[MyAppleMenu] Jan 5, 2002

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

Mac OS X Showing Some Definite Headway (Dan Gillmor, San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www0.mercurycenter.com/business/top/021541.htm>
I'm increasingly convinced that OS X, still very much a work in progress, has a great future.

'Cutout' Macs A Real Passion (Leander Kahney, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,49495,00.html>
Making paper models of Macintosh computers is almost as old as the Macintosh itself.

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

Apple Updates Printer Drivers (Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0201/04.printer.php>
Updates are available from Canon, Epson and Hewlett-Packard.

Egg's Security Leaves Mac Users Shell-Shocked (Silicon.com)
<http://www.silicon.com/bin/bladerunner?30REQEVENT=&REQAUTH=21046&14001REQSUB=REQINT1=50202>
Mac users who bank with Egg are up in arms about a serious flaw in the site that left the security of their credit of their credit card details in doubt.

Apple Polishes Dual-Processor, LCD-Based Desktops (Rick Merritt, EE Times)
<http://www.eetimes.com/story/OEG20020103S0069>
Analysts see the moves creating a buzz but not a marketshare breakthrough for the company.

MIT Sues 94 Firms Over Patent (Tom Kirchofer, Business Today)
<http://www.businesstoday.com/business/business/mit01052002.htm>

New Apple iMac Could Look 5 Years Old (Mike Tarsala, CBS MarketWatch)
<http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7BA86544A2%2DF0AA%2D4D5C%2D9C32%2D58A39E09FF4F%7D&amp;siteid=mktw>
A new, futuristic-looking computer that Apple is expected to introduce could be a close cousin to a limited-edition model the company produced five years ago.

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

Governments, Businesses Build Internet 'Barriers' (Ariana Eunung Cha, Washington Post)
<http://www.washtech.com/news/regulation/14450-1.html>
Governments and private businesses increasingly try to draw boundaries around what used to be a borderless Internet to deal with legal, commercial and terrorism concerns.

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

Egg's Security Leaves Mac Users Shell-Shocked (Silicon.com)
<http://www.silicon.com/bin/bladerunner?30REQEVENT=&REQAUTH=21046&14001REQSUB=REQINT1=50202>
Mac users who bank with Egg are up in arms about a serious flaw in the site that left the security of their credit of their credit card details in doubt.

w00w00's Instant Message: Listen Up, AOL (Don Oldenburg, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64274-2002Jan4.html>
Security experts discover coding hole, leap in.

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

MIT Sues 94 Firms Over Patent (Tom Kirchofer, Business Today)
<http://www.businesstoday.com/business/business/mit01052002.htm>

Users Complain Of Broken Xboxes (Associated News)
<http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,42232,00.html>
A small number of users compalin of a similar problem -- a game sysstem that never worked or worked for a few hours or days before freezing up.

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

Simple Gifts (Jacob Weisberg, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/?id=2060408&device=>
How Bush's shallowness makes him a good war president.

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

Spiffing Up The Gray Lady (Paul Goldberger, New Yorker)
<http://www.newyorker.com/THE_TALK_OF_THE_TOWN/CONTENT/?020107ta_talk_goldberger>
Could the newspaper's new headquarters bring the skyscraper back into play in New York City?

Seattle Still Rocks (James T. Yenckel, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/travel/la-010602seattle.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dtravel%2Dmanual>
Despite recent setbacks, the city remains a hip urban playground, loaded with vibrant cultural attractions and surrounded by glorious natural scenery.

In Salt Lake City, Time For The 'Healing Games' (Selena Roberts, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/06/travel/PREVIE.html>
The history of polygamy is part of an image officials hope to change when visitors see the region's beauty and frontier charm.

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

Abdullah? Or Abdullah Abdullah? (Chris Suellentrop, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/?id=2060438&device=>
The two camps don't agree on the Afghan foreign minister's preference.

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

ISD Arrests 15 For Involvement In Terrorism-Related Activities (Judith Tan, Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com.sg/articles/2002/01/05/singaporenews16833.htm>
A statement from Singapore's Home Affairs Ministry said the arrests were made between December 9 and 24 last year. Also, the government would be making a full statement when the investigations are completed.

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

Retrenchments Are Not Just Compensation Cheques - NTUC (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com.sg/articles/2002/01/05/singaporenews16851.htm>
The NTUC has called on employers to pay particular attention to the psychological well-being of those who are retrenched as well as those who remain.

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