[MyAppleMenu] Aug 23, 2002

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

Why You Should Buy The New Mac OS X. Now. (David Coursey, ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2878041,00.html>
While earlier versions of Mac OS X were aimed at the installed base of Mac users, Jaguar will be attractive to Windows users who want to switch as well as Mac users who want to upgrade.

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

Apple Lets Jaguar Out Tonight At Stores (San Francisco Chronicle)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/08/23/BU88644.DTL&type=business>
Macintosh fans who can't wait until Saturday to buy Apple's latest operating system upgrade can purchase a copy late tonight at Apple's own retail stores around the country.

Full Coverage: Jaguar Kick-Off Events (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=16053>
Check here for information on more special events.

New PDF Magazine MacBase Released Today (The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/article/2002/08/23.3.shtml>
MacBase is a PDF magazine devoted to all things Mac related.

High School Students Start Video Venture (Mark Garrett, The Tilsonburg News)
<http://www.annexweb.com/tillsonburg/news5.html>
"It's fun to do something on the computer and make it better."

Try The Taste Of An Apple Mac Menu (Vikki Bland, Stuff)
<http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2024364a1982,00.html>
Next time you need to buy new hardware for your small business, remember the Apple Mac is an option.

She's The Elusive Apple Of The Web's Eye (Susan Carpenter, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/features/lifestyle/la-lv-ellenfeiss23aug23.story>
Fans can only imagine who the teen in a Mac ad really is. And do they ever.

Apple's Xserve Server Debuts In The Philippines (Lawrence D. Casiraya, Manila Business World)
<http://itmatters.com.ph/news/news_08232002e.html>
In the Philippines, Apple has partnered with Oracle, APC (American Power Conversion) and HP, which expressed support for Xserver through its OpenView server management software.

New ATI Design Wins Bad News For Nvidia - Analyst (Ben Berkowitz, Reuters)
<http://www.forbes.com/technology/newswire/2002/08/22/rtr703074.html>
Two new design wins for graphics chip maker ATI Technologies are a bad sign for competitor Nvidia Corp.

Adobe Posts Photoshop 7.0.1 Update (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=16077>
The update includes better compatibility with older Power Mac G4 models.

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

Best Viewed In (Adam Robert Guha, Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/archive/02/0823.html>
I really do expect a webmaster to test his or her site on both Mac and PC -- and in both major browsers -- to make sure that it works fine and looks good in each.

Oracle 9i, Full MSN, To Mac OS X. Tell Me Jaguar Isn't The Real Deal. (Derrick Story, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/1881>
At some point you have to ask, "What does it take to get serious about this operating system?"

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

A Look At Mac OS X 10.2 (Jason Sims, Inside Mac Games)
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/features/view.php?ID=166>
With Jaguar, Mac OS X is really starting to flourish.

Apple iMac 17-Inch Widescreen; Apple OS X 10.2 (Troy Dreier, PC Magazine)
<http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,478824,00.asp>
Current OS X 10.1 users may balk at having to pay for an upgrade so quickly, but we feel the money will be well spent in the long run.

Jaguar--OS X 10.2 (Chirstoper Allbritton, Popular Mechanics)
<http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/computers/2002/8/jaguar/>
All these features really just scratch the surface and give you the feeling that Apple is releasing a new operating system instead of just a refinement to an older one.

Digital Media Mogul (Arik Hesseldahl, Forbes)
<http://www.forbes.com/2002/08/22/0822tentech.html>
Belkin Components has just started shipping a reader that reads eight different types of media.

How To Go From Kernel Panic To Clean Install In 14 Long Hours (Chris Cummer, Forwarding Address)
<http://saladwithsteve.com/osx/2002_08_01_archive.html#85371267>
14 hours later, all is well with the world again.

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

BT Group Loses Bid To Sue Prodigy Over Internet Hyperlinking (Susan Decker, Bloomberg)
<http://quote.bloomberg.com/fgcgi.cgi?mnu=news&ptitle=Technology%20UK&tp=ad_uknews&T=news_storypage99.ht&ad=uktechnology&s=APWVW5hWfQlQgR3Jv>
The judge also said the Internet itself does not infringe the patent.

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

America Online Goes Into 'Underdog' Mode (Frank Ahrens, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51101-2002Aug22.html>
To help spur a turnaround, the company is looking to its roots -- and counting Version 8.0.

A New Tactic In The Download War (David Segal, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42239-2002Aug20.html>
Online 'spoofing' turns the tables on music pirates.

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

Those MS API Disclosures - Errors, Incomplete, Useless? (John Lettice, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/26803.html>
Situation normal, then...

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

Borland's Developer Tools Take On MS (Wylie Wong, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-954958.html>
After nearly being knocked out for good by Microsoft, software maker Borland is back on its feet and eager for a rematch.

HP Still Reigns Over 'Crown Jewel' (Richard Shim, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-954926.html>
HP's reign over the printer market continues, according to a report from research firm IDC.

Microsoft 'Trinity' To Bring Unity To .Net, Office Developers (Mary Jo Foley, eWeek)
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,480619,00.asp>
Microsoft is working on a set of tools, code-named Trinity, aimed at consolidating two of its largest developer camps: those writing for Office and those writing for .Net.

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

Bush's White Elephant (Grover Norquist, Salon)
<http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110002129>
The president's high approval ratings are a liability.

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

Send In The Clones (The Economist)
<http://www.economist.com/science/displayStory.cfm?story_id=1290990>
Will a relaxed attitude to regulation make Singapore the stem-cell-research capital of the world?

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

The Outsider (Hilary Burden, The Times)
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7-391428,00.html>
What is the point in having ties when society lets us down.

The Young And The Rested (The Economist)
<http://www.economist.com/world/na/displayStory.cfm?story_id=1291110>
One part of the American workforce is hurting badly--teenagers.

She's The Elusive Apple Of The Web's Eye (Susan Carpenter, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/features/lifestyle/la-lv-ellenfeiss23aug23.story>
Fans can only imagine who the teen in a Mac ad really is. And do they ever.

Viewer Discretion (Carina Chocano, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/08/23/tapes/index.html>
CNN's al-Qaida tapes were grisly and important, and offered a promising look at what a news channel could actually be.

Breakfast At Empathy's (Virginia Heffernan, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/?id=2069889&device=>
<i>Sex and the City</i>'s bittersweet fifth season finally wins our woman over.

Uneasy Alliances (The Phoenix)
<http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/news_features/editorial/documents/02404894.htm>
In US policy, some of us are more equal than others.

Hit Charade (Mark Jenkins, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/?id=2069732>
The music industry's self-inflicted wounds.

A Nation Of Bloggers And Googling By E-Mail (Pamela LiCalzi O'Connell, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/22/technology/circuits/22DIAR.html>
The number of weblogs now tops a half-million, by most estimates. It's no surprise that some bloggers are craving some order out of chaos.

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

Send In The Clones (The Economist)
<http://www.economist.com/science/displayStory.cfm?story_id=1290990>
Will a relaxed attitude to regulation make Singapore the stem-cell-research capital of the world?

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