[MyAppleMenu] May 11, 2004

Tue May 11 13:15:01 EDT 2004

MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Tuesday, May 11, 2004

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Mac News for Mac Users

[Top Stories]

*** Quest For iPod Mini A Maxi Pain
<http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~130~2140006,00.html>
by Al Lewis, Denver Post
If you want to be assaulted by a humiliating burst of laugher, go to Best Buy, Circuit City, CompUSA or even Apple's own stores and ask for an iPod mini. Tell them you want it in pink and insist that you need it now.

[News]

*** Andy Ihnatko To Give Macworld Conference Keynote
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=8648>
by Macworld UK
Chicago Sun-Times' technology columnist and Macworld opinion-writer Andy Ihnatko will deliver the keynote speech at Macworld UK's Conference next week.

*** Apple's $200,000 Research-Donation
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=8644>
by Macworld UK
Apple will donate a Workgroup Cluster for Bioinformatics to five of "America's most important, innovative and visionary scientific research projects."

*** Apple Debuts Pro Video Support
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=8640>
by Macworld UK
Apple has introduced AppleCare Professional Video Support -- providing access to its professional video technical support team for one year.

*** PlayFair Defies Apple; Web Site Back Up
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2004/05/11/playfair/index.php?redirect=1084264199000>
by John Ribeiro, IDG News Service
The PlayFair free software project is back online, with both the maintainer of the project and the hosting service willing to face a legal challenge from Apple.

*** PearPC, A PowerPC Emulator
<http://wiredblogs.tripod.com/cultofmac/index.blog?entry_id=308688>
by Leander Kahney, Cult Of Mac
PealPC is a new experimental PowerPC emulator, running on X86 systems.

*** Apple Backup 2.0.2
<http://www.whiterabbits.com/MacNetJournal/#note_2673>
by Mac Net Journal

*** Record iTunes Radio Stations With Free RadioRecorder For Mac OS X
<http://www.macdailynews.com/comments.php?id=P2674_0_1_0>
by MacDailyNews

*** Apple Mulls SA iTunes Store
<http://allafrica.com/stories/200405101256.html>
by Paul Vecchiatto, AllAfrica.com
The next big project for Apple in South Africa is to launch a local version of its online music store, iTunes. This follows the official opening of its in-country Internet store.

[Opinion]

*** The Future Of Microsoft; Or What Apple Did 3+ Years Ago
<http://www.2guysamacandawebsite.com/article.php?id=489>
by 2 Guys, A Mac And A Website
After copying Apple many times in his career, Bill has gotten quite good at this sort of thing.

*** The iTunes Music Store 4.5: Win One, Lose One
<http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20040511073802304>
by Ted Landau, MacFixIt
The recording industry appears to have no clue -- nor even a clear desire -- to achieve their balancing act. Instead, they appear intent on trying to kill a goose that could lay golden eggs for them, if only they allow it to live.

*** My View: The Digitizer
<http://www.forrester.com/TheDigitizer>
by Goerge F. Colony, Forrester Research
There aren't many return engagements in the technology business. THat makes Jobs' ever-evolving digitaizaion crusade such an amazing odyssey.

*** Kinky iMacs, iTunes, & Other Apple Patents
<http://www.macobserver.com/columns/devilsadvocate/2004/20030511.shtml>
by John Kheit, Mac Observer

[Review]

*** iMovie 4 In The Viewfinder
<http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=07660>
by Jeff Carlson, TidBITS
I'm happy to report that the new version is much improved -- not to the extend that I'd prefer, but iMovie no longer feels like it was rushed out the door.

*** A Clone Of My Own
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/archives/000180.php>
by Jason Snell, Macworld
Just because you can't drag-and-drop your system files anymore doesn't mean it's impossible to move your systems.

*** Switching To An Apple Can Be Surprisingly Smooth
<http://www.cleveland.com/search/index.ssf?/base/business/1084095055296262.xml?bttec>
by Brett Burney, The Plain Dealer
I was thoroughly delighted with the iBook and Mac OS X.

[Wintel]

*** Microsoft Says Bye-Bye To Wi-Fi
<http://news.com.com/2100-7351_3-5209677.html>
by Ina Fried, CNET News.com
Despite quickly becoming one of the leading sellers of wireless networking products, Microsoft has decided to discontinue its entire line of Wi-Fi gear.

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

[Internet]

*** Web-User Satisfaction On The Upswing
<http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,116060,00.asp>
by Dennis O'Reilly, PC World
Site visitors are more likely to finish web tasks successfully, but site searches are still troublesome, according to a recent survey.

[Linux]

*** .Net Developers Can Write For Linux Using Mono
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/developer/0,39020387,39154054,00.htm>
by Munir Kotadia, ZDNet UK
Novell's Mono Program, which promises to allow .Net developers to develop Linux applications, should enable companies to make the best use of their developers.

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The other things in life

[Life]

*** Carol Burnett Says Sex Jokes Lag Far Behind The Belly Laughs
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/11/arts/television/11CARO.html>
by Bernard Weinraub, New York Times
"With the exception of some really terrific stand-up comedians that can use that language -- but are not using it to shock -- it doesn't work. But you know we had to be funny without resorting to that stuff."

*** The Islanders
<http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/content/?040517fi_fiction>
by Andrew Sean Greer, New Yorker

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*** A Dim Speck In Space With A Fantastic View
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/11/science/space/11SEDN.html>
by Kenneth Chang, New York Times

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Life in the city

[Top Stories]

*** No Loophole For Past Reserves To Be Spent, Says Government
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,4386,250249,00.html?>
by Lydia Lim, Straits Times
It refutes Net postings that claim constitutional amendment lets key agencies spend reserves transferred to them; stringent rules are in force.