[MyAppleMenu] Dec 27, 2001

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

New iMacs For The New Year? (Matthew Rothenberg, eWEEK)
<http://www.eweek.com/article/0,3658,s%253D706%2526a%253D20442,00.asp>
Apple has never lacked <i>chutzpah</i>; it it can convert that renewable resource into major new products, the Mac maker could emerge from this recession with a fresh new coat of Teflon and some new users to boot.

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

Demand Down, But Apple Richer (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=4019>
Apple ended 2001 with more cash (and cash equivalents) than it started the year with.

Apple's 2001 R&D Spending Up 13% (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=4018>
This increase is directly related to increases in R&D headcount to support expanded product development efforts.

Steve Jobs To Give A Keynote At CES 2002 (Lando Calrissian, Go2Mac)
<http://www.go2mac.com/story.lasso?newsID=8788>
Steve will be "presneting Apple's line of digital lifestyle appliances" and "an intuitive vision for consumer devices: think simple."

Palm Desktop 4.0b Brings OS X Support (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=11543>

OS X Update Embraces Gadgets (David Becker, CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-8297892.html?tag=owv>
Apple has released another update for its Mac OS X operating system, adding more support for peripherals such as digital cameras.

New OmniWeb Beta Brings Much-Awaited Features (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=11532>

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

Mac's Year Not So Bad After All (Jim Heid, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-000102338dec27.column?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dtechnology>
In all, it wasn't a bad year, considering how bad a year it was.

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

For Use Anytime (Matthew Fordahl, Associated Press)
<http://www.boston.com/dailynews/361/economy/For_use_anytime_:.shtml>
Connectix's Virtual PC for Mac 5.0 offers both reasonable speed and relatively low cost in an easy-to-install software package.

Earth 2140 (Adam Newman, Inside Mac Games)
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/reviews/view.php?ID=217>
Earth 2140 came out a few years ago for the PC and it shows. For those who enjoyed Starcraft/Warcraft and Command  Conquer, this game is for you. Nothing really that new, but more of the same concept.

The MacFixIt Toolbox Awards 2001 (MacFixIt)
<http://www.macfixit.com/extras/awards01.shtml>
These awards go to the software deemed most essential for inclusion in a troubleshooter's toolbox.

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

In Rewritten Internet Fables, The Late Bird Gets The Worm (Saul Hansell, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/27/technology/27WEB.html>
An initial land grab starts as people rush to get in first and get big fast. Then, as often as not, the leaders collapse of their own unsupportable weight and others pick up the pieces and turn the good ideas into real businesses.

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

Yahoo's Media Head Resigns (Jim Hu, CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-8297293.html?tag=owv>

Dot-Com Failures Up From Last Year (Sam Ames, CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-8296047.html?tag=owv>
The two-year Ice Age that brought the wave of extinctions may be showing signs of a spring thaw.

Net Showers May Lead To .Net Flowering (Leslie Walker, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/washtech/techthursday/columns/dotcom/A28553-2001Dec26.html>
Now that the pretenders and wannabes are gone, the Internet has a shot at being real again.

AOL Time Warner Fulfills Cable Promises (Reuters)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1004-200-8298274.html?tag=owv>
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Thursday certified four providers of high-speed Internet service to compete on AOL Time Warner cable systems around the country.

New OmniWeb Beta Brings Much-Awaited Features (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=11532>

Holidays Give Web Sites The Gift Of Traffic (Reuters)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-8291804.html?tag=lh>
The holidays boosted traffic to Amazon.com and eBay in November, while Microsoft logged the biggest increase in traffic among rivals AOL Time Warner and Yahoo.

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

Fiorina Mars HP's Image, Survey Says (Jonathan Skillings, CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-8295822.html?tag=owv>
More than 800 tech marketing executives in 17 countries voted the HP chief to the top of CEO's who most harmed their brand in the past year.

Microsoft Warns Of Holes In SQL Server (Juan Carlos Perez, IT World)
<http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/ptech/12/27/sql.holes.idg/index.html>
A pair of security holes in Microsoft's SQL Server database could make the product vulnerable to a denial-of-service attack and to the execution of malicious code by an attacker.

Why Burning CDs On Windows Really, Really Sucks (Andrew Orlowski, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/35/23508.html>
When the undocumented function changes, the application breaks. And when it breaks, people blame Microsoft.

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

Ice Memory (Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker)
<http://www.newyorker.com/FACT/?020107fa_FACT>
Does a glacier hold the secret of how civilization began -- and how it may end?

A Passenger Whose Chatter Is Always Appreciated (Anne Eisenberg, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/27/technology/circuits/27NEXT.html>
An invention that would relieve the loneliness of long-distance solo drivers: a software sidekick that operates from the car dashboard.

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

Turning Girls Into Ladies (Stephanie Chavez and Cara Mia DiMassa, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-122701rose.story>
Behind the scenes of Pasadena's Tournament of Roses lies an awesome princess-making machine.

Love Hurts (Lisa Levy, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/?id=2060143&device=>
The five deadly sins of romantic comedies.

The Not-The-USO (Lonnae O'Neal Parker, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28541-2001Dec26.html>
Ex-member opens 2nd entertainment front.

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

Changi Flights Hit By Bad Weather (Alicia Yeo, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,93264,00.html?>
Aircraft are divereted or delayed; fallen trees cause havoc on major roads, and weatherman tells people to stay indoors.

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

Singapore's Religious Groups Split On Embryonic Stem Cell Research (Hasnita A Majid, Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com.sg/articles/2001/12/27/singaporenews16040.htm>

Awaiting Signal On Contrary Viewpoints (Viswa Sadasivan, Feedback Unit, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,1870,93369,00.html?>
There needs to be an unequivocal signal from the government. It can no longer be a subtle signal. It has to be a bright flashing light.

Gifts Thrashed In Mix-Up (Margaret Perry, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,93308,00.html?>
Boys' Brigade says sorry for mistake that happened because red bags were used to wrap gifts after it ran out of blue ones.

Phang Chee-Boon (MacSingapore)
<http://www.macsingapore.com/archive/editorial/cboon.html>

Singapore's Airport Offers 'Game Show' For Passenger (Ananova)
<http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_482150.html?menu=news.quirkies>
Up to 30 people at a time sit at electronic consoles while a host shouts out number-based questions such as the weight of a Boeing jet.

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