[MyAppleMenu] Dec 8, 2001

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=== top ====================================

Apple, Sun Could Gain From Remedy (John R. Wilke, Wall Street Journal)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/668922.asp>
Apple, Sun, and other competitors could benefit directly under a proposed remedy to be presented to a federal judge by the nine states reamaining in the antitrust case.

Apple Identifies And Corrects iPod Issue (Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0112/07.ipod.php>
The company has released an iPod firmware update that fixes the bug of not waking up from sleep.

Apple Confirms iPod Problem (Ian Fried, CNET News.com)
<http://investor.cnet.com/investor/news/newsitem/0-9900-1028-8102681-0.html?tag=ats>
Apple Computer on Friday confirmed a glitch with its iPod digital music player that can lead some machines to remain in sleep mode when their batteries get low.

=== news ====================================

Everything Seems To Play MP3s Lately (Mike Musgrove, Washington Post)
<http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/172783.html>
MP3s aren't just for computers anymore.

Week In Review: All About Apple (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2830999,00.html?chkpt=zdnnp1tp02>

I'll Be Hacked For Christmas (Jenn Shreve, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,48847,00.html>
A few dedicated hobbyists are tearing tech products apart in hopes of making improvements that manufacturers either didn't think of or didn't deem cost-effective.

School District Retains Macs With 3Com (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=11167>
The Cledonia Community Schools district is retaining its Macintosh systems thanks to new hardware from 3Com.

Netscape 6.2.1 Adds Features (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=11170>
The update brings improved stability.

Deimos Rising Out As Promised (Sean Smith, Inside Mac Games)
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/news/story.php?ArticleID=4429>
The vertical-scrolling arcade game runs on Mac OS 8.6 or later, and natively on Mac OS X.

Apple Files Supplemental Brief In Microsoft Case (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0112/07.supplemental.php>
Calling the proposal "a massive subsidy for the adoption of Microsoft technology," Apple said that only five to six percent of the "value" contributed by Microsoft would be eligible to be used to acquire non-Microsoft technology.

iPod Software Update Warning (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=11176>
Hitting the "cancel" button during the iPod software update process may render your iPod unusable.

=== opinions ====================================

Can Apple Grow In India? (R. Sririvas, India Today)
<http://www.india-today.com/ctoday/20011201/fend2.html>
Macintoshes in India are scarce, pricey and lack after-sales support. Can Apple India remodel its marketing, support and investment policies to regain market share?

Macworld: G3s, G4s, G5s, Oh My! (Kelly mcNeill, osOpinion)
<http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/15194.html>
Motorola's own road map, coupled with insider information and rumors around the Web, appears to confirm reports that the G5 will ship in January.

Java Or Cocoa? Mac Developers Choose Their Brews (Andrew Orlowski, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/35/23270.html>
Was Java up to snuff, we asked? Mostly, opinion was positive.

=== reviews ====================================

iPod's A Winner (Arik Hesseldahl, Forbes.com)
<http://Forbes.com/2001/12/07/1207tentech.html>
The iPod is a fantastic product that is easily topping the wish lists of many a Mac user this holiday season.

=== internet top news ====================================

"Online News Users Have To Pay" (Randall Scasny, Online Journalism Review)
<http://ojr.usc.edu/content/story.cfm?request=663>
Change the product, give it more value and paid access will work.

Chinese Is The Future Of The Net (Kieren McCarthy, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/23247.html>
Chinese will become the Web's most used language by 2007, outranking English.

=== internet news ====================================

Netscape 6.2.1 Adds Features (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=11170>
The update brings improved stability.

=== wintel top news ====================================

Proposal Cheers Microsoft Competitors (Joe Wilcox, CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-8105798.html?tag=owv>
A proposal greatly restricting Microsoft's businesses practices had the company's competitors sining the praises of nine state attorneys general.

=== wintel news ====================================

Apple, Sun Could Gain From Remedy (John R. Wilke, Wall Street Journal)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/668922.asp>
Apple, Sun, and other competitors could benefit directly under a proposed remedy to be presented to a federal judge by the nine states reamaining in the antitrust case.

I'll Be Hacked For Christmas (Jenn Shreve, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,48847,00.html>
A few dedicated hobbyists are tearing tech products apart in hopes of making improvements that manufacturers either didn't think of or didn't deem cost-effective.

A Play For Take-Two? (Gene Marcial, BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/01_51/b3762143.htm>
Microsoft's next move may be the games themselves.

Apple Files Supplemental Brief In Microsoft Case (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0112/07.supplemental.php>
Calling the proposal "a massive subsidy for the adoption of Microsoft technology," Apple said that only five to six percent of the "value" contributed by Microsoft would be eligible to be used to acquire non-Microsoft technology.

Microsoft Finds Flaw In Outlook Web Access (ComputerWeekly)
<http://www.cw360.com/bin/bladerunner?REQSESS=pT74943L3&690REQEVENT=&CARTI=108557&CARTT=1&CCAT=1&CCHAN=13&CFLAV=1&CPAGEN=ArticlePage&CPAGET=-99999&CSEARCH=&CSESS=-99999&CTOPIC=>
Microsoft has warned that a flaw in the Outlook Web Access module in its Exchange 5.5 e-mail system could allow unauthorised access to users' mailboxes.

Compaq Shares Slump, H-P Up As Deal Doubts Rise (Reuters)
<http://news.cnet.com/investor/news/newsitem/0-9900-1028-8104907-0.html?tag=ats>
The stock moves came on Instinet after the Packard family foundation, a major Hewlett shareholder, said it would vote against hte companies' planned merger.

=== linux news ====================================

Discussion: Making Linux Look Harder Than It Is (Slashdot)
<http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/12/07/1933215&mode=flat>

=== reader : world ====================================

Adieu, Arafat? (Economist)
<http://www.economist.com/opinion/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=895635>
Israel might be even less safe from terrorist outrages without him.

Why The World Loves To Hate America (Moises Naim, Financial Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/analysis/story/0,1870,89479,00.html?>
For all the post-Sept 11 focus on Islamic anti-Americanism, the world's reaction has, in fact, exposed the variety, complexity and ubiquity of antipathy towards the United States.

The Ashcroft Smear (Editorial, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5982-2001Dec6.html>
If American political history stands for one solitary point it is that democratic debate is good and makes the country stronger.

=== reader : tech ====================================

Segway's Assault On Walking (Christopher Orlet, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/survivor3/index.html>
Dean Kamen's much-hyped superscooter is a slothful step in the wrong direction.

Yes, It's Been Warm. And Why? (Andrew C. Revkin, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/08/science/08WARM.html>
The warm spell that gave the United States its second-warmest November and the planet its warmest October on record was caused by -- well, climate scientists cannot quite agree.

Interface Design Is Trickier Than It Seems (David Pogue, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/06/technology/circuits/06POGUE-EMAIL.html>
I may sound like a hrash critic, but far be it for me to suggest that it's easy to design excellent interfaces. Quite the contrary.

=== reader : life ====================================

A New Independents' Day (Sorina Diaconescu, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.calendarlive.com/top/1,1419,L-LATimes-Movies-X!ArticleDetail-47982,00.html>
Six filmmakers discuss new technology, the effects of Sept 11 and the need to remain true to their craft and vision.

Is The Metropolitan The Limit? (Kamau High, Financial Times)
<http://timeoff.ft.com/ft/gx.cgi/ftc?pagename=View&c=Article&cid=FT3NXGRKYUC&live=true>
How does an artist go on creating when, for many, there would be no other goals left?

All Is Calm, All Is Bright (Mary Jane Solomon, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2635-2001Dec6.html>
Where to find the most dazzling, decked out houses this side of the north pole.

A Family, A Feud And A Six-Foot Sandwich (Glenn Collins, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/08/nyregion/08HERO.html>
Here in post-tragedy New York, there has been no shortage of heartwarming stories about long-feuding families setting aside their differences in an inspirational repudiation of strife-mongering in a war-torn world. This is not one of them.

Two Books Seek Lessons From The Great Depression (Robert J. Samuelson, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/09/books/review/09SAMUELT.html>
The attacks of Sept. 11 have only deepened the parallels between present-day America and the America of teh 1920's.

24/7 Service, But Who's Counting? (Matt Richtel, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/09/technology/09SLAS.html>
I'd like to thank AT&T for helping me to better grasp the concept of time, by enlightening me to the space, time, customer-service continuum.

O.K., O.K., I'm Going Cellular (Jerry Mikorenda, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/09/business/yourmoney/09MYMY.html>
For the longest time, I had designs on being the last New Yorkers without a cellphone.

Where San Francisco's Chinatown Reveals Itself (Katherine Kam, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/09/travel/CHINATOW.html>
In Chinatown, daily life unfolds in the temples, alleys, side streets and meeting places.

=== reader : eof ====================================

Wall St Journal Updates Its Look (Claire Cozens, Guardian)
<http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/story/0,7495,614912,00.html>
The radical overhaul will introduce colour to the front page for the first time.

=== singapore top news ====================================

NWC Recommends Wage Freeze Or Cut For Companies Hit By Downturn (S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com.sg/articles/2001/12/08/singaporenews14055.htm>
Singapore's National Wages Council, issuing its revised guidelines, has recommended wage freezes or cuts for the majority of companies adversely affected by the severe economic downturn.

Singapore Headed For 1993-Style Bull Run? (Ven Sreenivasan, Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/innews/story/0,2276,30059,00.html?>
Besides enjoying strong liquidity, attractive valuations, low inflation, and falling fuel prices, Asian corporates had also de-coupled from the economy.

=== singapore news ====================================

More People Banned From Hiring Maids (Paula McCoy, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/breakingnews/story/0,1895,89554,00.html?>
The number of people who have been banned from employing a maid because they abused their last one has risen in recent years.

Virgin, StarHub Cut SMS Rates (Steve Dawson, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,89370,00.html?>
Newcomer reacts to feedback that its service costs too much and also reduces outgoing-call rates; StarHub follows suit.

Have A Ball This Christmas (Tan Shzr Ee, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/life/story/0,1870,89334,00.html?>
Victoria Concert Hall will become a Christmas wonderland on Thursday for a fund-raising Yuletide concert with the SSO.

The Chinese High Wants To Go Private (Sandra Davie, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,89375,00.html?>
Independent school aims to have its own curriculum and to hire varsity lecturers and business professionals as teachers.

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