[MyAppleMenu] Jun 26, 2004

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Saturday, June 26, 2004

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Mac News for Mac Users

[News]

*** A Good Word Processor For Creative Writers: Interview With Nisus Founder Jerzy Lewak
<http://www.maccreator.com/articles/nisus-interview.html>
by Eolake Stobblehouse, MacCreator

*** School Systems Unsure About Funding Laptops
<http://www.onlinesentinel.com/news/local/775214.shtml>
by Keith Edwards, Morning Sentinel
While officials in some central Maine districts have indicated they are making a commitment to bring laptops to their high schools, others are hesitant to spend perhaps $300 per computer for each incoming freshman.

*** 3GHz PowerPC G5 Eludes IBM
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1616983,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03129TX1K0000611>
by Mark Hachman, eWeek
Even the most ingenious chip designs can be undone by manufacturing problems: Consider IBM's struggle to raise the megahertz ante for its PowerPC processors.

*** Apple Computer Chief Quits
<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/754033.cms>
by Satya Parkash Singh, Times Of India
At a time when Apple is beginning to gain foot-hold in the price-sensitive Indian market through its retail and education strategy, its India chief has quit the company. Interestingly, in its decade-long presence in India, Apple has so far seen five country heads.

*** Apple Win IDEAs For iPod Mini, G5, iSight, BT Keyboard
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2004/06/25/idea/index.php?redirect=1088184134000>
by MacCentral
Apple on Friday won four prizes -- two Gold, one Silver and one Bronze -- in the 2004 Industrial Design Excellence Awards, which were sponsored by BusinessWeek magazine.

*** Macworld Boston Set To Go On Without Apple
<http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20040625S0002>
by W. David Gardner, TechWeb
What's an Apple Computer show without Apple Computer? Just fine, say the presenters of the Macworld Conference & Expo.

*** IBM: PowerPC G5 To Go Mobile
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1617070,00.asp>
by Mark Hachman, eWeek
According to officials of IBM, the technology for a notebook version of the PowerPC G5 may be at hand.

[Review]

*** An Underutilized Word Tool
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/mac911/archives/2004/06/000236.php>
by Christopher Breen, Macworld
Microsoft Word is so stuffed with features that few of us take advantage of even a small portion of them. Here's one you've likely overlooked that can be a real time saver.

[Sidetrack]

*** Eat This! 
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/2004/06/26/#20040626bg000001>
by Heng-Cheong Leong
There's a saying in Chinese: A snake trying to swallow an elephant. I.e. not understanding one's own limitation.

Well, I don't have any pictures of that. But here<http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/catchfish.asp>'s a catfish trying to swallow a basketball.

[Wintel]

*** Windows Server 2003 Vanishes From Vulnerability List
<http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/06/25/26secadvise_1.html>
by Wayne Rash, InfoWorld
There are some lists that you don't want to be on, and Microsoft may have finally managed to avoid this one.

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Emerging Technology. Innovative Applications. New Economy.

[News]

*** Best Musical Score (By A Laptop)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/26/nyregion/26competition.html>
by James Barron, New York Times
A computer program that can judge piano competitions depends on calculating statistical measures like standard deviations, means and medians.

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The other things in life

[World]

*** The Salon Interview: Bill Clinton
<http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/06/25/clinton/index_np.html>
by Joe Conason, Salon
The former president blasts the Bush-Cheney rush to war, explains why Gore lost in 2000 and tells how Kerry can win in 2004.

[Life]

*** Books Make You A Boring Person
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/books/review/27NEHRING.html>
by Cristina Nehring, New York Times
There's a new piety in the air: the self-congratulation of book lovers.