[MyAppleMenu] Wednesday, Mar 3, 2004

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Wednesday, Mar 3, 2004

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Apple's $10 Billion Growth Strategy (Jonny Evans, Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=8065>
"We would like to become a $10 billion company again."

MyAppleMenu : News
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The Mighty Lure Of Online Music (Scott Kessler, TechNewsWorld)
<http://www.technewsworld.com/perl/story/33026.html>

Apple Quietly Pulls Nvidia FCode Flasher (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news/23695>

Finder Co-Designer Not Keen On Current User Interface (Dennis Sellers, MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/03/03/capps>
Steve Capps doesn't find much to excite him about either the Mac or Windows user interface these days.

iBlog Adds iLife '04 Support, More (Brad Cook, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2004/03/03/iblog/index.php?redirect=1078325798000>
The new edition integrates with iLife '04 by allowing bloggers to seamlessly import photos and music from iPhoto 4 and iTunes 4.

Indies Stay In Tune With Sharing (Katie Dean, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,62504,00.html>
South by Southwest music festival is providing this year's library of music for free through an iTunes shared music playlist.

Apple Posts Graphics-Card Update (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=8067>
Apple has released a software update for the OEM versions of a variety of NVidia graphics cards it ships inside many Macs.

iPod Poll: Size Isn't Everything (Karen Haslam, Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=8070>
Macworld readers are split over the need for huge iPod capacity.

Security Firm Uncovers QuickTime Vulnerabilities (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news/23686>
Particulars of the vulnerabilities have not been released.

Jobs Dominates In Forbes CEO Ratings (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/03/02/ceoratings>

iDVD 4.0.1 Update Released (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2004/03/02/idvd/?lsrc=mcrss-0304>
The new release "will provide for improved reliability when authoring and burning DVDs."

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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Whither The Indie Mac Resellers? (Peter Cohen, Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/archives/000089.php>
I'm hoping that cooperation with local resellers and relations between resellers and Apple stores is an area that Apple is working on to improve.

The Death Of MacNET - As Apple Moves Into The Mainstream The Mac Web Needs To Change (John Manzione, MacNETv2)
<http://www.macnet2.com/more.php?id=464_0_1_0>
The Mac is a computer, not a religion. It's time more of us stood up and said so.

Apple's New Chapter In The Classroom (Alex Salkever, BusinessWeek)
<http://yahoo.businessweek.com/technology/content/mar2004/tc2004033_0360_tc056.htm>
Something good is happening for Apple in education. The proof is in the market share and test-score numbers.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Listening To Bluetooth (Or At Least Trying To) (Dori Smith, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/03/02/bluetooth.html>
You're a Mac user, so you expect that you can plug things in (or in this case, pair thi8ngs), and they'll just work. Unfortunately, it's not quite that simple.

iLife 04 (Stuart Miles, Pocket-lint.co.uk)
<http://www.pocket-lint.co.uk/review.php?reviewId=344>

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: Top Stories
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Hands Off! That Fact Is Mine (Kim Zetter, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,62500,00.html?tw=rss.TOP>
Congress is considering a bill that would allow companies to copyright databases and other sets of information. Critics say the bill would circumvent the core of copyright law, which says no one can own a fact.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: News & Opinions
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ICANN't Take It Anymore (Sonia Arrison, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2010-1071_3-5168635.html>
To retain credibility, ICANN must improve its processes and deliver on its public proclamations.

Dead End (Mike Gunderloy, Micrsoft Certified Professional Magazine)
<http://mcpmag.com/columns/rss.asp?editorialsid=661>
Ed Yourdon has advice for surviving "death march" projects.

MyAppleMenu Reader: Expressions
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A Riff For Sidney Bechet (Stanley Moss, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/id/2095948/>

MyAppleMenu Reader: EOF
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Jesus Demands Creative Control Over Next Movie (The Onion)
<http://www.theonion.com/news/>
"I never should have given Mel Gibson so much license. I don't like to criticize a member of the flock, but that close-up of the nail sbeing pounded into My wrists -- that was just bad."

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : Top Stories
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When Maternity Leave Is A Dirty Word (Soh Wen Lin, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,4386,238077,00.html?>
It's not talked about -- but pregnancies can be unpopular at the workplace and catering to maternity leave is often a complex task.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Unlicensed AirAsia Shuttle Buses Impounded (Karamjit Kaur, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/topstories/story/0,4386,238031,00.html?>
AirAsia did not get the official nod for a direct bus link between Singapore and Senai Airport in Johor, but the Malaysian budget carrier went ahead and provided the service anyway.

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