[MyAppleMenu] Jun 7, 2004

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Monday, June 7, 2004

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Mac News for Mac Users

[Top Stories]

*** Apple iTunes Europe Launch Set For June 15
<http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=5359705&section=news>
by Bernhard Warner and Lucas van Grinsven, Reuters
Apple issued a statement on Monday that it would host a press conference in London on June 15. Apple billed the event, "the biggest story in music is about to get even bigger".

[News]

*** Home On The Digital Range
<http://www.vnunet.com/news/1143622>
by Tim Bajarin, vnunet.com
The vision of the Mac as a digital hub has become the model for the entire PC industry.

*** Listen Up!
<http://www.sptimes.com/2004/06/07/Technology/Listen_up.shtml>
by Dave Gussow, St. Petersburg Times
MP3 players are letting music lovers take their collections anywhere they want.

*** Consumer Rage Over iPod Mini E-Tailer Sites
<http://hardware.silicon.com/storage/0,39024649,39121143,00.htm>
by Jo Best, Silicon.com
After months of waiting and hundreds spent, the goodies still haven't arrived...

*** iPod Shot To Death
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=8846&Page=1&pagePos=9>
by Macworld UK
A UK gadget magazine has committed 'fowl' offences against an iPod.

[Review]

*** Director's Cut
<http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,9752919%5E15397%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html>
by Sholto Macpherson, The Australian
Now anyone with a digital video camera and a computer can set up a little film studio at home.

*** Skipping Auto Login
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/mac911/archives/2004/06/000210.php>
by Christopher Breen, Macworld
The shift key can perform one of several functions at startup.




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The other things in life

[Life]

*** Radio Silence
<http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/004/184uadtr.asp>
by Andrew Ferguson, Weekly Standard
How NPR purged classical music from its airwaves.

*** Blocked
<http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?040614fa_fact>
by Joan Acocella, New Yorker
Why do writers stop writing?

[Expressions]

*** Chance
<http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/content/?040614fi_fiction1>
by Alice Munro, New Yorker


*** Szmura's Room
<http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/content/?040614fi_fiction>
by Aleksandar Hemon, New Yorker





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Life in the city

[Top Stories]

*** Singapore Malaysia, Make Up
<http://www.etaiwannews.com/Asia/2004/06/07/1086575503.htm>
by Associated Press
Economic pressure are forcing the two countries to move closer together, as both grapple with rising challenges from China and India for foreign investment.

[News]

*** Four Main Taxi Operators Score Poor Grades For Safety
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/88863/1/.html>
by Asha Popatlal, Channel NewsAsia
All of Singapore's four big players -- Comfort, CityCab, SMRT, Yellow-Top Cabs -- have exceeded the allowed accident rate of 2 crashes per 10 million kilometres, set by the Land Transport Authority.




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