[MyAppleMenu] Jun 24, 2004

Thu Jun 24 13:15:01 EDT 2004

MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Thursday, June 24, 2004

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Mac News for Mac Users

[News]

*** Apple Refocuses On Mass Market
<http://www.arnnet.com.au/index.php/id;604021802;fp;2;fpid;1>
by Tim Lohman, ARN
With the digital lifestyle market taking off, Apple is again trying its luck in the mass merchant space.

*** Apple's .Mac Email Now Offers 'Email Aliases' And 'Spell-Check' Features
<http://www.macdailynews.com/comments.php?id=P2939_0_1_0>
by MacDailyNews
You can use email aliases instead of your .Mac email address to keep your .Mac account private or to easily recognize and organize incoming emails from varios sources.

*** Dr. Michael Bull On The iPod-As-Icon
<http://www.macnewsworld.com/story/34703.html>
by Elizabeth Millard, MacNewsWorld
Dr Michael Bull -- also known by many as "Professor iPod" -- is a lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies at the University in the UK, and he has embarked on a research project to study the cultural impact of iPods and other digital music technology.

*** New Offerings For .Mac Members
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/06/24/dotmac>
by MacMinute
Apple has added two new offerings to its .Mac online service roster, including a special price for a one year subscription to MacAddict magazine, and a new file sharing downloads template.

*** Daivd Bryne On Opera, Architecture, The Afterlife And His iPod
<http://www.sunherald.com/mld/thesunherald/entertainment/8997699.htm>
by Nick Marino, Cox News Service

*** Keys Shocks Apple With Store Buying Preferences
<http://www.teenmusic.com/d.asp?r=71973&cat=1020>
by World Entertainment News Network
Alicia Keys shocked Apple bosses while promoting iTunes last week -- when she admitted she prefers buying records to downloading music.

*** iChat AV At 35,000 Feet
<http://www.apple.com/hotnews/articles/2004/06/ichat_at_35k/>
by Apple
In what might have been the first in-air commercial videoconference, Apple product manager Kurt Knight,on the ground in Cupertino, hooked up over iChat AV with product line manager Eric Zelenka, returning to San Francisco from Munich, by leveraging Lufthansa's new wireless high-speed broadband connection service.

*** NSW RTA Makes Open Source Move
<http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,9939948%5E15441%5E%5Enbv%5E15306-15319,00.html>
by Simon Hayes, The Australian
The authority has already indicated its preference for open standards by installing Apple's iMac G4 across the registries earlier this year.

*** Firm Sweetens Mac Virus Tool, But Will Apple-ites Bite?
<http://news.com.com/Firm+sweetens+Mac+virus+tool%2C+but+will+Apple-ites+bite%3F/2100-7355_3-5245399.html>
by Robert Lemos, CNET News.com

*** Camino Gets Updated Look, Rendering Engine, More
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/06/23/camino>
by MacMinute
The update offers a new look and icon set, upgraded Gecko HTML rendering engine, a more-compact download manager UI, and more.

*** eMac Combo Drive Updater Fixes CD-R Issue
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2004/06/23/hlds/index.php?redirect=1088006462000>
by Peter Cohen, MacCentral
The updater prevents blank CD-R discs from automatically ejecting after audio-ripping in iTunes.

*** Corel Sells Bryce To DAZ Productions
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2004/06/23/bryce/index.php?redirect=1088006460000>
by Brad Cook, MacCentral
Corel announced on Wednesday the sale of its landscaping and animation software Bryce to DAZ Productions. Bryce's new owner has renamed the application DAZ|Bryce and plans to build integration with its animation lip-sync solution DAZ|Mimic and with its art tool DAZ|Studio into the next release of the software.

[Review]

*** Final Draft V7
<http://www.applelinks.com/pm/more.php?id=1684_0_1_0_M>
by Kirk Hiner, Applelinks
Owners of Final Draft v6 may not need to upgrade, but those still trying to churn out scripts in Microsoft Word need to get this program going.

*** The Emperor's Mahjong
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/reviews/view.php?ID=465>
by Sean Daly, Inside Mac Games
The game is an enjoyable experience, but if you are not a fan of solitaire you will not be a fan of this game.

[Sidetrack]

*** New Stuff For .Mac Members 
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/2004/06/24/#20040624bg000001>
by Heng-Cheong Leong
Cool<http://www.macminute.com/2004/06/24/dotmac>, but where is the 1GB disk space?

[Wintel]

*** Microsoft Christens Cut-Rate Windows As 'XP Starter Edition'
<http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,1995,1616618,00.asp?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535>
by Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Watch
Redmond decides to continue to offer a cheap, stripped-down version of Windows for the Thai market to stave off Linux.

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

[News]

*** User Registration Need Not Be Inevitable
<http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/columns/stopthepresses_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000550560>
by Steve Outing, Editor And Publisher
Forcing web visitors to register is a major trend among newspapers, but is it the only alternative?

*** Looking For The Eureka! Button
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/24/technology/circuits/24hidd.html>
by Katie Hafner, New York Times
As printed manuals grow scarcer while features multiply in computers, electronic gadgets and software, consumers are increasingly on their own in learning what their devices can do.

[Internet]

*** Weblogs.com Rises From The Flames
<http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,63953,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_5>
by Staci D. Karmer, Wired News
What was decried as the death of a blog universe when Dave Winer shut down free blog host Weblogs.com turned out to be little more than a four-day server outage surrounded by a heck of a flame war.

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The other things in life

[World]

*** Writing To The Edge
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1024-2004Jun23.html>
by David S. Broder, Washington Post
You have heard of ping-pong diplomacy. Now condier "ping-pong journalism."

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[News]

*** People's Park To Get Back Its Old Charm
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,4386,258023,00.html?>
by Daryl Loo, Straits Times
Gardens, better ventilation and escalators part of $5m makeover soon for hawker centre and shops.

*** More Are Calling It Quits After Decades Of Marriage
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,4386,258038,00.html?>
by Crystal Chan and Theresa Tan, Straits Times
About 21 percent of all divorces last year involved those who had been married for 20 years and more.

[Opinion]

*** What A Hassle To Get Refund For Overcharged Fare
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,4386,258034,00.html?>
by Koh Chin Chye, Straits Times
Why ist he claim process so tedious when the passenger is not at fault.