[MyAppleMenu] Wednesday, Sep 3, 2003

Wed Sep 3 21:05:00 EDT 2003

MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Wednesday, Sep 3, 2003

MyAppleMenu : News
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Microsoft Offers Office vX 10.1.5 Update (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/09/03/office/>
Microsoft reports that this new update "addresses several stability issues with PowerPoint, Excel, and Visual Basic for Applications for Office v. X."

Apple Goes After Unix Users (Steven Deare, LinuxWorld)
<http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=660010615&fp=2&fpid=1>
Unix users will be major beneficiaries of the upcoming 'Panther' version of OS X, Apple Computer told the AUUG conference this morning.

OpenOSX's WinTel Offers Deliverance (Insanely Great Mac)
<http://www.insanely-great.com/news.php?id=2507>

Microsoft Rolls Out New Wireless Mice, Keyboard (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2003/09/03/msmice>
Microsoft today unveiled six new wireless peripherals that introduce an innovative new scroll wheel and wireless optical technologies.

Salling Clicker 2.0 Adds Palm, T616 Support (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/09/03/salling/>
Salling Clicker v2.0 adds a new Sony Ericsson model -- the T616. What's more, the new version can now work with Bluetooth-equipped Palm Tungsten T PDAs.

First Two Of New FileMaker Applications Line Released (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/09/02/filemaker/>
FileMaker Inc. announced on Wednesday that it will begin making ready-to-use applications for business-specific tasks. The first two FileMaker Applications -- FileMaker Meetings and FileMaker Recruiter -- are available today.

Wall Street Warms To Apple (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=6830>
As Apple's stock trades near its 52-week high, analyst firm Ragen MacKenzie has issued positive comment about the company.

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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Gobi, Mojave, And The Future Of The G3 (Charles W. Moore, Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/misc/03/0903.html>

Confessions Of A Switcher (Andrew Fairbairn, MacSofa)
<http://www.macsofa.com/more.php?id=76_0_1_0_M>
OS X is an impressive piece of software, and the Mac experience so far has been excellent.

Time For Apple To Spread The Beat (Alex Salkever, BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/sep2003/tc2003093_2329_tc056.htm>
Jobs & Co.'s online Music Store needs to be PC-compatible. Then, college kids will snap up even more iPod music player.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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iMovie 3 & iDVD: The Missing Manual (Tony Williams, Slashdot)
<http://books.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/02/1251246>

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: Top Stories
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Copyright Protected CDs Illegal In France? Not Quite (Drew Cullen, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/32636.html>
Big news from France today where EMI has landed in the soup for selling 'defective' copyright protected CDs.

Fuel-Cell Tech May Be Coming Soon (Reuters)
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,60268,00.html>
Fuel cells that can run laptops for 10 hours or more without plug power have captured the imagination of computer junkies. But first, backers must prove that they are as safe to fly with as a cigarette lighter or a duty-free bottle of vodka.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: News & Opinions
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Analytic Detective Work (Dennis Callaghan, eWeek)
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1237103,00.asp>
Law enforcement agencies and corporations are turning to developers such as SPSS Inc. and SAS Institute Inc. and using predictive analytics gleaned from data mining to gain greater insights into solving and in some cases, even preventing crime.

A Campus Fad That's Being Copied: Internet Plagiarism (Sara Rimer, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/03/education/03CHEA.html>
A study conducted on 23 college campuses has found that Internet plagiarism is rising among students.

MyAppleMenu Reader: World
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The Case For TV (Henry Schleiff, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/03/opinion/03SCHL.html>
Trials and most judicial proceedings are meant to be public, of course, and cameras make it possible for more citizens to see them.

MyAppleMenu Reader: Life
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Cooking For Cash (Candy Sagon, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13510-2003Sep2.html>
Cooks with contest fever add a handful of strategy and more than a pinch of ambition.

Dog Ate Your Homework? Fall On Your Bread Knife (Florence Fabricant, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/03/dining/03SCHO.html>
Over the past decade, but especially since 2001, enrollment at schools with professional culinary programs has jumped 20 percent, 50 percent, sometimes 100 percent. A high proportion of students, often in their mid-30's, are coming from careers in finance, law, the broadcast media, information technology, sales, even the military.

MyAppleMenu Reader: Expressions
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Dire Wolf (Lucie Brock-Broido, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/id/2087825/>

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Text-Messaging Drivers May Go To Jail (Associated Press)
<http://edition.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/09/02/message.jail.ap/index.html>
Singaporeans who send text messages on their mobile phones while driving face a fine of up to 1,000 Singapore dollars and six months in jail, police said Tuesday.

Johor To Continue Buying Water From Singapore (The Star)
<http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2003/9/3/nation/6196013&sec=nation>
Johor has to put on hold its plans to stop buying treated water from Singapore's Public Utility Board following a delay in the completion of the Semangar Water Treatment Plant near here.

Changi Airport Moves Up To Second-Cheapest In Asia (Karamjit Kaur, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/topstories/story/0,4386,207882,00.html?>
Fighting travel slump with  rate cuts, Changi becomes more attractive to airlines but is still trailing KL airport.

Singapore No Partner Of Thai's No-Frills Airline (Nondhanada Intarakomalyasut, Bangkok Post)
<http://www.bangkokpost.com/Business/03Sep2003_biz56.html>
"We've never invited Singapore to be our partner."

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