[MyAppleMenu] Wednesday, Jan 28, 2004

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Wednesday, Jan 28, 2004

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Pod People (Aaron Davidson, California Aggie)
<http://www.californiaaggie.com/article/?id=2336>
Ethics, pricing and availability aside, students are reveling in the usefulness of their iPods.

Apple Signs Mysteriously Return To Store (Jon Fortt, San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/7814727.htm>
Who swiped the Apple logo signs that once crowned the Elite Computers and Software store in Cupertino? The answer might cause red faces at a certain company whose name starts with "Apple"' and ends with "Computer."

MyAppleMenu : News
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FBI Agent: 'Macs Running Mac OS X Can Do Just About Anything' (MacDailyNews)
<http://www.macdailynews.com/comments.php?id=P2040_0_1_0>

'From KFO To iPod' In Less Than 48 Hours (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/01/28/thrills>
Five songs from the show are available for purchase, allowing consumers to download the live recording from iTunes to their Macs or Windows-based PCs and iPods.

Apple Japan President Resigns (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/01/28/applejapan>

iTunes-Compatible AAC Music Store Launches (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/01/28/nupha>
Nupha has announced the launch of its international, cross-platform digital music store.

Wednesdays Are 'Pro Days' At Apple Stores (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/01/28/proday>
"Every Wednesday, we open an hour early to offer free special presentations and demonstrations to help business professionals learn about all the latest technologies."

Apple's '1984' Super Bowl Commercial Still Stands As Watershed Event (Kevin Maney, USA Today)
<http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/kevinmaney/2004-01-28-maney_x.htm>

Poll: Most Happy With iPod Battery (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=7775>

The Dawn Of The iGrill, The iPhone And The iScooter (Patchen Barss, National Post)
<http://www.canada.com/technology/story.html?id=E411803D-A28F-4AF0-A9FD-F997647DE8E8>
The very fact that people argued over its shape and colour (and drink-holder suitability) was a defining characteristic of the iMac's revolutionary success.

Analyst: Apple Supercomputer No stand-In For Strategy (Jason Lopez, NewsFactor)
<http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_title=Analyst__Apple_Supercomputer_No_Stand_In_for_Strategy&story_id=23075&category=entcmpt>
Apple's goal is to be recognized as a bona fide supplier to the enterprise, but Forrester analyst Frank Gillet says the firm can only be a niche player. Its user-friendly marketing strategy rings hollow to many I.T. professionals who are focused on two dominant systems: Linux and Windows. 

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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Everyman's Supercomputer (Hassan Aref, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2010-7337-5149087.html>
The great strength of universities is to show what is possible through proof-of-principle experiments and inventions. Machines like Virginia Tech X fall squarely into this category.

Raging Against The Machine (Theodore Roszak, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-roszak28jan28,1,3577209.story>
In its '1984' commercial, Apple suggested that its computers would smash Big Brother. But technology gave him more control.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Garage Daze (Garry Barker, Sydney Morning Herald)
<http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/01/28/1075088078181.html>
GarageBand is music synthesis for the rest of us.

Sanitizing Mail On Panther Server (Jason Deraleau, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/01/27/sanitize_mail.html>

Some PowerBook Screen Issues Confirmed By Apple (MacFixIt)
<http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20040128022934122>

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: Top Stories
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The New Face Of The Silicon Age (Daniel H. Pink, Wired)
<http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.02/india_pr.html>
How India became the capital of the computing revolution.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: News & Opinions
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The Incredibly Expanding Security Job (Michael Rasmussen, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2030-7355_3-5148541.html>
The chief information security officer, or CISO, faces a seemingly impossible task -- securing the enterprise and keeping it secure.

MyAppleMenu Reader: Science & Tech
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Global Chilling (Paul R. Epstein, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/28/opinion/28EPST.html>
New Yorkers may be able to blame the city's current cold spell -- the most severe in nearly a decade -- on global warming.

MyAppleMenu Reader: Life
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Jack Paar, 85, Former 'Tonight' Show Host, Dies (Richard Severo, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/27/obituaries/27CND-PAAR.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1075252456-ur/2k3pjn+KeOZaqbi+t4g>
Mr. Paar's couch became a sounding board for social gossips like Elsa Maxwell and national political figures like Robert Kennedy, Richard M. Nixon and Barry M. Goldwater. It was also a hangout for such witty regular guests as the irascibly neurotic Oscar Levant and the equally fine raconteurs Alexander King, Peter Ustinov and Clement Freud.

MyAppleMenu Reader: Expressions
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The Bear (Dan Chiasson, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/id/2094450/>

MyAppleMenu Reader: EOF
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Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall. Why Not Bottle It? (Nora Krug, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/28/dining/28WATE.html>
Ever tasted a raindrop and wondered, Why doesn't someone bottle this stuff? Well, someone has and called it, aptly, Rain Water.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : Top Stories
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Indonesia Stops Maids Working In Singapore (Alex spillius, Telegraph)
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/01/28/wmaid28.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/01/28/ixworld.html>
Indonesia is ready to ban its women working as maids in neighbouring Singapore following the deaths of almost 100 in the past five years.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Singapore To Enforce Malaysian Warrants (Mazwin Nik Anis, The Star)
<http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2004/1/28/nation/7190375&sec=nation>
Singapore police will enforce warrants of arrests issued by its Malaysian counterparts against its citizens who fail to turn up in court to stand trial for committing traffic offences here.

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