[MyAppleMenu] Friday, Oct 3, 2003

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Friday, Oct 3, 2003

MyAppleMenu : News
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University To Upgrade With Mac (Asahi Shimbun)
<http://www.asahi.com/english/business/TKY200310030139.html>
Apple Computer Inc. doesn't often get the better of market behemoth Microsoft Corp., but it did so recently when it won a bid to outfit the University of Tokyo with over a thousand computers.

Apple Inks New US School-iBook Deal (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=7012>
Apple has secured another deal to extend its notebook dominance in the US education market, this time in North Carolina's Greene County district.

Poll: Most Gung-Ho On OS X Upgrades (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=7003>
Two thirds of Macworld Online readers rush to install the latest Mac OS X upgrades -- despite a history of serious bugs.

Apple Releases DVD Studio Pro 2.0.2 Update (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2003/10/02/dvdstudiopro2>

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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G5 Wasn't Bluffing About Power Under Hood (Bob LeVitus, Houston Chronicle)
<http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/tech/weekly/2134064>
I don't need a new computer but now that I've used the G5, I'm spoiled. I'll be getting one soon.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Soundtrack (Bob Dormon, MacUser UK)
<http://macuser.pcpro.co.uk/?reviews/reviews_story.php?id=48324>
Soundtrack is an extremely useful application, and it's only a matter of time before its recognisable phrases appear on mainstream recordings.

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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Microsoft Faces Class Action On Security (Reuters)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1009_3-5085730.html>
Microsoft faces a proposed class-action lawsuit in California based on the claim that market dominance and vulnerability to viruses in its software could lead to "massive, cascading failures" in global computer networks.

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

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: News & Opinions
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Florida Dorms Lock Out P2P Users (Katie Dean, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,60613,00.html>
The University of Florida has developed a tool to help extricate the school from the morass of peer-to-peer file trading, and early results show that it's succeeding.

Google Shafts Blogger, Adds Gagging Clause To Adsense (Adnrew Orlowski, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/33180.html>
Google has added a gagging order to its Adsense Terms and Conditions in an attempt to quell a firestorm of controversy over payouts to participants.

FCC Begins To Receive Complaints About Calls (Caroline E. Mayer, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28334-2003Oct1.html>
Government regulators began processing complaints about unwanted telemarketing calls yesterday, though their authority to enforce the ban remained in legal limbo.

Getting The Most From Microsoft .Net (Eric Knorr, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/09/26/38FErrcodevb_1.html>
Windows Forms enabled rapid development of an application for AIDS providers.

Pushing Peer-To-Peer (Simson Garfinkel, MIT Technology Review)
<http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/wo_garfinkel100303.asp>
The networking approach that threatens to make the recording industry obsolete could also bring about a more reliable Internet.

MyAppleMenu Reader: Life
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Oh, No: It's A Girl! (Steven E. Landsburg, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/id/2089142/>
Do daughters cause divorce?

When 'Welcome' Doesn't Include Junior (Christine Egan and Anna Bahney, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/03/travel/escapes/03KIDS.html?8hpib>
No one tracks just how many hotels have added "no children" policies in recent years. But the practice has become so common that the latest edition of the Zagat Survey of hotels, spas and resorts in the United States has a new category, "Children Not Recommended," with more than a dozen listings.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Bankrupt One.99 Shop Founder Set For Comeback (Corinne Kerk, Business Times)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/sub/premiumstory/0,4574,95655,00.html?>
Sim Wong Hoo's private vehicle to buy One.99 Shop trademark.

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