[MyAppleMenu] Jul 8, 2002

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

Apple Macs At Risk From Rogue Software Updates (Matt Loney, ZDNet UK)
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2118730,00.html>
Full instructions are available on the Internet for how to fool Apple's SoftwareUpdate feature and install a backdoor on any Mac running OS X. Worse, there appears to be no patch.

Being Independent Of Microsoft Not Easy (Dan Gillmor, San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/business/3616906.htm>
Macs are, on balance, just better for my blood pressure. I've long felt that the difference between PCs and Macs was that PCs tend to get in your way, and Macs tend to get out of the way.

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

Chip, Hardware Stocks Decline (Chris Kraeuter, CBS MarketWatch)
<http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7B8BC0696D%2DBF9B%2D4E97%2DBF62%2D3DEEFCE7DA15%7D&siteid=mktw>
Stocks of PC makers showed the most weakness in the hardware arena.

New Tricks, Fewer Clicks (Philip Michaels, Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2002/08/macbeat/filemaker.html>
FileMaker Pro 6 looks to save time, steps with new featuers, XML support.

FileMaker Tries On New Look For Mac (Joe Wilcox, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-942224.html>
FileMaker will launch a new version of its database program on Tuesday, with one important new feature specifically available to Mac users.

Apple Launches Crystal Clear Savings Promotion (Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0207/08.promo.php>
Apple today launched a new promotion for people that buy a Power Mac and want to save money on a flat panel monitor.

Apple To Webcast Expo Keynote; Satellite Available (Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0207/08.keynote.php>
Apple today released details of its intention to stream the event via QuickTime and satellite coordinates have also been provided.

FileMaker To Push Universal Information Exchange (Tom Sullivan, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/07/08/020708hnfilemaker.xml>
FileMaker on Tuesday will broaden its database strategy to include XML data interchange and application integration with the release of FileMaker Pro 6.

FileMaker Pro 6 Announced (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0207/08.filemaker.php>
FileMaker Inc. has announced FileMaker Pro 6 database software, a "significant upgrade" that offers easier-than-ever templates and tools, and a virtually limitless ability to gather, manage and share information, according to Dominique Goupil, president of FileMaker Inc.

Apple 'Switcher' Stories Growing (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=4916>
Apple has published more Switch stories from ex-Wintel users.

The King Of Mac 'T' Collectors (Leander Kahney, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,53619,00.html>
For nearly 20 years, Raines Cohen attended just about every Macintosh product launch, conference and user-group meeting, picking up a T-shirt at almost every one. Slowly, his wardrobe became a historical collection.

HP Releases Low-End Printer (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=4910>
Hewlett-Packard is launching a range of introductory products, including the HP Deskjet 3420 photo-quality printer and the HP ScanJet 3500 series.

Apple.de Web Domain Taken (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=15105>
Apple Germany seemingly lost its Internet domain name (apple.de) to an independent party, Saturday.

Coming Batch Of Earnings Reports May Give Clues On Tech Economy (David A Sylvester, San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/business/technology/3615741.htm>
Is the painful deflating of the tech bubble nearly over, and how soon will more normal economic growth resume?

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

Apple Should Focus On Quality (Garrison Ganter, O'Grady's PowerPage)
<http://www.powerpage.org/story.lasso?newsID=9586>

Remembering Rodney O. Lain (Pioneer Press)
<http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/business/technology/3618466.htm>
Too bad your writing an outstanding obit is what it's taken for me to finally write you.

Ask Not What Your Country Can Do For Your - Ask What Your Mac Can Do For Your Country (Duane Straub, OSXFAQ)
<http://www.osxfaq.com/Editorial/USA/>

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

Color Jetprinter A Bit Disappointing On Takeoff (Deborah Porterfield, Gannett News Service)
<http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/review/2002/7/08/jetprinter.htm>
Photos don't live up to expectations.

Netscape 7.0 Preview Release 1 Vs Netscape Communicator 4.7 Vs iCab 2.8.1 (Charles W. Moore, Applelinks.com)
<http://www.applelinks.com/articles/2002/07/20020708125917.shtml>

Clive Barker's Undying (Chris Barylick, Inside Mac Games)
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/reviews/view.php?ID=265>
It could have been a truly terrific game if the designers had seen fit to support multiplayer elements that had never really been tried before, but it’ll have to settle with being something less for the time being.

OS X: More Than Just Another Unix Variant (Zack Martin, Low End Mac)
<http://lowendmac.com/myturn/02/0708.html>
I think that Linux has great advantages, but none of these port over well for desktop users.

eMac: High-Power Computing Within Reach (BusinessWorld)
<http://www.itmatters.com.ph/news/news_07092002e.html>

Sleek New Iomega Hard Drive Offers Speed, Portability (James Coates, Chicago Tribune)
<http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/printedition/chi-0207070003jul07.story?coll=chi%2Dprintbusiness%2Dhed>
This is an extension of Iomega's earlier and bulkier portable hard drives sold under the Peerless brand name, with the emphasis on speed, size and large storage space.

=== internet top news =============

Daylight Webbery (Dominic Timms, The Guardian)
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/internetnews/story/0,7369,751310,00.html>
Theft of online design -- from whole sites to individual elements -- is rife.

Labels To Net Radio: Die Now (Steven Levy, Newsweek)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/777023.asp?cp1=1>
You'd think the record comapnies would love Internet tunes--instead they're tying to kill them.

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

eBay Will Buy PayPal (Brian Bergstein, Associated Press)
<http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=528&ncid=528&e=1&u=/ap/20020708/ap_on_hi_te/ebay_paypal_3>
Internet auction giant eBay said Monday it is buying online payment facilitator PayPal for $1.5 billion in stock in a long-rumored deal that would mark the end of eBay's rival, in-house electronic payment program.

Sites Bow To Microsoft's Browser King (Paul Festa, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1023-941926.html>
The call for Web authors to comply with standards comes as a new wave of competitors seeks to dislodge Microsoft from its perch as the No. 1 browser maker.

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

Gateway Touts Chic Yet Cheap PCs (Ian Fried, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1040-942096.html?tag=cd_mh>
Gateway announced Monday a set of low-end consumer computers that adopt the sleek, new black and silver styling that the direct PC seller plans to use throughout its desktop line.

Itanium 2 On The Way, But Will It Sell? (Michael Kanellos, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-941924.html>
The Itanium 2 processor marks a significant step in Intel's strategy to penetrate the upper echelons of the computing market. But analysts and others are asking whether it will thrive in the current economic ice age.

Microsoft Claims Europe's Largest WLAN (Peter Judge, ZDNet UK)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-942002.html>
The Wireless LAN set up for Microsoft's developer conference in Barcelona supported 7000 devices, and transferred 83GB of data in one day, according to the company.

Why Didn't Mobile Platforms Trip Microsoft Up? (Peter Judge, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-941994.html>
Looking back, I wonder how we could be so naive.

Cracking MS SQL Server Passwords (Thomas C Greene, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/26086.html>
Security through obscurity fails again.

Microsoft: Palladium Not Just For Windows (Matt Loney, ZDNet UK)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-941957.html>
Following widespread skepticism of Microsoft's motives for developing its trusted computing platform, the software giant this week moved to reassure the software community that Palladium will not be limited to Microsoft's platforms.

Intel Is Seeking Safety In Diversity (Olga Khariff, BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jul2002/tc2002078_7435.htm>
Products that don't depend on PCs are its next big hope. It's a dicey strategy, but many analysts are becoming optimistic.

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

Reality Gap In Afghanistan (Belquis Ahmadi, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36841-2002Jul7.html>
Despite rosy reports, women's rights remain wishful thinking.

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

Labels To Net Radio: Die Now (Steven Levy, Newsweek)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/777023.asp?cp1=1>
You'd think the record comapnies would love Internet tunes--instead they're tying to kill them.

Earth 'Will Expire By 2050' (Mark Townsend and Jason Burke, The Observer)
<http://www.observer.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,750783,00.html>
Our planet is running out of room and resources. Modern man has plundered so much, a damning report claims this week, that outer space will have to be colonised.

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

Stillborns Re-Touched By An Angel (Julia Scheeres, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,53624,00.html>
A mother who digitally enhances photos of her son finds herself in demand from other parents of stillborns. "It's much easier to share pictures if it looks like a normal baby," she says.

Summer Of Love (Judith Levine, The Village Voice)
<http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0227/levine.php>
The romance a teenage camper couldn't have today.

Tainted Love (Susan Orlean, New Yorker)
<http://www.newyorker.com/shouts/content/?020715sh_shouts>
I want to make a confession: I am passionately and uncontrollably in love with Dick Cheney.

It's A Bird, It's A Plane, It's Plagiarism Buster! (Gillian Silverman, Newsweek)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/776951.asp>
Brandishing a red pen in place of a red cape, I fight to rescue words from literary bandits.

Why The Best Run Airport Is Still Not Good Enough (Richard Zoglin and Sally B. Donnelly, Time)
<http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,300610,00.html>
As a shooting at LAX raises new security fears, TIME looks at how one airport, Denver International, is coping. No U.S. airport is better equipped to protect flyers. But that doesn't mean it has all the answers.

Should We All Be Vegetarians? (Richard Corliss, Time)
<http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101020715/story.html>
Would we be healthier? Would the planet? The risks and benefits of a meat-free life.

Sex Sells -- Or Does It? (Ellen Goodman, Boston Globe)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2002/07/07/ED222817.DTL>
What if sex doesn't sell? What if violence isn't viable? What if the risque is risky? What if, to put it more accurately, programs full of smarm and rage don't deliver more customers?

Imitation Nation (Lisa Movius, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/07/08/imitation_nation/index.html>
Is piracy-crazed China a nightmare vision of the future, or just a developing ocuntry going through some severe growing pains?

An Artful Alternative To The Heard Mentality (Teresa Wiltz, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36616-2002Jul7.html>
Deaf Way II is a unique gathering of like-minded souls, an event where deaf performers, visual artists, storytellers and, yes, clowns, can show their work in a week-long festival.

Sept. 11 Attacks, Depicted With Electronic 'Pigment' (Matthew Mirapaul, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/08/arts/design/08ARTS.html>
An Internet artist uses names to reclaim the human dimension of Sept. 11.

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

Second Opinion (Jill Willams, Artisan)
<http://members.aol.com/artisanjnl/poems.html#williams>

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

SAT Will Still Be Introduced (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,130748,00.html?>
Singapore universities will proceed to introduce the American Scholastic Assessment Test 1 as an admission requirement from next year, despite impending changes to the SAT test.

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

Malaysia To 'Rework' Water Price Hike: Syed Hamid (Eddie Toh, Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,2276,50645,00.html?>
Malaysia is to 'rework' its earlier proposal to jack up by 100 times the price of raw water it supplies to Singapore because the Republic has not accepted it, Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar indicated yesterday.

Wear And Tear Or Shoddy Work? (Laurel Teo, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,130747,00.html?>
MPs want the HDB to take responsibility for ceiling problems but the authorities say it is up to residents to fix the defects.

12 Bills Passed, But So Many Missed Chances (Tan Tarn How, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,130736,00.html?>
On a day in which the fare-hike debate did not materialise, MPs failed to ask vital questions and got unsatisfactory replies.

Campus Of New Poly Has No Lecture Theatres (Tracy Quek, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,130733,00.html?>
Instead of a lecture-tutorial system, Republic Polytechnic will use approach allowing students to learn by solving problems posed by teachers.

IDA Error Should Not Be Excused (Edwin Yeo Tee Yeok, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,1870,130755,00.html?>
If this mistake goes unpunished, it will only encourage a culture where civil servants think they can simply make decisions without taking any care, because they can go about making mistakes without ever having to account for them.

Agreement On Water Will Clear Way For Other Issues: KL (Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/latest/story/0,2276,50573,00.html?>
Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar today said solving the water issue with Singapore will pave the way for a settlement of other outstanding bilateral issues.

Government Admits Civil Servants Made Mistake In SingTel's $388m Compensation (Hwee Goh, Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/12645/1/.html>
While a lesson has been learnt, it was inappropriate to punish the review committee or any of its members.

Virgin Mobile Pulls Out Of Singapore Market (Melvin Yong, Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/12629/1/.html>
Less than a year after making a big entrance, the Virgin group belonging to the British tycoon Richard Branson is pulling out of the Singapore mobile phone market.

Singapore To Open Fifth Polytechnic To Cope With Dragon Year Baby Boom (Farah Abdul Rahim, Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/12632/1/.html>

SingTel Says May Take 12-18 Months To Launch Interactive Pay-TV (Chan Hwa Loon, Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/12609/1/.html>
Singapore Telecom has said it may take as long as 12 to 18 months to commercially launch a meaningful interactive television service in Singapore, once it gets the green light from government.

Job Creation Continues To Be Weak: MOM (S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/12597/1/.html>
The economy is recovering, but Minister of State for Manpower Ng Eng Hen has warned that job creation is still weak.

Asia Embarks On Single Currency Voyage A La Europe (Natsuko Waki, Reuters)
<http://asia.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml;jsessionid=34T5ZVMJU34FICRBAEKSFFAKEEATIIWD?type=topnews&StoryID=1170314>
Five years after the Asian crisis, the contours of a future regional currency regime are starting to emerge with a study that calls for the creation of a currency basket system and ultimately a single Asian currency.

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