[MyAppleMenu] Jul 4, 2002

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

Press Passes Pulled At Macworld (Leander Kahney, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,53670,00.html>
A spokeswoman for IDG strenuously denied that Apple had anything to do with blackballing certain outlets or choosing which ones got to cover the show.

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

Microsoft's Mac Chief Explains Hebrew Position (Andrew Orlowski, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/39/26046.html>
He urges users to contact the Mac team, providing an email, and suggests that Microsoft can't make much more headway with right-to-left support before Apple provides the necessary support in the operating system.

Apple Lays Off Nearly 7 Percent At laguna Plant (Sacramento Bee)
<http://www.sacbee.com/content/business/story/3441340p-4467646c.html>
Company officials refused to say how many employees were laid off nor what jobs they performed at the plant in south Sacramento County. Apple's employee base fluctuates from between 1,500 and 2,000 workers depending on demand for its products.

Blizzard Ships Warcraft III For Mac, Windows (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=15088>

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

Musos Mull Post-Emagic Sequencer Options (Andrew Orlowski, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/35/26031.html>
Barely a hint of platform chauvinism. Clearly musicians have the ability to empathize with fellow humans. Because they're using computers as a tool, not an end in itself, I wonder? 

OS X - I'm Not Feeling The Love (Steve Mallett, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/1654>
I miss Linux. I miss the action in the Linux world.

Clash Of The Installer Philosophies (Scot Hacker, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/1655>
Apple, by finally achieving the "impossible" and creating a user-friendly Unix, finds themselves trying to serve two masters.

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

Photo Sites Make It Easy To Share Memories (Deborah Porterfield, Gannett News Service)
<http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2002/07/03/online-photos.htm>
With most of these, you can transfer your images to a free online photo album, e-mail a link to friends so they can see the pictures on the Web, order prints, or better yet, let folks order their own.

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

Microsoft's Mac Chief Explains Hebrew Position (Andrew Orlowski, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/39/26046.html>
He urges users to contact the Mac team, providing an email, and suggests that Microsoft can't make much more headway with right-to-left support before Apple provides the necessary support in the operating system.

Palladium Tech Up For Discussion, Says MS Security Chief (John Lettice, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/26037.html>

Microsoft Books LinuxWorld Stand In Bid For 'Dialogue' (John Lettice, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/26039.html>
Microsoft is to exhibit at LinuxWorld Expo this August, and it appears that the company wants to be nice.

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

Life, Liberty, Ashcroft (Mary McGrory, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22208-2002Jul3.html>
Two hundred and twenty-six years after the tremulous but resolute members of the Continental Congress took up their pens and scratched their names on the radioactive parchment, we have an attorney general whose most active pursuit is of the death penalty.

Fouling Our Own Nest (Bob Herbert, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/04/opinion/04HERB.html>
Oh, the skies may once have been clear and the waters sparkling and clean. But you can't have that and progress, too. Can you?

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

Tracking An Outbreak Minute By Minute (Catherine Greenman, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/04/technology/circuits/04SICK.html>
 Even before the anthrax attacks in the United States last fall, public health experts had recognized a need for more rapid surveillance and detection, given that an outbreak may involve deliberate and widespread attempts to infect rather than the natural spread of contagion.

Amierca Second (Bill Barnes, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/?id=2067557>
Why Toshiba won't sell you the coolest laptop around.

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

The Hot Or Not Guys (Adam Green, New Yorker)
<http://www.newyorker.com/talk/content/?020708ta_talk_green>
Partying with two wild and carzy Web producers.

Changing Lines (Chris Mohney, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/?id=2067672&device=>
Paying to skip the queues at theme parks.

When Docs Make Patients Wait And Wait (Bob Levey, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22204-2002Jul3.html>
"Doctor, I don't know of a single human being who has ever died of skin cancer in a hurry."

A Wry Cuban Writer As Mysterious As His Plots (David Gozalez, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/04/books/04CHAV.html?8hpib>
The most intriguing mysteries swirling about Daniel Chavarría are not in his crime novels, but in his life.

Summer TV Used To Be A Lot Warmer (Phil Rosenthal, Chicago Sun-Times)
<http://www.suntimes.com/output/rosenthal/cst-ftr-phil02.html>
Summer television doesn't have to be like this, you know.

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

The Walk (Angshukanta Chakraborty, Double Dare)
<http://www.doubledarepress.com/2002/06/stories/story1.shtml>

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

Targeted 40% CPF Rate Not Excessive: DPM Lee (Chuang Peck Ming, Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,2276,50278,00.html?>
"There's a reason why we have a high savings rate ... 40 per cent contribution to the CPF looks high, but don't forget it includes the housing and healthcare elements."

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

Reinventing The Kopitiam (Corinne Kerk, Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/life/story/0,2276,50320,00.html?>
How three coffeeshops have re-styled themselves to preserve the local breakfast of kaya toast, half-boiled eggs and a strong cuppa.

IDA's $388m Error An Honest Mistake (Lim Soo Ping, Prime Minister's Office, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,1870,130076,00.html?>
A lesson has been learnt from the error. But it would be inappropriate to punish the review committee or any of its members for it.

IDA Will Ensure Similar Errors Don't Recur (Jennifer Toh, Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,1870,130052,00.html?>
IDA has determined that this was an isolated, not systemic, mistake. It was not the result of a systemic error or negligence on the part of the officers responsible.

Why Must Singaporeans Control Banks Here? (Derek Clarence Zhu You Cheng, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,1870,130129,00.html?>
By watching on the sidelines as the global banking world consolidates, we run the risk of joining the game late.

Sentosa Plans Lower Admission Rates, Cheaper Drive-In To Attrack Visitors (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/020704/5/singapore12333.html>
The island hopes to start charging just $2 from as early as September in time for the one-week school break.

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