[MyAppleMenu] Monday, Nov 17, 2003

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Monday, Nov 17, 2003

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Thrill Ride (David Levy, Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/business/profiles/vespa/>
"Using Macs wasn't just a design choice -- it was a ruthless business decision. We crunched the numbers, and for evey scenario they spelled out Mac."

MyAppleMenu : News
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Swim With The Big Fish (David Levy, Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/business/profiles/togut/>
"We're known for being extremely efficient, meaning we get the job done very economically. So the Macintosh gives us an enormous advantage over our competition."

IMG Interviews Andrew Welch (Tuncer Deniz, Inside Mac Games)
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/features/view.php?ID=272>
It's been over a decade since Andrew Welch created Ambrosia Software.

iCab Web Browser Updated (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2003/11/17/icab>
The update includes a new version of the OpenSSL library that fixes some security issues of previous versions of this library.

Apple Updates Bluetooth Software (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2003/11/17/bluetooth>
The update provides enhanced stability for Bluetooth connections and improves performance with human interface devices (HID) including enhancements to wake from sleep.

FrogPad Aims To Cut Keyboard Size (Michael Kanellos, CNET News.com)
<http://rss.com.com/2100-1121_3-5108001.html>
The five-employee, Houston-based start-up is actively marketing a fully functional, 20-key keyboard at Comdex this week, which measures three inches by five inches--about the same size as a personal digital assistant.

Mixed Outlooks For iPod, iTunes (Jonny Evans, Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=7295>
Apple is consolidating iPod as the world's market-leading MP3 player, but industry watchers warn that the iTunes Music Store is far less likely to enjoy such domination.

Apple G5 Pushes Ahead Of Intel, AMD In Supercomp List (Tony Smith, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/53/34016.html>

Steve Jobs Among CRN's Top 25 Most Influential Execs (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news/22061>

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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Sony, Take A Page From Apple's Playbook (Penelope Patsuris, Forbes)
<http://www.forbes.com/2003/11/17/cx_pp_1117sne.html>
The electronic division may have its best shot at redemption by creating a content distribution business that boosts the consumer appeal of its hardware, much as Apple has buoyed its iPod MP3 player sales with its iTunes download service.

How Linux And The Mac Can Compete Against Windows (Rob ENderle, Internet Week)
<http://www.internetwk.com/breakingNews/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=16100741>
The lesson of Windows 95 is that the dominant vendor doesn't have to be better than competing platforms, it only has to be good enough.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Serious Mac OS X File-Save Bug Could Delete Files (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news/22071>

Power Mac G5 Puts Apple In The Big Leagues (Julio Ojeda-Zapata, Pioneer Press)
<http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/business/technology/7277848.htm>
Power Macs are really for power users.

15-Inch PowerBook G4 (Niko Coucouvanis, MacAddict)
<http://www.macaddict.com/issues/0312/rev.powerbook.html>
If portable power is your prime directive, the 15-inch PowerBook is the just right answer to your this one's too small, that one's too big PowerBook dilemma.

After Effects 6.0 (Helmut Kobler, MacAddict)
<http://www.macaddict.com/issues/0312/rev.aftereffects.html>
If you use After Effects for compositing work, the Professional Edition is truly a must-have update. If you don't need such high-end compositing firepower, the AE Standard edition, with its new type engine and zippy Open-GL rendering, is a worthy upgrade.

Dual 2GHz Power Mac G5 (Rik Myslewski, MacAddict)
<http://www.macaddict.com/issues/0312/rev.g5.html>
Not only is the Dual 2GHz Power Mac G5 the fastest Mac ever, but after developers optimize all their software for the G5 processor, Apple rolls out a 64-bit OS, and developers create 64-bit applications, it'll be even faster. We can't wait.

DVD Studio Pro 2 (MacAddict)
<http://www.macaddict.com/issues/0312/rev.dvd.html>
Once you get the hang of its sprawling interface, you'll be able to build full-featured disks from scratch with relative ease and speed.

iView MediaPro 2 (John Cruise, MacAddict)
<http://www.macaddict.com/issues/0312/rev.iview.html>
Advanced features such as version control; the ability to create multimedia slide shows; the option to store, back up, and burn digital files to CD-ROM and other media; and the ability to automate tasks using AppleScript make it an ideal tool for both serious creative professionals and small workgroups.

Pro Tools LE 6.1.1 (Kent Carmical, MacAddict)
<http://www.macaddict.com/issues/0312/rev.protools.html>
It's as easy to use as ever, and much easier to set up, thanks to OS X's Core MIDI and Core Audio.

Retrospect Desktop Backup 5.1 (Narasu Rebbapragada, MacAddict)
<http://www.macaddict.com/issues/0312/rev.retrospect.html>
Retrospect Desktop Backup is great for businesses that make incremental, frequent backups on multiple media. For personal use, though, it's overkill.

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 (Niko Coucouvanis, MacAddict)
<http://www.macaddict.com/issues/0312/rev.tonyhawk.html>
No matter how mad or sad your skills are, Pro Skater will challenge you -- and if you're anything like us, it will lead to obsession, sleep deprivation, unbelievably sore thumbs, and great satisfaction.

For Online Music, The Choice Is Yours (Michelle Johnson, Boston Globe)
<http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/321/business/For_online_music_the_choice_is_yours+.shtml>

TextEdit: Advanced Typography Options (FrEdEric Latour)
<http://latourfl.com/blog/B952682160/C1109062249/E973620218/index.html>

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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Five Myths About 'Wronghorn' (Tony McCune, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107_2-5108026.html>
Microsoft promises the world with Longhorn, but customers may call it "Wronghorn" by the time it sees the light of day, several years from now.

Microsoft Plans To Sell Music Over Web (Dow Jones)
<http://biz.yahoo.com/djus/031117/0035000033_1.html>
In a move likely to send waves through the growing online music market, Microsoft plans to introduce a song-downloading service next year that will compete with similar offerings from Apple, Roxio's Napster and others, Monday's Wall Street Journal reported.

Why Computers Are Screwed Up (Andy Rooney, CBS)
<http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/11/13/60minutes/rooney/main583494.shtml>
All I can say is it's a good thing Bill Gates didn't invent television. If it took as long to start up a television set as it takes to start up a computer, you'd need two hours to watch 60 Minutes.

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

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: Top Stories
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Building A Web Media Empire On A Daily Dose Of Fresh Links (Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/17/technology/17blog.html>
Nick Denton, the head of Gawker Media, has built a bustling business publishing people's personal Web logs, or blogs.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: News & Opinions
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The Web's New Currency (Gregory T. Huang, MIT Technology Review)
<http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/huang1203.asp>
A new generation of e-payment companies makes it easy to "pay as you go" for inexpensive Web content, portending big profits for online businesses.

Start-Up Promises Streaming Desktop Apps (Martin LaMonica, CNET News.com)
<http://rss.com.com/2100-7784_3-5108057.html>
Start-up Softricity is looking to reduce the cost of managing desktop Windows applications with a server software product the company says takes a step toward an industrywide vision of utility computing.

Microsoft Tests Web News Service (Stefanie Olsen, CNET News.com)
<http://rss.com.com/2100-1032_3-5108152.html>
Microsoft has started testing an international news search service in competition with Google's, upping the ante in the hotly contested Web search market.

Encryption Promises Unbreakable Codes (Associated Press)
<http://finance.lycos.com/qc/news/story.aspx?story=36486613>
This month, a small startup called MagiQ Technologies Inc. began selling what appears to be the first commercially available system that uses individual photons to transfer the numeric keys that are widely used to encode and read secret documents.

Computer Users Suffer 'New Spam' (BBC News)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3270793.stm>
People are fed-up with what is being called "second degree spam", e-mails from companies about products they are not interested in, says a survey.

Vision Of Personal Computers As Heart Of Home Entertainment (John Markoff, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/17/technology/17home.html>
If Intel and Microsoft have their way, the personal computer will soon be moving out of the office and den into the living room, kitchen and bedroom.

MyAppleMenu Reader: World
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"Welcome To Vietnam, Mr. President" (Jessica Kowal, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/11/17/iraq_viet/index_np.html>
As White House denials grow insistent, some of the sharpest thinkers of the Vietnam generation see stark parallels with the war in Iraq.

MyAppleMenu Reader: Life
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An Open Message For Bill Clinton: Your Neighbors In Harlem Miss You Like Crazy (Alan Feuer, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/17/nyregion/17CLIN.html>
Consider this an open letter from the citizens of 125th Street to former President Bill Clinton. Its message is simple: Mr. Clinton, please come home.

Take This McJob (Jan Freeman, Boston Globe)
<http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2003/11/16/take_this_mcjob/>
McDonald's complaint can only keep the debate sizzling and the MacJobs tally rising. That's the kind of corporate strategy you'd expect from the clown, not the CEO.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Computer Glitch Causes Check-In Snarls At Changi (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/storyprintfriendly/0,1887,220481,00.html?>
The check-in system's breakdown, which happened at about 7am, meant that everyone had to be checked in manually  and resulted in 25 flights being delayed by up to two hours.

Should EZ-Link Go On Bleeding? (Siew Kum Hong, Today)
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/10028.asp>
Yes, if it is for the greater good of society.

Singapore's Economy Rebounds (Reuters)
<http://edition.cnn.com/2003/BUSINESS/11/16/singapore.economy.reut/>
Singapore's economy grew much faster than originally estimated between July and September, expanding at an annual rate of 17.3 percent on a rebound from the SARS outbreak and a recovery in the global economy, the government says.

Jail, Stiff Fines For Cloning Of Humans (Chang Ai-Lien, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/topstories/story/0,4386,220401,00.html?>
The punishments, on a par with those handed out to serious criminals here, are among a list of penalties for various offences being laid out in the Regulation of Biomedical Research Act 2003, which is expected to be approved by early next year.

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