[MyAppleMenu] Dec 7, 2002

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Saturday, Dec 7, 2002

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Hey, I'm A Loyal Mac User, Too (Leander Kahney, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,56749,00.html>
If I were a reader, I'd probably be sending myself apoplectic hate mail.

Apple Online Store Rings Up Millionth Customer (Apple Press Release)
<http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2002/dec/06store.html>
"Reaching our one millionth customer is a major milestone, and is proof positive that our online shopping experience is second to none."

MyAppleMenu : News
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Database Supports Mac OS X (Lisa Vaas, eWeek)
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,751767,00.asp>
This holiday season, InterSystems Corp. plans to give Mac users a gift they've never had: an enterprise-level database.

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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Apple's "BluePod" - Promiscuous Exchanges With Strangers (Andrew Orlowski, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/39/28467.html>
"Just imagine thousands of people running around with personal radio stations in their pockets!"

Rants & Raves: Baby, Friend, Pet: That's My Mac (Den Parente, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/rants/0,2350,56754,00.html>
Why do we like the iMac? Focus on the Mac credo: Think different(ly).

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Learning The Terminal In Jaguar (Chris Stone, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/12/06/terminal_osx.html>
Regardless of why you've previously avoided [yourhost:~], I'll show you how to take your first steps with the Terminal application in Jaguar.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : Top Stories
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State Played Key Role In Browsers (Howard Wolinsky, Chicago Sun-Times)
<http://www.suntimes.com/output/tech/cst-fin-tech06.html>
Break out the digital birthday cake: The Internet as a mass medium is 10 years old.

Internet Spammer Can't Take What He Dishes Out (Mike Wendland, Detroit Free Press)
<http://www.freep.com/money/tech/mwend6_20021206.htm>
West Bloomfield bulk e-mailer Alan Ralsky, who just may be the world's biggest sender of Internet spam, is getting a taste of his own medicine.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : News & Opinions
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The Internet Is A Global Medium -- Or Is It? (Carla Passino, E-Media Tidbits)
<http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=31&aid=12275>
So much for impulse buying.

Vision Series: Vic Hayes (Ben Charny, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/1200-1120-975460.html?tag=vs3_tocwheel>
Hayes, who oversaw the first working group to draft what became the 802.11b standard, has since played a leading role in shepherding the development of the Wi-Fi technology used by an estimated 8 million wireless networks in U.S. homes and offices.

Saving Your Bits For Posterity (Julia Scheeres, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,56734,00.html>
Someday, long after you're dead, your descendents will rummage through the minutiae of your life, eavesdropping on long-ago phone conversations, reading private e-mail exchanges and watching the video highlights of your existence.

MyAppleMenu Reader : World
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Not Fit To Print? (John Feinstein, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21096-2002Dec6.html>
The editorial board at the Times is certainly entitled to its opinion -- as wrong as it may be. But so is Anderson.

A New Agenda For A New Economic Team (Stephen S. Roach, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/07/opinion/07ROAC.html>
This reconsideration comes at a pivotal time -- for the United States and for the world.

Is China's Economic Boom A Myth? (Joshua Kurlantzick, The New Republic)
<http://www.thenewrepublic.com/doc.mhtml?i=20021216&s=kurlantzick121602>
Look closely at the Chinese economy, and you'll find a far less rosy situation than that portrayed in most of the business press.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Science & Tech
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How To Slice The Pi Very, Very Thin (Associated Press)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/07/international/asia/07JAPA.html>
Researchers have calculated the value of pi to 1.24 trillion places, six times the number of places recognized now, one researcher said today.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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China's Newspaper Scene Starts To Loosen Up (Jason Leow and Mary Kwang, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/commentary/story/0,4386,159330,00.html?>
For a taste of communism, read the People's Daily. But to know what citizens in communist China really think, flip open the Global Times.

What Does It Take To Make A Great Editor? (Harold Evans, The Times)
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7-503916,00.html>
The trusth about editorship, of course, is that it is hard to agree on a single standard of excellence.

U.S. Writers Do Cultural Battle Around The Globe (Michael Z. Wise, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/07/arts/07WRIT.html?8hpib>
The Bush administration has recruited prominent American writers to contribute to a State Department anthology and give readings around the globe in a campaign started after 9/11 to use culture to further American diplomatic interests.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : Top Stories
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Singapore Urged To Use Reserves In Retolling (Jacqueline Wong, Reuters)
<http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2002/dec/07/opinion/20021207opi6.html>
Singapore’s budget planners are being urged to overcome a psychological aversion to dipping into the city state’s mountain of reserves as they usher in a new tax regime during harsh economic times.

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