[MyAppleMenu] Mar 23, 2004

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Tuesday, March 23, 2004

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Mac News for Mac Users

[Top Stories]

*** Apple's Retail Strategy Evolves To Community Centers
<http://www.thinksecret.com/news/retailcommunity.html>
by Gary Allen, Think Secret
Apple's retail store strategy continues to evolve away from a store-front sales approach and toward making the stores into the techno-equivalent of the neighborhood bar -- a place to visit, meet friends, learn and have an enjoyable time.

[News]

*** Workgroup Cluster For Bioinformatics Announced
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/03/23/workgroup>
by MacMinute
Apple has introduced the Apple Workgroup Cluster for Bioinformatics, a turnkey, high-performance computing cluster that allows any scientist to configure, operate and maintain the system.

*** Apple Ships The Single Processor G5 Xserve
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2004/03/23/xserve/index.php?redirect=1080021521000>
by Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral
The Xserve was originally scheduled to ship in February, but was delayed until today.

*** Adobe Discontinues FrameMaker For Macintosh
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2004/03/23/framemaker/?lsrc=mcrss-0304>
by Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral
"We have had some customers request an OS X version of FrameMaker, but it's really hard to justify on a business level."

*** Vail School May Shun Textbooks For Laptops
<http://www.dailystar.com/dailystar/allheadlines/14295.php>
by Dan Sorenson, Arizona Daily Star
Laptop computers would replace textbooks under a plan being considered by the Vail School District for its new high school.

*** No iPods Please, We're Aer Lingus
<http://www.thepost.ie/web/DocumentView/did-624053583-pageUrl--2FMisc-2FBusiness-Resources-2FComputers-In-Business.asp>
by Sunday Business Post
If you want to de-stress after a tough working trip by listening to your new digital music player, sorry: the Irish national ariline has banned them.

*** Apple Releases iPhoto 4.0.1
<http://www.macdailynews.com/comments.php?id=P2372_0_1_0>
by MacDailyNews
Includes "many organizational and stability enhancements."

*** VPN Connectivity Product Comes To Mac Market
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/03/22/vpnsolution>
by MacMinute

[Opinion]

*** The Belt Clip: It's Like Duct Tape For Your Mini
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/archives/000120.php>
by Dan Frakes, Macworld
They say a resourceful handyman (or woman) can do anything with a roll of duct tape. I'm discovering that the white plastic belt clip that ships with the iPod mini is similarly impressive.

*** How Secure Is OS X?
<http://enterprise-security-today.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_title=How_Secure_Is_OS_X_&story_id=23467>
by James Maguire, Enterprise Security Today
Is OS X safe enought to be a viable contender for running public Web sites and general enterprise applications?

[Review]

*** Apple's New 20-Inch iMac Is A Beautiful Step Forward
<http://www.freep.com/money/tech/mwend23_20040323.htm>
by Mike Wendland, Detroit Free Press
It's a multitasker's delight.

*** Office 2004 For Mac A Must
<http://washingtontimes.com/technology/20040322-092411-6652r.htm>
by Mark Kellner, Washington Times
I've been working with a Beta version of the entire suite for about a month. There are still some kinks to be worked out, but it's a substantial improvement over previous Mac Office products.

*** Mounting Servers Becomes Rational In 10.3.3
<http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=07594>
by Glenn Fleishman, TidBITS
Part of the charm of the update to Mac OS X 10.3.3 is that Aple listened to the user confusion that the initial Panther release caused by creating two entirely different methods of mounting servers in the Finder.

*** Pharoah's Gold
<http://www.macgamer.com/features/?id=1810>
by Bruce Morrison, MacGamer

[Sidetrack]

*** Rumor Today: iMac Update 
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/2004/03/23/#20040323bg000001>
by Heng-Cheong Leong
Low iMac inventory + current inventory report requested by Apple = new iMac<http://www.appleinsider.com/news.php?id=399>.

[Wintel]

*** Passport To Nowhere?
<http://news.com.com/2100-7345_3-5177192.html>
by David Becker, CNET News.com
Passport use is limited to Microsoft-owned sites and a handful of close partners, thanks to a combination of customer apathy, high-profile Microsoft glitches and credible competition from Liberty Alliance.

*** Wrong On Microsoft, Says Scoble
<http://weblog.siliconvalley.com/column/dangillmor/archives/010157.shtml>
by Dan Gillmor, San Jose Mercury News
I had hoped Steve Ballmer would genuinely turn the company in a more honorable direction, becuase I think in his heart he knows it's the right thing to do. He hasn't, and that's a shame.

*** 'Microsoft Faces Record EU Fine'
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3559371.stm>
by BBC News
The European competition commissioner will not reveal what penalties he plans to impose on Microsoft till 24 March. But EU member states met to discuss his proposals on Monday, after which leaks swirled round Brussels that it would be nearly 500m euros.

See Also : Microsoft: EU Fine Too Big
<http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/03/22/HNeufine_1.html>
by Paul Meller, IDG News Service
"In view of the absence of a clear legal standard under EU law, a fine of this size isn't warranted," said Tom Brookes, the company's spokesman in Brussels.

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Emerging Technology. Innovative Applications. New Economy.

[Top Stories]

*** Triumph Of The Telcos
<http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/03/23/voip/index_np.html>
by G. Pascal Zachary, Salon
Internet telephony advocates are predicting that free long distance means the downfall of Big Telecom. But it won't be so easy to topple the king.

[News]

*** Sender Policy Framework: SPF Protection For Email
<http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=07596>
by Glenn Fleishman, TidBITS
There's a new technique that may change the balance of power and ultimately put more control back in the hands of the owners of individual domain names.

*** Google To Find Place For Orkut Network In Search
<http://news.com.com/2100-1026_3-5177233.html>
by Michael Kanellos, CNET News.com
Search giant Google will integrate an online social network created by one of its engineers into its search services, perhaps within a year, according to CEO Eric Schimdt.

[Internet]

*** The Battle Over Triple 'x'
<http://news.com.com/2010-1026_3-5176611.html>
by Declan McCullagh, CNET News.com
Maybe U.S. politicians have matured in the last four years. Perhaps courts can now be trusted to do the right thing, upholding the First Amendment's guarantee of freedom of expression. But given that the House of Representatives voted by an 18-to-1 margin just two weeks ago to boost the penalties fo "profane" broadcasts, the initially voluntary .xxx district may turn out to be a one-way street.

[Linux]

*** Patents 'Biggest Threat' To Linux -- Torvalds
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39149799,00.htm>
by Andrew Donoghue, ZDNet UK
Linus Torvalds told attendees that legal problems, rather than technical issues, have become the open-source movement's biggest challenge.

*** Netscape Co-Founder's 12 Reasons For Growth Of Open Source
<http://www.linuxworld.com/story/44173.htm>
by Marc ndreessen, LinuxWorld

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The other things in life

[Life]

*** What's The Magic Word In Book Sales? 'Clinton'
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16526-2004Mar22.html>
by Linton Weeks, Washington Post
Out of the White House for more than three years, Bill Clinton and his wife, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, still generate great bookbuzz.

*** After Disaster, A Design For Living
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/23/opinion/23TINN.html>
by Adrian Tinniswood, New York Times
Of course there's a place for grandiose memorials; but let's not forget that in the aftermath of catastrophe there is also room for the common place. The real monument to the Great Fire of London is not a column with a flaming urn on top. It is London itself. In 300 years, I hope that New York, in talking of 9/11, will be able to say the same.

*** Of Drunken Elephans, Tipsy Fish And Scotch With A Twist
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/23/health/23ALCO.html>
by Carol Kaesuk Yoon, New York Times
A small group of scientists has begun to explore the idea that the explanation for humanity's love of drink lies deep in the evolutionary past.

*** A Little Start-Up Entertains, One Story At A Time
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/23/books/23ZINE.html>
by Dinitia Smith, New York Times
At a time when literary writing seems like a dying art, when little magazines are folding left and right, when publishers bemoan the sinking bottom line, here lies a spot of hope.

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Life in the city

[News]

*** Temasek To Make Financial Report Public
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/storyprintfriendly/0,1887,241887,00.html?>
by AFP
Temasek Holdings will make public its annual financial report for the first time in its 30-year history.

*** PM's Mother-Tongue Stand Welcomed But...
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,4386,241759,00.html?>
by Rebecca Lee and Soh Wen Lin, Straits Times
Despite his reassurances that bilingual policy is here to stay, Chinese-language advocates worry about falling standards.

*** Tiger Airways In Talks Over Budget Terminal
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,4386,241754,00.html?>
by Straits Times
Tiger Airways is the only one among the three budget airlines eyeing the Singapore market to show interest in having such a budget terminal.

*** 400-Bed Hospital For The North In Yishun
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/topstories/story/0,4386,241771,00.html?>
by Salma Khalik, Straits Times
The new hospital in the north will be at Yishun Central, next to the polyclinkc. It promises to be a hospital that will offer innovative ways of handling patient care.

[Entertainment]

*** Arts Glut
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/storyprintfriendly/0,1887,241718,00.html?>
by Clarissa Oon, Straits Times
So many centres, but are there enough staff, talent and art works?