[MyAppleMenu] Jan 4, 2002

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

Bet On The iDock (Dave Winer, DaveNet)
<http://davenet.userland.com/2002/01/04/betOnTheIdock>
The tea-leaves say that Jobs got wind of Bill Gates' keynote topic. Ooops, that's our market. "Better rev up the PR engine."

BBC Drops QuickTime News Feed (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=11654>
This is a major PR fiasco for Apple on the eve of MWSF.

Making Money On The Mac (Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/creative/ama/0201/profile/>
Before the EU could issue new money, it first had to design it.

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

Apple Promises Products 'Way Beyond' Rumors (Reuters)
<http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/review/2002/1/3/apple-products.htm>
Apple fans are salivating, even if they are wary of the hype.

Is Apple's PDA A Ghost Of A Machine? (Silicon.com)
<http://www.silicon.com/bin/bladerunner?30REQEVENT=&REQAUTH=21046&14001REQSUB=REQINT1=50185>
Rumour sites does their best to steal Jobs' thunder.

iPodds Become PDAs With Panorama iPod Organizer (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0201/04.organizer.php>
The software enables you to store important innformation on your iPod which you can then retrieve by using the iPod's jog wheel.

Apple Risks Hubris With Pre-Macworld Hype (Andrew Orlowski, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/39/23544.html>
To meet expectations these days, Apple is expected to unveil a cold fusion-powered Flying Car made out of Bucky Balls.

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

Macworld Expo 2002 - The Hype Vs The Hooey (Kelly McNeill, osOpinion)
<http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/15621.html>
To think that Apple is the one responsible for overhyping Macworld Expos when we have wild speculations kind of puts things in perspective.

Is Apple Poised To Merge The iMac And iBook? (Charles W. Moore, Applelinks.com)
<http://www.applelinks.com/mooresviews/bornbook.shtml>
Logically speaking, once you go to LCD screens on the iMac, the hardware distinction between it and the portable Macs is substantially diminished.

We Do iWalk... We Do iWalk Of Life... (Jeff Lewis, MacOPINION)
<http://www.macopinion.com/columns/macskeptic/02/01/04/index.html>
When does fact become fiction?

Rumor Mill Reaches Boiling Point (Remy Davison, Insanely Great Mac)
<http://www.insanely-great.com/news/01/1330.html>
The moral of the story is to go with Mac sites that know something about the hardware they're talking about.

MWSF - Of Mice And Hype (Vern Seward, Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/editorial/2002/01/04.1.shtml>
Whatever gets announced at the keynote, one thing is clear: Apple will not be ignored.

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

Collaborating With Office X For Mac (Troy Dreier, Intranet Journal)
<http://intranetjournal.com/articles/200201/cs_01_02_02a.html>
Office v. X is a useful, perhaps indispensable tool for Mac business professionals, but for real team features, you'll need to wait a year or two.

Copying Audio CDs On The iBook (Peter Wiggin, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/1024>
Copying an audio CD on OS X seems like it should be as easy as drag and drop, but it appears to be just a drag.

Virtual PC 5.0 (Alan Zisman, Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/mac2win/02/0104.html>
If you really need a special-purpose PC application or two, Virtual PC may keep that big ugly beige box off your desk.

Remote Control Your Mac (Jeff Adkins, Low End Mac)
<http://lowendmac.com/lab/02/0104.html>

Turns Out The CD Is Not Exactly Today's Floppy (Henry Norr, Sn Francisco Chronicle)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/01/03/BU108573.DTL&type=tech>
Wasn't it Steve Jobs who said the CD is today's floppy? That's exactly what I want, but not what Apple's software delivers.

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

Comcast Copes With Internet Problems (Mat Richtel, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/04/technology/04COMC.html>
Some customers say the company has played down the extent of the problems they have faced the last 10 days.

Doubt Cast Over Web Standard's Ownership (Margaret Kane, CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-8351560.html?tag=lh>
A Canadian company is claiming that a popular Web technology infringes on a patent it owns.

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

VeriSign Preps Wait List For Coveted .Coms (Margaret Kane, CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-8360613.html?tag=owv>
Automatic signup for names that are not renewed.

Security Hole Hits Patched Internet Explorer (Wendy McAuliffe, ZDNet UK)
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2101972,00.html>
A patch issued by Microsoft for IE 5.5 and 6.0 closed one security hole, but appears to have opened another one that is just as dangerous.

Next Generation's Wireless Web Is Still Painfully Slow (Rob Pegoraro, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/washtech/fastforward/loggingon/A59752-2002Jan3.html>
GPRS services are supposed to turn the wireless Web from a pain to a pleasure. But VoiceStream's implementation ultimately left me feeling as frustrated as any other sort of cell-phone Internet access has.

Analysts Expect Lower AOL Outlook (Reuters)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-8354662.html?tag=lh>
AOL Time Warner contends with slower growth of its U.S. Internet subscriber base and a soft advertising market.

Some AOL Members Hit Wall With XP (Jim Hu, CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-8354773.html?tag=lh>
A technical glitch is preventing some XP users from connecting to AOL's high-speed cable service.

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

Consumer Electronics Show: Have Monitor, Will Travel (Ephraim Schwartz, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/01/03/020103hnairpanel.xml>
Bill Gates will demonstrate the AirPanel 150, a flat-panel wireless monitor from viewsonic that allows users to carry it from room to room.

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

Collaborating With Office X For Mac (Troy Dreier, Intranet Journal)
<http://intranetjournal.com/articles/200201/cs_01_02_02a.html>
Office v. X is a useful, perhaps indispensable tool for Mac business professionals, but for real team features, you'll need to wait a year or two.

Intel Breaks Out Of 2001 Doldrums (Edward Moyer, CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-8364068.html?tag=owv>
Intel closed 2001 on a high note, thanks to unexpectedly large demand for its chips.

Microsoft Memo To Staff: Clobber Linux (Byron Acohido, USA Today)
<http://www.usatoday.com/money/tech/2002-01-04-microsoft.htm>

Intel Trots Out 1.3GHz Celeron (John G. Spooner, CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-8359729.html?tag=owv>
It is essentially the same as a new Pentium III chip, but with a somewhat slower front-side bus.

PC Vendors Ready 2.2GHz Pentium 4 Systems (Dan Neel and Douglas F. Gray, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/01/03/020103hnintelchip.xml>
PC makers are prepping computer systems loaded with Intel's new 2.2GHz Pentium 4 processor.

Security Hole Hits Patched Internet Explorer (Wendy McAuliffe, ZDNet UK)
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2101972,00.html>
A patch issued by Microsoft for IE 5.5 and 6.0 closed one security hole, but appears to have opened another one that is just as dangerous.

Red Flag Linux Beats Out Windows In Beijing (John Lettice, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/23548.html>
China agreed to clean up its act on intellectual property, but the Beijing move suggests that it will do so by opting for local companies.

Some AOL Members Hit Wall With XP (Jim Hu, CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-8354773.html?tag=lh>
A technical glitch is preventing some XP users from connecting to AOL's high-speed cable service.

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

Red Flag Linux Beats Out Windows In Beijing (John Lettice, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/23548.html>
China agreed to clean up its act on intellectual property, but the Beijing move suggests that it will do so by opting for local companies.

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

Microsoft Memo To Staff: Clobber Linux (Byron Acohido, USA Today)
<http://www.usatoday.com/money/tech/2002-01-04-microsoft.htm>

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

Listening To Our Inner Ashcrofts (Michael Kinsley, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59688-2002Jan3.html>
The right to go too far and the right to put it badly may not seem like terribly crucial rights, but they are.

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

Public Money, Private Code (Jeffrey Benner, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/01/04/university_open_source/index.html?x>
The drive to license academic research for profit is tifling the spread of software that could be of universal benefit.

Strolling Through A Museum, A Brief Walk Through Time (Douglas Martin, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/04/arts/design/04MART.html>
We were walking through the universe, traipsing back to time's beginning and exploring the edges of cosmic knowledge.

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

How To Make The Country's Most Dangerous Job Safer (Eric Schlosser, The Atlantic)
<http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2002/01/schlosser.htm>
Having demonstrated a strong commitment to the ethical treatment of animals, the McDonald's Corporation should now demonstrate the same level of concern for the human beings who work in the nation's slaughterhouses.

Commercial Break (Matthew Gilbert, Boston Globe)
<http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/004/living/Commercial_break+.shtml>
Without obligations to sponsors, cable TV series can be honest and raw, and can build dramatic tension.

On The Fornt Lines, Cashiers Propel The Euro's Advance (Edmund L. Andrews, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/04/international/europe/04EURO.html>
If Europe's conversion to the euro is going better than expected, one reason is Gisela Oleinik and her remarkable cash register.

=== reader : expressions =============

Burn Your Maps (Robyn Joy Leff, The Altantic)
<http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2002/01/leff.htm>
A short story.

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

Mathematicians Find Euro Coins Land Heads Up (Reuters)
<http://www.reuters.co.uk/news_article.jhtml?type=humannews&StoryID=489590>

Chicago Humorist Conjures Up A Seamy Harry Potter Parody (Patrick T. Reardon, Chicago Tribune)
<http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/chi-0201040042jan04.story?coll=chi%2Dleisure%2Dhed>
If Harry Potter went bad, he'd turn into Barry Trotter.

A Democratic Dog That Was Everyone's Buddy (Ann Gerhart, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59412-2002Jan3.html>
Clintons' Lab killed by car in New York.

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

Singaporeans Less Gloomy About Economy (Wendy Tan, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,94697,00.html?>
Survey shows rising level of confidence, with more people than before expressing optimism about keeping their jobs.

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

Squeaky-Clean Singapore Hurt By Bunker Scandals (Godwin Chellam, Reuters)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/reuters/asia-81962.html>

Singapore To See More Lighted Ads Soon (Alicia Yeo, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/breakingnews/story/0,1895,94637,00.html?>
Advertisers are clambering to rent wall space from building owners barely a month since the authorities relaxed the rules.

Club Memberships At 3-Year Low (Ven Sreenivasan, Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/life/story/0,2276,32226,00.html?>
The year-end bonus season seems to have done little to boost demand for golf club memberships.

More Applying To Become Teachers (Sharmilpal Kaur, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,94587,00.html?>
To cope with the overwhelming response, the ministry has started a supplementary intake of trainee teachers.

UOB-Style Layoffs Not The Way, Says Halimah (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,94583,00.html?>
Companies should take a humane approach when retrenching staff because poorly-handled layoffs may backfire on the organisation, said NTUC assistant secretary-general Halimah Yacob.

Retrenched Local Band Staff Getting Poor Deal (Ian Foo Hee Yang, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,1870,94536,00.html?>
When it comes to job assessment and performance appraisal, local banks try to adopt more comprehensive and stringent measures. But when it comes to severance packages, they invariably give a poorer deal.

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