[MyAppleMenu] Monday, Feb 16, 2004

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Monday, Feb 16, 2004

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Apple Fans Sneak Peek At Store (Leander Kahney, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,62293,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_1>
Apple's new store in San Francisco's swanky Union Square shopping district won't open for another couple of weeks, but it has already had problems with break-ins.

MyAppleMenu : News
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Apple UK Upgrades Wireless iBook Schools Kit (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=7940>
The new version is described as "more powerful and more scalable than ever". The product offers docks in which iBooks can be stored -- and charged.

Fortune: Apple The Only Clear Winner In Convergence (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news/23449>
"The only clear winner in this new world is Apple, which has leveraged its computer platform to make it easy and fashionable for consumers to get with the digital-music age."

Small Dog Offers iPod Battery Replacement Program (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/02/16/smalldog>
Small Dog Electronics is now offering replacement batteries for both original and 3G (third generation) iPods.

Apple Set To Roll Out iPod Mini This Week (Benny Evangelista, San Francisco Chronicle)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/02/16/BUGHM5123C1.DTL>

OS X-Only iPod Under Fire (Macwordl UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=7933>
The iPod's reliance on specific versions of the Mac and Windows operating systems has come under fire from the press.

Mix-Up Over Sale Of 'Silence' Clear Up With A Little Talk (David F. Gallagher, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/16/business/media/16silence.html>
Lee Ranaldo said that the track was "a very intentional 'piece' on our part," and that restricting its sale was "against our ideas and sensibility."

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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iTunes Bad, WMA Good? (Sandy McMurray, Cornate Apple Matters)
<http://www.corante.com/apple/archives/001908.html>
Online music is definitely not "future-proof."

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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iPod Mini's A Small Wonder, But Its Price Is Just Too Big (Mike Langberg, San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/7965018.htm>
Cool, colorful and too expensive.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: News & Opinions
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Search Beyond Google (Wade Roush, MIT Technology Review)
<http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/roush0304.asp>
Google reigns supreme as the search engine of choice -- but for how long? A pack of startups -- and Microsoft -- are developing technologies to find what you want, faster.

Corporate Blogging (Robert Scoble)
<http://radio.weblogs.com/0001011/2004/02/15.html#a6526>

Tech Show Spotlights Business Software (Martin LaMonica, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-7784_3-5159273.html>
A number of business software companies plan to debut practical wares this week at a conference dedicated to showcasing new technology.

MyAppleMenu Reader: Life
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The Accidental Literary Star (Mel Gussow, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/16/books/16TYLE.html>
Anne Tyler is that rare writer who has literary stature and a wide public, and she has earned that position without self-promotion.

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