[MyAppleMenu] Dec 16, 2001

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

Middle School To Have Wireless Apple Laptops (Greg Foster, The Lincoln County News)
<http://lcnews.maine.com/2001-12-13/wiscasset_laptops.html>
"It's going to become like a textbook for these students."

If USB 2.0 Is So Good, Where Is It? (Daniel Greenberg, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41390-2001Dec13.html>
Making quality connections has not been much easier for computers than for human beings.

Mac OS X Shareware Products Proliferate (Denniss Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0112/15.shareware.php>

Apple Store #27 Opens In Cambridge, MA (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0112/15.cambridgeside.php>
Apple's first store in Greater Boston opened this morning in Cambridge, Ma.

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

If USB 2.0 Is So Good, Where Is It? (Daniel Greenberg, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41390-2001Dec13.html>
Making quality connections has not been much easier for computers than for human beings.

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

Clinton And Schumer: Show Us The Money (Frank Bruni, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/16/magazine/16SENATORS.html>
When the two Democratic senators from New York visit the leader of the Senate's Republican minority, they have learned that memories fade, that new priorities emerge and that New York, even now, is not an easy magnet for national sympathy.

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

Cell-Sufficient (Irene Sege, Boston Globe)
<http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/349/living/Cell_sufficient+.shtml>
Many mobile-phone users are deciding that they don't need a land line at all.

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

Making Of A Mogul (Michelle Levander, Time Asia)
<http://www.time.com/time/asia/digital/column/0,9754,187658,00.html>
His last name got him in the door, but can James Murdoch thrive in the world's toughest TV market?

Duty-Free Shopping (Amy Goldwasser, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/16/magazine/16SHOPPING.html>
Wherever you look these days, there's a public official telling you that these petty little pleasures are brave acts of patriotism. That may make them more noble, but it sure doesn't make them more fun.

Buyers Reading Cover Price, And Opting Not To Read The Rest (David D. Kirkpatrick, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/16/books/16BOOK.html>
Across the country this holiday season, recession-minded book buyers are suffering a wave of sticker shock.

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

A Casino In Singapore? Come, Place Your Bets (Karamjit Kaur, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,91218,00.html?>
Gambling is big here, but what stands in the way of a casino appears to be a moral argument, plus law and order issues.

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

PAP Spent $1.8m In November Elections (Hwee Goh, Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com.sg/articles/2001/12/16/singaporenews14868.htm>
In contested wards alone, the PAP spent $1m or $1.50 per voter, more than the $1.35 spent per voter in such wards in the 1997 elections.

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