[MyAppleMenu] Sunday, Oct 12, 2003

Sun Oct 12 21:05:00 EDT 2003

MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Sunday, Oct 12, 2003

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Live From Apple And Straight To iTunes (Reuters/Billboard)
<http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2003/10/11/live_from_apple_and_straight_to_itunes/>
Apple Computer is now hosting artist in-store events at its retail locations. And in a twist to the age-old practice of having an artist appear and play a handful of songs for the crowd, Apple is selling the performances online through its iTunes Music Store.

MyAppleMenu : News
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Salling Clicker 2.0.1 Adds 'Panther' Support, More (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2003/10/12/sallingclicker>

What Price Music? (Amy Harmon, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/12/arts/music/12HARM.html>
As musical recordings have increasingly shed their physical form, the record industry and its customers have been at odds over what it all should cost.

Apple Powers College Supercomputer (Ian Hardy, BBC ClickOnline)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3180872.stm>
Staff and students at Virginia Tech have built one of the world's most powerful supercomputers for just $5m by plugging together hundreds of the latest computers from Apple.

Tinkertool 3.0 Released (Mac Net Journal)
<http://www.whiterabbits.com/MacNetJournal/October2003.html#note_1852>

Matador Becomes First Indie Record Label On iTunes (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2003/10/11/matador>
According to Matador, which is home to Interpol, Yo La Tengo, Belle & Sebastian and many others, it is the first indie record company to have its content available on iTunes.

David Pogue: Writing For The Rest Of Us (Ric Getter, MacDirectory)
<http://www.macdirectory.com/ntrvu/DPogue/index.html>
People who write about computers are generally the pretty mellow group, but  there's one author who makes us seethe with envy. It's not only that David  Pogue has deservedly become one of the most popular and prolific writers in  the industry, but it's a calling that never figured prominently in his  initial career goals.

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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Why Do Bloggers Prefer Macs? (Robert Scoble)
<http://radio.weblogs.com/0001011/2003/10/10.html#a4955>

Let Teachers Choose The Computers (Vic Sperry, St. Petersburg Times)
<http://www.sptimes.com/2003/10/12/Opinion/Let_teachers_choose_t.shtml>
It is not the teachers' responsibility to "make do" with whatever platform eases the burden of maintenance befalling the information systems department. It is the responsibility of the teachers to evaluate the existing computing platforms and choose what advances their goal of educating the children of Pinellas county.

Why Mozilla Matters (Jon Udell, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/10/10/40OPstrategic_1.html>
As Web services redefine documents, Mozilla, an open and extensible document-handling engine, looks more strategic than ever.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Dual 2.0GHz Power Mac G5 (Rob Griffths, MacOSXHints.com)
<http://www.macosxhints.com/g5/>
The Dual 2.0GHz G5 is a winner. In addition to its compelling design, this machine has the horsepower to handle  anything you can throw at it.

Better, Late: New PowerBook Worth Waiting For (Rob Pegoraro, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11459-2003Oct11.html>
The new 15-inch PowerBook G4 -- named after its 15.2-inch widescreen liquid-crystal display -- is a particularly refined expression of Apple's design philosophy.

The iPod Does Windows (Harry McCracken, PC World)
<http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/article/0,aid,105263,00.asp>

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: Top Stories
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Smile, You're On Candid Cellphone Camera (Amy Harmon, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/12/weekinreview/12HARM.html>
An army of phonecam amateurs is quietly redrawing the boundaries of privacy in public spaces -- unknown to most of their subjects.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: News & Opinions
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Google Stumbles? (Mike Musgrove, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11461-2003Oct11.html>
Is Google starting to show signs of strain against spammers and Web scammers?

Thin Clients Trim Fat (Ephraim Schwartz, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/10/10/40OPreality_1.html>
A new breed of thin clients may help companies' IT budget strain.

MyAppleMenu Reader: World
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No (Dahlia Lithwick, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/id/2089687/>
"No means no" is still a pretty good rule.

MyAppleMenu Reader: Life
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Lies, Damn Lies, And Focus Groups (Daniel Gross, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/id/2089677/>
Why don't consumers tell the truth about what they want?

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : Top Stories
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DPM Wants PM, SM In His Cabinet (Chua Mui Hoong, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,4386,214217,00.html?>
And he sees no reason why his wife, Madam Ho Ching, executive director at state-owned investment agency Temasek Holdings, should change jobs just because he does.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Deputy Premier Says Singapore No "Family Show" (Reuters)
<http://famulus.msnbc.com/FamulusIntl/reuters10-11-223402.asp?reg=PACRIM>
Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong does not see governing the nation as a family business and is prepared to ask his father to quit the cabinet if required, a newspaper said.

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