[MyAppleMenu] Sep 7, 2004

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Tuesday, September 07, 2004

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Mac News for Mac Users

[Opinion]

*** Crimson Or Blue?
<http://www.idsnews.com/story.php?id=24446>
by Indiana Daily Student
Duke University's free iPods make us devilishly jealous.

*** Culture Clash: Those Li'l iPod Gods Are Smiling
<http://www.macnewsworld.com/story/Culture-Clash-Those-Lil-Ipod-Gods-Are-Smiling-36350.html>
by Ron Rollins, MacNewsWorld
In return for the loss of my library, I got 1,976 new songs chosen by someone else. By inheriting her music, I had a rare opportunity to spend some quality time in somebody else's musical mind.

[Review]

*** The Well-Worn NoteBook
<http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=07803>
by Adam C. Engst, TidBITS
There's no question that other programs can perform roughly the same tasks. But given a choice of any of them, I'll stick with NoteBook.

*** PowerMac G5 Dual 2.5GHz
<http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,10665589%5E15308%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html>
by Ian Cuthbertson, The Australian
Immensely powerful machine, easy to assemble, a dream to run, and quiet in opertation.

[Sidetrack]

*** Another "Paradigm Shift", Courtesy Of The iPod? 
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/2004/09/07/#20040907bg000006>
by Heng-Cheong Leong
Kurt Starsinic<http://kstar.dyndns.org:8080/blog/2004/09/06#20040906>: Instead of broadcasting what we listen to, we're advertising that we listen. It's becoming sexier not to enter other people's attention space uninvited.

*** Yes, It's Still Dead 
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/2004/09/07/#20040907bg000002>
by Heng-Cheong Leong
6 long years after the introduction of the bondi-blue iMac, reporters are still writing about the death of floppy disk<http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/tallahassee/business/9595612.htm>.

Well, at least it's still better read than the upcoming death of Apple Computer, Inc.

*** Can I Have My 15 Minutes? 
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/2004/09/07/#20040907bg000001>
by Heng-Cheong Leong
Engadget found a MP3 player called the Podi<http://www.engadget.com/entry/4227892791277657/>. Apple lawyers, start your engines.

[Wintel]

*** Microsoft Creates Static Over New Radio Feature
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/09/06/BUGVJ8I6VN1.DTL>
by Benny Evangelista, San Francisco Chronicle
A feature of Microsoft's new MSN Music service is quietly raising eyebrows in the radio industry. It is using playlists from more than 900 local radio stations around the country to create its own soundalike Internet stations -- stripped of local DJ chatter, traffic, weather and commercials.

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Emerging Technology. Innovative Applications. New Economy.

[News]

*** The Digital Copyright Crisis
<http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2004/09/07/the_digital_copyright_crisis/>
by John Palfrey, Boston Globe
Technologies don't infringe copyright; people do.

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The other things in life

[Life]

*** Homes Of The Stars
<http://www.newyorker.com/critics/skyline/?040913crsk_skyline>
by Paul Goldberger, New Yorker
A high-profile suburb for the Hamptons.

*** A City Grasps At The Last Traces Of Summer
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/07/nyregion/07last.html?ex=1252209600&#38;en=f9db8421ec449570&#38;ei=5088&#38;partner=rssnyt>
by Damien Cave, New York Times
The summer, escaping with every passing minute, would not be released without a fight.

[Expressions]

*** Kansas
<http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/content/?040913fi_fiction>
by Marilynne Robinson, New Yorker
Lasat night the two of us had a conversation. I doublt you will remember it.

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Life in the city

[News]

*** SAT No Longer A Must For Enty To SMU
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,4386,271306,00.html?>
by Sandra Davie, Straits Times

*** No Golden Years For These Women
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,4386,271296,00.html?>
by Vivi Zainol, Straits Times
Help needed for those in their 50s to 80s with no job, CPF nor anyone to turn to.