[MyAppleMenu] May 29, 2003

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Thursday, May 29, 2003

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Microsoft, Again: Apple's Old Nemesis (Evan Hansen, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2009-1027_3-1009538.html?tag=cd_mh>
If Apple has a strategy for dealing with Microsoft, it isn't telling anyone.

Apple Finds The Future For Online Music Sales (Neil Strauss, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/29/arts/music/29POPL.html?ex=1054785600&en=459adbdcfbb1246d&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE>
Hackers were already finding a way around this new restriction, writing software that would trick iTunes into thinking that an outside user's computer was on a customer's local network. If Apple responds by limiting the functionality of the music it is selling every time that hackers find a way to trade files, it could end up with a system as unsuccessful as the record industry's own attempts, like Pressplay and Musicnet.

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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Has The RIAA Ownz0r'd Your Apple? - Updated (Steve Mallett, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/3238>
This has the creepy feeling about it that the RIAA has essentially managed your computer more than Apple has.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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AirPort Extreme (Niko Coucouvanis, MacAddict)
<http://www.macaddict.com/issues/0305/rev.airportx.html>

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : News & Opinions
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Novell Jumps To Linux Rescue (Michelle Delio, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,59013,00.html>
Novell, on Wednesday, said that it, not SCO, owns the key Unix copyrights and patents in question, and will challenge SCO's claims that Linux illegally contains chunks of misappropriated code.

Lindows Tries To Stay Above SCO Fray (Sandeep Junnarkar, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-1011040.html>
Lindows.com on Thursday sought to distance itself from the legal turmult that SCO Group has set in motion over Linux.

MyAppleMenu Reader : World
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StatingThe Obvious (Paul Krugman, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/27/opinion/27KRUG.html>
The people now running America aren't conservatives: they're radicals who want to do away with the social and economic system we have, and the fiscal crisis they are concocting may give them the excuse they need.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Science & Tech
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Behind The Six Degrees Of SARS (Kristen Philipkoski, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,58985,00.html>
The concept that each person on the planet is just six handshakes removed from very other person has frightening implications when it comes to a highly communicable disease like SARS.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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Lightning In A bottle (Dan Rather, CBS News)
<http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/05/22/60II/main555208.shtml>
Imagine a movie studio that produces nothing but blockbuster films, wins lots of Academy Awards, and controls its actors with the push of a button.

Blogs Opening Iranian Society? (Michelle Delio, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,58976,00.html>
"Until there is a free press in Iran again, weblogs will flourish."

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : Top Stories
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Major Joint Effort To Revive Tourism (Camilla Chiam and Cheong Suk-Wai, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/topstories/story/0,4386,191628,00.html?>
More than 100 regional players work on a plan based around heavy discounts along with celebrity show of confidence.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Fee Changes Mean More Choice For Undergrads (Jane Lee, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/topstories/story/0,4386,191627,00.html?>

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