[MyAppleMenu] Apr 23, 2002

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

Put Up Your Digital Dukes! (Steve Morgenstern, Popular Science)
<http://www.popsci.com/popsci/computers/article/0,12543,230272,00.html>

This Year, iMac Is Apple Of His Eye (Chris Cobbs, Orlando Sentinel)
<http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/lifestyle/orl-livcobbs20042002apr20.column>
Apple's iMac is the most talked-about computer of the year for a good reason -- it shows how bad PC design has been.

Avid Eyes Cut Of Apple Video-Editing Market (Tom Witkowski, Boston Business Journal)
<http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2002/04/22/story6.html>
Market shifts in the technology used to edit films are turning up competition in the lower-priced software side of the market for one local company, and has caused another local firm to change its strategy completely and try to carve a new niche in the industry.

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

Apple's AirPort Wireless Standard Takes Off (Ben Wilson, NewsFactor)
<http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/17395.html>
Apple popularized the 802.11 wireless networking standard with its AirPort wireless LAN transceiver, and the standard has come to dominate the industry.

Apple Offers $100 Off iPod Promo (Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0204/23.ipod.php>
To qualify you need to purchase any iMac, iBook, Power Mac, or PowerBook and an iPod.

Free Love And Selling Macs (Leander Kahney, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,51866,00.html>
During the late 1980s, the biggest dealer of Apple computers in Northern California wasn't a computer megastore. It was a free-love commune in San Francisco's hippie Haight-Ashbury district.

USB 2.0 Catches Up To Apple's Speedy FireWire (Hiawatha Bray, Boston Globe)
<http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/112/business/USB_2_0_catches_up_to_Apple_s_speedy_FireWire+.shtml>
FireWire retains one big advantage: a large base of compatible consumer devices.

Teacher's Study Gives Pupils A Taste For Higher Technology (Kami masemer, Gettysburg Times)
<http://www.gburgtimes.com/news/pupils22.shtml>
"What excites me... is watching the students use a word processing program, publishing program, or art program to create an original piece of work on their own."

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

Can Macs And PCs Really Get Along? (David Morgenstern, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-889034.html>
Isn't it about time for the enterprise to consider accommodating alternate computing platforms?

A Large What? (Doc Searls)
<http://doc.weblogs.com/2002/04/22#aLargeWhat>
Years ago Jamie Zawinski told me that exactly one company had figured out e-commerce: Amazon.com. I'm sure the number is a little higher now. But Apple's still got a ways to go before it's in the same league.

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

Dual 1 GHz Power Mac: Desktop Envy (Ben Wilson, NewsFactor)
<http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/17394.html>
Although still battling the 'megahertz myth,' Apple flexes Motorola's G4 muscle in the dual-processor configuration.

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

Who Cares What You Think? Blog, And Find Out (Howard Kurtz, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25512-2002Apr21.html>
The arena has produced fresh, clever, idiosyncratic, real-time musings by all kinds of people whose voices would otherwise be heard only at the local Starbucks.

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

Gates: Remedies Would Bar Behavior (Joe Wilcox, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-889307.html>
Although he's highly critical of the remedies proposed by nine states and the District of Columbia in his company's antitrust trial, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates acknowledged Tuesday that some of the restrictions would have prevented the company from engaging in behavior that an earlier court deemed illegal.

Intel To Debut Speedy 2.4GHz Xeon Chip (Michael Kanellos, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-889032.html>
Intel will debut a new version of its Xeon chip on Tuesday in what will be a major day for processor releases.

Bill Gates Versus Truth (Dan Gillmor, SiliconValley.com)
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/columnists/dan_gillmor/ejournal/3117688.htm>
The idea that Windows is the "epicenter of innovation" is an insult to true innovators. Microsoft's innovations have been almost solely in business practices, and they've been found to be illegal.

Intel Breathes Life Info Moore's Law (John G Spooner, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-888781.html>
Chipmaker Intel has ordered a test version of a new tool it says will allow the company to hurdle an impending industry-killing roadblock and continue to punch up chip performance.

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

Put Up Your Digital Dukes! (Steve Morgenstern, Popular Science)
<http://www.popsci.com/popsci/computers/article/0,12543,230272,00.html>

Feel My Pain! - Mapping The Mind Of Chairman Bill (Andrew Orlowski, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/24982.html>

Gates Gamble Pays Off For Microsoft (Joe Wilcox, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-888889.html>
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates redeemed himself as a witness on Monday, repeatedly rebuffing attacks made by states' attorney Steven Kuney in the latest phase of the 4-year-old antitrust case.

Gateway Line Undergoes Mac-Like Redesign (ExtremeTech)
<http://www.extremetech.com/article/0,3396,s=201&a=25823,00.asp>
Gateway Inc. is redesigning its PC line in a style reminiscent of Apple Computer Inc.'s PowerBook notebooks.

Intel To Launch New Mobile Chips Tuesday, Source Says (James Niccolai, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/04/22/020422hnintelcuts.xml>
Intel is set to roll out a faster version of its Pentium 4 processor for notebook users on Tuesday.

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

Gentoo PPC Linux (TuxPPC)
<http://www.imaclinux.net/plain_page.php?caller=imaclinux.php3+record=94>
Gentoo Linux is rather unique on the PPC platform.

Red Hat Updates Web Server Software (ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2110-1106-888683.html>
Linux sales and service company Red Hat has released a new $995 version of its Stronghold software designed for large businesses.

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

Ashcroft's Faith In Death (Richard Cohen, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31512-2002Apr22.html>
Although ostensibly a conservative, and therefore determined to limit Washington's reach, Ashcroft has slowly been nationalizing the death penalty.

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

Fast Forward To VCR's Future (Benny Evangelista, San Francisco Chronicle)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/04/22/BU15029.DTL>
Digital recording devices threaten its reign.

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

The Baby Panic (Joan Walsh, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/04/23/hewlett_book/index.html>
Sylvia Ann Hewlett says young women should start husband-hunting in their 20s if they don't want to end up childless and sad. But she's as clueless about balancing work and family as the career-first feminists she decries.

For Writer Ameen Rihani, A Postscript And An Introduction (Philip Kennicott, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25928-2002Apr21.html>
They spent two days resurrecting, analyzing and praising the writings of a man they called "the father of Arab American literature." It was a love feast -- but with political implications.

The Right Way To Read (Barbara Kantrowitz, Newsweek)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/741056.asp>
In the old days, preschoolers had no more pressing business than to learn how to play. New research shows that they benefit from instruction in words and sounds.

PBS Vs. The History Channel (Virginia Heffernan, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/?id=2064540>
A study in counterprogramming.

Heard On The Fairway: The Whisper Of Shorter Hems (Ginia Bellafante, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/23/fashion/23DRES.html?homepageinsidebox>
It is fair to suggest that golf's sex wars are being fought most visibly through fashion.

Who Cares What You Think? Blog, And Find Out (Howard Kurtz, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25512-2002Apr21.html>
The arena has produced fresh, clever, idiosyncratic, real-time musings by all kinds of people whose voices would otherwise be heard only at the local Starbucks.

Reporter Follows Her Instincts And Scoops Local Media On Street Speech (Lillian Swanson, Philadelphia Inquirer)
<http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/editorial/3114183.htm>
In unguarded moments, reporters will tell you that the most coveted desk in a newsroom is behind a pillar, as far as possible from their editor's desk. Pity the newcomers.

Evolution, Alienation And Gossip (Kate Fox, Social Issues Research Centre)
<http://www.sirc.org/publik/gossip.shtml>
The role of mobile telecommunications in the 21st century.

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

Admin Service Draws Few Private Sector Executives (Lydia Lim, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,115904,00.html?>
Six years after a government drive to recruit private-sector executives to the elite Administrative Service, their number remains low.

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

First Episode Of TV Series Pulled Out (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,115980,00.html?>
Mediacorp pulled out the first episode of its new True Files TV series at 8.30 last night on ritual killer Adrain Lim, after Singapore Broadcasting Authority received unfavourable feedback from the public.

No Lah, Cock's Not Too Chicken To Mock (Helmi Yusof, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/life/story/0,1870,115865,00.html?>
Despite its flaws, the movie is worth seeing simply because of its no-holds-barred take on Singaporean foibles.

Censorship Review Committee Likely To Relook Film Classificiation (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/020423/5/singapore5954.html>
The general consensus is that for films, censorship is likely to liberalise further -- leaving the decision to judge whether a movie is watchable to the viewer.

Singaproe Rescues Merlion From Obscurity (Reuters)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/reuters/asia-101607.html>
"We really want to clean it up and once it's on its new site, restore it to its original glory."

Singapore's CPI Fell 0.9% In March From Year Ago (Chan Hwa Loon, Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/6055/1/.html>
This is the fifth consecutive month in which prices have dropped year-on-year.

SMRT Pulls Trains From Airport Route (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/breakingnews/story/0,1895,115838,00.html?>
Singapore Mass Rapid Transit removed 21 new trains from service on Tuesday because of mechanical problems. The problem will cause delays to passengers coming from Changi International Airport.

IT Savvy Supreme Court Wins Infocomm Award (Tan Ooi Boon, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/breakingnews/story/0,1895,115845,00.html?>

Scientific Back-Up For Malaysian Claim (The Star)
<http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2002/4/23/nation/zaldefen&sec=nation>
"If we were to make generalised comments on the issue, then Singapore would issue generalised comments also."

Singapore Land Plan Irks Malaysia (Mangai Balasegaram, BBC)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_1944000/1944210.stm>
In recent weeks, the relationship has become increasingly strained by a series of trade disputes.

Singapore Military Ties Now A 'Threat' (Associated Press)
<http://www.taipeitimes.com/news/2002/04/23/story/0000133008>
A DPP legislator says Taiwan should end military cooperation with Singpaore if the city-state also wants to train in China's Hainan Province.

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