[MyAppleMenu] Thursday, Nov 13, 2003

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Thursday, Nov 13, 2003

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Windows Vs Apple (Nigel Kendall, The Times)
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,1-8088-882668,00.html>
Microsoft and Apple have new operating systems. We put them head to head.

MyAppleMenu : News
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Two Promos Offered For Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2003/11/13/fcp>
Now through February 28, 2004, you can buy any Mac and save US$300 when you purchase Final Cut Pro 4 and DVD Studio Pro 2 at the same time. Or you can save $150 if you purchase Final Cut Pro 4 and DVD Studio Pro 2 without a Mac.

Your Mac Life Coming To Atlanta Apple Store (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/11/13/yml/index.php?redirect=1068735198000>
Your Mac Life, the Internet show about all things Mac, will do a live broadcast in from the Apple Retail Store in the Lenox Square Mall in Atlanta, Ga. on Dec. 7 at 7 p.m. It's the first in a series of live shows to be presented in Apple retail stores around the U.S.

X For Teachers Participants Get Final Cut Express Deal (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/11/13/express/index.php?redirect=1068735192000>
Apple has e-mailed educators who participated in this past year's X for Teachers program information about a special deal on Final Cut Express. For a limited time, those educators can score the digital video editing software for a $200 savings off the regular price for educators.

BBEdit Adds SFTP Support, Rendezvous, More (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/11/13/bbedit/index.php?redirect=1068735184000>
The new version of BBEdit gains support for SFTP, adds FTP and SFTP server discovery through Rendezvous and a new "Preview in BBEdit" live HTML rendering feature.

Apple Reports Panther-Specific Java 1.4.1 Update (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news/22018>
Apple has posted a new Panther-specific Java 1.4.1 update after pulling the previous version due to compatibility issues with other software.

Thinking Smaller (John Morgan, Hartford Courant)
<http://www.sunspot.net/technology/custom/pluggedin/bal-pl.smallworld13nov13,0,5123752.story?coll=bal-pe-pluggedin>
Prompted by yet another round of miniaturization, computer makers finally seem willing to rethink what PCs can look like. The result could be a revolution not just in style but in convenience.

Apple Dealers Sound Off About DJs (Byron Connolly, CRN)
<http://www.itnews.com.au/storycontent.asp?ID=7&Art_ID=17060>
Apple dealers are frustrated by the vendor's decision to sell its products at David Jones stores, but believe their 'specialist knowledge' will give them the upper hand when competing with the mass market retailer.

iTMS Sales Pose New Problem For Billboard Charts (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2003/11/12/billboard>
Rising sales of digital tracks through music services such as the iTunes Music Store are raising questions about how such transactions should be measured on the Billboard charts.

iPod Now Available Through UK Virgin Megastores (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2003/11/12/virgin>
"We're thrilled to be working with Virgin Retail to bring the iPod to even more customers."

'Panther' Sparks Software, Hardware Updates (Daniel Drew Turner, eWeek)
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1380702,00.asp>
 Apple's delivery of "Panther" has prompted a wave of third-party updates. New releases range from interface enhancers to major enterprise-level databases.

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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The Reality Of Bugs (Dave Hyatt)
<http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/hyatt/archives/2003_11.html#004361>
People are constantly shocked and amazed that their pet bug hasn't been fixed in subsequent releases (e.g., in Mozilla or Safari), but those people simply don't understand how many hundreds of thousands of bugs their particular problem is competing with.

The School Daze Ahead (Vern Seward, Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/columns/justathought/2003/20031112.shtml>
Wouldn't it be nice if Apple did for laptops as it did for institutional desktops and continue to make G3 iBooks exclusively for the education market and price them accordingly?

What I'd Like To See Addeed To The iTunes Music Store (Chuck Toporek, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/3973>
So here goes...

Enjoyed The Music Apetizer? Try The OS Main Course (Stephen Van Esch, Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/scope/03/1112.html>
Cue the ad, please: Your life with iTunes and iPod is good, why not make it great with a new Mac?

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 (Greg Turner, Inside Mac Games)
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/reviews/view.php?ID=420>
Each provides wonderful additions to the title before it, and THPS 4 sets a new standard for interactive environment.

Neverwinter Nights (Bill Stiteler, Applelinks)
<http://www.applelinks.com/pm/more.php?id=100_0_1_0_M>
It's rich, detailed, great story, finely-tuned.

NetNewsWire (Chris Seibold, MyMac.com)
<http://www.mymac.com/seibold/nnw_11.13.03.shtml>
NNW is extremely useful, easy to use and simple to set up, all in all a great way to add functionality to your Mac.

The "Little" Changes In Panther: Which Ones Were Worth It? (Ted Landau, MacFixIt)
<http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20031111141305358>
As I went down the list of small things that had changed in Panther, I found myself repeatedly asking: "Was this change worth it?" That is, did the change improve the OS enough to justify the headache of having to revise my book? Happily, the answer was most often yes. But there were some resounding no votes as well. Here's a sampler of these smaller changes in Panther -- and my vote as to whether or not the change was worth making.

Power Mac Dual G5: First Glance (Chris Barylick, MacGamer)
<http://macgamer.com/features/?id=1698>
Apple has made one of the finest machines in the company's history and from a gaming perspective, the G5 almost never falters.

TV's New Appeal (Garry Barker, Sydney Morning Herald)
<http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/11/12/1068329621480.html>
EyeTV is a digital video recorder that allows you to not only watch TV on your Macintosh but to record the program, play it back and even burn it to a video CD for later contemplation and possible enjoyment.

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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Don't Make Fred's Mistake: Protect PC From 'Meanies' (Mike Himowitz, Baltimore Sun)
<http://www.sunspot.net/technology/custom/pluggedin/bal-pl.himowitz13nov13,0,2887476.column?coll=bal-pe-pluggedin>
I thought I'd seen just about every kind of nasty Web infection known to man, but until a friend called a couple of weeks ago, desperate for help, I'd never seen them all on one computer. It was a frightening experience.

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

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: Top Stories
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Diebold With A Vengance (Julian Sanchez, Reason)
<http://www.reason.com/links/links111103.shtml>
Secrets, lies, and electronic voting.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: News & Opinions
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Vending Machines Don't Fill McDonald's Plate (John Files, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/13/national/13VEND.html>
McDonald's said on Wednesday that it would close its four giant vending machines in the Washington metropolitan area after a yearlong experiment with "automated convenience stores."

Woman In IT Face Same Challenges As Elsewhere (Joris Evers, IDG News Service)
<http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/11/12/Woman%20in%20IT%20face%20same%20challenges%20as%20elsewhere%20(IDGNS)_1.html>
Corporate culture, failure to identify and develop talent, isolation, and the ability to combine work with family and personal life are the main issues inhibiting professional growth for women in technology companies, just as in other industries, research company Catalyst Inc. found.

FCC Rule Could Drive Switch To Wireless (Matt Hines, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1039_3-5106233.html>
A new rule that would allow people to keep their landline phone numbers if they move to wireless services could spur a sizable transition across U.S. households, according to a new study.

Broadband Numbers Reach All-Time High (Jim Hu, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1034_3-5106606.html>
Cable and digital subscriber line providers reported their most fruitful quarter ever, adding more than 2 million subscribers to their high-speed Internet services.

When IT Jobs Disappear (Amit Maheshwari, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2010-1022_3-5106494.html>
The offshore outsourcing of technology jobs will continue to happen, as long as the United States remains a free-market economy.

IBM: On-Demand Computing Has Arrived (Stephen Shankland, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-7784_3-5106577.html>
IBM's "on-demand" effort to transform how businesses use technology has moved from abstraction to reality, Chief Executive Sam Palmisano told a group of customers Wednesday, but much of Big Blue's energy is still being devoted to explaining the idea.

MyAppleMenu Reader: Science & Tech
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It's Wake-Up Time (Richard Martin, Wired)
<http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.11/sleep.html>
Kiss your pillow good-bye. A new breed of drugs promises to do for drowsiness what Prozac did for depression.

MyAppleMenu Reader: Life
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Beats Walking? At 3.4 MPH, Not This Bus (Michael Luo, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/13/nyregion/13BUS.html?8hpib>
If you ride the M23 bus, chances are you are not in a hurry.

Say Farewell To The Last Of The Auteurs (Tim Goodman, San Francisco Chronicle)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/11/12/DDQP2UQ3L1.DTL>
When CBS canceled "The Brotherhood of Poland, N.H.," something strange happened. It very quietly signaled the end of the powerhouse writer- producer on television. It was the day the auteur died.

MyAppleMenu Reader: EOF
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Groceries Mystery Solved (Dale Huffman, Dayton Daily News)
<http://www.daytondailynews.com/localnews/content/localnews/daily/1112dale.html>
"I discovered a trunk full of groceries... I knew one thing was certain. These were not my groceries."

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : Top Stories
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Don't Mix News And Comment (Paul Jacob, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,4386,219679,00.html?>
Against the backdrop of growing competition in the local media scene, Information, Communications and the Arts Minister Lee Boon Yang has cautioned industry players against the temptation to editorialise when reporting news.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Small Media Market Worsened By Price-Cutting (Wong Wei Kong and Kenneth Lim, Business Times)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/sub/premiumstory/0,4574,99552,00.html?>
Next move unclear, but purchase of rival seen as one possibility.

Pacific Internet And SCV Sign Cable Broadband Agreement (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/56933/1/.html>
Pacific Internet and StarHub Cable Vision have successfully completed an agreement on local broadband access services for cable open access in Singapore.

New Censorship Guidelines Out Soon (Tan Tarn How, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,4386,219700,00.html?>
Guidelines on the new film ratings system, the sale of Cosmopolitan magazine and content allowed in plays will be ready early next year, said Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts Lee Boon Yang. But regulations for the new video and cable television classification will take a little more time to work out and will be issued by the middle of next year.

Foreign Writer 'Crossed The Line' (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,4386,219696,00.html?>
Business writer Michael Backman was interfering in domestic politics when he wrote a commentary last month in freesheet Today calling for press laws in Singapore to be abolished. Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts Lee Boon Yang yesterday singled him out as an example of foreign journalists who had 'crossed the line'.

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