[MyAppleMenu] May 7, 2003

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Wednesday, May 7, 2003

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Apple Dominates 2003 D&AD Awards For Product Design (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=6299>
Apple has again dominated the Product Design category in the prestigious D&AD (Design and Art Direction) awards for 2003, being nominated twice out of the four contenders. This year Apple is up for a gong with both the LCD iMac G4 and its Xserve rack-optimised 1U server.

A Talk With iTunes' Conductor (Alex Salkever, BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/may2003/tc2003057_3524_tc056.htm>
Apple's Phil Schiller explains how the hot new digital music service will help curtail piracy -- and sell lots more Macs and iPods.

MyAppleMenu : News
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Mozilla Backs Down On Browser Name (Paul Festa, CNET News.com)
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134348,00.html>
After a dispute over the name of its 'Firebird' browser, the open-source group appears to be going back to using its eponymous original title.

The State Of OS X (Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier, NewsFactor)
<http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21451.html>
While it may not rival Microsoft Windows in packaged commercial software, OS X supports a wealth of applications written for Unix and Linux that do not run on Windows.

iPod Used As Backup For FM Radio Station (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/05/07/ipodtransmitter/>
WFMU, an independent freeform radio station, is using an iPod as an alternate music source when the station's satellite feed fails during inclement weather, according to longtime listener Brian Redman.

Apple's PowerSchool Receives Codie Award (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2003/05/07/codie>

Honolulu And Sacramento Apple Stores Opening May 17th (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2003/05/06/applestores>
The Honolulu store is located in the Ala Moana Center, while the Sacramento store can be found in the Arden Fair Mall.

CRT iMac Gone From Education Apple Store (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news/19370>
The removal of the old iMac models coincides with updated eMac specifications and pricing. 

XM Satellite Radio For Mac By Year's End, Company Confirms (Brad Gibson, The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/article/2003/05/06.5.shtml>
The US$70 XM PC Receiver from XM Satellite Radio presently works only with Windows-based PCs allowing subscribers to listen to 101 digital music, entertainment and news channels, but a company spokesperson has confirmed software designers are working on a Mac version and will release the product by Christmas.

School Gets Funds For New Computer Lab (Susan Essoyan, Honolulu Star-Blletin)
<http://starbulletin.com/2003/05/06/news/story8.html>
La Pietra-Hawaii School for Girls, which integrates technology throughout its curriculum, has raised $100,000 for an advanced computer laboratory that can handle graphic design, sound and animation.

Apple Shares Continue To Climb (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2003/05/06/aapl2>
Today is the stock's second straight day of promising gains.

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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Frustrated By Technology (M. Boivin, The Globe And Mail)
<http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030505.gtlet2may5/BNStory/Technology/>
As far as I am concerned, the decrease in PC sales is long overdue.

Discussion: 60G Nomad Zen Vs. The iPod (Slashdot)
<http://slashdot.org/articles/03/05/06/220224.shtml?tid=188&tid=141>

POGE Vs Microsoft? (Doc Searls)
<http://doc.weblogs.com/2003/05/06#pogeVsMicrosoft>
Prepare for a major fight when Longhorn hits the streets.

More Cocoa, More Stuff: Results From The Mac DevCenter Survey (Derrick Story, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/05/06/survey_results.html>

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Hands On: Apple Extreme A Bit Too Far Ahead Of Curve? (Ken Mingis, Computerworld)
<http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/os/macos/story/0,10801,81019,00.html?SKC=macos-81019>
Apparently, Airport Extreme connections are much more sensitive to interference from microwaves and phones than the much more stable 802.11b.

The 2002 Vs 2003 eMac Value Equation (Dan Knight, Low End Mac)
<http://lowendmac.com/musings/03/0507.html>

Apple Downloads Ring Sour Note (Gary Krakow, MSNBC)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/909907.asp>
All hail Apple’s iTunes Music Store. It’s very well thought out, and beautifully executed. If only as much thought had gone into the sound quality, which is far from beautiful.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : Top Stories
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The Free-Software Tango (Matt Dorn, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/05/07/free_software_argentina/index.html>
In Argentina, a miserable economy is encouraging computer users to look for low-cost, nonproprietary solutions. Bill Gates is paying attention.

U.S.-Singapore Trade Pact Echoes DMCA (Declan McCullagh, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-1000154.html>
On Tuesday, the United States and Singapore signed a trade agreement that affirms both nations' commitment to punishing people who bypass copy-protection technologies--such as those used in most DVDs, a small number of CDs and some computer software.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : News & Opinions
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Mozilla Backs Down On Browser Name (Paul Festa, CNET News.com)
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134348,00.html>
After a dispute over the name of its 'Firebird' browser, the open-source group appears to be going back to using its eponymous original title.

Surveillance Software Boosts Ad Profiling (Stefanie Olsen, CNET News.com)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999828.html>
Ad profiling, a controversial practice from the dot-com heyday, is making a comeback as some of the biggest names in publishing test new Web surveillance software, with hopes of eventually boosting revenue.

Radio ID Chips To Come With Kill Switch (Richard Shim, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1039_3-999794.html?tag=fd_lede2_hed>
Manufacturers and a key industry group expect to introduce a kill switch for controversial radio frequency identification tags before the inventory-tracking chips are shipped in products to retail shelves.

Study: Visual Basic Use May Be Slipping (Martin LaMonica, CNET News.com)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-1000011.html>
Market researcher Evans Data said Tuesday that 52 percent of software developers surveyed use Visual Basic today, but that 43 percent of them plan to move to other languages, including Java and C#, a Java-like language developed by Microsoft.

Virtual Travel Gives The Airlines Real Heartburn (Jane L. Levere, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/06/business/06VIDE.html>
Though teleconferencing has been around for years, new technology is making it easier and cheaper than ever, meaning that it will probably continue to eat into the revenues of airlines, hotels, car rental companies and other segments of the travel industry even if all the other ordeals the industry has gone through fade away.

Frustrated By Technology (M. Boivin, The Globe And Mail)
<http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030505.gtlet2may5/BNStory/Technology/>
As far as I am concerned, the decrease in PC sales is long overdue.

Hearts And Minds Working In Laos (Michelle Delio, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,58566,00.html>
The Remote IT Village Project, stymied by a power surge that fried the main computer, is rallying to set up the world's first bicycle-powered wireless Linux computer system before the rainy season starts. A little barbequed water buffalo and beer did a lot to boost morale.

Next Palm OS Due Late 2003 (Richard Shim, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1045_3-1000110.html>
The next version of the Palm operating system for handhelds will be available to licensees at the end of the year, according to a PalmSource executive.

MyAppleMenu Reader : World
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Cultural Globalization Is Not Americanization (Philippe Legrain, The Chronicle Of Higher Education)
<http://chronicle.com/free/v49/i35/35b00701.htm>
If critics of globalization were less obsessed with "Coca-colonization," they might notice a rich feast of cultural mixing that belies fears about Americanized uniformity.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Science & Tech
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It's A Ball. No, It's A Pretzel. Must Be A Proton. (Kenneth Chang, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/06/science/06PROT.html>
Ask four physicists a seemingly simple question —- Is a proton round? —- and these might be their responses: Yes. No. The first two answers are both correct. What do you mean by "round"?

Could Bill Bennett Really Break Even Playing Slots? (Brendan I. Koerner, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/id/2082638/>
Over the long run, of course, the house always wins, thanks to a mathematical principle known as the Law of Large Numbers. Simply put, the larger the number of plays, the more likely that the fixed probability will catch up with the player. Bennett may have had a lucky night here or there, but after untold thousands of spins, the fixed nature of the slots likely caught up with him: Bennett almost certainly lost between 2 percent and 10 percent of the millions he bet.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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In California, A New Kind Of Continental Cuisine (Mark Bittman, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/07/dining/07TAST.html>
You may occasionally hear the word "dude," but a handful of significant new Los Angeles restaurants are all European in tone and execution.

Big News, Little Paper (Ellen Warren, Chicago Tribune)
<http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/showcase/chi-0305060025may06.story>
Read all about it: High school sports, a plant explosion and the columnist's beard.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Expressions
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Wheezie Via Long-Distance (Michael Ryan, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/id/2082550/>

The River (Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Bold Type)
<http://www.randomhouse.com/boldtype/0997/divakaruni/poem.html>

MyAppleMenu Reader : EOF
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A Right Muggle (Hugo Rifkind, The Times)
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7-671281,00.html>
Two copies of the forthcoming Harry Potter book were found in a field. How did they get there?

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : Top Stories
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U.S.-Singapore Trade Pact Echoes DMCA (Declan McCullagh, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-1000154.html>
On Tuesday, the United States and Singapore signed a trade agreement that affirms both nations' commitment to punishing people who bypass copy-protection technologies--such as those used in most DVDs, a small number of CDs and some computer software.

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