[MyAppleMenu] Tuesday, Jan 20, 2004

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Tuesday, Jan 20, 2004

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
-------------------------
Here's The Price Of Fame: $218.32 (Jason Silverman, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,61970,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_2>
Tarnation may be the first feature-length film edited entirely on iMovie, and it cost $218.32 in videotape and materials.

Mac Vs. Microsoft: The Musical (Jefferson Graham, USA Today)
<http://www.usatoday.com/tech/techinvestor/techcorporatenews/2004-01-20-msoft_x.htm>
Will other PC manufacturers follow in HP's footsteps? Only time will tell.

MyAppleMenu : News
------------------
SightSpeed Adds Videoconferencing To Mac, Linux (Matt Hicks, eWeek)
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1446089,00.asp>
SightSpeed Video Messenger 2.0 gains support for Mac OS X 10.3, with support for Linux expected to follow in the next few weeks.

Groupcal Helps Integrate iCal, Exchange Server (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2004/01/20/groupcal/index.php?redirect=1074609149000>

DVD Setback For GarageBand Punters (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=7718>
Mac users without a DVD-capable Mac are locked out of the new music revolution Apple is leading in 2004, its 'year of song'.

Safari Usage Nearly Doubled Since July 2003 (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/01/20/safari>

Pepsi-iTunes Promotion: 'More Than Pop' (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/01/20/morethanpop>

Apple Clarifies Logic At NAMM (Geoff Duncan, TidBITS)
<http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=07510>
Generally, Logic Express 6 can be described as a somewhat stripped-down version of Logic Pro 6.

Safari Exposes IE As A Brave Face For Poor Coding (PC Pro)
<http://www.pcpro.co.uk/?http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/news_story.php?id=52481>
Safari developer David Hyatt has attacked Internet Explorer for letting website developers get away with writing 'malformed code' and consequently holding back the development of Apple's browser.

Beat Goes On For Musical Instrument Makers (Sue Zeidler, Reuters)
<http://www.forbes.com/markets/newswire/2004/01/19/rtr1216862.html>
With new software promising to turn home computers into mini-recording studios, the industry is buzzing about its happiest prospect in years: the birth of the digital garage band.

iPod 'Could Be Industry Standard' (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=7702>
"To shareholders of Apple Computer the iPod is more than a miniature music player. It is, potentially, a platform."

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
----------------------
There Really Is Nothing Like A 'Book (Charles Moore, MacOPINION)
<http://www.macopinion.com/columns/roadwarrior/04/01/20/index.html>

How HP Invented The Market For iPod Resllers (Ashlee Vance, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/34980.html>
How is it that a company with a filthy rich consumer device division, a long history pushing innovation and portable patents on hand failed to create the iPod? 

Once Upon A Time In The Mac World (Brian Sakowicz)
<http://www.billpalmer.net/com000121.html>
Did you know that there used to be a time when the Mac used to have some of the best games around?

A CNET Follow-Up (Alan Graham, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/wlg/4215>
While I'm pleased with the reception of the piece, in some cases I feel my message was clouded, so I wanted to take a moment to clarify a few things so that I'm not misunderstood.

Twenty Years Of Insanely Great Macs (Gene Steinberg, USA Today)
<http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/genesteinberg/2004-01-19-steinberg_x.htm>
It seems like only yesterday: One commercial runs during the 1984 Super Bowl, and a new personal computer is born... not to mention a legend.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
---------------------
My Beloved .Mac (Francois Joseph de Kermadec, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/wlg/4217>
After painful years spent with some of the most important hosting companies on the web, both for myself and for others, it feels great to find a service that has everything I need and offers more than actually advertised.

Macworld Expo SF 2004 Superlatives (TidBITS)
<http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=07511>

Indiana Jones And The Emperor's Tomb (Kirk Hiner, Applelinks)
<http://www.applelinks.com/pm/more.php?id=514_0_1_0_M>
The action is great, and the story flows well. There are better games out there, and there are certainly many that are worse. Unfortunately, with all this competition, the only thing really distinguishes this game from the others is the Indiana Jones name.

Panther Uncaged (APCMag.com)
<http://www.apcmag.com/apc/v3.nsf/0/5F8E29B24CF070E2CA256E1D00144967>
This major revamp of Mac OS X swaps eye-candy for speed and a compelling feature-set.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: News & Opinions
-------------------------------------
10 Emerging Technologies That Will Change Your World (MIT Technology Review)
<http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/emerging0204.asp>
With new technologies constantly being invented in universities and companies across the globe, guessing which ones will transform computing, medicine, communication, and our energy infrastructure is always a challenge.

PCs At Home Make 'Better Workers' (BBC News)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3409869.stm>
Having a computer at home means people are much more efficient when they are at work, according to a survey.

IM Emerges From The Shadows (Rebecca Reid, Computerworld Canada)
<http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,114322,00.asp>
More companies are learning how to regulate -- and benefit from -- messaging apps.

MyAppleMenu Reader: Life
------------------------
Pop Goes The Culture (Catharine Lumby, The Age)
<http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/01/19/1074360693855.html>
The last two centuries have been dominated by a debate about the evil effects of popular culture. It's time to move on.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : Top Stories
---------------------------------------
Good To Cast A Critical Eye On Public Policies (Vikram Khanna, Business Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/storyprintfriendly/0,1887,230941,00.html?>
The question is not whether mistakes were made -- of course they were, and probably will be in future -- but what is done about them.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
-------------------------------------------
New Chapter In Malaysia-Singapore Ties (Zarinah Duad, Sylvia Looi and S. Arulldas, The Star)
<http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2004/1/20/nation/7143139&sec=nation>

Singapore Air Hub Faces New Rivals (Reuters)
<http://edition.cnn.com/2004/TRAVEL/01/19/biz.trav.changi.rivalry.reut/>
How can Changi compete? Serving budget airlines could be the answer.

No Talk On NEL Deal Yet, Says SMRT Chief (Goh Chin Lian, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,4386,230986,00.html?>
Denying rumours that SBS Transit and SMRT met, Ms Saw says she doesn't even know if NEL is for sale.

---
Modify your subscription at <http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/applesurf-list>

MyAppleMenu is edited by Heng-Cheong Leong. This site is not affiliated with Apple Computer, Inc., or any other companies in any manner. Apple, the Apple logo, Macintosh, Power Macintosh, PowerBook, iMac, iBook, iPod, and eMac are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. All other brands or product names are trademarks of their registered holders. Copyright (C) 1996-2004 Heng-Cheong Leong. All rights reserved.