[MyAppleMenu] Jun 19, 2003

Thu Jun 19 21:05:00 EDT 2003

MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Thursday, Jun 19, 2003

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Ambrosia Software: Software Of The Gods (Michael Yanovich, Inside Mac Games)
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/features/view.php?ID=239>
If you play Mac games, you've probably heard of Ambrosia Software. One of the Mac's premiere shareware developers and publishers, Ambrosia has been making games and utilities with the passionate zeal that comes from drinking the gods' nectar.

AirPort Update Complies With Final IEEE 802.11g Spec (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/06/19/airport/>
Apple has released an update to bring AirPort Extreme base stations and client computers equipped with AirPort Extreme cards in-line with approved specifications.

MyAppleMenu : News
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iPod Software Update 2.0.1 Released (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/06/19/ipod/>
Apple has released iPod Software Update 2.0.1, which offers restore and update features to iPods with a dock connector.

Macworld Shrinks To Core (Scott Van Voorhis, Boston Herald)
<http://www.bostonherald.com/business/business/mac06192003.htm>
Macworld's much-touted return to the Hub next year may feature a dramatically downsized show that has tens of thousands of fewer attendees than first planned, recent events in New York indicate.

Apple Gets Indie Bands (Warren Cohen, Rolling Stone)
<http://www.rollingstone.com/news/newsarticle.asp?nid=18233>
"I was waiting the whole time to find out, 'Where is the catch?' So far, there hasn't been any."

Apple In 2008 (Robyn Weisman, E-Commerce Times)
<http://www.ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/21713.html>
If industry influence trumped such tradition economic considerations as market shares, Apple probably would be the top computer manufacturer.

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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Confessions Of A Soon-To-Be Ex-Mac User (Dale Tournemille)
<http://homepage.mac.com/dtournemille/resume/writing/column_mac_switch.html>
The Macintosh is slow, horribly expensive and I'm not going to take it anymore.

Apple WWDC: The 64-Bit Question (Matthew Rothenberg, eWeek)
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1131419,00.asp>

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Super Pop And Drop (Jack Jose, Applelinks.com)
<http://www.applelinks.com/reviews/superpopanddrop.shtml>

Power Over Ethernet (Niko Coucouvanis, MacAddict)
<http://www.macaddict.com/issues/0306/rev.poe.html>
This one-trick widget obviously isn't for everyone, but as one-trick widgets go, it's a class act.

iMovie Retains Edge In Movie-Making (Julio Ojeda-Zapata, Philadelphia Inquirer)
<http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/business/technology/6119386.htm>
Apple's program is easy to use, has lots of interesting features, and works.

Creature Comfort Sounds Good (Garry Barker, The Age)
<http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/06/18/1055828371334.html>

Put Weblogs To Work: Low-Cost Tools Let You Publish Professional And Personal Sites Instantly (Scot Hacker, Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2003/07/features/putweblogstowork/>
For users who want a Weblog system that can expand with the needs of their publication or business, we recommend Movable Type or pMachine. Both offer excellent features, extensibility, and power, and they're both easy to use.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : Top Stories
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When Spam Filters Go Bad (Laura Miller, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/06/19/spamblockers/index_np.html>
Trying to block junk mail, my cable modem company installed a system that prevented me from getting my REAL mail -- and when I complained, insisted it was all for the good of the System.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : News & Opinions
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MSN Search Bot A Glimpse Of Ambitions (Jim Hu, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1032_3-1018930.html?type=pt&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=news>
In preparation for unveiling its own algorithmic search engine, Microsoft's MSN has quietly launched software that will index Web sites, a move that raises questions about MSN's relationship with Yahoo subsidiary Inktomi.

Tech Giants Ally On Home Networking (Richard Shim, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1041_3-1018617.html>
Microsoft, Sony and other tech heavyweights are set to unveil a joint effort to make sure that their products -- from computers to DVD players to cell phones -- can communicate with each other over a home wireless network.

Senator OK With Zapping Pirates' PCs (Declan McCullagh, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-1018845.html>
Sen. Orrin Hatch on Wednesday backpedaled slightly from his suggestion a day earlier that copyright holders should be allowed to remotely destroy the computers of music pirates.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Science & Tech
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Scientists Report Hottest, Densest Matter Ever Observed (Kenneth Chang, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/19/science/19PLAS.html>
Experiments at the Brookhaven National Laboratory have created the hottest, densest matter ever observed, recreating conditions a fraction of a second after the birth of the universe, scientists announced today.

We're All Gonna Die! (Gregg Easterbrook, Wired)
<http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.07/doomsday.html>
But it won't be from germ warfare, runaway nanobots, or shifting magnetic poles. A skeptical guide to Doomsday.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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President's Tumble Off A Segway Seems A Tiny Bit Suspicious (Kevin Maney, USA Today)
<http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20030618/5252375s.htm>
What we've got here is a clever conspiracy -- a pre-emptive strike to save the oil industry from a technology that could sap its power.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : Top Stories
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Cuts Likely In Civil Service Starting Pay (Lydia Lim, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/topstories/story/0,4386,195405,00.html?>
In some services, the gap between public and private-sector wages for fresh grads may now be too wide, says DPM Lee.

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