[MyAppleMenu] Dec 1, 2002

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Sunday, Dec 1, 2002

MyAppleMenu : News
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Apple Warns Users About iPhoto Filenames (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=17541>
Apple is advising anyone ordering photo prints from its iPhoto printing service that it is unable to print iPhoto files that include a question mark in the filename.

GHS Computer Lab Gives Artists, Musicians A Digital Playground (Ivan H. Golden, Greenwich Time)
<http://www.greenwichtime.com/news/local/scn-gt-lab3nov30,0,1851086.story?coll=green-news-local-headlines>
"The more sophisticated the computers are, the better it is for the kids. This takes them to a whole new level."

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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Can Apple Gain Market Share On Customer Support Alone? (Gene Steinberg, Mac Night Owl)
<http://www.macnightowl.com/newsletters/2002/11/157.htm#support>
Apple can truthfully state that it offers the most reliable computers, the best technical support, and the most helpful buying experience, at least if you use its own retail channel.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Portable Bargains Cost Less Than $1,200 And Have Many Of The Latest, Greatest Features (Mike Wendland and Heather Newman, Detroit Free Press)
<http://www.freep.com/money/tech/guide1_20021201.htm>
There's a major upside to the economic downturn that's devastated the high-tech industry: Laptop and notebook computers have never been cheaper.

Bugdom 2 (Kirk Hiner, Applelinks.com)
<http://www.applelinks.com/reviews/bugdom2.shtml>
Bugdom 2 is fun. I don't think there's any denying that. However, that fun will either wear down or simply end too quickly for many gamers.

The Easiest Upgrade (Daniel Greenberg, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55543-2002Nov29.html>
Keyboards and mice have improved a fair amount in the past few years. The latest models provide brisker mouse tracking, clever scrolling and program-switching options, robust keyboard multimedia controls, and hand-cuddling ergonomics.

An Entourage Of Reasons For A New Outlook On E-Mail (Charles Bermant, Seattle Times)
<http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/134586525_ptinbo30.html>
There are a few features that need to end up in the next version of Outlook, if Microsoft wants to prevent a mass Mac migration.

Gifts For The Mac Fan (Or Those You Hope To Convert) (Glenn Fleishman, Seattle Times)
<http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/134586474_ptmacc30.html>

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : Top Stories
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Finally, Linux With A Lot Less Fuss (Rob Pegoraro, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48924-2002Nov27.html>
Parts of this are still infuriatingly convoluted, but if you've been thinking about trying out Linux on part of your hard drive -- or about dumping Windows entirely -- this is what I'd recommend.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : News & Opinions
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WLAN Security Is Still Work In Progress (John Leyden, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/28373.html>
IT managers are cautiously optimistic that wireless networks will -- over time -- become as secure as today's local area networks, but security concerns are still holding back deployment of the technology.

MyAppleMenu Reader : World
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My Life's Not FDA-Approved (Edie Bacon, Wall Street Journal)
<http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110002696>
Why do I have to die for the sake of government rules?

AIDS Is Not A Death Sentence (William Jefferson Clinton, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/01/opinion/01CLIN.html>
Too many countries are still in denial about the scope of the problem and what has to be done about it.

AIDS A Century From Now (Joseph Riverson, Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
<http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/97309_focusdec1.shtml>
Without intervention, a billion could die amid many wrecked economies.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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The Curse Of Tom Wolfe (Michael Shapiro, Columbia Journalism Review)
<http://www.cjr.org/year/02/6/shapiro.asp>
What went wrong for the magazine story? And how, for the sake of readers, editors, and bookkeepers, might magazine swin back their storyteller's swagger?

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : Top Stories
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Singapore Seeks Malaysia's Clarification (The Star)
<http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2002/12/1/nation/lnspore&sec=nation>
Singapore’s High Commissioner in Kuala Lumpur has sought a clarification from Wisma Putra on a statement by Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar that the next meeting on the water issue would only discuss a review of current price of water supplied to the island, a Singapore Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman said.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Fight Continues Over Ancestral Singapore Palace (New Straits Times)
<http://www.emedia.com.my/Current_News/NST/Sunday/National/20021201082528/Article/>
Descendants of Sultan Hussein Mohammad Shah, the 19th century ruler of Johor and Singapore, have launched another bid to regain the rights over
their ancestral home -— Kampung Glam Palace.

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