[MyAppleMenu] Jan 19, 2003

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Sunday, Jan 19, 2003

MyAppleMenu : News
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6 Short Movies Reflect Real Life (Alan Schnepf, San Bernardino County Sun)
<http://www.sbsun.com/Stories/0,1413,208~12588~1121089,00.html>
The six amateur filmmakers spent about a dozen Friday mornings learning how to use digital video cameras and filming things close to their lives.

Eight-Digit Salary Club To Drop Members (Daniel Sorid, Reuters)
<http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/reuters20030118_40.html>
Several executives who took home a bundle in 2001 -- including Apple Computer's Steven Jobs and the chief of Tyco International's health-care unit -- could lose their club membership with their pay dropping in 2002.

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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Putting G Before A (Ephraim Schwartz, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/03/01/20/030120opwireless.xml>
The choice of G is especially surprising because Apple practically owns the education and higher-education markets, which, according to most of the university IT people with whom I've spoken, are moving to A.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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No Reason To Pan Movie Maker 2's Effects (James Coates, Chicago Tribune)
<http://www.chicagotribune.com/technology/chi-0301190211jan19,1,441195.column?coll=chi%2Dtechnology%2Dhed>
Call it the Battle of the Ken Burns Effect. It's not a Civil War conflict but rather a clash between Microsoft Corp. and Apple Computer Inc. for the one area of home computing where Apple has been the hands-down winner--until now.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : News & Opinions
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What Lies Beneath (Robert X. Cringely, PBS)
<http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20030116.html>
Why Microsoft should build its next version of Windows on top of Linux.

Microsoft Unveils New CD Copy Protection (Reuters)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1023-981279.html>
Microsoft announced on Saturday new digital rights software aimed at helping music labels control unauthorized copying of CDs, one of the biggest thorns in the ailing industry's side.

RIAA: ISPs Should Pay For Music Swapping (Reuters)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1023-981281.html>
A top music industry representative said Saturday that telecommunications companies and Internet service providers will be asked to pay up for giving their customers access to free song-swapping sites.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Singapore Urges Drivers To Wave (Associated Press)
<http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20030118_843.html>
The government urged Singapore drivers to give each other more friendly waves as the tightly controlled city-state on Saturday launched its latest behavior improvement campaign.

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