[MyAppleMenu] Jan 8, 2002

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

myapplemenu : newsletter

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

iMac Blowback (Michael S. Malone, Forbes)
<http://abcnews.go.com/sections/business/SiliconInsider/SiliconInsider_020108.html>
Is Jobs the new Raymond Loewy?

New iMac "Less Shocking" Than Original (Ian Fried, CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-8408464.html?tag=owv>
Apple worked on the new iMac for two years, but the designers at the company acknowledge that sequels are never easy.

New iMac: Cool Or Clunky? (Joe Wilcox, CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-8399483.html?tag=lh>
Reactions to Apple Computer's new flat-panel iMac are ranging from "ooh" to "huh?"

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

iMad About iMac (Richard Lim, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/life/story/0,1870,95385,00.html?>

Adobe Uses Metrowerks For Mac/Windows Transfer (Austin Business Journal)
<http://austin.bcentral.com/austin/stories/2002/01/07/daily3.html>
Metrowerk's PowerPlant for Windows will allow Mac developers to create Windows applications with a smaller memory footprint.

Technically Speaking, Future Is Now: Macworld Apple Hopes Flat-Screen iMac Lights Up Sale (Glenn Fleishman, Seattle Times)
<http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/134388260_macworld080.html>

Apple's Pricey Music Player Wins Following (Elinor Mills Abreu, Reuters)
<http://biz.yahoo.com/rf/020108/n03185102_1.html>
iPod buyers are willing to pay a premium for a small form factor and large storage capacity, analysts said.

MovieWorks Deluxe Comes To Mac OS X (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0201/08.movieworks.php>
MovieWorks Deluxe is a suite of applications that work together to create multimedia products such as Web movies, videos, slide shows, interactive presentations and CD-ROM titles.

Windows Media Player For Mac OS X Released (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0201/08.wmp.php>
It's been Carbonized to run natively on Mac OS X and displays the operating system's new Aqua interface.

Phil Schiller: iMac A Breakthrough Product (Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0201/08.schiller.php>
"One of the benefits of trying to deliver this whole new computing experience is that we might attract more new users and Windows users to come over."

PC Not Dead Yet: Apple, Microsoft (Robert Thompson, Financial Post)
<http://www.nationalpost.com/tech/story.html?f=/stories/20020108/1063610.html>
The news came from two competing technology showcases.

Go Wireless With Your Older iMac Thanks To Proxim (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0201/08.proxim.php>
A USB-based device that enables older Macs not supported with AirPort card slots to work wirelessly via 802.11b.

It's Faster, Sleeker, Cooler At Trade Shows Headlined By Microsoft, Apple (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
<http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/53691_apple08.shtml>
Dueling trade shows, devices and announcements were the order of the day.

Apple's New iMac: Team Develops Unique Ideas (Henry Norr, San Francisco Chronicle)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/01/08/BU35519.DTL>
Steve Jobs and his design team yesterday proved once again that they can come up with ideas no one else has -- no one at the dozens of Web sites that specializ in speculation and, it seems no one in the PC industry.

Praise Be To Steve Jobs (Katharine Mieszkowski, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/01/07/macworld/index.html>
I'm ready to believe anything now that I've seen Jobs get Apple's most loyal acolytes to applause for Microsoft on command.

Apple Bets On Unorthodox iMac To Bolster Its Once-Popular PC (John Markoff, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/08/technology/08APPL.html>
Industrial designers today generally reacted favorably to the fact that Mr. Jobs has continued to explore the question of what a personal computer should look like.

MacSoft Ships Civilization III (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0201/07.civ3.php>
Civilization III is the latest edition of the popular turn-based empire-building strategy game.

REALbasic 4 Improves Flexibility And Power (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=11709>

Connextix Releases Virtual PC 5.01 Update (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=11714>

New iMac Armed For Success (Leander Kahney and Farhad Manjoo, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,49521,00.html>
Even though the details of the flat-panel iMac were familiar to most of the crowd before they entered the keynote, excitement was still high.

Free Version Of Maya Due In February (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=11718>
Alias|Wavefront has announced that it is developing the Maya Personal Learning Edition, which will provide OS X users unlimited, free access to Maya.

Free Microsoft Office X Test Drive (Geoff Duncan, TidBITS)
<http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=06679>
The Test Drive runs for 30 days and lets users get hands-on experience with nearly all the features of the retail verson of Office X.

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

Mixed Marks For New iMac (Mark Margevicius and Michael Silver, Gartner Viewpoint)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-201-8409254-0.html?tag=owv>
The announcement does not mark Apple's re-entry to the broader corporate market.

Apple's Aqua To Trigger A Consumer Backlash? (Jared White, osOpinion)
<http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/15678.html>
Why is there still such a wide rift between OS X fans and OS X critics?

Will Apple Roll Out New High-End G5s In March? (Kelly mcNeill, osOpinion)
<http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/15677.html>
With the one big introduction that was made, Apple's entire line of high-end desktop computer suddenly made little sense.

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

Future Uncertain For Feedback Sites (Bob Tedeschi, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/07/technology/ebusiness/07ECOM.html>
The concept of consumer community sites now resides, like almost all consumer ventures, in a lower-rent neighborhood.

Just Say No To Internet Micropayments (Adam Barr, osOpinion)
<http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/15651.html>
Even though micropayments sound a lot better than the current Internet standard of no payments at all for a number of valuable services, in reality no one wants to make online purchases in nickels and dimes over and over again.

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

Gates Opens Windodws To Wireless (Andy Patrizio, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/wireless/0,1382,49558,00.html>
Gates introduced three new technologies for connecting wireless devices to Windows XP computers. As usual, Microsoft software was at every point in the connection.

Our Microsoft, Right Or Wrong? (Ted C. Fishman, USA Today)
<http://www.usatoday.com/news/comment/2002/01/08/ncguest1.htm>
The justice system and politicans now seem to regard corporate bullies as our new national mascots.

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

Windows Media Player For Mac OS X Released (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0201/08.wmp.php>
It's been Carbonized to run natively on Mac OS X and displays the operating system's new Aqua interface.

Microsoft Reports Strong XP Sales (Associated Press)
<http://www.washtech.com/news/software/14528-1.html>
17 million copies since the new OS went on sale two months ago.

PC Not Dead Yet: Apple, Microsoft (Robert Thompson, Financial Post)
<http://www.nationalpost.com/tech/story.html?f=/stories/20020108/1063610.html>
The news came from two competing technology showcases.

It's Faster, Sleeker, Cooler At Trade Shows Headlined By Microsoft, Apple (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
<http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/53691_apple08.shtml>
Dueling trade shows, devices and announcements were the order of the day.

AMD Combats 'Megahertz Myth' With Athlon XP 2000+ (Drew Cullen, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/3/23571.html>
The megahertz gap is set to widen, but AMD has two tactics to level the playing field.

How MS Tax Policy Saves Gates Millions - Nader (John Lettice, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/23573.html>
Nander described Microsoft's failure to pay shareholder dividends an "inappropriate and we believe unlawful device."

Free Microsoft Office X Test Drive (Geoff Duncan, TidBITS)
<http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=06679>
The Test Drive runs for 30 days and lets users get hands-on experience with nearly all the features of the retail verson of Office X.

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

German Court To SuSE: No Linux Shipments (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-8409111.html?tag=owv>
SuSE's Linux CD allegedly infringed on intellectual property owned by an as-yet-unidentified plantiff.

Linux Handheld Release Near (allNetDevices)
<http://allnetdevices.com/wireless/news/2002/01/08/linux_handheld.html>
Sharp said it expected to release the Zaurus SL-5500 in the first quarter of this year.

Red Hat And Compaq Announce Port Of Red Hat Linux 7.2 To Alpha Processors (Linux Today)
<http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2002-01-08-016-20-PR-HE-RH>

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

In Dark Matter, New Hints Of A Universal Glue (Dennis Overbye, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/08/science/08DARK.html>
Sometimes, defying its wont, science makes the cosmos look a little simpler.

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

How All THe News Fit (Hendrik Hertzberg, New Yorker)
<http://www.newyorker.com/THE_TALK_OF_THE_TOWN/CONTENT/?020114ta_talk_hertzberg>
The world turned upside down after Sept. 11th, and, as a small but noticeable side effect, so did the sports section of  the <i>Times</i>.

The Sky Line (Paul Goldberger, New Yorker)
<http://www.newyorker.com/THE_CRITICS/THE_SKY_LINE/?020114crsk_skyline>
How New York can learn from Oklahoma City.

Springing To Action (Richard Natale, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.calendarlive.com/top/1,1419,L-LATimes-Movies-X!ArticleDetail-49634,00.html>
Adopting Hong Kong's style of martial arts scenes, with their ballet-like moves, has helped movie makers revive a genre with less graphic violence.

The Six Letter Word (Rene E Graham, Boston Globe)
<http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/008/living/Randall_Kennedy_explores_the_history_of_the_inflammatory_racial_slur+.shtml>
Randall Kennedy explores the history of the inflammatory racial slur.

A Harvard Education (Fareed Zakaria, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11362-2002Jan7.html>
One of the minor tragedies of modern America has been the transofmration of the college president from public intellectual to fund-raising bureaucrat.

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

Hot Spring Next For Conservation? (Chua Lee Hoong, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,95394,00.html?>
Visitors to Sembawang's hot spring, possibly the last on the mainland, want it preserved.

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

Ban Suggests Need To Update Films Act (Jeremy Chia Der Tsen, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,1870,95472,00.html?>

iMad About iMac (Richard Lim, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/life/story/0,1870,95385,00.html?>

More Employers In Court For Late CPF Payments (Neo Hui Min, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,95416,00.html?>

---

To modify your subscription, go to <http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/applesurf-list>

MyAppleMenu is edited by Heng-Cheong Leong. MyAppleMenu is not affiliated with Apple Computer, Inc., or any other companies in any manner. Apple, the Apple logo, Macintosh, Power Macintosh, iMac, iBook, iPod, and PowerBook are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. All other brands or product names are trademarks of their registered holders. Copyright (C) 1996-2002 Heng-Cheong Leong. All rights reserved.