[MyAppleMenu] Jul 15, 2004

Thu Jul 15 13:15:00 EDT 2004

MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Thursday, July 15, 2004

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Mac News for Mac Users

[Top Stories]

*** Apple Reports $61 Million Profit
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2004/07/14/appleprofit/index.php?redirect=1089818242000>
by Jim Darlymple, MacCentral
"It was an outstanding quarter -- our highest third quarter revenue in eight years."

See Also : The G5 iMac
<http://macslash.org/article.pl?sid=04/07/14/1735208>
by MacSlash
During today's Quarter 3 results conference call, Apple announced that the next iMac will have a G5 processor.

See Also : Apple Q3 '04 Financial Conference Call Highlights
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2004/07/14/q3live/index.php?redirect=1089818643000>
by Peter Cohen, MacCentral

See Also : Apple Sales Breakdown
<http://www.macnn.com/news/25467>
by MacNN

[News]

*** Apple Rises Sharply On Earnings Report
<http://www.macnn.com/news/25473>
by MacNN
Shares of Apple opend up nearly $3 from yesterday's close following Apple's third quarter earnings report yesterday.

*** EyeTV 1.5 Adds Safari Support, More
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2004/07/15/eyetv/index.php?redirect=1089875392000>
by Brad Cook, MacCentral

*** The Little Rumor Site That Could
<http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,64217,00.html?tw=rss.TOP>
by Leander Kahney, Wired News
In the absence of big boys like Apple and Microsoft, one of the largest and splahiest booths at Macworld belongs to an unlikely candidate: Spymac, a fast-growing, Mac-oriented community website that began three years ago as a lowly rumor site.

*** Key Euro Apple Man Quits
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=9154>
by Macworld UK
Apple's managing director of European operations Joe Gantly is stepping down after six years.

*** Dottiness Is A Family Affair
<http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/07/14/1089694403955.html>
by Garry Barker, Sydney Morning Herald
"Driving from home to the studio wasted time. That's why we built Dot-Pod. Now we are collaborating and sharing music by iPods across the web."

*** Macworld Boston: Photo Gallery
<http://www.macnn.com/news/25462>
by MacNN

*** Macs Help Turn Photos Into 'Time Capsule Of America'
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/07/14/timecapsule>
by Dennis Sellers, MacMinute
The session, "How Mac Technology Enabled 25,000 Americans to Capture the Essence of Amercia", at the Macworld Conference and Expo, looked at how Mac technology was used to "turn over one million photographs into a time capsule of American life."

[Opinion]

*** Macworld Boston 2004: Brains Over Beauty
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/07/14/macworld.html>
by Derrick Story, O'Reilly Network
Since you don't have the magnificent mother ship on the trade show floor attracting minions from all over the world, you have to go with what's in your control. And that's content.

*** Why Apple Employees Will Blog In Revolt
<http://steverubel.typepad.com/micropersuasion/2004/07/why_apple_emplo.html>
by Steve Rubel
My hunch is that Apple will continue to prevent its employees from blogging for the foreseeable future so that it can maintain its mystique. THis approach may work for awhile, but the employees in Cupertino will eventually revolt.

*** And Like Magic, Barclaycard Works Again On The Mac
<http://www.charlesarthur.com/blog/index.php?p=21>
by Charles Arthur
Either someone had a programming epiphany some time yesterday, or it was a lot simpler to fix than they'd been making out.

[Review]

*** Apple In Tune
<http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,10135139%255E8362,00.html>
by Greg Thom, The Courier-Mail
The beautifully designed, deceptively simple, digital audio player has redefined the notion of listening to music on the move.

*** Big Bang Chess
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/reviews/view.php?ID=509>
by Michael Phillips, Inside Mac Games

[Sidetrack]

*** Super Customized iPod Mini 
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/2004/07/15/#20040715bg000001>
by Heng-Cheong Leong
Sean Bonner<http://apple.weblogsinc.com/entry/8389631317562729/>: Yes, we know it's a fake.

*** Have You Heard... 
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/2004/07/15/#20040715bg000002>
by Heng-Cheong Leong
... of the new No-CARB<http://www.netfunny.com/rhf/jokes/04/Jul/carb.html> Diet for 2004?

[Wintel]

*** Jaded Users Roll Their Eyes At IE's Latest Security Debacle
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1623504,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594>
by Lisa Vaas, eWeek
The most recent of a spate of Internet Explorer crash and burns is drawing the user reaction, "So, what else is new?"

*** Service Pack 2: Patching The Unpatchable
<http://comment.zdnet.co.uk/rupertgoodwins/0,39020691,39160533,00.htm>
by Rupert Goodwins, ZDNet UK
Windows XP Service Pack 2 addresses many of the security problems of the past few years. But it can't do much about this year's model.

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

[Top Stories]

*** Software That Lasts 200 Years
<http://www.bricklin.com/200yearsoftware.htm>
by Dan Bricklin
We need to start thinking about software in a way more like how we think about building bridges, dams, and sewers. What we build must last for generations without total rebuilding. This requires new thinking and new ways of organizing development.

[News]

*** Google Toolbar Offers Browse By Name
<http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/07/15/HNgoogletoolbar_1.html>
by Scarlet Pruitt, IDG News Service
Google courts Web surfers by making it easier to navigate the web.

*** Just Finally Do It!
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/5207>
by chromatic, O'Reilly Network
I used to think one of my biggest problems was finish projects. Now I realize that the real problem is lack of specific progress toward a goal.

*** AT&T Plugs Into Power Lines For High-Speed Net
<http://news.com.com/AT%26%2338%3BT+plugs+into+power+lines+for+high-speed+Net/2100-1034_3-5269512.html?part=rss&tag=5269512&subj=news.1034.20>
by Ben Charny, CNET News.com
AT&T and Pacific Gas and Electric on Wednesday announced a trial run of broadband sent over power lines, an emerging alternative to cable and DSL for delivering high-speed Internet access.

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[News]

*** Strait-Laced Singapore All Set For "Sex And The City"
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2004/07/15/entertainment0751EDT0513.DTL&type=tvradio>
by Jake Lloyd-Smith, Associated Press
This famously strait-laced city-state was bombarded Thursday with garish, pink, full-page notices that -- at long last -- its citizens can enjoy "Sex and the City."

[Technology]

*** Payment By Cellphone Fails To Take Off
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/topstories/story/0,4386,261482,00.html?>
by Natalie Soh, Straits Times
The promise of convenience has not been delivered, so Singaporeans shun paying for services with their mobile phones.