[MyAppleMenu] May 15, 2003

Thu May 15 21:05:00 EDT 2003

MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Thursday, May 15, 2003

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Pirates And Pioneers (David Zeiler, Baltimore Sun)
<http://www.sunspot.net/technology/custom/pluggedin/bal-mac051503,0,7059704.column?coll=bal-home-extra>
For more than two decades, innovation has helped Apple endure. But as surely as Apple will keep cooking up better ways of doing things, the PC world will keep borrowing them -- and vice versa.

MyAppleMenu : News
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Piracy Worries End iTunes Streaming (Paul Roberts, IDG News Service)
<http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,110755,00.asp>
Only days after the appearance of Internet-based music streaming services that capitalize on Apple's iTunes technology, many of the web sites that hosted them have removed the feature, citing concerns about piracy.

Apple Updates Safari Beta (Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/05/15/safari/>
Apple recommends the update for all Safari users as it improves how Safari validates the authenticity of websites that use SSL certificates.

Microsoft Launches MSN For Mac OS X (Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/05/15/msn/>

Apple Voters Pick Gore (Dawn Kawamoto, CNET News.com)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2110-1103_2-1001647.html>
Al Gore picked up the most votes from investors in the election of Apple Computer's board of directors. Gore received 286.3 million votes, while Steve Jobs garnered only 244.4 million votes.

Apple Makes Mobile QuickTime Moves (Nick Ciarelli and Matthew Rothenberg, eWeek)
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1088413,00.asp>
Apple is reportedly preparing to extend the reach of its QuickTime multimedia software to mobile devices.

OmniWeb Update Improves Stability (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2003/05/14/omniweb>
The update corrects a memory management bug, improving the stability of the application.

E3: World Of Warcraft Coming To Mac OS X (Andy Largent, Inside Mac Games)
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/news/story.php?ID=7652>

Apple Launches X For Teachers Internationally (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news/19449>

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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Don't Break Up Apple -- Build It Up (Dirk Pilat, Low End Mac)
<http://lowendmac.com/pilat/03/0515.html>

Apple's Apocalypse (Bob Bobala, Motley Fool)
<http://www.fool.com/news/commentary/2003/commentary030514bb.htm>
Just like when the first Apple computer was released -- "landmark stuff" doesn't always win over the long haul, as Microsoft has proven. But there's nothing like hyperbole, Steve.

Memo To Apple: Bring Back The Cube And Make It Cheap (Gene Steinberg, Mac Night Owl)
<http://www.macnightowl.com/#cube>
If the total amount is less, you'll probably see a lot more buyers.

Not So Bright Future For The Mac (Michael Logan, MacWrite)
<http://macwrite.com/applestew/not-bright-future-for-mac.php>
It doesn't matter how insanely great Apple's products are.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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P880 Dual Analog Pad (Ken Leyden, Inside Mac Games)
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/reviews/view.php?ID=349>
If you are a Mac-gaming first-time gamepad buyer, you would do much better to check out the MacAlly iShock II first.

King Of All Flat Screen Monitor (Christopher Allbritton, Popular Mechanics)
<http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/computers/2003/5/king_flat_screen_monitors/>
There are more expensive monitors out there, but none give you the design, stunning picture and HD resolution that Apple does. And none of them give you the ease of use.

Flaxh MX Learning Studio (MacMerc.com)
<http://macmerc.com/reviews.php?op=showcontent&id=57>

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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How Microsoft Warded Off Rival (Thomas Fuller, International Herald Tribune)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/15/technology/15SOFT.html>
A campaign by Microsoft to quash a rival raises questions about how much its culture has changed after it violated antitrust laws.

Is Palladium Getting A Bad Rap? (Michelle Delio, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,58822,00.html>
According to Microsoft, a flood of FUD -- spooky rumors intended to cause fear, uncertainty and doubt -- are swirling around its Next Generation Secure Computing Base.

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

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : Top Stories
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Liffe In The Bust Belt (Po Bronson, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.06/bust_belt.html>
What's left after the thrill is gone?

Copy Protection Is A Crime (David Weinberger, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.06/view.html?pg=1>
... against humanity. Society is based on bending the rules.

Why Scripting Languages Matter (Tim O'Reilly, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/3190>
Unlike applications from the previous paradigm, web applications are not released in one to three year cycles. They are updated every day, sometimes every hour.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : News & Opinions
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Study: SuSE Leads In Linux Improvements (Stephen Shankland, CNET News.com)
<http://rss.com.com/2100-1016_3-1001846.html?type=pt&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=news>
Linux has improved significantly in the last two years, a new study released Thursday has found, with a version from SuSE edging out that of rival Red Hat in the businesses features race.

SCO Warns Linux Users Of Legal Liability (Peter Galli, eWeek)
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1088440,00.asp?kc=EWRSS02129TX1K0000531>
The SCO Group on Wednesday significantly raised the stakes in its battle to prevent what it sees as the illegal and unauthorized use of its Unix technologies in Linux, warning that legal liability for the use of Linux could extend to commercial users.

Film Rentals, Downloaded To Your PC (David Pogue, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/15/technology/circuits/15stat.html>
You can rent a Hollywood film by downloading it to your Windows PC. That means saving a trip to the video store, but is what you get worth cheering?

To Register Doubts, Press Here (Sam Lubell, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/15/technology/circuits/15vote.html>
E-voting may be free of hanging chads, but technologists warn that it has risks.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Science & Tech
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Have You Flown A Ford Lately? (Brendan I. Koerner, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/id/2082929/>
Flying cars already exist. So why can't you drive one?

Fighting Women Enter The Arena, No Holds Barred (Michel Marriott, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/15/technology/circuits/15wome.html>
As vastly improved technologies enable electronic game characters to look, sound and move in a more lifelike way than their forebears, action-adventure and fighting games are taking on new sexual dynamics, mesmerizing some people and disturbing others.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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The Writing On The Wall (Lynne Duke, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57450-2003May14.html>
9/11 mural near ground zero outrages some New Yorkers.

A Carnivore Finds Joy, Meatlessly (Nigella Lawson, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/14/dining/14NIGE.html>
You do not have to be vegetarian to appreciate the pleasure to be gained from these dishes.

Descartes For The 21st Century, Jesus With Cool Shades And A Beltful Of Guns (Colin McGinn, The Times)
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7-680354,00.html>
What is the value of not being deceived -- why does knowledge matter?

MyAppleMenu Reader : Expressions
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Tar Pit (David Barber, The Atlantic)
<http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/poetry/antholog/barber/tarpit.htm>

Aria (Teresa Cader, The Atlantic)
<http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/poetry/antholog/cader/aria.htm>

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