[MyAppleMenu] Apr 22, 2004

Thu Apr 22 13:15:00 EDT 2004

MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Thursday, April 22, 2004

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Mac News for Mac Users

[Top Stories]

*** Apple: Poetry In Motion
<http://www.broadcastnewsroom.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=25151>
by Charlie White, Broadcast Newsroom
Compositing tour-de-force Motion introduced at NAB 2004.

[News]

*** iTunes 'Could Cost $2.49 Per Song'
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=8493>
by Macworld UK
The major labels are looking at increasing the price of iTunes Music Store downloads to as much as $2.49 -- with experts predicting the move could kill the service.

*** Resellers To Picket At Apple Shareholder Meeting
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/04/21/picket>
by MacMinute
Elite Computers & Software, MACadam Computers and MacTech Systems will picket at Apple's annual meeting of shareholders tomorrow.

*** UK Music Leaders Hail iPod, iTunes
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=8484>
by Nick Spence, Macworld UK

*** New San Jose Apple Store Coming In December
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/04/21/applestore>
by MacMinute
At Shoppingtown Oakridge Mall on Dec 1.

*** iTunes Offer Exclusive Disney Soundtrack Catalog
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2004/04/21/disneyitunes/index.php?redirect=1082561328000>
by Peter Cohen, MacCentral
iTunes Music Store will be the exclusive digital music catalog of Walt Disney soundtracks through September 30th. Users can access the soundtracks through a new "Disney" genre page.

[Opinion]

*** Price Hike Will Sink iTunes
<http://www.washingtonsquarenews.com/opinion/columnists/7370.html>
by Matt Buchanan, Washington Square
The record industry still don't seem to understand that the major reason people flocked to free downloading services is because music simply costs too much.

[Review]

*** I Am Synced. The Beauty Of iSync
<http://www.apple-x.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=891&mode=thread&order=1&thold=0>
by Apple-X.net

*** PC Mission: Big Value, Small Price
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/22/technology/circuits/22stat.html?ex=1083211200&en=3c9a303c5c31ee18&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE>
by J. D. Biersdoreer, New York Times
The eMac was by far the easiest to set up of all the machines I tried out. Software compatibility is still the Mac's Achilles' heel, however.

*** When TV Is The Apple Of Your Eye
<http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/04/21/1082395897200.html>
by Garry Barker, Sydney Morning Herald
More work is needed on the user interface and in the editing facilities in EyeTV, but there are bound to come.

*** eMac Versus iMac Versus PowerBook
<http://www.barefeats.com/piei.html>
by Rob-ART Morgan, Bare Feats

[Sidetrack]

*** Rumor Today: Second Store In Japan 
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/2004/04/22/#20040422bg000001>
by Heng-Cheong Leong
Yet another Apple Store in Japan, this time in Osaka<http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=432>. "The flagship store will be large enough to sport a number of architectural advancements that won't be found in any of the company's U.S. locations."

*** The Horror Of Blimps 
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/2004/04/22/#20040422bg000002>
by Heng-Cheong Leong
Or why you should always tell your wife what you are up to<http://www.teemings.com/extras/truelife/scylla6.html>.

*** For The Programmers... 
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/2004/04/22/#20040422bg000003>
by Heng-Cheong Leong
I've just come across a piece of code with the following comment (paraphase): "This function returns 0 when is true, and 1 when is false. Please be aware when testing as a boolean."

AARGHHH!!!!

[Wintel]

*** Microsoft Tells Judge About Licensing Changes
<http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/04/21/HNantitrustmsft_1.html>
by Grant Gross, IDG News Service
Critics question if the court-sanctioned antitrust remedy is working.

*** Next Microsoft Tablet PC Software Renamed
<http://news.com.com/2110-7343_3-5197209.html>
by Ina Fried, CNET News.com
"We had been referring to it as 2004, but with a mid-year availability date, we determined a 2005 name would suit it better."

*** Microsoft Holds Out Antitrust Olive Branch
<http://news.com.com/2100-1014_3-5196791.html>
by Ina Fried, CNET News.com
Microsoft has offered to prolong a program that licenses some Windows communications standards to rivals, aiming to address criticism that the program has taken too long to get working.

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

[Top Stories]

*** Libraries Wired, And Reborn
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/22/technology/circuits/22gate.html>
by Steve Lohr, New York Times
For the library, supplying patrons with access to the Internet and the Web has become central to its mission, an updating of its long tradition of providing information free to the public.

[News]

*** Even In Bright Light, An E-Book That's Easy On The Eyes
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/22/technology/circuits/22read.html>
by Todd Zaun, New York Times
Sony has an electronic book that it says is just as easy on the eyes as the paper version.

[Internet]

*** Spending On Net Ads Jumps In 2003
<http://news.com.com/2100-1024_3-5196760.html>
by David Becker, CNET News.com
Internet advertising rebounded sharply in 2003, led by growth in keyword search ads, according to a report released Wednesday by the Interactive Advertising Bureau.

[Linux]

*** IBM Migrates To Linux Internally -- Slowly
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39152669,00.htm>
by Graeme Wearden, ZDNet UK
Big Blue is migrating over to Linux internally but it's taking its time, according to an IBM executive speaking at the Linux User and Developer show in London.

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The other things in life

[World]

*** Losing Our Edge?
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/22/opinion/22FRIE.html>
by Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times
One of America's greatest assets -- its ability to skim the cream off the first-round intellectual draft choices from around the world and bring them to our shores to innovate -- will be diminished.

[Life]

*** Offal Good
<http://slate.msn.com/id/2099281/fr/rss/>
by Patrick Keefe, Slate
Why upscale chefs are serving euphemistically named "variety meats."

*** Eccentric? Sure, But His Students Succeed
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/22/education/22profile.html>
by Lynda Richardson, New York Times
Mr Bosworth, 76, has been the charismatic force in making this small private school in Brooklyn Heights into one of the city's most successful over 39 years.

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Life in the city

[News]

*** Singapore Urges Better English
<http://www.iht.com/articles/516228.html>
by Associated Press
Singaporeans will lose jobs to other Asians if they don't improve their English, the government warned Wednesday as it kicked off its annual Speak Good English campaign.

*** It Happened Without Warning: LTA
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/topstories/story/0,4386,247085,00.html?>
by Christopher Tan, Straits Times

*** SCDF Men Find A Second Body
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/topstories/story/0,4386,247086,00.html?>
by Tan Hsueh Yun, Straits Times
Hopes fade for two still missing.