[MyAppleMenu] May 17, 2003

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Saturday, May 17, 2003

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Putting The Shine On (Honolulu Star)
<http://starbulletin.com/2003/05/16/business/story3.html>
For a change, a big mainland retailer's move into the Hawaii market is actually welcomed by local competitors. Apple will open Hawaii's first Apple Store tomorrow morning, retailing direct from the factory to Hawaii residents and tourists.

MyAppleMenu : News
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E3: A Look At Apple's Presence (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/05/17/applee3/>
Games are important to Apple, and being at E3 gives the company an opportunity to meet with key game developers and publishers in the PC and console market.

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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iPod, uPod, We allPod (A Whole Lotta Nothing)
<http://a.wholelottanothing.org/archives.blah/006986>
In the 12 hours that I've owned and used [iPod], I've come to appreciate all the features people have written about in the past.

Time For The MacinTiVo (Ralph Risch, MacFixIt)
<http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20030516105927245>
The bigger picture here is that nobody has effectively connected a TV to the Internet, and Apple could provide a platform to do so.

Don't Confuse A Pretty Interface For An Easy Or Efficient Operating System (Adam RObert Guha, Low End Mac)
<http://lowendmac.com/archive/03/0516.html>
The fading menus and cool colors are great, but they doesn't mean a thing when you've got a report due and the computer keeps crashing when you try to spell check the document.

All Good Things Come To An End: An iMac Retrospective (Neale Monks, Applelust.com)
<http://www.applelust.com//oped/editorials/archives/imac_030516.shtml>
So farewell, then, iMac. You saved Apple, and you saved the Macintosh. Not bad for a blue, bubble shaped computer that didn't even have a floppy drive.

Fixing The Small Stuff In Mac OS X: Just How Long Is It Going To Take? (Pierre Igot, Applelust.com)
<http://www.applelust.com//oped/applepeel/archives/peel_56_030516.shtml>

Mac Users Should Not Buy Microsoft Software (Steve Jack, MacDailyNews)
<http://www.macdailynews.com/opinion_comments.php?id=P1077_0_2_0>
I want to talk to you about buying Microsoft software. My point is simple: don't do it.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Affordable Tools (Rick Lepage, Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2003/06/reviews/macgems/>
Most of the low-cost Mac stuff is software, but there are plenty of companies that sell great hardware products for $100 or less.

Cleaner 6.0 (Christopher Breen, Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2003/06/reviews/cleaner6/>
Cleaner 6.0.1's improvements in performance and in codec and OS compatibility make it an essential upgrade for people with previous versions -- as well as a strong temptation for anyone who desires a flexible and powerful encoding utility.

Director MX: Multimedia-Authoring Package Combines Flexibility And Accessibility For Users With Disabilities (Neil Jones, Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2003/06/reviews/directormx/>
While this is not a revolutionary release in terms of new features, it's an excellent upgrade for existing Director users.

The New 30GB iPod Reviewed (Marc Zeedar, Applelinks.com)
<http://www.applelinks.com/reviews/ipod30/index.shtml>
The new iPods really are perfection improved. But the new models are a significant improvement over the original model.

iTunes Music Store Revisited (Gary Krakow, MSNBC)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/913376.asp?0cv=CB20&cp1=1>
Responses to some of your (printable) e-mails.

Location, Location, Location: Tips For Storing Web Site Files (Patrick Crowley, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/05/16/web_files.html>
Here are three common approaches -- whcih address the needs of basic, intermediate, and advanced web developers on Mac OS X.

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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The Exterminator (Forbes)
<http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=34131541>
Bug-ridden programs are savagely costly. Microsoft engineer Amitabh Srivastava may have just what we need -- a software insecticide.

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

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : Top Stories
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No Passport Out Of Password Prison (Rob Pegoraro, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1659-2003May16.html>
The latest vulnerability found in Microsoft's Passport service illustrates the risks of trading convenience for security. And it shows what a mess identity management remains online.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : News & Opinions
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Why Try To Out-Google Google? (Tara Calishain, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/javascript/2003/05/16/googlehacks.html>
Why compete on Google's terms?

All Eyes On Google (Quentin Hardy, Forbes)
<http://www.forbes.com/home/free_forbes/2003/0526/100.html>
With luck and brains, the search has won the hearts and minds of millions and built a booming business. Watch out: Microsoft wants in.

Shirk Ethic: How To Fake A Hard Day At The Office (Jane Spencer, Wall Street Journal)
<http://online.wsj.com/article_email/0,,SB105294526966494700,00.html?mod=todays_us_personaljnl_hs>
It has never been easier to be a white-collar slacker.

Case Re-Elected To AOL Board; Margin Is Called Underwhelming (David D. Kirkpatrick, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/17/business/media/17AOL.html>
After a heated two-hour meeting at a hotel here, Mr. Case and his colleagues were re-elected to the board, but with far fewer votes than the rest of the directors.

Search Results Clogged By Blogs (Joanna Glasner, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58838,00.html>
While many commercial websites struggle to be noticed, some bloggers are unintentionally attracting lots of hits. Their daily utterances, even on topics they know nothing about, are generating high traffic.

Intel Steps Up 802.11g Plans (Richard Shim, CNET News.com)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103_2-1001656.html>
Intel is picking up the pace on introducing 802.11g technology into its products, as the emerging wireless networking specification gathers customer and standards support.

Speeding's The Ticket For U.S. Surfers (Stefanie Olsen, CNET News.com)
<http://rss.com.com/2100-1024_3-1003915.html?type=pt&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=news>
More Americans are signing up for high-speed Internet access this year, and cable and digital subscriber line providers are duking it out for their dollars.

MyAppleMenu Reader : World
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The Truth About Jessica (John Kampfner, The Guardian)
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,956255,00.html>
Her Iraqi guards had long fled, she was being well cared for -- and doctors had already tried to free her.

God And George W. Bush (Bill Keller, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/17/opinion/17KELL.html>
Is President Bush a religious zealot, or does he just pander to that crowd?

MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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Why Will Wireless Camera Phones Revolutionize The Photography Industry? (Evan Nisselson, Digital Journalist)
<http://www.digitaljournalist.org/issue0305/cameracorner.html>
Carrying a combined cellular phone and camera is a totally differnet mindset than meandering around making pictures with a typical camera.

They're Reinventing The Marshmallow (Andrea Pyenson, Boston Globe)
<http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/134/food/They_re_reinventing_the_marshmallow+.shtml>
Marshmallows have grown up. Handmade -- some in beautiful pastel colors and a mouthwatering array of flavors -- marshmallows are now available at upscale markets.

She Has Arrived (David Mehegan, Boston Globe)
<http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/137/living/She_has_arrived+.shtml>
Sabina Murray's latest journey, from unknown writer to award-winning author, has put her on the literary map.

Dating A Blogger, Reading All About It (Warren St. John, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/18/fashion/18BLOG.html>
In the rush to publish, many bloggers are running headlong into some of the problems conventionally published memoirists know too well: hurt feelings, newly wary friends and relatives, and the occasional inflamed employer.

More Students In Writing Programs Expect (And Get) Hollywood Offers (Gregory Jordan, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/17/arts/17WRIT.html>
Like it or not, creative writing programs have become forces on the literary landscape.

Rem Readings (Claire Dederer, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/18/magazine/18ESSAY.html>
People in Seattle don't seem to like the idea of Rem Koolhaas building them a new library. But they haven't seen it from the inside yet.

How Architecture Rediscovered The Future (Arthur Lubow, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/18/magazine/18LUBOW.html>
The best new buildings no longer steal from the past or surrender to their surroundings. They express a vision of where the world is heading.

Big Sponge On Campus (Pagan Kennedy, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/18/magazine/18MIT.html>
>From afar, [Simmons Hall] looks like a three-letter word that I can't quite read, rendered in sci-fi letters against the sky. It's only as I get closer, walking over the springy grass of M.I.T.'s athletic fields, that I notice the small square windows that pock just about every surface of the new dorm. M.I.T. hired a maverick architect, Steven Holl, to create a groundbreaking desgin. He says his inspiration for the building was a sea sponge.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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100% Sure It's Flu, Not Sars, At IMH (Tracy Quek, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/topstories/story/0,4386,189706,00.html?>
Doctors are now '100 per cent sure' that a total of 54 Institute of Mental Health (IMH) patients and staff who had fever do not have Sars.

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