[MyAppleMenu] Thursday, Jan 29, 2004

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Thursday, Jan 29, 2004

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Apple Launches iBook Logic Board Repair Program (Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2004/01/28/ibookrepair/index.php?redirect=1075355278000>
The iBook Logic Board Repair Extension Program is a worldwide program covering repair or replacement of the logic board in specific iBook models manufactured between May 2002 and April 2003.

MyAppleMenu : News
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Some PowerBooks, iBooks Exhibit USB 2.0 Port Problems (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news/23179>

Jef Raskin, Macintosh Inventor, Looks To The Future Of Computing (Chris Hunter, Pacifica Tribune)
<http://www.pacificatribune.com/Stories/0,1413,92~3247~1920582,00.html>

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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Apple's iPod Culture: Call It Rock Of All Ages (Janie Paleschic and Crayton Harrison, Dallas Morning News)
<http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/ptech/generalstories2/012904ccdrptechipodgeeks.5386b.html>
Despite generation gap, a pair of users enjoy comparing notes.

Having Bitten The Forbidden Fruit, It Bit Me Back, Six Times (O'Reilly Network)
<http://news.osdir.com/article434.html>
Two years ago I was smitten with OS X and the easy wireless connectivity that iBooks could give me. Two years later I'm abandoning OS X and Apple.

iPod mini: A Real Bargain (Alan Graham, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/4316>

XGrid Or The Future Of Computing (Francois Joseph de Kermadec, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/4307>
Imagine for a second what can be done in universities or companies in which dozens -- if not hundreds -- of Macs stay idle at night, during lunch breaks or holidays!

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Burning Monkey Casino (Matt Diamond, Inside Mac Games)
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/reviews/view.php?ID=468>
Simple casino games like Blackjack, Video Poker, and Slots by themselves usually don't impress me much, and they can get rather tedious if played for too long. But Freeverse's quirky sense of humor and lively presentation are a big plus here.

iPhoto 4 (Christopher Breen, TechTV)
<http://www.techtv.com/callforhelp/mac/story/0,24330,3598880,00.html>
iPhoto 4 is a darned good step forward. If you've been disappointed with iPhoto in the past, it may be time to give it another try.

Getting The Most Out Of Classicial Music With iTunes And The iPod (Kirk McElhearn)
<http://www.macblog.com/comments.php?id=146_0_1_0_C>

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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Study: Small Businesses Wary Of Microsoft (Matt Hines, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1012_3-5149066.html>
Many small and midsize companies harbor some level of trepidation regarding how dependent they have become on Microsoft software, according to a survey.

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

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: News & Opinions
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Our Own Damned Fault (Robert X. Cringely, PBS)
<http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit200401229.html>
When it comes to understanding why government doesn't understand high-tech and why financial markets seem to be working against our own interests, well, we did it to ourselves.

The Trend Of Vanishing Tech Jobs (Virginia Postrel, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/29/business/29scene.html>
One researcher sees an upside for the U.S. in the outsourcing of programming jobs.

MyAppleMenu Reader: World
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Elephants Can't Fly (Thomas Friedman, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/29/opinion/29FRIE.html>
Three big ideas that defied gravity and took flight at last year's World Economic Forum came crashing back to earth this year.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : Top Stories
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After April 1, Buy A Chunk Of The Old Library (Theresa Tan, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/topstories/story/0,4386,232262,00.html?>
The National Library at Stamford Road will finally close its doors from April 1, but those who mourn the demolition of the historic landmark can now own a piece of it, as some of its familiar red bricks will be salvaged and sold to the public.

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