[MyAppleMenu] Jul 10, 2002

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

How OS X Could Rescue The PC Biz (Charles Haddad, BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jul2002/tc20020710_3214.htm>
A rivalry between Apple and Microsoft is good. It will prevent a modern-day Nietzsche from rightly declaring that the PC died from a terminal case of boredom.

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

Troubles For 'Big Brother' Mac Fans (John Powell, Jam! ShowBiz)
<http://www.canoe.ca/JamBigBrother3/jul9_bigbrother_can.html>
Mac users are going to be experiencing headaches and an extra fee in order to spend their summer watching the "Big Brother 3" live feeds on the Internet.

Fidelity's FMR Halves Stake In Apple Computer (Reuters)
<http://www.forbes.com/markets/newswire/2002/07/10/rtr657203.html>

Apple Opening Stores In SoHo, Roosevelt Field (Ryan eague-Beckwith, Newsday)
<http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-biz-apple710.story?coll=ny%2Dbusiness%2Dheadlines>
As part of an aggressive campaign to convince Windows users to switch to Macintosh, Apple is opening two flashy new retail stores in Manhattan and Long Island this month.

FileMaker Pro 6 Updated (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0207/10.filemaker.php>
FileMaker 6.0v2 supports the import of XML data from a remote FileMaker Pro host via HTTP request, and improves performance when using Find and Replace in large databases.

QuickTime For The Web (Nathan Segal, Streaming Media World)
<http://www.streamingmediaworld.com/yours/docs/qt/>
Written by Steven W. Gulie, QuickTime for the Web is a book which explores the inner workings of QuickTime, a common yet often untapped technology.

Apple Runs Final Cut Pro Bundle Promo With Commotion, DVD Studio Pro, & BIAS Deck For US$1699 (The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/article/2002/07/10.4.shtml>

Apple Rleeases Patch For WebObjects For Windows 2000 (Bryan Chaffin, The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/article/2002/07/10.5.shtml>

Rumors Buzz As Macworld Looms (Leander Kahney, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,53743,00.html>
Macworld New York is just around the corner and the rumors surrounding Apple are heating up. RumorTracker is a new site that gathers all the rumors into one place.

MW Expo 'Largest Ever' (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=4925>
IDG World Expo is promising the largest ever Macworld Conference and Expo next week.

Apple To Expand iMac LCD Display (Joe Wilcox, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1040-942608.html>
Even without an immediate boost in sales, releasing a 17-inch iMac makes a lot of sense, based on the dramatic increase in demand for larger flat-panel monitors.

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

The Blacklist Brouhaha (Dan Knight, Low End Mac)
<http://lowendmac.com/musings/02/0710.html>

Why I Don't Use Microsoft Software: No Need & No Trust (Darla Sasaki, The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/editorial/2002/07/09.1.shtml>

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

Seven Learning Styles In New JumpStart Titles (Gene Emery, Reuters)
<http://www.forbes.com/business/newswire/2002/07/10/rtr657307.html>
The flaws are surprising in a product that tries so hard to make learning easy.

PowerBook Pismo Finally Gets A G4 Upgrade -- Is It Worth $299? (Bare Feats)
<http://www.barefeats.com/pb09.html>
If you love your Pismo, I think this upgrade is a "no-brainer." Downsides? Keep in mind that the Pismo's graphics processing unit is wimpy and video RAM limited so Quartz Extreme advantages do not apply.

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

For PayPal, One Large Internet Payment (Alan Leo, Technology Review)
<http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/wo_leo070902.asp>
With eBay's purchase, online payment technology comes of age.

The Boon Behind The Bubble (Michael J. Mandel, BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/02_28/b3791061.htm>
Even after big losses, America is better off than before.

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

Microsoft Gets Into Media Player Groove (Byron Acohido, USA Today)
<http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2002/07/10/real-story.htm>
To claim victory, Microsoft must win the allegiance of media companies -- to supply music and videos -- and telecoms to distribute the content.

Intel 2.8GHz Pentium 4 To Ship Early (Ken Popovich, eWeek)
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,367394,00.asp>
Intel is pushing up the release of a 2.8GHz Pentium 4 to this summer in hopes of boosting sagging sales of its flagship PC processor.

Control Your Identity Or Microsoft And Intel Will (Jon Udell, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/webservices/2002/07/09/udell.html>
We have had most of these capabilities in software for years, but haven't bothered to exercise them.

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

Dell PCs Coming TO A Mall Near You (John G Spooner, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1040-942890.html>
Dell, which sells its products direct to consumers via the Web, is looking to entice potential buyers with a hands-on test-drive.

Microsoft's Palladium: What The Heck Is It? (David Coursey, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-942699.html>

Microsoft To Ship Smart-Phone Software 'Any Day Now' (Summer Lemon, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/07/10/020710hnmssmartphone.xml>
After repeated delays, Microsoft is finally ready to ship its Windows Powered Smartphone 2002 software, formerly code-named Stinger, in the coming weeks but mobile phones based on the software may not appear for up to six months after its release.

MS To Ship 64-Bit .NET Preview This Month (John Lettice, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/26117.html>
Here's one we'll prepare later...

It Ain't Heavy; It's My Laptop (John G Spooner, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1040-942396.html>
The Toshiba Satellite 1955 is the latest example in a new trend in consuemr-oriented notebooks.

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

The Boon Behind The Bubble (Michael J. Mandel, BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/02_28/b3791061.htm>
Even after big losses, America is better off than before.

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

Endless Love (Kim Severson, San Francisco Chronicle)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/07/10/FD241987.DTL>
Why slam a perfectly lovely dish? Because it's popular -- so popular that the kitchen crew is throughly sick of making it, yet the chef doesn't dare retire it.

Going Far Beyond Product Placement (Brian Lowry, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.calendarlive.com/top/1,1419,L-LATimes-TV-X!ArticleDetail-65521,00.html>
Advertisers still rely on television to deliver their messages, but with viewers less apt to idly endure commercial breaks, sponsors feel increasingly compelled to think outside the box and get inside the programs.

Found And Lost (A.R. Torres, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/07/10/winner_s_circle/index.html>
I thought I was one of the lucky 9/11 relatives: I had the remains of my husband. But then the medical examiner informed me I was grieving over only 40 percent of Eddie's body.

All-Star Outrage (King Kaufman, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/kaufman/2002/07/10/all_star/index.html?x>
The game ended in a tie. That's not a problem, but baseball still screwed up. And that pregame show!

Blined By Science (Jordan Ellenberg, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/?id=2067547>
Explaining the media's obsession with Stephen Wolfram's <i>A New Kind of Science</i>.

An Heir To Pavarotti's Throne? (Daniel Williams, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46711-2002Jul9.html>
Everyone seems to agree that Pavarotti is out. But who follows? Some connoisseurs think it might be Licitra, a 33-year-old who came to music comparatively late in life.

Reclaiming A Lost River, Building A Community (D. J. Waldie, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/10/opinion/10WALD.html>
So much is breaking up Los Angeles -- from secession movements in the San Fernando Valley and Hollywood to the growing divide between the city's wealthy and working poor -- that it may come as a shock to learn there is something knitting the city together.

Enduringly Yankee, With A Modern Twist (R.W. Apple Jr., New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/10/dining/10MAIN.html>
In the land of lobster, Maine chefs are stirring up a sophisticated new local cuisine.

A History Of The Midest In The Humble Chickpea (Jodi Kantor, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/10/dining/10FALA.html>
Many Palestinians believe that Israelis have stolen falafel, a traditional Arab food, and passed it off as what postcards at tourist kiosks all over Israel call "Israel's National Snack."

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

Sunrise Over Cassis (Adam Zagajewski, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/?id=2067608&device=>

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

Hikes Stay But Minister Takes MPs' Point (Lydia Lim, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,131230,00.html?>
Yeo Cheow Tong took up MPs' suggestions to re-examine the make-up of the pTC and ocnsider whether transport company officials should be members.

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

Too Early To Say Recovery Is Here (Anna Teo, Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,2276,50865,00.html?>

Operators To Cut Ez-Link Failure Rate (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,131135,00.html?>
Transport Minister Yeo Cheow Tong said yesterday he has asked transport operators and TransitLink, which issues the card, to reduce the error rate.

Clear Signal Of Recovery Ahead (Narendra Aggarwal, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,131168,00.html?>
Singapore's economy has bounced back strongly, with a healthy 3.2 percent growth for the April-June quarter, after a bleak 12 months of shrinkage.

SCV To Stop Airing Malaysian TV Channels (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/breakingnews/story/0,1895,131091,00.html?>
The move came because the suppliers of foreign movies and dramas have only given rights to the two stations to show these programmes in Malaysia, but not in Singapore.

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