[MyAppleMenu] Apr 4, 2004

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Sunday, April 4, 2004

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Mac News for Mac Users

[Top Stories]

*** Apple Too Banking On India, China For Growth
<http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/businessline/blnus/15021306.htm>
by Hindu Business Line
Apple wants to get a larger piece of the fast growing Indian and Chinese markets and sees larger chunk of its revenues coming from these two countries.

[News]

*** Steve Rosenbaum: Democratizing TV Production
<http://www.apple.com/pro/video/rosenbaum/>
by Bija Gutoff, Apple
The Apple toolset lets Rosenbaum and his crew take a new approach to creating TV.

*** Apple, HP Launch 'Impress For Less' Promotion
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2004/04/02/hotdeals/index.php?redirect=1081031401000>
by MacCentral
Customers who uy a Mac and an HP DeskJet printer, HP Photosmart printer or any HP all-in-one product can get US$99 back by mail.

*** Jobs' Forbes Rating Slips
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=8344>
by Macworld UK
He is still enjoying the highest ranking of any CEO in the monthly ranking.

*** iTreo Manages Photos Taken With Treo 600
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/04/02/itreo>
by MacMinute
The software allows you to retrieve pictures taken with your Treo, and to copy them to iPhoto, the Finder, or any other application.

*** Runtime Revolution Sports New App Builder, More
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2004/04/02/revolution/index.php?redirect=1081031256000>
by Peter Cohen, MacCentral

*** The iPod Set Are Cool, But Clueless
<http://news.independent.co.uk/digital/news/story.jsp?story=508187>
by Charles Arthur and Helen Johnstone, Independent
Everybody wants Apple's digital music player, but few realise how hard it is to use.

[Review]

*** Why I've Dropped MS Windows For The Apple Mac
<http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=15143>
by Ryan Hunter, The Inqurier
Windows is badly designed.

*** Total Immersion Racing
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/reviews/view.php?ID=482>
by Perry Longinotti, Inside Mac Games
The apperance and sounds of the game are excellent -- but you will enjoy this for all too short a time.

[Wintel]

*** Microsoft's iPod Killer?
<http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-5183692.html>
by John Borland, CNET News.com
Microsoft is expected to unveil copy-protection software this summer that will for the first time give portale digital music players access to tunes rented via all-you-can-eat suscription services -- a development that some industry executives believe will shake up the online music business.

*** Microsoft And Sun End Long Acrimony In Surprise Accord
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/03/business/03SUN.html>
by Steve Lohr, New York Times
Under the agreement, Microsoft will pay Sun, its longtime rival, a total of $1.6 billion to settle Sun's private antitrust suit against Microsoft and to resolve patent claims. The pact also includes a 10-year commitment by the two companies to work closely together, share technology and license each other's intellectual property.

See Also : Users Cautiously Optimistic About Sun/Microsoft Accord
<http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/04/02/HNreactsun_1.html>
by Patrick Thibodeau and Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld

See Also : Sun, Microsoft Pact Draws Mixed Reactions
<http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/04/02/HNsunsettle_1.html>
by James Niccolal, IDG News Service
Customers should benefit, but impact on European antitrust case unclear.

See Also : Even With Settlement, Future Cloudy For Sun
<http://news.com.com/2100-1010_3-5184270.html>
by Michael Kanellos, CNET News.com

See Also : Why Sun Threw In The Towel In Mankind Vs. Microsoft
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/7/36777.html>
by Andrew Orlowski, The Register

See Also : Microsoft Reveals A Softer Side
<http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-5184291.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=news>
by Karen Southwick and Charles Cooper, CNET News.com
Microsoft's decision to pay Sun $1.95 billion to settle antitrust and patent issues underscores a chance in attitude that has been building through a series of rancorous legal disputes.

*** Silicon Valley Is Seeking Peace In Its Long War With Microsoft
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/04/technology/04SUN.html>
by John Markoff, New York Times
After two decades of inflamed criticism, many in the technology sector have come to accept the slowly acquired reality that the legal system can do little to resolve their quarrel with Microsoft.

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Emerging Technology. Innovative Applications. New Economy.

[Top Stories]

*** GUI Programming Is Hard
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/4649>
by Eric M. Burke, O'Reilly Network
I believe GUI programming is significantly harder than server-side programming.

[News]

*** Free E-Mail WIth A Steep Price?
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,62917,00.html>
by Kim Zetter, Wired News
Google's plan to offer free Web-based e-mail has raised worries among privacy advocates that the service could make it easier for law enforcement to conduct surveillance of its users.

[Internet]

*** Spammers Fool Outlook With A New Trick
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/windows/0,39020396,39150695,00.htm>
by Munir Kotadia, ZDNet UK
Outlook 2003's anti-spam technology is being fooled by spam messages that contain hundreds of hidden words not usually associated with spam.

[Linux]

*** Commercial Linux
<http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/04/02/14OPcurve_1.html>
by Tom Yager, InfoWorld
The success of Linux in business comes down to how skillfully vendors leverage it.

*** Linux Desktop Test Drive
<http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/04/02/14OPconnection_1.html>
by Chad Dickerson, InfoWorld
Mac OS X's sublime ease of use gets some unexpected competition.

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The other things in life

[Life]

*** In Macao, European And Asian Flavors
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/04/travel/04frug.html>
by Daisann McLane, New York Times
Macao's unusual cuisine draws on Cantonese, Portuguese and African flavors.

*** Conan's Late Start
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/04/arts/television/04CART.html>
by Bill Carter, New York Times
If it sounds at all familiar, it's because we've been here before -- same time, and yes, same channel. David letterman starred in the original.