[MyAppleMenu] Dec 12, 2002

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Thursday, Dec 12, 2002

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Pioneer Uni Drops Apple From IT (Chris Jenkins, The Australian)
<http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,5666136%5E15306%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html>
One of the first Australian universities to adopt Apple in its computer science faculty has dropped the Mac from its teaching programs.

Apple's Mail Tops Online Poll (Dominique Fidele, Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=5682>
Mac OS X Mail email program is the most popular among Macworld Online readers, a poll has revealed.

MyAppleMenu : News
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Apple Offers 'Clean As A Whistle' Promotion (Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0212/12.whistle.php>

Bare Bones' Online-Rights Donation (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=5687>
Bare Bones Software is donating $10 from every online sale of BBEdit 7.0 to the online civil-liberties group Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF).

Bug With AppleScript Fixed In Latest GraphicConverter Release (Rob McNair-Huff, Mac Net Journal)
<http://www.whiterabbits.com/MacNetJournal/archives.html#note_315>

Opera Releases Opera 6.0 Browser Final (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=17660>
Opera today posted a final version of its Opera 6.0 browser for Mac OS 8/9/X.

Apple, HP Acknowledge 10.2.2 Driver Conflict (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=17683>
Certain Hewlett-Packard printer drivers may cause significant performance reduction if installed under Mac OS X 10.2.2.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 (Eddie Park, Inside Mac Games)
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/previews/view.php?ID=92>
If the beta is any indication, this is shaping up to be yet another gem in the crown of the Tony Hawk series.

Apple's New PowerBook Makes It Easy To Edit, Burn Video To DVD (Jon Fortt, San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/business/technology/personal_technology/4723898.htm>
Now you can shoot, edit and distribute movies while you're on the go.

Helping Children Learn, But Not Forgetting The Fun (Alice Keim, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/12/technology/circuits/12kids.html?tntemail0>
While it may seem like the two goals are mutually exclusive, it is possible for a game to capture a child's attention and still be educational.

Software Helps Anyone Become A Moviemaker (Mike Wendland, Detroit Free Press)
<http://www.freep.com/money/tech/mwend12_20021212.htm>
If I were thinking about a new computer, I'd almost choose a Mac just because it has iMovie included as part of the operating system. That's how fun and easy it is to work with.

Dreamweaver MX Will Have You Spinnin' Web Faster Than That McGuire Kid (Ken Genetti, MacHome)
<http://www.machome.com/reviews/display.lasso?grr8=38>
The performance is seamless in OS X, and any Dreamweaver user who has upgraded to the new OS should move to MX without delay.

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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MS Puts The Squeeze On New Win2k PC Preinstalls (John Lettice, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/28543.html>
PC manufacturers are to be barred from selling dual boot WinXP and Win2k systems from next year.

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

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : Top Stories
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Just Hit Repeat (Garry Barker, The Age)
<http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/12/11/1039379870726.html>
The music industry has a big problem that, many experts believe, won't be solved until all the companies accept the inevitable and sell their songs online, either publicly through the Internet, or out of databases at record shops.

Lord Palmerston On Programming (Joel Spolsky, Joel On Software)
<http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/LordPalmerston.html>
Don't start a new project without at least one architect with several years of solid experience in the language, classes, APIs, and platforms you're building on.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : News & Opinions
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Google Searches Out An E-Tail Niche (Margaret Kane, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1017-977042.html>
With holiday spending in full gear, Google is testing a new service that uses the company's search engine to help shoppers find products online.

IBM: OS/2 Still Sold Here (Robert Lemos, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-977087.html>
IBM assured customers Thursday that the company will continue to sell and support OS/2, clarifying an online notice that drew speculation that the vintage operating system was being phased out.

Memory Stick Breaks Gigabyte Barrier (Richard Shim, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-977004.html>
Sony is close to unveiling a new, higher capacity version of its popular Memory Stick removable flash memory card. But sources say it won't be compatible with older devices.

Economics Of Kid-Friendly Domain Questioned (David McGuire, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44122-2002Dec12.html>
Now that Congress has zoned off an Internet neighborhood for children, online real estate agents are questioning whether they can attract enough tenants to make it a worthwhile place for parents to send their kids.

All Bugs Are Created Equal (John Leyden, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/28533.html>
Security tools vendor ISS has promised to handle security vulnerabilities affecting open source and Windows platforms the same way following criticism of its premature disclosure of open source security problems.

Movie Posters That Talk Back (Michel Marriott, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/12/technology/circuits/12post.html>
New interactive posters draw movie fans into the action —- and give studios information about how viewers respond to coming attractions.

The Next Big Thing Is Little (Doug Mohney, The Inquirer)
<http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=6688>
I have a hunch one of the next generation shapes for the consumer space will be stereo shelf sized, able to fit comfortably with the home entertainment pieces.

Interview: Rick Robinson, VP Of Community Products, AOL (Mark Hurst, Good Experience)
<http://www.goodexperience.com/columns/02/1211.aol.html>
Customer experience takes on new significance when there are 35 million customers involved; Rick described how it works at AOL.

So Many Nodes, So Little Security (Glenn Flesihman, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/12/technology/circuits/12spot.html>
A recent survey of Wi-Fi networks, however, revealed not only the extent of Wi-Fi adoption -- covering more than 14,000 business and personal networks - but also the apparent laxity of users about Wi-Fi's built-in security.

The Wi-Fi Boom (Adam Baer, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/12/technology/circuits/12wifi.html>
There are community groups promoting public Wi-Fi access in nearly every large American city, from NYCwireless, which "unwired" Bryant Park and Tompkins Square Park in Manhattan, to KC Wireless in the Kansas City area. They have been joined by independent cafes and restaurants, apartment houses and community centers across the country that view free, easy access to the Internet as a draw for customers.

Lotus' Juggling Act (Henry Baltazar, eWeek)
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,754992,00.asp>
The most pressing challenge for IBM's Lotus Software division isn't what product it should build next but how to make the products it has work together in the future.

Flash Needs A Replacement, Soon (John G. Spooner, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-976795.html>
Researchers are contemplating a new technology to replace the removable memory being built into millions of consumer devices.

MyAppleMenu Reader : World
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America's Weapons Of Mass Destruction (Robert Scheer, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/news/col/scheer/2002/12/11/weapons/index.html>
If weapons inspectors were to look at the United States, what would they find?

MyAppleMenu Reader : Science & Tech
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Butterflies' Flights Disclose Free Spirits (James Gorman, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/12/science/12WING.html>
Nothing is quite so delicate as the dance of butterflies on the breeze, and, as new research suggests, nothing is quite so humbling to flight engineers.

Movie Posters That Talk Back (Michel Marriott, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/12/technology/circuits/12post.html>
New interactive posters draw movie fans into the action —- and give studios information about how viewers respond to coming attractions.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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United's ESOP Fable (Farhad Manjoo, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/12/12/esop/index.html>
Did employee stock ownership drive the airline into bankruptcy?

The Wall Street Journal Takes A Jab At Free Online Rivals (Nat Ives, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/12/business/media/12ADCO.html>
A cheeky new campaign from The Wall Street Journal Online, one of the few news Web sites to charge users for access, mocks its free counterparts as uninformed, simplistic and unreliable.

Why Does Everyone Think Good Writing Is So Easy? (Philip Hensher, Independent)
<http://www.independent.co.uk/story.jsp?story=360178>
The skill and ability involved in writing sentences is generally underrated, and asusmed to be a much more universal capacity than it really is.

Bermuda Triangle: Behind The Intrigue (Hillary Mayell, National Geographic News)
<http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/12/1205_021205_bermudatriangle.html>
"The region is highly traveled and has been a busy crossroads since the early days of European exploration. To say quite a few ships and airplanes have gone down there is like saying there are an awful lot of car accidents on the New Jersey Turnpike--surprise, surprise."

MyAppleMenu Reader : Expressions
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Postscript (Cate Marvin, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/?id=2074816&device=>

MyAppleMenu Reader : EOF
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Treetop Blogging Protests Logging (Amit Asaravala, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,56660,00.html>
Unlike most people her age, 27-year-old "Remedy" hasn't checked her e-mail in over eight months. That's because she's been living in a 200-foot-tall redwood since March 21, when she climbed the tree to protest timber harvesting by Pacific Lumber Company.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Singapore Not Ready To Sign Southeast Asian Anti-Terror Pact (Star)
<http://www.newsflash.org/2002/11/hl/hl017108.htm>
Singapore said Wednesday it is not yet ready to join a Southeast Asian anti-terrorism agreement now linking five countries in the region.

Singapore Opposes Howard's Strike Talk (AAP)
<http://news.ninemsn.com.au/World/story_43646.asp>
Singapore's defence minister joined other South-East Asian leaders in opposing unilateral Australian military action against terrorists in neighbouring countries.

Singapore's Shock Tactics To Deter Teen Sex (AFP)
<http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=126&art_id=qw1039665781457B252&set_id=1>
The 15-year-olds will see colour pictures of people suffering from diseases such as gonorrhoea, chlamydia and syphilis.

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