[MyAppleMenu] Apr 9, 2002

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

Apple Remote Desktop 1.0.1 Released (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=13606>
The update improves security for "opening and copying applications, folders, and files on a remote client."

Get In The Game With CyberExtruder (Brad Cook, Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/games/articles/2002/04/cyberextruder/>
"With the new [iMacs] and Mac OS X, the sky's the limit [for Mac games]."

It's All Apples For Intrepid Five's Trip (David Frith, The Barrow)
<http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,4083949%5E15309%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html>
Welcome to the sometimes murky world of IT sponsorship.

Microsoft To Detail Mac .NET Plans (Ben Wilson, NewsFactor)
<http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/17161.html>
Microsoft this week is expected to announce its plans for implementing the .NET platform on the Mac OS.

Retrospect 5 Update Fixes OS X Memory Issue, More (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0204/09.retrospect.php>

Recordable DVD Takes Positive Spin (Jefferson Graham, USA Today)
<http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/review/2002/4/09/dvd-rec.htm>
The revolution may not be too long in coming.

Apple Software Adds Finishing Touches To Films (Hollywood Reporter)
<http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hollywoodreporter/convergence/brief_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1460321>
Apple's interest in becoming a serious contender in the world of film editing and postproduction became more fully realized.

DVD Diaspora: In Search Of A Standard High-Capacity Disc (Neil McAllister, SF Gate)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2002/04/08/dvdissue.DTL>
Work on the next generation of DVD technology has already begun, but a tangled morass of competing formats leaves the future of the medium uncertain.

Now Up-To-Date & Contact 4.2 Adds Palm Sync (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=13585>

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

Apple's New Options Grant A Bad Trip (Graef Crystal, Bloomberg)
<http://bloomberg.com/feature/feature1018360677.html>
Directors just can't say "no" to monster option grants even if they don't seem to work.

.NET For Mac OS X? (Brian Jepson, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/1269>

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

Indispensable OS X Wares (Steve Watkins, Low End Mac)
<http://lowendmac.com/practical/02/0409.html>

Dreamweaver 4 Fireworks 4 Studio (Kirk Hiner, Applelinks.com)
<http://www.applelinks.com/reviews/dreamweaverstudio.shtml>
Working with any other visual HTML editor just seems a waste of time.

Restoring Third Party Capabilities (Adam C Engst, TidBITS)
<http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=06779>
The full Mac OS 9 experience came not just from Apple, but from a vevy of utility developers. A few of the most important utilities have evolvated into the world of Mac OS X.

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

Why One Spam Could Cost $50 (Maggie Shiels, BBC News)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1917000/1917458.stm>
A US law firm has become the hero of the common people for its decision to take on the spam merchants.

Cyberspace And Race (Henry Jenkins, Technology Review)
<http://www.techreview.com/articles/jenkins0402.asp>
The color-blind Web: a techno-utopia, or a fantasy to assuage liberal guilt?

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

Sun: Microsoft Worried Over Web Services (Joe Wilcox, CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/investor/news/newsitem/0-9900-1028-9662023-0.html?tag=ats>
A high-level Sun executive on Tuesday told a federal court that Microsoft feel threatened by the industry's move toward Web services and is hard at work trying to co-opt that trend.

Microsoft Rival: Web Needs Guards (D. Ian Hopper, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18588-2002Apr9.html>
Applications, information and other service sdeliverd over the Internet could threaten Microsoft's desktop operating system monopoly and are therefore worthy of antitrust protections, a Sun executive says.

Time Warner: Bandwidth Hogs, Pay Up! (Michael Martin, Network World)
<http://www.nwfusion.com/net.worker/news/2002/0408networker.html>
The all-you-can-eat bandwidth buffet that cable modem users enjoy may soon come to an end.

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

Anti-Trustworthy Computing (Paul Boutin, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/04/09/trustworthy/index.html>
Microsoft's new security drive aims to appease Hollywood, comfort consumers and reinvigorate the PC. But will the price for such safety be too high?

Soft Spot At Microsoft: Power Still Revolves Around Gates, Ballmer (rebecca Buckman, Wall Street Journal)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2002/04/08/financial1213EDT0149.DTL&type=tech>
For all its market might, Microsoft continues to struggle with the basic task of building a professional management structure.

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

HP Gives Staff Details On Post-Merger Jobs (Ian Fried, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-879334.html>

Microsoft To Detail Mac .NET Plans (Ben Wilson, NewsFactor)
<http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/17161.html>
Microsoft this week is expected to announce its plans for implementing the .NET platform on the Mac OS.

Sun: Microsoft Worried Over Web Services (Joe Wilcox, CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/investor/news/newsitem/0-9900-1028-9662023-0.html?tag=ats>
A high-level Sun executive on Tuesday told a federal court that Microsoft feel threatened by the industry's move toward Web services and is hard at work trying to co-opt that trend.

Microsoft Rival: Web Needs Guards (D. Ian Hopper, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18588-2002Apr9.html>
Applications, information and other service sdeliverd over the Internet could threaten Microsoft's desktop operating system monopoly and are therefore worthy of antitrust protections, a Sun executive says.

IDA, Microsoft Ink Web-Services Deal (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/breakingnews/story/0,1895,113200,00.html?>
An agreement between the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) and software giant Microsoft kick-starts a two-year venture to promote a range of community-based web services in Singapore.

Rick Belluzzo: Why I Left Microsoft (Joe Wilcox, CNET News.com)
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2107993,00.html>
Microsoft's outgoing president says he wants to be in charge. He tells what it was like to be in the middle - between Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer.

Microsoft Sued Over Upgrade Programme (Joe Wilcox and Michael Kanellos, CNET News.com)
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2107952,00.html>
Microsoft's Software Assurance programme forces users to upgrade more often than they otherwise would, according to a lawsuit filed in New Zealand.

Compaq Says It Will Meet Or Beat Estimates (Reuters)
<http://news.com.com/2110-1001-878209.html?tag=cdshrt>

.NET For Mac OS X? (Brian Jepson, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/1269>

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

Linux Makes Inroads On Desktop (Jason Brooks, eWEEK)
<http://www.eweek.com/article/0,3658,s=1884&a=25059,00.asp>
Version 3.0 of the K Desktop Environment represents Linux's best shot yet at breaking out of the back office to gain ground on the desktop.

Who's Making Money From Open Source? (Lisa Gill, NewsFactor)
<http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=75&ncid=738&e=8&u=/nf/20020408/tc_nf/17137>
While the term "open source" to most people has come to mean "free," companies large and small have proven there is money to be made in the open source sector.

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

Why Suicide Bombing Is Now All The Rage (Amanda Ripley, Time)
<http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101020415-227546,00.html>
Among Palestinians, dying to kill has become a noble calling. Here's how the practice went from extreme to mainstream.

End Of Their Rope (Steven Brill, Newsweek)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/735202.asp>
If pretrial hearings and the court papers exchanged so far are any indication, "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh seems destined to join a long roster of infamous defendants in famous cases who prove that the American legal system often won't give the bad guys the punishment most people think they deserve.

The Peril Of Too Much Power (Timothy Garton Ash, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/09/opinion/09GART.html>
The fundamental problem is that America today has too much power for anyone's good, including its own.

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

Anti-Trustworthy Computing (Paul Boutin, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/04/09/trustworthy/index.html>
Microsoft's new security drive aims to appease Hollywood, comfort consumers and reinvigorate the PC. But will the price for such safety be too high?

ID Cards For 'Trusted Travelers' Run Into Some Thorny Questions (Matthew L. Wald, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/09/technology/09PASS.html>
It is proving extraordinarily difficult to figure out who would qualify for a card that would work as advertised.

Getting Used To Life, Long Life, With Cancer (Natalie Angier, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/09/health/psychology/09MENT.html>
The stigma of cancer and the inevitable sense of doom may be gone, yet the disease still kills and its status in society remains complex.

Cyberspace And Race (Henry Jenkins, Technology Review)
<http://www.techreview.com/articles/jenkins0402.asp>
The color-blind Web: a techno-utopia, or a fantasy to assuage liberal guilt?

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

Onigiri (Andrew Bender, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la-040302onigiri.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dfood%2Dmanual>
Calling them rice balls is missing the point. These Japanese snacks are full of surprises.

Lights Out (Paul Goldberger, New Yorker)
<http://www.newyorker.com/talk/content/?020415ta_talk_goldberger>
The lights have given people the first chance since September 11th to feel that going to the neighborhood of the World Trade Center can be uplifting, not disquieting.

Pathways, Offering Inner Peace At $10 Off (Peter Carlson, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16969-2002Apr8.html>
Pathways celebrates a different variety of Washington-area hustlers -- aura photographers, shamanic healers, spiritual belly dancers, past-life regression therapists and at least one middle-aged woman who bills himself as an "individual sex coach."

The Steaming Waters Of Dominica's Boiling Lake (Wayne Curtis, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/07/travel/DOMINI.html>
Hikes in the mountainous Caribbean island of Dominica lead through emerald forests up to the roiling waters of Boiling Lake.

High-Tech Futures (Charles Sheffield, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62465-2002Apr4.html>
How 'hard sf' keeps the science in science fiction.

The Shoes Fit, But Feet Grow Rare (Henry CFhu, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-000025154apr08.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dworld%2Dmanual>
Company caters to dwindling numbers of elderly women whose feet were bound.

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

Wider Usage For 7m EZ-Link Cards (Christopher Tan, Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,2276,41399,00.html?>
LTA pressing for them to be accepted in taxis, carparks, vending machines, retail outlets.

Baby Bonus Not A Reason To Have A Child (Michael Loh Yik Ming, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,1870,113308,00.html?>
We decided to start our family when we felt we were ready.

After Bubble Tea, Now Comes Blended Tonic (Sue-Ann Chia, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,113241,00.html?>
With local firms rebranding traditional fare, expect a range of tonic drinks, blended with herbs and fruit juices.

Visual, Sensual Arts Attack (Suhaila Sulaiman, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/life/story/0,1870,113203,00.html?>
This year's fest boasts a breathtaking line-up of international artistes, and the chance to pick some of their brains.

Film-Rating System Here Is Maturing (Karl Ho, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/life/story/0,1870,113212,00.html?>
More movies are being given the NC-16 rating these days, thanks to a maturing film rating system.

Proposals On Tax Changes Tomorrow (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,113245,00.html?>
The Economic Review Committee's sub-committee studying policies related to taxation, the Central Provident Fund system, wages and land will release its recommendations on taxation.

Singaproeans Ignore MP's Call To Boycott Shopping Acrossing Causeway (Chuah Been Kim, New Straits Times)
<http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Tuesday/NewsBreak/20020409175137/Article/>
Johor Tourism Department had observed no change in the number of arrivals from Singapore since Saturday.

Average HDB Household Pays $44 To $118 In GST Monthly: Stats Dept (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/020409/5/singapore4796.html>

Mobile Phone Users Want Callers To Pay: Poll (Natalie Soh, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/breakingnews/story/0,1895,113193,00.html?>
About 95 per cent say it is fairer to make callers pay for mobile phone charges than to share the cost with the recipients.

IDA, Microsoft Ink Web-Services Deal (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/breakingnews/story/0,1895,113200,00.html?>
An agreement between the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) and software giant Microsoft kick-starts a two-year venture to promote a range of community-based web services in Singapore.

Singapore Minister: Keep Clam Over Disputes (The Star)
<http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2002/4/9/nation/zlsinga&sec=nation>
A Singaporean leader has urged political leaders and media in Malaysia and the republic to keep calm and help prevent widening any on-going disputes between both countries.

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