[MyAppleMenu] Tuesday, Sep 2, 2003

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Tuesday, Sep 2, 2003

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Apple Shooting For Supercomputer Heights (Ina Fried and Michael Kanellos, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1008_3-5070403.html?tag=cd_mh>
Apple Computer has landed a major customer for its Power Mac G5, with Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University confirming Tuesday that it will use 1,100 of the machines as part of a supercomputer cluster now under construction.

Good Apples, Bad Apples Reunite (Leander Kahney, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,60217,00.html>
The biggest reunion of Apple employees will be held next month in Silicon Valley. The reunion isn't just a booze up. Organizers hope it will elicit a wealth of company lore.

MyAppleMenu : News
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IDC Report: Apple Grabs 7 Percent Of U.S. Notebook Market Share (MacDailyNews)
<http://www.macdailynews.com/comments.php?id=P1702_0_1_0>

Emagic Updates Logic Platinum (David Nagel, Creative Mac)
<http://www.creativemac.com/2003/09_sep/news/logic030902.htm>
The new version is a minor update, offering specific stability improvements, and is available now for Mac OS X.

Second Apple Store Coming To San Diego, CA (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news/20870>

Apple's G5s Get Sent To School (Ina Fried, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1044_3-5070292.html>
Apple Computer has delayed the shipping of its dual-processor Power Mac G5 to consumers, opting instead to ship the first of the fast desktops to schools.

Apple Should Pay For "Gratuitous" Legal Action Over Buzzle: Liquidator (Sarah Stokely, ARN)
<http://pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php?id=489398989>
Having lost its attempt to have the liquidator of Buzzle removed, Apple is now locked in battle over who will pay the legal costs for the action.

What's So Hot About Apple's Power Mac G5? (James Maguire, NewsFactor)
<http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/22197.html>
Can this new machine, which has enough computing power to outperform even some low-end servers, much less the average desktop, boost Apple's nearly disappearing 3-percent market share?

Laptops Dramatically Change Education (Oseye T. Boyd, The Star Press)
<http://www.thestarpress.com/articles/0/004862-3720-004.html>
The academy has joined the ranks of other schools providing laptops for students' use at and away from the classroom.

Apple Launches .Mac Promo In UK (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2003/09/01/everymac>

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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Mac OS X Panther 'Fast Approaching' Release - Apple (Tony Smith, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/39/32609.html>

Jobs At Top, Ballmer At Bottom Of CEO Approval Ratings (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/09/02/forbes/>
Apple CEO Steve Jobs received a rating of 91 percent for August. That's up from 77 percent last month and tied for his highest tally yet.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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PowerBook And iBook Parts And Repair Services (Charles Moore, MacOPINION)
<http://www.macopinion.com/columns/roadwarrior/03/09/02/index.html>
If your 'Book is ailing, the outfits profiled below should be able to help you at a tariff significantly less than you will encounter dealing with Apple Service if you're off warranty.

Burning Monkey Solitaire 3 (Tom Burns, Inside Mac Games)
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/reviews/view.php?ID=415>
Freeverse has another gem for their card-game crown with this one.

ThinkFree Office Is A Worthy Alternative (Ron Carlson, Insanely Great Mac)
<http://www.insanely-great.com/news.php?id=2501>

Macromedia Contribute 2 (Kirk Hiner, Applelinks.com)
<http://www.applelinks.com/reviews/contribute2.shtml>
The Mac version needs to do a little catching up with its PC counterpart, but that'll come. Also, its learning curve is steeper than I expected for both the developer and the content editors, but it makes life easier for both in ways of which FrontPage could only dream.

Geneforge 2 (Erica Marceau, Applelinks.com)
<http://www.applelinks.com/reviews/geneforge2.shtml>
All-in-all, Geneforge 2 is a great sequel which builds upon the original. The game also stands on its own due to an engaging story, great writing, lots of skills to learn, and the ability to choose the way in which your character develops.

The Best Of Fall: Apples And More (Mark Kellner, Washington Times)
<http://washingtontimes.com/technology/20030901-102349-4376r.htm>
For Mac users, Panther's prowling promises a nice, if costly ($129), upgrade.

Dragon Burn 3.0 For Mac OS X (Macs Only!)
<http://www.macsonly.com/#921>
All of its features that we tried worked well. But ripping, encoding, saving and burning speed for audio files is not one of Dragon Burn's strengths, especially when compared with dual-processor aware software like iTunes.

IT Specialists Recommend Wireless Internet Networks (Dave Toplikar, LJWorld.com)
<http://www.ljworld.com/section/toplikar/story/144090>

A Near-Outlook Experience (Michael Caton, eWeek)
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1234453,00.asp?kc=EWAV103039TX1K0000565>
CommuniGate Pro is a good investment for sites that can afford it. However, adding groupware, per-user Exchange client access and features such as clustering greatly increases its cost.

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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New Office Locks Down Documents (David Becker, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1012_3-5069246.html?tag=fd_lede1_hed>
As digital media publishers scramble to devise a foolproof method of copy protection, Microsoft is ready to push digital rights management into a whole new arena--your desktop.

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

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: News & Opinions
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Google Sucked Into RIAA/P2P Fight (Dinah Greek, vnunet.com)
<http://www.vnunet.com/News/1143341>
Search firm removes links to certain P2P sites following complaint from Kazaa creators.

Grid Software Project Goes International (Stephen Shankland, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1008_3-5070457.html>
Globus, a group that creates grid software to link multiple computers and storage systems, has changed its official name and governing board to reflect an international expansion it hopes will bring it new expertise.

Epidemic (Steve Hamm, Jay Greene, Cliff Edwards and Jim Kerstetter, BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/03_36/b3848001_mz001.htm>
Crippling computer viruses and spam attacks threaten the information economy. Can they be stopped?

College Use Software, Warnings To Stop Student File-Swapping (Alex Veiga, Associated Press)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2003/09/01/financial1746EDT0079.DTL>
Students arriving for fall classes at colleges across the country are facing technological hurdles and stern warnings aimed at ending swapping of music and movie files over high-speed campus Internet connections.

MyAppleMenu Reader: Science & Tech
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Despite Shattered Illusions, Mars Still Captures The Imaginatoin (Dennis Overbye, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/02/science/space/02ESSA.html>
On averted vision, or imagination, and its application to Mars, our space program, and life.

One Cosmic Question, Too Many Answers (Dennis Overbye, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/02/science/space/02STRI.html>
Generations of physicists have hoped that at the end of their labors there would be one answer to all the big questions. For 20 years, hopes have lodged in string theory.

MyAppleMenu Reader: Life
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Reading, Writing And Body Waxing (Patrick Healy, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/02/nyregion/02BUFF.html?8hpib>
The back-to-school rush has reached a feverish pitch here and across the region. But increasingly, especially for teenagers in affluent suburbs like this where reputations and cliques solidify faster than cold gravy, it is less about pencils and notebooks and more about the high-gloss, high-expense business of personal appearance.

'Aren't You Worried About Your Bottom Looking Big?' (Susan Tomes, Guardian)
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/features/story/0,11710,1033035,00.html>
As they fell apart for the umpteenth time, I became aware of several pairs of eyes turned towards me. "Sue, could you come up and conduct us?"

MyAppleMenu Reader: Expressions
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The Brief History Of The Dead (Kevin Brockmeier, New Yorker)
<http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/content/?030908fi_fiction>
When the blind man arrived in the city, he claimed that he had travelled across a desert of living sand. First he had died, he said, and then--snap!--the desert. He told the story to everyone who would listen, bobbing his head to follow the sound of their footsteps. Showers of red grit fell from his beard. He said that the desert was bare and lonesome and that it had hissed at him like a snake. He had walked for days and days, until the dunes broke apart beneath his feet, surging up around him to lash at his face, then everything went still and began to beat like a heart. The sound was as clear as any he had ever heard. It was only at that moment, he said, with a million arrow-points of sand striking his skin, that he had truly realized he was dead.

MyAppleMenu Reader: EOF
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Scientists Highlight Fish 'Intelligence' (BBC News)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/west_yorkshire/3189941.stm>
Fish are socially intelligent creatures who do not deserve their reputation as the dim-wits of the animal kingdom, according to a group of leading scientists.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : Top Stories
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Why That Funny Bridge? (Kim Quek, Today)
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/5808.asp>
It'll be a 'crooked' monument to Dr M's quarrels with Singapore.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Thai Press: Singapore Drops Thai Joint Airline Plan (Dow Jones)
<http://sg.biz.yahoo.com/030902/15/3dv6r.html>
Singapore authorities have dropped a plan to set up a joint venture airline with a Thai partner, citing an unattractive return on investment, Krungthep Turakij reports quoting an unnamed source.

Singapore Creates More Space For Fun, Not For Civil Society (Ivan Gan, Manila Times)
<http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2003/sept/02/opinion/20030902opi6.html>
It remains to be seen whether Lee Hsien Loong, commonly perceived as an unapproachable politician who takes a no-nonsense stance, will continue with Goh's steps toward some openness.

Why 7 Ministers In PM's Office (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,4386,207741,00.html?>
Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong explained the duties of the seven ministers in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), saying that each of them has substantive responsibilities.

Buzz At Speakers' Corner (Wendy Tan, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,4386,207729,00.html?>
Regulars and a fair share of curious passers-by were attracted by the buzz of activity that had built up on the third anniversary of the Speakers' Corner.

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