[MyAppleMenu] Jan 3, 2002

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

Just Beyond Our Windows (Eric B. Hanson, Los Angeles Times)
<http://latimes.com/technology/custom/techtimes/la-010302cover.story>
In the same way that computer scientists in the 1970s sought a more user-friendly interface, researchers of today are investigating whether there is something better than Windows and Mac OS.

Expo Fillip For Apple Shares (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/top_news_item.cfm?NewsID=4028>
Apple's shares have received a boost as momentum builds for the San Francisco Macworld Expo.

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

iWalk Looks More Like iWish (Farhad Manjoo, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,49463,00.html>
Many Macintosh enthusiasts are questioning the credibility of the source, saying it smells more like an elaborate hoax.

Apple Stores To Carry Jobs' Keynote (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=11644>
The retail stores are handing out invitations, but you don't need on eto attend the Theater Event.

Apple Extends OS X 10.1 Upgrade Program (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=11637>
The deadline has been moved to January 31, 2002.

New Apple Rumors -- Think Small (Rupert Goodwins, ZDNet UK)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2835927,00.html?chkpt=zdnn_nbs_hl>
Steve Jobs may be preparing to launch a handheld computer next week, according to reports.

Apple Ranked 5th Fastest Growing E-Tailer (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=11635>
Apple's e-commerce site garnered 17,642,000 shoppers in the 2001 Holiday season, a gain of 71 percent from last year.

QuickTime Updated To Version 5.05... Or Not? (Remy Davison, Insanely Great Mac)
<http://www.insanely-great.com/news/01/1326.html>
'Apparently' because only very minor changes are distinguishable from the previous version.

Latest From Mac: The iHype (Farhad Manjoo, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,49443,00.html>
Such pre-show hucksterism is uncharacteristic of Apple, which usually neither confirms nor denies the existence of this or that rumored product or innovation.

Expo Fuels The Apple Rumor Mill (Jim Heid, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-000000439jan03.column?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dtechnology>
If you plan to attend the opening keynote address at the Macworld Expo, here's a tip: Don't drink a lot of coffee beforehand.

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

Behind The Macworld Expo Veil (Matthew Rothenberg, eWEEK)
<http://www.eweek.com/article/0,3658,s%253D701%2526a%253D20521,00.asp>
Before I offer up my own guesses, I'll provide my standard caveat: These predictions are for topical use only, and swallowing them whole could result in serious disorientation come Monday afternoon.

How I Learned To Stop Worrying, And Abandoned Mac OS X (Andrew Orlowski, The Register)
<http://theregister.co.uk/content/39/23531.html>
Why should the UI matter? And why does it matter so particularly to Apple loyalists?

Macworld: What Steve Has Up His Sleeve (Charles Haddad, BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/jan2002/nf2002013_4857.htm>
At the Apple expo, chances are Jobs will unveil a restyled iMac that's sleeker and far more powerful than the now-dated original.

Palm Be Apple (Neil McAllister, San Francisco Chronicle)
<http://www.sfgate.com/technology/expound/>
Could a triple merger be in the works?

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

Seven Mac OS X Tips (Derrick Story, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2002/01/02/seven_osx_tips.html>
What better way to start off the New Year than to try something new in Mac OS X? Here are seven tips to help you get the most out of your operating system.

Hands On With Canvas 8 (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0201/03.canvas.php>
For many of us, Canvas packs all the punch we need.

For Demanding Amateurs (Tanmoy Chakraborty, India Today)
<http://www.india-today.com/ctoday/20020101/handson.html>
A pared-down version of the popular Photoshop 6, Elements will surely woo amateur artists and Web-designers.

BBEdit 6.5 (Jason Snell, Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.com/2002/02/reviews/bbedit.html>
An upgrade like BBEdit 6.5 reminds us what a powerful and flexible application this is.

Microsoft Office v. X (Tom Negrino, Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.com/2002/02/reviews/office.html>
While these programs include few new poerhouse features Office v. X's excellent integration with OS X technologies such as Aqua and Quartz demonstrates Microsoft's attention to detail.

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

E-Cards Take Over In Corporate Christmas Season (Reuters)
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2101062,00.html>
Firms are choosing to cut costs, and some are helping charities, by using email to send festive greetings.

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

AIM's Ever-Present Risk (Richard Stiennon, Gartner Viewpoint)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-201-8351566-0.html?tag=owv>
AOL Instant Messnger is always going to be a security risk for companies.

AOL Plus AIM Security Hole (Paul Festa, CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-8347523.html?tag=owv>
Only AIM users running Microsoft's Windows operating system are vulnerable.

Apple Ranked 5th Fastest Growing E-Tailer (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=11635>
Apple's e-commerce site garnered 17,642,000 shoppers in the 2001 Holiday season, a gain of 71 percent from last year.

Popular U.S. Web Sites Remain Shut (Deborah Schoch, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-000000666jan03.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dtechnology>
Judge's order hurts tourists, students, others who visit Interior Department pages.

Online Customer Service Found Lacking (Susan Stellin, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/03/technology/ebusiness/03ONLI.html>
Even during flush times for Internet retailers, online customer service did not meet high standards. Now, amid belt-tightening in the industry, it continues to earn mediocre marks from consumers and researchers.

Yahoo! Hikes Listing Service Fees (Stefanie Olsen, CNET News.com)
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2101894,00.html>
The portal has added another source of revenues to its listing service with the introduction of an annual fee for businesses.

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

Intel Revamps The Pentium 4 (Michael Kanellos, ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5101185,00.html?chkpt=zdnn_nbs_hl>
New versions due out next week are expected to stifle criticism that the chip is more expensive and offers less-enthralling performance than its nearest competitor.

Microsoft's Hometown Sees Cause For Optimism (Sam Howe Verhovek, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/03/national/03REDM.html>
There are certainly elemtns of optimism here in Microsoft's hometown, and several company employees who say they might once have been tempted to leave for a high-tech start-up said they were grateful to hold what appeared to be very steady employment with the industry giant, even if it no longer seemed to be minting multimillionaires by the month.

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

Can Be Sting Microsoft? (John Geralds, vnunet.com)
<http://www.vnunet.com/News/1127937>
Details are thin, but company founder Jean-Louis Gassee said the board was invetigating launching an antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft.

Go Go Gadgets -- Gates To Kick off CES (David Becker and Richard Shim, ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5101178,00.html>
Consumer electronics companies will get a chance to change their luck next week in Las Vegas.

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

Beating Superbugs (Laura Sivitz, Washington Post)
<http://www.washtech.com/news/biotech/14407-1.html>
Two Maryland biotechnology companies and about 10 others worldwide are aiming to defeat bacteria once thought conquered by antibiotics.

Toy Story: Looking For Lessons (Lisa Guernsey, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/03/technology/circuits/03TOY.html>
Some parents may cringe at the notion of pricey electronics' becoming more popular than Play-Doh. But LeapFrog is bounding ahead, propelled by the financial muscle of its majority owner, the global education conglomerate Knowledge Universe.

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

Brain Circulation (Anna Lee szenian, Brookings Review)
<http://www.brookings.org/press/REVIEW/winter2002/saxenian.htm>
How high-skill immigration makes everyone better off.

A Market-Fresh Look (Carolyn Ramsay, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/features/lifestyle/la-010302farmers.story>
Architectural team faced the challenge of updating a beloved L.A. landmark.

Freudian Split (Bella English, Boston Globe)
<http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/003/living/Freudian_split+.shtml>
Simmons professor Sophie Freud, granddaughter of Sigmund, has her own theories, and they don't involve psychoanalysis.

Red Sky At Morning (Kate Orman, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54586-2002Jan2.html>
As fires lick at Sydney, residents pack and hope.

=== reader : eof =============

Hong Kong's Apple Daily Brings Back Pornography Page At Readers' Request (Matt Pottinger, Wall Street Journal)
<http://networking.wsj.com/SB1009994152425477640-SB1009994152425477640.html>
In the end, the sex was too good to give up.

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

A Stormy Ride For Singapore (David Armstrong, San Francisco Chronicle)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/01/03/BU84159.DTL&type=business>
Singpaore has been hit hard in the global recession.

Lecturers Broke Law In Producing JBJ Film (Tan Tarn How, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/breakingnews/story/0,1895,94450,00.html?>
A documentary about opposition politician J.B. Jeyaretnam made by three polytechnic lecturers could have broken a little-known law banning political films here.

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

Seeking A New Path (Trish Saywell, Far Eastern Economic Review)
<http://www.feer.com/articles/2002/0201_10/p054amoney.html>
For Singaproeans, 2001 could best be summed up as the year of living dangerously.

Singapore Tourist Arrivals Fall In Nov On Terrorism, Recession (Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/latest/story/0,2276,32139,00.html?>
Singapore visitor arrivals dived 14.7 percent in November from a year earlier.

Fewer Companies Hired Executives In December: Survey (Low Hooi Hoon, Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com.sg/articles/2002/01/03/singaporenews16647.htm>
The information technology sector suffered the worst contraction -- some 88 percent.

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