[MyAppleMenu] Mar 22, 2004

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Monday, March 22, 2004

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Mac News for Mac Users

[Top Stories]

*** iPods Beat In Heart Of The City
<http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,62744-2,00.html?tw=wn_story_page_next1>
by Leander Kahney, Wired News
New York and iPods go together like bagels and cream cheese. Just search for the word "iPod" in New York personal ads, and you get a unique insight into the mentality of the city.

[News]

*** Avid AV Apps Support Panther
<http://www.digitmag.co.uk/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=displaynews&NewsID=3890&Page=1&pagePos=1>
by Digit Magazine

*** Mariner Write Update Adds New Features
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2004/03/22/mariner/index.php?redirect=1079939191000>
by Peter Cohen, MacCentral
The new version adds "major architectural enhancements," according to the developer.

*** Apple VP Ron Okamoto On Worldwide Developer Conference
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2004/03/21/wwdc/index.php?redirect=1079933863000>
by Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral
At WWDC 2004, more emphasis will be placed on three areas of development that haven't had a strong presense at previous conferences: Enterprise IT, Science, and QuickTime Development.

[Review]

*** Apple 17in PowerBook G4
<http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,9021338^15308^^nbv^,00.html>
by Ian Cuthbertson, The Australian
Methink I have seen the light.

*** Grading PCs, Macs Sure To Hack Off Devotees Of Both
<http://www.ajc.com/business/content/business/0304/21husted.html>
by Bill Husted, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Keep in mind that a computer is just a tool. The quality of the work you do with it will be determined by your skill, not by any magic transferred to you by the brand name.

*** Apple Gets Juiced Up
<http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2004/0322/feat-smart4-03-22-04.asp>
by Dan Charney, Federal Computer Week
Raw processing power hasn't always been Apple's claim to fame, but the company's latest crop of 64-bit desktop computers might prompt an image makeover.

*** TechTool Pro 4
<http://www.applelinks.com/pm/more.php?id=965_0_1_0_M>
by Gary Coyne, Applelinks
TechTool 4 is a pgoram that still needs some kinks worked out.

*** Snapz Pro X 2
<http://www.applelinks.com/pm/more.php?id=963_0_1_0_M>
by Kirk Hiner, Applelinks
Snapz Pro X 2 is an astounding achievement. That it's so powerful, so easy to use and so inexpensive should make other software developers hang their head in shame.

*** Rainbox Six 3: Raven Shield
<http://www.applelinks.com/pm/more.php?id=962_0_1_0_M>
by Bill Stiteler, Applelinks.com
You'll have to spend a lot of time with the game to learn its intricacies in order to fully appreciate it. It's the shooter of choice for obsessive compulsives.

[Sidetrack]

*** Gentleman, Start Your Engines 
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/2004/03/22/#20040322bg000001>
by Heng-Cheong Leong
'Cos the iPod Race<http://homepage.mac.com/jscct/> is on.

[Wintel]

*** EU Remedy Risks Leaving A Dominant Microsoft
<http://www.iht.com/articles/511292.html>
by Victoria Shannon and Nicola Clark, International Herald Tribune
Many people see that the solution as having little efect on the audio and video software's availability or on the ability of rivals to challenge Microsoft's dominance in a market that is becoming critical to managing digital media on the Internet and in the home.

*** Microsoft Change? Don't Hold Your Breath
<http://weblog.siliconvalley.com/column/dangillmor/archives/010152.shtml>
by Dan Gillmor, San Jose Mercury News
The evidence continues to mount that the world's biggest software company hasn't changed the methods that got it this far.

See Also : Microsoft's Isn't Changing Its Bad Behavior, Dan Gillmor Says
<http://radio.weblogs.com/0001011/2004/03/21.html#a7073>
by Robert Scoble
There are many examples that Microsoft is changing (and note that Gillmor didn't mention even one of these).

*** Prying Apart Microsoft's Pricing Logic
<http://news.com.com/2030-1012_3-5176062.html>
by Stanford Knowledgebase, CNET News.com

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Emerging Technology. Innovative Applications. New Economy.

[News]

*** Satellite Struggles To Find Niche
<http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,62740,00.html?tw=rss.TOP>
by Randy Dotinga, Wired News
While satellite radio has awakened the broadcast world from its slumber, not everyone is betting on its long-term success.

[Internet]

*** Web Radio Said To Be Ready For Ads
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/22/technology/22ecom.html>
by Bob Tedeschi, New York Times
The protracted legal and regulatory battles involving so-called Webcasters, the recording industry and the federal copyright authorities have dissipated, while the number of consumers who listen to the radio over their computers has risen to the point where the medium should -- according to its proponents, at least -- begin to gain respect from mainstream advertisers.

[Linux]

*** MS Clarifies Open-Source Stance
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=8234>
by Macworld UK
"Linux is going to be part of the future. It's going to be like Unix was."

*** Linux Risks Rising: Gartner
<http://www.computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/0/D8A8A0B0B85DB6C0CC256E5B00723E4A?OpenDocument>
by Mark Broatch, Computerworld New Zealand
Linux is moving away from being risk-free as it climbs the enterprise ladder, warns a Gartner report.

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The other things in life

[Tech & Science]

*** Do We Really Use Only 10 Percent Of Our Brains?
<http://sciam.com/askexpert_question.cfm?articleID=000B077E-AD46-1047-AD4683414B7F0000&catID=3>
by Barry L. Beyerstein, Scientific American
Like so many uplifting myths that are too good to be true, the truth of the matter seems to be its least important aspect.

[Life]

*** When A Dissertation Makes A Difference
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/20/arts/20DEVA.html>
by Brooke Kroeger, New York Times
As a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin, Devah Pager studied the difficulties of former prisoners trying to find work and, in the process, came up with a disturbing finding: it is easier for a white person with a felony conviction to get a job than for a black person whose record is clean.

*** Sounds Of Silence: First, Your Water Was Filtered. Now It's Your Life.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/21/weekinreview/21zern.html?ex=1080536400&en=cce62b93c593c422&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE>
by Kate Zernike, New York Times
Given the uncertainty of terrorism and war, perhaps it's not surprising that people might look for ways to get away from it all. But is filtering the latest form of denial, the latest protective bubble we have blown for ourselves, or are we just becoming better editors of our life experience?

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Life in the city

[Top Stories]

*** Singapore To Screen Mel Gibson's Passion Uncut
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/storyprintfriendly/0,1887,241712,00.html?>
by AFP, AFP
Mel Gibson's controversial film The Passion Of The Christ will be screened uncut in Singapore, the government announced on Monday as it introduced a more hands-off approach to movie censorship laws. The film will be passed under a new M18 rating.

*** Why No 'Free For All' Casino
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,4386,241563,00.html?>
by Rebecca Lee, Straits Times
Singapore wants a slice of high-end tourism pie, but not the crime, sleaze -- and social ills -- linked to gambling, says Trade and Industry minister.

[News]

*** Singapore Rejects Reports Qantas Granted Licence To Run Low Cost Airline
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/sub/latest/story/0,4574,111586,00.html?>
by Business Times
The Singapore government said that Qantas does not have a licence to run a low cost airline out of the city, contrary to Australian media reports last week.

*** Tharman Says Social Attitude Towards EM3 Has To Change
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/print/76502/1/.html>
by Channel NewsAsia
"Our problem is social attitudes and the more we talk about unfair labelling and it being something inferior, we are the ones who are creating the problem."

*** Billingual Policy In Schools Hasn't Changed, Says PM Goh
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/topstories/story/0,4386,241559,00.html?>
by Tan Tarn How, Straits Times
"Bilingualism and learning the mother toungue will remain the cornerstone of our education policy."

*** MRT Trains Too Will Have Marshals
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/topstories/story/0,4386,241572,00.html?>
by Lee Hui Chieh, Straits Times
Land marshals -- likely to be plain-clothes policemen -- are to be deployed on MRT trains and at the stations.