[MyAppleMenu] Apr 5, 2002

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

Apple Accepting Orders For New Video Software (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/lib/020405dvdcinema.shtml>
Apple is now taking orders for DVD Studio Pro 1.5 and Cinema Tools 1.0 for Final Cut Pro without having formally announced either software title yet.

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

Forward Migration: Endless Noise Using Macs For USPS (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0204/05.migration.php>

New iMacs Hit UK Shelves (Dominique Fidele, Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/top_news_item.cfm?NewsID=4464>
All models of Apple's new iMac are now shipping in the UK.

Apple Security Update Released For Mac OS X (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=13512>
Included are updates for OpenSSH and PHP.

Grid Computing: The New Buzz (Geek.com)
<http://geek.com/news/geeknews/2002apr/gee20020404011048.htm>
Grid computing is the use of a homogenous network of computers as the equivalent of one supercomputer.

MPEG-4 Group Touts Interoperability (Joris Evers, IDG News Service)
<http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=77&ncid=738&e=10&u=/mc/20020404/tc_mc/mpeg_4_group_touts_interoperability>
Interoperability is important as the multi-vendor model is what distinguishes MPEG-4 from competing coding technologies offered by RealNetworks and Microsoft.

Will Apple's FireWire Demolish USB 2.0? (Ben Wilson, NewsFactor)
<http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/17120.html>
Although Apple embraced the original USB standard and helped popularize it, the company has been reluctant to show support for USB 2.0, which poses a threat to FireWire.

Apple Pare A Small Number Of Jobs (Ian Fried, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1040-876222.html>
The cuts, which are the latest in a series of small-scale moves by the Mac maker, came in its sales and support operations.

ILM Spawns Tweak Films (Sheigh Carbtree, Hollywood Reporter)
<http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hollywoodreporter/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1457378>
"There are still a fw things we are waiting to come to Mac OS X... but we're really impressed with the Unix underpinnings on OS X."

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

Everything Is Not Easier On A Mac (Adam Robert Guha, Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/archive/02/0405.html>
Sorry, Apple, but some things really are easier on Windows.

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

Apple iPod 10GB (Eliot Van Buskirk, ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/supercenter/stories/review/0,12070,560844,00.html>
Apple has made a good thing even better, though we still wish the company would include a carrying case and a belt clip.

Office Packages For Mac OS X (Damien Gallop, MacWrite)
<http://www.macwrite.com/criticalmass/ms-office-x-for-mac-os-x.php>

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

Search Engines Home In (Leslie Walker, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58309-2002Apr3.html>
The drive to create smarter search engines is generating some of today's most significant computer research.

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

Microsoft Securing Anti-Piracy Locks (John Borland, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1106-876564.html>
Microsoft is preparing an upgrade to its anti-piracy technology aimed at bridging the gap that continues to separate online music subscription services and portable devices such as MP3 players.

Nothing To Yahoo Over New E-Rules (Michelle Delio, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,51520,00.html>
The new rules of Internet commerce are becoming increasingly public. As is your privacy.

Cuba Tests Online Waters (Thembi Mutch, BBC News)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1905000/1905236.stm>
Cuba has been gripped by internet fever. But going online is tighly controlled by the communist government.

Microsoft: AOL Trying To Take Over Net (Reuters)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-876122.html>
A Microsoft attorney sparred with an AOL executive in court on Thursday, each accusing the other of plotting to dominate the Internet.

AOL Buddies Up To Increase IM Wingspan (Tiffany Kary, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1023-875554.html>
AOL has struck a deal with a developer that could turn Web sites into vast instant messaging playgrounds, the companies said Thursday.

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

Anti-Unix Site Returns - On MySQL? (Andrew Orlowski, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/53/24714.html>
While Unisys has switched the front-end server to Windows IIS, the most likely explanation for keeping port 3306 open is that the back-end stilli nterfaces to a MySQL database.

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

Everything Is Not Easier On A Mac (Adam Robert Guha, Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/archive/02/0405.html>
Sorry, Apple, but some things really are easier on Windows.

Microsoft Securing Anti-Piracy Locks (John Borland, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1106-876564.html>
Microsoft is preparing an upgrade to its anti-piracy technology aimed at bridging the gap that continues to separate online music subscription services and portable devices such as MP3 players.

Microsoft Questions Commitment By AOL To Open Technology Standards (Associated Press)
<http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-000024255apr05.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dtechnology>
Microsoft lawyer produced an internal AOL e-mail suggesting AOL joined a high-profile Internet standards group only after it seemed Microsoft would join first.

Dell Says Hewlett Merger Is Opening Doors (Steve Lohr, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/05/technology/05DELL.html>
The president of Dell said yesterday that his company had "without a doubt" benefited from the uncertainty among corporate customers about the effect of HP's planned purchase of Compaq.

Dell's New Goal: Double In Size (John G Spooner, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-875117.html>
Dell plans to remake itself into a bigger, fiercer competitor by selling servers and high-end services to businesses, and by moving into new consumer PC markets around the world.

Anti-Unix Web Site Back Online (Michael Kanellos, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-875884.html>
Web site is live again after a lengthy outage that brought glee to Unix and Linux programmers.

Microsoft: AOL Trying To Take Over Net (Reuters)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-876122.html>
A Microsoft attorney sparred with an AOL executive in court on Thursday, each accusing the other of plotting to dominate the Internet.

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

Anti-Unix Web Site Back Online (Michael Kanellos, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-875884.html>
Web site is live again after a lengthy outage that brought glee to Unix and Linux programmers.

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

Resort That Kindles Korean Relationship (Andrew Ward, Financial Times)
<http://news.ft.com/ft/gx.cgi/ftc?pagename=View&c=Article&cid=FT39H0PDLZC&live=true&tagid=ZZZC19QUA0C&subheading=asia%20pacific>
A 'Stalinist' theme park in the North is bringing together people from both sides of the divided peninsula.

Bush's "Nuclear Offensive" For Peace? (David Corn, AlterNet)
<http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=12737>
Will someone please buy George W. Bush a dictionary? It's not that he needs to expand his vocabulary, but his administration has been misusing common words and, in the process, perverting political discourse.

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

Science Fiction (Chris Mooney, Washington Monthly)
<http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2001/0204.mooney.html>
After spending half a billion taxpayer dollars, alternative medicine gurus still can't prove their methods work -- how convenient.

Few Risks Seen To The Children Of 1st Cousins (Denise Grady, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/04/science/04COUS.html>
Contrary to widely held beliefs and longstanding taboos in America, first cousins can have children together without a great risk of birth defects or genetic disease.

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

Tigers In Times Square (Ben McGrath, New Yorker)
<http://www.newyorker.com/talk/content/?020408ta_talk_mcgrath>
Models, as tigers, get bare. Oh my.

Double Exposure (Valli Herman-Cohen, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/features/lifestyle/la-040502model.story>
Identical twin modesl Jaclyn and Kristy Hunt stand out in a crowd, even in Paris.

=== reader : expressions =============

Of Mystery There Is No End (Leonard Michaels, New Yorker)
<http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/content/?020408fi_fiction>
Traffic might move at any moment. He might still get to the dentist on time, but Nachman was pessimistic and he assumed that he would miss his appointment.

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

Singapore Aims To Cut Dependence On Malaysian Water (Reuters)
<http://asia.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml;jsessionid=432PUKZBFWPQSCRBAE0CFFAKEEATGIWD?type=topnews&StoryID=779362>
Goh Chok Tong said on Friday that Singapore should cut its dependence on Malaysian water, a constant source of tension, to improve bilateral relations.

Get Ready For Big Changes In Key Areas (Tan Tarn How, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,112440,00.html?>
Major overhaul coming up will affect how you pay for your flat, save for retirement or even set aside retrenchment money.

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

Singapore Uncovers Plane Crash Plot (Edward Harris, Associated Press)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A538-2002Apr5.html>
A Singapore member of an Islamic militant group linked to al-Qaida is suspected of planning to hijack a plane and crash it into the city-state's Changi Airport.

Singapore's All-In-One Electronic Wallet (Reuben Lee, CNETAsia)
<http://asia.cnet.com/sg/0,39002190,39036512,00.htm>
Sharp and NETS will co-develop a new dual-interface smartcard, having both contact and contactless functionalities.

House Leader Explains Why Parliament Takes 5 Months To Convene (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/020405/5/singapore4464.html>
Government needed time to flesh out and think through its strategies to restructure Singapore.

No Need To Consult KL On Land Reclamation: Singapore (Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/latest/story/0,2276,40992,00.html?>
Mah Bow Tan: The reclamation works that we do are a result of our own need for land. So I do not see why we have to consult Malaysia.

Making A Delectable Discovery (Jaime Ee, Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/life/story/0,2276,40879,00.html?>
Renaissance Hotel's Dynasty Restaurant scores with its dim sum done with a twist.

Forever Thai (Cheah Ui-Hoon, Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/life/story/0,2276,40914,00.html?>
Get the basics of Thai cuisine right, and you'll have satisfied customers bringing their friends, families and boss's dog for meals, again and again.

Corporate, Income Taxes To Be Cut (Chuang Peck Ming, Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,2276,40924,00.html?>
The resulting loss in government revenue would be partially offset by higher indirect taxes like the Goods and Services Tax.

KL Waits For A Date With Singaproe For More Talks (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/asia/story/0,1870,112419,00.html?>
Singapore has not fixed a date for a meeting with Malaysia to discuss unresolved issues under the new package deal, Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Albar said yesterday.

Malaysia Should Send A Note, Not Talk Through Media (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,112332,00.html?>
Singapore too has feelings, reminds MP, urging Malaysia to quit sparring through media on land-reclamation issue.

PSA Customers Keep Options Open As PTP Dangles Lure (Nicholas Fang and Rebecca Lee, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/money/story/0,1870,112418,00.html?>
While the Johor port offers cheaper rates, Singapore is far superior in terms of connectivity, say shipping lines.

Panel Sees TV  Standards Fall In Ratings Race (Goh Chin Lian, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,112397,00.html?>
Watchdog report on programming notes more shows of dubious value being aired as the media war here heats up.

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