[MyAppleMenu] Apr 2, 2002

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

Apple Is No. 3 Most Admired In Its Industry (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=13444>
Apple's is the No. 9 PC company, but is the No. 3 most admired company and achieved the top spot for innovativeness in its industry.

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

AppleWorks Updates Improves Integration (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=13456>

StickyBrain 2 Now Available (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0204/02.sticky.php>
"One of StickyBrain 2's significant new features is the Sticky Browser, which works like a good Internet search engine."

Apple Store Offers 90-Day No Payments (Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0204/02.applestore.php>
Apple customers that are approved for an Apple loan can wait until July 2002 to begin payments.

Macworld New York Expands Conferences (Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0204/02.macworld.php>

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

Why I Don't Own A Mac (Cory Watson, Rush Magazine)
<http://www.rushmagazine.com/displayarticle.php?id=409>
I don't think Steve Jobs is conerned with Apple making money.

Inside Story On Henrico County iBooks (John H Farr, Applelinks.com)
<http://www.applelinks.com/articles/2002/04/20020401194331.shtml>
"If teachers had been solicited for comments, and a series of pilot programs run, the whole experiment could have been handled far better."

Apple Should Not Change Its Advertising Approach (Michael Munger, Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/columns/flipside/2002/20020402.shtml>
When Apple focuses on the hip factor instead of product information, Apple reinforces its lifestyle message.

Notebook No Longer A Freakish Alternative (Andy Ihnatko, Chicago Sun-Times)
<http://www.suntimes.com/output/worktech/cst-fin-andy02.html>
One of the advantages of having lived to see 2002 is that a notebook is a practical choice and not simply a freakish niche alternative.

Time To Switch To OS X? Maybe (Stephan Somogyi, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-873421.html>
While I've been using OS X more and more, I most emphatically have not joined the ranks of its proselytes.

The Mac Is A Life-Style Statement! (Race Meider, Macinstein)
<http://www.macinstein.com/pressrelease.cfm?ID=1134>

It's Just A Computer... Not A Lifestyle Statement (Iain S Bruce, Sunday Hearld)
<http://www.sundayherald.com/23324>
At the end of the day ownership of a fringe product means losing the benefits of ubiquity and adding to the expense, and is thus illogical.

Readers Talk iMac Supply And Demand (Matthew Rothenberg, eWEEK)
<http://www.eweek.com/article/0,3658,s=25201&a=24799,00.asp>

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

Redesigned iMac: A Flat Out Winner (Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2002/05/macbeat/poll.html>
In our latest survey, we asked <i>Macworld</i> subscribers for their impressions about Apple's redesigned iMac.

Final Cut Pro (Jim Heid, Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2002/05/reviews/finalcut.html>
Solid update adds Mac OS X compatibility, limited real-time effects.

Protect Your Mac From Hackers And Viruses (Macintosh Security)
<http://www.securemac.com/datarecover.php>

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

Netscape Upgrade Jumps On XP Bandwagon (Matthew Broersma, ZDNet UK)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-530993.html?legacy=zdnn>
Netscape is touting better integration with Windows XP for the new 6.2 browser, which includes several new features and minor tweaks.

Microsoft Web Servers Gain Market Share (Matthew Broersma, ZDNet UK)
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2107628,00.html>
A survey of Internet computers finds Microsoft gaining ground on Linux, and discovers that many e-commerce sites use potentially vulnerable e-commerce protection.

AOL Merger Doesn't Add Up (Jerry Knight, Washington Post)
<http://www.iht.com/articles/53175.html>
In retrospect, it is clear that nobody had a clue about what was wrong with combining AOL and Time Warner.

Microsoft Considers Raising MSN's Price (Jim Hu and Evan Hansen, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1023-873154.html?tag=cd_mh>
Microsoft on Monday said it is evaluating new features and a possible price increase for a pending version of its MSN Internet Access service, due out later this year.

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

Anti-Unix Web Site On The Fritz? (Michael Kanellos, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-874132.html>
As of midday Tuesday, the "We have the way out" site displayed either an all-white screen or an "Error 403" authorization message.

New P4 PCs: THe Fastest Desktops Yet (John Morris and Josh Taylor, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-873440.html>
Intel has been claiming for years that the P4 was designed with lots of room to grow. Based on the results of our lab tests of the new 2.4Ghz chip, it looks like P4 is all grown up.

MS Security Patch Fails To Work (Thomas C Greene, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/24667.html>
If we hadn't tested the Critical Security Update with a live exploit, we'd never have known it was worthless.

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

Microsoft Rolls The Dice (Associated Press)
<http://www.wired.com/news/antitrust/0,1551,51474,00.html>
Microsoft is using a risky strategy to avoid tough antitrust penalties, legal experts said.

Liberate Testifies Against Microosft (Reuters)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-874153.html>
Liberate Technologies CEO said antitrust sanctions were needed to prevent Microsoft from entering contracts designed to eliminate other set-top interactive TV technologies.

Two Office XP Flaws Uncovered (Sam Costello, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/04/02/020402hnxpflaws.xml>
Two new security flaws in Outlook and Excel allow attackers to take over a system.

Microsoft Web Servers Gain Market Share (Matthew Broersma, ZDNet UK)
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2107628,00.html>
A survey of Internet computers finds Microsoft gaining ground on Linux, and discovers that many e-commerce sites use potentially vulnerable e-commerce protection.

Microsoft Considers Raising MSN's Price (Jim Hu and Evan Hansen, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1023-873154.html?tag=cd_mh>
Microsoft on Monday said it is evaluating new features and a possible price increase for a pending version of its MSN Internet Access service, due out later this year.

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

Microsoft Web Servers Gain Market Share (Matthew Broersma, ZDNet UK)
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2107628,00.html>
A survey of Internet computers finds Microsoft gaining ground on Linux, and discovers that many e-commerce sites use potentially vulnerable e-commerce protection.

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

The Other War Room (Joshua Green, Washington Monthly)
<http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2001/0204.green.html>
President Bush doesn't believe in polling -- just ask his pollsters.

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

Bogus Bias At MIT (John Leo, U.S. News)
<http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/020408/opinion/8john.htm>
Gender equity has replaced scientific merit as the value administrators will be judged by.

The Music Is The Message (Bronwyn Garrity, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/features/lifestyle/la-040202leila.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dliving%2Dmanual>
Leila Steinberg, an unlikely ambassador of hip-hop, informs and inspires at high schools, detention centers and foster homes.

Has Harvey Lost His Way? (Jess Cagle with Jeffrey Ressner, Time)
<http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101020408-221116,00.html>
How a wandering mogul took Miramax off course and plans to get it back on track.

Code Free Or Die (Andrew Leonard, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/books/2002/04/02/stallman/index.html>
A new biography of Richard Stallman looks at how the free software mastermind got to be so single-mindedly stubborn.

Ladies Of The Night (Susannah Meadows, Newsweek)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/731911.asp?cp1=1>
For most of its 27 years, 'Saturday Night Live' has been comedy's premier boys' club. But not anymore.

Doggy Day Care: It's Barking Up The Right Tree (Andrea Rouda, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48565-2002Apr1.html>
Pet-sitting businesses fill a howling need for owners.

Wyoming Scenery, African Memories (Blaine Harden, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/02/books/02PLAC.html>
Surrounded by elk and moose in her handsome home near Jackson Hole, Alexandra Fuller wrote an unblinking memoir about growing up during the war over minority rule in Rhodesia.

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

Malaysia's Reclamation Claims 'Not Logical' (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,111972,00.html?>
MP hits out at Malaysia and its media for their barrage of criticisms over Singapore's land-reclamation works.

Singapore Dream? Some Would Rather Be In New York (Tan Tarn How, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,111973,00.html?>
Rooting talented young people here is much harder when they're pursuing a Global Dream to work and thrive abroad.

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

Why Pick On Civil Servants? (Chuang Peck Ming, Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,2276,40691,00.html?>
A flood of criticisms from MPs must set civil servants pondering.

GK Goh Sees 2-Pt Corporate Tax Cut, Hike In GST (Anna Teo, Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,2276,40686,00.html?>

Comfort Ready To Run Public Bus Services (Karamjit Kaur, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,111965,00.html?>
Already a big player on the private-bus scene, Singapore's top taxi operator wants to compete with SBS and Tibs too.

MP Criticises Malaysia For Using Media To Handle Bilateral Disputes (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/020402/5/singapore4152.html>
Mr R Ravindran on Tuesday accused Malaysia of increasingly using its media to handle bilateral disagreements.

Hong Kong's Rights Observer Slams Singapore (AFP)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/020402/1/2ncy3.html>
A HK rights activist on Tuesday criticised the defamation suits filed against bankrupt politician J.B. Jeyaretnam and urged the island-state to allow for greater freedom of speech.

Singapore Politician Ends Legal Battle By Making Apology (Reuters)
<http://asia.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml;jsessionid=OESGYNOLF00XCCRBAEZSFEYKEEATIIWD?type=topnews&StoryID=764456>
J.B. Jeyaretnam on Tuesday ended a series of defamation suits brought against him by publicly apologising in the High Court.

Freedom Of The Press Comes Under Attack In Asia (Philip Bowring, International Herald Tribune)
<http://www.iht.com/articles/53150.html>
News organizations have recnetly been under official fire from several Asian countries, including those noted for press freedom.

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