[MyAppleMenu] Nov 5, 2004

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Mac news for Mac people

[Top Stories]

*** Apple Store Takes Reviews -- But Not Of Its Own Stuff
<http://news.com.com/Apple+Store+takes+reviews--but+not+of+its+own+stuff/2100-1046_3-5439330.html?part=rss&tag=5439330&subj=news.1046.20>
Ina Fried, CNET News.com

Customers visiting Apple's online store can now post their own reviews of the products they buy -- unless it's the latest iPod.

*** Rate Products, But Not Apple's
<http://wiredblogs.tripod.com/cultofmac/index.blog?entry_id=506627>
Leander Kahney, Cult Of Mac

Apple's online store now allows customers to rate many third-party products, but not Apple's own. "It gets worse."

[News]

*** New Apple Stores In Liverpool, Jersey
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=10067>
Macworld UK

More news from Apple's reseller channels, with a new stores in Jersey and Liverpool and a new accreditaion...

*** Apple Launches Epson Promo
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/11/04/epsonpromo/>
MacMinute

Free Epson printer with the purchase of a qualifying computer.

*** At Posh Hotels, iPod A High-Tech Mint On The Pillow
<http://news.com.com/At+posh+hotels%2C+iPod+a+high-tech+mint+on+the+pillow/2100-1041_3-5439378.html?part=rss&tag=5439378&subj=news.1041.20>
Alorie Gilbert, CNET News.com

Music lovers checking into fine hotels may want to ask the front desk about the latest trend in upscale amenities: in-room iPods.

*** Apple Addicts Will Arrive Early For Store's Opening
<http://www.dmregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041104/BUSINESS04/411040374/1033>
Patt Johnson, Des Monies Register

Twenty years after Apple introduced the Macintosh, the company is opening a retail store in Iowa.

*** Mac Developer Looks To Windows To Escape Tiger
<http://news.com.com/Mac+developer+looks+to+Windows+to+escape+Tiger/2100-1046_3-5439243.html?part=rss&tag=5439243&subj=news.1046.20>
Ina Fried, CNET News.com

With Apple threatening to push his product aside, longtime Mac developer Arlo Rose has moved his Konfabulator over to Windows.

*** Cell Signaling Technology: Switching An Entire Company To Macs
<http://www.apple.com/science/profiles/cellsignaling/>
Barbara Gibson, Apple

"Switching to Macs company-wide has been good for us. No one worries about the system anymore. They're concentrating on their work, using the Mac as a tool rather than as a computer."

*** REAL Software Ships REALbasic 5.5.4
<http://www.macnn.com/news/26852>
MacNN

[Opinion]

*** How Far Can Apple Ride The iPod Craze?
<http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/P94963.asp>
Robert Walberg, CNBC

It's tough to bet against a company seemingly doing everything right, and there's no real reason to at the moment.

[Wintel]

*** Microsoft Wants Servers To Drive Office Sales
<http://news.com.com/Microsoft+wants+servers+to+drive+Office+sales/2100-1012_3-5439384.html?part=rss&tag=5439384&subj=news.1012.20>
Martin LaMonica, CNET News.com

Microsoft wants to create closer ties between its Office desktop software and its server applications in the next version of Office, hoping customers will upgrade their copies of the dominant desktop software suite.

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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Hollywood Wants File Sharers To Fade Out
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25784-2004Nov4.html?nav=rss_technology>
Frank Ahrens, Wasington Post

The movie industry announced today it will launch its first wave of lawsuits later this month against those it alleges are illegally sharing copyrighted films on the Internet, following its peers in the record business.

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The other things in life

[World]

*** Too Much Buzz On The Blogs
<http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/nov2004/nf2004114_9859_db045.htm>
Steve Rosenbush, BusinessWeek

Plenty of them blew it by racing with faulty exit-poll data showing a big Bush loss. Still, they're here to stay, and that's good.

[Tech & Science]

*** Music And The Brain
<http://www.sciam.com/print_version.cfm?articleID=0007D716-71A1-1179-AF8683414B7F0000>
Norman M. Weinberger, Scientific American

What is the secret of music's strange power? Seeking an answer, scientists are piecing together a picture of what happens in the brains of listeners and musicians.

[Life]

*** So You Want To Move To Canada?
<http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/11/04/canada/index_np.html>
Kevin Berger, Salon

All you need to know about becoming a legal resident. Tip No. 1: Brush up on the prairie provinces.

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Life in the city

[News]

*** 'Uniquely Singapore, Uniquely Podium'
<http://www.mb.com.ph/SCTY2004110421869.html>
Manila Bulletin

The country's sights and attractions, such as the magnificent Esplanade -- Theatres on the Bay, have made the citystate an ideal venue for world-class events.