[MyAppleMenu] Jul 10, 2004

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Saturday, July 10, 2004

MyAppleMenu
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Mac News for Mac Users

[Top Stories]

*** Apple Makes A Play For NT Orphans
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1622132,00.asp>
by Mary Jo Foley, eWeek
Microsoft's competitors smell blood in the enterprise waters. They are swarming around NT 4.0 like sharks. And Apple is among the school of circling predators.

[News]

*** Apple's Tiger Targets Easy Programming With Automator
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1622168,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594>
by Ian Betteridge, eWeek
Apple looks to take its scripting architecture to a new level in the next release of Mac OS X. The forthcoming Automator will provide a simple, graphical environment for building complex scripts and even applications.

[Opinion]

*** Feedback On Proposal
<http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/hyatt/archives/2004_07.html#005955>
by Dave Hyatt

See Also : Implementation Of HTML Extensions Proposal
<http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/hyatt/archives/2004_07.html#005951>
by Dave Hyatt

*** The Real Purpose Of Dashboard In Tiger: Block Longhorn
<http://www.charlesarthur.com/blog/index.php?p=9>
by Charles Arthur

[Review]

*** Apple DVD Studio Pro 3
<http://www.digitalproducer.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=26662-0>
by David Nagel, Digital Producer
This is a completely professional tool with an excellent mix of high-end features and entry-level ease of use, well suited for a wide range of applications.

*** Apple 30" Cinema Display Possibly Single Most Desirable Piece Of Technology On Planet
<http://digital-lifestyles.info/display_page.asp?section=platforms&id=1381>
by Fraser Lovatt, Digital-Lifestyles.info

[Sidetrack]

*** Do You Know You Have A MacBU Division? 
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/2004/07/10/#20040710bg000001>
by Heng-Cheong Leong
Microsoft has a shiny new home page<http://www.microsoft.com/communities/blogs/PortalHome.mspx> for all its blogs, with a shiny new search engine that helps the reader locates blogs.

But, why oh why, is there no "Macintosh" in the list of categories of blogs?

*** Who Do You Want To Buy Today? 
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/2004/07/10/#20040710bg000002>
by Heng-Cheong Leong
With Gmail gaining praises and attentiion, and Yahoo buying Oddpost, an Outlook-clone-on-the-web, Dave Winer is asking the question we are all dying to get the answer: Who is Microsoft going to buy?<http://archive.scripting.com/2004/07/09#When:6:28:25PM>

Is Dave trying to say that Microsoft does not have the capability to develop a Gmail clone by themselves? :-)

[Wintel]

*** DOJ Keeping Tabs On Longhorn Development
<http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/07/09/HNdojmstabs_1.html>
by Joris Evers, IDG News Service
Technical committee for the DOJ hopes to ensure the successor to Windows XP won't violate antitrust judgment.

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

[Linux]

*** Linux Services Growing On The Double
<http://news.com.com/Linux+services+growing+on+the+double/2100-7344_3-5263185.html?part=rss&tag=5263185&subj=news.7344.20>
by Munir Kotadia, CNET News.com
Business services supporting Linux and open-source applications have attained mainstream status in Western Europe, according to a new report from IDC.

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[Opinion]

*** Elections Within A Year Of Handover?
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,4386,260673,00.html?>
by Chua Mui Hoong, Straits Times