[MyAppleMenu] Jan 16, 2002

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

Apple Says iMac Demand Tops Own Expecations (Reuters)
<http://biz.yahoo.com/rf/020116/n16219062_1.html>
Apple has seen the strongest new-product demand for the redesigned iMac desktop computer since the original iMac three years ago.

Apple Earnings Meet Expectations (Ian Fried, CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-8505828.html?tag=lh>
Apple Computer on Wednesday reported quarterly earnings in line with Wall Street estimates, though sales fell short of the company's own projections.

iPhoto A Day Late, But Not A Dollar Short (Andy Ihnatko, Chicago Sun-Times)
<http://www.suntimes.com/output/worktech/cst-fin-andy15.html>
Megahypersuperdouble-plus-robo cool.

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

iPod Drive Set TO Reach 20GB? (Sean Captain, Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/top_news_item.cfm?NewsID=4107>
Toshiba has announced 10 and 20GB versions of its 1.8-inch drives.

Apple, Long On Design, Falls Short On Revenue (Tish Williams, The Street.com)
<http://www.thestreet.com/markets/tishwilliams/10006881.html>
If Apple is looking for financial results that will get the kind of reception its sleek line of iMacs did a week ago, it has a ways to go.

AirPort Base Station Util For Windows (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=11987>
Apple has posted an unsupported development version.

Radio Userland 8.0 Offers Easy Web Publishing (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=11982>
Userland's new $40 personal publishing software offers a full suite of tools for building personal websites.

New iMac Has Fans Salivating (John Yaukey, Gannett News Service)
<http://technology.cincinnati.com/cgi-bin/technology/techwrapper.pl?URL=http://www.gannettonline.com/e/trends/15000268.html&AFFIL=CIN>
Apple once again has Macheads drooling.

Windows Media Player 'Super Cookies' Could Help Track Users (Brian McWillams, Newsbytes)
<http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/173662.html>
A user identification technology built into Microsoft's Windows Media Player could enable Web sites to track users, a privacy watchdog warned today.

MacAlly Releases Mouse/Trackball Drivers For OS X (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0201/15.macally.php>

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

Pro User's Perspective On The New iMac (And Other Apple Revelations) (Chris Stone, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2002/01/15/macworld_pro.html>
This is an exciting time to watch for longtime power users who have been waiting for a modern OS from Apple for many years, and are now seeing it become mainstream.

The New iMac Makes Pictures Perfect (Charles Haddad, BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/jan2002/nf20020116_3786.htm>
Apple's redesigned computer is playful and practical, and iPhoto may be the coolest application yet.

The Challenge: If I Go Mac, Will I Ever Go Back? (David Coursey, ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2839242,00.html>
Can a Windows-dependent technology columnist live happily as a Mac user? That's the question I am about to spend a month of my life trying to answer.

iMac Design Is Another Of Steve Jobs' Better Ideas (Chris Cobbs, Orlando Sentinel)
<http://www.mcall.com/business/local/all-imacjan15.story?coll=all%2Dbusinesslocal%2Dhed>
Will Apple finally have a mass-market hit?

Reality Check: iPhoto Report From The Field (John H. Farr, Applelinks.com)
<http://www.applelinks.com/articles/2002/01/20020114165630.shtml>
The official stuff is all laid out in the iPhoto section at Apple.com, but you'll really learn a lot from the iPhoto discussion page.

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

Streaming Video Slow To Pick Up Speed (Reuters)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/topic/0-1400-249-1.html?tag=microsoft>
Streaming video will take another four to five years before it enjoys rapid growth of traffic and revenues for telecom operators and video production companies.

Microsoft's Entourage X Perfect For getting Organized (David Rosen, CanadaComputes.com)
<http://www.canadacomputes.com/v3/story/1,1017,7870,00.html?tag=81&sb=129>
If you have a desire to organize your busy life, Entourage can definitely help you do the job.

Intiuit TurboTax Deluxe 2001 (Mick Lockey, TechTV)
<http://www.techtv.com/products/software/story/0,23008,3366858,00.html>
New version streamlines tax filing with expanded time-saving features.

iPhoto More Impressive Than iMac? (David Sims, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/1061>
Apple appears to have done it right, and iPhoto is an application I hope others will learn from, and maybe even emulate.

Apple iMac 800MHz PowerPC G4 (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/supercenter/stories/overview/0,12069,548411,00.html>

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

Web Takes Help-Wanted Advertising From Newspapers (Eric Wieffering, Star Tribune)
<http://www.startribune.com/stories/535/1032157.html>
At the dawn of the Internet age, many analysts warned that newspapers could lose a big chunk of their lucrative, $9 billion recruitment advertising business.

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

EarthLink May Suffer From Marketing Push (Tiffany Kary, CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1004-200-8503873.html?tag=owv>
EarthLink will have to spend more on marketing to keep up with the competition, something that could cut deep swaths into its earnings in 2002, analysts are saying.

Terrorism Hasn't Stung Travelocity (Reuters)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-8506548.html?tag=owv>
Online travel agency Travelocity.com on Wednesday reported a fourth-quarter profit before itsm.

Court Rules In Favor Of Web Providers (Reuters)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1004-200-8502419.html?tag=owv>
Federal regulators can limit the rates that utility companies charge cable operators for the use of utility poles to provide high-speed Internet access.

MSN Asia Aims To Double Sales (Irene Tham, CNETAsia)
<http://asia.cnet.com/sg/0,39002190,39013555,00.htm>
MSN portal expects to increase revenues in Asia by two-folds for this fiscal year, bolstered by what one company official claims as "strong branding and audience profile."

Windows Media Player Must Be Patched To Fix IE (Thomas C Greene, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/23700.html>
A trivial scrap of malicious JavaScript can defeat entirely the Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P) 'protections' Microsoft has integrated into IE 6.

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

Chips Ahoy (Scott Rosenberg, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/col/rose/2002/01/16/competition/index.html>
AMD competes with Intel, and the public wins. The right Microsoft antitrust settlement can bring the same energy back to the software market.

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

New .Net Tools Released As Push Continues (Mike Ricciuti, CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-8502046.html?tag=owv>
Microsoft on Wednesday posted to its eb site new software development tools key to its .Net software-as-a-service plan.

Compaq Returns To Profitability (Sergio G. Non and John G. Spooner, CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-8505359.html?tag=owv>
Servers and services helped Compaq Computer turn a profit in the fourth quarter.

AirPort Base Station Util For Windows (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=11987>
Apple has posted an unsupported development version.

Microsoft's Entourage X Perfect For getting Organized (David Rosen, CanadaComputes.com)
<http://www.canadacomputes.com/v3/story/1,1017,7870,00.html?tag=81&sb=129>
If you have a desire to organize your busy life, Entourage can definitely help you do the job.

Intel Reluctant To Say Worst Is Now Over (Christine Frey, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-000004014jan16.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dtechnology>

Consultant May Decide Hewlett Deal (Steve Lohr, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/14/technology/ebusiness/14HEWL.html>
The next arena in the fight for the future of HP is an unlikely one -- the offices in Rockville, Md., of Institutional Shareholder Services.

MSN Asia Aims To Double Sales (Irene Tham, CNETAsia)
<http://asia.cnet.com/sg/0,39002190,39013555,00.htm>
MSN portal expects to increase revenues in Asia by two-folds for this fiscal year, bolstered by what one company official claims as "strong branding and audience profile."

Windows Media Player Must Be Patched To Fix IE (Thomas C Greene, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/23700.html>
A trivial scrap of malicious JavaScript can defeat entirely the Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P) 'protections' Microsoft has integrated into IE 6.

Intel Says Share Of Asia-Pac Revs To Keep Growing (Reuters)
<http://news.cnet.com/investor/news/newsitem/0-9900-1028-8497173-0.html?tag=ats>

Windows Media Player 'Super Cookies' Could Help Track Users (Brian McWillams, Newsbytes)
<http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/173662.html>
A user identification technology built into Microsoft's Windows Media Player could enable Web sites to track users, a privacy watchdog warned today.

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

Linux 2.5.2 Out; USB 2.0 In (Thomas C Greene, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/23699.html>
The latest installment came out yesterday with support for USB 2.0, which allows for data transfer rates of up to 480 mbps, making it a bit fatter than Apple's more popular Firewire.

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

A Corporate Welfare State Nightmare (Julian Borger, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/01/15/enron_bush/index.html>
The Enron scandal exposes how the U.S. political system is bought and paid for.

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

New Side To Face-Recognition Technology: Identifying Victims (John Schwartz, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/15/science/physical/15FACE.html>
Facial recognition has been in development for decades, but recent advances in computer power and software have made the systems less expensive and more accurate.

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

An Experience That Lights Up The Soul (Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/event.ng/Type=click&FlightID=5834&AdID=10261&Custom=print2web&TargetID=751&Segments=136,141,165,254,530,626,673,692,705,755,830,1143,1268,1553,1600,1652,1664,1671,1899,1904,1911,1929,1952,1953,1990,1996,2017&Targets=238,751,661,772,1451,1473,1964,2601&Values=30,42,50,61,73,83,90,100,110,131,150,287,289,302,309,328,333,388,391,591,998,1016,1065,1066,1093,1105,1120,1136&RawValues=&Redirect=http:%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fautospecials1>
Did you see who was handed a flame?

Plagiarism? So What? (Patrick T. Reardon, Chicago Tribune)
<http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/chi-0201160110jan16.story?coll=chi%2Dleisure%2Dhed>
Here's what: Stephen Ambrose blew a chance to do real history.

Something Old, Something Neue (Marc Fisher, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51913-2002Jan15.html>
'The Fantasticks' closes, the impressive Neue Galerie opens, and New York regains its never-sit-still rhythm.

Small Plates, Big Flavor (Judith Weinraub, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48137-2002Jan15.html>
Breaking the tyranny of the traditional menu.

Waiter, Pleasae Put A Lid On It (William Grimes, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/RealMedia/ads/click_lx.ads/www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/dining/16NOTE.html/6973/Right3/techno14a-nyt4/techno14b.html/68636C656F6E67?http://www.technoscout.com/general/product/product.asp?product=603&Prod_Name=Happy_Eyes_Floor_Lamp&site=85182>
The demands of the information age, and the American desire to turn all human encounters into a form of therapy, have given rise to a new breed of waiter.

An Artist's Success At 14, Despite Autism (Ralph Blumenthal, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/16/arts/design/16OUTS.html?pagewanted=print>
In the strange world of outsider art, Jonathan Lerman, at 14, is already an insider.

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

Childhood (Sharan Strange, Beltway: A Poetry Quarterly)
<http://www.washingtonart.com/beltway/strange.html>
Sharan Strange is the author of <i>Ash</i>, winner of the 2000 Barnard New Women Poets Prize, selected by Sonia Sanchez (Beacon Press, 2001).

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

Government Action To Boost Growth 'By 1.3 Points' (William Choong, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,97062,00.html?>
MAS says $13.5b worth of additional government spending and tax cuts will add one point.

New iMac Models To Hit Singapore Stores In Stages (Steve Dawson, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/breakingnews/story/0,1895,97013,00.html?>
Apple is releasing them in stages and only the high-end 800 MHz version will be available this month. It will cost S$3,388.

MSN Asia Aims To Double Sales (Irene Tham, CNETAsia)
<http://asia.cnet.com/sg/0,39002190,39013555,00.htm>
MSN portal expects to increase revenues in Asia by two-folds for this fiscal year, bolstered by what one company official claims as "strong branding and audience profile."

Stars Of The Show (Computer Times)
<http://computertimes.asiaone.com.sg/v2/wnew01.shtml>
Apple's new flat 15.1-inch LCD panel iMac, running on a G4 800 MHz chip with SuperDrive, will be available here at the end of this month at an estimated price of $3,388, said its Singapore office.

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