[MyAppleMenu] Apr 24, 2004

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Saturday, April 24, 2004

MyAppleMenu
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Mac News for Mac Users

[Top Stories]

*** With Macintosh's Help 'I' Stands Tall In Sales
<http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/8510425.htm>
by Marlon Manuel, Cox News Service
Little leter 'i' is king of marketing among the alphabet. As in iPod, iTunes, iBook. "Because of consistent marketing, Apple literally own the letter 'i'. 'I' means Internet and interactive -- and it means Apple."

[News]

*** A Deal Too Good To Be True
<http://www.asahi.com/english/nation/TKY200404240120.html>
by Asahi Shimbun
Thousands of Internet shoppers thought they had scored a deal of a lifetime when they ordered newly released Apple computers priced at a mere 2,787 yen each. They were wrong.

*** Caller ID In Your OS X Menu Bar
<http://apple.weblogsinc.com/entry/5181976097686398/>
by Sean Bonner, Unofficial Apple Weblog

*** Fans Of iBook Press Case To School Board
<http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?c=MGArticle&cid=1031775043388&pagename=RTD/MGArticle/RTD_BasicArticle&path=!news&s=1045855934842>
by David Ress, Richmond Times-Dispatch
A dozen parents, along with students, teachers and school employees told board members last night they supported the three-year-old program to give an iBook to every middle and high school student in the country. A smaller number said they were concerned the School Board was not looking carefully enough at the benefits and costs of the program.

*** PalmSource Refutes Mac Snub
<http://sanjose.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2004/04/19/daily56.html>
by Robert Mullins, Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal
A PalmSource representative says buyers of new Palm-powered PDAs will continue to be able to synch data on their devices with their Apple Mac computers.

[Opinion]

*** Sharing, Not Secrecy, Builds Stronger Systems
<http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2001911260_ptmacc24.html>
by Glenn Fleishman, Seattle Times

*** Two Important Things Every Mac User Ought To Know
<http://www.macobserver.com/columns/rantsandraves/2004/20040423.shtml>
by Bob LeVitus, Mac Observer
About the mouse, and about the keyboard.

[Review]

*** Recording On The iPod
<http://www.forbes.com/technology/2004/04/23/cx_ah_0423tentech.html>
by Arik Hesseldahl, Forbes
Apple needs to make the recording process a little clearer. As for Belkin's Microphone adapter, it performed about as expected.

[Sidetrack]

*** Rumor Today: iTunes Europe In June 
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/2004/04/24/#20040424bg000001>
by Heng-Cheong Leong
MacRumors<http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2004/04/20040423123109.shtml>: The initial launch is reported to be aimed at the UK, Germany and France.

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

[News]

*** E-Mail's Many Hats
<http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/04/23/17OPstrategic_1.html>
by Jon Udell, InfoWorld
People won't stop using e-mail for everything, so maybe we need beeter e-mail clients.

[Internet]

*** Somebody Get Me A Magnifying Glass!
<http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/columns/stopthepresses_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000494858>
by Steve Outing, Editor And Publisher
Photographers and photo editors must not exert much power in online publishing. What else could explain the modest size of photographs on so many news web sites?

MyAppleMenu Reader
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The other things in life

[Life]

*** Culinary Delights Laid Out To Tempt Japan's Commuters
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/25/travel/25foodhalls.html>
by Elizabeth Andoh, New York Times
Phenomenal food halls are not news in Japan. They have been found in the basement level of Japanese department stores since 1920's. Nevertheless, your first visit to a depachika, as they are known, will probably leave you speechless.

*** Going Early Into That Good Night
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/24/arts/24POET.html>
by Felicia R. Lee, New York Times
"The image of the writer as a doomed and sometimes tragic figure, bound to die young, can be backed up by research."

*** The Cinderella Complex
<http://slate.msn.com/id/2099412/fr/rss/>
by Jill Hunter Pellettieri, Slate
What do modern fairy tales tell us about our culture?

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[News]

*** What's New In Singapore
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/25/travel/25singapore.html>
by Wayne Arnold, New York Times
Singapore's imaginative rethinking of historic buildings continues from Empress Place to Old Parliament House.

*** Food Cheaper, Clothes More Costly
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,4386,247416,00.html?>
by Straits Times
The prices of clothes and cigarettes went up, keeping the Consumer Price Index last month at the same level as for February.