[MyAppleMenu] Jul 30, 2004

Fri Jul 30 13:15:01 EDT 2004

MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Friday, July 30, 2004

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Mac News for Mac Users

[Top Stories]

*** Real Shoots Back At Apple, Reaffirms Commitment To Harmony
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2004/07/29/realharmony/?lsrc=mcrss-0704>
by Jim Darlymple, MacCentral
"Consumers, and not Apple, should be the ones choosing what music goes on their iPod... There is ample and clear precedent for this activity, for instance the first IBM compatible PCs from Compaq."

[News]

*** Kansas City Apple Store Location Revealed
<http://www.macnn.com/news/25659>
by MacNN
East side of the Broadway just south of 47th Street.

*** Toast 6 Titanium Gets Double-Layer Support, More
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/07/29/toast>
by MacMinute

*** Apple Misses Dual 2.5GHz G5 Ship Date
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/07/29/dualg5>
by MacMinute
"The deamdn for this item has been incredible. We are shipping them as quickly as possible, but cannot meet the ship date we previously estimated."

*** SimCity 4 Rush Hour Hits Beta, Due In September
<http://www.macnn.com/news/25656>
by MacNN

*** Missing Sync For Palm V4 Adds WiFi Network Sync, More
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2004/07/29/missingsybc/?lsrc=mcrss-0704>
by Brad Cook, MacCentral

[Opinion]

*** Why Harmony Causes Discord At Apple
<http://stephenwithers.com/C436660961/E229724623/index.html>
by Stephen Withers
Apple needs to keep all those iPod owners' eyes on iTMS, as that will be the publicity conduit as well as the delivery channel for Apple-published content.

*** Apple Threatens Real
<http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/cmusings/2004/07/29#a731>
by Derek Slater
Since when is reverse engineering unethical? Oh right -- since the DMCA... Let me remind you that Real was one of the first companies to sue the creator of an interoperating product under the DMCA, so it's not as if they're the innocent defenders of innovation here.

*** Note To Apple: Proprietary Is Good
<http://www.forbes.com/technology/2004/07/29/cx_ld_0729aapl.html>
by Lisa DiCarlo, Forbes
It's important to consider two multi-billion industries that have thrived despite their proprietary technologies: printer cartridges and videogames.

*** The Trouble With Tethering
<http://features.engadget.com/entry/6314322665586411/>
by Peter Rojas, Engadget
If Apple is smart, it will welcome Rhapsody users. Tethering may be the hot corporate move of the moent, but it's ultimately bad business and -- when backed up by law -- bad public policy.

*** Apple Shows Some Mean Colors
<http://weblog.siliconvalley.com/column/dangillmor/archives/010648.shtml>
by Dan Gillmor, San Jose Mercury News
What we customers want is cross-platform compatibility: standards. What the comapnies want is lock-in. They may win, but they're only locking me out -- because I won't play by those rules.

[Review]

*** Case Compatibility
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/archives/000275.php>
by Dan Frakes, Macworld
Now that Apple has released the 4th-generation (Click Wheel) iPods, the most common question users are asking is "Which case can I use?"

[Sidetrack]

*** Release The Artist In You 
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/2004/07/30/#20040730bg000003>
by Heng-Cheong Leong
So, you've tinkered with GarageBand long enough that you've actually performed and recorded cover versions of songs. The more you listen to your own recordings, the more confident that your cover version is actually better than the original version. The next logical step, of course then, is to publish and sell your songs to the world, and watch the money roll in.

But before you do that, remember to take care of the royalties<http://www.cdbaby.net/dd?f=8> first.

(Link via Boing Boing<http://www.boingboing.net/2004/07/30/howto_legally_sell_d.html>)

*** Are You A HyperCard Programmer? 
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/2004/07/30/#20040730bg000002>
by Heng-Cheong Leong
Dan Bricklin<http://danbricklin.com/log/2004_06_29.htm#workingwell>: When it comes to traditional press writing about blogging, I'm reminded of programmers reacting to developments like the spreadsheet when VisiCalc came out. Sure the "programs" people wrote with it, and the "databases" they kept as lists, were not up to the standards of "real" programmers. But "every-person programming and databasing" has proved a boon to society and has not really threatened the profession of "programmer". It has, though, changed the role of programmer by allowing many of the detailed, area-of-expertise-centric applications to be done quickly, effectively, and inexpensively.

Can someone try and see if this argument can be extended to the hot issue of outsourcing?

[Wintel]

*** Longhorn Faces Another Delay
<http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/07/29/HNlonghorndelay_1.html>
by Joris Evers, InfoWorld
First beta version of Microsoft's next major Windows client release slips to second half of 2005.

*** Microsoft Says It Has Room To Grow
<http://news.com.com/Microsoft+says+it+has+room+to+grow/2100-7343_3-5289182.html?part=rss&tag=5289182&subj=news.7343.20>
by Ina Fried, CNET News.com
Microsoft may already dominate several key markets, but the company says there's still plenty of room for growth.

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

[News]

*** Handheld Market: Rising Or Falling?
<http://news.com.com/Handheld+market%3A+Rising+or+falling%3F/2100-1041_3-5289247.html?part=rss&tag=5289247&subj=news.1041.20>
by Richard Shim, CNET News.com
Shipments of handhelds in the second quarter were either hot or cold -- it depends on whom you talk to and where you categorize Research In Motion's BlackBerry device.

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The other things in life

[Feature]

*** Boston Week 
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/2004/07/30/#20040730bg000001>
by Heng-Cheong Leong
Hi there! Today, we conclude Boston Week -- where we explore the works of Boston writers -- with three poems by Mr Robert Pinsky.

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*** Shirt
<http://www.poets.org/poems/poems.cfm?45442B7C000C07060970>
by Robert Pinsky
The back, the yoke, the yardage. Lapped seams,The nearly invisible stitches along the collarTurned in a sweatshop by Koreans or Malaysians

*** Impossible To Tell (My Two Joke Elegy)
<http://www.ibiblio.org/ipa/pinsky/impossible.html>
by Robert Pinsky

*** To Television
<http://www.ibiblio.org/ipa/pinsky/television.html>
by Robert Pinsky
Not a "window on the world"But as we call you,A box a tube

[World]

*** Wired Awake
<http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/07/29/wired/index_np.html>
by Ian Sample, Salon
Soldiers in the field go for days without rest. Now, an investigation has found the British Ministry of Defense has been buying a new stimulant in bulk.

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[Top Stories]

*** Singapore's First Two PMs To Keep Cabinet Influence When Lee Takes Over
<http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/content.asp?y=2004&dt=0730&pub=Utusan_Express&sec=World&pg=wo_02.htm>
by AFP
The nation's first two leaders will continue to wield strong influence.

[News]

*** Singapore Back On Qantas' Tail
<http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2987410a6026,00.html>
by New Zealand Stuff
The Singapore government has called for a resumption of its stalled open-skies talks with Australia, putting in doubt Qantas' stranglehold on the lucrative Australia-US route.

*** Singapore's Tolerance For Failure Rising
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,4386,264073,00.html?>
by Sandra Davie, Straits Times
Social respect for those starting a business is going up, says Tharman.