[MyAppleMenu] Feb 14, 2002

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

Apple Launches New Marketing Campaign (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/lib/020214easier.shtml>
"Everthing is easier on a Mac" is the centerpiece of a new marketing campaign that Apple has launched.

BSD '3 Times As Popular As Desktop Linux' - Apple (Andrew Orlowski, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/24060.html>
BSD is now three times as popular on the desktop than Linux, Apple's Ernest Parbakar told attendees at the annual USENIX BSD Conference here yesterday.

Apple Bites Back (Garry Barker, The Age)
<http://it.mycareer.com.au/opinion/macman/2002/02/14/FFXM2MNFNXC.html>
Apple has become one of only two computer companies expected to march steadily into the future.

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

YA-NewsWatcher Successor Thoth Hits 1.5.0 (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0202/14.thoth.php>
The new release sports numerous feature enhancements and bug fixes.

Free Service Brings Mac.com Web-Based UI (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=12501>
EGO Systems has announced the availability of a free web-mail service for Apple iTools members.

PowerSchool Wins Alumnus Award (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0202/14.powerschool.php>
The Golden State Capital Network has announced it has chosen Apple's PowerSchool and Meridian Project Systems as co-winners in the first annual Alumnus of the Year award.

Adobe Plans DVD-Authoring Tool (Juan Carlos Perez, Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/top_news_item.cfm?NewsID=4245>
Adobe plans to produce a DVD-authoring tool at "some time" in 2003, Adobe CEO Bruce Chizen has divulged.

MS: New Mac Outlook Not Yet In Development (Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0202/13.outlook.php>
"The Macintosh Business Unit is currently in the research and planning phases of our next round of products, and not in development."

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

Macintosh Migration Leads To Total Geek-Out (David Plotnikoff, San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/technology/personal_technology/2666215.htm>

QuickTime 6 Changes Everything (Eric Peterson, osOpinion)
<http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16326.html>
QuickTime is now showing signs of resurgence.

Manna For Mac Publishers? (Mathew Rothenberg, eWeek)
<http://www.eweek.com/article/0,3658,s=25201&a=22694,00.asp>
Like professional power users of any platforms, customers in the Mac's one true enterprise market -- professional publishing -- are compelled to explore territory far beyond the confines of Apple shrink wrap.

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

Hogwasher Usenet Newsreader (Jim Cheeseman, Right On Mac!)
<http://www.rightonmac.com/articles/02/02/14-hogwasher.html>
Despite a few rough edges, Hogwasher is hands down the best newsreader for the Mac.

New iMac Is Not An Earthshaking Change (Mike Langberg, San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/2666507.htm>
A pivoting screen and quiet fan are welcome improvements, not earthshaking changes.

Software With The Write Stuff (Charles Haddad, BusinessWeek)
<http://businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/feb2002/nf20020213_9850.htm>
Power Structure lets aspiring authors organize their ideas, plot, and characters, and build the framework of a novel or screenplay.

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

EarthLink Discounts Networking Features (Richard Shim, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1033-837945.html>
EarthLink is trying to play up the adage that sharing is good.

DoubleClick, Bertelsmann Ink Ad Deal (Reuters)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1023-837486.html>

Worm Exploits MSN Messenger (Matthew Broersma, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-837556.html>
A worm that uses MSN Messenger application to exploit a browser glitch emerged late Wednesday and spread rapidly, despite the existence of a patch covering the security hole, according to experts.

YA-NewsWatcher Successor Thoth Hits 1.5.0 (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0202/14.thoth.php>
The new release sports numerous feature enhancements and bug fixes.

Free Service Brings Mac.com Web-Based UI (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=12501>
EGO Systems has announced the availability of a free web-mail service for Apple iTools members.

Is It Time To Bail From Internet Explorer? (Robert Vamosi, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-836264.html>
If one program breaks, it might break another seemingly unrelated program as well.

The Net's Counter Attack (Sean Dodson, Guardian)
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,649593,00.html>
Instead of spelling doom for shops, the web is breathing life back into the high street.

The Future Of Cellphones Is Here. Sort Of. (Katie Hafner, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/14/technology/circuits/14FUTU.html>
Despite the carriers' claims, the speed that consumers will get, at least for now, is not likely to be any faster than that from a fast dial-up modem.

Amazon.com To Add Wedding Registry (Allison Linn, Associated Press)
<http://www.latimes.com/technology/ats-ap_technology13feb14.story?coll=sns%2Dap%2Dtoptechnology>
The Internet retailer was expected to announce the registry Thursday.

>From The Internet With Love (BBC News)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1816000/1816497.stm>
E-love is in the air this Valentine's Day as sweethearts go e-mail crazy.

Move Over, BT: He Invented Links (Michelle Delio, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,50398,00.html>
British Telecom's claim that it owns the patent to hyperlinking outrages Bob Bemer, an octogenarian who invented what would become a key component of Web navigation a long, long time ago.

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

Flaw Spotted In New Microsoft Tool (Margaret Kane, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-837428.html>
A flaw in a software tool just released by Microsoft could lead software developers to inadvertently write programs that are vulnerable to attack, according to security specialists who discovered the flaw.

Worm Exploits MSN Messenger (Matthew Broersma, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-837556.html>
A worm that uses MSN Messenger application to exploit a browser glitch emerged late Wednesday and spread rapidly, despite the existence of a patch covering the security hole, according to experts.

Report: MS Security Patch Ineffective (Reuters)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-837394.html>
A Microsoft program designed to plug a common security hole is vulnerable to the very attack it was supposed to prevent, the Wall Street Journal alleged in a report on Thursday, citing a prominent security consulting firm.

Keygen Routine Producing Valid WinXP Product Keys? (John Lettice, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/24065.html>
A cracking system for Windows Product Activation publicised this week may present Microsoft's anti-priacy system with its most serioius problem yet.

SEC Probes Microsoft (CNN/Money)
<http://money.cnn.com/2002/02/13/technology/microsoft/>
Microsoft is still being investigated for possibly underestimating its revenue in order to show a sustained earnings growth, according to Wall Street Journal.

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

New Microsoft Bug Problems Blamed On Globalization (Brian McWilliams, Newsbytes)
<http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/174512.html>
Don't blame buffer overflows on Microsoft's disregard for security or on its sloppy software testing. Instead, chalk many of them up to the worldwide popularity of Redmond's software, security researchers said.

Consumer Demand Helps Dell Bottom Line (John G Spooner, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1040-837940.html>
Dell on Thursday reported fiscal fourth-quarter earnings that met analysts' expectations.

XP Users Angered By Reinstall (James Middleton, vnunet.com)
<http://www.vnunet.com/News/1129251>
The problem appears to be with the Hardware Abstraction Layer of the XP operating system.

Which Microsoft Monopoly Really Matters? (David Coursey, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-837356.html>
Controlling developers -- and the tools they use -- is just the most insidious way Microsoft stamps out competition.

Is It Time To Bail From Internet Explorer? (Robert Vamosi, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-836264.html>
If one program breaks, it might break another seemingly unrelated program as well.

Microsoft Eyes New Turf To Conquer (Mike Ricciuti and Robert Lemos, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-837319.html>
Microsoft plans to make deeper forays into the areas of security software and storage.

Mega-Hurts In Merger Battle (Ariana Eunjung Cha, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7392-2002Feb13.html>
War within HP over Compaq deal gets nastier.

Intel Goes Server Crazy (Silicon.com)
<http://www.silicon.com/bin/bladerunner?30REQEVENT=&REQAUTH=21046&14001REQSUB=REQINT1=51299>
Intel is set to focus on its latest server chip technologies almost to the exclusion of PCs.

MS: New Mac Outlook Not Yet In Development (Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0202/13.outlook.php>
"The Macintosh Business Unit is currently in the research and planning phases of our next round of products, and not in development."

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

BSD '3 Times As Popular As Desktop Linux' - Apple (Andrew Orlowski, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/24060.html>
BSD is now three times as popular on the desktop than Linux, Apple's Ernest Parbakar told attendees at the annual USENIX BSD Conference here yesterday.

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

Warring Doubts (Jack Beatty, The Atlantic)
<http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/polipro/pp2002-02-13.htm>
Many have died in Afghanistan to make us more secure. Are we?

Who's Hu In Beijing (William Safire, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/14/opinion/14SAFI.html>
In all likelihood, the Americans will be looking beyond Jiang at the meeting to get some kind of fix on the man most likely to succeed: Hu Jintao.

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

Uproar Over A Sliced, And Revered, Meteorite (Kenneth Chang, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/14/national/14METE.html>
"Would someone want to auction off a crucifix, one of the holy satues out of the Catholic Church or something like that?"

The Iceberg Secret, Revealed (Joel Spolsky, Joel On Software)
<http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000356.html>
It's pretty clear that programmers think in one language, and MBAs think in another.

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

The Quest For Fire (Roy Rivenburg, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/features/lifestyle/la-021402dating.story>
What does a guy have to do to get a girlfriend before Feb. 14? You have no idea.

Loving A Ghost (A.R. Torres, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/02/14/wtc_valentine/index.html?x>
I believed that if I could get through the trifecta of holidays after Sept. 11 without Eddie, I could get to the finish line of my grief. But I'd forgotten about Valentine's Day.

A Television Valentine For Charlie Brown Fans (Suzanne C. Ryan, Boston Globe)
<http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/045/living/A_television_Valentine_for_Charlie_Brown_fans+.shtml>
"Peanuts' was one of the nicer things about the 20th century. It's nice to see it come into the 21st century."

Strike Up The Brand (Hank Stuever, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7384-2002Feb13.html>
>From athletes' jackets to shuttle vans, Salt Lake is awash in corporate logos.

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

New Team To Take Singaproe Beyond 5 Cs (Laurel Teo, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,102753,00.html?>
New Remaking Singapore Committee will probe political, social and cultural norms to help prepare nation for the future.

Charities Urged To Account To Public (Alicia Yeo, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,102535,00.html?>
Few charities have responded to the Finance Ministry's call to help the public better understand how their donations are used.

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

Showcase Of Local And Filipino Erotic Poetry (Tan Hwee Hwee, Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/thearts/story/0,2276,36096,00.html?>
"Love Gathers All" features the best poets from our country, from old lions like Kirpal Singh to new talents like Toh Hsien Min.

MediaCorp's Channel 8 Secures Biggest Market Share In Q4: SBA (Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/latest/story/0,2276,36075,00.html?>
SBA will start publishing quarterly TV viewership statistics.

Father Of Pupil In Tudung Issue May Accept Malaysia's School Offer (Julia Ng, Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com.sg/articles/2002/02/14/singaporenews21003.htm>
The New Straits Times quoed Malaysia's Deputy Education Minister Hon Choon Kim as saying his Minstry would consider the pupil's application.

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