[MyAppleMenu] Thursday, Jan 8, 2004

Thu Jan 8 21:05:00 EST 2004

MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Thursday, Jan 8, 2004

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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HP, Apple Harmonize On iPod (Ina Fried, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-7354-5137473.html>
Apple will manufacture the player, which will not have the iPod name but will have the same design and features as Apple's third-generation iPod players, In addition, HP will start preinstalling Apple's iTunes on its consumer PCs and desktops.

HP To Deliver iPod-Based Players (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2004/01/08/hpipod/index.php?redirect=1073572413000>
Apple's desire to see the iPod remain the leader in the digital music player market got a big push on Thursday when Apple and HP announced that they have formed a strategic alliance to deliver HP-branded digital music players based on the iPod.

Microsoft-Friendlier Macworld (Peter Burrows, BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jan2004/tc2004018_9183_tc062.htm>
While light on Gates-baiting at this year's confab, Steve Jobs still gets his digs in: "Microsoft is copying us again, and it's fun!"

MyAppleMenu : News
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Apple Seeks Dollars In Former Freebies (Ina Fried, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-7354_3-5137408.html>
Apple's decision to stop offering free downloads of iMovie and iPhoto is part of a clear shift by the Mac maker to try to recoup more of the dollars it invests in creating software for the Mac.

Xserve Corporate Adoption Continues (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=7617>
Apple continues to attract the products, developers and credibility it requires to emerge as a serious option for corporate users in the market for infrastructure products.

iPod mini Outcry Prompts Price Review (Neil McIntosh, The Guardian)
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1118474,00.html>
A senior Apple executive has said the company will review its pricing outside the US, and blamed the high pricing on the continuing weakness of the dollar against other currencies.

Apple's Unlikely Guardian Angel (Leander Kahney, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,61801,00.html>
Over the years, one company has stuck by Apple through thick and thin. Without the backing of this firm, Apple likely would have died. Who is Apple's guardian angel? It's the firm that Mac users most love to hate, the bogeyman of the Mac universe, the one company whose products some Mac fans refuse to use on principle: Microsoft.

Haverhill, Canaan Get Computers (Sonia Scherr, Valley News)
<http://www.vnews.com/01062004/1511928.htm>
7th-graders are among 600 N.H. students getting laptops for free.

Apple Announcements Draw Compliments, Criticism (David Schloss, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2004/01/07/react/>

Apple Computer Gains Share In Broadcast Market (TrendWatch)
<http://www.trendwatch.com/fastfacts/tv_04_01_07.html>
26% of U.S. broadcast stations and cable systems use Apple computers as their primary system for editing/production workstations.

Sybase Ships Panther-Ready Database (Mike Ricciuti, CNET News.com)
<http://rss.com.com/2110-1012_3-5136568.html>
The release, Adaptive Server Enterprise 12.5.1, supports larger amounts of data, includes new management tools, and better performance than previous versions, Sybase said.

Password Protection In Microsoft Word Criticized (Munir Kotadia, CNET News.com)
<http://rss.com.com/2100-1029_3-5136913.html>
Microsoft Word documents that use the software's built-in password protection to avoid unauthorized editing can easily be modified using a relatively simple hack that was recently published on a security Web site.

Jobs' Macworld Keynote Hits A Few Sour Notes (Daniel Drew Turner, Ian Betteridge and Matt Hicks, eWeek)
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1427254,00.asp>
Although many attendees of this week's Macworld Expo San Francisco found something to lie about Steve Jobs' opening keynote, some viewed it as a tasting menu compared with the buffets of new product introductions and surprises at Expo keynotes past.

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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MyiBook Failed Me (Kevin Featherly, Pioneer Press)
<http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/business/technology/personal_technology/7656706.htm>
This is a love story because, in spite of myself, I still adore my little iBook laptop. But it's also a horror story.

Macwhirled (Doc Searls)
<http://doc.weblogs.com/2004/01/07#macwhirled>
My main take-away was that Apple is doing a great job of hacking the music industry, and is playing a significant role (how intentionally is not yet clear, but credit where due) in the mass market shift from a consumer to a producer culture.

MWSF -- What Today Was Like For A First Timer (MacOSX.com)
<http://macosx.com/content/article.php?cid=72>

Apple Got It Right (Apple-X.net)
<http://www.apple-x.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=697&mode=thread&order=1&thold=0>
Incremental change, improving on strengths better strategy.

You're Not One Of Those Agitators, Are You? (John Gruber)
<http://daringfireball.net/2004/01/agitators>
The iPod Mini is not about being a new low-end model -- it's a new small-end model. It was the rumor sites that planted this idea that the iPod Mini would be both smaller and cheaper.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Active Lancer (Sean Daly, Inside Mac Games)
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/reviews/view.php?ID=433>
Active Lancer is a great value. It offers intense arcade action with quality sound and cut scenes at a bargain price. The production values on this game are very high separating it from other arcade type games available on the Mac.

For Tabbed Browsing And Other New Tricks, Try Explorer's Rivals (Walter S. Mossberg, Wall Street Journal)
<http://ptech.wsj.com/ptech.html>

Minor Panther Irritation (Brent Simmons)
<http://inessential.com/?comments=1&postid=2768>
Here's something that changed in Panther that drives me nuts several times a day.

Shortcomings In Mac OS X (Mac Net Journal)
<http://www.whiterabbits.com/MacNetJournal/#note_2176>
I just spent an hour plus doing some tech support for a client who was having problems with keychain management and getting his login information for an Earthlink account to stick in Internet Connect.

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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Gates: Convergence Is For Real (Charles Cooper, CNET News.com)
<http://rss.com.com/2008-7353_3-5137118.html>
Gates, who took the stage Wednesday night to deliver the opening key note at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, is convinced that recent technology advances have paved the way toward real convergence.

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

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: News & Opinions
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IT Buyers Lay Out New Plans For 2004 (Dawn Kawanoto, CNET News.com)
<http://rss.com.com/2100-1003_3-5136656.html>
Linux will expand its presence in key markets, while offshore outsourcing will continue at a brisk pace in 2004, analysis firm Forrester Research predicted Wednesday.

MyAppleMenu Reader: Science & Tech
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Let There Be L.E.D.'s (Ian Austen, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/08/technology/circuits/08lite.html>
What began with Christmas tree lights and under-the-cabinet lights may eventually lead to inexpensive, solid-state lighting systems.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Protect Public Housing Concept (Siew Kum Hong, Today)
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/12738.asp>
Stop banks from accessing credit histories of applicants.

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