[MyAppleMenu] Apr 1, 2004

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Thursday, April 1, 2004

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Mac News for Mac Users

[Top Stories]

*** Apple Wins Best Of Show At Bio-IT World
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2004/03/31/bioitworld/index.php?redirect=1080763701000>
by Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral
Apple won the award for its recently announced Apple Workgroup Cluster for Bioinformatics.

*** The Interface Of The Future
<http://www.onlamp.com/pub/wlg/4632>
by Francois Joseph de Kermadec, O'Reilly Network
Apple does not believe in wizards: they believe in carefully designed assistants that give you a hand when you request it and introduce the real interface for you so you know what happens and how to change it later if you want.

[News]

*** Happy Birthday, Apple
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=8336>
by Jonny Evans, Macworld UK
Apple is 28 years old today.

See Also : April 1, 1976: Apple Boots Up
<http://www.time.com/time/80days/760401.html>
by Lev Grossman, Time

*** Costs See Newspapers Shun OS X
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=8335>
by Macworld UK
Many regional newspaper worldwide are still using Mac OS 9 because moving to OS X is too expensive.

*** Larry Kenyon: Jobs Key To Apple's Future
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/04/01/kenyon>
by Dennis Sellers, MacMinute
"No one's really prioritized getting back to something that's really consumer friendly... Apple's been trying, but it needs to focus on a more radical goal to get there."

*** PowerBook Battery Tracker
<http://www.boingboing.net/2004/03/31/powerbook_battery_tr.html>
by Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing
Track your PowerBook's battery health.

*** Former Apple Dealers Move Protest To Web
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1559371,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594>
by David Morgenstern, eWeek
A group of angry dealers on Wednesday launched a protest Web site against Apple. The resellers -- currently suing Apple in Superior Court -- are asking customers to help "uncover any skeletons that Apple is hiding."

*** Bring Out The GIMP
<http://apple.weblogsinc.com/entry/9805792924634446/>
by Gregory Han, The Unofficial Apple Weblog
Image manipulation workhorse comes at a high entry price for most everyone except professionals, and I often get inquiries about lower cost alternatives.

See Also : Gimp Ready For Mac OS X 10.3
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/03/31/gimpupdate>
by MacMinute

*** Apple Extends Free iPod Personalization Promo
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/03/31/ipodengraving>
by MacMinute

*** State May Get Apple Vs. Beatles Case
<http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-apple31mar31,1,3154840.story?coll=la-headlines-business>
by Bloomberg News
A U.S. judge ruled that a trademark lawsuit brouht by Apple Computer Inc. against Apple Corp. can be heard in California.

*** Numbers Don't Tell Mac's Story
<http://www.syracuse.com/news/poststandard/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1080648930207645.xml>
by Al Fasoldt, Post-Standard
My own rough calculations indicate that 8 percent of the personal computers used today in homes are Apple Macintoshes.

*** A Wireless Adaptor & Wireless Headset For Your Apple iPod
<http://www.techtree.com/techtree/jsp/showstory.jsp?storyid=5095&s=ln>
by Anuradha Krishnamurthy, Techtree.com
Apple iPod users can very soon avail of a bluetooth wireless adaptor and headset for listening to music.

[Opinion]

*** No, OS X Is Like An Outlook Virus For Geeks
<http://www.ecyrd.com/ButtUgly/Wiki.jsp?page=Main_blogentry_310304_1>
by Janne Jalkanen

*** Is Apple Up Or Down These Days?
<http://lowendmac.com/scope/04/0331.html>
by Stephen Van Esch, Low End Mac
Climbing out of a market share hole as deep as Apple's no mean feat and will take years to accomplish.

[Review]

*** ProClip In-Car Holder For iPod
<http://www.ipodlounge.com/reviews_more.php?id=3448_0_6_0_M>
by Jeremy Horwitz, iPodlounge
We've tested all sorts of in-car mounts for the iPod, and we're oh-so-close to having a favorite.

*** Ten Programs I Can't Live Without (This Week, Anyway)
<http://www.creativemac.com/2004/03_mar/features/xif2f2od.htm>
by Kevin Schmitt, Creative Mac
The latest list of free/cheap Mac OS X apps that make life a lot easier.

*** Inspector Gadget: Apple iPod
<http://www.connected.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml?xml=/connected/2004/03/31/ecntinsp29.xml&sSheet=/connected/2004/03/31/ixconnrite.html>
by Rob Murray, Telegraph
Apple has included some nifty functions and tools that could make work life more pleasurable as well.

*** Time Incorrectly Set One Hour Ahead #2
<http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20040331080022197>
by MacFixIt
It now appears that this problem is mostly relegated to Israel.

*** Where The Pod People Go
<http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/03/31/1080544546612.html>
by Garry Barker, The Age
If you happen to wreck your iTunes library you cannot restore it from the iPod, at least not oficially. That has not stopped various smart people from stepping in to solve the problems.

*** iLife '04: How Does It Stack Up?
<http://www.macworld.com/2004/03/reviews/ilife042/?lsrc=mcrss-0304>
by Christopher Breen, Adam C. Engst, Jeff Carlson, and Macworld Staff, Macworld
As a package, iLife '04 has a lot going for it. Despite some performance issues and rough edges, the programs it includes complement each other nicely. And for digital-media enthusiasts who want to seamlessly integrate their digital photos, movies, and music, iLife '04 is a tremendous bargain.

*** Halo: Combat Evolved
<http://www.applelinks.com/pm/more.php?id=1030_0_1_0_M>
by Andy Coyne, Applelinks

[April Fool]

*** Apple Loses Plans To Upcoming PowerBook Update
<http://news.com.com%2f2100-1012_3-5181434.html&tag=nefd_lede&previously_viewed=no&platform=unknown_or_disabled@apple-x.net/simx/2100-1027_3-5181562.html>
by Pria Ofolls, CNET News.com
Apple says that any improvements to its existing PowerBook product line would be delayed for at least 6 months, if the plans are not found. The engineering plans for its PowerBook line of laptop computers has disappeared.

*** Mac Virus Attacks Windows PCs
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/top_news_item.cfm?NewsID=8326>
by Macworld UK
Maccy.C tries to disable Windows software on infected computers, replacing it with a version of Mac OS X.

*** April Fools: April 1, 2004
<http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2004/04/20040401072057.shtml>
by Mac Rumors
Be wary of everything you read today...

*** Apple Logo Found On Mars
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=8325>
by Macworld UK
Stunned space scientists were reeling last night after stumbling across a startling new formation on the surface of Mars -- a crater resembling the Apple logo.

*** iChat AV 2.2 Public Beta Adds MSN Support
<http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=07615>
by Jeff Carlson, TidBITS
In addition to providing a handful of bug fixes, the update incorporates support for Microsoft's MSN text messaging network.

*** CountDown G5 Enables Mac OS 9 Booting For Power Mac G5s
<http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=07617>
by Geoff Duncan, TidBITS
The French start-up software company Freedom Technologies today announced the immediate availability of CountDown G5, a controversial firmware update which enables users to start up Apple's Power Mac G5 systems using either Mac OS 9 or Mac OS X.

*** G5 PowerBook Prototype Spotted
<http://macslash.org/article.pl?sid=04/04/01/004242>
by MacSlash
The prototype shows that Apple is moving away from the metals found in more recent designs, and moving towards a plastic enclosure.

*** Apple To Unveil Tablet Mac Today
<http://www.pcpro.co.uk/?http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/news_story.php?id=55667>
by PC Pro
The display will be mounted on a pivot, that will enable it to swivel through 180 degrees, obscuring the trackpad and keyboard.

[Wintel]

*** Windows XP Security Gets Tighter
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3579355.stm>
by BBC News
Microsoft is preparing an update to Windows XP that is intended to make the operating system more secure.

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Emerging Technology. Innovative Applications. New Economy.

[Top Stories]

*** Judge: File Sharing Legal In Canada
<http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-5182641.html>
by John Borland, CNET News.com
Sharing copyrighted works on peer-to-peer networks is legal in Canada, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday, handing the record industry a sharp setback in its international fight against file swappers.

[News]

*** How India Is Sving Capitalism
<http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/04/01/collabnet/index_np.html>
by Katharine Mieszkowski, Salon
For one Silicon Valley company, hiring Indian programmers wasn't about greed, it was about survival.

*** Hard Facts For Software
<http://news.com.com/2010-7337_3-5182954.html>
by Michael Kanellos, CNET News.com
Many of the holy grails of computing will be worked out in the next 10 years, but the low barriers to development are going to make it difficult to keep the price of applications from moving toward zero.

*** Sony To Sell E-Book Reader Offering 'Paper-Like' Experience
<http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/national/8266005.htm>
by KRT Wire

*** Microsoft Leading The Way To Combine WiFi And VoIP Into A Single Device
<http://microsoft.weblogsinc.com/entry/7784682824634447/>
by Michael Sciannamea, Unofficial Microsoft Weblog

*** Japanese Rush To Buy 3G Mobiles
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3585833.stm>
by BBC News
Japanese mobile telephone company NTT DoCoMo has said more than three million people have signed up for 3G service.

*** Computers To Be 'Oxygen Of The Future'
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3583479.stm>
by Tracey Logan, BBC Go Digital
By the year 2010, scientists predict we will be immersed in a sea of miniature computers.

[Internet]

*** Suprise! Education Sites Are Cool
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/31/arts/artsspecial/31MIRA.html>
by Matthew Mirapaul, New York Times
After a decade of experiments with online exhibits, e-commerce ventures and Internet-based artworks, museums are focusing on a mission that is much closer to home: building educational Web sites for young audiences.

[April Fool]

*** Google Planning To Roll Out E-Mail Service
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/31/technology/31CND-GOOGLE.html>
by John Markoff, New York Times
Google is planning to up the stakes in its intensifying competition with Yahoo and Microsoft by unveiling a new consumer-oriented electronic mail service.

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The other things in life

[Life]

*** Casting Reality TV Becomes A Science
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/28/business/media/28REAL.html?ex=1395810000&en=9cefc551057be918&ei=5007>
by David Carr, New York Times
The casting of reality shows, once an intuitive, on-the-fly endeavor, has become much more of a science, with its own growing set of protocols and rituals.

*** What Motherhood Does To And For You
<http://www.brainchildmag.com/essays/spring2004_feature.htm>
by Stephanie Wilkinson and Jennifer Niesslein, Brain, Child
Given all the hits a mother is liable to take, is motherhood worth it? To be honest, it's a rhetorical question. Because you can't ever tell what version of motherhood you'll get.

*** A New Generation Of Authors Discovers The Suburbs
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/01/books/01SUBU.html>
by Charles McGrath, New York Times
The suburban novel appears to be back, at least as imagined by a younger generation.

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Life in the city

[Top Stories]

*** Commuters To Share Train Security Costs
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/topstories/story/0,4386,243306,00.html?>
by Straits Times
Transport Minister Yeo Cheow Tong did not say how much the price of a ride would rise, but indicated that the bill for the extra measures will not be 'unreasonable'.

[News]

*** Who Should Pay For University Education?
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/sub/views/story/0,4574,112573,00.html?>
by Linda Lim and Pang Eng Fong, Business Times
A funding model where students bear the major cost of their own education is more equitable and more efficient.

*** Singapore Steps Down SARS Control Measures
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/78100/1/.html>
by Irene Ang, Channel NewsAsia
The Halth Ministry is doing away with several SARS-related measures currently in place at hospitals and medical clinics, including the lifting of the restriction on the number of visitors for inpatients.