
<http://weblog.siliconvalley.com/column/dangillmor/archives/000795.shtml#000795>
I was this close to ordering one of Apple Computer's new notebook computers.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Apple's Big 12-Inch (Brett Larson, TechTV)
<http://www.techtv.com/news/products/story/0,24195,3417429,00.html>
It's not often Apple can claim to have the best value in computers, especially when one compares the price of an Apple to the price of a PC. But it seems that lately Apple has been working at jamming its laptops full of goodies, while at the same time decreasing the price -- and weight -- to make them less expensive than similarly equipped PCs. It's odd, but true.

Checking Out iLife (David Zeiler, Baltimore Sun)
<http://www.sunspot.net/technology/custom/pluggedin/bal-mac021303,0,5355763.column?coll=bal-business-indepth>
While Apple has added several nice features to each of the "iApps," by far the most valuable is the degree of integration.

Latest iPhoto Is Slicker And Faster (Al Fasoldt, The Post-Standard)
<http://www.syracuse.com/news/poststandard/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1044956261269563.xml>
Apple's iPhoto software just got a lot better.

Logitech Internet Navigator Keyboard (Lucian Fong, Inside Mac Games)
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/reviews/view.php?ID=342>
Logitech's Internet Navigator Keyboard is a few features and two USB ports away from being a stand-out product. While I greatly appreciate the efforts of Logitech's Mac driver team, they could extend the functionality of all their supported products by giving users more customization options.

DayLite 1.2: Sales-Relationship-Management Program Delivers Power And Flexibility, But Also Administrative Difficulty (Jeffery Battersby, Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2003/02/reviews/daylite1/>
DayLite's Personal Edition and Business Edition are well-designed and amazingly customizable programs that give you all the tools you'll need to manage every aspect of your sales from start to finish. But at this point, the Business Edition lacks the necessary security and basic administration tools that most businesses require in a centralized application.

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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Microsoft Fights Sun's Java Injunction (Declan McCullagh, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-984426.html>
Microsoft told an appeals court on Wednesday that a requirement forcing it to ship Sun Microsystems' version of Java is "unprecedented" and must be overturned.

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

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : Top Stories
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Are Developers Programmers Or Engineers? (Paul Krill, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/02/12/HNproject_1.html>
Software project management pondered.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : News & Opinions
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Software Success Has India Worried (Saritha Rai, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/13/business/worldbusiness/13RUPE.html>
Is the United States going to start turning its back on outsourcing, the lifeblood of India's software and services industry?

Scrawl To Screen, With A Pen (David Pogue, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/13/technology/circuits/13stat.html>
A tablet computer is not the only way to capture handwritten notes. Two new digital pens can transfer handwritten scrawl to the screen.

Report Suggests Use Of Facial And Fingerprint Scanning On Foreigners (Jennifer 8. Lee, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/12/technology/12IDEN.html>
Government scientists are recommending a combination of facial recognition and fingerprint scanning technologies as the federal standard for identity documents to be issued to foreigners starting next year.

The Web Is Finally Catching Profits (Timothy J. Mullaney, BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/03_07/b3820081_mz063.htm>
Soon, more than 100 Net companies could be in the black.

iSCSI Receives Industry Approval (Ian Fried, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-984320.html>
A key standards body has given its blessing for a new technology that allows storage area networks to be built using existing Ethernet networking.

Is Ultrawideband Too Wide? (Ben Charny, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1033-984388.html>
The satellite industry and its TV and cable customers say a short-range wireless standard called ultrawideband threatens to interfere with many of their broadcasts.

All The Search That's Fit To Print? (Stefanie Olsen, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1023-984252.html>
News and information sites are joining the commercial search craze, adding paid links to their query results and pushing the boundaries of the Web's hottest advertising format.

Gates Lays Out Digital Vision (Joe Wilcox, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-984331.html>
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates on Tuesday said the software giant is "the most optimistic company" about advancing new technology innovations.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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An Enchanted Evening, If You Have The Right Attitude (Amanda Hesser, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/12/dining/12VALE.html>
It is one night when restaurant and diner meet halfway, when expectations are tended to as sacred rites and fellow diners are unified by the prescribed celebration, or attempted celebration, of love. Despite the underlying pressures, year after year, optimism prevails.

'I'm Home!' For Astronauts, Words Defy Translation (Normane E. Thagard, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/11/science/space/11ESSA.html>
Even in the best of circumstances, landing a space shuttle is never routine.

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