[MyAppleMenu] Mar 21, 2004

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Sunday, March 21, 2004

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Mac News for Mac Users

[Top Stories]

*** A Hot Stock Works To Prlong Its Rally
<http://www.iht.com/articles/511112.html>
by Holly Hubbard Preston, International Herald Tribune
For the first time in its history, Apple has what many say is a stable full of best-of-breed products. Apple has what many say is a stable full of best-of-breed products. Apple is also benefiting from a rejuvenated association with its co-founder and chief executive, Steve Jobs.

[News]

*** Thorton Set To Give All Students Laptops
<http://www.pressherald.com/news/state/040320laptops.shtml>
by Jen Fish, Portland Press Herald

[Wintel]

*** Musical Chairs With The Big Boys
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/21/business/yourmoney/21real.html>
by Steve Lohr, New York Times
Is RealNetworks the next Netscape?

*** Intel Strips 'Gigahertz' From Computer Chip Names
<http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=4611566&section=news>
by Daniel Sorid, Reuters
Intel will now assign model numbers to its chips and eliminate measures of raw speed from its product names. The move comes at a time when Intel is trying to pack into its chips more features, such as security and multi-tasking, that fall outside what has long been the primary measurement of raw speed -- the number of megahertz or gigahertz.

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Emerging Technology. Innovative Applications. New Economy.

[Top Stories]

*** Move Over 3G, Here Comes WiMAX
<http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=581&e=3&u=/nm/20040319/tc_nm/tech_cebit_wimax_dc>
by Lucas van Grinsven, Reuters
Just when mobile operators are finally getting their costly third-generation (3G) networks up and running, a new wireless technology pushed by the computer industry is about to mess things up.

[News]

*** Talkative Future For Every Gadget
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3549663.stm>
by BBC News
Help is at hand for gadget fans tired of struggling to get their different devices talking to each other.

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The other things in life

[Life]

*** The Art Of Parking
<http://www.tenyearsofmylife.com/index.rdf>
by Steven Rosenberg, Boston Globe
The Zip Tower, which resembles a giant Pez dispenser, is Keith Moskow's latest award-winning entry. The proposed 51-foot-high mechanical parking garage would hold seven cars and combine old technology -- hydraulic cranes that would raise and lower cars -- with Zipcar, the Internet-driven car-sharing service.

*** Get Out Of My Namespace
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/21/magazine/21NAMES.html>
by James Gleick, New York Times
The world is running out of names. The roster of possible names seems almost infinite, but the demand is even greater. With the rise of instantaneious communication, business spreading across the globe and the Internet annihilating geography, conflict is rampant in this realm of language and of intellecutal property. Rules are up for grabs. Laws regarding names have never been in such disarray.

*** Cruising The New Yangtze
<http://www.latimes.com/features/printedition/magazine/la-tm-china12mar21,1,983381.story?coll=la-headlines-magazine>
by Drew Heikes, Los Angeles Times
Before long, this remote region will resemble other parts of contemporary China. But for now, it is a place of arresting and captivating contrasts. In a mere decade, the very old is being elbowed out by the very new in perhaps the most rapid modernization of a people in history. You can see it all from the deck of the luxurous ships that cruise the Yangtze. If you're willing to get your fingernails dirty, you can also touch, hear and smell it in villages and cities along the way.

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Life in the city

[News]

*** Frazzzle Dazzzle
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/lifestyle/story/0,4386,241378,00.html?>
by Teo Pau Lin, Straits Times
For better or worz, the letter Z is flooding the names of businesses.

*** How To Position Singapore's Casino
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/story/0,4567,111462,00.html>
by Ronald Tan, Business Times
A casino is good for business, but care needs to be taken over location, size, structure and operational details.

*** No Security Lapse, Says Home Minister
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,4386,241463,00.html>
by Straits Times
Even with "100 per cent security checks", people could still slip through.