[MyAppleMenu] Jul 1, 2004

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Thursday, July 01, 2004

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Mac News for Mac Users

[Top Stories]

*** Apple's Rendezvous Comes To Windows, Linux, Java
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2004/06/30/rendezvous/index.php?redirect=1088591376000>
by Peter Cohen, MacCentral
Apple is further promoting the standard with the release of Rendezvous technology for Java clients, POSIX platforms, and a "technology preview" for Windows.

[On The Dasbboard]

*** Dashboard Vs. Konfabulator
<http://daringfireball.net/2004/06/dashboard_vs_konfabulator>
by John Gruber
Apple may hire you to work for them. They may buy your code if they want it. But they will not pay you off just for an idea, nor should they be expected to.

*** Dashboard Ain't About Little Apps That Apple Creates And Ships With The OS
<http://www.backupbrain.com/2004_06_27_archive.html>
by Dori Smith
Dashboard is like Hypercard, and that's something much more interesting altogether.

*** Dashboard II
<http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/hyatt/archives/2004_06.html#005887>
by Dave Hyatt
The concept of web pages as accessories inside a browser has existed for years.

*** Dashboard
<http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/hyatt/archives/2004_06.html#005876>
by Dave Hyatt
I wanted to clear up what the widgets actually are written in. They are Web pages, plain and simple, and so you have the power of WebKit behind each one...

*** There Actually Is Some Validity To The Developer Complaint
<http://archive.scripting.com/2004/06/30#When:4:59:27PM>
by Dave Winer
There's a lot to be said for licking your wounds quietly especially when you produce software of great utility but limited depth. What's good is that developers are starting to care about other developers.

*** Oh Well, Maybe Next Year
<http://billpalmer.net/com000238.html>
by Bill Palmer
I don't know what really went on between Apple and the makers of Konfabulator, but neither do you... Is anyone aware that the makers of Konfabulator were also the makers of Kaleidoscope, and that back during their Kaleidoscope days, they got into some kind of legal tussle with Apple for purportedly lifting the Aqua interface and using it in Kaleidoscope?

*** Does The "Director" Of Apple's Dashboard Watn His Name Off The Project?
<http://www.macmerc.com/news/rumors/1454>
by MacMerc.com
If you watch the preview video of Apple's controversial Dashboard, you will see an address book entry for an Apple employee named Alan Smithee.

*** Gentlemen, Start Your Photocopiers 
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/2004/07/01/#20040701bg000001>
by Heng-Cheong Leong
As things get clearer<http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/hyatt/archives/2004_06.html#005887>, it seems that Apple's Dashboard is copied from Microsoft's Active Desktop<http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/previous/gallery/default.mspx>. Active Desktop something Microsoft "innovated" from the days of the great Browser War I. That makes more sense.

No matter how hard I try, I fail to see how Dashboard has evolved from the idea of Desktop Accessories.

[News]

*** Bladacci Urges Maine School Districts To Rent Laptops
<http://www.ellsworthamerican.com/archive/2004/07-01-04/ea_state1_07-01-04.html>
by Victoria Wallack, Statehouse News Service

*** iPod Ads Win Cannes Lions Award
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/06/30/ipodads>
by MacMinute

*** Apple Q3 2004 Earnings Due July 14
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/06/30/q3earnings>
by MacMinute

*** Apple Launches Final Cut Express 2 Promo
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/06/30/fcepromo>
by MacMinute
Get Final Cut Express 2 for US$99 when purchasing any Mac.

*** New iPod-Ready Bluetooth Headphones Coming Soon
<http://www.ipodlounge.com/ipodnews_comments.php?id=4309_0_7_0_C>
by iPodlounge

*** Tiger, Longhorn Search For Desktop Answers
<http://news.com.com/Tiger%2C+Longhorn+search+for+desktop+answers/2100-1016_3-5253421.html>
by Ina Fried, CNET News.com
Microsoft and Apple are searching for the same thing with their next operating systems: a better way to find stuff on an increasingly cluttered hard drive.

*** Apple, Others Want To Change Web Browser Plug-Ins
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/06/30/browserplugins>
by MacMinute
The Mozilla Foundation -- in partnership with Apple, Adobe, Macromedia, Opera and Sun -- has announced a series of changes to Web browser plug-ins that they say "will allow richer Web browsing experiences."

*** Visual Search Tool Grokker 2.1 Ships For OS X
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2004/06/30/grokker/index.php?redirect=1088613286000>
by Brad Cook, MacCentral

*** Dell Offers iPod Trade-In Deal
<http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,1618998,00.asp>
by ExtremeTech
For $99, consumers can exchange any iPod for a 15-Gbyte Dell Digital Jukebox.

*** UW Researchers Win Award From Apple Computer
<http://www.wistechnology.com/article.php?id=975>
by Wisconsin Technology Network
Professor Michael Newton and his colleagues took the prize for their statistical analysis of biological data.

*** 2004 Apple Design Awards Winners Posted
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/06/30/ada2004>
by MacMinute
The "Best Mac OS X Product" award went to Big Bang Chess 1.0 from Freeverse Software.

*** Aged iMac 'Harming Apple'
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=9036&Page=1&pagePos=8>
by Macworld UK
According to NewRatings, analysts expect Apple to announce disappointing 3Q FY04 earnings.

*** Wall Street Immune To Tiger's Charms
<http://www.pcpro.co.uk/?http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/news_story.php?id=59997>
by Simon Aughton, PC Pro
Wall Street investors did not get the new iMac they were hoping for, and they showed it in two days of heavy dealing in Apple's stock.

[Opinion]

*** Apple Laptops Could Revolutionaize High School
<http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/trib/pmupdate/s_201240.html>
by Scott Kleinberg, Pittsburg Tribune-Review

*** More On Automotive iPods
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/01/technology/circuits/01POGUE-EMAIL.html>
by David Pogue, New York Times
A simple Aux jack doesn't recharge the iPod, as the Apple-BMW device does, and doesn't let you control playback.

*** Is Spotlight Actually Tunnelvision?
<http://www.applematters.com/comments.php?id=150_0_1_0_C>
by Apple Matters
Spotlight is addressing the market hype of Google, search, and meta-data, while ignoring user's needs like a proper Finder to find files.

*** We Will Have A 20 Year Anniversay Mac... Will We?
<http://www.hardmac.com/niouzcontenu.php?date=2004-06-30#2400>
by Bidouille
While Steve Jobs was demostrating Spotlight technology, 3 keywords have been sued: iMac, Paris and Birthday...

*** Apple's Tiger Has A Powerful Nose
<http://www.forbes.com/technology/2004/06/30/cx_ah_0630tentech.html>
by Arik Hesseldahl, Forbes

*** The .Mac Gap
<http://arstechnica.com/etc/mac/index.html>
by Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica
The moment other services started following Gmail's lead, .Mac's value proposition became weaker.

*** Perfect Helper
<http://www.corante.com/apple/archives/004669.html>
by Sandy McMurray
User don't really want a good knowledge base to consult when things go wrong -- they want the problem to be instantly diagnosed and fixed for them.

[Review]

*** The Sims: Makin' Magic
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/reviews/view.php?ID=472>
by Danny Gallagher, Inside Mac Games

[Sidetrack]

*** Worst Tech Support Ever By Apple 
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/2004/07/01/#20040701bg000003>
by Heng-Cheong Leong
This person<http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=38&threadid=1342720&enterthread=y> doesn't deserve this kind of treatment from Apple support, who have mailed him the wrong kind of RAM three times in a row.

Actually, nobody deserve this kind of treatment.

*** Quote Me 
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/2004/07/01/#20040701bg000002>
by Heng-Cheong Leong
Evan Williams<http://www.evhead.com/2004/06/funny-thing-about-technology.asp>: The funny thing about technology entrepreneurs is that they want to: a) change the world; and, b) do it in a hurry, before someone else does.

[Wintel]

*** Are The Browser Wars Back?
<http://slate.msn.com/id/2103152/fr/rss/>
by Paul Boutin, Slate
How Mozilla's Firefox trumps Internet Explorer.

*** MSN Launches Revamped Search Engine
<http://news.com.com/MSN+launches+revamped+search+engine/2100-1032_3-5254083.html?part=rss&tag=5254083&subj=news.1032.20>
by Stefanie Olsen, CNET News.com
The relatively minor changes signal that -- after a year in development and a $100 million investment -- Microsoft's ballyhooed search push still has a long way to go.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technology. Innovative Applications. New Economy.

[News]

*** Court Limits Privacy Of E-Mail
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19211-2004Jun30.html?nav=rss_technology>
by Jonathan Krim, Washington Post
A company that provides e-mail service has the right to copy and read any message bound for its customers, a federal appeals court panel has ruled in a decision that could expand e-mail monitoring by businesses and the government.

[Internet]

*** Are The Browser Wars Back?
<http://slate.msn.com/id/2103152/fr/rss/>
by Paul Boutin, Slate
How Mozilla's Firefox trumps Internet Explorer.

*** Study: Five Countries Send 99 Percent Of Spam
<http://news.com.com/Study%3A+Five+countries+send+99+percent+of+spam/2100-1024_3-5253411.html?part=rss&tag=5253411&subj=news.1024.20>
by CNET News.com
55 percent of spam messages originated in the United States, while slightly more than 73 percent of them referred recipients to Web sites hosted in China.

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[Top Stories]

*** Mature Themes OK Under Pay-TV Ratings
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,4386,259157,00.html?>
by Vivi Zainol, Straits Times
Programmes classed as '16', for those 16 and above, may have graphic scenes with themes such as gangsterism and drug abuse. Programmes classed as '18' can contain themes such as homosexuality and prostitution, but may only be shown after the 'watershed' time of 10 pm.

[News]

*** Singapore Media Group To Raise Ad Rates
<http://www.forbes.com/technology/ebusiness/feeds/ap/2004/06/30/ap1440814.html>
by Associated Press
The publishing industry -- and advertising rates -- are cyclical, and tend to mirror trends in the wider economy: higher ad charges can indicate firm demand from companies wanting to promote their products and services.

*** Blackout Backup Plans Didn't Work
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/21667.asp>
by Tay Tsen-Waye, Today
Though there were contingency plans in place, only one of the PowerSeraya turbines was able to continue functioning.

*** Blackout? Call Police Only In An Emergency
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,4386,259207,00.html?>
by Straits Times
The Singapore Police Force has asked members of the public to 'refrain fromc alling' during blackouts 'unless there is an emergency requiring urgent police response'.

[Opinion]

*** Smaller Floor Areas But Still Classified As 5-Room Flats
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,4386,259254,00.html?>
by Alfred Goh Thiam Ho, Straits Times
The dining room has been reduced to a mere extension of the living room, which can hardly be classified as a fifth room.