[MyAppleMenu] Feb 9, 2002

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=== top =============

Dist. 101 Considers Wireless Computer Lab (Kate Thayer, Chicago Suburban Newspapers)
<http://suburbanlifecitizen.chicagosuburbannews.com/display/inn_news/WESTERN%20SPRINGS/CC713.TXT>
Due to the the success of the piloted program, the board is considering purchasing eight carts for the district.

Apple Creeps Toward MPEG-4 (CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2011-1088-832301.html>
QuickTime may be behind in the streaming race, but in advance of QuickTime Live!, Apple is trumpeting new figures that suggest it could be catching up.

Apple Short-Circuits Circuit City Deal (Ian Fried, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1040-833175.html?tag=cd_mh>
Although the companies did not comment on the reasons for the change, Apple for some time has been vowing to shake up its retail strategy.

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

New Version Of AOL For X Available (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0202/09.aol.php>

Apple Talks Real, Not Nothing real (Andrew Orlowski, Apple)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/39/23984.html>
Geddit?

Lamp Stand iMac A No Show (Rob Irwin, iTnews Australia)
<http://www.itnews.com.au/story.cfm?ID=9039>
Local resellers are yet to glimpse the new machines due to supply and demand issues originating in the US.

DragThing Gets Mainenance Update (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0202/08.dragthing.php>
Fixed the slowdown and long pauses occasionallys een when switching applications with CarbonLib 1.5 installed.

QuickTime Beat Out RealNetworks In New Users (Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/article/2002/02/08.8.shtml>
According to an Apple press release, by year end of 2001, Apple's QuickTime media software for both Mac and Windows had claimed more new users than RealNetworks.

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

If They Come, Will We Bill Them? (Dan Knight, Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/musings/02/0211.html>
Content has value. If not, we wouldn't spend our time writing it, let alone publishing it.

Tired Of Viruses And Bugs? Ditch Microsoft (Mac Net Journal)
<http://www.whiterabbits.com/MacNetJournal/stories/2002/02/07/tiredOfVirusesAndBugsDitch.html>

Making OS X A UNIX Contender (Gary Rogers, osOpinion)
<http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16239.html>
If developers oculd port their Motif-based applications to Aqua as easily as Mac Classic developers can port to Carbon, those nice UNIX apps might reacy the Mac faster.

Our Airport Needs A Tower (Gerry Curry, Applelust.com)
<http://www.applelust.com/alust/oped/Editorials/Archives/ed_wireless.shtml>

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

Sony's Micro Vault (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0202/09.microvault.php>
If you need a small device for quickly transporting and sharing files between computers without cables or adapters, it may be worth the money.

Macromedia Director Shockwave Studio 8.5 (Joel Davies, Applelust.com)
<http://www.applelust.com/alust/resources/Reviews/Archives/director/director85.shtml>
Although it does have some rough spots, it truly is in a class of its own.

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

If They Come, Will We Bill Them? (Dan Knight, Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/musings/02/0211.html>
Content has value. If not, we wouldn't spend our time writing it, let alone publishing it.

Regulating The Olympic Rings (Kendra Mayfield, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,50275,00.html>
One of the world's most widely watched sporting events will be noticeably absent from the Internet -- again.

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

New Version Of AOL For X Available (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0202/09.aol.php>

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

Microsoft And 9 States Spar In Filings (Steve Lohr, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/09/technology/09SOFT.html>
The nine states said the pact was riddled with flaws and, if approved, would extinguish competition and lock computer users into "a Microsoft-controlled world."

Judge Consents To Microsoft Hearing (Reuters)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-832817.html>
The federal judge overseeing the Microsoft antitrust case agreed Friday to hold a hearing in early March on the U.S. Justice Department's proposed settlement.

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

Del - Your Favourite Notebook Supplier (Or Is It Sony?) (Drew Cullen, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/58/23995.html>

Tired Of Viruses And Bugs? Ditch Microsoft (Mac Net Journal)
<http://www.whiterabbits.com/MacNetJournal/stories/2002/02/07/tiredOfVirusesAndBugsDitch.html>

Merger To Dull HP's Crown Jewel? (Sergio G. Non, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1040-832573.html>
Hewlett argues that Compaqs PC business, which suffers from low profit margins on cheaper, mass-produced products, will be a drain on HP's printing and imaging juggernaut.

Microsoft Works To Fix MSN Privacy Flaw (Robert Lemos, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-833154.html>
Microsoft is putting the final touches on a patch to limit an MSN Messenger feature that allowed any Web site to grab a visitor's IM nickname and buddy list.

Microsoft: Oracle Behind Harsh Remedy (Reuters)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-833407.html>
Attorneys for Microsoft said on Friday an executive at Oracle helped write the tougher antitrust sanctions being sought by some state attorneys general against the company.

Microsoft Patent Dispute Heats Up (Gwendolyn Mariano, CNET News.com)
<http://investor.cnet.com/investor/news/newsitem/0-9900-1028-8737972-0.html?tag=ats>
InterTrust Technologies, a digital rights management company, said Thursday that it has filed a second patent infringement lawsuit against Microsoft.

=== linux news =============

Sun Makes A Linux U-Turn (Matt Loney, ZDNet UK)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-832641.html>
Even though Cobalt devices are supposed to be appliances, users, as well as developers, do care about the operating system.

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

WTC Victims: What's A Life Worth? (Amanda Ripley, Time)
<http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,198866,00.html>
To compensate families of the victims of Sept. 11, the government has invented a way to measure loss in cash. A look at the calculus.

More Soldiers Wanted (Economist)
<http://www.economist.com/printedition/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=976002>
Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan's new leader, needs help.

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

The Maths Behind The Monsters (John Whitfield, Nature)
<http://www.nature.com/nsu/020128/020128-12.html>
Fizt is the god of Monstropolis - it knows the rules, and it enforces them.

Beautiful Maths (Karl Sabbagh, Prospect Magazine)
<http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/ArticleView.asp?Accessible=yes&P_Article=8406>
Mathematicians dream of proving Riemann's Hypothesis. Not for the prize money, but just to glimpse the deep beauty of prime numbers.

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

Something Sinister In The Air Over Manhattan (Oliver Burkeman, Guardian)
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/elsewhere/journalist/story/0,7792,647132,00.html>
There have been isolated threats of litigation over a cough blamed by Manhattanites on substances leaking from Gound Zero, but it is unclear what will happen next.

Fast Food Notion (Jeremy Rosenberg, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.calendarlive.com/top/1,1419,L-LATimes-Guide-X!ArticleDetail-51110,00.html>
A visit by the author of "Fast Food Nation" inspires a 72-mile road trip of repentance past a whopping 141 fast-food joints.

NBC's Opening Night Coverage Is More Limp Than Olympic (Tom Shales, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48735-2002Feb8.html>
More and more, NBC is becoming a living monument to execrably bad taste.

The <i>Sex And The City</i> Betting Pool (Emily Nussbaum, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/?id=2061739&device=>
Will Carrie marry Big? Will Miranda marry Charlotte?

Hot Tubs Among The Blooms (Hatsy Shields, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/10/travel/ANZA.html>
IN the Anzo-Borrego desert, a vactionaing family stays at two inns that blend with the desert landscape and a sprawling, verdant resort that all but ignores it.

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

Ex-President Ong Dies (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,101917,00.html?>
Body will lie at his home till funeral on Tuesday; State flag will fly at half mast at all government buildings as a mark of respect.

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

Lee Kuan Yew Says Some Terror Suspects Got Away (Reuters)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/reuters/asia-88694.html>
In a wide ranging interview with CNN Talk Asia, Lee Kuan Yew said that during the December arrests, "five or eight others" got away.

Privately-Run 4th University Would Add Diversity To Singapore's Tertiary Sector: EDB (Hasnita A Majid, Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com.sg/articles/2002/02/09/singaporenews20499.htm>

Love Bites (Geoffrey Eu, Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/whatsin/story/0,2276,35672,00.html?>
Food and romance go hand-in-hand to stoke the flames of passion on Valentine's Day. And if all else fails, there's still the good old flowers and chocolates.

Malay MPs Do Take Stands On 'Deep-Seated' Issues (Abdullah Tarmugi, Minister for Community Development and Sports, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,1870,101887,00.html?>

Farewall, Mr Ong (Leong Weng Kam and Susan Long, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,101919,00.html?>
In his long political career, former president also sought to help people enjoy the finer things in life.

Government To Open Up Political Space Gradually (Grace Sung, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,101840,00.html?>
Aim is to address the demands of the younger generation, but changes will be in 'gradual increments', says Lee Hsien Loong.

Next Stop: Changi Airport (Karamjit Kaur, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,101841,00.html?>
New MRT station at airport opens with wider fare gates and a futuristic design.

'Singapore Has Lost A Fine Son' (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,101801,00.html?>
PM's letter to family.

Singapore Bans US Comedy Film Zoolander (Associated Press)
<http://www1.timesofindia.com/articleshow.asp?art_id=176199506>
Singapore censors on Friday banned the film Zoolander, an American comedy about a self-absorbed male model who is brainwashed into assassinating the prime minister of Malaysia.

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