[MyAppleMenu] Jun 10, 2003

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Tuesday, Jun 10, 2003

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Quark Makes Way For Mac OS X (Ian Fried, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1046_3-1015192.html>
Quark says a long-awaited version of its publishing software will ship next week, removing a major hurdle that's prevented some businesses from upgrading to Apple Computer's Mac OS X operating system.

QuarkXPress 6 For Mac OS X To Ship Next Week (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/06/10/quarkxpress/>
"This is one of the biggest, most important applications in the creative space," said Phil Schiller.

Wi-Fi For Dummies (Paul Boutin, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/id/2084046/>
The only product that met our needs was Apple's AirPort Extreme base station. At $199 for the entry-level model, it's a bit pricier than most other home Wi-Fi bases, but it has all the right stuff for our project.

Foster High Considers Turning Down Free Macs (Nora Doyle, King County Journal)
<http://www.kingcountyjournal.com/sited/story/html/134086>
Some Foster High School teachers are balking at the idea that the school board could refuse to let them accept $43,000 worth of new computers the school was recently awarded through a grant program.

MyAppleMenu : News
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Can Apple Break The 5 Percent Barrier? (Robyn Weisman, E-Commerce Times)
<http://www.ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/21668.html>
The answer may be determined within the next couple of years -- and if it is a resounding yes, Apple's future may be not just bright, but insanely great.

Aladdin Ships Internet Cleanup 1.0 For Mac (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2003/06/10/aladdin>
Blocks pop-ups, banner ads, and detects the presense of Spyware on your computer.

Apple Store Coming To Boca Raton, FL (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2003/06/10/applestore>

QuickTime Facilitates The Making Of Lecture Videos (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/06/10/quicktime/>
Administrators and professors in Baruch's Zicklin School of Business have found that making digital video recordings of lectures available online can help undergraduates succeed in large lecture courses. Not surprisingly, Apple technology is being used.

Internet Giants Plan Music Services (Jeff Leeds and Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-fi-brand10jun10,1,1432899.story?coll=la-home-todays-times>
Microsoft, Yahoo, AOL and others may follow Apple's lead by offering downloads a la carte.

Independent Streak: Apple Wooing A Host Of Indie Record Labels To Join Online Service (Chris Gaither, Boston Globe)
<http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/161/business/Independent_streak+.shtml>
"It's really the first business model for online retailing that actually makes some sense."

Apple Opens New Web Site For Education IT Managers (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/06/10/eduit/>
"Technical Resources for Integrating Mac OS X" is an interactive site that promises the opportunity to "learn about -- and discuss -- Mac OS X installation, deployment, and maintenance in your school."

Final Cut Express 1.0.1 Released (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/06/10/express/>
The new version introduces improved performance and stability, according to Apple, and can now link keyframe parameters to the Motion tab. NTSC and PAL noncontrollable device presents have also been added.

Microsoft Settlement Change Highlights Apple's Problems (Paul Thurrott, WinInformant)
<http://www.wininformant.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=39252>
For Apple, fending off Microsoft in its home state is a crucial move because Apple's education sales -- once one of its strongest markets -- fell 15 percent in 2002, when California schools faced budget shortfalls and moved to standardize on Windows.

Greene Board Endorses Laptop Project (LaToya Mack, Kinston.com)
<http://www.kinston.com/Details.cfm?StoryID=11706>
The Greene County Board of Education endorsed a plan Monday nkight that would provide Apple iBook laptop computers to every student and teacher in the middle and high schools.

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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The Mac Hardwae Report: What's In A Name? (Gene Steinberg, Mac Night Owl)
<http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2003Jun/bch20030609020327.htm>
Drop "Power" completely, and make it real simple. After all, we've had Power Macs for over nine years now, and it's time to move on.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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New Apple Laptops Are Droolworthy (Christopher Allbritton, Popular Mechanics)
<http://popularmechanics.com/technology/computers/2003/6/apple_laptops/>
These two beauties could easily make 2003 the "Year of the Laptop," as Steve Jobs said in his keynote speech at Macworld SF. And if the experience I had with these machines is any indication of the degree of technolust they inspire, he's right.

iSync, Therefore I Am (Ross Rubin, Wireless Supersite)
<http://wireless.ziffdavis.com/article2/0,,1121840,00.asp>
It's hard enough to get one piece of software working right with any of these quirky devices, but it's downright impressive that Apple has suddenly been able to support so wide a variety.

Freeverse Deluxe Board Games (Erica Marceau, Applelinks.com)
<http://www.applelinks.com/reviews/freeverseboard.shtml>

Wipeout 2097 1.2.1 (Eric Blair, ATPM)
<http://www.atpm.com/9.06/wipeout.shtml>
If you like fantasy-style racing games, you'll likely enjoy Wipeout 2097.

MSN Reaches Out To Mac Users (Gene Steinberg, Gannett News Service)
<http://www.azcentral.com/business/etech/etechmain.html?gannet_story=http://www.gannettonline.com/e/gear/18000924.html>
If you're looking for a full-featured online service, complete with exclusive content, the new Mac software merits serious attention.

eMac Keeps Promise Of Original iMac Alive (Gene Steinberg, Gannett News Service)
<http://www.azcentral.com/business/etech/etechmain.html?gannet_story=http://www.gannettonline.com/e/eteam/mac_reality_check.html>
Today's eMac is not just a direct descendant of the CRT iMac. Its lineage can be traced directly back to the original Macintosh. If you want a true computer for the rest of us, the eMac may indeed be your best choice.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : Top Stories
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A Passion To Build A Better Robot, One With Social Skills And A Smile (Claudia Dreifus, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/10/science/10CONV.html>
Dr. Cynthia L. Breazeal of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is famous for her robots, not just because they are programmed to perform specific tasks, but because they seem to have emotional as well as physical reactions to the world around them.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : News & Opinions
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Making The World Safe For Software (Kim Girard, Business 2.0)
<http://www.business2.com/articles/mag/0,1640,49466,00.html?ref=hp102>
The ugly reality is that a lot of enterprising applications don't work. Mercury Interactive's testing tools help companies fix that.

MyAppleMenu Reader : World
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Ashcroft's Attitude Problem (Richard Cohen, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37338-2003Jun9.html>
A cavalier attitude toward civil liberties, an inability to concede mistakes, a refusal to see imperfections in the criminal justice system, a zealously irrational belief in the death penalty -- and pretty soon you can read between the lines of that Justice Department report. The attorney general is far more dangerous than any of the immigrants he wrongly detained.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Science & Tech
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What Really Happens When Fruit Flies Fly? (James Gorman, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/10/science/10FLIE.html>
In the early 1870's, Eadweard Muybridge produced the first stop-action images of trotting horses, proving that at one point in the gait of a fast trotting horse all four feet were off the ground. Now scientists who study biomechanics are using high speed digital video to track more fleeting movements like the stutter-step flight of butterflies and the frenetic skitter of cockroaches.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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Life's Full Participant (Suzanne Mantell, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.calendarlive.com/books/cl-et-mantell10jun10,0,5274899.story?coll=cl-books-features>
Jane Juska, single as she approached 70, opened herself to romance. That labor of love has become the memoir 'A Round-Heeled Woman.'

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : Top Stories
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Singapore War Rationale: On Hindsight, Decision May Have Been The Same: PM (Val Chua, Today)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/todaynews/view/733/1/.html>
The failure to discover weapons of mass destruction in postwar Iraq ha sput many nations in a bind, but Singapore says its decision to back the war was justified.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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All Private And Public Houseowners Can Now Apply To Turn Homes Into Offices (Ynja Bjornsson, Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/41867/1/.html>
All home owners in Singapore can now conduct small scale businesses in their own homes under a new Home Office Scheme launched on Tuesday.

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