[MyAppleMenu] Oct 18, 2004

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Monday, October 18, 2004

MyAppleMenu
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Mac News for Mac Users

[News]

*** Google Not Ruling Out Desktop Search For Mac
<http://www.macobserver.com/article/2004/10/18.3.shtml>
by Brad Gibson, Mac Observer


*** Apple Improves Logic's Distributed Audio
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=9913>
by Macworld UK
The update improves Logic's distribution audio processing, which lets users expand the processing capacity of Logic systems by distributing complex software tasks to other Macs.

*** Apple's New "Mini" Stores
<http://arstechnica.com/articles/culture/applemini.ars>
by Charles Jade, Ars Technica


*** We Want To Know: Where's Apple?
<http://www.syracuse.com/business/poststandard/index.ssf?/base/business-6/1097918212105991.xml>
by Bob Niedt, Syracuse Post-Standard
Take this straight from the mouth of the CEO (and co-founder) of Apple Computer: There will be an Apple Store at Carousel Center mall.

*** History Haunts Jobs' Plans For Mansion
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/10/17/MNG379BCOC1.DTL>
by Carolyne Zinko, San Francisco Chronicle
Preservationists don't want house moved.

*** Google Desktop In Firefox (Even On The Mac)
<http://apple.weblogsinc.com/entry/5844164538663617/>
by Marc Orchant, Unofficial Apple Weblog
Intrepid developers have released the Firefox Toolbar that extends the Desktop Search to the Firefox browser on Windows and the Mac. Note: This news has been updated: "Google Desktop Search requires an .exe file that is currently only available for Windows 2000 and XP."

*** Santa Rosa Plaza
<http://www.ifoapplestore.com/stores/santa_rosa_plaza/index.html>
by Gary Allen, ifoAppleStore
The waiting line for the grand opening of the Santa Rosa Plaza Apple store formed slowly, starting at 6 am.

[Opinion]

*** Me: Never A Windows Technician
<http://www.mrbarrett.com/mt/archives/2004_10_17.html>
by Damien Barrett, MrBarrett.com
No viruses. No spyware. No popups. Take back control of your computer and browsing experience. Get a Mac.

[Review]

*** The Great Ad Divide
<http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/top/story/0,4136,75237,00.html>
by Singapore New Paper
Apple's iPod and Creative's Zen Touch are neck and neck in quality, but shrewd advertising puts Apple on top.

*** iPod Caters To Individual's Choice
<http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041017/BIZ/410170341>
by Josee Valcourt, The Clarion-Ledger
There's been a buzz about those iPod products, and for the most part it's true.

[Sidetrack]

*** Rumor Today: Speed-bumped iBooks, U2-edition iPod 
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/2004/10/18/#20041018bg000001>
by Heng-Cheong Leong
Think Secret<http://www.thinksecret.com/news/0410briefly.html> believes they are coming: new iBooks on Oct 19 (that's tomorrow), and new iPods around Nov 21, right when the new U2 album will be released.





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

[Top Stories]

*** Google Envy Is Fomenting Search Wars
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/18/technology/18search.html?ex=1255752000&en=5f53b69525aa0345&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland>
by John Markoff, New York Times
Propelled by Google envy, new players and Internet industry giants are rushing into the online search market, setting off a burst of activity that contrasts sharply with the lull after the dot-com collapse.

[News]

*** The Brains Behind AI
<http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,65357,00.html?tw=rss.TOP>
by Kari Lynn Dean, Wired News
By addressing fundamental problems with machine learning and exploring the foundations of intelligence, Daphne Koller is pushing the limits of present-day scientific understand of how to build computer programs that learn efficiently and reason intelligently.

*** How To Get Consumers To Swallow Electronic Tags
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/emergingtech/0,39020357,39170565,00.htm>
by Graema Wearden, ZDNet UK
One of RFID's proponents explains how to sell the technology to consumers, while privacy activists keep fighting to protect consumers from secret RFID tagging.

*** The Customization Economy: Myth Or Reality?
<http://www.clickz.com/experts/brand/sense/article.php/3422351>
by Hans-Peter Brondmo, ClickZ
If you don't give customers choice and products-for-one, you'll increasingly become irrelevant.

*** Do You Want A Marketer Inside Your Hard Drive?
<http://www.ratcliffeblog.com/archives/000185.html>
by Mitch Ratcliffe, RatcliffeBlog





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The other things in life

[Life]

*** Do Good! Win A Prize!
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/17/business/yourmoney/17cont.html?oref=login&ex=1255838400&>
by Daniel Akst, New York Times
While Nobel Prizes are given for past performance, other types of inducement prizes are intended to spur innovation. Do they do the job?

[Expressions]

*** Old Friends
<http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/content/?041025fi_fiction>
by Tomas Mcguane, New Yorker





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