[MyAppleMenu] Jan 17, 2002

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

Radical New iMacs Boast Power, Features At Competitive Prices (Walter S. Mossberg, Wall Street Journal)
<http://ptech.wsj.com/ptech.html>
This is an excellent computer with plenty of power and an innovative ergonomic design. I didn't swoon over its looks, but I very much enjoyed using it.

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

Wireless Roaming Access, hereUare! (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0201/17.hereuare.php>
hereUare said it's working with leading with leading service providers and hardware vendors to make sure you can hook up and surf with a minimum of administrative hassle when you're on the road.

A Silicon valley Funeral For Be Inc (Andrew Orlowski, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/28/index.html>
The most romantic of all Silicon Valley start-ups finally ran into the auctioneer's hammer.

'Cheese!' To 'Print,' In One Step (David Pogue, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/17/technology/circuits/17STAT.html>
Canon, HP and Epson have recently hit upon a clever invention that vastly simplifies the route from camera to paper: direct-print photo printers.

Apple's Retail Stores Show Positive Data On Customers (Steve Lohr, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/17/technology/17APPL.html>
40 percent of the people who bought computers at the 27 retail stores were first-time users of Macintosh machines. The figure, analysts say, is an encouraging sign for the company's strategy of trying to lure newcomers to Macintosh.

DigitalFilm Tree Follows 'Rules Of Attraction' (Elina Shatkin, Videography)
<http://www.videography.com/brief/mainv/0,7220,32623,00.html>
The film, which Lion Gate expects to release in April 2002, is the first studio-backed feature to be edited entirely with Final Cut Pro.

Apple's Jobs Turns To Gadgets Amid Slack PC Market (Greg Chang, Bloomberg)
<http://quote.bloomberg.com/fgcgi.cgi?ptitle=Technology%20News&s1=blk&tp=ad_topright_tech&T=markets_bfgcgi_content99.ht&s2=ad_right1_technology&bt=ad_position1_technology&middle=ad_frame2_technology&s=APEX7fBQ.QXBwbGUn>
Some investors are more intrigued by the company's iPod, introduced in November.

Apple Ups 2Q Targets (CNN/Money)
<http://money.cnn.com/2002/01/16/technology/apple/>
The new guidance helped lift shares of Apple 96 cents to $21.74 in after-hours trading, but that was only following a lost of 92 cents in regular-hours trading ahead of the after-market earnings report.

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

Mac Faithful May Resurrect The Tech Sector With Spending (David Plotnikoff, Dallas Morning News)
<http://www.dallasnews.com/technology/personal_technology/stories/modem_17per.ART.d128.html>
This will be the year that the Macintosh faithful -- a 5 percent minority in the digital world -- single-handedly pull the tech industry out of its economic funk.

An Open Source Adventure At Macworld (Dan Berkes, NewsForge)
<http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/01/14/2127203&mode=thread>

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

>From Dot-Com To Contracting? Not So Fast (Shannon Henry, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58716-2002Jan16.html>
There is a culture clash between government tech contractors and those who sell to commercial market.

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

Black Hawk Download: Pirated Videos Thrive Online (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/17/technology/circuits/17VIDE.html>
The high-tech vanguard of entertainment consumers who initiated a global music-swapping spree with the help of Napster a little over two years ago is branching out into television shows and movies.

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

Microsoft Posts Record Sales (Joe Wilcox, CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-8518737.html?tag=owv>
Microsoft whizzed past analysts' sales projects, but missed earnings estimates by two cents a share.

Microsoft Announces Corporate Strategy Shift Toward Security And Privacy (D. Ian Hopper and Ted Bridis, Associated Press)
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/svfront/058088.htm>
Gates referred to the new philosophy as "Trustworthy COmputing" and called it the "highest priority" to ensure computer users continue to venture across an increasingly Internet-connected world.

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

MS Security Memo A Mere Gesture (Richard Forno, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/23727.html>
While I am always hopeful that 'security' and 'Microsoft' will one day be seen not as an oxymoron, past observation leads me to believe the Gates Declaration is full of marketing sound and fury, but signifying nothing.

Microsoft Profits Expected To Drop (Reuters)
<http://news.cnet.com/investor/news/newsitem/0-9900-1028-8515662-0.html>
Profits are expected to fall about 9 percent from a year earlier even though revenue has risen, due to sales of more lower-margin products and heavy marketing expenses.

Gates Finally Discovers Security (Michelle Delio, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/infostructure/0,1377,49823,00.html>
Bill Gates' memo to Microsoft employees urging an increased focus on security is a welcome development, but may also be too little too late, according to some security experts.

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

License Snafu Irks Linux Lovers (Andy Patrizio, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,49802,00.html>
A license agreement goof on the part of Borland caused an uproar in the open source community -- showing that the old school of packaged software vendors and the proponents of open source still have some bridges to build if they are going to get along.

An Open Source Adventure At Macworld (Dan Berkes, NewsForge)
<http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/01/14/2127203&mode=thread>

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

The Essentials Of A Washington Scandal (Paul Farhi, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51564-2002Jan15.html>
Enron has possibility. But something's still missing.

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

Clocks That Won't Miss A Second In 20 Million Years (Catherine Greenman, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/17/technology/circuits/17HOWW.html>
For scientists who build atomic clocks, time flies in increment of one nine-billionth of a second.

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

Mural, Mural (Michelle Ho, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/life/story/0,1870,97228,00.html?>
Films leap to life and beckon movie-goers from the walls with help from this artist.

Some Bodies (Anthony Lane, New Yorker)
<http://www.newyorker.com/THE_CRITICS/A_CRITIC_AT_LARGE/?020121crat_atlarge>
Irving Penn's nudes.

How X Factors In The Equation (Robert Niles, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.calendarlive.com/top/1,1419,L-LATimes-Family-X!ArticleDetail-50165,00.html>
A new roller coaster at Six Flags suspends riders beside the track. Fast? Yes. But it's over fast, too.

Wok The Dog (William Saletan, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/?id=2060840>
What's wrong with eating man's best friend?

One Shy Of A Bunch (Hank Stuever, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58223-2002Jan16.html>
It's the story of a man named Brady. So why is he no longer in the picture?

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

Swept Away (T. Coraghessan Boyle, New Yorker)
<https://subscribe.condenet.com/subs/userInfo.cgi?magazine=newyorker&type=self&SourceCode=9&KeyCode=TAE>

Postolka (Prague) (Christian Wiman, The Atlantic)
<http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/poetry/antholog/wiman/postolka.htm>
When I was learning words<br>
and you were in the bath<br>
there was a flurry of small birds<br>
and in the aftermath

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

Fewer Companies Join List Of Money-Makers (Vladimir Guevarra, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/money/story/0,1870,97348,00.html?>
Just 3.5% more firms in the S1000 turned in a profit and only 403 of the SME 500 firms were in the black last year.

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

UOB Had To Lay Off Staff Before Merger (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,97295,00.html?>
UOB chief Wee Cho Yaw responded to the MP in a personal letter.

Mural, Mural (Michelle Ho, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/life/story/0,1870,97228,00.html?>
Films leap to life and beckon movie-goers from the walls with help from this artist.

Singapore Park Permits Graffiti (Dean Visser, Associated Press)
<http://www.canoe.ca/event.ng/Type=click&ProfileID=2059&RunID=17096&AdID=12438&TagValues=193.2446.2447&FamilyID=1314&GroupID=136&Redirect=http:%2F%2Fwww.webfin.com%2Fen%2Fmymoney%2Frrsp_2002%2Findex.html>
This famously tidy city-state now has a place where rouge painters can spray away.

Upbeat Bookings For Chinese New Year Travel Surprise Agents (Rozlin Othman, Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com.sg/articles/2002/01/17/singaporenews18100.htm>
It looks like the fear of flying is fading.

Sembawang Hotspring To Stay Open In The Day (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com.sg/articles/2002/01/17/singaporenews18127.htm>

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