[MyAppleMenu] Thursday, Mar 11, 2004

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Thursday, Mar 11, 2004

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Apple CEO Took $1 Salary Again In 2003 (Reuters)
<http://biz.yahoo.com/rc/040311/tech_apple_1.html>
Apple did not pay Jobs any new stock options or cash bonus in 2003. No other executive received stock options in 2003, Apple said.

iPod 'Murder-Horor' Hoax (Macworld UK)
<http://macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=8138>
A diverting yet disturbing slice of iPod-related satire appeared online this morning -- a seemingly hoax news report describing death by iPod.

MyAppleMenu : News
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Consuming Culture On The Net (BBC News)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/3501200.stm>
The popularity of Apple's iPods has placed digital music in a different arena, with gadget fans, rather than just net users, turning to the Internet for music.

Doritos "Download It" Sweepstakes Cound Net You An iPod (Bill Stiteler, Applelinks)
<http://www.applelinks.com/pm/more.php?id=905_0_1_0_M>

Enhancement Pack Adds Features To AppleWorks (Mac Net Journal)
<http://www.whiterabbits.com/MacNetJournal/#note_2443>
The Enhancement Pack for AppleWorks 1.5 adds 40 new capabilities to AppleWorks.

iPod Advertising Takes Over Toronto Subway (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/03/11/toronto>

A Tale Of Two Laptops (Ron Schachter, District Administration)
<http://www.districtadministration.com/page.cfm?p=667>
Two different states, two different outcomes. When it comes to state-wide laptop adoption programs, one state did it right, the other is still floundering. Find out why.

Apple To Hold Annual Shareholders Meeting April 22 (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/03/11/shareholders>

HP To Sell iPod, Other Electronic Devices In China (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news/23797>

Apple Plans Special Event At NAB 2004 (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/03/10/nab>
Apple announced a special event to be held Sunday, April 1 as part of this year's National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) show.

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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Modernizing The Music Money-Go-Round (New Democrats)
<http://www.ndol.org/ndol_ci.cfm?kaid=131&subid=192&contentid=252445>
It's hard to bring the music business into the 21st century under a legal framework that has its roots in the piano-scroll era.

It's The Games, Stupid! (John C. Dvorak, PC Magazine)
<http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1545392,00.asp>
Let's look at the reasons to switch and try to determine exactly why Windows has such a viselike grip on its user base. If I am correct in my assessment, then everyone has been barking up the wrong tree for decades.

Virgin May Show Apple A Thing Or Two (Alex Salkever, BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/mar2004/tc20040310_2724_tc056.htm>
iPod and iTunes are digital music's top act, but the hip Richard Branson's marketing muscle makes him a challenger to be feared.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Griffin PowerMate (Eric Schwarz)
<http://schwarztech.us/reviews/powermate.shtml>
The extensive configurability of the software combined with the high-quality construction of the PowerMate make it a great value.

Northland (Ectal Greenhaw, Inside Mac Games)
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/reviews/view.php?ID=434>
I find Northland fascinating -- but not much fun. If deep, difficult, and complex micromanagement appeals to you, get this quirky game as soon as you can. Otherwise, check out the demo first.

Mini Scores Maximum Style Points For Mp3 Fans (Edward C. Baig, USA Today)
<http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/edwardbaig/2004-03-10-baig_x.htm>

Small-Foot iMac Has A Lot Of Kick (John Breeden II, Government Computer News)
<http://www.gcn.com/23_5/prod_reviews/25150-1.html>
The iMac might not be the right system for everyone in the office, but it comes up aces in settings that require multimedia.

Power Mac In The Middle: A Look At The Dual 1.8-GHz G5 (Ken Mingis, Computerworld)
<http://www.computerworld.com/hardwaretopics/hardware/story/0,10801,90991,00.html>

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: News & Opinions
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We Interrupt This Search To Show A Full-Motion Ad (Bob Tedeschi, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/11/technology/circuits/11nett.html>
If you missed the commercials served up 80 million times recently in the Internet's bigget test of television-style video ads, stay tuned -- or beware. Encouraged by the initial results, advertisers have begun a new round.

New Domain Is Proposed (Chris Oakes, International Herald Tribune)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/11/technology/11wire.html>
In a sign that the wireless Internet is coming of age, Nokia, Vodafone, Microsoft and six other technology and telecommunications companies joined Wednesday to propose the quivalent of a .mobile Internet address category for mobile Web access.

Broadband Overtaking Dial-Up In Major Cities (Jim Hu, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1038_3-5172107.html>
Broadband is rapidly becoming the preferred way residents of major U.S. metropolitan areas are accessing the Internet.

MyAppleMenu Reader: Life
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Chess! What Is It Good For? (Emma Young, The Guardian)
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/feature/story/0,13026,1161128,00.html>
War, say researchers in Sweden and Australia. They are using the game to improve understanding of real battles, where you can't always see what your opponent is up to.

When Culture Gets In The Way Of A Late-Night Coke (Siddharth Srivastava, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/storyprintfriendly/0,1887,239490,00.html?>
The familiar red-and-blue vending machines dot almost every road and public place in every city worth a mention. But India, it seems, has yet to grow up to such levels of consumer maturity.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : Top Stories
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Willing To Listen... Now For The Changes (Lee Ching Wern, Today)
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/15765.asp>
Earlier this year, Lee Hsien Loong spoke of the new, more open style of government that he believes is needed in singapore. Yesterday, he showed just how he will walk the talk.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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SingTel Disposes Of 50% Stake In Lycos Asia For Just US$1 (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/74799/1/.html>
SingTel had high hopes for Lycos Asia when it launched it as a 50:50 joint venture with Lycos in 1999 at the height of the dotcom boom.

Baby-Short Singapore Gets Good News (Lydia Lim, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/topstories/story/0,4386,239463,00.html?>
In the first of many measures to boost the population, babies born to Singaporean women abroad will now have the right to be Singaporeans.

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