[MyAppleMenu] Friday, Mar 12, 2004

Fri Mar 12 21:05:00 EST 2004

MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Friday, Mar 12, 2004

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Apple's 22 Percent Stock Run-Up Follows Push For New Products (Peter J. Brennan, Bloomberg)
<http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2001877101_apple12.html>
Shares of Apple have risen to their highest since September 2000 as investors bet the business-card-sized iPod mini will boost profit.

MyAppleMenu : News
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Legislators Hear Greene School Needs (LaToya Mack, Kinston Free Press)
<http://www.kinston.com/SiteProcessor.cfm?Template=/GlobalTemplates/Details.cfm&StoryID=18515&Section=Local>
"When you walk in our classrooms, I think you know that you're looking at the future. If that's the future, the funding should be there."

University Insurer Sues Apple (Lindsay McGregor, Daily Princetonian)
<http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2004/03/12/news/9933.shtml>
An Apple PowerMac G4 plugged into an electrical receptacle box caused the fire in a Moffit Hall lab.

Amsterdam Braced For Apple Store Invasion (Jan Libbenga, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/39/36194.html>
The three stores are owned not by Apple, but by independent Mac dealers.

Kicking Off The Academy Awards (Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/hotnews/articles/2004/03/oscars/>
Opening montage cut and comped on set with Macs running Final Cut Pro.

HP Launches iTunes Site (Jonny Evans, Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=8153>
HP launched its HP Music website -- a special section of its site in which it promotes its HP iPod and offers a direct download link for customers to download iTunes.

Apple Offers .Mac Members Nanasaur II Discount (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news/23812>

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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Sing A New Song (Rick Aristotle Munarriz, Motley Fool)
<http://www.fool.com/news/commentary/2004/commentary040312RAM.htm>
If change is in the air, why is the indie movement left gasping for it?

Praises for Apple's iPod Warranty Support (iPodlounge)
<http://www.ipodlounge.com/articles_more.php?id=3259_0_8_0_C>

What Will The Music Of The Future Sould Like? (Dan Brown, CBC News)
<http://www.cbc.ca/arts/features/downloading/>
Will the way that people access music have an effect on the content of that music?

How I Love Thee, Apple (David Harding)
<http://www.techcynic.com/2004_03_07_technologycynic_archive.html#107907530945087330>
In the past three years, I have completely converted to the Apple camp.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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EyeHome: A Must Have (Bob LeVitus, Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/columns/rantsandraves/2004/20040312.shtml>

MP3 Freakout (Jason Snell, Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/archives/000103.php>
MPFreaker's got features I haven't seen on the Mac before, and it has done a wonderful job of straightening up my MP3 collection.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow: News & Opinions
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Study: Spam Filters Often Lose E-Mails (Anick Jesdanun, Associated Press)
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1547726,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594>
As spam-fighting tools become increasingly aggressive, e-mail recipients risk losing newsletters and promotions they've requested.

'Default' Open-Source Licensing Plans Under Fire (Matt Loney, ZDNet UK)
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39148273,00.htm>
Software developed by public bodies should be released under open-source licences, says the government, in a document that has spooked proprietary software vendors.

McDonald's Wi-Fi Recipe Could Define Industry (Richard Shim, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-7351_3-5172630.html>
It's still early in the game, and companies aren't sure what formula -- if any -- will work best to attract paying customers.

MyAppleMenu Reader: Science & Tech
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Second Thoughts (Joel Achenbach, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A48182-2004Mar10?language=printer>
If you believe there's no time like the present, you'd be right. Or would you be wrong? Better ask Brian Greene. Whenever.

MyAppleMenu Reader: Life
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In Tokyo, Lots To Eat For Very Little (Elaine Louie, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/10/dining/10TOKY.html>
In Tokyo, one of the most expensive cities in the world, it is possible to eat an entire meal, excluding liquor, for $25 a person. The secret? Follow the Japanese middle class.

You Want Me To Put My Shoes Where? (Harvey Molotch, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/12/opinion/12MOLO.html>
As security concerns inject more checkpoints into our lives, the same questions of design arise.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Singapore White-Collar Jobs Continue To Vanish (Hasan Jafri, Dow Jones)
<http://sg.biz.yahoo.com/040312/15/3iph9.html>
Companies in Singapore retrenched more managers and professionals than blue-collar workers for the second consecutive year in 2003, underscoring a trend here to cut higher-paid jobs to improve profitability and competitiveness.

East-West MRT Line To Be Extended To Jurong Industrial Estate (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/print/75151/1/.html>
The government is planning to extend the East-West Line to the industrial estates in the western part of the island.

Singapore Government Gives Go-Ahead To Budget Terminal At Changi (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/print/75181/1/.html>
Transport Minister Yeo Cheow Tong says the feasibility studies are done, and now it is up to these low cost carriers to buy the idea and agree on a design.

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