[MyAppleMenu] Jul 22, 2004

Thu Jul 22 13:15:00 EDT 2004

MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Thursday, July 22, 2004

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Mac News for Mac Users

[Top Stories]

*** Apple Signs Three Major European Indie Labels To iTunes
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2004/07/21/indie/index.php?redirect=1090428308000>
by Peter Cohen, MacCentral
Apple has signed licensing agreements with three major European indpendent music labels, Beggars Group, Sanctuary Records Group and V2, adding tens of thousands of additional tracks.

[News]

*** Consumers Go Crazy For MP3 Players
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/07/22/mp3_player_craze/>
by Tony Smith, The Register
Apple will go into 2005 with an installed base of over 5m iPod owners, UK market watcher Informa Media forecasts, 23.5 per cent of the total.

*** Want iPod Mini? Hurry Up And Wait
<http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/business/technology/9203512.htm>
by Jon Ann Steinmetz, Knight Ridder News Service
What makes the iPod mini the planet's most lusted-after tech toy? Simple, said market researcher Richard Doherty: It's the element of "unobtainium."

*** SAD 9 Joins Laptop Pact
<http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/news/local/834936.shtml>
by Don Waterhouse, Kennebec Journal

*** Listen To The Flip Side
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/features/story/0,11710,1265972,00.html>
by Suw Charman, The Guardian
New research suggesting that file sharing has no impact upon sales of CDs has, not surprisingly, angered the music industry.

*** Apple Tiger Server Bridge To Interoperability
<http://www.macnewsworld.com/story/35245.html>
by Blane Warrene, MacNewsWorld
Apple is introducing powerful interoperability functionality as well as new features unique to OS X -- both critical to enterpise appeal.

*** Can iSight, iChat Catch Enterprise IM Wave?
<http://www.macnewsworld.com/story/35254.html>
by Blane Warrene, MacNewsWorld

[Opinion]

*** iPods Are Nice But Hardly Essential Despite All The Hype
<http://www.detnews.com/2004/metro/0407/22/b01-219717.htm>
by Laura Berman, Detroit News

*** Is iPod The New Betamax?
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2004/07/22/bmnm22.xml&sSheet=/arts/2004/07/22/ixartright.html>
by Neil McCormick, Telegraph

*** Apple's Slow Boat To China
<http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jul2004/tc20040722_8277_tc056.htm>
by Alex Salkever, BusinessWeek
Apple ignores China and its booming markets at its own peril.

*** Apple Makes Its Case For The Connected Home In 2004
<http://www.connectedhomemag.com/HomeOffice/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=43300>
by Paul Thurrott, Connected Home
There's never been a better time to support Apple. If you're interested in digital media, home networking, and personal computing, you should know that Apple's product line-up has never been stronger.

[Review]

*** AirPort Express Does What Apple Claims, But It Still Falls Short
<http://ptech.wsj.com/ptech.html>
by Walter S. Mossberg, Wall Street Journal
The biggest problem with AirPort Express is fundamental. Unlike most of its competitors, Apple's product lacks any remote control or remote user interface. That's just unacceptable in a device of this kind.

*** Apple's Base Station: No Wires, Lots Of Bells And Whistles
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/22/technology/circuits/22state.html?ex=1091073600&en=edc4d962e9891441&ei=5006&partner=ALTAVISTA1>
by David Pogue, New York Times
Apple is the first to combine all of these functions, effortlessly and elegantly, and the fact that the Express comes with supremely simple setup software, looks great and fits in your pocket or laptop carrying case is just Wi-Fi gravy.

*** iPod And iSight Don't Mix
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/mac911/archives/2004/07/000266.php>
by Christopher Breen, Macworld
If you're using both a new iPod (Click Wheel) and an iSight camera on your Mac's FireWire bus, your Mac may freeze.

*** Apple AirPort Express
<http://www.time.com/time/gadget/20040721/>
by Wilson Rothman, Time

*** AirPort Express
<http://arstechnica.com/reviews/004/airportexpress/airportexpress-1.html>
by Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica
The AirPort Express is more than just the sum of its parts. It can multitask rather well, and its ease of setup and mobiility are exactly as advertised.

*** Super Collapse! II
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/reviews/view.php?ID=502>
by Sean Daly, Inside Mac Games
Super Collapse! II stands out from other Tetris inspired games by the way a player pgoresses through the different levels.

[Sidetrack]

*** The Art Of The Single-Camera Shoot 
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/2004/07/22/#20040722bg000001>
by Heng-Cheong Leong
Some advice<http://www.emedialive.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=8680> for the one-man video crew.

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

[News]

*** The Keyboards Of Tomorrow?
<http://news.com.com/The+keyboards+of+tomorrow%3F/2010-1041_3-5278325.html?part=rss&tag=5278325&subj=news.1041.20>
by Michael Kanellos, CNET News.com
Can computer users adapt to new types of keyboards?

[Linux]

*** Setback For SCO's Linux Battle
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3917395.stm>
by BBC News
A key legal case in the claim by US firm SCO to own key parts of Linux has been largely dismissed.

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The other things in life

[Life]

*** When Technology Imitates Art
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/22/technology/circuits/22mill.html?hp>
by Joshua Tompkins, New York Times
Technology is transforming the way sculpture, architectural elements and many other once-hand-carved items can be created or cloned.

*** Producing A 'Superman' Sequel Is Like Leaping Tall Buildings
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/22/movies/22SUPE.html?ex=1248235200&>
by Laura M. Holson, New York Times
Given the tortured history surrounding that studio's attempts to revive "Superman," the forerunner of Hollywood's now-ubiquitous comic-book blockbusters, the Man of Steel's arrival would be nothing short of a miracle.

*** Art Mobs
<http://slate.msn.com/id/2104087/fr/rss/>
by Clive Thompson, Slate
Can an online crowd create a poem, a novel, or a painting?

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Life in the city

[Top Stories]

*** Report: China Suggests Trade Talks With Singapore Could Be Canceled
<http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2004/7/22/latest/18127ReportCh&sec=latest>
by Associated Press
A spat between China and Singapore deepened Thursday when the Chinese ambassador suggested in published remarks that Beijing might cancel free trade talks in response to a recent visit by the city-state's incoming prime minister to Taiwan.

[News]

*** No Shorter National Service Stint For Some Medical Officers
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/22754.asp>
by Today
They are medical officers who enjoyed six years of NS deferment to pursue their studies and are now back in the armed forces completing their NS stint, and the officer cadets currently undergoing NS deferment for medical school.

*** No Perks For Government Scholars Who Go Into Business
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,4386,262685,00.html?>
by Straits Times
PM Goh says government won't stand in their way if they want to leave but there won't be any support, incentives or jobs waiting if they fail.

*** China Rejects DPM Lee's Reasons For Taiwan Visit
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/topstories/story/0,4386,262747,00.html?>
by Jason Leow, Straits Times
China has rejected Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's reasons for visiting Taiwan recently and said Singapore should use 'concrete actions' to win the confidence of the Chinese people.