[MyAppleMenu] Thursday, Mar 4, 2004

Thu Mar 4 21:05:00 EST 2004

MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Thursday, Mar 4, 2004

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Pepsi Super Bowl Promo Airs Before Caps Available (Jefferson Graham, USA Today)
<http://www.usatoday.com/money/advertising/2004-03-04-apple_x.htm>
Steve Jobs predicted last October that he would sell 100 million downloads by the end of April. Based on the digital downloads that have been sold so far this year, Jobs has a long way to go.

Apple Silences Beeps, Hissing (Ina Fried, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1042_3-5169406.html>
Apple confirmed this week that there was a noise issue with some of its dual-processor Power Mac G5 models and said the issue has been fixed for new machines rolling off the production lines.

MyAppleMenu : News
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Apple Stock Has Higest Close Since May 2002 (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/03/04/aapl>

Apple Financial Gurus Talk About The Company's Future (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2004/03/04/morgan/index.php?redirect=1078385169000>

Apple IBM G5 Leads AMD, Intel, Experts Say (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=8087>
Apple's move to G5 processors from IBM is giving the company a clear advantage against manufacturers using chips from Intel or AMD, an industry expert has said.

iPod Mini 'Facing Deathmatch' (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=8088>
"Technological innovations have a nasty habit of being superseded by inferior competitors."

iPods Could Transform Apple Computer (K.C. Swanson, TheStreet.com)
<http://www.thestreet.com/tech/techupdate/10146820.html>

Apple Opens A Store, And It Clicks (Christopher Hawthorne, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/04/garden/04APPL.html>
For some Apple fanatics, the queue's the thing.

Apple Issues Advice On Power Mac G5 Noise (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news/23701>

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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iPod Zombies In New Yrok -- It's True (Jim Dalrymple, Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/archives/000092.php>
The iPod is allowing Apple to reach people that may not have given the company a second look a couple of years ago.

Things I Don't Like About Being A Mac User (Rubaiyat Hague, OSNews)
<http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6241>

Lose Mini, Gain Microdrive (Christopher Breen, Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/mac911/archives/2004/03/000091.php>
My motto: "I destroy 'em so you don't have to!"

The Sky Is Falling! Again! (Damien Barrett)
<http://www.mrbarrett.com/mt/archives/2004_03_03.html>
The Macintosh community is still active and alive.

Why Applecare Sucks (PJ Doland)
<http://www.pjdoland.com/revolution/archives/010631.php>

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Apple Has Plenty Of Tricks And Treats (Al Fasoldt, Syracuse Post-Standard)
<http://www.syracuse.com/news/poststandard/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1078220108327200.xml>
Every operating system has hidden features. Here are more of my favorite undocumented, hidden or unappreciated tips and tricks for Mac OS X.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: Top Stories
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Some Like It Hot (Lawrence Lessig, Wired)
<http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.03/lessig.html>
OK, P2P is "piracy." But so was the birth of Hollywood, radio, cable TV, and (yes) the music industry.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: News & Opinions
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Lawmakers Take Aim At Spyware (John Borland, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1032_3-5169440.html>
A trio of Washington lawmakers is seeking to stop the spread of "spyware" and "adware" that hijack people's computers without their consent.

Show And Tell At Microsoft's Annual Research Fest (Todd Bishop, Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
<http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/163148_techfest04.html>
Office productivity software, sure. Computer operating systems, you bet. But who knew anyone at Microsoft was working on technology to help in the fight against HIV?

Bill Aims To Curb Offshoring (Declan McCullagh, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1022_3-5169541.html>
A new bill would slap limits on federal grants to companies that fire U.S. workers and hire replacements abroad.

MyAppleMenu Reader: Science & Tech
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50 First Deaths: A Chance To Play (And Pay) Again (Jonathan D. Glater, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/04/technology/circuits/04dead.html>
What happens in a video game after your character dies, especially if you are still paying to play? For many game designers, that is a tricky question.

MyAppleMenu Reader: Life
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Moonstruck (Jon Mooallem, Village Voice)
<http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0408/essay.php>
Is poetic license enough of a reason to explore the empty frontier of outer space?

For Exercise In New York Futility, Push Button (Michael Luo, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/27/nyregion/27BUTT.html?ex=1393218000&en=58284f87fcbbe64d&ei=5007&partner=TECHDIRT>
The city deactivated most of the pedestrian buttons long ago with the emergence of computer-controlled traffic signals, even as an unwitting public continued to push on.

At A Mountain Monastery, Old Texts Gain Digital Life (Sarah Gauch, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/04/technology/circuits/04monk.html>
A Greek Orthodox monk from Texas is working with some of the world's highest-resolution digital technology to help preserve  Monastery of St. Catherine's 3,300 priceless and impressively intact ancient manuscripts.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Fair Trading Act: Retailers Fear Abuse (Glenys Sim, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,4386,238203,00.html?>
Chief among traders' concerns is the fear customers will abuse the new law, making unfair complaints.

AirAsia Denies Running Senai Bus Service (Karamjit Kaur, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,4386,238222,00.html?>
Budget airline said it had accepted independent bus operator's offer, and wasn't aware permits not obtained.

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