[MyAppleMenu] Dec 30, 2001

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

CompUSA Has Limited Stock Of iMacs, iBooks (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=11572>

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

Latest AIM Client For Mac OS X Is Slick (Derrick Story, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/1007>
Clearly the software team for the Mac OS X AIM client are taking this opportunity to improve their product.

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

Sexchart Degrees Of Separation (Farhad Manjoo, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,48997,00.html>
It started out as a simple girl-meets-boy story, but it soon whirled dizzyingly out of control.

AOL Subscriptions Climb To 33 Million (Jim Krane, Associated Press)
<http://www.washtech.com/news/media/14386-1.html>

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

Compact Designs With Big Output (John Hanan, Jed Stockton, Dallas Morning News)
<http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-0112290229dec30.story?coll=chi%2Dbusiness%2Dhed>
IBM's NetVista X series of PCs borrows from the Macintosh book of compact design to deliver a diminutive desktop that runs on the Microsoft operating system.

Windows CE .Net Ready For January Launch (Sumner Lemon, InfoWorld)
<http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/ptech/12/30/windows.ce.net.idg/index.html>
In a move that takes Microsoft one step closer to realizing its .Net vision of ubiquitous access to Web-based content and services, the company is gearing up for the January launch of the next version of its Windows CE operating system, Windows CE .Net.

HP Criticizes Director's Proxy Fight (San Francisco Chronicle)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2001/12/29/BU151846.DTL>

Hewlett Outlines Early Opposition To Compaq Deal (Jeffrey Burt, eWEEK)
<http://www.eweek.com/article/0,3658,s%253D1884%2526a%253D20487,00.asp>

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

The Year Ahead: Will We See Linux On he Desktop? (Matthew Broersma, ZDNet UK)
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2101777,00.html>
Windows remains the dominant desktop applications, but Linux is making steady progress in its battle to win over mainstream PC users.

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

Ba-Da Bang (Richard Powers, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/30/magazine/30HOYL.html>
In one of the great paradoxes of this controversial life, Hoyle is most widely remembered as the coiner of the phrase "Big Bang," a term he invented to disparage a theory he couldn't abide.

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

What A Difference 3 Months Makes (Rachel Abramowitz, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.calendarlive.com/top/1,1419,L-LATimes-Rethinking-X!ArticleDetail-48916,00.html>
Derailed by Sept 11, "Collateral Damage" may now have time on its side.

Where The Towers Still Stand Tall (Diane Haithman, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.calendarlive.com/top/1,1419,L-LATimes-Rethinking-X!ArticleDetail-48909,00.html>
In museums and galleries, documentary photos draw new interest.

Community By The Book (Glenn Harlan Reynolds, Wall Street Journal)
<http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=95001660>
When I need to get away, I run for the Borders.

Cheese It With The Bad Cheese. It's The French Food Police (Dietlind Lerner, Chicago Tribune)
<http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/chi-0112280001dec28.story?coll=chi%2Dleisure%2Dhed>
Like Pere Noel, champagne and strikes, the French food police have become an integral part of this country's holiday season.

TV, Making 9-11 Its Business (Tom Shales, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35030-2001Dec28.html>
The world will never ben the same, like the cliche says. But then in a case like this, the world should never be the same, and we shouldn't allow it to be.

The Plot Thins (Francie Porse, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/30/magazine/30HILL.html>
In the kitchen of tomorrow, a turkey would roast itself in 20 minutes. Smart cars would intuit our destination and get us there in a flash. Dad and Mom would reap the glorious benefits of space-age science and labor-saving efficiency. So why couldn't -- why shouldn't -- Junior  be able to read "War and Peace" in an hour?

Nouveau Collector (Deborah Solomon, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/30/magazine/30DANN.html>
Elaine Dannheisser proved that art collectors can be as vivid as the artists they collect.

Comes With Batteries. Not A Shrink (Jenny Lyn Bader, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/30/weekinreview/30BADE.html>
Who says American kids won't learn foreign languages? Truth is, they will even learn a nonexistent foreign language in order to chat with their toys.

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

High Flier (Trish Saywell, Far Eastern Economic Review)
<http://www.feer.com/articles/2001/0112_27/p076.html>
Singapore Airlines is buckling up to weather these turbulent times.

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

Home Computer Sales Up In Singapore Despite The Downturn (Leo Kee Chye, Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/bizit/story/0,2276,31803,00.html?>
Fall in end-user prices have also contributed to home users buying more desktops and laptops during the last three quarters of the year.

Telcos Won't Ring With Glory Next Year (Teh Hooi Ling, Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,2276,31815,00.html?>
Sentiments will remain weak, analysts said, as the industry continues to grapple with overcapacity and slowing growth.

Visitors' Centre For Chek Jawa? (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,93805,00.html?>
An old coonial house on Pulau Ubin could become the new visitors' information centre for the island's most beautiful beach, Tanjung Chek Jawa.

Don't Lose Heart, PM Goh Tells Singaporeans (Leong Weng Kam, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/breakingnews/story/0,1895,93773,00.html?>

There's More To Life Than Cyberspace: Singapore (AFP)
<http://www.hindustantimes.com/neweconomy/internet2912c.shtml>
Internet-obsessed Singaporeans have been told to spend more time taking stock of the real world around them and not drift off as "disembodied" entities in cyberspace.

Not For The Faint-Hearted (Anil Ananthaswamy, New Scientist)
<http://www.newscientist.com/opinion/opinterview.jsp?id=ns232216>
Ever wondered how much snot you swallow in a day, or why your feet smell? Sylvia Branzei could tell you straight off.

No Bash At Suntec, But The Party Will Still Go On (Krist Boo, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,93681,00.html?>
The decision was based on security concerns and the economic crunch.

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