[MyAppleMenu] Feb 16, 2002

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

Novice Techie Revives Aging Macs (Susan Palmer, The Register-Guard)
<http://www.registerguard.com/news/20020215/1a.maclady.0215.html>
People have taken to calling Kerwood the Mac Lady, and it's a name she doesn't mind.

Easy 802.11b Wireless For Small Businesses (James Davidson, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/wireless/2002/02/14/smbiz_wireless.html>
For less than $1,600 you have all the equipment you need.

QuickTime Live Lets The Goods Stream In (Stephanie Jorgl, Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/hotnews/articles/2002/02/qtlive/qtproducts.html>
Fresh on the floor of QuickTime Live, software and hardware developers lured conference attendees with their latest QuickTime-enabled goodies.

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

All Middle Schools Signed On To Laptop Program (Associated Press)
<http://www.centralmaine.com/news/stories/020216mainelap.shtml>
Education Commissioner J.Duke Albanese said Friday that all 239 middle schools in Maine will participate in the state's laptop computer program, a level of participation he described as a validation of the program's worth.

'Toy Story' Director Plugs The Mac (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0202/16.lasseter.php>

PCs Are Incorrect On TV (Leander Kahney, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,50441,00.html>
In Fox's hit TV show, <i>24</i>, the villians use PCs running Microsoft Windows. The good guys, of course, use Macs.

Faulty PowerBook Hinges Spark Possible Lawsuit (Ben Wilson, NewsFactor)
<http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/16385.html>

Eco-Challenging Mother Nature And Digital Photographers (Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/creative/videophoto/ecochallenge/>
"The computer really is the hub of the workflow. That's why, besides the beauty and the graphics and the ease that Macs provide, they have every piece of the puzzle that we need."

Mac OS X Consolidates Three Desktop Systems (Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/education/hed/macsinaction/stanfordmedical/>
"On my desk I used to have an iMac, a PC, and an X terminal. It was pretty crazy until Mac OS X came along."

Beach Talk: Getting The Paper Out (Garrison Frost, The Beach Reporter)
<http://beach.townnews.com/display/inn_news/news3.txt>
Uisng graphic design software, we can pretty much do anything we want.

Metrowerks Gets New CEO (Stephen Shankland, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2110-1001-839199.html?tag=cdshrt>
Jim Welch, chief financial officer, has been promoted to chief executive, replacing David Perkins.

Apple Bites Windows Themes (Ian Fried, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-839172.html>
There are some big differences between Mac OS X and Windows XP, and apparently Apple Computer doesn't want any blurring of the lines between the two.

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

The Power Of X (Robert X. Cringely, PBS)
<http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20020214.html>
How the best thing for Apple, for users, and even for Microsoft, would be an Intel version of OS X.

PIM Data In Mac OS, Not So Easy (Dan Gillmor, San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/columnists/dan_gillmor/ejournal/2678910.htm>

Flaws In Mac OS X And Office v. X: Are Apple And Microsoft Listening? (Pierre Igot, Applelust.com)
<http://www.applelust.com/alust/oped/applepeel/archives/peel_25.shtml>
There are several major flaws in Mac OS X and in Microsoft Office v. X that Apple and Microsoft seem unwilling to address, even though they result in a severe decrease in usability and productivity.

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

Suitcase 10 For OS X And Classic (Joel Davies, Applelust.com)
<http://www.applelust.com/alust/resources/Reviews/Archives/suitcase10/rev_suitcase10.shtml>

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

Digital Renaissance (Henry Jenkins, Technology Review)
<http://www.techreview.com/articles/jenkins0302.asp>
Like cockroaches after nuclear war, online diarists rule an Internet strewn with failed dot coms.

Cannibalization? Au Contraire! (PressFlex)
<http://www.pressflex.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/35/Cannibalization_Au_contraire.html>
French newspapers with web sites beat their print-only peers' circulation performance.

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

Wiping The Slate Clean (Stefanie Olsen, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2008-1082-838894.html>
Call it the six-year itch.

Internet Offering Soars, Just Like Old Times (Matt Richtel, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/16/technology/16NET.html>
Sounds like 1999? It happened today.

Admins Left To Fix Microsoft's Browser Mess (Joris Evers, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/02/15/020215hnmspatch.xml>
Microsoft's latest security patch for Internet Explorer causes the Web browser to crash when viewing Web pages that contain a certain VBScript directive, several IE users found.

Microsoft Releases Patch For SNMP Flaw (Matt Berger, IDG News Service)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/02/15/020215hnsnmpflaw.xml>

Virus Smuggling Risk For Outlook Express Users (John Leyden, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/24085.html>
Mail filtering utilities usually don't search the subject line for virus, so a maliciously constructed email might appear as an attachment to Outlook Express users.

PayPal: IPO Omen Or Anomaly? (Joanna Glasner, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,50461,00.html>
PayPal overcame the odds this week when it carried out the first successful initial stock offering in a long time from a profitless Internet company.

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

Microsoft: Security Charges 'Unfounded' (Reuters)
<http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/technology/tech-tech-microsoft-security.html?ex=1014526800&en=979be5dd22271075&ei=5040&partner=MOREOVER>
Microsoft on Friday said chages that its new Web service development software contained a flaw leaving computers open to hacker attack were "unfounded," but admitted that the intended security feature in question had never been designed as a kind of silver bullet.

Microsoft Must Give States Windows Code, Says Judge (Reuters)
<http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/industry/02/16/microsoft.code.reut/index.html>
Microsoft will have to supply the computer code for its Windows program to a group of states seeking stiffer antitrust sanctions against the software giant, a federal judge ruled Friday.

Microsoft Cautions Against Quick Move To .Net (Matt Berger, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/02/15/020215hnmigrate.xml>
Do not upgrade existing applications to .Net unless there's a clear business benefit.

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

McCann-Erickson's Microsoft .NET Ads To Launch In 10 Markets (San Francisco Business Times)
<http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2002/02/11/daily51.html>

The Convergence Of .NET And Java (Dan Mezick, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-838530.html>
The line between competing development platforms is already starting to blur.

Sony: MS Already using Seattlement Terms To Screw Us (Andrew Orlowski, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/24096.html>
Sony is the only Microsoft Windows licensee who's felt brave enough to complain about the service.

Microsoft Denies 'Homestation' Multimedia Hub Talk (Reuters)
<http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/technology/tech-tech-microsoft-homestation.html?ex=1014526800&en=938118ee3d2d4ed4&ei=5040&partner=MOREOVER>
Microsoft on Friday denied it is building the "HomeStation", a rumored living room entertainment hub industry watchers have speculated could combine the software giant's Xbox video game console with digital video, music and Internet functions.

The Power Of X (Robert X. Cringely, PBS)
<http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20020214.html>
How the best thing for Apple, for users, and even for Microsoft, would be an Intel version of OS X.

Admins Left To Fix Microsoft's Browser Mess (Joris Evers, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/02/15/020215hnmspatch.xml>
Microsoft's latest security patch for Internet Explorer causes the Web browser to crash when viewing Web pages that contain a certain VBScript directive, several IE users found.

Microsoft Releases Patch For SNMP Flaw (Matt Berger, IDG News Service)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/02/15/020215hnsnmpflaw.xml>

SBC: Microsoft Settlement Not Enough (Reuters)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-839223.html>

Virus Smuggling Risk For Outlook Express Users (John Leyden, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/24085.html>
Mail filtering utilities usually don't search the subject line for virus, so a maliciously constructed email might appear as an attachment to Outlook Express users.

Lindows Asserts Its Individuality (Ian Fried, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1040-839130.html?tag=cd_mh>
Lindows, a start-up developing software that would let many Windows programs run on Linux computers, this week released legal papers designed to head off Microsoft's efforts to thwart the product.

Apple Bites Windows Themes (Ian Fried, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-839172.html>
There are some big differences between Mac OS X and Windows XP, and apparently Apple Computer doesn't want any blurring of the lines between the two.

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

Lindows Asserts Its Individuality (Ian Fried, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1040-839130.html?tag=cd_mh>
Lindows, a start-up developing software that would let many Windows programs run on Linux computers, this week released legal papers designed to head off Microsoft's efforts to thwart the product.

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

In China's Market Transition, Some Pay Price (John Pomfret, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18659-2002Feb15.html>
The rise and fall of Wang Xuebing are emblematic of the malfeasance, corruption and political infighting that have infected China's financial and political systems as the country moves into a free-market economy.

It's A Watertight Agreement, Please (Han Fook Kwang, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,102956,00.html?>
If you've been reading what Malaysian newspapers are saying about Singapore-Malaysia negotiations on water, and are totally confused by the reports, don't despair.

Dangerous To Treat Pyongyang Like Taleban (Tom Plate, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/analysis/story/0,1870,103015,00.html?>
The current administration has a solid point. But it may be a domestic political one, rather than a useful launching pad for serious international diplomacy.

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

Digital Renaissance (Henry Jenkins, Technology Review)
<http://www.techreview.com/articles/jenkins0302.asp>
Like cockroaches after nuclear war, online diarists rule an Internet strewn with failed dot coms.

Einstein & Godel (David Berlinski, Discover)
<http://www.discover.com/mar_02/featgodel.html>
Oh, to be a fly on a textbook when the century's greatest physicist walked home from work with its most influential mathematician.

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

Family Harmony (Justino Aquila, San Francisco Chronicle)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/02/15/CC102247.DTL>
Music is the tie that binds Mazmanians of Orinda.

The Naughty Boy Of Europe (Economist)
<http://www.economist.com/printedition/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=987965>
Britain's unruly teenagers are the price of progress.

At NBC, Spring Forward, Fall Back And Winter Up (Lisa de Moraes, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13425-2002Feb15.html>
Just because NBC has removed national advertising from those seven half-hours doesn't mean you're in for a full half-hour of ad-free Olympics coverage on any of the remaining nights of competition.

Secrets Confided To The Clergy Are Getting Harder To Keep (Emily Eakin, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/16/arts/16CONF.html>
Thanks, in part, to a spate of sexual abuse scandals involving priests, clergy-penitent privilege is no longer considered inviolable.

In Geneva, Good Eating From Fondue To Foie Gras (Jacqueline Friedrich, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/17/travel/17TAB.html?homepageinsidebox>
A trip to Geneva in December convinved me and my travelling companion that this noble Swiss dish is overdue for a comeback.

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

More ERP Gantries Coming Up Along Central Expressway (Fiona Tan, Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com.sg/articles/2002/02/16/singaporenews21206.htm>
Motorists using the Central Expressway can expect rides to become more expensive as new ERP gantries are being planned.

It's A Watertight Agreement, Please (Han Fook Kwang, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,102956,00.html?>
If you've been reading what Malaysian newspapers are saying about Singapore-Malaysia negotiations on water, and are totally confused by the reports, don't despair.

Opposition Politican Faces Fine For Flouting Rule At Free-Speech Corner (AFP)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/020216/1/2hsc9.html>
Chee Soon Juan faces a fine of up to 10,000 dollars for flouting a rule banning the discussion of racial issues at a designated free-speech corner.

Don't Paint A Rosy Picture Of Jobs (Lee Han Shih, Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,2276,36224,00.html?>
If the labour-friendly statements reflect the official view, then Singapore has yet to wake up to the harsh reality of globalisation.

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

More Developments Afoot On Sentosa (Koh Boon Pin, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/breakingnews/story/0,1895,103094,00.html?>
It will spend S$3 billion on, among other things, new hotels, waterfront entertainment outlets and at least one theme park.

Singaporeans Urged To Focus On Reviving The Economy (Chia Hui Kheng, Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com.sg/articles/2002/02/16/singaporenews21219.htm>
Singapore's economy is still not out of the woods, even if it is showing signs of turning around, says DPM Lee Hsien Loong.

Is HDB Stifling Entrepreneurship? (Mark Lee Kah Hui, Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/views/story/0,2276,36254,00.html?>
One has to wonder about the fate of entrepreneurs when a huge government body decides to fight for a slice of the pie.

Dreams Shattered In Crash (Alethea Lim, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,102957,00.html?>
Lum Loo Geok once aspired to be an engineer, but her hopes were dashed when she was hit by a car in April 98.

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