[MyAppleMenu] May 10, 2004

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Monday, May 10, 2004

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Mac News for Mac Users

[News]

*** IBM Plans Web-Based Desktop Software
<http://news.com.com/2100-1012_3-5208998.html>
by Mike Ricciuti, CNET News.com
IBM on Monday is expected to announce new software intended to take on Microsoft for desktop business applications. The new software is designed to be accessed through a Web server, meaning it's accessible from systems running Windows and Macintosh, as well as Linux, Unix and handheld devices.

[Opinion]

*** Should Apple Get Out Of The PC Business?
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1589170,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594>
by Rob Enderle, eWeek
Apple needs to find a way to grow market share and interest, even if, like Sun, they must come to some disagreeable choices. An Apple without PCs would probably lead to a world without Apple, and we should do whatever we can to ensure that result doesn't happen.

[Review]

*** How Fast Does A USB 2.0 Drive Go On The Newest Macs? How Does It Compare To FireWire?
<http://www.barefeats.com/usb2.html>
by Bare Feats

*** Sony's Connect Music Service Offers Fair Pricing, Little Else
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10109-2004May8.html>
by Rob Pegoraro, Washington Post
Just compare Apple's iTunes with Sony's Connect: One of these stores has a future, and one of them does not. And the difference comes down to nothing more complex than each company's willingness to learn from experience and listen to customers.

[Sidetrack]

*** iTunes Via COM 
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/2004/05/10/#20040510bg000001>
by Heng-Cheong Leong
Yes, you do can automate<http://blogs.msdn.com/dancre/archive/2004/05/08/128645.aspx> iTunes for Windows.


[Wintel]

*** Microsoft Knows The Consumer Is Always Right
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1588233,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594>
by Steve Gillmor, eWeek
By putting customers first and DRM content owners second, Microsoft is moving toward success in its seamless collaborative computing initiative.

*** Microsoft Struggles In Emerging Markets
<http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/business/0,39023166,39147090,00.htm>
by Ina Fried, ZDNet Australia
Microsoft knows its sales model for emerging markets around the world isn't working. But just how to fix that model isn't clear, company executives said last week.




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The other things in life

[World]

*** Rumsfeld Should Stay
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/10/opinion/10SAFI.html>
by William Safire, New York Times
The United States shows the world its values by investigating and prosecuting wrongdoers high and low. It is not in our political value system to scapegoat a good man for the depraved acts of others. Nor does it make strategic sense to remove a war leader in the vain hope of appeasing critics of the war.

[Life]

*** Where The Street Name Outlives The Street
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/10/nyregion/10streets.html>
by Diane Cardwell, New York Times
Like disused train stations glinting in the murky light of subway tunnels, these streets have become ghosts, spectral flashes of the lives once lived there.




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