[MyAppleMenu] Saturday, Oct 4, 2003

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Saturday, Oct 4, 2003

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Mac OS X v10.2.8 Update Fixes Ethernet, Battery Status (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/10/03/1028/index.php?redirect=1065208856000>
Apple has released an update to Mac OS X v10.2.8 that fixes previously identified problems with Ethernet on some Power Mac G4s. Also corrected is an issue involving the battery status menu used by Mac laptops.

MyAppleMenu : News
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Apple Closes Two Retail Stores For Remodelling (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news/21420>

Adobe Changes Everything: An Exclusive Look At The New Versions Of Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, And GoLive (Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2003/11/features/adobechanges/>

Making Next Gen News (Joe Cellini, Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/pro/words/washington/>
"Apple is very strong inside newspapers, particularly at papers like Express."

Readers Report More 12" PowerBook Delays (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news/21417>

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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Why I Don't Use The Dock (Matt Jones)
<http://www.frownland.com/archive/2003/october/why_i_don_t_use_the_dock.html>

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Second Look: Apple's Dual 2-GHz G5 By The Numbers (Ken Mingis, Computerworld)
<http://computerworld.com/hardwaretopics/hardware/story/0,10801,85625,00.html?SKC=hardware-85625>
While you can debate benchmarks until eternity, it certainly appears poised to meet or beat anything now out on the Windows side.

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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Microsoft Security Suit Raises Thorny Questions (Robert Lemos and Ina Fried, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-7348_3-5086385.html>
A lawsuit faulting Microsoft for security defects in its products has added a new front in the software giant's battle against vulnerabilities in its software.

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

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: Top Stories
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VeriSign To Shut Down Site Finder (Associated Press)
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,60682,00.html>
The Internet's key traffic cop bowed to pressure Friday and agreed to suspend a new online search service blamed for such side effects as disabling junk e-mail filters and networked printers.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: News & Opinions
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Broadband: Pick Cheap Or Speedy (Staci D. Kramer, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,60699,00.html>
The rivalry between DSL providers and cable companies for broadband dominance is taking on a new flavor. Increasingly, cable firms are touting high speeds, while DSL services tempt with low rates.

A Richer RSS Format In The Works (Darryl K. Taft, eWeek)
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1307748,00.asp>

SGI Compares Linux, Unix Source Code (Robert McMillan, IDG News Service)
<http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/10/03/HNsgicompare_1.html>
An open letter to the Linux community published this week by Silicon Graphics indicates that SGI has conducted a comprehensive comparison of the Linux kernel and the Unix System V source code owned by The SCO Group.

Linux Emerges As Cell Phone Dark Horse (Ephraim Schwartz, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/10/03/39NNphoneos_1.html>
Open source OS banks on multiple network capabilities.

MyAppleMenu Reader: Life
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On The Edge Of The Neo-70's (A.O. Scott, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/05/magazine/05SCOTTT.html>
There was a time when New York was not about making money but was about making do and making art. That time is back, sort of.

Are More People Cheating? (Felicia R. Lee, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/04/arts/04CHEA.html>
It is nearly impossible to turn on  television or pick up a newspaper or magazine without hearing someone lament the current decline in morals. But is there any hard evidence that more people are more dishonest now than in the past?

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Andrea De Cruz Awarded Almost S$900,000 In Slim 10 Case (Asha Popatial, Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/50699/1/.html>
Television actress Andrea De Cruz, who suffered liver failure, has won a lawsuit against distributors of diet pill Slim 10 and was awarded damages amounting to almost S$900,000.

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