[MyAppleMenu] Jun 13, 2003

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Friday, Jun 13, 2003

MyAppleMenu : News
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The Art Institutes To Migrate 3,000 Macs To OS X (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2003/06/13/artinstitutes>
Thanks to the release of QuarkXPress 6.

Microsoft: No New Versions Of IE For Mac (Ian Fried, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1045_3-1017126.html>
Microsoft's decision creates a conudrum for Mac users seeking maximum compatibility.

In iPod He Trusts (Patrick Rapa, Philadelphia City Paper)
<http://citypaper.net/articles/current/music.shtml>
Armed with a small fleet of iPods, Porter's embarking on a one-of-a-kind business venture: filling the little mp3 players with a specially created musical catalog and renting them out to area businesses.

Internet Explorer Consigned To The Trash (Jo Young, PC Pro)
<http://www.pcpro.co.uk/?http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/news_story.php?id=43191>
Roz Ho, the general manager of Microsoft's Mac Business Unit, has confirmed that no future versions of Internet Explorer will be released for the Mac.

Corel: A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Ambition (James Bagnall, Ottawa Citizen)
<http://www.canada.com/technology/story.html?id=F1A81FF9-8086-4C41-A328-482507CEE558>
With Corel set to disappear into the control of a California-based venture-capital firm for little more than a buck a share, it's easy to forget there was a time when this company could do no wrong.

Line Of Apple Stores Expanded With Opening In Newton, Mass (Hoover's Online)
<http://hoovnews.hoovers.com/fp.asp?layout=displaynews&doc_id=NR200306131180.3_b463001c82e9e4d8>
Leave it to Apple, the only PC maker that controls its own operating system, to think it can sell its products better than the computer superstores.

Apple Store Eats Channel Business (Brian Corrigan, ARN)
<http://arnnet.com.au/index.php?taxid=9&id=1707446852>
Apple resellers are becoming increasingly disgruntled with the product expansion and aggressive pricing of the vendor's online presence.

Wireless Remote Debuts For iPod (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2003/06/13/navipod>
The naviPod consists of a receiver that plugs into the top of the iPod and a 5-button infrared remote control that produces the same functions as the Apple iPod wired remote.

Adobe Posts Gain In 2nd-Quarter Earnings (Reuters)
<http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=businessNews&storyID=2922279>

By Kids, For Kids (Colin Steele, Daily News Tribune)
<http://www.townonline.com/boxford/news/local_regional/tri_newttkidsbookscbb06112003.htm>
The Masconomet students wrote their stories then drew and painted pictures to go along with them. But everything soon turned high-tech.

Macs To Drive On HyperTransport Links (Michael Kanellos, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1042_3-1016770.html>
Apple will use HyperTransport as a high-speed link between the two processors that make up the chipset in new desktop Macintoshes, sources said. This is faster than most existing chip connection technologies, a change that in turn should lead to overall better performance.

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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Can Diversifying Save Apple? (Gene Steinberg, Mac Night Owl)
<http://www.macnightowl.com/#diversify>
Products with Apple labels on them would have to somehow fit into the company's master plan. Since the company doesn't necessarily share its plans with the outside world, we're left to speculate.

iPod: Digital Music's Windows Desktop (Jimmy Guterman, Business 2.0)
<http://www.business2.com/articles/web/0,1653,50248,00.html>
Since record companies are desperate for new means of distribution, shouldn't they be looking for access to the iPod rather than just iTunes?

How Apple Software (And Not Just iTunes) Could Improve The Windows Experience (Adam Robert Guha, Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/archive/03/0613.html>
Who ever thought we'd be looking to Apple to make the Windows experience better.

Mac G5: Too Little, Too Late (James Maguire, osOpinion)
<http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21715.html>
Instead of a hot new model, Apple needs a new manufacturing process that will enable it to compete price-wise with Windows.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Why Text Browsers? MacLynx Vs. WannaBe (D. W. Owens, Low End Mac)
<http://lowendmac.com/myturn/03/0613.html>
Text browsers remain a viable alternative to graphical browsers, especially if you have a slow connection and/or an older machine.

>From Geek To Chic, Mac Gifts Suit Dads, Grads (Bob LeVitus, Houston Chronicle)
<http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/business/1950205>
M last installment of gift suggestions focused on audio, but there's much more to being a Mac user than creating or enjoying music.

ilisten 1.6 Dictation Software for OS X (Charles W. Moore, Applelinks.com)
<http://www.applelinks.com/mooresviews/il16.shtml>
iListen's far from perfected yet, and still has rough edges, but so does the competition, and this release has done considerable smoothing.

1GHz iMac (MacAddict)
<http://www.macaddict.com/issues/0306/rev.imac1ghz.html>
We love the LCD iMac enough to accommodate its flaws, but not enough to overlook them.

Mac OS X And AudioUnits Update (Stephanie Jorgl, Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/hotnews/articles/2003/06/audioupdate/>
An abundance of delectable new plugins.

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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Rivals Say Microsoft Flouts Deal (Jonathan Krim, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52423-2003Jun12.html>
Microsoft is trying to license key pieces of its technology at inflated rates and under onerous conditions, according to competitors who charge that the software giant is thwarting its antitrust settlement with the federal government.

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

MyAppleMenu Reader : World
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Read My Lips (Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/11/opinion/11FRIE.html>
When you shrink government, what you do, over time, is shrink the services provided by federal, state and local governments to the vast American middle class. I would suggest that henceforth Democrats simply ask voters to substitute the word "services" for the word "taxes" every time they hear President Bush speak.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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So Long Suburbs, Hello Halibut Burgers (Judith Weinraub, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38647-2003Jun10.html>
Anyone who got a message from Susan Callahan in the past month saw a tantalizing tag line at the end of her e-mails: "Can a middle-age woman from the suburbs survive in the wilds of Alaska?"

Journalism's Gentleman Giant (George F. Will, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52825-2003Jun12.html>
To have worked alongside David Brinkley on television is to have experienced what might be called the Tommy Henrich Temptation.

Playing At Pixar (Sean P. Means, Salt Lake Tribune)
<http://www.sltrib.com/2003/May/05302003/friday/friday.asp>
"Pixar is not just the technology, not just the building, not ust the studio. Pixar is its people."

David Brinkley, Elder Statesman Of TV News, Dies At 82 (Richard Severo, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/12/obituaries/12CND-BRINK.html?ex=1370836800&en=cff03291e81a5ba9&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND>
David Brinkley, whose pungent news commentaries, delivered with a mixture of wry skepticism and succinct candor, set the standard for network television for generations, died at his home in Houston late Wednesday. He was 82.

Bra Salesman Knows His ABCs (And Beyond) (Michael Vitez, Philadelphia Inquirer)
<http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/6067625.htm>
"I carry 60 sizes. Sixty! Who else is carzy enough to do that?"

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Odds Against SIA's Budget Carrier Plan Taking Off: Experts (Rebecca Lee, Reuters)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,4386,194567,00.html?>
Singapore Airline's plan to start a low-cost carrier has prompted a chorus of naysayers to point to the huge obstacles it will face in Asia.

Big Boys, Big Taxes, Big Hole (Lee Han Shih, Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/todaynews/view/743/1/.html>
As long as high taxes and overwhelming competition exist in Singapore, there is little chance for entrepreneurship to take off, home, office or otherwise.

Singapore Unemployment To Top 5.5% This Year (AFP)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/latest/story/0,4390,194499,00.html?>
Singapore's unemployment rate could 'easily' worsen to 5.5 per cent this year from 4.5 per cent in March largely due to the devastation wrought by Sars, the Government said on Friday.

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