[MyAppleMenu] Dec 15, 2002

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Sunday, Dec 15, 2002

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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An Apple For Teacher Ain't Enough (Charles Haddad, BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/nov2002/tc20021112_5078.htm>
Neither is a Dell. A classroom computer can help, if a teacher knows what to do with it. At least here, Apple is trying.

MyAppleMenu : News
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Two More Apple Stores Coming To California (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=17723>

Apple's Store Score (Hoover's Online)
<http://hoovnews.hoovers.com/fp.asp?layout=displaynews&doc_id=NR200212152500.7.4_e3e7000d61171ae2>
"The real measure is looking a year out from now."

Of All The Mac Users, Alissa's The Moxiest (Journal Sentinel)
<http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/dec02/103348.asp>
Alissa Salmore was awarded with $10,000 of Bill Gates' money plus a new iMac computer loaded with guess what kind of software.

3 Schools, Different Realities (Bill Theobald, The Indianapolis Star)
<http://www.indystar.com/print/articles/8/008398-9498-090.html>
In education, as in other realms, money can foster achievement, but its absence can raise obstacles.

Student Helps Cops Nap Alleged Swindler (Associated Press)
<http://www.salon.com/news/wire/2002/12/14/student_swindler/>
A student's dogged pursuit of a bogus-check writer who cheated him out of a computer was credited with helping police make a forgery arrest.

GameHouse Games Ready For Download From .Mac (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0212/14.macgames.php>
.Mac subscribers have two new games to download and try out, courtesy of Apple and online game maker GameHouse. One is a freebie, while the other is available at a discount to .Mac subscribers.

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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Dreaming Of An I-Christmas (John Buckingham, Forbes)
<http://www.forbes.com/2002/12/12/cz_1212soapbox.html>
Because we view it as an inexpensively priced growth stock, we would buy Apple up to to $16.33.

10 Stocks A-Sleeping (James K. Glassman, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53485-2002Dec14.html>
"I have always marveled at Apple's ability to persevere with the odds so often stacked against its survival."

Quark Inc. Puts Monkey Wrench Into Mac OS X Migration Plans (Gene Steinberg, Mac Night Owl)
<http://www.macnightowl.com/newsletters/2002/12/159.htm#quark>
One of the best characteristics of the new Apple is the ability to change direction quickly when market conditions dictate.

Apple Experience (MacSingapore)
<http://macsingapore.com/archive/editorial/appleservice.html>
Mac users are already generally considered "second class citizens". Are we in Singapore a caste below that?

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Sexy New iMac Sets The Pace - Again (iafrica.com)
<http://cooltech.iafrica.com/techreviews/pcmac/925168.htm>
There is probably not a machine out there, at any price, which offers the kind of benefits, rock-solid performance and zany appeal than the new iMac. Even Office looks good on this Mac.

Bose TriPort: Hi-Fi Ear Armor At A low-Fi Price (Shoshana Berger, Business 2.0)
<http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/ptech/12/13/bus2.ptech.ear.armor/index.html>
My requirements: Real noise reduction, crisp sound, and none of that bulky, ring-around-the-ears feeling.

Little Big Hard Drives (Daniel Greenberg, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52911-2002Dec13.html>
Best of all, these drives are easy to install.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : Top Stories
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A Threat To Innovation On The Web (Lawrence Lessig, Financial Times)
<http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1039523455429>
Policymakers must see that what makes innovation possible on the internet is the freedom to innovate without the permission of a network owner.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : News & Opinions
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Web Boutiques Getting Squeezed (Brad King, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/holidays/0,1882,56757,00.html>
Pure-play specialty Web shops are looking at coal in their stockings.

Keeping Track Of John Poindexter (Paul Boutin, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,56860,00.html>
The head of the government's Total Information Awareness project, which aims to root out potential terrorists by aggregating credit-card, travel, medical, school and other records of everyone in the United States, has himself become a target of personal data profiling.

MyAppleMenu Reader : World
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Keeping Track Of John Poindexter (Paul Boutin, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,56860,00.html>
The head of the government's Total Information Awareness project, which aims to root out potential terrorists by aggregating credit-card, travel, medical, school and other records of everyone in the United States, has himself become a target of personal data profiling.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Science & Tech
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'C.S.I.' Myth, The (Lawrence Osborne, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/15/magazine/15CSI.html>
In the real world, two of the most respected tools of the crime-busting trade -- the polygraph machine and fingerprints -- are now being seriously questioned.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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Bursts Of Brilliance (Vernon Leob, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36897-2002Dec10.html>
How a string of discoveries by unheralded engineers and airmen helped bring America to the pinnacle of modern military power.

In Love With Christmas Music (And Proud Of It) (James R. Oestreich, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/15/arts/music/15OEST.html>
Candy stores? No problem. Not even tempted. Christmas music? Irresistible.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : Top Stories
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Singapore: Vulnerable But Arogant? (Sim Chi Yin, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,4386,160789,00.html?>
Singapore has many vulnerabilities as a sovereign city state but sometimes does itself no favours by behaving haughtily with its immediate neighbours, some speakers at the Singapore Forum on Politics pointed out yesterday.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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The Hot And Heady Sights Of Singapore (Stephen Timm, iafricia.com)
<http://travel.iafrica.com/destin/asia/889680.htm>

Will "Sims Online" Alter Gaming World? (David Becker, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1040-977912.html>
The multiplayer version of "The Sims," set to debut Tuesday, has been hailed as the first major test of whether subscription-based online gaming can appeal to a mass audience.

Views Aired, But Is Government Really Listening? (Paul Jansen, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,4386,160781,00.html?>
Consultative approach will become increasingly important, but more should also step orward to serve and not just criticise, say forum panellists.

No-No On Water (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/commentary/story/0,4386,160822,00.html?>
If the PUB anticipates that storage tanks could proliferate, for whatever reason, it should be specific. Otherwise, an essential injunction would leave no impression on the public.

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