[MyAppleMenu] Feb 18, 2002

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

MPEG-4 Goes Against Spirit Of Sharing That Built The Net (Hiawatha Bray, Boston Globe)
<http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/049/business/MPEG_4_goes_against_spirit_of_sharing_that_built_the_Net+.shtml>
>From now on, everybody pays.

WebObjects 5.1 Supports JSP Servlet, EJB (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=12565>
Free update to web application development package -- $20 shipping and handling.

Amazon Reveals Its Mac Top Ten (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=4254>
Number one is still Adobe Photoshop Elements. And so is number two.

Apple To Kick Off WWDC Registration Next Week (Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0202/18.wwdc.php>
Pre-registration package will save a developer $300.

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

Reader: No GHz G4s At Some CompUSA (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=12569>
No full-time Mac representative means no dual 1GHz Power Mac G4.

Online Ads And The Mac Web (Jeff Adkins, Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/myturn/02/0218.html>
No one has found the magic elixir of life for small independent content-based Web sites yet.

The Breadth Of The Mac Web (Dan Knight, Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/musings/02/0218.html>

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

Book Fills The Bill For Befuddled Mac Users (James Coates, Chicago Tribune)
<http://chicagotribune.com/technology/chi-020218macbook.story?coll=chi%2Dtechnology%2Dhed>
The Missing Manual makes up for the scant documentation from Apple.

OS X Server In The Hands Of A Linux Geek (ReactiveLinux.com)
<http://www.reactivelinux.com/article.php?story=20020217224434124>
Definitely an improvement over AppleShareIP, but it's no Linux.

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

Blah, Blah, Blah And Blog (Farhad Manjoo, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,50443,00.html>
NPR's report is one more sign of the growth of blogging.

Web Sites That Work: Designing With Your Eyes Open (Dana Greenlee, Web TalkGuys Radio)
<http://www.webtalkguys.com/article-usability-2.shtml>
An interview with Steve Krug, usability consultant.

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

MPEG-4 Goes Against Spirit Of Sharing That Built The Net (Hiawatha Bray, Boston Globe)
<http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/049/business/MPEG_4_goes_against_spirit_of_sharing_that_built_the_Net+.shtml>
>From now on, everybody pays.

Online Ads And The Mac Web (Jeff Adkins, Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/myturn/02/0218.html>
No one has found the magic elixir of life for small independent content-based Web sites yet.

The Breadth Of The Mac Web (Dan Knight, Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/musings/02/0218.html>

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

New Riddle For Xbox: Will It Play In Japan (Chris Gaither, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/18/technology/ebusiness/18GAME.html>
American company in Japanese soil.

Windows XP Sells With Surreal Ads (Theresa Howard, USA Today)
<http://www.usatoday.com/money/advertising/2002-02-18-ad-track-windowsxp.htm>
Consumers didn't really connect with the TV ads.

Survey Says Chinese Companies Prefer Windows (CW360)
<http://www.cw360.com/bin/bladerunner?REQSESS=Kz11FHH7&690REQEVENT=&CARTI=110043&CARTT=14&CCAT=1&CCHAN=1&CFLAV=1&CPAGEN=ArticlePage&CPAGET=-99999&CSEARCH=&CSESS=-99999&CTOPIC=>
Chinese government efforts to promote Linux and open-source software as an alternative to Windows have failed to deter Chinese users from choosing Microsoft software, according to the results of a recent survey.

Just 5 Of 47 Public Comments Released In Microsoft Case Back Deal (Associated Press)
<http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/048/business/Just_5_of_47_public_comments_released_in_Microsoft_case_back_deal+.shtml>
Only five of the 47 public comments on the Microsoft antitrust case released Friday by the Justice Department are in support of the government's settlement with the software firm.

=== linux top news =============

Survey Says Chinese Companies Prefer Windows (CW360)
<http://www.cw360.com/bin/bladerunner?REQSESS=Kz11FHH7&690REQEVENT=&CARTI=110043&CARTT=14&CCAT=1&CCHAN=1&CFLAV=1&CPAGEN=ArticlePage&CPAGET=-99999&CSEARCH=&CSESS=-99999&CTOPIC=>
Chinese government efforts to promote Linux and open-source software as an alternative to Windows have failed to deter Chinese users from choosing Microsoft software, according to the results of a recent survey.

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

OS X Server In The Hands Of A Linux Geek (ReactiveLinux.com)
<http://www.reactivelinux.com/article.php?story=20020217224434124>
Definitely an improvement over AppleShareIP, but it's no Linux.

Corel Puts Final Nail In Linux Coffin (Silicon.com)
<http://www.silicon.com/public/door?REQUNIQ=1014069358&6004REQEVENT=&REQINT1=51403&REQSTR1=newsnow>
Closes open source developers site.

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

Record Labels' Answer To Napster Still Has Artists Feeling Bypassed (Neil Strauss, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/18/technology/18SONG.html>
Performers still don't get a dime.

U.S. Tightening Rules On Keeping Scientific Secrets (William J. Broad, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/17/politics/17SECR.html>
Hope of keeping weapons of mass destruction out of unfriendly hands.

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

Surrealism Revisited (Peter Schjeldahl, New Yorker)
<http://www.newyorker.com/critics/art/?020218craw_artworld>
A new retrospective at the Met looks back on a once fashionable genre.

White Men Can Bitch (Joan Ryan, San Francisco Chronicle)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/02/17/IN157576.DTL>
Thank goodness for the Winter Olympics.

In The Wonderland Of Libraries Are Cats Like Alis (Duane Noriyuki, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/features/lifestyle/la-lv-cat18feb18.story>
Carrying on feline tradition, the Silverado calico found a home in a reading room.

Matters Of The Heart (Phil McCombs, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14769-2002Feb15.html>
The Caring Awards honor those who make compassion their business.

Plot Twists Paid Off For 'Friends' (Bill Carter, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/18/arts/television/18FRIE.html>
Right creative choices, involving some life-changing experience for its characters, paid off again.

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

Do Business, Young Man? No Thanks, It's Far Too Risky (Krist Boo, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,103473,00.html?>
Readers blame the education system, maids and pressures of living in Singapore.

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

Give Us Entrepreneurs A Break, Singapore Inc (Chong Huai Seng, Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/views/story/0,2276,36474,00.html?>
It's time what Singapore Inc, as represented by the likes of The Business Times, can do for local entrepreneuers.

January Exports Show Singapore Economy On The Up (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/breakingnews/story/0,1895,103411,00.html?>

Tudung Issue: Malaysia Denies Interfering In Singapore's Affairs (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com.sg/articles/2002/02/18/singaporenews21350.htm>
Can't stop people for voicing opinions.

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