[MyAppleMenu] Jul 2, 2002

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

Apple Denies Insider Trading (Macworld UK)
<http://www.itworld.com/Man/2681/020702appleinsider/>
Apple's chief financial officer Fred Anderson has denied insider trading after sales of stock by company executives was called into question.

For Plug-And-Play, I Pick The Apple (Peter Coffee, eWeek)
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,324759,00.asp>
The Macs of hte new century are going the extra mile to make life easy for next-generation devices.

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

Apple Still A Ripe Business For ThinkFree (David Storm, VARBusiness)
<http://www.varbusiness.com/sections/news/dailyarchives.asp?ArticleID=36096>
Think the Apple channel is insignificant and unworthy of your attention? Think again.

Apple Stores Coming To Indianapolis, NYC (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=15056>

Ambrosia To Ship Pop-Pop At Macworld Expo (MacNews.com)
<http://www.macnews.com/article.php?id=386>
Pop-pop is described as "a wild fusion of Arkanoid and Street Fighter, with a good spot of the PowerPuff girls thrown in for good measure."

Dismissive Publicity (Stan Beer, Sydney Morning Hearld)
<http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/07/012/1023864702821.html>
It never ceases to amaze me how often these days employers feel obliged to put a spin on the fact that they've shafted someone.

All Star Party Slated For Macworld Expo (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0207/02.party.php>
Mac Publishing and Your Mac Life will jointly host a gala private party on Thursday, July 18, 2002.

Opera In Macromedia Move (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=4888>
Opera Software plans to integrate a full-featured embeddable version of its desktop browser into a range of Macromedia Web-authoring products.

Titanium Powers Further Ahead (David Frith, The Barrow)
<http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,4602132%5E15423%5E%5Enbv%5E15309,00.html>
Great thing shave been happening to Apple's G4 Titanium PowerBook - possibly the most desirable notebook personal computer on the current market.

LOTR: Two towers Trailer Online (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=15046>

Apple Stores Coming To Troy, Wauwatosa (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=15042>

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

Same Stuff, Different Pile (Steve Watkins, Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/practical/02/0702.html>
The amount and quality of softwre bundled. Apples to oranges. Different stuff, different pile. In this case, thinking different is fantastic.

Apple Xserve Benchmarks (MacSlash)
<http://www.macslash.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/02/1024233>

What Do You Think Future TV Will Look Like? (David Coursey, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-940843.html>
I expect the digital hub to more closely follow the model of a computer and peripherals (or component stereo system) than that of a single box that does everything and includes the screen, too.

Why Strategic Alliances Don't Work (Bill Robinson, Forbes)
<http://www.forbes.com/2002/07/01/0701alliances.html>
The corporate highway is littered with the burnt-out shells of thousands of strategic alliances, which are supposed to be very close business relationships between two companies for their mutual benefit.

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

Contour RollerBar Mousing Station (Louise Masurat, MacDirectory)
<http://www.macdirectory.com/reviews/RollerMouse/index.html>
The RollerMouse Station takes a little getting used to, but even before I was completely comfortable with the operation of the rollerbar and the three buttons, I realized how much more physically comfortable it is to have all mousing and most typing operations available without having to move your hands back and forth.

Fallout 2 (Bill Stiteler, Applelinks.com)
<http://www.applelinks.com/reviews/fallout2-preview.shtml>
Fallout 2 is a game that will suck you in.

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

AOL Blocks MS E-Mail (Gwendolyn Mariano, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-941128.html>
AOL said the problem cropped up when bCentral servers did not respond to queries from AOL to determine where the mail was coming from.

It's Time For ICANN To Go (Damien Cave, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/07/02/gilmore/index.html>
John Gilmore, original "cypherpunk" and all-around Internet supergeek, explains why the organization that runs the Internet is broken.

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

Microsoft Spent $100M On .Net Security (Peter Judge, ZDNet UK)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-941159.html>
Microsoft's much-publicized security push has cost real money--$100 million of person-hours went into the two-month hiatus in development of .Net server, according to David Thompson, vice president of Microsoft's Windows server products group.

Dell To Skip Itanium 2 For Now (Michael Kanellos, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-941079.html>
 A number of server and software manufacturers will tout new products based around Intel's Itanium 2 processor when the chip is released next week, but Dell Computer won't be among them.

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

Dell Starts Sweepstakes For PC Buyers (Ian Fried, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1040-941291.html>
With the PC industry still smarting from a brutal spring, Dell is buttressing its hopes for a back-to-school sales bump by giving away $50,000 a day all month.

Intel To Release Itanium 2 At Two Speeds (Michael Kanellos, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-941323.html>
Intel's upcoming Itanium 2 processor will come out at 900MHz and 1GHz, according to sources, and cost about the same as existing Itanium chips.

Dell Setting Up Kiosks In Malls (Associated Press)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15404-2002Jul2.html>
The kiosks are about as close to retail as Dell will get.

Judge: Microsoft Fulfilled Tunney Act (D. Ian Hopper, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15574-2002Jul2.html>
Microsoft does not have to disclose its lobbying contacts with Congress connected with its antitrust case, a federal judge decided Tuesday.

Feeling The Heat In Redmond (Rob Preston, Network Computing)
<http://www.networkcomputing.com/1314/1314colpreston.html>
Despite its continued market dominance, Microsoft won't be able to call all the shots anymore.

EU's Microsoft Probe Continues (Declan McCullagh, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-941121.html>
A top European Union official said on Monday that a ruling in its Microsoft antitrust inquiry will happen by the end of the year.

AOL Blocks MS E-Mail (Gwendolyn Mariano, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-941128.html>
AOL said the problem cropped up when bCentral servers did not respond to queries from AOL to determine where the mail was coming from.

New IE Spy Progie Exploits DCOM (Thomas C Greene, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/25977.html>
A group of Japanese security enthusiasts has developed a little tool called IE'en which exposes traffic between an IE user and any server he's contacting, including logins and passwords over HTTPS.

Official Cautions Microsoft On Plan (D. Ian Hopper, Associated Press)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10558-2002Jul1.html>
Microsoft should be careful that its new software security plan doesn't shut out competitors, the European Union's new antitrust enforcer said Monday.

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

Mahathir's Exit Strategy (Sangwon Suh, Time)
<http://www.time.com/time/asia/magazine/article/0,13673,501020708-268242,00.html>
If Malaysia's Prime Minister does step down as planned, the era of the Asian strongman will end.

America The Whimsical (Roger Rosenblatt, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/02/opinion/02ROSE.html>
At least half the reason one loves this country is that it's a playful, quite nutty place, teeming with ridiculous notions and silly pronouncements.

USA: We're Above The Law, But You're Not (Rogerborg, Kuro5hin.org)
<http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2002/7/1/11480/80450>
The message from the US government to the UN: we will submit to no law but our own. The message to other nations: but <b>you</b> will submit to our law.

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

Would ET Visit Earth? (Seth Shostak, Space.com)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/773228.asp?pne=msn>
It’s nice to think that either Earth or its human inhabitants have not only attracted the attention of galactic neighbors, but encouraged them to visit. But frankly, the numbers don’t give much support to this somewhat self-indulgent idea.

It's Time For ICANN To Go (Damien Cave, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/07/02/gilmore/index.html>
John Gilmore, original "cypherpunk" and all-around Internet supergeek, explains why the organization that runs the Internet is broken.

Why Childhood Lasts, And Lasts And Lasts (Natalie Angier, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/02/science/social/02CHIL.html>
How did we evolve to the point where we spend almost a third of our lives being small, vunlerable and unable to do what evolution wants: reproduce?

The Strange Case Of Disappearing Open Source Vendors (Tim O'Reilly, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2002/06/28/vendor.html>
Customer lock-in is the real enemy of busines, not the GPL.

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

Powerpuff Girls Meet World (Heather Havrilesky, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/07/02/powerpuff/index.html>
Three kindergarten girls are here to save the day. Are they making the world safe for female heroes, or making female heroes safe for the world? Who cares.

Ten Things I Learned About Life And Soccer From The2002 World Cup (Andrew O'Hehir, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/news/sports/2002/07/02/soccer/index.html>
There is a football God, and despite the wild twists and turns of this year's tournament, He's still Brazilian.

A Nose For News In America's Armpit (Gene Weingarten, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11266-2002Jul1.html>
Lots of countries believe in justice and equality and fairness and what have you. But America <i>invented</i> hype.

Oscar Broadcast's Giant Leap Back (Lisa de Moraes, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10906-2002Jul1.html>
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences finally has compiled with ABC's wish to move its Academy Awards broadcast from March to February, starting in 2004.

Painterly Sermons Mix Severe And Sensual (Stephen Kinzer, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/01/arts/design/01BRIM.html?8hpib>
Atheists, secularists and rationalists might want to visit a museum show in Raleigh before deciding that there is no vengeful God who punishes the wicked with eternal suffering and rewards the righteous with heavenly bliss.

Six-Tenths Of A Second, 2 Lives Forever Changed (Michael Granberry, The Dallas Morning News)
<http://www.dallasnews.com/latestnews/stories/063002dnmetshot.378ed.html>
'He was a victim of timing and circumstance, and it's something he never got over.'

we've Got More Risk Than Our Brains Can Handle (Henry Petroski, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A64827-2002Jun29?>
Public debates about risk and other threatening concepts may be accompanied by a lot of numbers and graphs and budgets, but in the final analysis, decisions are often based on political and emotional grounds, if not on confusing logic.

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

KL Seeking To Settle Water Pricing Separately (Chua Lee Hoong, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,129657,00.html?>
Malaysia yesterday signalled an intention to de-link the price of the water it currently supplies to Singapore from other items in the package of outstanding bilateral issues.

KL, Singapore Talks On Water Pricing End Without Agreement (Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/latest/story/0,2276,50004,00.html?>
The foreign ministers of Malaysia and Singapore ended two days of talks today without resolving disputes over water prices and other long-standing issues.

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

Future Payouts Won't Include Tax Element: IDA (Catherine Ong, Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,2276,50100,00.html?>
Infocomm Development Authority said yesterday it has learnt from its $388 million mistake and will not in future include provisions for tax in any compensation it has to pay.


Singapore Employers Cautiosly Hiring (Chuang Peck Ming, Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,2276,50092,00.html?>
Firms reviewing talent pool and trying to attract people who can add value: consultant.

Singaporeans Must Control Singapore Banks: DPM (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/money/story/0,1870,129665,00.html?>
But if size becomes a critical success factor, then MAS would have no choice but to let them 'marry somebody outside'.

Requests Not Met, So Singapore Did Not Back Taiwan Bid (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,129710,00.html?>
Singapore did not support the accession because Taiwan had discriminated against Singapore by not offering it some concessions under the GPA.

IDA Should Account For Negligence (Ron Tank Aik Ti, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,1870,129683,00.html?>
If our senior civil servants are to have their salaries pegged to those in the private sector, they will have to accept similar responsibilities.

Singapore Inc Set To Chart New Course (Jacqueline Wong, Reuters)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/reuters/asia-113319.html>
Singapore's investment arm Temasek Holdings is expected to signal its intentions toward some of the 40 major companies under its charge when it unveils a new charter or mission statement on Wednesday, analysts said.

Malaysia, Singapore Unveil Pricing And Supply Plan On First Day Of Talks (Mergawati Zulfakar and Sim Leoi Leoi, The Star)
<http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2002/7/2/nation/mulas&sec=nation>
Syed Hamid said yesterday’s meeting went very well and was held in a cordial manner. However, he cautioned that the meeting would not be able to settle all the issues in the package.

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