[MyAppleMenu] Aug 8, 2002

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

IBM Lays Desktop PowerPC On Cupertino Lawn (Andrew Orlowski, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/3/26594.html>
Getting OS X onto a new procesor is going to be difficult with so much old code hanging around.

Apple Store In Milwaukee To Open Aug 31st (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=15824>

iPod Software 1.2 Due Later Today (Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0208/08.ipod.php>
The new iPod software will include support for Sound Check, Audible.com and other new featuers.

King Agrees With Rowe: Beware Of Canceling Laptop Deal (Associated Press)
<http://www4.fosters.com/news2002/aug_02/aug07_02/news/reg_me0807o.asp>
"There are big downsides to walking away. The damage to the state would far outweigh the benefits of canceling the contract."

Apple Store Wellington Green Opens August 17 (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=15798>

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

Apple: Time For A Switch (Korey Miller, osOpinion.com)
<http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/18942.html>
Why does Apple insist on making its own hardware? I haven't a clue.

Discussion: Would The Mac Platform Collapse Without Microsoft? (Metafilter)
<http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/18984>

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

Ready To Switch? Get The Right Gear For Your New Apple Life (CNET)
<http://www.cnet.com/software/0-8888-8-20246006-1.html?tag=ld>
We picked out the gear that you'll need to handle your Mac life a lifelong pro right off the bat.

Hands On With The eMac (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0208/08.emac.php>
As Apple says, it's the most affordable G4 Mac ever. And, whatever configuration you get, it will be well worth the price.

Digidesign Mbox (David Leishman, Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2002/08/reviews/mbox.html>
Portable USB audio workstation fits the bill for digital-recording beginners.

DVD Studio Pro 1.5 (Jim Heid, Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2002/08/reviews/dvdstudio.html>
The program remains the only viable choice for professional DVD authoring on the Mac.

Jaguar Deals For Under $100 (Geek.com)
<http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2002Aug/bma20020807015774.htm>

Spam-Fighting Tools Vary In Versatility, Reliability (Anick Jesdanum, Associated Press)
<http://www.boston.com/dailynews/219/economy/PRODUCT_REVIEW_Spam_fighting_t%3A.shtml>
Only one of the four programs I tested over a week met my needs and even then a lot of spam still slipped through.

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

Gnutella Bandwidth Bandits (Farhad Manjoo, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/08/08/gnutella_developers/index.html>
The file-trading network's developers are discovering that even their wide-open, free-for-all technology might need a little policing.

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

Microsoft Clouds API Waters (Carolyn April and Ed Scannell, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/08/08/020808hnmsapiedit.xml>
Industry observers note that simply turning over APIs does not necessarily make a developer's job any easier.

Microsoft, FTC Reach Privacy Settlement (Sandeep Junnarkar and Declan McCullagh, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-948922.html>
The U.S. government has reached a settlement with Microsoft over complaints that the company's Passport authentication service poses a threat to consumers' privacy and security, according to a source close to the matter.

Sun Blasts Intel's Itanium (Ken Popovich, eWeek)
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,449120,00.asp>
Sun delivered a scorching attack on Intel's 64-bit Itanium processor Wednesday, deriding the chip's design and lambasting it as the "most expensive disaster in the history of high tech."

.Net Has Microsoft Tongue Tied (Mike Ricciuti, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-948838.html>
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates has said that building the company's .Net software architecture is more difficult than "getting to the moon or designing the 747."

Microsoft Flags Server Application Flaw (Robert Lemos, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-948850.html>
Microsoft announced Wednesday three new flaws had been found in the company's application for developing and managing e-business Web sites, Content Manager Server 2001.

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

Server Sellers Bang Linux Drum (Stephen Shankland, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-948855.html>
On the eve of the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo, IBM and HP have begun making the case that the comparatively young operating system is worthy of real-world use.

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

Book Biz Takes On Amazon.ca (Charles Mandel, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,54387,00.html>
Amazon.com's Canadian operation is under fire from Canada's book industry, which has applied for a judicial review in federal court.

Gnutella Bandwidth Bandits (Farhad Manjoo, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/08/08/gnutella_developers/index.html>
The file-trading network's developers are discovering that even their wide-open, free-for-all technology might need a little policing.

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

Novel Marks A New Chapter In Actor's Life (David Wiegand, San Francisco Chronicle)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/08/07/DD65170.DTL>
What's the difference between Jonathan Franzen and Ethan Hawke? For one thing, Franzen probably didn't have a winsome blonde rush the stage, rock- fan-style, the last time he gave a reading in San Francisco.

Perfection, With A Twist Of Lime (Emily Green, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la-fo-gin7aug07.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dfood%2Dmanual>
It's almost embarrassing. But to my mind, the greatest of all cocktails is the gin and tonic.

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

Accidental (Chris Semansky, Mudlark)
<http://www.unf.edu/mudlark/mudlark20/semansky_09.html>

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

Wanted: Funding To Keep Esplanade Prices Low (Alicia Yeo, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,136589,00.html?>
Tickets at arts centre are being subsidised by the government, but other event promoters are unhappy.

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

Indoor Stadium Claims Best View For Fireworks (Ginnie Teo, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/breakingnews/story/0,1895,136399,00.html>
"Because the fireworks will burst between the National Stadium and the Indoor Stadium, our North entrance's forecourt is definitely the best place to catch the fireworks."

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