[MyAppleMenu] Wednesday, Nov 26, 2003

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Wednesday, Nov 26, 2003

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Panther: A Whole New Macintosh (Sandy McMurray, Globe And Mail)
<http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20031125.gtsandynov25/BNStory/TechReviews/>
If your Windows PC is near the end of its life, I encourage you to take a serious look at Panther (perhaps on an eMac computer) before chaining yourself to anther Windows-based machine.

MyAppleMenu : News
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Poll: Apple Store Miffs Many (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=7373>
Nearly one third of readers polled by Macworld have epxerienced prob lems with the Apple Store -- with 9 percent of voters saying their experience was so bad they'll never use it again.

Fortune: Dell DJ 'Ugly And Backward Version' Of 'Handsome, Smart, And Sexy' Apple iPod (MacDailyNews)
<http://www.macdailynews.com/comments.php?id=P2235_0_1_0_C>

Apple Offers Free Epson Printer With Mac Purchase (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news/22210>

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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A Picture-Perfect Opportunity For Apple (Alex Salkever, BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/nov2003/tc20031126_2159_tc056.htm>
For an encore, Apple should release a version of iPhoto for Windows. If Apple could convince even 3% of all digital-camera buyers to purchase iPhoto software next year -- say, for $30 -- then it would grab revenues of $45 million. That could conceivably climb to $100 million or more within a few years if Apple manages to merely maintain that market share.

Why I Choose Macintosh Over Windows (2 Guys, A Mac, And A Website)
<http://www.2guysamacandawebsite.com/article.php?id=357>

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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New Security Hole In Mac OS X (MacSlash)
<http://macslash.org/article.pl?sid=03/11/26/1240248&mode=thread>

Gifts And Gadgets For The Geek Minded (Terrie Miller, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/11/25/gifts.html>
For this year's line up, I decided to relax the price requirements and include products that retail for as much as $100. You'll still find some great gifts for much less than that, but there are some really fun options if your budget is a little higher.

The Transportable Laptop: New Market Heavyweight (Rob Enderle, eWeek)
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1395643,00.asp>
Apple buyers are used to paying more, but they are also used to getting more -- and right now they aren't.

Cosmic Encounter Online (Ken Newquist, Inside Mac Games)
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/reviews/view.php?ID=451>
The game continues to evolve, with new aliens and artifacts being added on a regular basis. These changes should help keep the game fresh for regular players. It all makes the game a decent value for both casual and frequent players.

Ejection (John Gruber)
<http://daringfireball.net/2003/11/ejection>
When the Finder is the active app, the eject buttons in background windows look like they support click-through, but they don't; when the Finder is not the active app, the eject buttons look like they don't support click-through but they do.

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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Scripting Flaws Pose Severe Risk For IE Users (John Leyden, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/34186.html>
A set of five unpatched scripting vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer creates a mechanism for hackers to compromise targeted PCs.

Nachi Worm Infected Diebold ATMs (Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus)
<http://www.securityfocus.com/news/7517>
The Nachi worm compromised Windows-based automated teller machines at two financial institutions last August, according to ATM-maker Diebold, in the first confirmed case of malicious code penetrating cash machines.

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

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: News & Opinions
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Antispam Bill Passes Senate By Voice Vote (Jennifer 8. Lee, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/26/technology/26spam.html>
The Senate passed a bill to curb junk commercial e-mail by voice vote on Tuesday, bringing national regulations on spam closer to reality.

The Love Machine (David Diamond, Wired)
<http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.12/love.html>
Building computers that care.

Adam Smith's Lessons For IT (Declan McCullagh, CNET News.com)
<http://rss.com.com/2010-1006_3-5111876.html>
For the United States to retain its current dominant position in technology, President Bush might want to spend less time listening to corporations pleading for special favors -- and more time reading Adam Smith.

IBM, BEA Join On Java Strategy (Martin LaMonica, CNET News.com)
<http://rss.com.com/2100-7345-5111567.html?tag=nl>
IBM and BEA Systems, usually staunch rivals, are collaborating on ways to smooth out technical differences between their respective Java software lines.

Window Open For Net-Access Taxes (Associated Press)
<http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,61375,00.html?tw=rss.TOP>
A proposal to extend a federal ban on Internet access taxes is dead for the year, as the Senate was unable to reach an agreement, officials said Tuesday.

Mixed Signals Appear On IT Hiring Front (Thomas Hofman, Computerworld)
<http://www.computerworld.com/careertopics/careers/labor/story/0,10801,87534,00.html>
While recent reports show a pickup in demand, some CIOs predict a status quo '04.

MyAppleMenu Reader: World
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Founding Sinners (Laura Miller, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2003/11/25/slavery/index_np.html>
While Thomas Jefferson never freed his slaves, George Washington did, despite his wife's wishes. Historians are finally coming to terms with America's oldest wound.

MyAppleMenu Reader: Life
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How To Set The Table, And Why: The Short Course (Florence Fabricant, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/26/dining/26HOWT.html>
Even if you do not own silver flatware for 12 or will wind up borrowing from a neighbor or a parent, what does matter when the plates, flatware, glasses and napkins finally do go on the table, is that they should not be placed helter-skelter but should follow certain conventions.

The Man Who Clears Kermit The Frog For Takeoff (Michael Wilson, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/26/nyregion/26PARA.html>
One Thursday a year, for three crisp hours that end at noon, Brett Zweiback is arguably among the five or six most influential people on the planet.

MyAppleMenu Reader: Expressions
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Mistake (Richard Costello, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/id/2091612/>

A Writer's Life (Sherod Santos, Valparaiso Poetry Review)
<http://www.valpo.edu/english/vpr/santoswriters.html>

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