[MyAppleMenu] Feb 3, 2002

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=== news =============

Mac Fans Get Organised As ProVue Tweaks The iPod (Charles Arthur, Independent)
<http://news.independent.co.uk/digital/features/story.jsp?story=117978>
People are using their iPods as PDAs, with contact names and numbers in place of music titles. How? By fooling the iPod into thinking the contacts were details of very small MP3 files.

Music To Apple's Ears (Elinor Mills Abreu, SmartMoney.com)
<http://www.smartmoney.com/life/index.cfm?story=20020201>
The iPod is pricier than other MP3 players, but its 1,000-song, 5-gig capacity, convenient size and sleek interface are attracting music lovers and geeks alike.

Mac-Friendly ISP Offers Nationwide Dialup For $14.99 (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0202/02.ninewire.php>
Mac-friendly ISP NineWire Digital Solutions announced its "RetroSpeed" Nationwide 56k dialup service.

=== opinions =============

Avoiding Commodity Status (Jakob Nielsen, Useit.com)
<http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20020203.html>
Industrial design is not the main road ahead for computers. Improved software design is much more important. This does require some thinking, and it's not Steve Jobs' strategy.

=== reviews =============

Apple Jacks It Up (Peter Lewis, Fortune)
<http://www.fortune.com/indexw.jhtml?channel=artcol.jhtml&doc_id=206245>
Sure, it's odd. But with its powerful features, the new iMac is not only a great multimedia computer -- it's also a surprisingly good bargain.

AVerTV Box (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0202/02.avertv.php>
The AVer TV Box allow users of any VGA-equipped computer to connect to their monitor a variety of different home entertainment products.

=== internet top news =============

Salon makes A Go Of Premium Service (Lisa Schneider, Media Life)
<http://www.medialifemagazine.com/news2002/jan02/jan28/5_fri/news4friday.html>
It appears the critics were wrong.

=== internet news =============

Mac-Friendly ISP Offers Nationwide Dialup For $14.99 (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0202/02.ninewire.php>
Mac-friendly ISP NineWire Digital Solutions announced its "RetroSpeed" Nationwide 56k dialup service.

=== wintel top news =============

Europe Is Said To Be On Verge Of Ending Case Against Intel (Paul Meller, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/02/technology/02CHIP.html>
"After careful analysis of the complaints," a person close to the investigation said, "the commission has decided that the accusations are unfounded."

=== wintel news =============

Avoiding Commodity Status (Jakob Nielsen, Useit.com)
<http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20020203.html>
Industrial design is not the main road ahead for computers. Improved software design is much more important. This does require some thinking, and it's not Steve Jobs' strategy.

=== reader : world =============

Falling Afoul Of The New American Spirit (Louise Branson, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/analysis/story/0,1870,100726,00.html?>
The fate of Brown seems to be symbolic of something else: a pronounced changing of mood across America which leaves no room for a Queen of Buzz.

=== reader : tech =============

Castles Built On Sand: Why Software Is Insecure (Josh Ryder, SecurityFocus)
<http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1541>
Underlying all the causes of insecure software is a simple philosophical flaw: software is not designed with security in mind.

Running Finally Proves Its Worth (Benedict Carey, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-000007005jan28.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dhealth%2Dmanual>
A fad that survived the skeptics turns out to have extended lives, lowered risk of heart illness and diabetes, and given people a sense of well-being.

=== reader : life =============

Risque Business (Joan Ryan, San Francisco Chronicle)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/02/01/MN181420.DTL>
Misguided skating officials are cracking down on pelvis-pumping and lap-dancing - as though people actually want to watch Olympians skate.

Booksellers Are Wise To The Value Of A Little Dust On The Jacket (Beverly Beyette, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/features/lifestyle/la-000007919feb01.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dliving%2Dmanual>
Dealers know age and public whim often dictate what is collectible -- Tolkien's in; Huxley's out.

'We Behaved As Badly As Anybody' (Lynn Smith, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-020202blacklist.story>
An exhibit details Hollywood's reaction to the 'Red Scare' of 50 years ago.

Belle Of The 'Ball' (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times)
<http://www.suntimes.com/output/eb-feature/cst-ftr-halle01.html>
She is a star who before "Monster's Ball" was not always taken seriously as an actress. It was clear she had great talent, but it was obscured by her beauty.

The Patriots Bowl (Michael Davis, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8914-2002Feb1.html>
United we sit, watching a football game that's become an American ritual.

Enron Was, In Layman's Terms, A Nest Of Dirtballs (Dave barry, Miami Herald)
<http://www.miami.com/herald/special/features/barry/2002/docs/feb03.htm>
Today we're going to explain the Enron story in the Q&A format, using simple financial terms that you can understand, such as "dirtballs."

What Price Success For A Newly Popular BBC? (Alan Riding, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/03/arts/television/03RIDI.html>
BBC1 had beaten its main commercial rival for the first time since privately owned television was introduced in 1954. But just as BBC executives were congratulating themselves, the sniping began.

Weird Science (Amy Barrett, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/03/magazine/03QUESTIONS.html>
Questions for James D. Watson.

=== reader : eof =============

UM Coeds Win Nudity Case (Renee Ordway, Bangor Daily News)
<http://www.bangornews.com/editorialnews/article.html?ID=50037>
A Bangor judge found that women jogging naked down the street did not violdate the state's indecent-conduct law.

=== singapore top news =============

PM Firm On Tudung Issue (Ahmad Osman, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,100705,00.html?>
Two Primary 1 schoolgirls will be suspended if they turn up in Islamic headscarves for classes tomorrow.

=== singapore news =============

Singapore May Hit High End Of Growth Forecast (Loh Chen Yi and William Choong, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,100862,00.html?>
Economy may even go beyond upper limit of 2 per cent, says upbeat DPM Tan, but this depends on world, regional security.

Pop Stars Hope Inaugural MTV Asia Awards Will Raise Awareness Of Asian Music (Regan Morris, Associated Press)
<http://www.nj.com/newsflash/international/index.ssf?/newsflash/get_story.ssf?/cgi-free/getstory_ssf.cgi?a0401_BC_Asia-MTV&&news&newsflash-international>
Many artists expressed hope the hype would raise the profile of Asian music.

Muslim Girls Test Singapore Government With Headscarves (John O'Callaghan, Reuters)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/reuters/asia-87505.html>
Two young Muslim girls will put Singapore's government in a testing position on Monday if they wear headscarves to primary school as officials weigh the emotive issues of religous sensitivities and ethnic cohesion.

Singapore Flocks to Altar On Double Happiness Day (Reuters)
<http://in.news.yahoo.com/020203/64/1fctk.html>
Some 300 Singaporean men will have no excuse for forgetting their wedding anniversary. Four times the usual number of couples tied the knot on Saturday, a day deemed lucky because of the 02-02-02 numbers in the date.

Smoother Ride On Upper Serangoon Road (Karamjit Kaur, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/breakingnews/story/0,1895,100833,00.html?>

Government Looking At Ways To Enable SAP School Students To Mix With Those From Other Communities: PM Goh (Farah Abdul Rahim, Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com.sg/articles/2002/02/03/singaporenews19816.htm>
An emphatic 'no' came from the Prime Minister when he was asked if the government will do away with SAP schools in the name of national integration.

East-West Fusion Lights Up MTV Awards (Samuel Lee, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,100744,00.html?>
Regional artistes take to the stage with their Western counterparts at extravaganza attended by 7,000.

Hot Air Over Hot Spring? (Pauline Leong, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,100704,00.html?>
As Singaporeans crowd the Sembawang hot spring in search of a cure for skin problems, rheumatism, and other aches and pains, we asked doctors whether it's all jsut a lot of, er...

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