[MyAppleMenu] Sunday, Jan 4, 2004

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Sunday, Jan 4, 2004

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Steve Jobs: The iPod Carrier (Independent)
<http://news.independent.co.uk/people/profiles/story.jsp?story=477879>
When the final biographies are written, Jobs may be remembered as much for introducing the world to a new way of listening to music -- and taking us beyond the CD -- as for his pioneering of the personal computer.

Apple Bites Back (Stephen Lynch, New York Post)
<http://www.nypost.com/business/4915.htm>
Buoyed by a host of winning machines, from the iMac to the iPod, Apple is enjoying a renaissance.

MyAppleMenu : News
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Macworld Starts This Week In S.F. (Ellen Lee, Contra Costa Times)
<http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/business/7630866.htm>

One-Man News Crew (Malaysia Star)
<http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2004/1/4/business/7012438&sec=business>
MeetRian Maelzer, the "four-in-one" man. He is a cameraman, sound technician, reporter and lighting technician all in one go.

Griffin Cancels iFM FM Tuner Accessory (iPod Hacks)
<http://www.ipodhacks.com/article.php?sid=544>

VideoLAN Releases VLC 0.70 Media Player (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news/22665>

U.S.-Bred Gadgets Are Back In Style (Bob Keefe, Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
<http://www.ajc.com/business/content/business/0104/04ces.html>
American producers of consumer electronics begin to put some heat on Asian companies.

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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20 Years Ago, World Turned For Tech, Telecom (Dan Gillmor, San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/7631002.htm>
The technology and telecom cosmos looked mighty different in early 1984.

G4 + MP3 = Fountain Of Youth (Frank Ahrens, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51233-2004Jan3.html>
My new gizmos suddenly made me feel more organized and in charge of my life. I feel a little cooler, a little more connected, a lot younger.

MyAppleMenu Reader: Life
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Global Must-See TV (onathan Schlefer, Boston Globe)
<http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2004/01/04/global_must_see_tv/>
Telenovelas, Spanish-language melodramas from south of the border, are the ultimate crossover phenomenon. Their addictive formula -- a woman's agonizing struggle ending in redemption -- attracts 2 billion viewers worldwide.

Fitter Than Thou (Paula Span, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50419-2004Jan2.html>
For a growing number of apparently sane adults, running a marathon just isn't enough of a challenge anymore.

She Speaks 3-Year-Old (Susan Dominus, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/04/magazine/04TELETUBBY.html>
Anne Wood created "Teletubbies," one of the most profitable children's shows ever. Now she has made an exercise show for kids who haven't yet learned to tie their shoes.

When Dad Runs For President (Matt Bai, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/04/magazine/04KIDS.html>
In most families, it's the children who dream of what they might someday become, while the parents devote their every hour to making it happen. In a political family, those roles are reversed.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : Top Stories
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Singapore Changes Rules On Flag-Waving (Associated Press)
<http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-singapore-patriotism,0,7716545.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines>
Trying to fan the flames of patriotism, the Singapore government said Saturday that flag-waving and anthem-singing can happen on other days besides National Day.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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OK To Fly The Flag, Use Lion Head Symbol (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,4386,228345,00.html?>
The Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts (Mita) wants more Singaporeans to use these symbols as they are the country's 'most visible symbols of sovereignty, pride and honour', it said in a media release yesterday.

Flying Apart -- To Avoid Wipeout (Tracy Quek, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,4386,228330,00.html?>
Family members split up when travelling to avoid losing all kin at one go.

Avid Readers Can Now Pick Up Books At Starbucks Cafe (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/print/64657/1/.html>
After reading one of these books, the reader can actually keep it, but if he want to spread the joys of reading, just go to a selected Starbucks cafe and drop it into one of the bins for the next person to pick it up.

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