[MyAppleMenu] Jan 14, 2002

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

Apple Thinks DIfferent (Robert Mullins and Ken Spencer Brown, Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal)
<http://sanjose.bcentral.com/sanjose/stories/2002/01/14/story1.html>
American consumers: Apple wants you.

Feedback About The New iMac (Henry Norr, San Francisco Chronicle)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/01/14/BU146048.DTL>
When you sell on style, there's no way to make everyone happy.

A Cover For Steve Jobs, A Faux Pas For Time (Felicity Barringer, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/14/business/media/14MEDI.html?homepageinsidebox>
By flubbing an embargo and giving Web-happy night owls a premature glimpse of the new computer, timecanada.com broke Time's deal with Steve Jobs. By pulling down the article a few hours later, the site made it excruciatingly clear that there was indeed a deal.

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

Apple Earnings Due Wednesday (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/lib/020114earnings.shtml>

Adobe May Ditch China Sales (David Becker, CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-8480447.html?tag=owv>
Adobe may leave the Chinese market and other Asian region due to rampant piracy there, according to CEO Bruce Chizen.

Revamped iMac (Craig Crossman, Knight Ridder Newspapers)
<http://www.l-e-o.com/content/columbus/2002/01/14/features/0114web_mac.htm>
Apple's new computer flattens company's old ideas.

Digital Photo Craze Leads To Services Growth (Antone Gonsalves, InformationWeek)
<http://www.commweb.com/article/IWK20020114S0001>
"Today, it's more of a side business for these companies. But in the future, there's some potential."

With A Little Bit Of Luxo (Steven Levy, Newsweek)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/686924.asp>
Apple's impresario, Steve Jobs, didn't miss a trick when he unveiled the new lamplike iMac.

Apple Debunks Mac Myths (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0201/14.myths.php>

Eudroa Pro (Finally) Gets A New OS X Beta (Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/article/2002/01/14.13.shtml>
The new release includes several bug fixes.

LCD Market Not So Clear (Michael Kanellos and Richard Shim, CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/cgi-acc/clickthru.acc?clickid=0001f04842572a7e00000000&edition=cnet&adt=036:00:100&category=1:1002:1006:&site=CN&url=http%3A%2F%2Fad%2Edoubleclick%2Enet%2Fjump%2FN2325%2Edfa5zdnet%2FB45554%2E65%3Bsz%3D336x280%3Bord%3D2002.01.14.05.09.04%3F>
Will there be enough flat-panel monitors to go around in 2002?

iMac Rumours 'Will Hit Apple Xmas Sales' (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=4097>
Merrill Lynch has warned that Apple's sales for the three months to December will fall short of expectations.

Mac Deadhead Camps In Style (Leander Kahney, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,49679,00.html>
Who was the biggest Mac eccentric at last week's Macworld?

New HP Inkjet, Scanner Coming This Month (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0201/14.hp.php>
HP is offering more bang for the buck in its digital imaging line with a new color inkjet printer and color scanner.

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

Apple's New Magic Bullet? (Matthew Rothenberg, eWEEK)
<http://www.eweek.com/article/0,3658,s%253D700%2526a%253D21051,00.asp>
Prognosticating about Apple's next moves, like hunting bear, can be a treacherous two-way street: Sometimes you get the drop on new Macs, and sometimes new Macs get the drop on you.

Apple Growing A New Backbone? (Jeff Adkins, Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/lab/02/0114.html>

That New iMac: Tiny, White And Not Much Else (Mark Anderson, MSN Money)
<http://moneycentral.msn.com/articles/invest/trends/8666.asp>
Were Apple's customers clamoring for a computer that looks like a desk lamp? They got one anyway.

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

Love At First Sight (Julio Ojeda-Zapata, Pioneer Press)
<http://www.pioneerplanet.com/tech/ptk_docs/223783.htm>
Windows XP doesn't give me what I want. A Mac does.

Radio 8 The Video Star (Adam Curry)
<http://radio.weblogs.com/0001014/stories/2002/01/10/radio8TheVideoStar.html>
This software turns your PC or Mac into a real live broadcast facility. You're in control of the whole show, the name, style, look and feel, content, design, pictures, words, commentary amd most importantly: Links.

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

Yahoo Slips Ahead Of Earnings (Reuters)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-8480989.html?tag=owv>
Shares of yahoo fell Monday as analysts offered a mixed view of the media giant's upcoming fourth-quarter earnings report.

Eudroa Pro (Finally) Gets A New OS X Beta (Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/article/2002/01/14.13.shtml>
The new release includes several bug fixes.

Dot-Camaraderie (Theresa Edo, Boston Globe)
<http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/014/living/Dot_camaraderie+.shtml>
Former high-tech workers get together to socialize and exchange ideas in a new twist on the old salon society.

On Many Web Sites, Comparing Salaries Raises Legal Fears (Carrie Johnson, Washington Post)
<http://www.washtech.com/news/atwork/14637-1.html>
When some techies visit their favorite Web sites to ask how much to charge for their services, they may find themselves in for a surprise.

A Cover For Steve Jobs, A Faux Pas For Time (Felicity Barringer, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/14/business/media/14MEDI.html?homepageinsidebox>
By flubbing an embargo and giving Web-happy night owls a premature glimpse of the new computer, timecanada.com broke Time's deal with Steve Jobs. By pulling down the article a few hours later, the site made it excruciatingly clear that there was indeed a deal.

Radio 8 The Video Star (Adam Curry)
<http://radio.weblogs.com/0001014/stories/2002/01/10/radio8TheVideoStar.html>
This software turns your PC or Mac into a real live broadcast facility. You're in control of the whole show, the name, style, look and feel, content, design, pictures, words, commentary amd most importantly: Links.

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

Security Flaws May Be Pitfall For Microsoft (Joseph Menn, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-000003463jan14.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dtechnology>
As the company shifts toward interactive services, its latest vulnerabilities do little to bolster customer confidence.

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

School's Out For Microsoft (David Smith, gartner Viewpoint)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-201-8480850-0.html?tag=owv>
Perhaps it was always going to be too good to be true.

Microsoft Releases New Office Tools (Mike Ricciuti and Wylie Wong, CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-8478884.html?tag=cd_mh>
Microsoft on Monday launched new tools for linking its Office desktop software into its growing .Net Web services plan.

Worm Posing As Microsoft Update Moving Slowly - Experts (Reuters)
<http://news.cnet.com/investor/news/newsitem/0-9900-1028-8479811-0.html?tag=ats>
The so-called "Gigger" worm is a low threat since so few computers have been infected.

AMD, Intel May Top Raised Estimates (Reuters)
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2102479,00.html>
The two rival chipmakers are expected to beat their forecasts, which were raised in December, when their fourth-quarter results come out.

Goofy Dell Guy Exudes Star Power (Michael McCarthy, USA Today)
<http://www.usatoday.com/money/index/2002-01-14-dell-dude.htm>
Steven puts a friendly face on a category often intimidating to consumers: computers.

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

Tests Indiciate Linux Could Be A Desktop Solution (David Neal and Roger Howorth, IT Week)
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2102466,00.html>
Testing shows that Linux is viable as a desktop operating system, with one package particularly impressive on laptops.

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

Harvard's Gates Of Power (Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41033-2002Jan13.html>
The latest silliness at Harvard makes it possible -- difficult but possible -- to feel a twinge of sympathy for the men and women who are trying to run this country's institutions of higher education.

Staying On Offense (Fred Hiatt, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40949-2002Jan13.html>
It shouldn't take more than one Pearl Harbor to wake a generation.

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

Dot-Camaraderie (Theresa Edo, Boston Globe)
<http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/014/living/Dot_camaraderie+.shtml>
Former high-tech workers get together to socialize and exchange ideas in a new twist on the old salon society.

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

Bringing Up Genius (Tamara Jones, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16604-2002Jan8.html>
When Greg Smith passed his mother and father intellectually at 5, they took it stride. But then the world beat down his door, offering opportunity and danger in equal measure. What's a parent to do.

Negotiating The Darkness, Fortified By Poets' Strength (Mary Karr, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/14/books/14KARR.html>
We prayed in gratitude and fury and desperate petition. We watched hours of news. And we read poetry.

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

Plan For Government Doctoers To Work In Private Clinics On Hold (Liang Hwee Ting, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,96616,00.html?>
Delays in licence applications, economic crisis force SingHealth, Parkway to rethink revolutionary project.

Singapore Stunned As Ordinary Men Are Tied To Terror (Seth Mydans, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/14/international/asia/14SING.html?ex=1011675600&en=196496ca7089bfde&ei=5040&partner=MOREOVER>
The shocking thing for people here is that the men who were apparently plotting a terrorist attack against them were fellow Singaporeans.

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

Smart Card Touchdown (Karamjit Kaur, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,96626,00.html?>

Singapore Sleepers (Simon Elegant, Time)
<http://www.time.com/time/asia/news/magazine/0,9754,193632,00.html>
With intelligence from Afghanistan, the island state uncovers an alleged terrorist plot.

Chee Soon Juan's Hearing Adjourned To Next Week (S. Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com.sg/articles/2002/01/14/singaporenews17678.htm>
This is for Dr Chee to apply to the High Court to admit a Queen's Counsel.

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