[MyAppleMenu] Thursday, Oct 30, 2003

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Thursday, Oct 30, 2003

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Panther FireWire Data-Loss Scare (Jonny Evans, Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/top_news_item.cfm?NewsID=7181>
The flaw manifests itself in the following ways: users installing Panther while having an external FireWire drive connected to their Mac have seen data loss; similarly, users with FireWire drives connected to their systems have seen data loss once they reboot Panther.

Confessions Of The World's Largest Switcher (Daniel H. Steinberg, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/10/29/osxcon_g5cluster.html>
It's a shame that Apple no longer runs the "Switch" campaign on television. Dr. Srinidhi Varadarajan would make an excellent spokesperson for moving to the Mac. "I'm Srinidhi Varadarajan and I build Supercomputers at Virginia Tech."

Looking Toward A Networked World (Leander Kahney, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,60999,00.html?tw=wn_culthead_2>
Technology publisher Tim O'Reilly has seen the future of software, and it's the iTunes Music Store.

MyAppleMenu : News
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Apple Offers Free iPod Custom Laster Engraving (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2003/10/30/ipodengraving>

Microsoft Fires Worker Over Weblog (Todd Bishop, Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
<http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/146115_blogger30.html>
It all started when Hanscom noticed something interesting on the loading dock on his way into work a week ago -- three pallets of shiny new Apple Power Mac G5 computers, clearly destined for somewhere on the company's Redmond campus.

OS X Conference: Apple's Bud Tribble Talks Science (David Read, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/10/30/tribble/index.php?redirect=1067523274000>
Tribble said that many researchers told him that Mac OS X allowed them to trade in three computers -- namely a Mac, a PC and a Unix machine -- for one computer, a Mac running OS X.

Mac OS X Refund Suit Gets Preliminary Nod (Ina Fried, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1045_3-5099616.html>
Apple had already reached a tentative agreement to settle a class-action lawsuit that claimed that the company had failed to fully support Mac OS X on some G3-based Macs. A Los Angeles Superior Court judge gave preliminary approval to the settlement at a hearing last month.

Apple Succeeds In 1:1 Educational Computing Solutions (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/10/30/education/index.php?redirect=1067492256000>
"We have 1:1 solutions in over 400 schools across the country, and we're excited to see what is happened in learning and teaching."

Apple To Exhibit At Digital Video Expo West (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/10/29/dvexpo/>

Apple Dumped In Optus Revamp (Michael Sainsbury, The Australian)
<http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,7708246%255E15306,00.html>
Optus has started the second phase of overhauling its information technology platforms, and will dump Apple from about 5000 desktops, ending 11 years of loyalty which began in 1992 with the rollout of the user-friendly machines across the company in the world's largest business deployment of the computers.

OmniOutliner Update Addresses Issues With Panther (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2003/10/29/omnioutliner>

Macs Account For 16.4% Of All Stolen Computers (Charles W. Moore, Applelinks)
<http://www.applelinks.com/articles/2003/10/20031028120102.shtml>

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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Visiting The Apple Store -- Worth The Trip? (Jeff Adkins, Low End Mac)
<http://lowendmac.com/lab/03/1030.html>

The End (Almost) Of Dual-Booting (Charles W. Moore, Applelinks)
<http://www.applelinks.com/articles/2003/10/20031028120258.shtml>

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Apple -- The OS Of The Anti-Modder? (Wil Harris, THe Inquirer)
<http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=12424>
I'm too busy to fock around with Windows all day,  and too stylish to use some generic Wintel crap on the go.

The Panther Report: A Memo To Mac OS 9 Holdouts (Gene Steinberg, Mac Night Owl)
<http://macnightowl.com/#holdouts>
I'm not going to say that you have to move to Mac OS X. But consider the move carefully.

One More Cool Cat: With Panther, Apple Delivers Impressive Array Of Enhancments To Mac OS X (David Zeiler, Baltimore Sun)
<http://www.sunspot.net/technology/custom/pluggedin/bal-mac103003,0,4900488.column?coll=bal-tech-utility>
Whether Panther is worth the money is ultimately up to each Mac user, but the abundance of cool, desirable features will pry open a lot of pocketbooks.

Paying The Piper, Round 2: The Reportory Grows (David Pogue, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/30/technology/circuits/30stat.html?ex=1068094800&en=fc0bb74bb73a600c&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE>
The best music store-jukebox is Apple's iTunes, for a list of reasons as long as a Wagner opera.

iTunes For Windows Is Something To Sing About (Matthew Fordahl, Associated Press)
<http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20031029/NEWS/310290508/1200>

Apple Unleashes Mac OS Update 'Panther' (Matthew Fordahl, Associated Press)
<http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Tech%20Test%20Mac%20OS%20X>
For the second time in just over a year, Apple is out with a major upgrade of the Mac OS X operating system, packing it with features Windows users won't see for years and attaching a price tag befitting Apple's reputation as the Porsche of computer makers.

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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Microsoft Looks In The Crystal Ball (Yardena Arar, PC World)
<http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,113188,00.asp>
Tablet applications that quickly transform math formulas into graphics, and classrooms where professors can field instant-message queries from remote students: Both are leaping from the drawing board to reality in Microsoft Research projects.

Microsoft's Biggest Problem (Dana Blankenhorn)
<http://www.corante.com/mooreslore/20031001.shtml#57974>
To solve the problem of politics, break up the company. Break it up symbolically now, even if you continue to resist breaking it up for real.

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

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: Top Stories
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Study Finds Gaps In Digital Divide Theory (Dinesh C. Sharma, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1032_3-5098784.html>
Lack of access to the Internet and related digital technologies is a problem not only in emerging markets but also in advanced countries, a comparative study of eight markets has shown.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: News & Opinions
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The Hidden Costs Of IT Outsourcing (BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/oct2003/tc20031027_9655_tc119.htm>
While moving software development and tech support offshore is all the rage, many companies find the overall savings aren't that great.

E-Mail Providers Devising Ways To Stop Spam (Jonathan Krim, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38051-2003Oct29.html>
Congress recently edged closer to passing the nation's first law to curb e-mail spam, but those who work under the Internet's hood are attacking the problem from another angle.

What's Google Really Worth? (Alex Salkever, BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/oct2003/tc20031030_7074_tc024.htm>
Some on the Street say the search engine's IPO might fetch $25 billion. Use a different yardstick, and that sum seems way too high.

I'm Starting To See A New Technology Trend Forming Here (Dave Chappell, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/3937>
You can't have a technology trend with only one vendor.

Processing At The Speed Of Light (Reuters)
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,61009,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_6>
An Israeli startup has developed a processor that uses optics instead of silicon, enabling it to compute at the speed of light, the company said.

Toner Firm Gets Key Support In DMCA Spat (Declan McCullagh, CNET News.com)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103_2-5099112.html>
The U.S. Copyright Office has sided with Static Control Components in a high-profile lawsuit over whether the company may sell chips that permit Lexmark International toner cartridges to be refilled.

Reading, Writing, Revenue For PDAs? (Richard Shim, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1041_3-5099005.html>
When the Newport-Mesa Unified School District was awarded federal funding for classroom technology this summer, adminstrators took the unusual step of buying handhelds instead of PCs.

Ultrawideband May End Up Royalty-Free (Ben Charny, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-7351_3-5098712.html>
The battle between technology heavyweights over whose proposal will become a new short-range, high-speed wireless standard has heated up again, with one side now promising to offer its technology royalty-free to other companies.

MyAppleMenu Reader: Life
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VIP Treatment Often Reserved For Those Willing To Pay More (Jane Engle, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/travel/la-tr-insider26oct26,1,3019202.column?coll=la-travel-headlines>
Some airlines and hotels are penalizing Internet bargain hunters while rewarding their 'best' customers.

The Art Of Craving? (Jeanne McManus, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28517-2003Oct28.html>
It's a boneless, skinless, bite-size world, a world of tenders, cutlets, nuggets and morsels, where speed and convenience hold sway.

The Economics Of Suicide (Charles Duhigg, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/id/2090424/>
Why trying to kill yourself may be a smart business decision.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : Top Stories
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Backtracking On Competition? Not So... (Laurel Teo and Rebecca Lee, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,4386,217201,00.html?>
More needs to be done to fine tune how competition is applied in the provision of services.

Should SMRT Run North-East Line? (Karamjit Kaur, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/topstories/story/0,4386,217216,00.html?>
Transport analysts are shocked by the suggestion that SBS Transit should transfer the loss-making North-East Mass Rapid Transit line to another operator: They do not see the point, for either operator or commuters.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Ministry: No Sudden Policy U-Turn (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/topstories/story/0,4386,217209,00.html?>

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