[MyAppleMenu] Thursday, Feb 12, 2004

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Thursday, Feb 12, 2004

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Scientists: The Latest Mac Converts (Robyn Weisman, E-Commerce Times)
<http://www.ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/32837.html>
As Apple's Mac becomes more and more reliable, its scientific renaissance is likely to gather steam.

iPod's Low-Profile Creator Tops Cultural Chart (Terry Kirby, Indpendent)
<http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/story.jsp?story=490510>
His face is unknown to the public but his designs have rapidly become icons and changed the way we use computers and listen to music.

MyAppleMenu : News
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Apple Releases GarageBand Update (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/02/12/garageband>
According to the release notes, the latest version clarifies specific alert dialogs regarding system performance.

Students Investigate Laptops For High School (Barry Matulaitis, Irregular)
<http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?pnpID=282&NewsID=525505&CategoryID=7676&show=localnews&om=1>
A group of Mt. Abram students is dedicated to improving their school through taking advantage of the benefits provided by laptop computers.

Mac Supercomputer Could Bring Apple Credibility In Servers (Ken Spencer Brown, Investor's Business Daily)
<http://www.investors.com/editorial/tech.asp?v=2/12>
The company best known for the slick iPod and cutesy iMac is betting that Virginia Tech's coup opens doors to new, more button-down markets.

Apple, IBM New G5 'Best Desktop Processor' (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/top_news_item.cfm?NewsID=7914>
IBM's PowerPC 970FX -- the processor used in new Xserves from Apple -- has been declared "the best desktop processor of 2003" by the industry's leading microprocessor title.

Macomedia Ships Director MX 2004 (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2004/02/12/director/index.php?redirect=1076569404000>
The new version adds new features including support for JavaScript and Flash MX 2004, and much more.

MallMall Sells Pieces Of Virginia Tech G5 Supercomputer (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2004/02/11/macmall/index.php?redirect=1076554092000>
Virginia Tech's Power Mac G5-based supercomputer has already passed into legend among Mac fans, and now you can own a piece thanks to Mac catalog reseller MacMall.

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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iTunes Bad, WMA Good (Jason Cross, ExtremeTech)
<http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,1525987,00.asp?kc=ETRSS02129TX1K0000532>
I fully expect Microsoft to whip its media playback software into shape with a better interface and a full built-in online music store. IPod sales and iTunes usage will continue to grow but the market will grow even faster, causing their actual market share to shrink.

Headless iMac: When Pigs Fly (Core Dump)
<http://thecoredump.org/archives/000301.html>
I've met so many people who bought the iMac because it's integrated.

iTunes Innovation, Please (Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/archives/000063.php>
While I bellyache about how Apple is too busy developing the iTunes Music Store to add features to iTunes, I also want to point out that some of the innovations that were added to iTunes as a part of the Music Store could really improve iTunes as a whole.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Hooray For Latest Version Of iPhoto (Al Fasoldt, Post-Standard)
<http://www.syracuse.com/technology/poststandard/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1076405967306590.xml>
iPhoto 4 is superb.

Hollywood At Home (Garry Barker, Livewire)
<http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/02/11/1076388427847.html>
Apple's iMovie application changed the world for ordinary people with digital video cameras.

For iPod, 6 Flavors Of Flattery (David Pogue, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/12/technology/circuits/12stat.html>
The iPod is still smaller, more attractive and more thoughtfully designed than any of the upstarts.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: Top Stories
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Google Spurns RSS For Rising Blog Format (Paul Festa, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1032_3-5157662.html>
Google's Blogger service is bypassing Really Simple Syndication in favor of an alternative technology, a move that has sparked more discord in a bitter dispute over Web log syndication formats.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: News & Opinions
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What A Little Red Light Can Do (Associated Press)
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,62257,00.html?tw=rss.TOP>
In an advance that could inexpensively speed up corporate data centers and eventually personal computers, researchers used everyday silicon to build a device that converts data into light beams.

MyAppleMenu Reader: World
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The Shopping Of The Presidency (Joyce McGreevy, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/col/mcgreevy/2004/02/12/shopping_for_president/index_np.html>
Thanks to the media, choosing a candidate is quick, cheap 'n' easy!

MyAppleMenu Reader: Life
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Classical Music Is Not Just For Nerds (Rupert Christiansen, Telegraph)
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2004/02/11/barc11.xml&sSheet=/arts/2004/02/11/ixartright.html>
Those seeking to promote classical music with the young should stick to grandeur and complexity.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : Top Stories
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Media As 'Bridge': It's For Players To Decide (Soh Wen Lin, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,4386,234754,00.html?>
When it comes to ideas on how the media can serve as a bridge between the Government and the public, ministries say it is best left to players in the industry to decide on whether to take up and implement the suggestions.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Newspaper Publishing In Singapore: One Player Or Two? (Wayne Fu and Ang Peng Hwa, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/storyprintfriendly/0,1887,234816,00.html?>
What should be done to keep MediaCorp as a viable newspaper player?

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