[MyAppleMenu] Apr 7, 2002

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

One Alternative To Bloated, Pricey Microsoft Office (Rob Pegoraro, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A4988-2002Apr6>
Microsoft Office is cheap to use -- until you actually have to buy a copy.

Small-Time Cineastes Find Moviemaking Easier Than Ever (Jon Hart, Christian Science Monitor)
<http://www.nandotimes.com/entertainment/story/347461p-2853060c.html>
"It's power to the people. Anyone with an Apple G4 [computer and a digital video camera] can make a movie."

School District's Technology Access Being Enhanced (Shawnee News-Star)
<http://www.news-star.com/stories/040602/edu_75.shtml>
"They can take an iBook [and] go sit in a corner with it or collaborate with a group of their peers. It allows for more collaboration, more group work."

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

QuarkXPress Versus InDesign (David Blatner, Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2002/05/features/dtp.html>
The new versions are out. Which will win the hearts of designers?

Mail Revisited (Rob McNair-Huff, Mac Net Journal)
<http://www.whiterabbits.com/MacNetJournal/stories/2002/04/06/mailRevisited.html>
Mail knows its audience, caters to those who want a simple mail client, and other than missing a few critical features like more intelligent filtering and poor keyboard navigation, Mail is a solid choice for light use.

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

Mail Revisited (Rob McNair-Huff, Mac Net Journal)
<http://www.whiterabbits.com/MacNetJournal/stories/2002/04/06/mailRevisited.html>
Mail knows its audience, caters to those who want a simple mail client, and other than missing a few critical features like more intelligent filtering and poor keyboard navigation, Mail is a solid choice for light use.

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

Court Delays Ruling On Suit Against HP (Reuters)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-877406.html>
A Delaware court said Sunday it would issue a ruling in the next few days on whether it will throw out a lawsuit filed against HP by dissident board member Walter Hewlett.

One Alternative To Bloated, Pricey Microsoft Office (Rob Pegoraro, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A4988-2002Apr6>
Microsoft Office is cheap to use -- until you actually have to buy a copy.

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

Lessig's Doomsday Look At Cyberspace (Knowledge at Wharton)
<http://news.com.com/2009-1023-877317.html?tag=cd_mh>
The hype is deserved: Lawrence Lessig's "The Future of Ideas: The Fate of the Commons in a Connected World" offers a devastating analysis of how the freedom and creativity originally built into the Intenret are now being built out of it by corporationgs and lawyers with a vested interest in controlling what people do online and deciding who has access to what.

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

Press Play To Access The Future (Richard Natale, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.calendarlive.com/top/1,1419,L-LATimes-Movies-X!ArticleDetail-55354,00.html>
The DVD format has opened up new ways for audiences and future filmmakers to experience movies -- some intended and some quite definitely not.

A Retail Spying Spree (Marc Ballon, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/business/la-040602mystshop.story>
Known as mystery shoppers and gaining use, they act like typical customers. But what they find can bring a worker praise -- or dismissal.

The Last Tsar (Annie Gowen, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58121-2002Apr3.html>
For a quarter century, James Biedron made his Russian language and history classes the stuff of high school legend. Now that he's retiring, his regime is being tossed on the dustbin of history.

Reinventing Trinity (Amy Argetsinger, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58112-2002Apr3.html>
After years spent struggling as a Catholic women's college, Trinity has been transformed by the students in its own back yard.

Decoding The Meaning In The Bush Message (Mark Leibovich, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4444-2002Apr5.html>
Bush might not have been conscious of any of this -- his clothes, his mannerisms, his setting. But they were still potent signifiers that were embedded in his speech Thursday.

Writers Of The World Recite! (Toby Cecchini, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/07/magazine/07STYLE.html>
Musings on the written word, as spoken by its author.

The Test Mess (James Traub, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/07/magazine/07TESTING.html>
The prospect is for an increasingly stiff dose of testing; and yet the politics of the situation are by no means obvious.

Search Me (Michael Berube, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/07/magazine/07WWLN.html>
Air travel offers every kind of frustration and revulsion and gnashing of teeth -- but the new security apparatus is the least of it.

Belly Up (Jonathan Reynolds, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/07/magazine/07FOOD.html>
The pork chop has returned to its former gustatory glory.

In Java, The Wayangs Still Hold Sway (Derwin Pereira, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/analysis/story/0,1870,112735,00.html?>
For the Javanese villager, the art of the wayang is not simply entertainment. Many stories and wayang figures have a special mystical function.

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

No More Baby Policies For Now (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,112899,00.html?>
The government will wait before deciding whether to implement new policies to encourage families to have more babies, said Mah Bow Tan.

Government To Review CPF, GST Changes 'With Care' (M. Nirmala, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/breakingnews/story/0,1895,112843,00.html?>
DPM Lee said that the ideas for changes were still at an inception stage.

Malaysia 'Has Nothing To Lose' (Leslie Lau, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,112782,00.html?>
Malaysia yesterday reacted coolly to Singapore's intention to rely less on Malaysia for its water supply and said it had nothing to lose if new sources were found.

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

Reclamation Victims Urged To Sue Singapore (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/asia/story/0,1870,112954,00.html?>
Legal actuion should be taken as protests made to Singapore had not met any positive response.

Going... Going... Gone? (Chang Ai-Lien, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,112882,00.html?>
Urbanisation could mean the end of two breeds of mammals unique to Singapore, once common in the rainforests here.

Up To Singapore, Says DPM (The Star)
<http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2002/4/7/nation/ipnajib&sec=nation>
"It is up to them if they want to look at other sources of water supply. It will not affect us negatively or jeopardise ties between us."

Singapore MP Asks Shoppers To Boycott JB (The Star)
<http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2002/4/7/nation/jbshop&sec=nation>
Johor Baru Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry said the MP's remarks were irrational and emotional, without taking into consideration the close ties among the people on both sides of the causeway.

Syed Albar: Protest Letters Were Sent To Singapore Over Relcamation Flap Despite Mah's Denials (Ridzal A. Latiff, New Straits Times)
<http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Saturday/Frontpage/20020406193355/Article/>

Realism In Diplomacy (New Straits Times)
<http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Sunday/Columns/20020407081341/Article/>
The supply of water is legally immutable in the Water Agreements but not the price or mechanism of it.

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