[MyAppleMenu] Sunday, Nov 2, 2003

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Sunday, Nov 2, 2003

MyAppleMenu : News
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Apple Store Opening In Skokie, IL Next Week (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2003/11/01/applestore>

Stillwater Schools' Laptop Plan Becomes Hot Election Issue (Norman Draper, Star Tribune)
<http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/4187918.html>
An agreement with Apple to supply every teacher and student in Oak-Land Junior High School with a  laptop computer has become  the most divisive issue in this  fall's school board election  campaign -- attracting several  write-in candidates.

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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Have Micropayments Arrived For Real? (Dan Gillmor, San Jose Mercury News)
<http://weblog.siliconvalley.com/column/dangillmor/archives/001469.shtml#001469>
Maybe this time, as the Net matures, it's genuinely worth a try.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Apple's Panther OS Makes Upgrading Worthwhile (Rob Pegoraro, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49610-2003Nov1.html>
This release preserves the things that make Mac OS X worthwhile, and it has a Christmas list of new features.

The Apple Alternative (Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49614-2003Nov1.html>
This relative security exists because OS X is a harder target. Apple has worked to make it secure out of the box, even if that means some features take extra work to activate.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: News & Opinions
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Internet Littered With Dead Web Sites (Anick Jesdanun, Associated Press)
<http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Deadwood%20Online>
Despite the Internet's ability to deliver information quickly and frequently, the World Wide Web is littered with deadwood -- sites abandoned and woefully out of date.

MyAppleMenu Reader: World
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Blueprint For A Mess (David Rieff, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/02/magazine/02IRAQ.html>
Historically, it is rare that a warm welcome is extended to an occupying military force for very long, unless, that is, the postwar goes very smoothly. And in Iraq, the postwar occupation has not gone smoothly.

MyAppleMenu Reader: Life
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Too Much (Margaret Talbot, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/02/magazine/02WWLN.html>
The obsession with homework on the part of American elites says as much about class as it does about the classroom.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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SAT Board Says New Test Will Not Hurt Singaporeans (Sandra Davie, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/topstories/story/0,4386,217921,00.html?>
It will be weighted towards language ability but board confident Singaporeans will outperform their peers elsewhere.

Fewer Layoffs Another Sign Of Recovery (Wong Sher Maine, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/topstories/story/0,4386,217932,00.html>
Total employment in third quarter rose by 1,000, the first time in 24 months and a sharp rise from previous quarter.

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