[MyAppleMenu] Jan 21, 2002

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myapplemenu : newsletter

Dear readers: myapplemenu is on hiatus from Jan 21 (Monday) till Jan 27 (Sunday), where updates will be minimal. See you again on Jan 28.

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

Shawn King Is (Was) The Mac Show... (John H. Farr, Applelinks.com)
<http://www.applelinks.com/articles/2002/01/20020120182222.shtml>
Shawn is resigning due to 'philosophical differences.'

Apple To Take X On Tour (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=4125>
The events are designed to showcase Mac OS X and crucial Mac OS X-compatible applications from third-party developers.

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

Amazon Ships To Sorting Machine Beat (Saul Hansell, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/21/technology/ebusiness/21AMAZ.html>
Amazon.com, once the champion the strategy of "get big fast," has learned how to become small.

A Credit Crisis For Web Casinos (Matt Richtel, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/21/technology/ebusiness/21BETS.html>
Although demand by bettors remains brisk, the credit card companies are concluding that the business is more trouble than it is worth.

A Credit Crisis For Web Casinos (Matt Richtel, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/21/technology/ebusiness/21BETS.html>
Although demand by bettors remains brisk, the credit card companies are concluding that the business is more trouble than it is worth.

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

AOL's Pursuit Of The Penguin (Michelle Delio, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/linux/0,1411,49892,00.html>
Most experts agreed that AOL would probably use Linux as a base to develop portable devices and other alternatives that could expand AOL's reach beyond current computer desktops.

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

History For $ale (Bob Tomopson, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3374-2002Jan18.html>
Larry Small wants to remake the National Museum of American History, and he's banking on a set of big-time donors to help. Will they end up privatizing the American past?

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

Martha Is Dancing In Butternut Time (John Mahoney, Log Cabin Chronicles)
<http://www.tomifobia.com/previous/martha.html>
And now Martha dances through the kitchen to the sink where she sways in time to the melody running through her head. Outside, the dew is still on the grass but the sky is that clear, hard blue that happens only in autumn, and it promises to be a fine day.

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

Singapore Refutes Allegations Of Discrimination (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,98119,00.html?>
Singapore has dismissed claims that the emergence of a militant group in the Republic could be due to alleged discrimination against Malays and other Muslims.

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

Sloping Bridge Planned For JB Causeway (Reme Ahmad, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,98123,00.html?>

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