[MyAppleMenu] Oct 13, 2004

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Wednesday, October 13, 2004

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[Top Stories]

*** Apple Whistles A Happy iTunes
<http://news.com.com/Apple+whistles+a+happy+iTunes/2100-1041_3-5406671.html?part=rss&tag=5406671&subj=news.1041.20>
by Ina Fried, CNET News.com
It's been 12 months since "hell froze over" at Apple Computer. And while the company hadn't magically converted Windows users all to the Mac view of hte world, it has made a pretty nice business for itself.

[News]

*** Quark Launches QuarkXPress 6.5
<http://www.digitmag.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=4498>
by Dan Sullivan, Digit Magazine

*** iPod Shortage Now On The Cards For Xmas
<http://www.businessworld.ie/livenews.htm?a=1018952;s=rollingnews.htm>
by business World
A shortage of iPods is now on the cards for the Christmas market in Ireland, acccording to Apple.

*** iPod Contract Brings 100 Jobs
<http://pei.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=e_ipod20041013>
by CBC
On-Line Support has landed a contract to provide technical support for one of the hottest MP3 players, the Apple iPod.

*** iPods Tap Word Of Mouth
<http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/13/1097607285350.html>
by Garry Barker, The Age
The iPod has done it again -- launched a whole new way of communicating. It is called podcasting, and in less than a month, it has built a tidal wave of sound for surfers.

*** Teachers Have A 'Grassroots' Mac Effort Underway At University School
<http://www.macsimumnews.com/index.php/archive/teachers_have_a_grassroots_mac_effort_underway_at_university_school/>
by Dennis Sellers, Macsimum
The Univeristy School of Nashville is officially an all-Windows school, but a dozen or so Mac-using staffers keep the Macintosh spirit alive, thriving and even growing as part of their "rebel" movement.

*** Now, For Your PC: Mac OS X
<http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,65323,00.html?tw=rss.TOP>
by Leander Kahney, Wired News
"It's not a hoax," programmer and designer Arben Kryezlu said in response to widespread skepticism about CherryOS on the net.

*** Apple Users Hit By One Of 19 Critical Microsoft Flaws
<http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/10/13/1097607273656.html?oneclick=true>
by Sydney Morning Herald
A critical flaw in Microsoft's Excel means Mac users who run Excel are also at risk of having code remotely executed on their systems.

*** Apple Fires Back At Microsoft Over 'Closed' Comments
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/10/12/appleresponse/>
by MacMinute
"There is a lot of customer choice happening today, it's just that Microsoft doesn't like the choices customers are making."

*** U2 Pitches For Apple
<http://news.com.com/U2+pitches+for+Apple/2100-1041_3-5406646.html?part=rss&tag=5406646&subj=news.1041.20>
by David Becker, CNET News.com
It was a beautiful day for Apple on Tuesday, as the company kicked off a new advertising campaign featuring rock superstars U2.

*** It's All About The iPod
<http://news.com.com/It%27s+all+about+the+iPod/2100-1041_3-5406519.html?part=rss&tag=5406519&subj=news.1041.20>
by David Becker, CNET News.com
Despite increase competition, Apple's iPod still rules the digital-music world, according to new reports from market researchers.

See Also : Fewer People Paying For Music Downloads -- NPD
<http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/nm/20041012/wr_nm/media_npd_dc>
by Reuters
Apple's iTunes remains the leader in paid digital music downloads, but the number of paying customers for this sector overall has decreased since April, research firm NPD said Tuesday.

[Opinion]

*** PhotoPod? Uh, No Thanks
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/wlg/5740>
by Giles Turnbull, O'Reilly Network
Squinting down at a tiny 2-inch screen, or worse still, trying to share a tiny 2-inch screen with a bunch of friends, just doesn't sound like much fun.

*** Apple's Mid-Life Crisis
<http://money.cnn.com/2004/10/12/technology/techinvestor/lamonica/index.htm>
by Paul R. La Monica, CNN/Money
The biggest mistake an investor can make with a stock that's had an amazing run is to try to call a top when its business remains strong. Take Apple Computer, for example.

*** iMac: The Missing Memory
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/2004/09/i_ac_he_issing_emory/index.php?lsrc=editorsblog>
by Dan Frakes, MacCentral
In the long run, insufficient stock RAM only hurts Apple.

[Review]

*** Pod People Untouched By Zen
<http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/13/1097607284603.html>
by Andrew Murfett, The Age
The iPod is even more user-friendly following the introduction of the click wheel. iTunes is the best jukebox software on the market and if Apple ever manages to introduce the iTunes Music Store locally, the digital muic experience will be complete.

*** Extend Your AirPort Network With AirPort Express
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/10/12/airport_express.html>
by Wei-Meng Lee, O'Reilly Network

*** Fsck And You
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/mac911/2004/10/fsck/index.php>
by Christopher Breen, Macworld

*** Spoken Word
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/2004/10/notebooklayout/index.php>
by Sue Voelkel, Macworld
I recorded a meeting using the Notebook Layout feature in Word 2004. Here's how it turned out.

*** An RSS Reader Made The Apple Way
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/2004/09/newsfire/index.php?lsrc=editorsblog>
by Jim Darlymple, MacCentral
What struck me the most about NewsFire was its simplicity.

[Sidetrack]

*** Peeling Into The Cherry 
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/2004/10/13/#20041013bg000001>
by Heng-Cheong Leong
A new emulator, Cherry OS, claims to emulate the Mac OS X on a Windows PC. Breakthrough in emulation, or just plain hoax? Leadner Kahney<http://wiredblogs.tripod.com/cultofmac/index.blog?entry_id=478186> from Wired News is on the case.

[Wintel]

*** Microsoft Launches Windows Shopping Portal
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1675318,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594>
by Mark Hachman, eWeek
Microsoft quietly launched its new shopping portal for hardware and software, which the company claims will not be used to promote its own products.

*** Microsoft Takes Aim At Everything
<http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/oct2004/tc20041013_1486.htm>
by Jay Greene, BusinessWeek
New partners and products signal Redmond's intent to dominate online music and video. Apple, watch out!

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Emerging Technology. Innovative Applications. New Economy.

[News]

*** Paypal: Banking Is Hard Work
<http://www.corante.com/mooreslore/archives/026540.html>
by Dana Blankenhorn, Moore's Lore
The folks at eBay have made a basic mistake with Paypal. They have treated it like a regular Internet company, and it's not. It's a bank.

*** Point. Shoot. Kiss It Good-Bye.
<http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.10/photo.html>
by David Weinberger, Wired News
Your hard drive is overflowing with gazillions of digital pics. DSC00234.jpg might as well be labeled DON'T_KNOW_DON'T_CARE.jpg. The quest to build the photo archive of the future.

*** People Lie On Surveys And Focus Groups, Often Unwittingly
<http://weblogs.asp.net/oldnewthing/archive/2004/10/12/241228.aspx>
by Raymond Chen, The Old New Thing

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The other things in life

[Tech & Science]

*** The Greatest Equations Ever
<http://www.physicsweb.org/articles/world/17/10/2/1>
by Robert P Crease, Physics World
Maxwell's equations of electromagnetism and the Euler equation top a poll to find the greatest equations of all time.

[Life]

*** Will Satellite, 'Podcasting' Bring A Renaissance To Radio Journalism?
<http://ojr.org/ojr/glaser/1097614994.php>
by Mark Glaser, Online Jouralism Review
Longtime NPR host Bob Edwards goes to XM satellite radio. Schlock king Howard Stern jumps to Sirius. People are using RSS feeds to get radio shows on their portable MP3 players. It's a new day in radio, but will journalism flourish?

*** Disney Is Tailoring New Park To Fit Hong Kong Sensitivities
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/13/business/worldbusiness/13disney.html?oref=login&8hpib>
by Keith Bradsher, New York Times
Disney had rotated the orientation of the entire park by several degrees in the early design phase after consulting a master of feng shui, a Chinese practice of seeking harmony with spiritual forces.

*** The Life He Left Behind
<http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6232686/site/newsweek/>
by Patti Davis, Newsweek
People who never met Christopher Reeve were emblodened by his crusade. If only President Bush had been one of them.

[Expressions]

*** Poem In The Manner Of The 1990s
<http://slate.msn.com/id/2108125/fr/rss/>
by David Lehman, Slate