[MyAppleMenu] Nov 22, 2004

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Laptop-Less Freshmen Have Differing Views About Status
<http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/1156146.shtml>
Colin Hickey, Morning Sentinel

For most of the freshmen, the loss of the iBooks is no big deal. Some said they are glad to be rid of them.

*** .Mac Reinstates Virex Download For Members With New Version 7.5.1
<http://apple.weblogsinc.com/entry/1234000567021105/>
Laurie Duncan, Unofficial Apple Weblog

*** 5000 Apple Religious Nuts Camp Outside London Store
<http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=19802>
Nick Farrell, The Inquirer

More than 5000 followers of Steve Jobs encircled a sacred site in Regent Street in Londinium over the weekend as a new holy of holies was opened.

*** Apple Reboots Into Retailing
<http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2004-11-21-apple-cov_x.htm>
Jefferson Graham, USA Today

The Geniuses -- tech support staffers clad in black, offering free advice from behind a sleek, barlike counter -- were an afterthought when Apple expanded into retailing in 2001, another non-traditional tool to bring in shoppers and draw attention that Apple computers were not getting at traditional computer retailers. The concept has become so successful that 100,000 people visit the Geniuses every week.

[Review]

*** A New Computer
<http://www.mathdittos2.com/columns/bh/bh041122.html>
Steve Wood, Math Dittos 2

You really don't notice the raw power of the G5 that much in the Finder. It's quick, but it's when you open up applications that are dual processor aware, you feel the speed this kind of machine supplies.

[Sidetrack]

*** Please Use The Product Before Reviewing
Heng-Cheong Leong

How does a mainstream press manage to do comparison review <http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/top/story/0,4136,77858,00.html> between different products, without showing a single thread of evidence of using one of the said product?

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Internet Retailers Reaching Out To Mailbox Surfers
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/22/technology/22ecom.html?ex=1258866000&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1101132365-Q5PoueM1LMS7hm/aIxkB6Q>
Bob Tedeschi, New York Times

E-commerce sites have been dabbling in catalogs for the past few years, but now they're getting more serious, with more sites mailing more catalogs than ever.

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The other things in life

[Tech & Science]

*** Computers As Authors? Literary Luddites Unite!
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/22/books/22fict.html>
Daniel Akst, New York Times

With little fanfare and (so far) no appearances at Barnes & Noble, computers have started writing without us scribes.

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[Top Stories]

*** Letter From Singapore
<http://www.pranaygupte.com/article.php?index=199>
Pranay Gupte

Don't expect to practice the journalism of fairness and forthrightness [in Singapore]. This simply isn't the place for that.