[MyAppleMenu] Saturday, Jan 31, 2004

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Saturday, Jan 31, 2004

MyAppleMenu : News
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TuneRecycler Takes Unwanted Winning iTunes/Pepsi Codes (Brad Cook, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2004/01/30/tunerecycler/index.php?redirect=1075499945000>
Downhill Battle will use it to take some of the unwanted winning codes from among the 100 million being given away and use them to buy "quality music from honest independent labels," according to group member Holmes Wilson.

Apple Updates Final Cut Express (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/01/30/finalcutexpress>

Apple Kicks Off "Better Together" Promo With Epson (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2004/01/30/better/index.php?redirect=1075497918000>
"Better Together" is the name of Apple's new promotion with Epson that enables new Mac buyers to get an Epson printer for free.

Will Nemo Find An iPod? (Paul R. La Monica, CNN/Money)
<http://money.cnn.com/2004/01/30/technology/apple/>
Now that Pixar and Walt Disney have gone their separate ways, does it make sense for Apple to buy Pixar?

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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The Mac As An Entertainment server (Apple-X.net)
<http://www.apple-x.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=762>
What does a digital hub really mean?

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Law & Order: Dead On The Money (Danny Gallagher, Inside Mac Games)
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/reviews/view.php?ID=463>
Unless you're a fan of the show or if you've got Sherlock Holmes or Perry Mason's DNA, it'll probably be more frustrating than entertaining.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: News & Opinions
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RSS: Really Simple Solution (Chad Dickerson, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/01/30/05OPconnection_1.html>
Sometimes avoiding complexity is the CTO's most important job.

MyAppleMenu Reader: Life
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The Wedding Bowl Nearly Empty Because Of XXXVIII (Jennifer Tung, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/01/fashion/weddings/01FIEL.html>
It's an "evil" most women known and dread, which is why those in the wedding business think of the SuperBowl as a major blackout date.

Discovering A New Spin For His Dad's Tall Tales (Dinitia Smith, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/31/books/31FISH.html>
When Daniel Wallace set out to write his novel "Big Fish," the basis for the movie of the same name, he did not realize how much he was writing about his own father.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Govt Points Out 12 'Grave Errors' In Amnesty Report (M Nirmala, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/storyprintfriendly/0,1887,232665,00.html?>
S'pore stands by its tough position on the death penalty, which is applied to only the most serious crimes, says statement.

Unionists Wary Of Tinkering With 13th Month Pay (Eugene Low, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/storyprintfriendly/0,1887,232638,00.html?>
Converting the annual wage supplement into a variable component should be done only as a last resort, they say.

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