[MyAppleMenu] Wednesday, Feb 25, 2004

Wed Feb 25 21:05:01 EST 2004

MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Wednesday, Feb 25, 2004

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Apple Computer Is Due To Contest Beatles' Lawsuit In U.K. Court (Bloomberg)
<http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000085&sid=a6ni5OCPVzkQ&refer=europe>
Apple Computer Inc. will return to London's High Court today to contest the latest lawsuit brought by a company owned by the Beatles over the personal-computer maker's use of the Apple trademark.

MyAppleMenu : News
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Apple's Q4 Worldwide Market Share Below 2 Percent (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news/23596>
Apple saw its worldwide market share dip below 2 percent for the first time during the fourth quarter of 2003, according to Merrill Lynch.

M'soft Lines Up With Napster To Fight Off iTunes (Stephen Lynch, New York Post)
<http://www.nypost.com/business/18914.htm>
In the battle over digital music, Microsoft may be forced to play kingmaker -- or else be reduced to a pawn.

Apple Computer Asks U.K. Court To Transfer Beatles Suit To U.S. (Bloomberg)
<http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000102&sid=aW0PgvO9OeP0&refer=uk>
Apple Computer Inc. asked London's High Court to rule that a suit over its use of the Apple trademark, brought against the personal-computer maker by a company owned by the Beatles, should be heard in California.

Apple Case Judge Modern To His Core (The Scotsman)
<http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=2576072>
Mr Justice Mann, of the High Court Chancery Division, revealed today that he owns an Apple iPod.

Inside Details On The Eminem Vs. Apple Lawsuit (Larry Angell, MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/02/25/eminem>

Apple Kicks Off 'More Memory For Less' Promo (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2004/02/25/memory/index.php?redirect=1077720331000>
The deal provides savings to U.S. customers who buy iMacs, Power Macs or Xserve G5s and additional memory, from the Apple Store online or Apple Retail stores.

Bull Session With Professor iPod (Leander Kahney, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,62396,00.html?tw=wn_culthead_1>
Dr. Michael Bull is the world's leading expert on the societal impact of personal stereos. Bull wrote the definitive treatment on the Walkman, and now he's turned his attention to the iPod.

REALbasic Adds Ability To Build Linux Applications (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/02/25/realbasic55>
The new version of development environment adds the ability to build Linux applications from Mac and Windows systems.

Andy Hertzfield Talks Folklore, Open Source And Apple (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/02/25/hertzfield>
Andy Hertzfield, who wrote much of the original Mac operating system, is still heavily involved in technology and Macs.

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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The Jukes Of Harmony (Garry Barker, The Age)
<http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/02/25/1077676823375.html>

iPod Counterculture Shallow, Satisfying (Luke Nihlen, Daily Lobo)
<http://www.dailylobo.com/news/2004/02/25/Culture/Ipod-Counterculture.Shallow.Satisfying-617429.shtml>
But it is pink. I must have it.

Apple's Elusive Corporate Configuration (Alex Salkever, BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/feb2004/tc20040225_7351_tc056.htm>
It's enterprise-computing push has yielded little, and the exec leading it has quit. But here's how Jobs & Co. might still fulfill the dream.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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The iPod Mini (Peter Lewis, Fortune)
<http://www.fortune.com/fortune/technology/articles/0,15114,593146,00.html>
In the case of the iPod mini, less is not more.

bash On Mac OS X (David Miller, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/02/24/bash.html>
This article will help those who have played around with tcsh in Jaguar make the transition to bash in Panther.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: News & Opinions
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Losing Ground In The Innovation Race? (Bill Gates, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2010-1008_3-5164452.html>
Computers will change our lives more in the next 10 years than they have in the last 20.

Relieving Peer-To-Peer Pressure (Patric Hadenius, MIT Technology Review)
<http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/wo_hadenius022504.asp?trk=nl>
Traffic from peer-to-peer programs like Kazaa and Skype floods the Net. Now we see products that are aimed at channeling the traffic better. Guess who's behind them.

Gates Predicts Death Of The Password (Munir Kotadia, ZDNet UK)
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/windows/0,39020396,39147336,00.htm>
During his keynote speech at the RSA Security conference in San Francisco on Tuesday, Microsoft's chairman Bill Gates predicted the demise of the traditional password because it cannot "meet the challenge" of keeping critical information secure.

Covering Tracks: New Privacy Hope For P2P (John Borland, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-5164413.html>
Peer-to-peer network developers have been working on improving privacy ever since Napster was first targeted by a skittish record industry, but the results have been decidedly imperfect.

Is Security Getting Any Easier? (Michael Kanellos, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-7355_3-5164431.html>
Although governments and companies appear to be making significant headway on many security problems, don't expect headaches like spam to disappear anytime soon, according to security experts.

MyAppleMenu Reader: Life
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Have It Your Way (Lisa Takeuchi Cullen, Time)
<http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101040301-593559,00.html>
Cook-it-yourself restaurants are booming, as heartland diners discover it's fun to play with food.

Wrap It Up, We'll Take It (David L. Harris, Boston Globe)
<http://www.boston.com/ae/food/articles/2004/02/25/wrap_it_up_well_take_it/>
Dinner now comes in paper bags, in plastic wrap and containers, and in anything else that will get it to your supper table without spills. Who has time to cook?

Why Is It Called The Passion? (Sam Schechner, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/id/2096041/>
How Jesus' suffering got its name.

What's It Take To Get A Waiter In This City? (Florence Fabricant, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/25/dining/25STAF.html>
A rush of big-ticket restaurant openings, from over the treetops at the Time Warner Center to down in TriBeCa, has put more pressure than ever on chefs and owners to find qualified people to chop, saute, serve, clear, pour and manage the dining rooms.

Happy Marriage Between Eggs And Greens (Matt Lee And Ted Lee, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/25/dining/25CHEF.html>
"My father would drive five hours for the right pancetta, the right pecorino. This dish takes five minutes."

MyAppleMenu Reader: Expressions
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Chicxulub (T. Coraghesan Boyle, New Yorker)
<http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/content/?040301fi_fiction>

Song (Frank Bidart, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/id/2095629/>

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Johor Sees Singapore As 'Partner And Rival' (Ahmad Osman, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/asia/story/0,4386,236926,00.html?>
The evolving relationship between the neighbours will spur growth and be good for both sides, says Johor Menteri Besar.

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