[MyAppleMenu] May 12, 2003

Mon May 12 21:05:00 EDT 2003

MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Monday, May 12, 2003

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Apple Tweaks Microsoft Over A New Computer (John Markoff, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/12/technology/12SOFT.html?ex=1053403200&en=40a895b4cc8831dc&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE>
Apple executives took obvious glee last week in noting that the new graphics software that is scheduled to appear in "Longhorn" apes features that have been in Apple's OS X operating system since 2001.

MyAppleMenu : News
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Apple Bringing IP Networking To FireWire (David Nagel, Creative Mac)
<http://www.creativemac.com/2003/05_may/news/fwip030512.htm>
Apple has released a new software package that allows for traditional networking over a FireWire connection. The software is a preview release, available now for Mac OS X 10.2.5.

Ranchero Releases NetNewsWire 1.0.2 (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2003/05/12/ranchero>
Version 1.0.2 improves performance, adds new weblog editor features for Movable Type and Radio UserLand users, and fixes several bugs.

Astronomical Improvements (Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/education/profiles/toronto/>
"I'd never written a GUI-based app in my life, but Cocoa made it ridiculously easy."

'Salling Clicker' Gets New Name, New Focus (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/05/12/clicker/>
In explaining the name change, developer Jonas Salling reiterated that the company's commitment to Sony Ericsson products remains strong.

Increasing Wi-Fi Use Raises Airline Safety Concerns (Chris Gaither, Boston Globe)
<http://boston.com/business/tech_innovation/news/2003/05/12/wifi_airline.htm>
Unlike cellphones and two-way pagers, which are banned from use on planes, laptops are allowed to be used once the plane has ascended past 10,000 feet. But computer makers are now building Wi-Fi chips into the current generation of laptops, raising questions about the impact of these radio signals on the instruments used by pilots.

Apple Expo Kicks Off September 16 In Paris (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2003/05/12/appleexpo>
Apple Expo 2003, the 20th anniversary of the premier Mac event in Europe, will take place in Paris, France from September 16-20 at Paris expo, Hall 4.

Windows Wants To Play With Apple's iTunes (Brian Garrity, Reuters/Billboard)
<http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1052251547862&call_pageid=968867495754&col=969483191630>
A host of leading media and technology brands, as well as music subscription services, are planning to slug it out when a Windows-compatible version of Apple Computer's iTunes Music Store hits the market later this year.

IBM Preps 1GHz-Plus PowerPC 750GX 'Gobi' (Tony Smith, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/3/30640.html>
IBM's next revision will finally take the G3 family to 1GHz and beyond.

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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The Spirit Of Unix (Tom Yager, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/09/19OPcurve_1.html>
To me, including Linux, BSD, and Darwin in the Unix category seems wholly appropriate given Unix's origins.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Cocktail (Marcos, MacCritic.com)
<http://www.maccritic.com/reviews/comments.php?id=206_0_13_0_C>
All these great features aren't found anywhere in a single application, maybe three or four, and a couple won't be free. Cocktail is free, and that's what makes it so great.

Power Mac Versus Pentium 4 And Xeon 3D Gaming & Graphics (rob-ART morgan, Bare Feats)
<http://www.barefeats.com/p4game.html>
The fastest Pentium 4 system beats the fastest Power Mac G4 when doing graphics intensive 3D functions.

A Supersize PowerBook (Jason Brooks, eWeek)
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1081372,00.asp>
If you're after a sharp-looking, well-performing laptop with screen real estate to spare, I suggest you cruise into an Apple store and check one out.

Apple Xserve (Tom Henderson, Network World)
<http://www.nwfusion.com/reviews/2003/0512revxserver.html>
Apple's new Xserve is fast and well equipped for network use.

Upgrades For The Tray-Loading iMac (Dan Knight, Low End Mac)
<http://lowendmac.com/imacs/tray-up.html>

17 Programs That Will Send Students To The Head Of The Class (Peter Cohen, Adrienne Robillard and Frankin Tessler, Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2003/05/reviews/educationsoftware/>
Fun may  not be the first word that comes to mind when you mention algebra practice. But education-software makers are working to change that.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : Top Stories
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The Evelyn Wood Of Digitized Book Scanners (John Markoff, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/12/technology/12TURN.html>
At the Stanford library, a Swiss-designed robot about the size of a sport utility vehicle, turns pages of old books and scans the text.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : News & Opinions
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Google Launches Regional News Service (Graeme Wearden, CNET News.com)
<http://rss.com.com/2110-1025_3-1001089.html?type=pt&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=news>
Google announced on Monday that it had created Google News UK, part of a move to upgrade its Internet news aggregation service by launching five new country-specific versions. Similar local versions of Google News have also been launched in Australia, New Zealand, India and Canada.

Increasing Wi-Fi Use Raises Airline Safety Concerns (Chris Gaither, Boston Globe)
<http://boston.com/business/tech_innovation/news/2003/05/12/wifi_airline.htm>
Unlike cellphones and two-way pagers, which are banned from use on planes, laptops are allowed to be used once the plane has ascended past 10,000 feet. But computer makers are now building Wi-Fi chips into the current generation of laptops, raising questions about the impact of these radio signals on the instruments used by pilots.

Sun Tries Again With Jini (Martin LaMonica, CNET News.com)
<http://rss.com.com/2100-1012_3-1000911.html?type=pt&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=news>
Sun Microsystems says its much-hyped Jini software is finding a new use in nuts-and-bolts business applications, rather than in networks of futuristic consumer gadgets as the company originally intended.

Power Talk (Dan Thanh Dang, Baltimore Sun)
<http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bal-bz.powerline11may11.story>
Utilities are testing a potentially revolutionary new system that transmits high- speed data over power lines.

MyAppleMenu Reader : World
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The Oily Americans (Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele, Time)
<http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101030519-450997,00.html>
Why the world doesn't trust the U.S. about petroleum: A history of meddling.

How To Hurt Castro (Jeff Flake, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/12/opinion/12FLAK.html>
A genuine get-tough policy with Cuba would export something Americans know a little about: freedom. Let's get rid of travel license applications altogether.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Science & Tech
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Lost In Translation (Aaron Zitner, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-gene12may12.story>
Gene testing is proving to be a challenge: In one broad screening, results have been difficult to interpret, creating unintended risks.

The Evelyn Wood Of Digitized Book Scanners (John Markoff, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/12/technology/12TURN.html>
At the Stanford library, a Swiss-designed robot about the size of a sport utility vehicle, turns pages of old books and scans the text.

Military Hardware Is Adapted To Fight SARS (Wayne Arnold, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/12/technology/12SCAN.html>
Authorities in Singapore have adapted devices originally developed for a military purpose -- seeing enemies in the dark -- to help combat the spread of SARS.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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Wife Envy (Kristen Taylor, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/features/printedition/magazine/la-tm-mom19may11,1,1239754.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dmagazine>
A mother's mother's day musings.

A Dearth Of Successful Sitcoms (Jim Rutenberg, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/12/arts/television/12COME.html?8hpib>
There have been three great comedy droughts in the history of network television, and this is one of them.

Times Reporter Who Resigned Leaves Long Trail Of Deception (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/11/national/11PAPE.html?pagewanted=all&position=>
A staff reporter for The New Yrok Time3s committed frequent acts of journalistic fraud while covering significant news events in recent months, an investigation by Times journalists has found. The widespread fabrication and plagiarism represent a profound betrayal of trust and a low point in the 152-year history of the newspaper.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Expressions
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Tapka (David Bezmozgis, New Yorker)
<http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/content/?030519fi_fiction>

MyAppleMenu Reader : EOF
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Qapla'! Hospital Seeks Klingon Speaker (Associated Press)
<http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/West/05/10/offbeat.klingon.interpreter/index.html>
The language created for the "Star Trek" TV series and movies is one of about 55 needed by the office that treats mental health patients in metropolitan Multnomah County.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : Top Stories
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Military Hardware Is Adapted To Fight SARS (Wayne Arnold, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/12/technology/12SCAN.html>
Authorities in Singapore have adapted devices originally developed for a military purpose -- seeing enemies in the dark -- to help combat the spread of SARS.

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