[MyAppleMenu] Apr 10, 2002

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

Sunlight, Camera, Action! (Davin Hutchins, TechTV)
<http://www.techtv.com/news/culture/story/0,24195,3380177,00.html>
Filmmaker makes documentary using solar power, and iBook.

Microsoft To Continue Mac Support (Ian Fried, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1040-880203.html>
Kevin Browne said Microsoft is focused on developing Office and Internet Explorer for the Mac, but it would consider adding other titles.

Maine Schools Begin To Deploy Wireless iBooks (Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/hotnews/articles/2002/04/maine/>
"We are going to demonstrate the power of one-to-one computer access in a way that will transform education."

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

Aladdin Now Shipping Secure Delete (Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/article/2002/04/10.8.shtml>

Apple Agrees To Environmental Study (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0204/10.environment.php>

realMYST Ships... Really... For Real (Tuncer Deniz, Inside Mac Games)
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/news/story.php?ArticleID=5197>

Professor Says Disney, Other Firms Typify What's Wrong With Copyrights (Doug Bedell, Dallas Morning News)
<http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/business/technology/3034892.htm>
Stanford law professor Lawrence Lessig is waging a lonely fight to free Mickey Mouse.

FileMaker COntacts On Your iPod (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=4491>

WWDC Early Bird Registration Ends Next Week (Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/article/2002/04/05.10.shtml>

Mac Gamer Plays Again (Mark Reilly, Business Journal)
<http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/stories/2002/04/08/story8.html>
Porting games to the Mac is worth a few million in annual sales, but creating new titles oculd take a firm to the $100 million mark.

MPEG-4 Rival Raises Antitrust Specter (Gwendolyn Mariano, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1023-879392.html>
Video-compression provider On2 Technologies is taking a swing at MPEG-4, complaining that companies cooperating to create a digital media standard may run afoul of antitrust laws.

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

Impersonal PCs (Charlotte Bauer, South Africa Sunday Times)
<http://www.sundaytimes.co.za/2002/04/07/lifestyle/life12.asp>
In an IBM-compatible world, getting around using an iMac is likely to climb Everest in Manolo Blahnik stilettos - glorious, but impractical.

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

Don't Buy Hollywood's Broadband Script (Heather Green, BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/apr2002/tc2002048_4230.htm>
In the name of copyright protection, the film industry wants to call all the shots in this debate, which could harm consumers.

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

Microsoft Issues "Critical" Server Fix (Robert Lemos and Joe Wilcox, CNET News.com)
<http://www.iPodlounge.net/assets/galleries/iatw_gallery/>
Microsoft released a "critical" security patch Wednesday for its Web server software, plugging 10 new holes.

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

Microsoft Chooses Sides In DVD War (Richard Shim, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-880122.html>
Microsoft has decided to support one of two competing formats for popular DVD recording technology.

If Dell Represents The Best Of Customer Service, We're In Trouble (Jeff Gelles, Philadelphia Inquirer)
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/columnists/3030638.htm>
Is this really what counts as premium service in computer business?

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

Microsoft Issues "Critical" Server Fix (Robert Lemos and Joe Wilcox, CNET News.com)
<http://www.iPodlounge.net/assets/galleries/iatw_gallery/>
Microsoft released a "critical" security patch Wednesday for its Web server software, plugging 10 new holes.

MS Trial: Judge Blocks States' Maneuver (Reuters)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-879957.html>
Nine states pursuing the antitrust case against Microsoft suffered a setback on Wednesday when the judge rejected a request to freely introduce transcripts and video of interviews with 18 Microsoft officials, including Bill Gates.

Is MS Set For A $38 Billion Spree? (Tiffany Kary, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-880045.html>
Microsoft could go on a shopping spree to acquire key technologies and services as soon as its legal problems are out of the way.

Microsoft To Continue Mac Support (Ian Fried, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1040-880203.html>
Kevin Browne said Microsoft is focused on developing Office and Internet Explorer for the Mac, but it would consider adding other titles.

Microsoft: .Net Starting To Take Hold (Wylie Wong, CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/investor/news/newsitem/0-9900-1028-9674986-0.html>
Microsoft announced new software tools Wednesday in hope of persuading developers to build Web services using its .Net technology.

Windows Features Not Vital, Expert Says (Jonathan Krim, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22498-2002Apr9.html>
Microsoft already produces "modular" versions of its operating system that allow manufacturers to pick and choose applications for various devices.

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

Lindows Opens New 'Sneak Preview' (Matthew Broersma, ZDNet UK)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-879637.html>
Lindows.com this week released a second "Sneak Preview" of its Linux-based OS, adding features for streamlining the process for installing new software and for viewing and printing non-Linux file formats.

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

Test Scores Don't Say It All (Michael Elliott, Time)
<http://www.time.com/time/asia/features/asian_education/viewpoint.html>
U.S. students are taught early to work with technology and in diversity.

The Last Gerontocracy (Kurt Andersen, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/?id=2064171>
Why the anchors are so ancient.

Louis Rukeyser's Stock On The Rise With CNBC Deal (Lisa de Moraes, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22542-2002Apr9.html>
Enterprising Louis Rukeyser has found a way to keep doing his financial investment program and stick it to PBS at the same time.

Online Sales Of Used Books Draw Protest (David D. Kirkpatrick, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/10/dining/10LOBS.html>
Authors are rebelling against new efforts by Amazon.com to spur sales of used books, a practice that has become a major source of revenue for Amazon but pays nothing to writers or publishers.

A Chef Invents A Lobster Dish, And Pots Start Boiling All Over (Florence Fabricant, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/10/dining/10LOBS.html>
Thomas Keller's recipe for butter-poached lobster has spread from its original home in the Napa Valley to restaurants across the country.

And To Think That I Ate It On Clinton Street (Eric Asimov, New York Times)
<http://199.97.97.16/contWriter/endnews2/2002/03/19/enter/6359-0024-pat_nytimes.html>
In a scant few years, Clinton Street on Manhattan's Lower East Side has undergone the equivalent of a whole body transformation.

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

Tony Takitani (Haruki Murakami, New Yorker)
<http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/content/?020415fi_fiction>
Tony Takitani's real name was really that: Tony Takitani.

Sierra Gentians (Jim Powell, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/?id=2063983>

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

Singapore Economy Ready To Rise (Geoff Hiscock, CNN)
<http://asia.cnn.com/2002/BUSINESS/asia/04/09/sing.gdp.biz/index.html>
Singapore's economy looks to have bottomed out after government figures released Wednesday show a 2.6 percent year-on-year contraction in the March quarter.

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

Ez-Link Card On Sale Ahead Of Official Launch On Saturday (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/020411/5/singapore4944.html>

Cable Pact With SingTel Paves Way For StarHub-SCV Merger (Catherine Ong, Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,2276,41508,00.html?>
The merger is one step closer to reality following the removal of a major obstacle involving the lease of Singtel's phone lines.

Let People Watch What They Want (Wang Yixing, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,1870,113463,00.html?>
If the PAC continues to play nanny, an enlightened society cannot develop.

E-Filing Tax Returns Takes Too Long (Marcus Tan Teck Wei, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,1870,113477,00.html?>
I can only conclude that the technological infrastructure of the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore is not efficient enough to handle such a high volume of Internet traffic.

Maths In Art You Can Touch (Tee Hun Ching, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/life/story/0,1870,113374,00.html?>
Children can try making kaleidoscopes and play with geometric puzzles at the Art Museum's Art Educaiton Gallery.

Malaysia Airports Makes Overtures To 50 Airlines (Nicholas Fang, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/money/story/0,1870,113494,00.html?>
Tax breaks and passenger pick-up and drop-off rights are among hte perksit may offer, to lure airlines from Changi.

Singapore Seen Keeping Easy Monetary Policy (Katherine Hunt, Reuters)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/reuters/asia-99422.html>
Singapore's fledgling economic recovery will not immediately trigger any official chnage in the government's stance on the Singaproe dollar, its main monetary tool, analysts said on Wednesday.

Chee Gets More Time To Secure Lawyers (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/breakingnews/story/0,1895,113357,00.html?>
Chee Soon Juan has more time to apply for two Queen's Counsel to be his lawyers in his legal tussle.

Still Awaiting Singapore's Reply (The Star)
<http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2002/4/10/nation/hamid9&sec=nation>
"We have submitted [the new proposal] and Singapore has asked for time to respond."

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