[MyAppleMenu] Apr 9, 2004

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Friday, April 9, 2004

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Mac News for Mac Users

[Top Stories]

*** More Details On Trojan Horse For Mac OS X
<http://www.macnn.com/news/24167>
by MacNN
"A file can be made to appear as an ordinary mp3 file... however, the file contains a PowerPC code fragment, a piece of executable code."

See Also : Intego Security Alert: Intego Announces Protection Against The First Mac OS X Trojan Horse: MP3Concept
<http://www.intego.com/news/pr40.html>
by Intego Press Release

[News]

*** At The Core Of The Apple Dispute
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3610523.stm>
by BBC News
A legal battle between The Beatles' record label Apple Corps and Apple Computer, which is to be heard in the High Court in London, is the latest move in a trademark dispute spanning 24 years.

*** Cheat Sheet: The Mini iPod
<http://www.silicon.com/hardware/storage/0,39024649,39119903,00.htm>
by Will Sturgeon, Silicon.com
THe low down on this year's must-have gadget.

*** iPod Owners Dissatisfied With Quality Of Headphones
<http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0408ipod08-ON.html>
by Marcus Lillkvist, Wall Street Journal
The iPod's rave reviews have created heightened expectations for some customers, many of whom are hard-core music listeners to begin with.

*** CNN/Money: Apple Earnings Don't Matter
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/04/08/appleearnings>
by MacMinute
"Apple is clearly an innovative and cool company but in the grand scheme of things, its results are only significant for Mac junkies and/or Apple shareholders."

See Also : Seven Earnings Reports That Matter, And One That Does Not
<http://money.cnn.com/2004/04/08/markets/earningsmatter/>
by Paul La Monica and Alexandra Twin, CNN/Money

[Opinion]

*** Game Copy Protection: It's 1994 All Over Again
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/archives/000143.php>
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
Caught in the middle are regular, run of the mill consumers.

*** A Two-Button Scrollable Apple Mouse?
<http://www.applematters.com/weblog.php?id=P138>
by Gregory Ng, Apple Matters
There's a difference between want and need.

[Review]

*** RapidWeaver 2.1.1 Web Page Design Software
<http://www.applelinks.com/pm/more.php?id=1100_0_1_0_M>
by Charles W. Moore, Applelinks

*** 12" iBook 800MHz G4
<http://www.machome.com/reviews/display.lasso?grr8=216>
by Markkus Rovito, MacHome
If you want an Apple laptop, this is the most supremely portable, affordable way to go.

[Sidetrack]

*** Speculation: The Real iPod Killer 
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/2004/04/09/#20040409bg000001>
by Heng-Cheong Leong
No, it may not be Microsoft's portable media player. It may well be Xbox 2<http://www.engadget.com/entry/1769878333365299/>.

*** Pink iBook 
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/2004/04/09/#20040409bg000002>
by Heng-Cheong Leong
No, Apple has not gone color-crazy<http://wiredblogs.tripod.com/cultofmac/index.blog?entry_id=279824>, but here's a custom-painted pink iBook.

*** Reduce CPU Usage 
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/2004/04/09/#20040409bg000003>
by Heng-Cheong Leong
... simply by closing<http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20040406094548675> your Safari Downloads window.

[Wintel]

*** Perfect Storm Brewing For Microsoft?
<http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/os/windows/story/0,10801,91837,00.html>
by Michael Gartenberg, Computerworld
Why is Microsoft in this position? It's not about bad product, but rather poor marketing and evangelism.

See Also : Microsoft Headed For Tough Times, Gartenberg Says
<http://radio.weblogs.com/0001011/2004/04/08.html#a7190>
by Robert Scoble
We'll have more to say on [the evangelism and marketing] front soon.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technology. Innovative Applications. New Economy.

[Top Stories]

*** File-Sharing To Bypass Censorship
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3611227.stm>
by Tracey Logan, BBC News
By the year 2010, file-sharers could be swapping news rather than music, eliminating censorship of any kind.

[News]

*** European Railways Irrationally Shun Wireless
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1563105,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03129TX1K0000605>
by Guy Kewney, eWeek
Quick question: Where, in Europe's biggest capital city, London, can you not place an emergency services call to fire, police or ambulance? It's an easy answer: the London Underground railway.

*** Is The Tech World Partying Like It's 1999?
<http://news.com.com/2100-1030_3-5187609.html>
by Michael Kanellos and Ina Fried, CNET News.com
Stock splits? Bidding wars on handhelds? Free stuff? The tech world is showing signs of having boarded a time machine set for 1999.

*** Caught Between Microsoft And Apple
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3608295.stm>
by Tim Weber, BBC News
Real Networks has started the global roll-out of its latest audio and video player, Realplayer 10, but is it good enough to secure the company's future?

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The other things in life

[World]

*** One Good Month
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/09/opinion/09KRUG.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1081483315-p8sZK+iYG3UsXvieUOODtg>
by Paul Krugman, New York Times
Has the economy, after so many false starts, finally started to deliver?

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Life in the city

[News]

*** Respect The Net, Singapore's Youth Told
<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/607237.cms>
by AFP
A government campaign urging  Singapore  's tech-savvy youth to "respect the Net" was launched on Thursday amid increasing concerns about Internet addiction, gambling and other cyber-ills.