[MyAppleMenu] Monday, Mar 1, 2004

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Monday, Mar 1, 2004

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Giant Success For iPod Mini (Nancy Dillon, New York Daily News)
<http://www.nydailynews.com/business/story/169071p-147697c.html>
Apple's new iPod Mini was a strong seller in its first full week in circulation, even though Mac faithfuls earlier complained it was overpriced.

MyAppleMenu : News
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Belkin's Microphone Adapter Turns iPod Into Recorder (Brad Cook, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2004/03/01/belkin/index.php?redirect=1078153463000>

"Scrubs" Production Team: Editing A Network TV Show (Nancy Eaton, Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/pro/video/scrubs/>
"We beat the crap out of our editing system, and so far it's holding up nicely."

Xbox 2 Heading For Macs (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=8047>
The Xbox 2 software developers kit has been seeded to developers on Apple's Power Mac G5.

Ive's iPod Banana Drama (Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=8039>
"It takes a real confidence in design to be happy to get design out of the way."

San Francisco Apple Store Lukcy Bags End Up On eBay (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2004/03/01/lucky/index.php?redirect=1078125422000>
It didn't take too long for folks who came to Apple's opening of its first retail store in San Francisco to try to profit from their $249 investment in a "Lucky Bag." They're already showing up on eBay.

Apple's Shake At The Oscars (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/03/01/shake>
For the seventh year in a row, a film using Apple's Shake compsoiting software won "Best Visual Effects" at the Oscars.

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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Older iPods Are A Much Better Deal (Douglas Matheson, The Record)
<http://www.recordnet.com/daily/business/articles/030104-b-6.php>

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Get Your Files On An iPod (David Strom, Daily Yomiuri)
<http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/20040302wo61.htm>
We'll see more software to embrace the iPod that isn't music related in the coming year for sure.

Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc (Mark Satterthwaite, Inside Mac Games)
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/reviews/view.php?ID=454>
Rayman 3 is an interesting looking game that is sadly let down by a poor camera and lack of originality.

Computing Future Lies In Apple's Little iPod (James Derk, Courier Press)
<http://www.myinky.com/ecp/business_columnists/article/0,1626,ECP_781_2693414,00.html>
It's a first-class product and Apple ought to take a bow.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: Top Stories
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Extra! Extra! Read All About You (Joanna Glasner, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,62467,00.html?tw=rss.TOP>
While a few years ago only a handful of newspaper websites required user registration, industry analysts say the practice has now become commonplace.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: News & Opinions
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VoIP -- Plan A Vs Plan b (Clay Shirky)
<http://www.shirky.com/writings/voip_a_b.html>

Domain Names Are Big Again (Bob Tedeschi, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/01/technology/01ecom.html>
Dot-com domain names are fetching respectable prices again, after more than three years of attracting scant interest.

Radio, Net Phone Draw Feds' Attention (Dan Gillmor, San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/8070958.htm>
Innovation may be one of Silicon Valley's specialties, but politicians and bureaucrats love to muck with the technology the valley creates.

MyAppleMenu Reader: Life
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Not Peace, But A Sword (William Safire, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/01/opinion/01SAFI.html?hp>
Is art served by presenting the ancient divisiveness in blood-streaming media to the widest audiences in the history of drama?

MyAppleMenu Reader: Expressions
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Long Ago Yesterday (Kanif Kureishi, New Yorker)
<http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/content/?040308fi_fiction>

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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The Better-Off Can Still Opt For Cheaper Wards (Tan Hui Leng, Today)
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/15198.asp>
The better-off will simply have to pay a little more, says Khaw Boon Wan.

MDA: Surfing Porn Is Not A Crime, But... (Joy Frances, Today)
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/15184.asp>
The sticky question of what is permitted concerning Internet pornography and what is not has surfaced again after almost a decade.

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