[MyAppleMenu] Aug 31, 2002

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Saturday, Aug 31, 2002

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Look, No Wires (Garry Barker, Sydney Morning Herald)
<http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/08/29/1030508096475.html>
"We are going to see profound changes with the Mac and the digital hub and general connectivity."

Apple's Xserve Appeals To New Breed (Ashlee Vance, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/08/30/020830hnapplex.xml>
After years of encouragement from Apple Computer, people finally are switching to the company's computers, but in an unexpected way.

MyAppleMenu : News
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Laptops To Greet Students (Jessica Lee, The Courier-Gazette)
<http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=5214264&BRD=1464&PAG=461&dept_id=179644&rfi=6>
Students and their teachers will have instantaneous and wireless access to the Internet at all times, as well as a comprehensive software package that includes AppleWorks, iMovie, iPhoto and World Book Encyclopedia.

Show Threatens Hotels On Rates: Macworld Says It'll Bring In Ships (Donna Goodison, Boston Herald)
<http://www.businesstoday.com/business/business/macw08302002.htm>
Macworld's organizer said yesterday that he is willing to bring in two cruise ships as makeshift hotels if local hoteliers don't meet pricing requests for the huge trade show.

Clarification On OWC, Apple, And The DMCA (John H. Farr, Applelinks.com)
<http://www.applelinks.com/articles/2002/08/20020830183312.shtml>
"The DVD Enabler did not modify Apple's iDVD software."

Catching Up With Ash At Area 2 (Stephanie Jorgl, Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/hotnews/articles/2002/08/ash/>
"Our whole band is pretty much a Mac-fascist band. We use Macs for everything."

Netscape 7.0 Shrivels Under Mozilla's Shadow (Jim Rapoza, eWeek)
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,493248,00.asp>
The fact that Netscape 7.0 arrives hot on the heels of the similar but superior Mozilla 1.1 only serves to illuminate the small but significant differences between the two.

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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More On Apple's iDVD Crackdown (Scott Rosenberg)
<http://blogs.salon.com/0000014/2002/08/30.html#a103>
If Other World was distributing a separate piece of software that users can install that interacts with iDVD then I don't see how this violates Apple's copyright.

Newton X: Why Apple Needs To Go This Way (Anthony Frausto-Robledo, Architosh)
<http://www.architosh.com/news/2002-08/2002c1-0829-newton-x.phtml>
Can Apple and the rest of the industry afford to allow Microsoft to take over the emerging tablet computing market unchallenged?

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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OS X Chat Clients: So Many Programs, So Little Time... (Rob McNair-Huff, Mac Net Journal)
<http://www.whiterabbits.com/MacNetJournal/stories/2002/03/14/osXChatClientsSoManyProgra.html>
Choosing a chat client is a complex issue.

Ease Into The Switch (Michael Brewer, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/08/30/switch_tips.html>
If you're contemplating a switch to Mac, or if you're just getting frustrated with Windows, this article is for you.

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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Microsoft Sets XP Update Release Date (Joe Wilcox, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-956152.html>
Microsoft on Friday internally released a long-anticipated update to Windows XP, but delayed public availability until next month.

More Wintel News at <http://www.myapplemenu.com/wintel/>

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : Top Stories
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Telecommuting Rewires Traditional Views Of The Workplace (Kirstin Downey Grimsley, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18165-2002Aug30.html>
What was once a "Jetsons"-esque vision of the future has become established fact: A new study shows that more than 80 percent of full-time American employees work via electronic communication, either because they labor off-site or work with those who do.

Conversation Trumps Convergnce (Michael Gartenberg, Computerworld)
<http://www.computerworld.com/mobiletopics/mobile/story/0,10801,73724,00.html>
Most of your users will be far better off carrying a well-designed PDA, a cellphone and, if needed, a wireless data device.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : News & Opinions
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Home Is Where Fast Net Access Is (Anitha Reddy, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16815-2002Aug30.html>
Developers use high-speed hookups as a hot new selling point.

No Clear Signal For Wireless (Ari Bensinger, BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/investor/content/aug2002/pi20020830_2772.htm>
As new subscriptions slow, only new applications can speed up the handset-replacement cycle. So far, consumers seem less than impressed.

Gartner: Linux Will Be The Savior Of Unix (Andrea Malcolm, Computerworld New Zealand)
<http://www.itworld.com/Comp/2384/020830unixlinux/>
A "significant proportion" of server revenue will be on Linux by 2006.

Netscape 7.0 Shrivels Under Mozilla's Shadow (Jim Rapoza, eWeek)
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,493248,00.asp>
The fact that Netscape 7.0 arrives hot on the heels of the similar but superior Mozilla 1.1 only serves to illuminate the small but significant differences between the two.

W3C Group Gets Back To Basics (Paul Festa, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1023-956186.html>
After nine months of public analysis and debate, the Web's leading standards organization has outlined the core principles and practices behind the Web's technologies.

Newton X: Why Apple Needs To Go This Way (Anthony Frausto-Robledo, Architosh)
<http://www.architosh.com/news/2002-08/2002c1-0829-newton-x.phtml>
Can Apple and the rest of the industry afford to allow Microsoft to take over the emerging tablet computing market unchallenged?

Red Hat Is No Microsoft (Jason Brooks, eWeek)
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,496407,00.asp>
While the parallel may be tempting to draw, I think it's safe to say that Red Hat will not become the next Redmond.

Out WIth AOL, In With Jabber (Paul Festa, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1023-956097.html>
When AOL closed its door on efforts to standardize instant messaging, a new one may have opened for Jabber.

MyAppleMenu Reader : World
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Sept 11, 2002: A Time To Speak Up (Andrei Cherny, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18479-2002Aug30.html>
In a moment still crying out for context and guidance, our democratically elected officials have decided to turn to the ideas and words of the past.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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Will The Price Be Right To Turn Around Fortunes? (Geoff Boucher, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.calendarlive.com/music/cl-et-boucher31aug31.story>
With the recording industry in decline, retailers and labels hope they can revice sales through bigger discounts.

A Brave New Workspace, With A Human At Its Center (Linda Hales, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18052-2002Aug30.html>
Designers have just come off a decade of wild experimentation.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Singapore And Malaysia To Tussle Over Water Next Week (John O'Callaghan, Reuters)
<http://asia.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml;jsessionid=NYXN5SUV4FQJGCRBAEKSFFA?type=topnews&StoryID=1393711>
Singapore and Malaysia meet next week to try to hammer out a pact on the price of water and other contentious issues, but some observers see little chance of the neighbours narrowing their differences in two short days.

A-Level Students Jittery About New-Style Exam (Sandra Davie, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,140557,00.html?>
They are concerned that the 'thinking' questions will be too tough for students. Another worry: the Education Ministry will tighten up on grading in response to rumblings that the A levels have become too easy.

More Singapore News at <http://www.myapplemenu.com/singapore/>

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