[MyAppleMenu] Sunday, Nov 9, 2003

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Sunday, Nov 9, 2003

MyAppleMenu : News
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Pittsfield School Gets Laptops (Tony Dobrowolski, Berkshire Eagle)
<http://www.berkshireeagle.com/Stories/0,1413,101~6282~1755176,00.html>
Williams Elementary School recently became the city's first elementary school to purchase a mobile computer laboratory.

Va. Tech Creates Third-Fastest Computer (Chris Kahn, Associated Press)
<http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Homemade%20Supercomputer>
Apple Computer Vice President Greg Joswiak said the company is getting phone calls from other institutions interested in duplicating Big Mac's success.

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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What's This Indifference To Apple? (Al Fasoldt, Syracuse Post-Standard)
<http://www.syracuse.com/news/poststandard/index.ssf?/base/news-0/106802661167550.xml>
Experts are raving about the new products. I've been praising them to anyone who will listen. But that's the problem. Apart from the few computer users who already know they have a choice, is anybody else listening?

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Switft 3D (Jef Foxx, MacReview)
<http://www.macreview.com/Creative/Graphics/Graphics3D/Swift3D/Swift3DReview.html>
With very few cons, Swift 3D is definitely a good value. If you have been using Swift 3D already, you wil find the upgrade to version 3 to be a no-brainer, especially if you are using OS X.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: Top Stories
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FCC Deserves A Digital Thanks For Nothing (Rob Pegoraro, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14731-2003Nov8.html>
The Federal Communications Commission has figured out how to make digital television more appealing to the millions of consumers who haven't bought into it: Force manufacturers to make hardware that's less capable than what's sold today.

Spammers Can Run But They Can't Hide (Saul Hansell, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/09/business/yourmoney/09spam.html>
Thousands of activists, of whom Steve Linford may be the most visible, have mobilized to make the world safe from junk e-mail.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: News & Opinions
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The Quest For Better Wireless Security (Leo Pluswick, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2010-7355_3-5104295.html>
Customers are demanding better security services and are adamant that any associated costs be transparent.

Photo Services Cheaper For The Holidays (Mike Musgrove, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14733-2003Nov8.html>
Now that the holiday season is nearing, a lot of digital cameras are starting to emerge from their cases more often, and online photo-sharing Web sites are stepping up their competition to be the best way to share those pictures with far-flung relatives.

'Greatest Communication Tool Ever Created' Becoming Useless (Saul Hansell, Taipei Times)
<http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/bizfocus/archives/2003/11/09/2003075224>
Anti-spam vigilante Steve Linford is holding the line against the scourge of the Internet, junk e-mail, and without a word of thanks from his government.

MyAppleMenu Reader: Life
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At Last, L.A. Puts Down Its Salad Fork (David Shaw, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la-fo-matters5nov05,1,1874306.column?coll=la-headlines-food>
Part of the reason we're seeing more adventurous menus is because we're finally willing to try something different.

Of Mice And Men (Umberto Eco, The Guardian)
<http://books.guardian.co.uk/extracts/story/0,6761,1074337,00.html>
Sense for sense and not word for word, negotiation is the key to good translation.

Braving Disney (Tyler Currie, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64752-2003Nov4.html>
Which is scarier for a sheltered fifth-grader: a ravenous T-rex or his classmates' derision?

Including Ashley (Ylan Q. Mui, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64761-2003Nov4.html>
She can't speak, read or write. But Ashley Meissner is sitting in a regular classroom with regular third-graders. Should other severely disabled children be there, too?

Saving Oscar(r) (Rob Walker, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/09/movies/09OSCARS.html>
Tanking ratings, kudos-fest fatigue, statue-buying campaigns -- what's the academy to do? The plan to protect the franchise.

See Me, Shoot Me, Ask Me, Love Me (Terrence Rafferty, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/09/movies/09VENICE.html>
What a film festival means to a star with a movie to sell.

The Studio-Indie, Pop-Prestige, Art-Commerce King (A.O. Scott, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/09/movies/09SPIELBERG.html>
Why Steven Spielberg really is the greatest living American director.

Drawn To Narrative (Lynn Hirschberg, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/09/movies/09BURTON.html>
For Tim Burton, moviemaking has always been about the visuals, but in making a film about a dying father he has discovered the allure of storytelling.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Travel: Singapore Fling (Lu Pingsu, New Straits Times)
<http://www.emedia.com.my/Current_News/MM/Sunday/Entertainment/20031109090038>
Although it shares many similarities with our country, there are enough differences to keep anyone happy for a few days, if not more.

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