[MyAppleMenu] Sunday, Jan 18, 2004

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Sunday, Jan 18, 2004

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Steve Jobs' Personality, Values Inseparable From The Apple Saga (David Plotnikoff, San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/7739750.htm>
In an era where bean-counters and marketeers call the shots and most valley CEOs wouldn't know a floating-point unit from a fish fork, Jobs is the last Big Kahuna still standing.

MyAppleMenu : News
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20 Years Ago: How The Macintosh Computer Grew (Evelyn Richards, San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/7731272.htm>
When Apple Computer Inc. rolls out its Macintosh computer on Jan. 24, the company's self-proclaimed "pirates'" will have delivered their treasure.

20 Years Ago: A Look At Secret New Apple Computer (Evelyn Richards, San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/7731271.htm>
After two years of secrecy, brainstorming and sometimes zany company maneuvering, Apple Computer Inc. will unveil a new personal computer Jan. 24 that is the size of a stack of paper and, for about the same price, contains more power than the basic IBM PC.

Jobs Among Top Business Leaders Of Last 25 Years (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/01/17/jobs>

Apple Planning Austin, TX Retail Store (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/01/17/applestore>

New Jukebox A Pocket Dynamo (Paul Stewart, Herald Sun)
<http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,8418150%255E11869,00.html>
Say hello to the iPod, the portable jukebox of the 21st century.

20 Years Of Thinking Out Of The Box (Eugene Wee, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/gizmos/story/0,4386,230664,00.html>
To CEO Steve Jobs, Apple is an art form -- that's why its products are always head-turners.

iPod Delivers Death Sentence To Tapes (William Lyons, The Scotsman)
<http://news.scotsman.com/entertainment.cfm?id=58612004>
Analysts predict that [iPod] will revolutionise the way we buy and listen to music. But they also warn that introduction of the svelte memory pod will herald the death of the audio cassette within two years.

Maine iBook Program Extending To High Schools (Macs Only!)
<http://www.macsonly.com/#1178>

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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New Wares, Audience Dwindling At Macworld (Glenn Fleishman, Seattle Times)
<http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/personaltechnology/2001838441_ptmacc17.html>

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Mac OS X Makes Best Digital Photos (Al Fasoldt, Newhouse News Service)
<http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/living/7737990.htm>
Everything is shown in near-perfect scaling, no matter how large or small the items.

Downloading Music Files Has Become Quite Simple (Linda Knapp, Seattle Times)
<http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2001838439_ptgett17.html>

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: News & Opinions
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MIT Spam Conference Looks Byeond Filters (Paul Roberts, IDG News Service)
<http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/01/16/HNmitspam_1.html>
Spam fighters say they are open to all suggestions.

MyAppleMenu Reader: Life
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Exploring The Relation Between THought And Sound (Alexandra Witze, Dallas Morning News)
<http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/entertainment/7705418.htm>
Rock, hip-hop, classical and jazz may not sound alike to your ear, but they do to your brain.

The Restaurateur Who Invented Downtown (Joyce Wadler, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/18/fashion/18MCNA.html>
Theer is a paradox at the heart of Keith McNallyland.

A Poor Cousin Of The Middle Class (David K.Shipler, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/18/magazine/18POOR.html>
Caroline Payne works hard. She went to college. She even owned a home. So how come she's making only a dollar more per hour than she did nearly 30 years ago?

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Singapore's Recovery Still Fragile: DPM Tan (Laurel Teo, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/storyprintfriendly/0,1887,230781,00.html?>
Singapore's economic recovery is still fragile and needs another two quarters showing growth of at least 3 per cent, or the rebound will lack momentum, said Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan on Sunday.

Singapore: Asia Utopia (Benjamin Locsin Layug, ABS-CBNNEWS.com)
<http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/NewsStory.aspx?section=Style&oid=42551>
How did this small, 646-square-kilometer island-state with almost no natural resources and culturally diverse races, languages and religions attain its astonishingly rapid growth and change?

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