[MyAppleMenu] Apr 28, 2002

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

Surviving By Design (Allan Drury, Portland Press Herald)
<http://www.portland.com/business/entrepreneur/020426web.shtml>
It's an example of how some small technology-based businesses continue their fight for success even as so many other tech enterprises have blown up.

Corporate Tribalism -- Just Can't Do It (David Lazarus, San Francisco Chronicle)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/04/28/BU127682.DTL>
"You can spend $1,400 for an Apple or get a Dell that runs faster for just $700."

NMU May Allow iBooks On Campus (James Lake, The Mining Journal)
<http://upgroup.com/journal/archive/2002news/04-april/04-28_2.html>
Now that Northern Michigan University has two years of experience in its laptop program, the TLC committee is considering offering Apple iBooks to Art and Design students.

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

Lexmark Z-65 And Z-55 (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0204/27.lexmark.php>
My main complaint with the printers is that they make a terrible racket when starting a print job.

GoLive Gets Interesting (Derrick Story, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/javascript/2002/04/26/golive_history.html>
The current incarnation of this venerable Web design and management tool is unique to Adobe offerings because it incorporates a number of "tweakable" open source components within an integrated publishing environment.

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

AOL Instant Messenger Is Hacked (David Cassel, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/04/27/aim_hack/index.html?x>
Three 17-year-olds take credit for inserting pornographic images into America Online's widely used chat service.

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

Microsoft Mulls ITV Digital Bid (BBC)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_1956000/1956023.stm>
Microsoft is considering launching a rescue bid for the cash-strapped broadcaster ITV Digital, reports say.

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

The 14-Year-Old Hit Man (Eliza Griswold, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/28/magazine/28COLOMBIA.html>
Tiny has always been just that. He's 14 years old and about four feet tall. That's one of the reasons Tiny -- as his street name is translated -- makes an effective assassin.

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

Can't Live With Them. Can't Live Without Them... (Nick Compton, The Observer)
<http://www.observer.co.uk/magazine/story/0,11913,706301,00.html>
It's official. There's never been a better time to be a single man. But do these men have it all, or are they simply commitment-phobic loners?

It's Time For The Truth About Golf -- It's A Game, Not A Sport (C.W. Nevius, San Francisco Chronicle)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/04/28/LV57224.DTL>
Clearly, golf is the dumbest game ever. It is pointless, time-consuming and infuriating. I try to play as often as possible.

Kissing Cousins (Ann Patchett, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/28/magazine/28WWLN.html>
Popular mythology often takes the place of science.

'Star Wars' Fan Films Come Tumbling Back To Earth (Amy Harmon, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/28/movies/28HARM.html>
The tension between Mr. Lucas and his filmmaking fans may underscore a digital-age conflict that transcends the letter of the law.

For Yo-Yo Ma, All The World's A Band (Evan Eisenberg, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/28/arts/music/28EISE.html?homepageinsidebox>
The earth is our mother, and her songs, whatever their dialect, belong to all of us. Such is the ideology of "world music."

Wittgenstein's Curse (Jay Tolson, The Wilson Quarterly)
<http://wwics.si.edu/outreach/wq/WQSELECT/WITT.HTM>
Display the jargon -- feminist, neo-Marxist, postcolonialist, deconstructionist, whatever -- and you're in, you're one of us, we want you on our tenure track.

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

The Challenge Of Keeping Overseas Singaporean In The Fold (Tan Chi Chiu, Singapore International Foundation, Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/views/story/0,2276,43357,00.html?>
SIF supports call to sustain the newfound solidarity and camaraderie among overseas Singaporeans.

NTUC Co-Ops To Absorb Part Of Planned GST Hike (Angela Tan, Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,2276,43327,00.html?>
Details as to how much of the GST would be absorbed and for how long are expected to be worked out after Friday's Budget Day.

Bt Panjang LRT Down For 2.5 Hours (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,116844,00.html?>
Trains stopped running last night from about 5.15 pm until 7.50 pm, because of a computer breakdown.

Crowd Rains On Stefanie's Sun (Suzanne Sng, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/life/story/0,1870,116823,00.html?>
While the homegrown pop sensation shone in her first solo concert here with nifty footwork and flawless vocals, the self-conscious audience was a wet blanket.

Are You Getting Your SMS In Time? (Steve Dawson, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,116851,00.html?>
There is currently no operating standards guideline to check SMS.

Merlion Gets New Home, With A View (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,116935,00.html?>
Almost 30 years after it first stood at the mouth of the Singapore River, a Singapore icon settled yesterday into its new home, one with an unubstructed sea view.

PowerMac G4 Trade-In Promo (MacSingapore)
<http://www.macsingapore.com/archive/news200204a.html#g4tradein>

Malacca Eyes Singapore Students As Tourists (The Star)
<http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2002/4/28/nation/aemelaka&sec=nation>

Najib For Talks With Rumsfeld (The Star)
<http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2002/4/28/nation/tpismall&sec=nation>
Describing the republic as "only a small island", Defence Minister Datuk Seri najib Abdul Razak said Malaysia need not take offensive steps against Singapore.

Crash Report Gets Support Of US Expert (Chang Yu-Jung, Taipei Times)
<http://www.taipeitimes.com/news/2002/04/28/story/0000133679>
Former chairman of the US National Transportation Safety Board, Jim Hall, yesterday called for respect for the Taiwanese investigation report of the October 2000 crash of Singapore Airlines flight SQ006.

Safra Urged To Move Golf Course To Save Kranji Marshes (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/020428/5/singapore6427.html>
The Nature Society has suggested that Safra's new Kranji golf course be partially moved inland or resited in order to protect the area's marshland habitat.

Transport Minister Says ASC Report Falls Short In Analysis (Asha Popatlal, Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/6440/1/.html>
"This is not a time to protect one's reputation. This is a time to reach out for the truth. So that we can learn from the accident and how to prevent further such accidents because lives are involved."

SQ006 Episode Will Not Mar Singapore-Taiwan Ties: DPM Lee (Hasnita A Majid, Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/6467/1/.html>
"Both sides have multi-faceted, good relations and this is a separate issue."

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