[MyAppleMenu] Dec 30, 2002

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Monday, Dec 30, 2002

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Mulling Over Fate Of Macworld (Leander Kahney, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,56939,00.html>
It ain't over until Steve Jobs sings, but some pessimistic Apple fans gearing up for this year's Macworld San Francisco event suspect the end may be near for the popular computer show.

MyAppleMenu : News
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Apple Files Color-Changing Device Patent (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=17843>

Your Mac Life Plans Bus Trip To Cupertino At MWSF (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0212/30.yml.php>
The folks at Your Mac Life have teamed up with the Generations Bank of Kansas City, Mo. to sponsor a bus trip to Apple's headquarters at Cupertino, Calif. on Monday, January 6, 2003.

Advertisers, Viewers: It's OK To Be Funny Again (Theresa Howard, USA Today)
<http://www.usatoday.com/money/advertising/adtrack/2002-12-29-year-end_x.htm>
The top-rated Ad Track commercial of the year was a simple spot for iMac.

Mac PC Strategy Targets User-Friendliness, Style (Taipei Times)
<http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2002/12/30/189163>
Even as the PC industry is forced to lure customers with the promise of ever-higher processor speeds, Macintosh computers have found a different path to keeping their niche market.

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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A Trend Running Through Tech Stories: Macintosh (Julio Ojeda-Zapata, Pioneer Press)
<http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/business/technology/4840969.htm>
I’ve noticed a trend running through my technology articles of late: The ingenious use of Macintosh computers.

Classic Considered Harmful (Jeffrey Zeldman)
<http://www.zeldman.com/daily/1202b.shtml#cch>
Put the Mac to sleep with all programs open. Touch the mouse and you’re ready to start working again.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Web Browsers For OS X And The Classic Mac OS (Charles W. Moore, Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/misc/02/1230.html>

Hands On With The 800MHz iBook (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0212/30.ibook.php>
If you don't need the lightning-fast performance of a PowerBook G4, the iBook, at about half the price, is a very attractive alternative.

Hands On With The Dual 1.25GHz Power Mac (Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0212/30.dual.php>
The dual 1.25GHz Power Mac is definitely a winner, combining speed and architecture to produce the fastest Macintosh to date.

MacPuyo 2 (Kirk Hiner, Applelinks.com)
<http://www.applelinks.com/reviews/macpuyo2.shtml>
MacPuyo 2 offers nothing new to Mac gamers, but I don't believe it was trying to. It's a quick download, it's a quick play, and it's priced accordingly.

Snowy-Day Activities For Kids Via The Internet (Eric Spellmann, Amarillo Globe-News)
<http://www.amarillonet.com/stories/122802/tec_spellmann.shtml>
When the weather turns sour outside, many kids immediately jump in front of the television and turn into vegetables. With a few Internet bookmarks you can change that wasted time into something more "brain-filling."

View By Date Modified Considered Harmful (Jeffrey Zeldman)
<http://www.zeldman.com/daily/1202b.shtml#vbdch>
If there is a way to change the sort order from the useless default, we haven’t discovered it yet.

Mac OS X Application Round Up (Rands In Repose)
<http://rands.jerkcity.com/archives/000069.html>

Nostromo n50 SpeedPad (Kirk Hiner, Applelinks.com)
<http://www.applelinks.com/reviews/n50.shtml>

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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So Many Holes, So Few Hacks (Michelle Delio, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/infostructure/0,1377,56955,00.html>
Experts who discover and report security holes seem to be far more industrious than the malicious hackers willing or able to exploit those holes.

Glass Panes And Software: Windows Name Is Challenged (Steve Lohr, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/30/technology/30LOGO.html?ex=1041829200&en=81d1f51b8938546e&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE>
At issue is the level of legal protection that should, or should not, be accorded to an ordinary word that Microsoft adopted as its own: windows.

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

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : Top Stories
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Switching Doesn't Have To Sting (Gordon Bass, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,56675,00.html>
Changing providers for Internet or wireless service is as fun as a trip to the dentist. But hopping between ISPs just got less painful. And next year, consumers should be able to switch wireless services and take their phone numbers with them.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : News & Opinions
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Requiem For The Pay Phone (Yuki Noguchi, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49017-2002Dec28.html>
As cell phone use increases, an icon gradually dies.

A Phone That Answers When Called (Sabra Chartrand, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/30/technology/30PATE.html>
A user can shout, "Answer phone!" from across the room, and the phone will open the line and play a message telling the caller to hold on until the user can pick up the call.

Web Services Questioned (Kelly Mills, The Australian)
<http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,5765656%5E15344%5E%5Enbv%5E15306-15321,00.html>
New research contradicts recent technology vendor claims that web services are “real” and being deployed by as many as half of Australia's large companies.

Eye Scans Unlock The Future (Kevin Anderson, BBC News)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2591651.stm>
Biometrics boosters say that Americans are now willing to trade some of their privacy for increased security.

2003: The Year Of Asian Linux (Robin Miller, NewsForge.com)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/28689.html>
A growing number of "next generation" Linux development is taking place in Asian countries, ranging from South Korea at one end of the continent to India diagonally across the continent's map, with China rising hugely -- in the Linux sense -- right in the middle of it all.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Science & Tech
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Requiem For The Pay Phone (Yuki Noguchi, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49017-2002Dec28.html>
As cell phone use increases, an icon gradually dies.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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A Few Final Words As Editor (Robert L. Bartley, Wall Street Journal)
<http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/rbartley/?id=110002839>
Thoughts on running the only editorial page that sells newspapers.

Next Move For Transportation (Hank Dittmar, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52359-2002Dec29.html>
We need an integrated network for trains, planes and automobiles.

Middle Earth Enchants A Returning Pilgrim (Kathryn Kramer, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/30/books/30KRAM.html>
While re-reading Tolkien's trilogy, I found myself astonished by how integrally involved the plot is with the landscape.

The Great Novelists Not Fit For Duty In This War Of Words (Ben Macintyre, The Times)
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,482-525322,00.html>
According to the Pentagon, war -- at least the impending war in Iraq —- is Shakespeare, the 5th-century BC Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu and two modern bestsellers about heroism and wartime correspondence.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Expressions
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Getting To The Bottom Of 2002 (Dave Barry, Miami Herald)
<http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/living/columnists/dave_barry/4824149.htm>
Iraq flare dup and the economy teetered, but Dave Barry just wants to focus on his salad.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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'Maps Will Show Island Is Ours' (Shahrum Sayuthi, New Straits Times)
<http://www.emedia.com.my/Current_News/NST/Monday/National/20021230075324/Article/>
Johor Menteri Besar Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman said other maps which would support the country's claim for the island were those issued since 1926 by the State Government, the then Federated Malay States, the Federal Government and the Indian Government.

Malaysian Boats Near Atoll 'Should Not Alarm Singapore' (The Star)
<http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2002/12/30/nation/jbputih&sec=nation>
Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said the presence of the boats should also not be interpreted by Singapore as an act of provocation or aggression.

Has Singapore Art Really Arrived? (Tan Shzr Ee, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/life/story/0,4386,163360,00.html>
Singapore artistes have been offering a 'new voice' with their shows overseas this year. But does its own export 'brand' exist?

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

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