[MyAppleMenu] Tuesday, Feb 17, 2004

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Tuesday, Feb 17, 2004

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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iPod Mini Hits Apple Stores This Friday, 100K On Order (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2004/02/17/ipodmini/index.php?redirect=1077002864000>
Apple confirmed that more than 100,000 pre-orders have been made for the credit card-sized MP3 player.

Apple-Pepsi Deal A Winner -- Analysts (Jonny Evans, Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=7943>
"As the paid music service provider market attempts to garner the attention of a generation bred on free downloading and move them to legal downloads, Apple has found a great strategic partner in engaging this group with Pepsi."

MyAppleMenu : News
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CNN: Apple 'Exporting America' For Cheap Labor Overseas (Bryan Chaffin, Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/article/2004/02/17.13.shtml>
Apple outsources most of the manufacturing of its desktop and laptop products overseas, including a large percentage of its accessories.

Apple Opens WWDC 2004 Registration (Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2004/02/17/wwdc/index.php?redirect=1077026625000>
The annual conference, hosted by Apple, gives developers a chance to meet with Apple engineers and get an idea of the roadmap Apple will follow over the next twelve months.

Apple Offers Prepaid iTunes Music Store Cards At Target (Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2004/02/17/target/index.php?redirect=1077026620000>
The $15.00 prepaid iTunes Music Store cards will be available in two areas of the Target stores: the CD section where customers traditionally purchase music and at the new iPod Kiosk. The kiosks will also feature accessories for the iPod.

iSync 1.4 Adds iPod Mini Support, More (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2004/02/17/isync/index.php?redirect=1077026617000>
This new release of iSync adds support for the iPod mini. The new release also improves support for Symbian OS-based "smart phones," and offers stability improvements as well.

Fatboy Slim Goes GarageBand (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=7948>
GarageBand continues to inspire music-sample producers to deliver new and better loops for iLife musicians, with AMG releasing samples in Apple Loops format from Fatboy Slim and Erasure's Vince Clarke.

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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Why Windows Breaks (David Frith, The Barrow)
<http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,8679017%5E15309%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html>
Look, one really hates to crow over others' misfortunes, but there are times when we're doubly pleased our office (and home) runs on Apple Macs, not Windows computers.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Indiana Jones And THe Emperor's Tomb (Mary Frey, Inside Mac Games)
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/reviews/view.php?ID=458>

GraphicConverter: The Right Tool (Vern Seward, Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/review/2004/01/26.1.shtml>
GraphicConverter is one of those tools that you don't know you need until you need it.

The Way, The Truth, And The iLife? (Robert Velarde, CMUG)
<http://www.cmug.org/articles/iLife04.html>

Consider Me Konfabulated (Adam C. Engst, TidBITS)
<http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=07545>
Whether you're capable of writing your own Widgets or just want to enjoy the fruits of the labor of others, Konfabulator is one piece of useful eye candy you'll want to check out.

Apple iPod Mini (Eliot Van Buskirk, CNET)
<http://reviews.cnet.com/Apple_iPod_Mini__4GB__Green_/4505-6490_7-30657036-2.html?tag=review>
Although it scarcely seems possible, we think the Apple iPod Mini's design surpasses even that of its photogenic older sibling.

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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Windows Source Code Exploit Released (John Leyden, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/35611.html>
The leak of Windows source code last week has already enabled a hacker to create an exploit.

More Wintel news at <http://www.myapplemenu.com/wintel/>

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: Top Stories
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Innovation Alive And Well At Demo (Dan Farber, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1012_3-5160472.html>
Demo 2004, a conference dedicated to new business software, got off to good start here with premieres of products that provide evidence that innovation is alive and well.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: News & Opinions
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Targeted Email Newsletters Show Continued Strength (Jakob Nielsen)
<http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20040217.html>
E-newsletters that are informative, convenient, and timely are often preferred over other media. However, a new study found that only 11% of newsletters were read thoroughly, so layout and content scannability are paramount.

No More Web Or IM Viruses, Startup Promises (John E. Dunn, Techworld.com)
<http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/02/17/HNendviruses_1.html>
New ScanSafe service claims to be the first of its kind.

Record Industry Sues 531 More File-Sharers (Reuters)
<http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/technology/tech-media-lawsuits.html>

Search Wars Are About To Get Personal (Stefanie Olsen, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1038_3-5158591.html>
Web surfers are anything but loyal when it comes to their favorite search engines, according to new research that could give hope to Net titans Yahoo and Microsoft's MSN as they seek to wrest the search crown from Google.

New Styles Of Blogs, RSS Take Center Stage At DEMO Show (Jim Louderback, eWeek)
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1528130,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594>
A star-studded cast of bloggers on Monday kicked off the annual DEMO emerging technology show here, introducing five new blogging and RSS tools that are designed to make blogging more ubiquitous, easier to manage and even more corporate.

Push For Grid Computing Is On (Brian Fonseca and John S. McCright, eWeek)
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1527944,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594>
With the holy grail of utility or grid computing as their quest, Oracle Corp., IBM and Veritas Software Corp. are each working on technologies tied to their respective platforms that automate load balancing management -- a key milestone in the journey.

MyAppleMenu Reader: Science & Tech
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Beyond Delicious: Could Chocolate Also Be Good For You? (Elizabeth Olson, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/17/health/nutrition/17CHOC.html>
Raw cocoa contains flavonoids, plant-based compounds with protective antioxidants like those in green tea.

MyAppleMenu Reader: Life
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Listen To This (Alex Ross, New Yorker)
<http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?040216fa_fact4>
A classical kid learns to love pop -- and wonders why he has to make a choice.

The Adjective -- So Ludic, So Minatory, So Twee (Ben Yagoda, Chronicle Of Higher Education)
<http://chronicle.com/free/v50/i24/24b01301.htm>
As far as not getting respect goes, adjectives leave Rodney Dangerfield in the dust.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : Top Stories
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Self-Censorship? Not Here (Shobha Tsering Bhalla, Today)
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/14498.asp>
Think-tank takes Govt 'be critical' call to heart.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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R(A) Film Not Cut, 'So People Free To Choose' (M. Nirmala, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,4386,235674,00.html?>
"We should take the view that as far as possible, we should provide Singaporean movie-goers with greater choices as the country moves ahead. But this does not mean we are going to say 'yes' to everything."

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