[MyAppleMenu] Feb 23, 2002

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Creating Surround Sound On The Macintosh (Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/creative/musicaudio/surroundtour/>
Multi-channel audio is perfect for home theater, video games and music recording -- for anyone who wants to be immersed in a new audio experience.

Amazon Calls New iMac Its Fastest-Selling Computer (Ben Wilson, NewsFactor)
<http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16478.html>
Amazon began selling the flat-panel iMac on February 13th and was sold out of the new system by Valentine's Day.

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

December 2001 Developer Tools Update (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=12713>

Price Hikes Promised By LCD Drought (Richard Shim, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-843614.html>
The inadequate supply of motherglass -- the large panel that LCDs are cut from -- will probably lead to shortages and increased prices.

Moving From MPEG-4 On To VP5? (Gwendolyn Mariano, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-843565.html>
Video-compression provider On2 Technologies is taking aim at MPEG-4.

Apple Boosting iMac Stock At Stores (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=12709>

The Funny Business Of Nina Paley (Stephanie Jorgl, Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/hotnews/articles/2002/02/ninapaley/>
Unlike the Flash Player, QuickTime play movies in real time and don't skip frames.

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

OS X: Apple's Opportunity (Tim Nash, Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/nash/02/0222.html>
With OS X, Apple can break out of its corporate niches because it offers a cheaper alternative to Wintel/Unix users.

Apple On Target In Theme Controversy (Khan Klatt, osOpinion)
<http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16473.html>
Instead of hosting knock-offs of themes, perhaps ThemeXP should focus on innovation.

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

Online Tunes: People Are Paying (Brad King, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/mp3/0,1285,50565,00.html>
Digital music subscription services are showing signs of good health.

Judge: If You Own Music, Prove It (Brad King, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/mp3/0,1285,50625,00.html>
In a stunning turnaround, a distrct court judge ruled Friday that the five major record labels must prove they own thousands of music copyrights.

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

Apple On Target In Theme Controversy (Khan Klatt, osOpinion)
<http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16473.html>
Instead of hosting knock-offs of themes, perhaps ThemeXP should focus on innovation.

Microsoft Plays With Wireless Messaging (Ben Charny, CNET News.com)
<http://investor.cnet.com/investor/news/newsitem/0-9900-1028-8886483-0.html?tag=ats>
Microsoft is among the first makers of an instant messaging program to wrestle with MMS, which is either the next big thing in wireless messaging or just a lot of hype.

Software Lets Intel Servers Divide (Stephen Shankland, CNET News.com)
<http://investor.cnet.com/investor/news/newsitem/0-9900-1028-8886677-0.html?tag=ats>
Intel servers are starting to gain some valuable features of higher-end Unix systems and mainframes, allowing a single machine act like several computers.

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

Government Review Of Housing Policy Coming Up (Lorna Tan, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,104319,00.html?>
Public, private housing ratio of 70:30 also to be looked at.

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

Case President Steps Down From Post (Koh Boon Pin, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,104299,00.html?>
As mayor of Northwest CDC, Dr Teo Ho Pin does not want to "put companies in a difficult position and feel they have to make donations."

MediaCorp TV Fined For Airing Sex-Scandal Video (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,104311,00.html?>
Footage from the sex-scandal video of Chu Mei-feng "highly sexually suggestive and offensive to good taste and decency."

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