[MyAppleMenu] Dec 14, 2001

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

Adobe Profit, Revenue Fall Short In Q4 (Matt Berger, IDG News Service)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0112/13.adobe.php>
Adobe reported more than a 50 percent drop in net income for the fourth quarter compared to the same quarter a year earlier.

iTunes 2.0.3 Updater Posted (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=3969>
Greater control whey synchronizing iTunes with the iPod.

Jobs 'A US Tycoon Icon' (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/top_news_item.cfm?NewsID=3970>
Apple CEO Steve Jobs is one of the USA's most fascinating tycoons, a Forbes.com survey has revealed.

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

Suite It Is (Garry Barker, Sydney Morning Herald)
<http://it.mycareer.com.au/opinion/macman/2001/12/13/FFX125XE5VC.html>
This is big software muscle, very well produced, fast and intuitive, with heaps of useful features.

iPod (Chris Snider, STL Today)
<http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/business/stories.nsf/Business/Technology/9ED3F4625BFECCC886256B20002D46D2?OpenDocument&Headline=PERSONAL%20TECHNOLOGY>
It's rare that Apple owners have a chance to really make PC users envious. Well, eat your heart out, Bill Gates.

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

Experts Say Decision Could Undermine Online Jouralists (Carl S. Kaplan, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/14/technology/circuits/14CYBERLAW.html>
Free speech advocates are worried that a recent federal appeals decision could have a chilling effect on online journalists who use hyperlinks to direct readers to relevant, newsworthy sites that contain illegal material.

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

Web Revolution 'Not Over Yet' (Reuters)
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2100948,00.html>
The attendance is down at the annual Internet World conference, and delegates are focusing on serious technology rather than gadgets and hype.

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

Dell To Discontinue Itanium Workstation (Ken Popovich, eWEEK)
<http://www.eweek.com/article/0,3658,s%253D700%2526a%253D19983,00.asp>
Frustrated by a lack of sales, Dell is going to pull the plug on its Itanium-based workstation, according to sources at the company.

Microsoft Weeds Out Office XP Bugs (Joe Wilcox, CNET News.com)
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2100942,00.html>
New downloads fix vulnerabilities in Word, Excel and PowerPoint and prevent remote manipulation of data by hackers.

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

Addicted To Oil (Economist)
<http://www.economist.com/opinion/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=904915>
America's energy policy was wrong before September 11th. Now it is even more so.

What We Did For Normandy Do For New York (Daniel Henninger, Wall Street Journal)
<http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/dhenninger/?id=95001599>
The military knows how to memorialize the dead.

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

Crisis Of The (Virtual) Commons (Mansha Daswani, ReadMe)
<http://journalism.fas.nyu.edu/opensource/readme/index.php?art_id=95>
Despite the common wisdom that interactivity is one thing the Net does well, some mainstream news sites treat their public forums like bastard children. What are they afraid of?

Nubbins To Super-Droopers: The Quest For The Ideal Bra (Robert Gottlieb, New York Observer)
<http://www.nyobserver.com/pages/book2.asp>
You may have worn a brassiere, you may have helped a friend or two take off a brassiere, but have you ever really <i>thought</i> about the brassiere?

Rules Of The Game (Booth Moore, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/features/lifestyle/la-121401shop.story>
How to make it through the gift-buying season during uncertain economic times.

TV Gones Gung-Ho Over War (Howard Rosenberg, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.calendarlive.com/top/1,1419,L-LATimes-TV-X!ArticleDetail-48271,00.html>
There's no biz like war biz.

Japan's Suicide Epidemic (Mark Magnier, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-121401jecon.story>
In a nation where mental illness is shamed and lifetime jobs are a memory, some desperate workers see no way out.

Suggestions For My (Kinko's) Co-Workers (Rob Walker, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/?id=2059736&device=>
This isn't the pushy complaining of a customer. It's just a little friendly advice between co-workers.

Why College Radio Fears The DMCA (Mark L. Shahinian, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/12/13/college_webcast/index.html?x>
If the Digital Millennium Copyright Act is fully enforced, stations will be unable to afford to webcast their tunes.

Experts Say Decision Could Undermine Online Jouralists (Carl S. Kaplan, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/14/technology/circuits/14CYBERLAW.html>
Free speech advocates are worried that a recent federal appeals decision could have a chilling effect on online journalists who use hyperlinks to direct readers to relevant, newsworthy sites that contain illegal material.

NBC, With Conditions, To Accept Ads For Liquor (Stuart Elliott, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/14/business/media/14ADCO.html>
Five years after some liquor companies began producing televsion commercials for alcoholic beverages, a large national broadcast network has agreed to begin accepting those spots.

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

Singapore Sees Jobless Situation Worsening Next Year (Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/latest/story/0,2276,30641,00.html?>
Unemployment will likely reach around 4.50 percent by end-2001 and worsen further next year.

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

Work On New $1.5b Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway To Begin Next Year (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/011214/5/singapore14726.html>
Three quarters of the new expressway will be underground -- making it the longest tunnel in Southeast Asia.

Man Cleared Of Posting Inflammatory Article On Net (Elena Chong, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/breakingnews/story/0,1895,90783,00.html?>
Suffering from paranoid disorder and needed long-term treatment.

Parco Bugis Junction Season's Best Decorated Mall (Koh Boon Pin, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/breakingnews/story/0,1895,90804,00.html?>
Despite the downturn, Parco Bugis Junction stuck to its S$200,000 plans.

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