[MyAppleMenu] Jun 17, 2004

Thu Jun 17 13:15:00 EDT 2004

MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Thursday, June 17, 2004

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Mac News for Mac Users

[Top Stories]

*** Apple Versus The Indies: MTV Parallels
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=8931>
by Jonny Evans, Macworld UK
Apple's attempt to make Europe's independent labels agree to an unattractive deal to get their music onto iTunes Music Store may fail, industry insiders say.

[News]

*** Apple iTune Card Problems Continue
<http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=16628>
by Nick Farrell, The Inqurier

*** More On Steve Jobs
<http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/online/archives/digital_music/2004/06/more_on_steve_jobs.html>
by Neil McIntosh, The Guardian
Students of Jobs interviews will note his comments on the iPod's changing role for Apple (it's not seen as flag-bearer for the whole Mac OS any mroe) and Jobs' repeated statement of admiration for Sony.

*** Word Refuseniks: Never Upgrade
<http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,63848,00.html?tw=rss.TOP>
by Leander Kahney, Wired News
Microsoft's brand-new version of Office for Mac OS X has bee highly praised in reviews, but for many users it can't hold a candle to the 13-year-old Word 5.1.

*** iTunes Music Store UK Launch Available Via QuickTime
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2004/06/17/ims/index.php?redirect=1087452888000>
by Peter Cohen, MacCentral
If you're not interested in watching a streaming video of the event, Apple has also posted a photo gallery.

*** iTunes Invasion: Apple Takes Music War Overseas
<http://www.macnewsworld.com/story/34535.html>
by Blane Warrene, MacNewsWorld
"The European Union Copyright Directive pushes each member country to harmonize their individual copyright laws for ocnsistency across the region. Apple has to work out online contract law issues, as the two go hand in hand."

*** Apple Soars To Three-Year High Of $32.74
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/06/16/aapl>
by MacMinute

*** Apple Makes IT-Giants List
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=8924>
by Macworld UK
Apple is ranked 74th out of 100 IT companies on size, growth, profitability, and returns, new data shows.

*** New Light Shed On Apple US Resellers Case
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=8923&Page=1&pagePos=10>
by Macworld UK
An amended complaint filed by one of the complainants sheds light on the finer points of the case. It includes complaints of breach of contract, fraud, false advertising, and defamation, among others.

[Opinion]

*** Apple, Respect Your Resellers
<http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jun2004/tc20040617_8078.htm>
by Alex Salkever, BusinessWeek
Apple must craft a plan to rebuild and reinvent its ties with small resellers.

*** iPod Now Has Insane 52 Percent Marketshare... Just Liek Steve Planned It
<http://www.billpalmer.net/ipodgarage/ipod000118.html>
by Bill Palmer

*** Bruise On The Apple
<http://www.macmove.com/mt/archives/000116.html>
by Seth Dimbert, MacMove.com
Apple routinely sells machines with the absolute minimum amount of RAM that they can get away with. Why risk frustration for the cost of a measly extra stick of memory?

[Review]

*** XIII
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/reviews/view.php?ID=476>
by Mark Satterthwaite, Inside Mac Games
XIII is a stylish, and well-executed stealth shooter for one player, but only mediocre beyond that.

[Wintel]

*** How Microsoft Lost The API War
<http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/APIWar.html>
by Joel Spolsky
Microsoft's API doesn't matter so much. Web applications don't require Windows. It's not that Microsoft didn't notice this was happening. Of course they did, and when the implications became clear, they slammed on the brakes. The Internet Explorer team seems to have disappeared; they have been completely missing in action for several years... The trouble is: it's too late.

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

[News]

*** Personal Computers
<http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/04_25/b3888622.htm>
by Andrew Park, BusinessWeek
PCs have barely changed styles since their birth. Here's how to revolutionize their look.

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The other things in life

[World]

*** So Torture Is Legal?
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44874-2004Jun15.html>
by Anne Applebaum, Washington Post
To understand the magnitude of what may have gone on in America's secret prison, you don't need special security clearance or inside information. Anyone who wants to connect the dots can do it.

[Tech & Science]

*** Saying The World By Building A Better Light Bulb
<http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/06/16/lightbulbs/index_np.html>
by Farhad Manjoo, Salon
Edison's 19th century invention still burns on, a wasteful contributor to global warming. There's got to be a better way.

[Life]

*** Why Is Art Not Reflecting World Events?
<http://argument.independent.co.uk/commentators/story.jsp?story=532270>
by Anna Somers Cocks, Independent
What has art done to give us an antidote to the terrible images that flashed around the world of the Twin Towers collapsing, of the naked men on a leash in Abu Ghraib, of the American having his throat cut?

*** Sad Adieu To College, And To Good Old .edu
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/17/technology/circuits/17mail.html>
by Joyce Cohen, New York Times
It's graduation season. Along with this rite of passage come significant changes -- including, for many, the need to relinquish a college e-mail address.

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Life in the city

[News]

*** Ministers' Salary Cuts To Be Restored In Two Phases
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/latest/story/0,4390,256775,00.html?>
by Straits Times
With the economy turning around, the government will be restoring the cuts to the salaries of ministers and other senior officials from next month.

*** MRT Project Contractor In A Jam
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/topstories/story/0,4386,256634,00.html?>
by Karamjit Kaur, Straits Times
10 stations won't get new facilities for disabled, elderly at the same time as others being retrofitted with lifts, ramps.