[MyAppleMenu] Tuesday, Nov 18, 2003

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Tuesday, Nov 18, 2003

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Apple Unveils 20-Inch iMac (Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/11/18/inewmac/index.php?redirect=1069135608000>
"By offering a huge, gorgeous 20-inch widescreen display, Apple has once again raised the bar on what customers can expect from an all-in-one desktop."

Apple Offers Dual-Processor 1.8GHz Power Mac G5 (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/11/18/g5/index.php?redirect=1069135601000>
Apple on Tuesday announced a new dual-processor Power Mac G5 operating at 1.8GHz. The new dual-processor system replaces the single-processor 1.8GHz G5 previously available, and costs US$2,499 -- only $100 more than the 1.8GHz system it replaces.

MyAppleMenu : News
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iPod Seen As Apple's Growth Engine (Marie Feliciano, Taiwan News)
<http://www.etaiwannews.com/Business/2003/11/07/1068168443.htm>
Move over Mac. iPod, Apple's slim digital music player, is the engine that will drive the company's future growth, company officials said yesterday.

Apple Primes 10.3.2 'Panther' Update (Nick Ciarelli, Microsoft Watch)
<http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,0,1387447,00.asp?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535>
Version 10.3.2 will include updates to networking, graphics drivers,   and USB, sources said. The update will also improve WebDAV, international text, and AFP Server, Apple reportedly told testers in a brief release note.

PC Magazine Names Apple Power Mac G5 Winner In 2003 Awards For Technical Excellence (MacDailyNews)
<http://www.macdailynews.com/comments.php?id=P2190_0_1_0_C>

Apple's "Programming For Panther" Promo Ends Nov 21 (Macs Only!)
<http://www.macsonly.com/#11183>
"Get the software, hardware, training, and support you need to accelerate your Panther development."

Apple Offers Panther And G5-Optimized Pro Apps (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/11/18/proapps/index.php?redirect=1069135600000>
Apple on Tuesday released new versions of its Final Cut Pro 4, DVD Studio Pro 2 and Shake 3 applications, all optimized for the Power Mac G5 and fine-tuned for Panther.

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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.Mac Promising Software That Is No Longer Available (MacFixIt)
<http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20031118085952239>
".Mac is being deceptive making you think that there are more free software offers than actually exist."

How To Fix What's Wrong With Windows (David Coursey, ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com.au/reviews/software/os/story/0,2000023564,20281080,00.htm>
Windows-based PCs are too hard to use. The cure: Microsoft should let its programmers start over with a clean slate and completely revamp the OS. Want proof it'll work? Just look at Apple.

Microsoft Should Integrate Their 'eTunz Music Store' Right Into Windows (Steve Jack, MacDailyNews)
<http://www.macdailynews.com/opinion_comments.php?id=2182_0_2_0_C>
You see, leveraging Windows is a smart move, an instant win, it's already been done before, and Microsoft got away with it, too.

Shareware Reviews In Macworld (Dori Smith)
<http://www.backupbrain.com/2003_11_16_archive.html>
If review will only save the prospective customer time, not money, those will be the first products to be cut (or more likely, never assigned in the first place).

Macworld, "Shareware", And The Future (Under The Microscope)
<http://www.rogueamoeba.com/utm/archives/000042.php>
The best independent software companies who don't do boxed software can hope for is someone like Tim who's out on patrol, looking for the next big thing. Hopefully this will change, because a lot of the best damned software on the Mac is coming out of someone's garage - just like the original Apple-1.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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G4 iBook Or Titanium PowerBook -- Which Is The Best Choice? (For You) (Charles Moore, MacOPINION)
<http://www.macopinion.com/columns/roadwarrior/03/11/18/index.html>
If I were currently in the market for a laptop, this would be a conundrum for me too.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: News & Opinions
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Novell Delays Open-Source Project (Martin LaMonica, CNET News.com)
<http://rss.com.com/2100-7344-5108639.html?tag=nl>
Developers and corporate customers eager to get their hands on an open-source version of Microsoft's .Net line of programming tools will need to wait a little longer.

No Easy Solution To Spyware (Reuters)
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,61283,00.html?tw=rss.TOP>
Lawmakers have yet to get a handle on the best way to combat computer spyware' that tracks Internet users' online activity, a nonprofit policy group said on Tuesday.

Survey: Bigger IT Budgets Not Forthcoming (Ed Frauenheim, CNET News.com)
<http://rss.com.com/2100-1014_3-5108665.html>
Most chief information officers don't expect information technology budgets to grow next year, according to a survey released Tuesday by investment firm Credit Suisse First Boston.

AOL's Broadband Blues (Evan Hansen, CNET News.com)
<http://rss.com.com/2010-1023_3-5108270.html>
The company can't easily build or rent its own broadband network at competitive rates because most cable and telephone companies have opted to market high-speed Net access themselves.

Is RFID Technology Easy To Foil? (Mark Baard, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,61264,00.html?tw=rss.TOP>
RFID tags are not as big a privacy invasion as we've all been led to believe. Or at least that's what the producers of the object-tracking devices would like you to think.

AOL Mulls Toolbar Service (Jim Hu, CNET News.com)
<http://rss.com.com/2100-1032_3-5108305.html>
Time Warner's America Online division is considering creating a desktop application that lets people access popular Web services such as search, news and maps, the company confirmed Monday.

A New Perspective On Free Vs. Paid (Rich Gordon, E-Media Tidbits)
<http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=31&aid=54869>
"The future is that people are not going to pay for newspapers anymore."

Outsoucing Not Always A Money Saver (Ed Frauenheim, CNET News.com)
<http://rss.com.com/2100-1011_3-5108257.html>
Outsourcing IT work is increasingly popular, but it doesn't necessarily result in cost savings, according to a report from a market research company.

A Time To Wait, A Time To Deploy (Michael Gartenberg, Computerworld)
<http://www.computerworld.com/managementtopics/management/itspending/story/0,10801,87115,00.html>
There is a worldwide market of 50,000 for anything. Unless your organization is composed entirely of parts of this group of 50,000 (folks who install operating systems on a Sunday afternoon as a form of entertainment), you need to look beyond technology for the sake of technology and see if what you're about to deploy falls into one of three categories.

MyAppleMenu Reader: Science & Tech
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Hotel Rooms And High-Technology Befuddlement (Joe sharkey, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/18/business/18road.html>
In the rush to provide ever-more innovations, hotels simply have not caught up yet to the need for ease of use.

They Blinded Me With Pseudo Science (Amanda Griscom, Grist)
<http://www.gristmagazine.com/muck/muck111203.asp>
The Bush administration is jettisoning real scientists in favor of yes-men.

A Moth, A Butterfly, An Elegant Merger Of Science And Art (Thomas Eisner, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/18/science/18ESSA.html>
There was a world of hidden dimensions in these structures, a treasury of abstract art to be explored, pointillist in design, elegant in coloration, and infinitely pleasing.

MyAppleMenu Reader: Life
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The 'Alien' Series, Stretched To The Nines (Peter M. Nichols, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/18/movies/18DVD.html>
With DVD producing revenues in the billions, studios are more willing to spend ever larger amounts on extended films and supplemental materials.

The Grace Period Has Ended (Jack Thomas, Boston Globe)
<http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2003/11/10/the_grace_period_has_ended/>
For a while we tried to be nicer to one another. Now we need to learn our manners all over again.

Disconnected Urbanism (Paul Goldberger, Metropolis)
<http://www.metropolismag.com/html/content_1103/obj/index.html>
The cell phone has changed our sense of place more than faxes, computers, and e-mail.

A Maverick Starts A Museum Chain (Alan Riding, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/18/arts/design/18PICA.html>
Marc Restellini, an art curator with the soul of an entrepreneur, looks to draw crowds to popular art shows all over the world by running his own museums.

Name A Proxy Early To Prepare For The Unexpected (Jane E. Brody, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/18/health/18BROD.html>
Two years ago, before entering the hospital for elective surgery, I appointed my husband as my health care proxy in case something happened to impair my ability to make decisions about further treatment.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Minister Tells More About 'White Horses' (Goh Chin Lian, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/topstories/story/0,4386,220805,00.html?>
People in Internet chatrooms did not believe him, nor did some writers to The Straits Times Forum page.

SBS Transit Earnings In Q3 Plunge 92% (Serena Ng, Business Times)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/sub/companies/story/0,4574,100050,00.html?>
SBS Transit could be in danger of falling into the red this year, with the money-gobbling North-East MRT Line (NEL) having sent its third-quarter profit diving more than 90 per cent to just $1.5 million, from $19.8 million a year ago.

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