[MyAppleMenu] Nov 3, 2004

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Mac news for Mac people

[Top Stories]

*** Resellers: Market Share Down Because 'Apple Eats Its Children'
<http://www.macsimumnews.com/index.php/archive/resellers_market_share_down_because_apple_eats_its_children/>
Dennis Sellers, Macsimum

Resellers said that there's been too little product to sell for too long and that Apple continues to "squeeze" resellers and distributors, removing sales incentives.

[News]

*** Can Radio Kill The Digital Music Star?
<http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3085060a11275,00.html>
New Zealand Stuff

A funny thing happened on the way to the consumer electronics store.

*** iPod Mini-Matching Earbuds
<http://www.engadget.com/entry/8920472158314561/>
Peter Rojas, Engadget

The catch? Japan only.

*** Apple Shares Reach Four-Year High On Demand For iPod
<http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=amJNezeA1pC4&refer=us>
Bloomberg

Apple shares rose to a four-year high as demand for the iPod surges before the year-end shopping season, reversin the slump triggered in September 2000 by a disappointing profit forecast.

*** The Old New Thing
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/31/magazine/31CONSUMED.html?ex=1256965200&en=5f0a7b59d6b704ea&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland>
Rob Walker, New York Times

Aside from partisans for the Macintosh, there are also many determined fans of a smaller, hand-held device who are so united in their devotion that they form a kind of secret society. No, not iPod fans. Newton fans.

[Opinion]

*** My Mac OS X Switching Saga
<http://www.atpm.com/10.11/segments.shtml>
Jon Allen Boone, ATPM

*** Can The iPod Keep Leading The Band?
<http://businessweek.com/magazine/content/04_45/b3907064_mz011.htm>
Peter Burrows, BusinessWeek

Apple has to continue to out-innovate a growing crowd of contenders.

[Review]

*** A Simple Drawing Sample In Quartz 2D
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/11/02/quartz.html>
Scott Thompson, O'Reilly Network

*** iBook, Power Mac 1.8GHz Benchmarks
<http://www.macworld.com/2004/11/news/ibookbench/index.php>
James Galbraith, Macworld

The message here is not about value; the new Power Mac is definitely a bargain. But it does appear that, when it comes to frontside bus speed, megahertz does indeed matter.

*** The iPod-Powwered PC
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1707973,00.asp>
Steven J. Vaugghan-Nichols, eWeek

Migo Personal for iPod transforms Apple's popular music player into both a backup device and a setup device for remote PCs.

*** How-To: Get Music Off Your iPod
<http://www.engadget.com/entry/7166385640773718/>
Phillip Torrone, Engadget

In this How-To we show you several different ways of getting the music off of your iPod and onto both Macs and PCs, all with free tools.

*** Pricey iPod Upgrade Worth Every Dime
<http://www.freep.com/money/tech/mwendland2e_20041102.htm>
Mike Wendland, Detroit Free Press

[Sidetrack]

*** The People Of America Have Failed Us Today...
Heng-Cheong Leong

Joi Ito <http://joi.ito.com/archives/2004/11/03/the_people_of_america_have_failed_us_today.html>: "For awhile, many of us thought that you had been conned into voting for Bush -- that you didn't iknow he wanted to be a War President... We thought you had made a mistake. Now US policies = US Citizens. You have my sympathies, but it's still your fault.

[Wintel]

*** IE Exploit Is Top Of The Hacks
<http://news.com.com/IE+exploit+is+top+of+the+hacks/2100-1002_3-5436186.html?part=rss&tag=5436186&subj=news.1002.20>
Dan Ilett, CNET News.com

*** Is Dell's Winning Streak In Jeopardy?
<http://news.com.com/Is+Dell%27s+winning+streak+in+jeopardy%3F/2008-1042_3-5435161.html?part=rss&tag=5435161&subj=news.1042.10>
John G Spooner, CNET News.com

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[Top Stories]

*** Online Identity Theft: Many Medicines, No Cure
<http://www.thestandard.com/internetnews/000529.php>
Paul Roberts, Industry Standard

As problems like phishing scams change from e-crime phenomenon to endemic online threats, technology companies are brinigng products and services to market that they claim can end, or greatly reduce, the threat of online identity theft.

[News]

*** Trusting A Chaotic Future
<http://www.computer.org/computer/homepage/1004/random/index.htm>
Bob Colwell, Computer Magazine

Our very success as technologists has left us in charge of driving the bus. Now we must make sure people want to go where we're heading.

*** Would You Like An Extra Shot Of Music With That Macchiato?
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/03/arts/music/03buck.html?ex=1257138000&#38;en=12066584ab064652&%2338;ei=5088&%2338;partner=rssnyt>
Robert Levine, New York Times

Starbucks is growing increasingly aggressive about marketing music alongside its macchiatos and madeleines.

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[Expressions]

*** The Revolution
<http://slate.msn.com/id/2109048/fr/rss/>
Lynn Emanuel, Slate

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[News]

*** Thinking Of That 5-Day Getaway Next Week? Forget It
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/sub/topstories/story/0,5562,282856,00.html?>
Serene Goh, Straits Times

Flights to popular destinations are fully booked for Deepavali-Hari Raya perod.