[MyAppleMenu] Apr 8, 2004

Thu Apr 8 13:15:00 EDT 2004

MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Thursday, April 08, 2004

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Mac News for Mac Users

[Top Stories]

*** Apple Makes Noise
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59445-2004Apr7.html>
by Mike Musgrove, Washington Post
Music store and iPods help boost stock, but how long will it last?

[News]

*** Apple Aims At Architects
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=8402>
by Macworld UK
Apple's building bridges to architects with the Digital Architects Tour, which takes place next month.

*** Donn Denman: Apple Is Getting 'More Connected'
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/04/07/donndenman>
by Dennis Sellers, MacMinute
Today's Macs are not all that different from the ones built 20 years ago, but we'll see a lot of changes in the next 20 years.

*** No April Fools Joke For Apple Reps
<http://www.plesman.com/index.asp?theaction=61&lid=1&sid=55268>
by Sarah Lyseck, ITBusiness.ca
Apple authorized resellers are incensed and feel abandoned by Apple Canada's decision to remove three channel reps who handled resellers and distributors in western, central and eastern regions of the country.

*** Making A Killing On eBay
<http://wiredblogs.tripod.com/cultofmac/index.blog?entry_id=278948>
by Leander Kahney, Cult Of Mac
Because our foreign friends can't get their hands on Apple's iPod mini until July, the player is doing a roaring trade on eBay.

Editor's Notes : It's a global village out there, and Apple -- as well as other companies in various industries such as music and movies -- must wake up to it. For example, controlling online music by "market segments", and regional coding of DVDs will not work in the long run.

*** Analysts Look For Improvement In G5 Sales
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/04/07/aapl>
by MacMinute

*** Apple Granted Patent For Adjustable Screen Snake Arm
<http://www.macobserver.com/columns/devilsadvocate/2004/20030407.shtml>
by John Kheit, Mac Observer
It's unlikely that this design signifies any forth-coming products.

Editor's Notes : I echo: Thank god this was not implemented.

*** Apple Dealers Deny iPod's "Dirty Secret"
<http://www.arnnet.com.au/index.php?id=1847458720&fp=16&fpid=0>
by Sarah Stokely, ARN
"We're having trouble because customers are loving this stuff to death. The battery is designed to operate at medium quality setting."

*** NetWare Client For Mac OS X IP Released
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/04/07/netwareclient>
by MacMinute
THis OS X Native client allows your Mac to communicate on your Novel Network with Pure IP, eliminating the need to propagate AppleTalk on your local area network.

[Sidetrack]

*** Impulse Buy 
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/2004/04/08/#20040408bg000003>
by Heng-Cheong Leong
Matthew Haughey<http://tenyearsofmylife.com/2004/04/07/index.html#000203>: iPod cozy -- just about the goofiest thing I've ever bought online.

*** Rumor Today: Portales Revised 
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/2004/04/08/#20040408bg000001>
by Heng-Cheong Leong
AppleInsider<http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=414> claims that Apple is updating the iBook and PowerBook with minimal changes to the form design.

*** Make A Guess 
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/2004/04/08/#20040408bg000002>
by Heng-Cheong Leong
Quick, make a guess... what is a Fartfull<http://www.ikea-usa.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=12&langId=-1&catalogId=10101&productId=25613>, a Fartyg<http://www.ikea.com.au/prod_template4.asp?Cat=9&Scat=41&product_id=17241&se_id=37&page_id=85413300251009>, or a Jerker<http://www.ikea.ca/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10101&storeId=3&productId=20756&langId=-15&parentCats=10121>? (via Boing Boing<http://www.boingboing.net/2004/04/07/ikeas_a_gas.html>)

[Wintel]

*** The Spyware That Loved Me
<http://news.com.com/2010-1032_3-5187106.html>
by John Borland, CNET News.com
After weeks of increasingly worse headaches, the machine started surreptitiously pumping viruses onto the corporate network.

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Emerging Technology. Innovative Applications. New Economy.

[Top Stories]

*** Photo Sharing, Desktop To Desktop
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/01/technology/circuits/01stat.html>
by David Pogue, New York Times
Why not adapt the desktop-to-desktop, peer-to-peer formula of networks like Kazaa, so popular in music trading, for trading photos? After all, it would be perfectly legal.

[News]

*** Sorting The E-Mail
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1563510,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594>
by Brian Fonseca, eWeek
Archiving products are bringing order to unstructured data.

*** See-Through Voting Software
<http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,62983,00.html?tw=rss.TOP>
by Kim Zetter, Wired News
An e-voting software maker releases its source code to the public. Ironically, an expert says the company's unique software design puts the integrity of e-voting machines in voters' hands, making the security of the source code irrelevant.

*** Block That Ringtone!
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/08/technology/circuits/08cell.html>
by Sam Lubell, New York Times
Methods include jammers that interfere with cellphone frequencies, routing systems that mute phones' ringers in specific places, sensors that detect active cellphones and building materials that block cellphone waves.

*** The Pure Software Act Of 2006
<http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/wo_garfinkel040704.asp>
by Simson Garfinkel, MIT Technology Review
100 years ago, Congress passed a law requiring honest labeling of food and drugs. Now the time has come to do the same for software.

*** Canada Leans Toward Regulating VoIP
<http://news.com.com/2100-7352_3-5186851.html>
by Ben Charny, CNET News.com

[Linux]

*** Linux Vendors Hit Back At Analyst Report
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,39020381,39151254,00.htm>
by Munir Kotadia, ZDNet UK
Linux vendors are unhappy with a Forrester report that compares the security of the open-source operating system and Windows but others say they are all missing the real issue.

*** Red Hat's Case Against SCO Put On Hold
<http://news.com.com/2100-7344_3-5186249.html>
by Stephen Stankland, CNET News.com
A federal judge has denied SCO's motion to throw out a suit brought by Red Hat but has put the case on hold, awaiting an outcome in a related case between IBM and SCO.

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[Life]

*** Sushi Fresh From The Deep... The Deep Freeze
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/08/nyregion/08SUSH.html>
by Julia Moskin, New York Times
If the sushi has not been frozen, it is illegal to serve it in the United States.

*** Looking It Up, No Keyboard Required
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/08/technology/circuits/08shop.html>
by Michelle Slatalla, New York Times
The Internet is not where you look up everything. DIctionaries and thesauri and encyclopedias and books on modern usage are where you look up everything. How are you going to stumble upon an illustration of a prickly pear cactus or learn that it has yellow flowers, except by thumbing through a dictionary in search of "prom"?

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[Top Stories]

*** Behind Those NKF Millions
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/17297.asp>
by Tor Ching Li, Today
It's myopic to think reserves are excessive, says charity.

*** 'Tell Us How It's Being Spent, NKF'
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,4386,244567,00.html?>
by Straits Times
Readers of the Straits Times were of the opinion that the NKF owned the public an expanation after news broke that the non-profit organisation had $189 million in the bank.