[MyAppleMenu] Sunday, Sep 28, 2003

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Sunday, Sep 28, 2003

MyAppleMenu : News
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Nisus Thesaurus 1.0.1 Fixes Expiration Issue (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2003/09/28/nisusthesaurus>

Apple: Dell Re-Branding Music Store, Player (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2003/09/27/appledell>
"There is little original here."

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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Laptops: Apple's Window Of Opportunity (Gene Steinberg, Mac Night Owl)
<http://www.macnightowl.com/newsletters/2003/09/200.htm#opportunity>
Macs may become the power user's dream machine.

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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IE Holes Lead To AIM, Dial-Up Attacks (Reuters)
<http://news.com.com/2100-7349_3-5083234.html>
Security holes in Microsoft's Internet Explorer have been exploited by hackers to hijack AOL instant messaging accounts and force unsuspecting Web surfers to run up massive phone bills, computer experts cautioned on Friday.

MusicMatch, Dell To Launch Music Stores (John Borland and John G. Spooner, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-5082948.html>
MusicMatch plans to jump into the digital song-selling business next week, with Dell promoting the company's new download service, sources familiar with the plan said.

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

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: Top Stories
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Do-Not-Call Case Spotlights Vagueness Of Commercial Speech Law (Charles Lane, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7593-2003Sep26.html>
Such is the legal hall of mirrors known as commercial-speech doctrine, the body of Supreme Court precedent that has perplexed judges, lawyers and academics for years and has now emerged to frustrate the hopes of 50 million Americans who signed up for the registry and thought they were only days away from reducing the nightly annoyance of telemarketing calls.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: News & Opinions
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One Phone Number, To Go (Yuki Noguchi, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8354-2003Sep27.html>
Cell-phone customers will soon be able to take their numbers with them when they switch to a new carrier. But consumer groups warn that "number portability" could bring higher prices and more hassles.

MyAppleMenu Reader: Life
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ART Domesticated (Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/features/printedition/magazine/la-tm-knightessay39sep28,1,5114438.story?coll=la-home-features>
The intimacy of a collection in your home.

A Classical Move (Sharron Kahn Luttrell, Boston Globe)
<http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2003/09/28/a_classical_move/>
How a string quartet binds an urban community.

Method Actin Not A Good Fit When Bland Rules (Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star)
<http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?GXHC_gx_session_id_=7d0bfe483ee31725&pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1064527811302&call_pageid=968867495754&col=969483191630>
There are still method actors around, and they are still capable of bringing performances to the screen that practically throb with the suggestion of experience not contained by the camera's gaze. Just don't call them method actors.

MyAppleMenu Reader: EOF
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Driver Walks Free After Using Mobile On The Hoof (Edinburgh Evening News)
<http://www.edinburghnews.com/international.cfm?id=1064002003>
An Australian judge has thrown out a case against a man caught using a mobile phone while driving a horse and carriage, saying police who brought the charges "look a bit silly".

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Singapore: Case Not Admissible (The Star)
<http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2003/9/28/nation/6374457&sec=nation>
Singapore argued that Malaysia's action in dragging the dispute before the tribunal lacked any basis and even questioned the sovereignty of the tribunal over adjudicating and arbitrating in the dispute because Malaysia had not fulfilled a major condition, namely that of first discussing the matter in a detailed manner, providing evidence and settling it through negotiations.

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