[MyAppleMenu] Friday, Nov 21, 2003

Fri Nov 21 21:05:00 EST 2003

MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Friday, Nov 21, 2003

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Apple Computer: Gaining The World And Losing Its Soul (Gene Steinberg, Mac Night Owl)
<http://www.macnightowl.com/#soul>
So while Microsoft appears to be shooting itself in the foot with its trustworthy computing pronouncements, I get the growing impression that the Mac has, on the eve of its 20th birthday, come of age. It's a strange feeling, to be sure. Years of being thought of as someone strange because of my choice of personal computers.

MyAppleMenu : News
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Mac Vs. PC: The Truth About TCO (James Maguire, NewsFactor)
<http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/22738.html>
The Mac vs. PC conundrum probably will not be settled by an authoritative analyst study any time soon.

Apple At MacExpo 2003 (Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/uk/hotnews/articles/macexpo/>
With more than 20,000 attendees expected at Islington's Business Design Centre over the next three days and a mass of iPod advertising lending the local streets a splash of colour, this stylish corner of North London has a distinctly Apple flavour this week.

G5 Enclosure Warranty Draws Ire (Nick dePlume, Think Secret)
<http://www.thinksecret.com/news/g5enclosure.html>
Apple is taking fire from some service centers due to its requirement that when they replace a number of routine Power Mac G5 parts, they also replace the entire enclosure. At the same time, Apple is not covering the system's enclosure under warranty, charging dealers nearly $500 for a replacement.

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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The Cupertino Community Playground (Or, Why Apple Owes Me Nothing) (Kirk Hiner, Applelinks)
<http://www.applelinks.com/pm/more.php?id=159_0_1_0_M>
Question them all you want, make your points known, but don't take it personally.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Macs Offer More Choices At Lower Prices Than Ever (Bob LeVitus, Houston Chronicle)
<http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/business/2239295>
If you're in the market for a new Mac, there have never more excellent choices, nor have prices been lower.

Favorite Photo Tips (Derrick Story, O'Reilly Netowrk)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/3990>

Around The Mac Web In 80 Clicks (Matthew Rothenberg, eWeek)
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,,1392222,00.asp>
Check out this guide to some of the hottest Mac spots on the Internet.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: News & Opinions
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Think Tank Fraud (Dana Blankenhorn)
<http://www.corante.com/mooreslore/20031101.shtml#60809>
I'll admit it. For a long time I wanted to work for TechCentral Station. But it seemed that I could never find an in, while the writers they did publish all seemed, well, inferior. Now I know why. The whole thing was a scam.

What's Holding Software Back? (Jon Udell, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/11/14/45OPstrategic_1.html>
Backward compatibility hinders the evolution of software's primitive core.

Comdex: It's Smaller, But Is It Better? (James Niccolai, IDG News Service)
<http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/11/20/HNcomdexsmaller_1.html?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/11/20/HNcomdexsmaller_1.html>
Attendees say show is easier to navigate, but some disappointed by a lack of presence by enterprise IT vendors.

FCC Rejects Number Portability Delay (Ben Charny, CNET News.com)
<http://rss.com.com/2100-1037_3-5110191.html>
The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday denied a telephone industry association's request to postpone some phone number portability rules.

Has The Tech Job Slump Bottomed Out? (Erik Kennedy, Ars Tecnica)
<http://arstechnica.com/news/posts/1069353925.html>
While programming and support positions have led the way so far, some worry that entire IT departments will be gutted and outsourced to cut costs.

MyAppleMenu Reader: Life
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Cartoon Raises A Stink (Gene Weingarten, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2184-2003Nov20.html>
Did Johnny Hart -- the beloved creator of "B.C." and one of the most widely read cartoonists on Earth -- sneak a vulgar defamation of Islam into the comics pages last week?

The Book Tide Is Running, For Readers And Browsers (Janet Maslin, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/21/books/21MASL.html>
>From nuclear images to literary anthologies to fashion hype, there are gift books for every sensibility this holiday season.

An Orchard In A Bottle (Emily Green, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la-fo-calvados19nov19165418,0,3532126.story?coll=la-headlines-food>
When the cooking's done and guests are fed, raise a glass to the essence of autumn.

MyAppleMenu Reader: Expressions
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Children, Singing (Sydney Lea, The Atlantic)
<http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/poetry/antholog/lea/children.htm>

Municipal Playground (J. Allyn Rosser, The Atlantic)
<http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/poetry/antholog/rosser/municipal.htm>

Hailstorm (Kay Ryan, The Atlantic)
<http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/poetry/antholog/ryan/hailstorm.htm>

MyAppleMenu Reader: EOF
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Down-Home Cookin' Takes Flight (Associated Press)
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,61316,00.html?tw=rss.TOP>
Vickie Kloeris knows how to prepare a Thanksgiving turkey that's out of this world. As manager of NASA's Space Food Systems Laboratory, she and her staff spend their days developing, testing and packaging meals for astronauts. The goal: variety, nutrition and flavor. No more dry meal cubes, especially during the holidays.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Arrogant? Slips And Blunt Ways To Blame (Audrey Tan, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/topstories/story/0,4386,221091,00.html?>
Singapore businessmen tell of gaffes, but say cultural differences are also a block in connecting with Chinese counterparts.

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