[MyAppleMenu] Apr 26, 2002

Fri Apr 26 21:05:02 EDT 2002

myapplemenu : newsletter

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

Apple Adds Bluetooth Session To WWDC (Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0204/26.wwdc.php>

Apple Distributor Declares $265.4m Loss (George Chidi Jr, Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=4568>
Ingram Micro announced a net loss of $265.4 million yesterday, attributed primarily to a $280.9 million charge against earnings in accordance with new, post-Enron accounting rules.

Computers With Every Cadaver (Helen Pearson, Nature)
<http://www.nature.com/nsu/020422/020422-9.html>
With fewer hours for dissection, the medics hav ebeen forced to add computers to their corpses. Each cadaver now comes with an iMac.

GenArts Releases Sapphire Plug-Ins For Shake (Elina Shatkin, Videography)
<http://www.videography.com/brief/mainv/0,2444,34878,00.html>

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

Mozilla Loaded Up For Browser Wars (Rex Baldazo, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-892855.html>
If Mozilla cleans up its act before the final release, it may actually best its two most powerful competitors.

Harmoni G3 (James Galbraith, Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2002/05/reviews/harmoni.html>
With a little technical know-how, you can use the Harmoni G3 to increase the processor speed of and start using FireWire peripherals with your older iMac. What it won't do, though, is turn your iMac into the equivalent of a newer one.

After Effect 5.5 (Ben Long, Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2002/05/reviews/aftereffects.html>
Adobe has done well with After Effects 5.5. The new 3-D effects and huge assortment of interface changes make this an obvious upgrade for regular After Effects users. OS X users should also be pleased with the program's introduction to this OS, if a little leery at the program's lack of plug-in compatibility.

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

Mozilla Loaded Up For Browser Wars (Rex Baldazo, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-892855.html>
If Mozilla cleans up its act before the final release, it may actually best its two most powerful competitors.

Study: Users Aren't Buying Online ID Hype (Joe Wilcox, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-892838.html>
Microsoft and other technology makers struggling to define new Web services business models have another obstacle: consumer distruct of online authentication systems.

Hotmail At Risk To Cookie Thieves (Brian McWilliams, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,52115,00.html>
MSN Hotmail users, guard your cookies. A simple technique for accessing Microsoft's free e-mail service without a password is in the wild and apparently being exploited.

SOAP Wars (Marc Hedlund, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/1331>
If Amazon and Google use two different design models for their services, that's excellent -- it allows us to see how their respective services develop over time.

There's A Lot Of SOAP Backlash These Days (Joel Spolsky)
<http://www.joelonsoftware.com/news/20020425.html>
The real problem with SOAP is that it's the poster boy for Web Serices, which are just the next step in a long line of technologies that has been way overhyped.

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

Micorosft To Dump Windows? Good Idea! Here's Why (David Coursey, ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2862783,00.html>
Tossing out Windows would give Microsoft a chance to build a real OS for the 21st century, instead of an OS that is still, at its heart, the descendant of MS-DOS.

There's A Lot Of SOAP Backlash These Days (Joel Spolsky)
<http://www.joelonsoftware.com/news/20020425.html>
The real problem with SOAP is that it's the poster boy for Web Serices, which are just the next step in a long line of technologies that has been way overhyped.

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

Study: Users Aren't Buying Online ID Hype (Joe Wilcox, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-892838.html>
Microsoft and other technology makers struggling to define new Web services business models have another obstacle: consumer distruct of online authentication systems.

Sitting On A Microsoft Fix (Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-000029612apr26.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dtechnology>
Although Gates' demeanor was more stylish, his insistence that Microsoft had not tried to squash competition was no more believable than three years ago.

MS Word Runs Malicious E-Mail Scripts (Thomas C Greene, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/25033.html>
If you've chosen MS Word for your e-mail editor in Outlook 2000 or 2002, you'll need to patch a flaw which enables script execution when a malicious memo is replied to or forwarded.

Hotmail At Risk To Cookie Thieves (Brian McWilliams, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,52115,00.html>
MSN Hotmail users, guard your cookies. A simple technique for accessing Microsoft's free e-mail service without a password is in the wild and apparently being exploited.

Microsoft Seeks (And Finds) A New Market To Dominate (Brian E. Taptich, Red Herring)
<http://www.herring.com/vc/2002/0425/2775.html>
Microsoft's announcement that it would enter the market for customer relationship management (CRM) software--applications that help companies track information about customers--was met with the obligatory volley of choreographed public relations responses.

Hewlett's Chief Scoffs At Accusation Of Coercion (Steve Lohr with Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/26/technology/26BANK.html>
The chief executive of Hewlett-Packard, Carleton S. Fiorina, returned to the witness stand here today to explain what she meant when she told a major institutional investor that a vote in favor of the company's merger with Compaq Computer was "of great importance to our ongoing relationship."

Executive Testifies Microosft Must Be Able To Alter Windows (Amy Harmon, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/26/technology/26SOFT.html>
A Microsoft executive told a federal judge today that the company should be allowed to make changes in its Windows operating system that impair the performance of other programs so long as the company believes it is acting in the best interest of Windows users.

Flaws Found In MS Office's HTML Tools (Brian Morrissey, Internet.com)
<http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article/0,,10_1016171,00.html>

SOAP Wars (Marc Hedlund, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/1331>
If Amazon and Google use two different design models for their services, that's excellent -- it allows us to see how their respective services develop over time.

Bill Gates, Software Saviour (Economist)
<http://www.economist.com/business/displayStory.cfm?story_id=1100650>
Bill Gates's witness-box message: hurt Windows, and you hurt the world.

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

A Law To Protect Spyware (Chris Wenham, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/04/26/hollings_spyware/index.html>
Sen. Fritz Hollings is pushing a bill that supposedly safeguards online privacy -- but actually gives intrusive marketers a green light.

The Next Generation (Joel Garreau, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50958-2002Apr25.html>
Biotechnology may make superhero fantasy a reality.

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

Getting The Goods (A.R. Torres, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/04/26/both_places/index.html>
Eight months after Sept. 11, I thought I'd buried all of my husband. Finding more of him has meant granting Eddie one last wish.

The Filming Of Philip K. Dick (Alexander Star, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/?id=2064755>
Dick has a great deal to offer the filmmaker, and Hollywood has responded by making a number of movies from his vast repetoire. But are these movies convincing?

Telling Complex Stories Simply (Rick Lyman, New York Times)
<http://www.boston.com/dailynews/115/economy/PRODUCT_REVIEW_Software_robots:.shtml>
"God knows, this is a thin age for storytelling," said the director Barry Levinson, prompted to this melancholy assessment by a midafternoon screening of Elia Kazan's "On the Waterfront."

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

Report Gets Mixed Reaction From Crash Relatives (Reuters)
<http://asia.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/southeast/04/26/singapore.relatives.reut/index.html>
"Pilot's fault? Weather's fault? How about you, Taiwan side? You're so sure that your side didn't make a single mistake?"

Singapore Anger At Taiwan Crash Report (BBC)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_1953000/1953116.stm>
Singapore has criticised the Taiwanese investigation into the October 2000 crash, saying it "glossed over" problems at the airport.

Hollywood-Style Theme Park For Johor (Carol Murugiah, New Straits Times)
<http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Friday/National/20020426083620/Article/>
Universal Studios has finalised an agreement with Johor to set up a Hollywood-scale theme park near Second Link.

No Immediate Need For Malaysia To Take Control Of Airspace Managed By Singapore: Dr M (Abdul Razak Ahmad and Sharanjit Singh, New Straits Times)
<http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Friday/Frontpage/20020426162401/Article/>
The government could get the same returns without having to make large investments in equipment needed to manage air traffic control of the airspace.

SQ006 Crash Final Report Carries Little Weight In Legal Suits: Lawyers (Sharon Tong, Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/6285/1/.html>
"[The report] does not assign legal responsibility."

Merlion Crosses Esplanade Bridge As Part Of Move To New Home (Fiona Tan, Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/6275/1/.html>
Over a hundred people sacrificed their sleep to follow the Merlion's move early Thursday.

Pilot Group Says SIA Pilots Should Not Be Prosecuted (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/breakingnews/story/0,1895,116439,00.html?>
Mr Paul McCarthy, executive vice-president of the International Federation of Airline Pilots' Association, feared that other airports might not bother to make their airports safer because they might think they can just blame crashes on pilot errors.

Singapore Blasts Findings Of Taiwan Crash Probe Team (Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/latest/story/0,2276,43190,00.html?>
Jaspal Singh, deputy secretary of Singapore's Mnistry of Transport, said Taiwan's final report did not provide a "full and balanced picture".

Taipei Crash Report Cites Pilot Error (William Foreman, Associated Press)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52045-2002Apr26.html>
Pilot error was the chief probable cause, and confusing runway markers and broken taxiway lights had contributed to the crash of Singpaore Airlines Flight SQ006.

Singapore Bets On Human Resources (Kim Mi-Hui, Korea Herald)
<http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2002/04/26/200204260030.asp>

DID Reveals Scope Of Simulation (Sim Leoi Leoi, The Star)
<http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2002/4/26/nation/lldid&sec=nation>
The Drainage and Irrigation Department has revealed guidelines for its computer model study on the effects of Singapore's land reclamation project in the Straits of Johor.

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