[MyAppleMenu] Monday, Jan 19, 2004

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Monday, Jan 19, 2004

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Brookfields Chooses Apple Mac Upgrade Over Move To PCs (Peter Griffin, New Zealand Herald)
<http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/businessstorydisplay.cfm?storyID=3544420&thesection=business&thesubsection=technology&thesecondsubsection=information>
"The purchase prices of the Macs is fine and the lifespan of a Mac appears to be a little longer."

The Mac That Roared (Jon Fortt, San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/7739751.htm>
It changed computing as we knew it.

MyAppleMenu : News
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Apple SVP Jon Rubinstein On The Reinvention Of Hardware (Robyn Weisman, E-Commerce Times)
<http://www.ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/32621.html>
"Our objective was to make the best products in the world."

Apple Updates iCal To v1.5.2 (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/01/19/ical>

'Buy Apple' - Needham Repeats Upbeat Rating (Jonny Evans, Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/top_news_item.cfm?NewsID=7706>
"Apple is reinventing itself from a pure PC company into one that should be able to ride the digital revolution in the consumer electronics arena... Apple should emerge as a solid growth story moving forward."

iPod Mini Jumps To #1 At Apple store (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/01/19/ipodmini>
The recently introduced iPod mini has overtaken the top spot on the "Top Sellers" list of the online Apple Store.

Apple Store Announced In Jacksonville, FL (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news/23002>
The shopping center (titled St. John's Town Center) will open in Spring 2005.

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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Apple's Success With iPod May Presage Ascendance Of Hardware Over Software (John Markoff, New York Times News Service)
<http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/business/2359916>
Simply put, Jobs has managed to inject Apple's DNA into the PC world, meaning that it will be increasingly easy for his company to offer PC users any kind of iPod-style device -- whether for music or other media -- the company may create in the future.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield (Dakota Brown, Inside Mac Games)
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/reviews/view.php?ID=461>
The good news is that while this is a title not to be missed, there is a lot of room for future sequels to grow and become distinctive games in their own right.

The Virtual Virtuoso (Chris Taylor, Time)
<http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101040126-578994,00.html>
Apple's GarageBand puts a full-scale recording studio at your fingertips.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: News & Opinions
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Spam Filters Grab Good With Bad (Michelle Delio, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/infostructure/0,1377,61945,00.html?tw=rss.TOP>
The growing use of antispam filters that weed out messages containing words commonly used by junk e-mailers is forcing legitimate e-mail senders to choose their language carefully.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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'No Right Or Wrong Answers' (Rebecca Lee, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/storyprintfriendly/0,1887,230799,00.html?>

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