[MyAppleMenu] Apr 24, 2002

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

The Art Of Compression (Nathan Segal, Streaming Media World)
<http://www.streamingmediaworld.com/video/docs//apple/>
When you view movie trailers from the Apple site on your computer, they look beautiful and perfect, with high quality imagery and sound. But creating those trailers involves a lot more than meets the eye.

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

The CG Wizard Of Harry Potter (Barbara Gibson, Apple)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,1870,116186,00.html?>
"We're intrigued with what Final Cut Pro allows you to do, and with all the stuff you can do on a Mac these days."

Notes From Apple Shareholders' Meeting (Think Secret)
<http://www.thinksecret.com/features/shareholdersmeeting02.html>

MPEG-4 At Vanguard Of Streaming Media Conference (Jonny Evans, Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/top_news_item.cfm?NewsID=4558>
MPEG-4 will be high on the agenda as major streaming media companies begin to announce their support for the standard.

Jay Chiat, Legendary Advertising Executive, Dies At 70 (Gary Gentile, Associated Press)
<http://www.boston.com/dailynews/113/economy/Jay_Chiat_legendary_advertisin:.shtml>
Chiat, whose agency created the Orwellian "1984" television ad that introduced Apple Computer's Macintosh to the world, died of cancer at his Marina del Rey home, according to Jeremy Miller, a spokesman for the ad agency TBWA-Chiat-Day.

OmniWeb Bumped To Version 4.1sp71 (Rob McNair-Huff, Mac Net Journal)
<http://www.whiterabbits.com/MacNetJournal/2002/04/23.html#a1125>

Macs Behind "The District" (Stephanie Jorgl, Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/hotnews/articles/2002/04/thedistrict/>
"I picked up an iMac and one of those tape converters, and was able to stream all of the tapes into the iMac, fire up iMovie, learn the program in five minutes and cut my own design reel from all of those tapes. How cool is that?!"

US Robotics Cloud The Mind Of Reporters (Glenn Fleishman, 802.11b Networking News)
<http://80211b.weblogger.com/2002/04/23>
US Robotics clouded the mind of the reporter on this piece who makes it sound as if poor old Texas Instruments was ostracized by the IEEE.

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

Will Apple Follow Polaroid Into Bankruptcy? (Gregg Eshelman, Low End Mac)
<http://lowendmac.com/myturn/02/0424.html>
Polaroid was always fiercely protective of their innovation of instant photography -- so protective that they never allowed anyone else to produce cameras compatible with their film or film compatible with their cameras.

More In Store? (Scott Kelby, Mac Design Magazine)
<http://www.macdesignonline.com/issues/may_june/mac_lane.html>
Is the answer to the future of Apple's retail stores right under their noses?

Grading Steve Jobs (BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/apr2002/nf200204247481.htm>
Apple's CEO could hardly be more highly regarded -- at least according to the folks who responded to our survey.

Jobs And Gates: The Odd Couple Endures (Charles Haddad, BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/apr2002/tc20020424_9297.htm>
Whether or not they renew their cooperation pact, the two bosses know that their companies' fortunes are intimately linked.

Should Apple And Microsoft Stay Hitched? (BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/apr2002/tc20020424_5041.htm>
Their five-year agreement is nearing its end, raising quesitons about this mutually beneficial but tumultuous relationship.

Hello Photoshop, Goodbye Classic (James Davidson, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/1318>
Classic is a remarkable achievement. The team that worked on it deserve all the kudos that you can give them. However, the disjoint User Interface experience between OS X and classic was never satisfactory.

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

Bridge Baron 12 (Erica Marceau, Applelinks)
<http://www.applelinks.com/reviews/bridgebaron12.shtml>
Bridge Baron continues to be a great series if you want to improve your Bridge game and you don't mind the poor graphics and lack of online play.

The Road Warrior Guide To iBook: 1999 - 2002 (Charles Moore, MacOPINION)
<http://www.macopinion.com/columns/roadwarrior/02/04/23/index.html>

Hewlett-Packard Photosmart 1315 (James L Kim, TechTV)
<http://abcnews.go.com/sections/scitech/TechTV/techtv_HPprintrev020423.html>
Built-in features make this printer digital photo friendly.

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

Clay Shirky: What Web Services Got Right... And Wrong (Richard Koman, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2002/04/22/clay.html>
The technological case for Web Services is really quite strong. The business case for Web Services is more limited right now, in part because they run under the same difficulties that the application service providers and B-to-B marketplaces did.

Pay Features Gather Steam On Web (Bob Tedeschi, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/22/technology/ebusiness/22ECOM.html>
All across the Web, consumers are buying newly offered information and services.

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

Study: Government Sites "Sophisticated" (Margaret Kane, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1017-889261.html?tag=cd_mh>
Treating citizens more like customers has helped governments around the world become "increasingly sophisticated" in their use of the Web, a new study has found.

Nokia, IBM Set Sights On Public WLANs (Laura Rohde, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/04/22/020422hnwlan.xml>
IBM and Nokia, the world's largest mobile-phone maker, have agreed to jointly pursue the public wireless LAN market with the hope that in combining their strengths, they can add extra momentum to the spread of WLAN networks, the companies announced Monday.

The Battle For The Web Continues (Dave Winer, Scripting News)
<http://scriptingnews.userland.com/backissues/2002/04/23#theBattleForTheWebContinues>
Microsoft clearly doesn't have any vision for the Web other than owning and controlling and freezing it.

The Welch Report - Go Publish Yourself (Matt Welch, EPN World Reporter)
<http://www.epnworld-reporter.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/201/The_Welch_Report_-_Go_Publish_Yourself.html>
What journalists and editors can learn from the weblog phenomenon.

OmniWeb Bumped To Version 4.1sp71 (Rob McNair-Huff, Mac Net Journal)
<http://www.whiterabbits.com/MacNetJournal/2002/04/23.html#a1125>

Intel Wants Wireless 'Hotspots' Near You (Dan Neel, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/04/23/020423hnintelwire.xml>
A world sprawling with wireless communication "hotspots" htat provide access to the Internet is Intel's vision for the futur eof wireless mobile computing.

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

Gates Says He Might Have To Dump Windows (David Teather, The Guardian)
<http://media.guardian.co.uk/newmedia/story/0,7496,689742,00.html>
Bill Gates told a federal court in Washington that he might be forced to pull the Windows operating system off the market if the penalties sought by nine US states are imposed.

Intel Ships Dualie Xeon 2.4GHz Parts (Drew Cullen, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/3/24994.html>
Intel yesterday took the wraps off the 2.4GHz dualie Xeon, its fastest low-end server processor to date.

Skeptics Ask: Did Gates Lie? (Cydney Gillis, East Side Journal)
<http://www.eastsidejournal.com/sited/story/html/89976>
"When Gates gets up and says it's not, every engineer with a mind now has to say he either doesn't understand drivers or APIs or he's lying."

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

Microsoft: Layoffs, Changes In TV Groups (Richard Shim, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1040-891413.html>
Microsoft confirmed Wednesday that it is in the process of laying off employees in its television division and UltimateTV service group. The company also said it's expanding its television software to work with low-end set-top boxes.

States To Gates: Here's Custom-Made Windows (Reuters)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-890911.html>
Bill Gates was pressed by a lawyer for the states to say whether the Windows XP "embedded" program demonstrated that a similar home program could be built.

Bill Gates Becomes The Star Of His Own Show (David Coursey, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-890358.html>
The states haven't been able to portray Microsoft as the bogeyman. And the company itself has managed to avoid big trouble.

Germany Blames Microsoft For Porn (Expatica.com)
<http://www.expatica.com/germany.asp?pad=190,205,&item_id=21808>
The pictures, each a photo-montage of Steffi Graf's head on another person's torso, were posted by a user in Germany of MSN.

States Say Gates Interpretation Of Antitrust Penalties Is Extreme (D. Ian Hopper, Associated Press)
<http://www.boston.com/dailynews/113/economy/States_say_Gates_interpretatio:.shtml>
Connecticut and the eight other states suing Microsoft Corp. tried Tuesday to show that company chairman Bill Gates is too extreme in his interpretation of proposed antitrust penalties against his company.

Q&A: Why Xbox Creator Left Microsoft (ZDNet UK)
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2108981,00.html>
I'm just a gamer -- the reason I was doing all the press and talking to all the developers, and the reason we made the Xbox is because I'm a gamer and a game developer.

Fears About Microsoft Return, In Mexico (Graham Gori, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/24/technology/24PESO.html>
A government initiative to bring Internet access within reach of 9 of 10 Mexicans has drawn criticism because to many it smacks of handing Microsoft a de facto monopoly.

Hewlett-Packard Is Accused Of Misleading Holders (Steve Lohr, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/24/technology/24HEWL.html>
Lawyers representing the dissident director Walter B. Hewlett delivered a sweeping attack on the integrity and credibility of the management of Hewlett-Packard.

Jobs And Gates: The Odd Couple Endures (Charles Haddad, BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/apr2002/tc20020424_9297.htm>
Whether or not they renew their cooperation pact, the two bosses know that their companies' fortunes are intimately linked.

Is Bill Gates Doing Himself Any Favors? (Dan Carney, BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/apr2002/nf20020424_4703.htm>
He's poised and confident on the stand, a far cry from his deposition during the antitrust trial. But maybe he shouldn't be there at all.

The Battle For The Web Continues (Dave Winer, Scripting News)
<http://scriptingnews.userland.com/backissues/2002/04/23#theBattleForTheWebContinues>
Microsoft clearly doesn't have any vision for the Web other than owning and controlling and freezing it.

Intel Wants Wireless 'Hotspots' Near You (Dan Neel, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/04/23/020423hnintelwire.xml>
A world sprawling with wireless communication "hotspots" htat provide access to the Internet is Intel's vision for the futur eof wireless mobile computing.

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

Attack Of The Superstore (Jim Erickson, Time)
<http://www.time.com/time/asia/magazine/article/0,13673,501020429-232675,00.html>
Local retailers are threatened, governments are worried, but foreign chains are taking over in Asia.

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

Can You Riverdance For Me, Honey? (Meera Atkinson, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2002/04/24/fetish/index.html>
At New York's fetish salons, it's all about fantasy -- some guys want to sniff you and others want to watch your feet move in clogs.

The Double-Standard Excuse (Mark leibovich, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37442-2002Apr23.html>
For women, 'more family time' has a ring of truth.

Cooking In The Kitchen Of My Favorite Critic (Eric Asimov, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/24/dining/24KITC.html?homepageinsidebox>
My mother taught me some vital kitchen skills. Planning ahead wasn't one of them.

Musician To Napster Judge: Let My Music Go (Damien Cave, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/04/23/copyright/index.html>
A 1960s-era recording artist says he can't get Sony to pay royalties, so his psychedelic pop might as well be free.

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

When He Fell (Carol Muske-Dukes, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/?id=2064219>

=== reader : eof =============

Mating Toads, Not Mutants (Jeff Gould, Metrowest Daily News)
<http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/news/local_regional/hopk_toads04182002.htm>
Looks can be deceiving. It's as simple as that. To the untrained observer, two toads enjoying a romantic moment together could easily be mistaken for an exotic, two-headed mutant.

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

Junk Mail From Mindef, What Next? (Harminder Singh, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,1870,116188,00.html?>
The incident illustrates how important it is for the Infocomm Development Authority to focus on the responsibilities of government agencies and to restrict them in the way they use our personal details.

Lower CPF For Over-40s? (Sue-Ann Chia, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,116088,00.html?>
Reduced rate may make them more employable, says labour chief.

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

Mock Exercise In JC Taken For Real (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,116207,00.html?>
An emergency evacuation exercise in Yishun Junior College yesterday spooked residents and parents of students who took the mock explosions for the real thing.

Pure And Happy Angels (Elisabeth Gwee, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/life/story/0,1870,116045,00.html?>
That's how Singapore-born shutterbug Leslie Kee tries to make people look like in his photographs. Maybe that's why celebs from Naomi Campbell to Ayumi Hamasaki adore him so.

Hong Kong Loses Out To Singapore In Best Business Survey (Dominic Lau, Reuters)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/reuters/asia-101760.html>
Hong Kong slipped from top spot to second due to concern over its growing deficit, openness to competition, and the adaptability of its labour force.

Singapore Politician Faces Bankruptcy, Vows To Fight (Reuters)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/reuters/nsin89925.html>
Singapore opposition politician Chee Soon Juan vowed to press on even as defamation suits brought against him by the island's two most senior leaders threaten to push him into bankruptcy and bar him from elections.

Arts Group Want Greater Transparency In Licensing (Hwee Goh, Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/6074/1/.html>
Artistes and arts groups want to see greater transparency when it comes to licensing of the arts, and even within the arts community.

Singapore Sets up Body To Oversee Aviation Security (Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/latest/story/0,2276,42904,00.html?>
Singapore has set up a committee to oversee and implement security measures at its airports, the government said today, after an alleged militant was thought to have been planning to crash a plane into the country's international airport.

Study: Government Sites "Sophisticated" (Margaret Kane, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1017-889261.html?tag=cd_mh>
Treating citizens more like customers has helped governments around the world become "increasingly sophisticated" in their use of the Web, a new study has found.

Officials Deny Singapore Story (Taipei Times)
<http://www.taipeitimes.com/news/2002/04/24/story/0000133268>
Senior officials of the Ministry of National Defense have denied media reports that Singapore will scale down its military training cooperation with Taiwan.

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