[MyAppleMenu] Jun 21, 2004

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Monday, June 21, 2004

MyAppleMenu
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Mac News for Mac Users

[Top Stories]

*** Apple Announces Remote Desktop 2
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/06/21/remotedesktop>
by MacMinute
Apple Remote Desktop 2 includes more than 50 new features for centrally managing Mac OS X systems.

[News]

*** Canada, iTunes' Next Online Target
<http://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=63c43dda-27b0-4d20-b4b7-c7584cb954f4>
by Robert Thompson, Finacial Post
'On Steve Jobs' radar now," says EMI's CEO.

*** FileMaker Announces FileMaker Mobile 7, Work Requests
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/06/21/filemaker>
by MacMinute

*** Apple Again Expands iBook Logic Board Repair Program
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2004/06/21/ibook/index.php?redirect=1087805753000>
by Peter Cohen, MacCentral

*** Mac-Friendly Arts Center
<http://www.macmove.com/mt/archives/000124.html>
by Mike Wendland, MacMove.com
The music theory department where the tablet PCs are being tested bristles with Mac technology.

*** Apple Top On Design, Says MS
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=8959>
by Macworld UK
The computer industry has failed to follow Apple's lead on design, a Microsoft hardware boss has admitted.

*** Apple And iPod Boost English Football
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=8957&Page=1&pagePos=11>
by Macworld UK
Apple technology may have handed England its 3-0 victory against Switzerland last week. Segments of video briefly available online clealry shows that some England footballers like to chill out before a match -- by listening to their favourite tracks on an iPod.

*** Apple Computer Loses Appeal Against China Trademark Panel Decision
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific_business/view/91150/1/.html>
by AFP
Apple has lost a court appeal against a decision that rejected its application to have its trademark logo extended to cover clothing and other items in China, state media reported.

*** iTunes Is A Hit, But Will It Be A Star?
<http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9071-1153039,00.html>
by Paul Durman, The Times
Apple's virtual music site wants 10% of total song sales, but in its present form that looks ambitious.

*** Fans Forge Future iPods
<http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,63903,00.html>
by Leander Kahney, Wired News
For a peek into the dark recesses of the iPod community's collective id, browse the gallery of iPod concept designs at the iPodlounge.

*** An Apple So Hot It's Liquid-Cooled
<http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2004/06/21/an_apple_so_hot_its_liquid_cooled/>
by Hiawatha Bray, Boston Globe
The heat problem is back, thanks to the chip makers' determination to obey Moore's Law.

*** Apple Resellers Expect Dual G5 Delays
<http://www.arnnet.com.au/index.php/id;778628941;fp;2;fpid;1>
by Tim Lohman, ARN
"If there's one constant in life it's that there will be delays with any new Apple products."

*** iPod Minis Are In
<http://www.al.com/business/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/business/1087723021118620.xml>
by Brian Castro, Huntsville Times
In Huntsville iPod minis have been back ordered for months.

*** Digital Music Wars Play Out In Europe
<http://www.iht.com/articles/525730.html>
by Eric Pfanner, International Herald Tribune
The competition among online music services pits the titans of the technology world against each other. Getting ordinary web surfers to fall in love with these new offering smay prove anything but easy.

*** MP3 Players Fit The Bill
<http://www.nypost.com/business/25941.htm>
by Kaya Laterman, New York Post
Audible.com is hoping the hype surrounding Bill Clinton's audio recording of his upcoming memoir "My Life" will make it a household name.

[Review]

*** Apple Impresses With New Xserve Hardware
<http://www.cpilive.net/news_ver2/inside.asp?wherefrom=search&newsitem=6212004121030AMPRODUCT+REVIEW.htm&channel=PRODUCT+REVIEW>
by P.J. Connolly, CPILive.net
Feature for feature, Apple's Xserve holds its own against anything I'vve seen in a Xeon- or Opteron-based system, and forthcoming additions will only sweeten the pot.

[Sidetrack]

*** Back To 1989 
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/2004/06/21/#20040621bg000001>
by Heng-Cheong Leong
Can you recognize any of these Macintosh software developers<http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/crimson1/2004/06/20#a1919>?

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

[Top Stories]

*** Old Search Engine, The Library, Tries To Fit Into A Google World
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/21/technology/21LIBR.html>
by Katie Hafner, New York Times
For the last few years, librarians have increasingly seen people use online search sites not to supplement research libraries but to replace them. Yet only recently have librarians stopped lamenting the trend and started working to close the gap between traditional scholarly research and the incomplete, often random results of a Google search.

[News]

*** What Lessons Can We Learn From The Carnage The Blaster Worm Created?
<http://acmqueue.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=159>
by Jim Morrison, ACM Queue

MyAppleMenu Reader
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The other things in life

[Life]

*** Keeping Bill And Hillary On The Same Page
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/20/fashion/20CLIN.html>
by Strawbeery Saroyan, New York Times
Competing books are always tricky, and the lives of writing couples trickier than most.

*** Olympics Countdown Quickens
<http://www.newyorker.com/shouts/content/?040628sh_shouts>
by Bruce McCall, New Yorker
Fellow Committee Members: This report is late, but, then, what isn't?

[Expressions]

*** THe Plague Of Doves
<http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/content/?040628fi_fiction>
by Louise Erdrich, New Yorker

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[Top Stories]

*** The Guessing Games Of Civil Society
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/21074.asp>
by Constance Singam, Today
In the struggle for more freedom of expression, activists' new worry is being labelled 'political'.

[News]

*** Business Etiquette In Singapore
<http://money.inq7.net/features/view_features.php?yyyy=2004&mon=06&dd=21&file=3>
by Lia S. Bernardo, Inquirer

[Opinion]

*** Rotate CCAs Every Six Months And Call It 'Play'
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/21080.asp>
by Chirag Agarwal, Today

*** Why Are Kids Banned From Post Office?
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,4386,257444,00.html?>
by Han Chao Juan, Straits Times
I had some errands to run at the post office and decided to take my two daughters, as I thought it would be educational for them. To my horror, it turned out to be a nightmare for all three of us.

[Entertainment]

*** Singapore Academic Unravels Mystery Of Kissing
<http://www.brunei-online.com/bb/mon/jun21w3.htm>
by Associated Press
Ever wondered why many people close their eyes when they kiss? Avoid overloading the senses.