[MyAppleMenu] Jan 29, 2002

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

Apple Drops On-Site Service From One-Year Warranty (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/lib/020129warranty.shtml>
The dramatic change in policy affects only warranties of products announced beginning this year.

That's A Whole Lot Of Power, Mac (Leander Kahney, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,50078,00.html>
The dual-processor machine can perform an "amazing" 15 gigaflops. This allows the machine to run Adobe Photoshop about 70 percent faster than an Intel Pentium 4 at 2 GHz.

X Photoshop Delay 'Not Deliberate' (Johnny Evans, Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=4158>
Adobe has denied it is deliberately delaying an OS X version of Photoshop because of a strained relationship with Apple.

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

Security-Conscious Groups Ban Wi-Fi (Michelle Kesller, USA Today)
<http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2002/01/29/wifi.htm>
Wi-Fi is being banned from some high-tech institutions because of security concerns.

Sony's Station.com Producer Outlines Mac Support (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0201/28.station.php>
"There are 35 free games on the service right now, and by the time we're done making those all Mac compatible, we'll have even more."

iCab 2.7.1: Maintenance Release To Browser (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=12216>

Laptop Foe Cites Abuse In Virginia (Ruth-Ellen Cohen, Bangor Daily News)
<http://www.bangornews.com/editorialnews/article.html?ID=49885>
Maine has foreseen many of the problems, and has required "some pretty significant commitments" in the final contract with Apple.

HyperCard Stacks Native On OS X: Hail The Revolution! (Steve Setzer, Stepwise)
<http://www.stepwise.com/Articles/Reviews/2002-01-29.01.html>
Do you have HyperCard or Supercard stacks that you are tired of running in Classic mode?

Avid Xpress DV Coming To Mac OS X (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0201/28.avid.php>
Avid Xpress DV is the company's solution for non-linear editing.

Cookie Monster Bites Netscape And Mozilla Users (John Leyden, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/56/23865.html>
A security bug in Netscape and Mozilla browsers which allow a malicious web site operator to access cookies on users' computers.

iMac Pre-Orders Break Apple Recrods (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/top_news_item.cfm?NewsID=4164>
"We have taken 150,000 pre-orders for the new iMac in the first three weeks - which is more than all the pre-orders we received for the original iMac in 1998."

Laptop Scheme Promises To Deliver (BBC News)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/education/newsid_1787000/1787670.stm>
The initiative has been called the biggest ever single schools computer purchase - but there are concerns that such projects are too expensive.

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

Hey, Apple! Guess What? Inside Mater, Too (Stephan Somogyi, ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2843215,00.html>
Apple's hardware product lines are understandably smaller than the cumulative options available in the competing Windows camp. However, this smaller palette to choose from should also bring with it a greater commitment to quality and reliability.

Will Microsoft Pull The Plug On Apple? (David Coursey, ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2843297,00.html>
Microsoft needs to go even further and expand its Mac OS support, because aside from Office, Microsoft's Mac support, well, sucks.

Windows Now "Friendlier Than The Mac" (Andrew Orlowski, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/35/23856.html>
Apple's spiritual swami steve Jobs has robbed the Mac of its soul, writes one Macintosh loyalist.

Whore Or Prostitute? Mac Web Can Sell Its Soul And Stay True (Rodney O. Lain, Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/editorial/2002/01/29.1.shtml>
The Mac Web has no choice but to "grow or go." -- and growing costs money while going doesn't.

Would We Really Want Apple To Dominate The Computer Market? (Charles W. Moore, Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/misc/02/0129.html>
I believe that there is nothing to apologize for in the pursuit of excellence and the maintenance of standards.

An Objective Look At The State Of The Mac (John Jerney, Daily Yomiuri)
<http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/20020129wo61.htm>
"There are some fundmental things that made the Mac the productive place that it was, and some of those features have either been taken away, or are in the process of being taken away."

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

Apple iPod (James Harding, vnunet.com)
<http://www.vnunet.com/Products/Hardware/1128739>
If you're an Apple fanatic, iPod is the perfect personal stereo.

Jeopardy 2 (Bill Stiteler, Applelinks.com)
<http://www.applelinks.com/reviews/jeopardy2.shtml>
Jeopardy 2 captures wonderfully the flavor of a hit game show and makes it fun to play at home, too.

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

iCab 2.7.1: Maintenance Release To Browser (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=12216>

Whore Or Prostitute? Mac Web Can Sell Its Soul And Stay True (Rodney O. Lain, Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/editorial/2002/01/29.1.shtml>
The Mac Web has no choice but to "grow or go." -- and growing costs money while going doesn't.

Content Management Hits A New Low (Jim Rapoza, eWEEK)
<http://www.eweek.com/article/0,3658,s%253D708%2526a%253D21740,00.asp>
CMS 100 lacks features such as workflow or check-in/check-out, but it does include core content management capabilities that make it possible for users at nearly any technical level to manage content on a company Web site.

Minus The Piles Of Venture Capital, Entrepreneurs Wise Up (Ellen McCarthy, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50847-2002Jan28.html>
"The quantity is down, but the fluff is out of there. The ones who had no business starting a business aren't there anymore."

Cookie Monster Bites Netscape And Mozilla Users (John Leyden, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/56/23865.html>
A security bug in Netscape and Mozilla browsers which allow a malicious web site operator to access cookies on users' computers.

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

States Pushed To Examine Passport (Reuters)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-825456.html>
A privacy group on Tuesday asked state law enforcement authorities to examine Microsoft's Passport online identity service, saying it exposes consumers to fraud, junk electronic mail and identity theft.

Microsoft, Opponents Make Cases To Judge (Jonathan Krim, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50865-2002Jan28.html>
Efforts to sway the federal judge handling the Microsoft antitrust case played out in a public campaign yesterday as the company and its rivals released thick reports, cited prominent legal and economic names, and skirmished over lobbying tactics.

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

Security-Conscious Groups Ban Wi-Fi (Michelle Kesller, USA Today)
<http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2002/01/29/wifi.htm>
Wi-Fi is being banned from some high-tech institutions because of security concerns.

Will Microsoft Pull The Plug On Apple? (David Coursey, ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2843297,00.html>
Microsoft needs to go even further and expand its Mac OS support, because aside from Office, Microsoft's Mac support, well, sucks.

Experts Lend Opinions On Microsoft (Hiawatha Bray, Boston Globe)
<http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/029/business/Experts_lend_opinions_on_Microsoft+.shtml>

Threat, Risk And Cost: Microsoft And Imperfect Software (Jeff Lewis, MacOPINION)
<http://www.macopinion.com/columns/macskeptic/02/01/29/index.html>

Dell CFO Sees Stable PC Demand, Won't Call Recovery (Reuters)
<http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/technology/tech-tech-dell.html?ex=1012971600&en=340f1c2c9c0f45a1&ei=5040&partner=MOREOVER>
Demand for PC appears to be stabilizing after falling for about two years, although when sales will actually pick up is not clear.

Microsoft: A Little More 'Open' (Michelle Delio, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/linux/0,1411,50062,00.html>
Some of the software development methods once reviled by Microsoft executives as "anti-American" and "innovation-stifling" have been adopted by Microsoft over the past year.

=== linux top news =============

Microsoft: A Little More 'Open' (Michelle Delio, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/linux/0,1411,50062,00.html>
Some of the software development methods once reviled by Microsoft executives as "anti-American" and "innovation-stifling" have been adopted by Microsoft over the past year.

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

It Adds Up To Beauty (Graham Farmelo, Guardian)
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/saturday_review/story/0,3605,639232,00.html>
Equations are the cornerstone on which the edifice of science rests. Yet, they can be as exquisite as the finest poetry.

Minus The Piles Of Venture Capital, Entrepreneurs Wise Up (Ellen McCarthy, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50847-2002Jan28.html>
"The quantity is down, but the fluff is out of there. The ones who had no business starting a business aren't there anymore."

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

Weight Matters (Sam Farmer and David Wharton, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-weight29jan29.story>
In a trend that dangerously tips the scales, the NFL has nearly six times as many 300-pounders as a decade ago.

After The Gold Dust (Michelle Goldberg, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/2002/01/29/chemical/index.html>
The dot-coms were bust, but the Chemical Brothers are still office-partying like it's 1999.

Currency Events: A Great Leap Backward? (John Pomfret, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52632-2002Jan28.html>
Across China, people are grumbling about the decision to put Mao on all of its new bills.

Now, Fear Of Flying Is More Than A Phobia (Erica Goode, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/29/health/psychology/29FEAR.html>
For most Americans, deciding to travel by air has become a far more complicated and anxiety-laced process.

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

Singapore Banks Overstaffed, Needing Reform: Analysts (Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/latest/story/0,2276,34578,00.html?>
Singapore banks have too many workers and must either expand their services or cut more jobs, said a survey released today.

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

What Lies Behind The Tudung Debate? (Chua Lee Hoong, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,99834,00.html?>
Religion is not the only issue; for some in the Muslim community, it is the assertion of political stature.

New Push To Strengthen Racial Ties (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,99837,00.html?>
'Confidence circles' will bring together religious and community leaders to help build trust, understanding among races.

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