[MyAppleMenu] Monday, Oct 6, 2003

Mon Oct 6 21:05:00 EDT 2003

MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Monday, Oct 6, 2003

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Signs Of Improvement: Video Conference Programs Expand Horizons For Deaf (Benny Evangelista, San Francisco Chronicle)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/10/06/BUGUO24GQC1.DTL>
iChat AV  software produced video that was clear enough to see another person's fingers  and hand movements, a crucial element in communicating in American Sign  Language.

Motorola To Spin Off Chip Unit (John G. Spooner, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1006_3-5086763.html>
In an effort to focus on five product categories in the communications and electronics systems markets, the Schaumburg, Ill., company intends to create a separate company out of its Semiconductor Products Sector (SPS), which builds chips such as the PowerPC.

MyAppleMenu : News
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Apple To Open Second Georgia Retail Store (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2003/10/06/applestore>

Companies Lining Up For State's Huge Laptop Order (Mike Wendland, Detorit Free Press)
<http://www.freep.com/money/tech/mwend6_20031006.htm>
Michigan is getting ready to place a technology order that just may be the biggest single purchase of computers ever -- 130,000 laptops, enough to give one to every sixth-grade student in the state.

New iTrip Compatible With Third Generation iPods (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/10/06/itrip/index.php?redirect=1065431466000>
The iTrip allows the iPod to work with FM radios -- in your car, for instance, or through the clock radio of your hotel bedstand when you're on the road.

Districts Line Up In Laptop Opposition (Christine MacDonald, Detroit News)
<http://www.detnews.com/2003/schools/0310/06/a07-289688.htm>
Some of Metro Detroit's largest school districts say they may decline the state's offer to outfit sixth-graders with laptops because of the potential costs.

Laptops Take Command Of The Market (Paul Andrews, Seattle Times)
<http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2001759518_paul06.html>
The desktop isn't dead. But for day-to-day computing, notebooks are king.

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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Mac.Ars Takes First-Move Advantage (Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica)
<http://arstechnica.com/etc/mac/index.html>
What does MusicMatch beating iTMS for Windows to market mean for Apple?

Linux Vs. Windows Viruses (Scott Granneman, SecurityFocus)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/56/33226.html>
Linux and Mac OS X establish a more secure footing than Microsoft Windows, one that makes it far harder for viruses to take hold in the first place,

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Burning Monkey Mahjong Soltaire (MacGamer)
<http://www.macgamer.com/features/?id=1651>

Apple Wireless Bluetooth Mouse And Keyboard (Macs Only!)
<http://www.macsonly.com/#1061>
In summary, we really like both products.

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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Product Liability Lawsuits Are New Threat To Microsoft (Steve Lohr, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/06/technology/06SOFT.html?ex=1066017600&en=75841ff524383cf9&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE>
The modern economy -- from office work to financial markets to power grids -- depends increasingly on software. And the trial lawyers are not the only ones who think software makers should face stronger incentives to create products that are more reliable and secure.

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

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: News & Opinions
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Spam Fighters Turn To Identifying Legitimate E-Mail (Saul Hansell, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/06/technology/06SPAM.html>
"People have been spending all their time creating filters to find the bad guys. We want to turn that on its head and find ways to identify the good guys and let them in."

MyAppleMenu Reader: World
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For The News Leak, A Long If Not Honorable History (Howard Kurtz, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49517-2003Oct5.html>
In a news-obsessed city in which information is power, leaks are a time-honored way for a presidential administration to discredit its critics.

MyAppleMenu Reader: Life
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Faster, Pussy Wagon! Kill! Kill! (RJ Smith, Village Voice)
<http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0340/smith.php>
Back from the dead with the new Kill Bill, Quentin Tarantino exposes the dick drive, movie ultraiolence, and his foot fetish.

Water, Water Everywhere But Not A Drop Free (David Shaw, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la-fo-matters1oct01195417,1,2024758.column?coll=la-headlines-food>
"What kind of water would you like -- flat or sparkling?" And regardless of your response, a delicate pas de deux then ensures.

MyAppleMenu Reader: Expressions
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A Stone Woman (A. S. Byatt, New Yorker)
<http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/content/?031013fi_fiction>

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Singapore In A Scramble For New Fighter Jets (Geraldine Chua, Reuters)
<http://www.forbes.com/home_asia/newswire/2003/10/05/rtr1100003.html>
Singapore is about to spend more than US$1 billion on 20 warplanes to replace its ageing A-4SU Super Skyhawk combat jets in its biggest-ever fighter jet investment.

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