[MyAppleMenu] May 28, 2003

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Wednesday, May 28, 2003

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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I've Bitten The Apple: Steve Jobs Keeps Rocking My World (Stewart Alsop, Fortune)
<http://www.fortune.com/fortune/alsop/0,15704,454338,00.html>
Based on what I've seen Jobs do over the past 20 years, I'd have to say that the company will not only keep moving forward itself but also keep pushing the entire industry along.

iTunes Update Disables Internet Playlist Sharing (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/05/27/itunes/>
iTunes 4.0.1 gains performance and network enhancements, according to Apple, but one feature has been disabled: Internet-based playlist sharing.

Hands On: Getting Macs And PCs To Play Well Together (Ryan Faas, Computerworld)
<http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/os/macos/story/0,10801,81551,00.html?SKC=macos-81551>
The first issue many IT departments need to deal with is providing access to shared resources for both platforms... There are two basic tacks IT workers can take: server-based solutions and client-based solutions.

MyAppleMenu : News
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Apple's .Mac Mail Problems Continue (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news/19575>

VirtualPC Update Fixes AirPort Extreme Problem (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/05/28/virtualpc/>
The new version of VirtualPC fixes a compatibility problem with AirPort Extreme Cards, according to Connectix.

Revolution 2.0 Released (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/05/28/revolution/>
Revolution can be used to create custom applications, database front ends, CGI processing scripts, multimedia presentations and more.

Apple Finds The Key (Karen A. mann, News Observer)
<http://newsobserver.com/business/story/2571438p-2386678c.html>
Its iTunes Music Store has shown that people are willing to pay to download songs.

State Of The Art: A Medium Reborn (John Borland, Evan Hansen and Mike Yamamoto, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2009-1027-1009535.html?tag=sr_toc>
Just as vinyl albums dictated song counts and radio gave rise to one-hit wonders, digital distribution may ultimately help revolutionize the way music is produced, packaged and even created.

Listen.com Fires Shot  Over Apple's Bow; Lowers Burning Fee To 79 Cents Per Song (MacDailyNews)
<http://www.macdailynews.com/comments.php?id=P1138_0_1_0>

PowerMail Update Improves Searching, More (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/05/27/powermail/>

Ambrosia Releases 'Uplink' Computer Hacker Game (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/05/27/uplink/>
Uplink is a game set in the near future, in the world of high-tech computer crime and Internet-based industrial espionage.

Apple Hits The Right Notes (Barbara Lippert, AdWeek)
<http://www.adweek.com/aw/magazine/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1896127>
[Apple's new campaign] is not as simple as it looks, and that's one of the reasons it's so good.

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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The OS X Transition Must Be Completed Now (John Manzione, MacNETv2)
<http://macnet2.com/more.php?id=346_0_1_0_M>
So began my research into why OS 9 users refuse to join the rest of us in OS X-land.

The Point Of No Return? (Stephen Van Esch, Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/scope/03/0528.html>
The iTunes Music Store's success indicates that the gamble by both Apple and the music industry has paid off. But where is the point of no return?

The Mac Hardware Report: RAM Problems Revisited (Gene Steinberg, Mac Night Owl)
<http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030528.wlisten0528/BNStory/Technology/>

Apple Force-Feeds Customers Shit, Calls It Sunshine (Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing)
<http://boingboing.net/2003_05_01_archive.html#200349509>
Apple has removed a useful feature from its software, and its customers are out in the cold.

The Jaguar Report: The Conspiracy To Make You Switch To Mac OS X (Gene Steinberg, Mac Night Owl)
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/previews/view.php?ID=113>
Nobody forces you to buy the new version, or to purchase a new computer if hte old one is working just fine... When it makes sense to upgrade, say when your Mac has become too troublesome or slow to get work done, and the budget allows it of course, then you can "Think Different" about the matter.

Loyal To The Core (Joshua Jaffe, TheDeal.com)
<http://www.thedeal.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=TheDeal/TDDArticle/TDStandardArticle&c=TDDArticle&cid=1053702577011>
Loyal Macintosh users flooded The Deal's Web site with vitriol, with and wisdom in response to the suggestio that Apple has reached the point where its value as two separate companies -- one a hardware maker, the other a software developer -- is greater than the sum of its parts.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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iLife (MacAddict)
<http://www.macaddict.com/issues/0305/rev.ilife.html>
We always suspected that Apple's little i stood for integration, and iLife is proof enough.

Pro Tools LE 6: Digital-Audio Software Makes Comfortable Transition To OS X And Adds File-Management Features (Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2003/06/reviews/protoolsle6/>
"Comfortable and stable" may seem like faint praise, but it means that owners of supported Digidesign hardware can easily move up to Pro Tools LE 6.

Servoy: A FileMaker Pro Killer Or Another Killer App? (Matt Petrowsky, FileMaker Magazine)
<http://www.filemakermagazine.com/Article479.html>
Servoy will fit nicely in my bag of tools right alongside with FileMaker Pro.

Spaceward Ho! 5 (Erica Marceau, Applelinks.com)
<http://www.applelinks.com/reviews/spacewardho5.shtml>
Spaceward Ho! 5 is an enjoyable game which will appeal to anyone who wants to conquer a galaxy and not spend hours learning how to do it.

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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Microsoft Warns Of New Vulnerabiliities (Ian Fried, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1002_3-1010884.html>
Microsoft on Wednesday issued a pair of security alerts addressing potential flaws that could make its software vulnerable to attackers.

Microsoft Loses Munich Deal To Linux (Peter Galli, eWeek)
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1109545,00.asp>
The city of Munich, the third largest in Germany, has chosen Linux and the free OpenOffice.org productivity suite for its more than 15,000 desktop systems, replacing Microsoft Windows NT, say sources close to the negotiations.

Windows Users Knocked Off Net (Associated Press)
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,59006,00.html>
Microsoft withderew a security improvement for its flagship Windows XP software after it crippled Internet connection for some of the 600,000 users who installed it.

Microsoft: Longhorn Goes To Pieces (Michael Kanellos, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1012_3-1010051.html>
The next major client version of Windows will be designed as a series of components that Microsoft can easily combine and tailor for different markets and computing hardware, according to company executives.

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

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : News & Opinions
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Group Eyes Linux Suit Against SCO (Reuters)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-1010620.html>
Linuxtag, a German Linux lobbying association, threatened to take SCO Grop to court if it did not withdraw from a worldwide attack on Linux.

Dell Not Jumping On 'Utility Computing' (Michael kanellos, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1008_3-1010913.html>
Although the concepts behind utility, or on-demand, computing are appealing, the technology for assembling disparate servers and storage systems into coordinated networks that can serve up data almost instantaneously or automatically adjust in spikes in demand doesn't exist in a practical form yet, said Joe Marengi, general manager of Dell's Americas division.

Microsoft Mum On Unix Licensing Move (Peter Galli, eWeek)
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1094784,00.asp>
Microsoft, which Monday announced it was licensing the Unix source code and patent from the SCO group, is remaining tight-lipped about its reasons for the move.

MyAppleMenu Reader : World
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Memo To Bush: Europe Is Listening (Anne Applebaum, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46754-2003May27.html>
Instead of dreaming up ways to be rude to Gerhard and offensive to Jacques, the presidnet should concentrate on the people who are going to elect their successors.

Imperial History (Dominic Lieven, Prospect)
<http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/ArticleView.asp?accessible=yes&P_Article=11950>
Americans are stuck with the burden of empire without having chosen it. No wonder they're feeling truculent.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Science & Tech
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Way Out There In Arp 299, A Factory For Supernovas (John Noble Wilford, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/28/science/28ASTR.html>
Penetrating thick dust where two galaxies are colliding, radio telescopes have observed the fireworks and afterglows of stars exploding at such an extraordinary rate that astronomers are calling the turbulent region a "supernova factory."

MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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Why Not Put The Bombs In Rerun Slots? (Brian Lowry, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.calendarlive.com/tv/lowry/cl-et-lowry28may28.story>
Pilots, even uproariously bad ones, are worth seeing, especially if the alternative is multiplexing or repurposing or whatever idiotic term cable officials have dreamt up that simply means filling time with network reruns.

A Dating game With No Straight Answers (Lisa de Moraes, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46900-2003May27.html>
Imagine a TV dating show in which a gay guy has the hots for another gay guy, only the producers have fooled him and it turns out the other guy is straight.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : Top Stories
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Singapore To KL: Come, See Sars Checks (Lydia Lim, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/topstories/story/0,4386,191476,00.html?>
Singapore has nothing to hide in its Sars screening of travellers to Malaysia and has invited Kuala Lumpur to station its offiicals at checkpoints here and judge for themselves.

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