[MyAppleMenu] Tuesday, Sep 9, 2003

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Tuesday, Sep 9, 2003

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Apple: Reselling iTunes Songs 'Impractical' (Ina Fried and Evan Hansen, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-5072842.html>
An Apple Computer executive on Monday downplayed recent questions over the download resale policy of the company's iTunes Music Store, saying technical if not legal barriers would largely prevent such transfers from taking place.

MyAppleMenu : News
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An Apple A Student For Denali Borough School District (Kris Capps, Daily News-miner)
<http://www.news-miner.com/Stories/0,1413,113~7244~1620356,00.html>
When school begins Sept. 15, the Denali Borough School District will become the first in Alaska to provide a laptop computer for every student in grades 9 through 12. A total of 129 laptop computers are being prepared to hand over to high schoolers at Tri-Valley, Anderson and Cantwell schools.

Washingtonpost.com: Committed To DV News (John Courtmanche, Creative Planet Communities)
<http://www.uemedia.com/CPC/article_11622.shtml>
They call it "the movement." That's how the staff of video producers at The Washington Post refer to the current revolution in documentary and news video.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Eudora 6.0 SlamsSpam, Concentrates Content (Adam C. Engst, TidBITS)
<http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=07342>

Latest Keyboard Needs Refining (Mark Kellner, Washington Times)
<http://washingtontimes.com/technology/20030908-093928-5859r.htm>
Users should look carefully at reviews of potential replacement keyboards and check out user groups for others' experiences and perspectives.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: Top Stories
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Paper Trail Not Dead Yet (Elisa Batista, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,60348,00.html>
The print industry is hobbling but it is far from dead, a Rochester Institute of Technology professor told a group of media publishers at the Seybold conference on Monday.

The Music Industry Needs Hackers Not Lawyers (Andy Kessler, Wall Street Journal)
<http://www.opinionjournal.com/la/?id=110003986>
Scaring customers isn't a good long term business strategy.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: News & Opinions
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Wi-Fi And 3G May Come Together (Richard Shim, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1039_3-5073056.html>
New wireless networking chips for handheld devices are giving second life to the 802.11b standard and could soon test the theory that Wi-Fi and cellular data services can work hand in hand rather than compete.

An Offer You Can Refuse (Paul Boutin, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/id/2088066/>
The RIAA's amnesty deal may not keep you from being sued.

Judge Rules In Favor Of Pop-Ups (Reuters)
<http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,60347,00.html>
U.S. District Judge Gerald Bruce Lee handed down the ruling on Friday, dismissing U-Haul's lawsuit that sought to ban Internet advertising company WhenU's software, which launches rival pop-up ads when customers access U-Haul's website.

Learning To Live With Biometrics (Claudia Graziano, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,60342,00.html>
Public schools increasingly rely on fingerprint recognition to create cashless cafeterias and track overdue library books, but privacy advocates express concern.

MyAppleMenu Reader: World
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Other People's Sacrifice (Paul Krugman, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/09/opinion/09KRUG.html>
Mr. Bush created this crisis, and if he were a true patriot he would pay a political price to resolve it. Maybe it's time for him to do a couple of things he's never done before, like admitting mistakes and standing up to the hard right.

Time For A New Patriotism? (Jonathan Alter, Newsweek)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/962958.asp?0cv=CB20&cp1=1>
True loyalty to country is about more than saluting. A case for redefining the concept.

The Falseness Of Anti-Americanism (Fouad Ajami, Foreign Policy)
<http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/story.php?storyID=13852>
Pollsters report rising anti-Americanism worldwide. The United States, they imply, squandered global sympathy after the September 11 terrorist attacks through its arrogant unilateralism. In truth, there was never any sympathy to squander. Anti-Americanism was already entrenched in the world's psyche--a backlash against a nation that comes bearing modernism to those who want it but who also fear and despise it.

MyAppleMenu Reader: Science & Tech
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Giant Steps Produced A Walking Robot (Anitha Reddy, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45232-2003Sep8.html>
It isn't easy to convince hundreds of fidgeting schoolchildren that walking is actually a difficult maneuver involving the cooperation of countless neurons, ligaments and muscles.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : Top Stories
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Singapore Confirms New SARS Case (Associated Press)
<http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/asiapcf/southeast/09/09/singapore.sars/>
Health officials confirmed the case after a second test was carried out on the 27-year-old laboratory technician Tuesday.

Yes To Cosmo, No To Dialet Films (Helmi Yusof and Tan Shzr Ee, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/topstories/story/0,4386,208861,00.html?>
Ministry accepts most recommendations of censorship panel, but takes care not to undermine national Speak Mandarin drive.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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WHO Says No Intention Of Issuing SARS Travel Advisory Against Singapore (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/48655/1/.html>
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said it had no intention of issuing a travel advisory against Singapore after it was confirmed a Singaporean man had contracted SARS.

Singapore Lets Cosmo Girl Back - But Only In A Jacket (John Aglionby, Guardian)
<http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/story/0,7495,1038172,00.html>

WHO Does Not Yet See Singapore Man As SARS Case (Reuters)
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/MAN20198.htm>
"At this stage, we are treating it as a suspected case -- a perplexing case -- but we're not treating it as probable SARS."

Efficient Transport System, But Not Value For Money? (Goh Chin Lian, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,4386,208877,00.html?>
LTA poll of 1,000 commuters shows most agree system meets their needs, but only half feel it offers good value for money.

Air Asia Steers Clear Of Singapore For Now (Dow Jones)
<http://sg.biz.yahoo.com/030909/15/3e0xr.html>
Malaysia's only budget carrier, Air Asia, doesn't plan to use Singapore's Changi Airport in the immediate future despite the possibility of discounts offered by the hub, the New Straits Times daily says.

No Free-For-All Zone Yet For The Arts (Tan Shzr Ee, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/topstories/story/0,4386,208860,00.html?>
The idea was rejected by Mita on grounds that 'the repercussions from such activities' could not be 'contained or restrained by artificial boundaries', said Mita Minister Lee Boon Yang yesterday.

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