[MyAppleMenu] Thursday, Sep 25, 2003

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Thursday, Sep 25, 2003

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Foreign Matter (David Zeiler, Baltimore Sun)
<http://www.sunspot.net/technology/custom/pluggedin/bal-mac092503,0,960260.column?coll=bal-tech-utility>
International users likely wouldn't begrudge the new services becoming available first in the United States, as long as Apple communicated the reason for the delay and offered some timetable for when it will become available to them. As it is, Mac users outside the United States often don't know what to expect, all while paying higher prices for less functionality.

MyAppleMenu : News
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Greene Students Will Soon Take Laptops Home (LaToya Mack, Kinston Free press)
<http://www.kinston.com/Details.cfm?StoryID=14634>
The county's iTech program, which will allow every student in middle and high school to have access to an Apple iBook computer, is ahead of schedule. Superintendent Steve Mazingo originally expected students to take computers home after Christmas, but most students should have their laptops by November.

Thinking Differnt, Saving Money (Michelle Delio, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,60559,00.html>
The creators of the world's fastest Mac supercomputer insist they opted for Apple because Macs provided significant price and performance benefits over hardware running Linux or any other Unix-based solution.

Apple G5: Can You Feel The Power? (James Maguire, NewsFactor)
<http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/22364.html>
Could Apple, lagging Intel-based machines markedly with the G4 platform, actually have come from behind to produce the fastest desktop -- not just in advertising hype, but in reality?

School Board OKs Laptop Loaning Plan (Greg C. Huff, Stillwater Gazette)
<http://www.stillwatergazette.com/story.asp?cat=NEW&story=6532>
Although a district official outlined a plan to fund about $850,000 of the project's total cost -- which does not include funding for increased computer support staff -- he did not elaborate on where the district would find the additional $2 million it will need.

'Tea Cart' Brings Computers To Kids (Nora Fascenelli, Arizona Republic)
<http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/suncities/articles/0924computerlab0920Z1.html>
Abandoning the traditional brick-and-mortar computer lab approach, Washington is putting 30 laptops on compact, mobile carts and taking the latest in computer technology to the student rather than having the students go to a lab.

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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Selling Air: The Nebulous Advertising Of Apple Computer (Del Miller, Applelinks.com)
<http://www.applelinks.com/abacus/selling_air.shtml>
Influencing skeptical consumers to buy a Macintosh has always required more than hand waving and lofty references to thinly related imagery. So why does Apple choose the most nebulous of advertising approaches to sell Macintoshes?

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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iListen 1.6: Speak And Your Computer Will Obey... If It Can iListen (Markkus Rovito, MacHome)
<http://www.machome.com/reviews/display.lasso?grr8=155>
iListen's plentiful voice commands worked very reliably and its dictation, while not yet perfect, worked well enough to produce written documents needing light editing.

Geneforge 2 (Ken Newquist, Inside Mac Games)
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/reviews/view.php?ID=414>
For $25 players get a huge world to explore and -- thanks to the intricacies of the game's plot -- re-explore. It's a real find for any player who's ever bought a $50 game and then abandoned it a few days later after finding that its stunning graphics and jaw-dropping movies were little more than a spectacular facade for non-existent game play.

What To Do Now That Mac OS X 10.2.8 Has Been Pulled; Continuing Solutions (MacFixIt)
<http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=2003092407551533>
Since Mac OS X 10.2.8 has been pulled from Apple's servers, several readers are wondering what they should do.

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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Dell Opens Its Doors To Home Electronics (Richard Shim and John G. Spooner, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001_3-5082284.html>
Dell introduced a digital music player, online music service, multifunction LCD television and computer screen, and projector, as well as a new handheld.

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

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: Top Stories
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Court Blocks Telemarketing List (Reuters)
<http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,60569,00.html>
A U.S. court in Oklahoma has blocked the national "do not call" list that would allow consumers to stop most unwanted telephone sales calls, the Direct Marketing Association said on Wednesday.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: News & Opinions
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Google Hits Advertiser Milestone (Stefanie Olsen, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1024_3-5082059.html>
Google has amassed 150,000 advertisers worldwide, thanks to an aggressive international growth strategy in Web search that now includes Spain, the company said Thursday.

Makers Of Kaaa Are Suing Record Labels (Associated Press)
<http://apnews.myway.com//article/20030924/D7TOP6O00.html>
Turning the tables on record labels, makers of the most popular file-sharing network are suing entertainment companies for copyright infringement.

HP To Indemnify Its Corporate Linux Users Against SCO (Todd Weiss, Computerworld)
<http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/os/linux/story/0,10801,85288,00.html?SKC=home85288>
In a bold move aimed at reassuring its enterprise users that Linux is the right choice for their businesses, Hewlett-Packard Co. today is announcing that it will indemnify its Linux customers against any future legal action from The SCO Group Inc.

Dell: Home Is Where The PC Is (John G. Spooner, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1003_3-5081887.html>
Michael Dell elaborated Wednesday on his vision of the PC becoming the nerve center of home entertainment, but he was vague about how the company plans to achieve that goal.

MyAppleMenu Reader: EOF
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Red Lobster Endless Crab Offer Gobbled Up Chain's Profits (Richard Gibson, Wall Street Journal)
<http://online.wsj.com/article_email/0,,BT_CO_20030924_006778-IdjgYNnlaZ2mp2maKiIbKmCm5,00.html>
Be careful when offering an all-you-can-eat promotion. The consequences can be costly.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Government Bodies' Credibility Hurt By Sars Fiasco (Lim Boon Hee, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,4386,211391,00.html?>
If a national disaster like Sars can result in great discrepancies and inaccurate information being given out by government spokesmen, nobody will believe what they may say in future.

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