[MyAppleMenu] Apr 14, 2002

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

The Sky's The Limit (Heather Wright, Stuff New Zealand)
<http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1158339a1982,FF.html>
Behind the marketing is a surprisngly simple system with a FileMaker Pro database key to the company's operations.

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

New OS X / UNIX Ad (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=13676>

Apple To Reveal Profits Dip (Ananova)
<http://www.ananova.com/business/story/sm_565459.html?menu=business.latestheadlines>
Apple is expected on Wednesday to post second quarter profits of 10 cents a share, down from 11 cents last year, amid fears of disappointing iMac sales.

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

Old Domain Refrains (Ed Foster, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/02/04/15/020415opgripe.xml>
Allow me to declare this once and for all: VeriSign's domain registration operation is out of control.

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

Microsoft Learns Lesson From Unlikely Place: The Competition (Allison Linn, Associated Press)
<http://www.nj.com/newsflash/business/index.ssf?/cgi-free/getstory_ssf.cgi?o1793_BC_WA--Microsoft-OpenSou&&news&newsflash-financial>
Microsoft has started to allow access of Windows code to some of its biggest corporate customers and some outside technical experts who put together and manage large computer systems.

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

Silicon Valley's Spy Game (Jeffrey Rosen, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/14/magazine/14TECHNO.html>
The post-boom high-tech industry has found a new backer -- the Office of Homeland Security. The mission is to help the government track its citizens the way Amazon tracks its customers.

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

Conquering The Grand Canyon (Susan Spano, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/travel/destinations/other/la-041402grandcanyon.story>
Six determined women make it to the bottom and back on a beginner's trek that fulfills dreams -- and punishes bodies.

Escape From Sugarland (Carol Morello, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23854-2002Apr10.html>
For most families, five servings of fruits and vegetables per day is the impossible dream. Now meet the Gersons.

The Light At The End Of The Chunnel (Peter Landesman, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/14/magazine/14CHUNNEL.html>
What was built as a high-speed link for rcih Europeans has become an underground railroad for refugees desperate to make it to England -- no matter how dangerous the journey.

Your Life: The Highlights (Matt Richtel, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/14/technology/14SLAS.html>
Technology, which has long been used to improve our productivity at work, is now helping us make our leisure time more efficient.

Literary Stories And All-Out Screamers From Stephen King (Walter Kirn, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/14/books/review/14KIRNLT.html>
The publication of a new book of stories, "Everything's Eventual," which includes four that appeared in The New Yorker, invites one to reconsider Stephen King.

If It's A Musical, It Was Probably A Movie (Peter Marks, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/14/arts/theater/14MARK.html>
More and more, Broadway musicals are being adapted from popular movies as producers try to make a risky venture safer.

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

Job Ads Slide Eases In March (Andrea Tan, Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,2276,41872,00.html?>
The number of newspaper job ads continued to slide in March but the 32 per cent year-on-year fall was less severe than the 69 per cent in February.

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

Long Queues For Ez-Link Card Continue For Second Day (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/020415/5/singapore5244.html>
Queues remained long despite steps taken to relieve the situation.

Ethnic Self Help Groups Have Not Deepened Fault Lines: PM Goh (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/020415/5/singapore5247.html>

Singapore To See Big Jump In PDA Sales This Year (Leo Kee Chye, Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/bizit/story/0,2276,41861,00.html?>
Due mainly to the government and private sector push to boost PDAs' usage.

FairPrice Trying Out New No-Frills Discount Concept (Kalpana Rashiwala, Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,2276,41832,00.html?>
Two outlets, in Woodlands and Hougang, converted to the new format.

Reclamation Works Did Not Cause Mishap (Capt Khong Shen Ping, Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,1870,114275,00.html?>
Investigations into the cause of the collision are ongoing and, in the interim, baseless speculation is unhelpful.

Many Still Flocking To JB To Shop (Natalie Soh, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,114224,00.html?>

Seafood Joints Set For Battle (Krist Boo, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,114218,00.html?>
New chain of four eateries at Turf City levies no service charge, giving East Coast restaurants a run for their money.

Size Matters In Suburban Shopping (Vladimir Guevarra, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/money/story/0,1870,114261,00.html?>
Some neighbourhood complexes are feeling the crunch as consmers flock to bigger ones with a wider product range.

Proposed Tax Changes Not Instant Fix For Job Market (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,114209,00.html?>
Assessment of job situation still same, says Minister Lee.

Singapore Has 'Right Of Way' To Johor Lighthouse (Brendan Pereira, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,114217,00.html?>
"We do not know whether they have encroached or not because we have an arrangement for Singapore staff to be on Pulau Pisang to man the lighthouse. And Singapore has opened a path for its use."

Tan Soo Khoon Wants To See Singaporeans Speak Up More Freely (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/020414/5/singapore5240.html>
While Parliament is one place for such frank opinions, he said, it has to go beyond the confines of the Parliament House for it to be effective.

'We Have Right To Voice Concern' (Mazwin Nik Anis, The Star)
<http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2002/4/14/nation/jbhamid&sec=nation>
Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said Kuala Lumpur has always emphasised the importance of forging good relations with its neighbours but the friendly attitude should not perceived as being weak.

Country Needs To Get More Aggressive (Mardupi Ismail, New Straits Times)
<http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Friday/Letters/20020412085045/Article/>
Malaysia does not seem to have a medium- or long-term game plan of how to compete in this new world of globalisation and the looming economic behemoth of China. Singapore, of course, has it all figured out.

Neighbourliness The Bett erPolicy (John Teo, New Straits Times)
<http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Sunday/Columns/20020414093052/Article/>
It can be safely argued that proportionately many more Malaysians feel hard done by Singapore than the other way round. the onus has to be on Singapor ebeing seen to be making amends.

Long Queues At Sales Counter As Ez-Link Card Offiically Launched (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/020414/5/singapore5206.html>
While the Ez-link card may be easy to use, it is not so easy to buy.

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