[MyAppleMenu] Saturday, Sep 6, 2003

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Saturday, Sep 6, 2003

MyAppleMenu : News
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Interview With VoodooPad's Gus Mueller (Derrick Story, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/developer/2003/09/05/innovators.html>
Here's the approach Gus Mueller took for creating and distributing VoodooPad.

Eric Eason: An Indie Dream Come True (Nancy Eaton, Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/pro/film/eason/>
"If we didn't have Final Cut Pro, there's no way we could have done this."

Profiles In Success: Henrico County Public School: Continuous Learning (Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/education/profiles/henrico1/>
"The wireless world, along with the portability of the laptops, and the dynamic nature of the digital content are creating a synergy that will have a huge impact on schools and classrooms."

Windows Media Player 9 For OS X 'Coming Soon' (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2003/09/05/windowsmedia9>

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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The Penny-Pinching PowerBook 1400 Goes Wireless (Michael J. Norton, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/09/05/cheap_powerbook.html>
The adventures of a computer geek and his Promethean Penny-Pinching PowerBook 1400 continue.

Think Tanks: What A Blast! (Vern Seward, Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/review/2003/08/28.1.shtml>
You'll get hours of addictive battle action that will surely give your keyboard and mouse a real workout. This game's a keeper.

Apple Final Cut Pro 4 (Steve Mullen, VideoSystems)
<http://videosystems.com/ar/video_apple_final_cut_5/>
With the enhancement of Final Cut Pro, plus the inclusion of the other four production packages, Apple has more than made that prediction come true.

Apple Soundtrack (Frank McMahon, VideoSystems)
<http://videosystems.com/ar/video_apple_soundtrack/>
For producers just getting into musical scoring, Soundtrack represents a great first dip into the ocean of audio possibilities. After using the program with Final Cut Pro or by itself, you'll find the water is quite nice.

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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Microsoft Settles Antitrust Suit With Be (Stephen Lawson, IDG News Service)
<http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/09/05/HNmicbe_1.html>
Microsoft will pay Be more than $23 million after attorneys' fees to settle an antitrust lawsuit that Be filed against it in February 2002, the companies announced Friday.

Microsoft: Asia Not Playing Fair Over OS (Reuters)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-5072069.html>
A plan by Japan, China and South Korea to develop an operating system alternative to Microsoft's Windows software could raise concerns over fair competition, Microsoft said Friday.

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

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: News & Opinions
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Reinventing The Transistor (Claire Tristram, MIT Technology Review)
<http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/tristram0903.asp>
Hewlett-Packard is betting that it can build computers whose functionality rests on the workings of individual molecules. It's blue-sky research, but if it works, it will push computing far beyond the limits of silicon.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Changi May Cut Charges For Budget Airlines (Karamjit Kaur, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/topstories/story/0,4386,208439,00.html?>
No-frills carriers that make use of fewer airport services could be charged less, and this may be good news to new players.

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