[MyAppleMenu] Jul 9, 2002

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

Taiwan iMac Shipments Take A Hit As Demand For The Computer Slackens (David Tzeng, Chou Hua-Hsin, DigiTimes)
<http://www.digitimes.com/NewsShow/NewsSearch.asp?DocID=505DA64CAA03699F48256BE4004A5230&query=Apple>
The new iMac’s Taiwanese part suppliers and assemblers are reporting reduced or halted shipments amid weakening demand for the flat-panel desktop, according to sources familiar with the companies.

Quanta Computer May Ship 4.5 Million Notebooks This Year, Below Its Earlier Estimates (David Tzeng, Chou Hua-Hsin, DigiTimes.com)
<http://www.digitimes.com/NewsShow/NewsSearch.asp?docID=D3AD2C50BAFCA6BC48256BF0004BED48&query=Apple>
Hit by slowing iMac shipments and cuts in orders from HP, Quanta Computer could face a long road in reaching its shipment target this year.

Crunch Time For Apple OS Security (James Middleton, vnunet.com)
<http://www.vnunet.com/News/1133364>
Hackers see Mac OSX hole as soft touch.

Symantec Updates Norton Utilities (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0207/09.symantec.php>

Linux Tries iPod On For Size (Matthew Broersma, ZDNet UK)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-942434.html>
Windows users have recently been given access to the popular Macintosh music player, iPod. Now Linux users may soon be able to take a bite out of Apple's gadget too.

EV Nova 1.0.2 Coming Soon (Daniel Krechmer, Inside Mac Games)
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/news/story.php?ArticleID=5806>

Study Of Power Consumption Also Finds Macs Are Cheaper To Run (Alex Summersby, Macunlimited.com)
<http://news.macunlimited.com/news_145.html>
An independent analysis at the University of Liege, Belgium, has shown that Mac systems' significantly lower power consumption also means substantial savings over Windows PC systems.

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

Celebrity Apple Cronies Silent On Community Explusions (Andrew Orlowski, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/39/26110.html>
Why is the grassroots determined to take it lying down?

What's With Apple's Fetish For Secrecy? (David Coursey, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-942337.html>
Whoever is really to blame here, Apple needs to turn this brouhaha into a non-issue--and fast.

GraphicPower 'Blacklisting' Looks More Like Apathy Than Conspiracy (Chuck La Tournous, RandomMaccess)
<http://www.randommaccess.com/newspro/articles/1026163233.shtml>

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

Apple Determined To Upstage Rival (Peggy Rogers, The Miami Herald)
<http://www.miami.com/mld/miami/business/3624654.htm>
There will be pain involved, but also joy of release for Microsoft dissidents.

eMac Test Drive (Steve Watkins, Low End Mac)
<http://lowendmac.com/practical/02/0709.html>
The eMac fills at least two voids in Apple's product line.

Top Ten iPhoto Tips (Derrick Story, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/06/08/iphoto_tips.html>
The truit is, iPhoto is really quite powerful (and complicated), even though it <i>appears</i> simple on the surface.

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

Liberty Alliance, Microsoft Square Off Again (Matt Berger and Ed Scannell, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/07/09/020709hnlibspec.xml>
Both Microsoft and the Liberty Alliance are moving forward at full force in the race to provide a secure single sign-on system for Web services.

eBay Says No To PayPal Gambling (Joanna Glasner, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,53703,00.html>
Online gamblers, most of whom can no longer use U.S. credit cards to fund their habit, are about to lose yet another payment option.

Unsafe Assumptions (Scot Hacker, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/1670>
It is unfair and wrong to assume that someone is running Windows, or has Office installed. Draw your own analogies to the assumption of many that an atheist should be unbothered by being required to pledge allegiance "under God." 

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

Don't Trash Microsoft Office Just Yet (Peet Morris, CW360)
<http://www.cw360.com/bin/bladerunner?REQSESS=pTD500SD&REQAUTH=0&2149REQEVENT=&CARTI=113969&CARTT=4&CCAT=1&CCHAN=1&CFLAV=1>
One issue that is being missed in the hullabaloo regarding Microsoft's and Sun's office suites is programmability.

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

Liberty Alliance, Microsoft Square Off Again (Matt Berger and Ed Scannell, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/07/09/020709hnlibspec.xml>
Both Microsoft and the Liberty Alliance are moving forward at full force in the race to provide a secure single sign-on system for Web services.

Dell Sticks With Profit Forecast (Reuters)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-942407.html>
"We are still sticking by our guidance of our earnings call," Chief Operating Officer Kevin Rollins said on a Bear Stearns conference call with investors.

Microsoft Releases Beefed-Up Content Manager (Ed Scannell, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/07/09/020709hncontentmanager.xml>
Microsoft on Tuesday released the first beta of Content Management Server (CMS) 2002, which features support for XML-based Web services, improved content authoring, and tighter integration with Visual Studio .Net programming environment and support for ASP.Net.

HP Brings Out Servers With Intel Itanium 2 Processor (Alex Pham, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-hp9jul09002048.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dtechnology>
Hewlett-Packard Co. launched a line of high-end server and workstation computers Monday that will be among the first products to have Intel Corp.'s Itanium 2 processor.

Microsoft Eyes Visa Users With Passport (Wylie Wong, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-942295.html>
Microsoft hopes to extend its Passport online identification system into authorizing credit card payments.

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

Bigotry In Islam -- And Here (Nicholas D. Kristof, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/09/business/09INTE.html>
Since 9/11, appalling hate speech about Islam has circulated in the U.S. on talk radio, on the Internet and in particular among conservative Christian pastors.

How A Popular State Bill To Restrict Smoking In Restaurants Faltered (Shalia K. Dewan, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/09/nyregion/09SMOK.html>
The demise of a bill that would have restricted smoking in restaurants demonstrates how it is much easier to stop a bill than to shepherd it into law in Albany.

Dubya Losing The Benefit Of The Doubt (Matt Welch, National Post)
<http://nationalpost.com/search/site/story.asp?id=45E22CB9-257B-432A-8FF8-D563BE9C2563>
Moratorium on Bush-bashing is over.

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

Quiet, Sad Death Of Net Pioneer (Michelle Delio, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,53704,00.html>
It's horribly ironic that the news of Gene Kan's death has traveled so slowly -- no tributes posted on Usenet, no mention of his passing at any of the usual geek news sites.

The Code Of Cosmos (Charles Piller, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-genius9jul09.story>
A genius to some, a crackpot to others, Stephen Wolfram says it's all very simple: The universe can be reduced to a computer program. 

Some London Hotels Offer The Future For Guests (Suzanne Kapner, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/09/business/09INTE.html>
Business travelers tired of lugging their laptops around should come here to get a glimpse of a less cumbersome future.

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

Fowl Play (Felicity Lawrence, The Guardian)
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/food/Story/0,2763,751244,00.html>
They are the ultimate 21st-century food - quick, easy and highly processed. But if you knew about the high percentage of skin, the water, and the pulped carcasses that go into some of them, would you be so keen to reach into the freezer for chicken nuggets?

When Not To Trust The Feedback (Brian Lowry, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.calendarlive.com/top/1,1419,L-LATimes-TV-X!ArticleDetail-65393,00.html>
Focus groups in 1996 said "Everybody Loves Raymond" was a dud, highlighting a drawback in trusting this input.

On The 'Road' With Tom Hanks (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times)
<http://www.suntimes.com/output/eb-feature/sho-sunday-hanks07.html>
"So what was it like working with Paul Newman?" This is not the kind of question you learn at the Great Interviewers' School.

Digital VD (Matt Labash, Weekly Standard)
<http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/001/421lvnhr.asp>
The DVD -- with the aid of Blockbuster -- is destroying everything movie lovers hold dear.

In The Hammer Lane (Paul Farhi, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41416-2002Jul8.html>
Jus tbefore she goes on the air -- which she does roughly 60 times every weekday morning -- Lisa Baden employs an old radio announcer's trick. She smiles.

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

Onus On GLCs To Prove Critics Wrong (Lydia Lim, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/analysis/story/0,1870,131058,00.html?>
Because the parent body talks about helping its GLCs grow, some in the business community already fear that Temasek's firms will "cream off" even more from the private sector.

Transport Companies Can Afford To Delay Fee Rise: Soo Khoon (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,130960,00.html?>
Mr Tan Soo Khoon (East Coast GRC), who tabled a motion asking for a review of the hike in bus and train fares, yesterday charged that the fare rises had become a 'lightning rod' for the people's unhappiness over the recent spate of fee increases.

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

Better Services Come At A Price: Khaw (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,130973,00.html?>
Mr Khaw Boon Wan, the Senior Minister of State for Transport and Information, Communications and the Arts, yesterday explained why people were wrong about the reasons for the increases and why members of the Public Transport Council do not deserve the abuse that has been thrown at them.

MPs Scrutinise Bus, Train Fare Hikes (Lydia Lim, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,130959,00.html?>
They question need for increases when people are struggling financially but transport companies are making profits.

SBS Transit, SMRT Refute Charges Of Profiteering (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/12773/1/.html>
Transport companies which came under fire in Parliament on Tuesday for the recent fare hikes, issued statements to refute charges of profiteering.

Singapore Relaxes Nanny Law For Malaysian Caregivers (Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/latest/story/0,2276,50677,00.html?>
Expectant mothers in Singapore can now apply instantly for permits to bring in Malaysian nannies or choose from a growing pool of local nursemaids, the Manpower Ministry said today.

Decision On Singtel Fixed Line Hike Proposal To Be Reached By September (Hwee Goh, Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/12715/1/.html>
The decision on whether SingTel will be allowed to raise local fixed line telephone charges will be made by September, acting MITA Minister David Lim revealed in Parliament.

SBA Studying Subtitling Feasibility On Important TV Programmes (Hwee Goh, Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/12717/1/.html>
The Singapore Broadcasting Authority (SBA) is studying if it is feasible to subtitle important TV programmes like the National Day Rally.

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