[MyAppleMenu] Aug 16, 2002

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

Migrate To OS X 10.2 With A Clean Install (Dan Frakes, Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2002/10/features/install.html>
Before you can enjoy the benefits of OS X 10.2, you first need to install it -- which may not be as easy as it sounds.

Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar (Jason Snell, Macworld)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0208/16.jaguar.php>
With OS X 10.2's scores of new features and many tweaks to existing features, even OS X's harshest critics have to admit that Apple has sanded off most its new operating system's rough edges.

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

Rethinking The Macintosh (Neil McAllister, New Architect)
<http://www.newarchitectmag.com/documents/s=2451/na0902d/index.html>
By offering a range of well-designed hardware products, all of which run the same Unix-based OS, Apple has earned itself a unique place in today's computing market. At the very least, it's one that should not be overlooked.

More Problematic Years Ahead (Jean-Claude Elias, Jordan Times)
<http://www.jordantimes.com/Fri/features/features1.htm>
Apple Macintosh computers proudly announce that their system are designed to correctly store and compute time till the year 29,940!

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

Counting The Cost (Ian Betteridge, MacUser)
<http://www.pcpro.co.uk/front_index.php?ignck=1&ip=1&page=%2Fopinions%2Fopinions_story.php%3Fid%3D30849&domain=macuser>
Apple needs OS X to be a success, because if it fails the company will also fail.

I Have A Dream (David Strom, Techweb)
<http://www.techweb.com/tech/software/20020814_strom_software>
It is time for the 'nixes (Unix, Linux, and Apple's OS X) to play a more major role, and for Microsoft to get with the program and fix this broken buggy whip.

Maybe A Very Smart Move (Slashdot)
<http://apple.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=38072&cid=4080024>
Apple can pump up the OS X installed base number by 5 -- even if the OS gets installed on only 2 or 3 machines.

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

EyeTV Digital Video Recorder (Brett Larson, TechTV)
<http://www.techtv.com/news/computing/story/0,24195,3395760,00.html>
Easy to set up, EyeTV does everything a PVR can do, letting users pause live TV and record their favorite shows.

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

Dell Sees Record Profits Ahead (John G. Spooner, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-950043.html>
Dell slightly improved upon revenue expectations for its second quarters and predicted better things to come.

Dell Confirms Interest In Printers, PDAs (Jeffrey Burt, eWeek)
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,472392,00.asp>
CEO Michael Dell downplayed speculation about the company's printer and PDA plans, contending that the computer maker will remain far mroe focused on PC, server and storage sales to corporate customers.

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

Linux Makes A Run For Government (Robert Lemos, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-950083.html>
A technology policy think tank is campaigning to win Linux a greater role in government by offering to act as a central repository for a federally certified version of the open-source operating system.

Linux At School -- Not! (Jonathan Gennick, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/1835>

Switch To Linux Saved Us Millions, Amazon.com Says (Brier Dudley, Seattle Times)
<http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/134513573_linux15.html>
"We wanted the best tool for the task."

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

As Gadgets Go To Class, Schools Try To Cope (Jennifer 8. Lee, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/15/technology/circuits/15SCHO.html>
With cellphones and other gadgets becoming standard equipment for students, schools are working to devise rules for their use.

Push-Button Innovation (Michael Schrage, Technology Review)
<http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/schrage0902.asp>
The telecom industry doesn't need more bandwidth. It needs ways to get people to use the bandwidth they have.

Lawrence Lessig Keynote From OSCON 2002 (Lawrence Lessig, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/policy/2002/08/15/lessig.html>
Freedom is about stopping the past, but we have lost that ideal.

Hacking Las Vegas (Ben Mezrich, Wired)
<http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/10.09/vegas.html>
The inside story of the MKIT blackjack team's conquest of the casinos.

Why Johny Can't Program (Dan Bricklin)
<http://www.bricklin.com/wontprogram.htm>
How the author constructs instructions to a computer, and how they can correctly anticipate the results, can affect acceptance of a system.

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

10 Tips On Writing The Living Web (Mark Bernstein, A List Apart)
<http://www.alistapart.com/stories/writeliving/>
If th ewords are dull, nobody will read them, and nobody will come back. If the words are wrong, people will be misled, disappointed, infuriated. If the words aren't there, people will shake their heads and lament your untimely demise.

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

On The Death Of Werner Aspenstrom (Robin Fulton, Sherasman)
<http://www.shearsman.com/pages/page2a4.html>

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

Singapore To Relax Restrictions On Neon Signs (Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/latest/story/0,2276,54574,00.html?>
Flashing neon signs will, initially, be allowed on three tourist and shopping districts - Orchard Road, Marina Centre and Chinatown.

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