[MyAppleMenu] Friday, Mar 5, 2004

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Friday, Mar 5, 2004

MyAppleMenu : News
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New, Smaller, Flashier iPod Sells Out Fast (Jefferson Graham, USA Today)
<http://www.usatoday.com/tech/webguide/internetlife/2004-03-05-mini_x.htm>
Apple has a smash hit on its hands with the new iPod mini digital music player.

iPod Products Dominate Apple Store 'Top Sellers' (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/03/05/topsellers>
The iPod, iPod mini and iPod accessories currently hold the top 5 spots on the Apple Store "Top Sellers" list.

Apple iTunes Wins AAC Listening Tests (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=8097>
Apple's iTunes has emerged victorious in a series of listening tests.

The Mac's 'Ultimate Remote Control' Leaps Forward (Andrew Orlowski, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/39/36030.html>
People think of Clicker as a Bluetooth remote control, but it's more accurate to describe it as a wireless scripting engine.

Apple To Open Charlotte Store Next Week (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/03/04/applestore>
The new Apple Store is located in the SouthPark Mall's new Nordstrom wing.

Apple One Of The 'Coolest Companies Around' (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/03/04/cool>
"Thanks to the iPod and the iTunes Music Store."

Bloomingdale's Now Selling iPods (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/03/04/bloomingdales>

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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The Great Downloads War (Victor Keegan, The Guardian)
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/economicdispatch/story/0,12498,1163013,00.html>
Apple has been here before -- it dominated the computer market decades ago but later blew it.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Apple's Juicy Bite (Chris Oaten, The Advertiser)
<http://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,8875366%255E21669,00.html>
There can be no doubt -- DVD Studio Pro 2 is a top-notch app.

AJA IO: Almost Every Type Of Video And Audio I/O Imaginable (Anton Linecker, Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2004/03/reviews/ajaio/>
The AJA IO is an economical uncompressed and offline capture device that works hand-in-hand with Final Cut Pro 4. With its wealth of I/O options, the IO ensures that you can attach practically any video deck imaginable.

Avid Xpress Pro: Support For 24P Film Projects Improves Solid Editing System (Anton Linecker, Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2004/03/reviews/avidexpresspro/>
Avid Xpress Pro, with its generous third-party software bundle, has a lot to offer pro video editors.

Readiris Pro 9: OCR Application Offers Improved Accuracy, Has Some Quirks (Christopher Breen, Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2004/03/reviews/readirispro9/>
Readiris' new OCR engine is an admirable improvement.

Over To You: iPod Volume And Sage Solutions (Telegraph)
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml?xml=/connected/2004/03/04/ecrover02.xml&sSheet=/connected/2004/03/04/ixconnrite.html>
"I like to use my iPod at the gym but I can't turn up the volume loud enough to drown out the piped music."

3D Crazy Eights (Danny Gallagher, Inside Mac Games)
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/reviews/view.php?ID=471>
It's worth the sticker price if you've grown tired of the usual "video games for the easily amused."

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: Top Stories
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What Newspapers And Their Web Sites Must Do To Survive (Vin Crosbie, Online Journalism Review)
<http://www.ojr.org/ojr/business/1078349998.php>
For its survival, the newspaper industry must produce and automatically deliver, wired and wirelessly, entirely intact and individually customized editions that are smaller, vertically formatted, and that combine the graphical layout capabilities of print and the interactive multimedia capabilities of the Web, and flow to fit any display screen or printed paper size. That sounds like a tall order, but the required technologies now exist.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: News & Opinions
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Microsoft Gizmo Records Your Life (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,62552,00.html?tw=rss.TOP>
SenseCam, touted as a visual diary of sorts by Microsoft, is designed to be worn around the neck and take up to 2,000 images a 12-hour day automatically.

The Myths Of Open source (Malcolm Wheatley, CIO)
<http://www.cio.com/archive/030104/open.html>
It isn't all about cheap: Companies keep finding good reasons to take advantage of open-source software.

MyAppleMenu Reader: Life
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How's Choreography Recorded? (Sean Rocha, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/id/2096578/fr/rss/>
Balanchine's pirouette, port de bras, plie -- is there a way to write it down?

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : Top Stories
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No Pink IC? Slim Chance Of Leading Unions Here (Sue-Ann Chia, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,4386,238382,00.html?>
Foreigners are welcome to join unions here, but the reception turns frosty when it comes to leadership positions.

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