[MyAppleMenu] Aug 3, 2004

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Tuesday, August 3, 2004

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Mac News for Mac Users

[Top Stories]

*** Apple's Back-To-School Blast
<http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/aug2004/tc2004083_5114_tc153.htm>
by Alex Salkever, BusinessWeek
Apple appears to have put itself in the sweet spot, as the desktop market continues to wither and the laptop market for K-12 starts to flourish.

*** Will Uncle Sam Like The Taste Of Apple?
<http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/aug2004/tc2004083_6676_tc153.htm>
by Olga Kharif, BusinessWeek
Uncle Sam's coffers, which have long remained elusvie for Apple, are finally opening up. As the federal technology budget ballooned, Apple's market share in computers sold to the government rose from 1.6% in the first quarter of 2003 to 2% in the same period this year. Today, Apple is the government's No. 6 computer supplier -- and climbing.

[News]

*** FileMaker Ships Work Requests
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2004/08/03/workrequests/?lsrc=mcrss-0804>
by Peter Cohen, MacCentral
FileMaker Work Requests automates the process of creating, tracking and reporting on work orders.

*** Apple Holds Convergence Cards -- Analysts
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=9314>
by Macworld UK
"Apple's biggest advantage is its knack for making products that are easier to use than the competitio's, a desirable skill in the mainstream consumer market."

*** iMovie Strips FairPlay DRM From iTunes Songs
<http://www.macnn.com/news/25695>
by MacNN
Apple iMovie can be used to strip the FairPlay digital rights management protection (DRM) on iTunes songs, according to a report by German news site Macnews.de.

*** Apple Distinguished Educators To Teach At DLexpo
<http://www.macnn.com/news/25697>
by MacNN
A host of Apple Distinguished Educators are scheduled to teach at the first Digital Lifestyle Symposium.

*** Apple's Minimum Not Attained But Gendron Won't Give Up
<http://news.mainetoday.com/apwire/D847AD480-214.shtml>
by Associated Press
The Maine Education Department failed to reach its goal of signing up enough high schools by the end of July to account for 8,400 laptops, the number necessary for an interim plan to put laptops in some high schools this fall.

*** Start-Up To Make iTunes Sing On Linux
<http://news.com.com/Startup+to+make+iTunes+sing+on+Linux/2100-1041_3-5293915.html?part=rss&tag=5293915&subj=news.1041.20>
by Ina Fried, CNET News.com
CodeWeavers, which specializes in software that lets Windows programs run on Linux,s aid on Monday that it has a new version of its software that adds support for Apple's iTunes.

*** iPod Demand Helps Renaissance To Bumper Profit
<http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2990321a28,00.html>
by New Zealand Stuff
Overwhelming demand for Apple's iPod has helped local distributor Renaissance to a bumper six-month result.

*** Adam Dorn: DJ Mocean Worker Keeps It Movin'
<http://www.apple.com/pro/music/dorn/>
by Bija Gutoff, Apple
"All my DJ gigs, fromt he smallest bars to the Chemical Brothers, have gone off without a hitch. Nothing crasehs. My sound cards are better than turntables. The technology is so tight and stable and crystal clear, I won't play records again. There's no reason."

*** Readers Speak: Who's Right In iPod Fight?
<http://news.com.com/Readers+speak%3A+Who%27s+right+in+iPod+fight%3F/2100-1027_3-5293653.html?tag=nefd.top>
by Margaret Kane, CNET News.com
The responses came down fairly heavily on Apple's side, though it was hard to tell whether that reflected agreement with Apple or general favor for the company.

*** What's Next For Apple?
<http://money.cnn.com/2004/08/02/technology/apple/index.htm?cnn=yes>
by Paul R. La Monica, CNN/Money
Steve Jobs' cancer surgery has Wall Street wondering about the company's future.

See Also : Health Scare A Reminder Of Jobs' Icon Status
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/9303785.htm>
by Associated Press

*** iPhoto 4.0.2 Update Corrects 'Minor Issues'
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2004/08/02/iphoto/?lsrc=mcrss-0804>
by Peter Cohen, MacCentral
The update "addresses minor issues with Smart Albums and European books."

[Opinion]

*** No "Halo" Effect? Look Again
<http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/aug2004/tc2004083_2417_tc153.htm>
by Peter Burrows, BusinessWeek
The success of iPods and Apple stores stopped Macs' market share from sinking lower. And signs indicate even more future converts.

*** iMovie 5 Wishlist
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/mac911/archives/2004/08/000278.php>
by Christopher Breen, Macworld
"So, what would you do to make it better without turning it into Final Cut for Babies, smart guy?"

*** Keeping iPod At The Center
<http://www.powerpage.org/cgi-bin/WebObjects/powerpage.woa/wa/story?newsID=12297>
by Bob Snow, O'Grady's PowerPage
Keeping the iPod at the center of all these is clearly the way for Apple to ride the wave of the latest digital music revolution.

*** Convergence Kills
<http://www.drunkenblog.com/drunkenblog-archives/000313.html>
by DrunkenBlog

[Review]

*** Peripheral Vision 1.6.3
<http://www.macobserver.com/columns/macgadget/2004/20040804.shtml>
by John F.Braun, Mac Observer
Peripheral Vision monitors your Bluetooth, FireWire, Network, USB and File VOlume connections, and can present a number of notifications when it detects activity in any of these areas.

*** Word 2004 Bigger, Better, But Not Faster
<http://www.macsimumperspective.com/more.php?id=313_0_1_0_C>
by Dennis Sellers, Macsimum
If you need the utmost in cross-platform compatibility in your word processor, or if you need a "writing" program more powerful than many desktop publishing systems in the past, Word 2004 is for your.

[Sidetrack]

*** Best Question Of The Year 
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/2004/08/03/#20040803bg000003>
by Heng-Cheong Leong
... as asked to an Apple sales guy: Hi, I'd just like to find out... if I buy the 17" Powerbook, can I install Windows XP Pro<http://popagandhi.com/vault/2004/08/02/itchy-fingers/> in it?

Runner-up? Is Photoshop bundled inside [the iPod]?

*** Why Apple Matters 
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/2004/08/03/#20040803bg000001>
by Heng-Cheong Leong
Gizmodo<http://www.gizmodo.com/archives/rainbox-stix-018703.php>: A company selling a competing product is hoping that people who already bought the competitor might also purchase their product, just because it matches... This is why the iPod is interesting: it's fascinating to watch how everyone reacts to it.

*** Subservient President 
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/2004/08/03/#20040803bg000004>
by Heng-Cheong Leong
He knows<http://www.subservientpresident.net/> how to start a war, drink beer, and rewrite the constitution. But he doesn't know how to read newspapers, study history, or resign.

[Wintel]

*** How Microsoft Will Die
<http://seems2shel.typepad.com/itseemstome/2004/08/how_microsoft_w.html>
by Shel Israel
This is no longer the PC era and monopolies are no longer necessary.

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Emerging Technology. Innovative Applications. New Economy.

[News]

*** When Software Doesn't Excel
<http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39155232,00.htm>
by Josh Mehlman, ZDNet Australia
Most companies trying to sell software to small business need to rethink the way they do things if they are to have any hope of succeeding.

*** A Billion PC Users On The Way
<http://news.com.com/A+billion+PC+users+on+the+way/2100-1003_3-5290988.html>
by Michael Kanellos, CNET News.com
By the end of the decade, a billion people will be clicking away at computers, but generating a profit out of newly wired portions of the world is going to take a lot of work.

[Internet]

*** Porn Blogs Manipulate Google
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,64422,00.html?tw=rss.TOP>
by Daniel Terdiman, Wired News
"It's another example of porn folk being sort of ahead of the curve when it comes to technology and marketing."

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The other things in life

[Tech & Science]

*** Songs Of The Galaxies, And What They Mean
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/03/science/space/03blac.html?ex=1249272000&#38;en=c62be50ba9d7ccfb&#38;ei=5088&#38;partner=rssnyt>
by Dennis Overbye, New York Times
Another black hole is singing, although it seems a little tone-deaf.

[Expressions]

*** Sling
<http://slate.msn.com/id/2104654/fr/rss/>
by Chase Twichell, Slate

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Life in the city

[Ramblings]

*** Research In Singapore 
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/2004/08/03/#20040803bg000002>
by Heng-Cheong Leong
Scotsman<http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=888112004>: Professor Sir David Lane, the internationally-renowed cancer specialist yesterday announced plans to leave his post at Dundee University and move to Singapore, fuelling fears of a new brain drain from Scotland.

Good news that Singapore is attracting top researchers to work here. I wonder if the Singapore government has any concrete plans to share its scientific wealth and to benefit the world.