[MyAppleMenu] Jan 6, 2003

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Monday, Jan 6, 2003

MyAppleMenu : News
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Macworld Likely To Draw A Crowd: Despite Small Market Share, Apple Show Is Biggest In San Francisco (Henry Norr, San Francisco Chronicle)
<http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/01/06/BU169355.DTL>
To judge by the attendance at Macworld Expo, you'd never guess that Mac fans remain a tiny minority in a sea of PC users.

The End Of The iMac? Not Likely (Leander Kahney, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,57064,00.html>
Rumors of the iMac's demise appear to have been greatly exaggerated.

EyeTV Turns To UK PAL (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=5755>
El Gato is preparing to release a PAL-supporting version of EyeTV -– a digital-video recorder that can record and pause live TV and skip commercials.

Free iDVD 2.1 Released (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=5759>
The update, which was released over the weekend, introduces support for DVD-ROM data and AppleScript, as well as enhancements to the DVD burning process, and a series of performance improvements, according to the company.

Macworld First Of Many 2003 Tradeshows For FileMaker (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0301/06.filemaker.php>
FileMaker Inc. is showcasing its range of K-12 database solutions within the company's exhibit area at this week's Macworld Conference & Expo in San Francisco, California. But the data subsidiary of Apple is also taking its solutions on the road for much of 2003.

Apple May Plan Computer Chameleon To Reflect Owners' Whims (John Markoff, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/06/technology/06KINE.html?ex=1042520400&en=b71023b265505e71&ei=5040&partner=MOREOVER>
Color Kinetics had worked extensively with Apple on the concept, only to have Apple back out of a deal at the last moment. The true illumination of the matter may need to await action by the patent Office.

Logitech Proves No Mouse Among Men (William Hall, Financial Times)
<http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1039524186519>
Daniel Borel, chairman, believes that Logitech stands a chance of dominating the man-machine interface.

Apple Releases iCal 1.0.2 (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2003/01/05/ical>
Hot on the heels of their 1.0.1 release, Apple has posted iCal 1.0.2, the latest version of the popular calendar application.

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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No Worms In Apple's Stock (Paul R. La Monica, CNN/Money)
<http://money.cnn.com/2003/01/06/pf/investing/q_apple/index.htm>
Wall Street analysts have soured on Apple. That's why now is the best time to buy the stock.

Apple Banks On Digital Media Harvest (Joe Wilcox, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1040-979204.html>
"The innovation ratio [on Tuesday] will be much higher than Apple's 5 percent market share."

Why Macworld Must Die! (David Coursey, ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2907915,00.html>
The Apple community and Apple itself no longer need Macworld. And, if anything, the requirement that Apple plan its product launches around the Macworld calendar does more to hurt Apple than to help it. January is simply not the best time to have your big product launch of the year.

Mac Tablet: Ready For Expo? (Matthew Rothenberg, eWeek)
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,807965,00.asp>
I fear my habit of speculating about Apple Computer's next move is just too deeply ingrained to kick.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Apple iBook 800MHz (Duane Bong, Vision Engineer)
<http://www.visionengineer.com/tech/ibook_page1.shtml>
The iBook is likely to find itself popular with 2 groups -- those who value the easy usability of Macs, and UNIX programmers who want to write and compile their own code.

Friends Don't Let Friends Use Classic (Bill Davies, California Computer News)
<http://www.ccnmag.com/index.php?sec=mag&id=181>
Anyone who's serious about doing work on a Mac should wean themselves from Classic programs as soon as their wallet can afford it.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : Top Stories
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More Cities Set Up Wireless Networks (John Markoff, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/06/technology/06WIFI.html>
Add urban renewal to the growing list of reasons to deploy wireless computing networks.

Experts See Vulnerability As Outsiders Code Software (John Schwartz, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/06/technology/06OUTS.html>
As American companies increasingly move their software development tasks out of their own offices to computer programming companies here and abroad, new concerns are being raised about the security risks involved.

When Every Picture Tells A Story (Bill Thompson, BBC News)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2621745.stm>
The combination of easy web publishing with picture phones could mark a decisive shift in our approach to personal privacy, a shift that we may end up regretting.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : News & Opinions
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Software Designers With Vision Map Hard Drives - And Beyond (Hiawatha Bray, Boston Globe)
<http://digitalmass.boston.com/news/globe_tech/upgrade/2003/0106.html>
"If you look at the revolutions in modern computing, they happened when the right picture appeared on screen."

Steve Case's Staying Power Put To The Test At AOL -- Again (David A. Vise, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11512-2003Jan4.html>
Will Steve Case survive as chairman of AOL Time Warner Inc., the world's biggest media and Internet company, during 2003?

They Buy All The Albums, But Trade Concert Bootlegs (Matthew Mirapaul, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/06/arts/music/06ARTS.html>
Most music traders rationalize their actions by saying they own all their favorite band's official albums, and argue that they are documenting musical history.

Transmeta Climbs Into Embedded Market (Michael Kanellos, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-979186.html>
Transmeta on Monday will release its first line of chips for cash registers, industrial equipment and other embedded applications in an attempt to diversify its business.

About Those Linux Boxes (William Grosso, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/2536>

MyAppleMenu Reader : World
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Doctors Belong In Hospitals, Not Courtrooms (Lloyd M. Krieger, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/06/opinion/06KRIE.html>
I went to medical school to become a doctor, not to become a moderately knowledgeable legal hack.

Movies & Metaphors (Jonah Goldberg, National Review)
<http://www.nationalreview.com/goldberg/goldberg010303.asp>
Metaphors burn away all sorts of relevant facts leaving behind only tiny nuggets of understanding.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Science & Tech
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They Buy All The Albums, But Trade Concert Bootlegs (Matthew Mirapaul, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/06/arts/music/06ARTS.html>
Most music traders rationalize their actions by saying they own all their favorite band's official albums, and argue that they are documenting musical history.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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Can Wal-Mart Get Any Bigger? (Yes, A Lot Bigger... Here's How) (Bill Saporito, Time)
<http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101030113-404212,00.html>
Welcome to Wal-Mart in China, where the late Sam Walton has a new image: the Mao of retailing.

New Line For Lowly Phone Booth (Nick Schulz, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-schulz6jan06,0,698285.story?coll=la%2Dnews%2Dcomment%2Dopinions>
It's outdated, sure, but a personal vice just might keep it alive.

Call It The City Of Darkness, And Give It Vitamin D (Elaine Sciolino, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/06/international/europe/06PARI.html?8hpib>
These are dark days in the City of Light.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Ties Tense, But KL 'Does Not Want War' (Reme Ahmad, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/topstories/story/0,4386,164581,00.html?>
Current ties between Malaysia and Singapore are 'tense' but Kuala Lumpur does not want differences over Pedra Branca to turn into a 'physical conflict', Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar has said.

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