[MyAppleMenu] Mar 26, 2004

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Friday, March 26, 2004

MyAppleMenu
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Mac News for Mac Users

[Top Stories]

*** Is Bluetooth Better On The Mac?
<http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/article/0,aid,115279,00.asp>
by Rebecca Freed, PC WOrld
A head-to-head comparison of Bluetooth on Windows and the Mac shows that there's something to the Mac mystique.

[News]

*** Apple Patents iPod User Interface
<http://www.macobserver.com/columns/devilsadvocate/2004/20030325.shtml>
by John Kheit, Mac Observer
Apple filed a patent application for a "Graphical user interface and methods of use thereof in a multimedia player" on October 28, 2002.

*** Me, Myself & iPod
<http://www.ajc.com/living/content/living/0304/26ipod.html>
by Phil Kloer, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
For people who have one, the iPod is a status badge, a fashion statement and an obsession.

*** Apple Logo Rihts Charge Lacks Bite
<http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-03/23/content_318179.htm>
by Jiang Jingjing, China Business Weekly
Apple is not likely to win its logo registration dispute against the Trademark Appraisal Committee, according to experts.

*** Apple Takes Early Lead In Digital Music Wars
<http://www.thestreet.com/tech/kcswanson/10150779.html>
by K.C. Swanson, TheStreet.com
The delay in the overseas rollout is less of a setback than it may appear.

*** Investors Cheer Apple Gaffe
<http://stocks.internetnews.com/article.php/3331531>
by Paul Shread, InternetNews.com

*** Apple's iTunes Vs Roxio's Napster: It's Getting Hot In Here
<http://counterculture.senseworldwide.net/archives/000444.php>
by Counterculture In Technology
iTunes is taking the same approach that Amazon took in the early days of market entry: collaborative filtering.

*** Hitachi Hard Drive Shortage Behind iPod Mini Delay
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/03/25/hitachi>
by MacMinute
Tight supplies of the tiny Hitachi hard drive at the core of the iPod mini forced Apple to delay increasing manufacutring until July.

*** Laptop May Be Deleted For Some
<http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/trib/pittsburgh/s_186149.html>
by Rick Wills, Pittsburg Tribune-Review
Quaker Valley School District officials are considering scaling back a pgoram that provides about 1,700 Apple iBook computers to third-graders through high school seniors.

*** Cutting-Edge Chips To Transform Computing
<http://www.freep.com/money/tech/sixfor25_20040325.htm>
by Julio Ojeda-Zapata, Knight Ridder Newspapers
The cutting-edge chips aren't mere upgrades but great leaps forward.

*** Apple, PowerSchool To Exhibit At NECC 2004
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/03/25/necc2004>
by MacMinute

[Opinion]

*** And A Voice Said, "Get A Mac"
<http://www.oregonlive.com/news/argus/index.ssf?/base/news/1080254014259000.xml>
by George Heuston, Hillsboro Argus
It's stable, never coughs or crashes, and I'm cruising happily along in my new cyber universe.

*** OS X For Web Development
<http://www.websaviour.com/nexus/article/11/>
by Gabe da Silveira
In the field of web design it seems the cards are stacked heavily in favor of OS X.

[Review]

*** Pop-pop Redefines The World Of Breakout
<http://www.apple-x.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=854&mode=thread&order=1&thold=0>
by Apple-X.net
pop-pop can offer hours of entertainment if you can entice a few of your friends into buying it too.

*** McNealy: Open-Source Java Unlikely
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,1176733,00.html>
by Darryl K. Taft, eWeek
Sun is unsure what providing an open-source implementation would actually contribute to the community.

[Sidetrack]

*** The Beginning Of The End? 
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/2004/03/26/#20040326bg000001>
by Heng-Cheong Leong
Is this (BuyMusic to join Buy.com<http://news.com.com/2110-1027_3-5179620.html>) the beginning of the end of one of Apple's first online music competitor?


[Wintel]

*** Microsoft Plots EU Counterstrike Over Antitrust Ruling
<http://www.quicken.com/investments/news_center/story/?story=NewsStory/dowJones/20040326/ON200403260039000026.var&column=P0DFP>
by Dow Jones
Microsoft, seeking to block a landmark antitrust ruling against it, is preparing a counterattack that accuses European regulators of unfairly giving away the software company's research and development, Friday's Wall Street Journal reported.

*** Ballmer: We Fell Down On Search
<http://news.com.com/2100-1024_3-5179402.html>
by Stefanie Olsen, CNET News.com
Microsoft's failure to invest more in Internet search technology was a significant misstep for the company, but it is working to catch up, said CEO Steve Ballmer.




The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technology. Innovative Applications. New Economy.

[Linux]

*** SCO Linux Licensee Has Second Thoughts On Deal
<http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/03/25/HNscolicensee%20_1.html>
by Robert McMillan, IDG News Service
Less than on emonth after becoming the first publicly announced purchaser of the SCO's controversial intellecutal property license for Linux, internet service provider Everyones Internet Ltd. is reconsidering the benefits of doing business with the Linux community's enemy number one.

*** Linux On The Desktop: The Final Frontier
<http://www.integratedmar.com/ECL.cfm?item=DLY032504-05>
by Alan Thwaits, eChannelLine Canada




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The other things in life

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*** Jon Stewart Going Nowhere (Thank God)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/03/24/DDG1S5PBQK1.DTL>
by Tim Goodman, San Francisco Chronicle
Nobody needed to see Stewart's face flash in Times Square to prove he's a big star. So let's not underestimate this: Comedy Central pulled off one of the most astonishing business deals in its short life last week.




SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[Top Stories]

*** Singapore Loosens Film Censorship
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3567789.stm>
by BBC News
By introducing the M18 and R21 ratings for explicit films, the country's Media Development Agency wants to give people more choice of what to watch.

[News]

*** RSS Courageous Crash: 2 Navy Officers Found Negligent
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/storyprintfriendly/0,1887,242421,00.html?>
by AFP
The Subordinate Court convicted Lieutenant Ng Keng Yong and Lieutenant Chua Chue Teng of negligence not amounting to homicide. They face up to two years in prison and will be sentenced next week.

*** Pedra Branca Papers Sent To World Court
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,4386,242344,00.html?>
by Straits Times
Intenrational Court of Justice receives first set of arguments from Singapore, Malaysia.




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