[MyAppleMenu] Sunday, Oct 5, 2003

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Sunday, Oct 5, 2003

MyAppleMenu : News
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Apple Case Study: Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory -- All In The Little Details (Apple)
<http://www.apple.com.sg/pro/tll/>
"The Mac platform has always been known for its clean lines and polished finish. Now it can add sheer processing power and intelligence to its list of accolades."

Laptops Put To The Test (Megan Boldt and Julio Ojeda-Zapata, Pioneer Press)
<http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/living/education/6929061.htm>
The Stillwater school district's decision to provide laptop computers to junior high students for use at school and home plunges it into a debate taking place across the country: Are such efforts worth the money?

District's Move To Drop Apples Leaves Sour Taste (Richard Bockman, St Petersburg Times)
<http://www.sptimes.com/2003/10/05/Tampabay/District_s_move_to_dr.shtml>
Many criticize the way the superintendent let them know of his decision to switch schools to PCs exclusively.

New Apple Showroom Set To Open (Gulf Daily News)
<http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Articles.asp?Article=63224&Sn=BNEW>
New Apple Computer showroom iMachines in Finteer Centre in Hoora will be opened today with a series of free seminars.

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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It's Time To Think About Your .Mac Account (Derrick Story, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/3831>
Think about the value of .Mac to you, then log on and make sure your account is set up accordingly.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Ant And AppleScript (David Miller, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/10/03/ant.html>
In recent years, the Apache Software Foundation's Ant (an abbreviation for Another Neat Tool) has become the de facto standard for automating the build process of Java projects.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: News & Opinions
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Where Nobody Knows You're A Music Thief (Daniel Akst, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/05/business/yourmoney/05cont.html>
What's remarkable about the controversy over music sharing is not how many people are involved -- although the number is certainly large -- but rather their fervent rationalizing.

Content-Based Spam Filtering Is A Dead-End Path (Andy Lester, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/3841>
Content-based filtering is a Band-Aid on the real problem.

MyAppleMenu Reader: Life
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How The West Was Lost (Alex Massie, The Scotsman)
<http://www.arts.scotsman.com/headlines_specific.cfm?id=7711>
The Western didn't just help build Hollywood; it built our idea of America, too.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Parents Petition Against Breastfeeding 'Misinformation' On MediaCorp Show (Teo Pau Lin, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/latest/story/0,4390,213209,00.html?>
More than 50 parents turned up in town on Sunday to sign a petition against the image a current MediaCorp TV drama is presenting on breastfeeding.

Malaysia Regrets Singapore's Attitude (The Star)
<http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2003/10/5/nation/6423288&sec=nation>
Malaysia regrets that Singapore is continuing with its reclamation works in the Johor Straits despite the case being brought before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.

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