[MyAppleMenu] Jul 6, 2002

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

Bug Blight Sucks $3.7b From Australian Business (Garry Barker, The Age)
<http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/07/05/1025667050443.html>
Bugs in business software are estimated to be costing Australian business about $3.7 billion a year, about 0.6 per cent of national gross domestic product.

Microsoft Updates Internet Explorer For OS X, Classic (Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0207/05.ie.php>
Internet Explorer 5.2.1 provides all the latest security and performance enhancements for Internet Explorer 5 for Mac OS X, according to information posted on Microsoft's Web site.

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

The Ultimate Smackdown: Mac Versus PC (Gene Steinberg, Gannett News Service)
<http://www.azcentral.com/business/etech/etechmain.html?gannet_story=http://www.gannettonline.com/e/eteam/mac_reality_check.html>
When someone tells you a Windows box is always fater than the Mac, point them to this article and tell them it isn't necessarily so.

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

Microsoft Updates Internet Explorer For OS X, Classic (Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0207/05.ie.php>
Internet Explorer 5.2.1 provides all the latest security and performance enhancements for Internet Explorer 5 for Mac OS X, according to information posted on Microsoft's Web site.

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

Probe Into Web Articles Spooks Net Community (Tan Tarn How, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,130265,00.html?>
Police investigations into five allegedly defamatory postings leave some users wondering if they would be targeted next.

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

Online Bank Suffers Chinese Takeaway (Nick Farrell, vnunet.com)
<http://www.vnunet.com/News/1133278>

Subsidising Public Services Is Ruinous (Lim Bee Khim, for Permanent Secretary (Transport), Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,1870,130332,00.html?>
Subsidy is kept to only capital expenditure. The government stays away from subsidising the consumption aspect of public transport.

Public Money, But Who Does Public TV Serve? (Tan Tarn How, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,130219,00.html?>
Should Ah Lee pay for television programmes which only Ali wants to watch?

IT Workers Likely To See Higher Salaries (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,130263,00.html?>
Two in three companies expect to raise salaries 3 to 4 per cent this year, while the rest have projected a wage freeze.

Coming Soon: More Screens Near You (Krist Boo, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,130236,00.html?>
Relaxed advertising rules and increased spending on ads have pushed up demand for giant video screens around the city.

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