[MyAppleMenu] Jul 15, 2002

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Apple Releases QuickTime 6 (Jim Dalrymple and Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0207/15.quicktime.php>
Apple today released QuickTime 6, the latest version of the popular digital media technology.

Microsoft Out To Grab Macworld's Attention (Joe Wilcox, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-943861.html>
Microsoft on Monday launched the first of several preemptive strikes against Apple's Macworld trade show by making announcements about new technologies far ahead of their delivery to market.

Apple Ads Make Big Impressions, Rival Big Firms' (Theresa Howard, USA Today)
<http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2002/07/15/apple-ads.htm>
The all-time leader for small brand, big identity is Apple.

Connection Systems: The Numbers Game (Charles Arthur, Independent)
<http://news.independent.co.uk/digital/features/story.jsp?story=315204>
The crucial difference between USB 2.0 and FireWire is this: FireWire is faster and more reliable.

OS X Adoption Rate Draws Fire From Microsoft, Corel (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0207/15.osxmarketing.php>
Phil Schiller told the Wall Street Journal that Microsoft's concern are "very, very misplaced" and suggested that the $499 price tag of Office may be a reason why Microsoft's sales are sluggish.

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

Microsoft Releases Entourage X Palm Conduit (MacMinute.com)
<http://www.macminute.com/index.shtml#0200715-mssy>

Bare Bones Offers Macworld Expo Special (MacMinute.com)
<http://www.macminute.com/index.shtml#0200715-bare>

Apple Japan Scores Well For Service And Support (MacMinute.com)
<http://www.macminute.com/index.shtml#0200715-nikk>

QuickTime Broadcaster Released (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0207/15.broadcaster.php>
QuickTime Broadcaster is live encoding software you can use to produce live events for online delivery.

3,000 New Computers Are Being Placed In 33 County Schools (Cathi Carr, Gainesville Sun)
<http://www.gainesvillesun.com/articles/2002-07-15c.shtml>
Sitting at octagonal desks in the multimedia technology lab at Howard Bishop Middle School, seventh- and eighth-graders work with the latest digital imaging software programs on a handful of Apple iMac computers.

Canon Intros 3 New Color Bubble Jet Printers (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=15245>
Canon today introduced two new Bubble Jet Direct photo printers and one entry-level Color Bubble Jet printer for the consumer and SOHO markets--all of which have new Exif Print support for easy, smart processing of digital images.

Adobe Announces Photoshop Elements 2.0 (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0207/15.elements.php>

Inside The Mind Of A MacCommunist (Leander Kahney, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,53839,00.html>
New York writer Lukas Hauser's MacCommunist column about Macs and socialism turns red baiting on its head.

Apple Execs Make Millions From Stock (Dan Lee, San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/business/3665597.htm>
Executives from Apple amassed multimillion-dollar gains from exercising options and selling stock in the computer maker in May.

Digital Video Recorder Introduced For The Mac (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/index.shtml#0200715-gato>

MacHack 2003 Announced (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0207/15.machack.php>
MacHack is billed as "the annual conference for leading edge developers," and it's a marathon event that runs continuously for 72 hours, ending with a banquet.

Apple, Akamai Extend Partnership (MacMinute.com)
<http://www.macminute.com/index.shtml#0200715-akam>

Future Fuzzy For Adobe Camera Software (David Becker, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1040-943691.html?tag=cd_mh>
Adobe will provide a simplified version of its ubiquitous image editing program with a new version of Photoshop Elements, but analysts warn the software may not be simple--or cheap-- enough for the average digital camera user.

Record This: A TiVo-Like Toy For The Mac? (Joe Wilcox, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1040-943689.html>
Analysts warn that, like TiVo and other recorders that have failed to gain widespread popularity, a Mac device could be a tough sell.

Macs To Be Used In Post-MWNY Big Apple Meeting (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0207/15.meeting.php>
Approximately 500 iBooks, as well as some iMacs, will be used to facilitate communication at a meeting to discuss what to do with the World Trade Center site.

MWNY: Revolution 1.5 Previewed (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0207/15.revolution.php>

MWNY: Apple SoHo Store To Have User Group Night (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0207/15.soho.php>
A special User Group Night is slated as part of the celebration for the opening of ht enew Apple Store in New York during Macworld Conference & Expo this week.

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

Woe Is Microsoft And Corel (When It Comes To Mac OS X) (Chuck Toporek, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/1689>
Let's get down to the <i>real</i> issue here. Microsoft doesn't like the fact that Apple's encouraging people to Switch to Mac OS X.

Let The Squabbling Begin (Rob McNair-Huff, Mac Net Journal)
<http://www.whiterabbits.com/MacNetJournal/2002/07/15.html#a1772>
The real story: Microsoft wants to blame Apple for not helping sell its overpriced software.

How Steve Jobs Got Microsoft To Pay For Jaguar's Development (Bob McCormick, MyMac.com)
<http://www.mymac.com/mccormick/7.15.02.shtml>

You've (Not) Got Mail (Jeff Lewis, MacOPINION)
<http://www.macopinion.com/columns/macskeptic/02/07/15/index.html>
How to get your email from Entourage to Outlook in 2038 easy steps.

Discussion: Microsoft Vs. Apple's "Thunder" (Slashdot)
<http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/15/1650225>

Dear Steve Jobs: At Macworld, Show Me This... (David Coursey, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-943790.html>

Apple's Rack Server A La Mode (Bill O'Brien, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-943794.html>
Apple's magnanimous licensing is almost more remarkable than Apple producing a competent server for the rest of us.

Hells Buys Zamboni (Or: My Unexpectedly Pleasant Correspondence With John C. Dvorak) (Joey deVilla, Happiest Geek On Earth)
<http://kode-fu.com/geek/2002_07_14_archive.shtml#85247721>
A filet mkignon on a flaming sword to you for takin' it in stride!

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

Mac OS X Takes Macintosh To New Level (Peter Coffee, eWeek)
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,381943,00.asp>
Mac OS X is at last a 'real operating system.'

WarCraft III (Eddie Park, Inside Mac Games)
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/reviews/view.php?ID=276>
Few computer games have been heralded upon their arrival as much as Warcraft III.

Big-Camera Features In A Little Package (James Coates, Chicago Tribune)
<http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/printedition/chi-0207140028jul14.story?coll=chi%2Dprintbusiness%2Dhed>

EZQuest's Boa FireWire DVD-RW Drive (CCPlace)
<http://www.ccplace.com/ezquest_dvdrw.shtml>

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

Smelling Spam, Software Rejects Newsletter (Jennifer 8. Lee, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/15/technology/15SPAM.html>
Consider the collateral damage of the Spam Wars.

That's It, I Must Speak Out (Brendan O'Neill)
<http://boneill.blogspot.com/2002_07_01_boneill_archive.html#78861078>
Of course it is (potentially) a good thing that any man, woman or child can set up their own website and express their opinions to other men, women and children. But the Blogosphere must have standards if it expects to be taken seriously.

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

Yahoo Ads Set To Get Busier (Jim Hu, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1023-943865.html>
Yahoo on Monday said it has signed agreements with four Web technology companies, hoping to strengthen its online advertising offerings.

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

Microsoft Improving .Net Framework (Paul Krill, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/07/15/020715hnwhidbey.xml>

Microsoft Upgrading Exchange, Outlook (Dennis Callaghan, eWeek)
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,382172,00.asp>
Microsoft will introduce a new version of its Exchange messaging server next year, codenamed Titanium, that will feature an improved Outlook client and integratd Microsoft Mobile Information Server technology cheif among its features.

Microsoft Out To Grab Macworld's Attention (Joe Wilcox, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-943861.html>
Microsoft on Monday launched the first of several preemptive strikes against Apple's Macworld trade show by making announcements about new technologies far ahead of their delivery to market.

Confirmed: MS To Ship Beefed Up 802.11 Security In XP SP1 (John Lettice, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/26188.html>
Microsoft will be shipping a Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol (PEAP) client with SP1 of Windwos XP.

Microsoft To Unveil Media Format's Name (Joe Wilcox, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-943693.html>
Microsoft on Monday will announce its crown digital media technology, code-named Cornoa, officially will be called Windows Media 9 Series.

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

One Federal Department Too Many (Amy E. Smithson, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/15/opinion/15SMIT.html>
There are cheaper and quicker ways to coordinate counterterrorism efforts.

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

All In The Family (Fred Guterl, Newsweek)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/779611.asp>
Scientists find the oldest fossil of a human ancestor ever--a 7 million-year-old skull that is shaking up theories of human origins.

Smelling Spam, Software Rejects Newsletter (Jennifer 8. Lee, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/15/technology/15SPAM.html>
Consider the collateral damage of the Spam Wars.

Silicon Valley Without Trimmings (John Markoff and Matt Richtel, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/15/technology/15PAWN.html>
Having already gone from boom to bust, many dot-commers are coming to something worse. Now, a part of the dot-com class is being defined by what it needs to return.

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

In Safe Hands (Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/features/lifestyle/la-lv-safecracker15jul15.story>
If it's locked, Dave Richardson can crack it open--legally, of course. He's a professional with the right combination of skill and scruples.

One 4,000-Pounder With Cheese, To Go (Don Oldenburg, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4385-2002Jul14.html>
If it means eating and driving, fast food is definitely hazardous to your health.

Hearing The Notes That Aren't Played (David Mamet, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/15/books/15MAME.html>
How much can one remove from a script, and still have the composition be intelligble?

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

Employees Unhappy With Lower Pay Ceiling (Lee Su Shyan and Rebecca Lee, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,132031,00.html?>
Businesses welcome proposal to lower ceiling to $5,000 but top earners say move will result in less CPF savings.

Refocusing The CPF System For Enhanced Security In Retirement And Economic Flexibility (Ministry of Trade and Industry)
<http://www.erc.gov.sg/>
CPF should continiue to cater to the three key needs of retirement expenditure, healthcare and home ownership.

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

A Fine Balancing Act (Vikram Khanna, Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,2276,51311,00.html?>
The proposals, which retain the main pillars of the CPF scheme, are realistic.

Doubts Linger Over Job Prospects (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,132030,00.html?>
Older workers were not convinced that a lower CPF rate would improve their chances of finding re-employment.

Banks May Become More Cautious In Giving Loans (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,132024,00.html?>
Analysts say bank will weigh the fact that older borrowers won't have as much of their CPF in paying loans as before.

Bringing The CPF Back To Its Roots - Carefully (Tammy Tan, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,131984,00.html?>
It is clear that the committee was quite concerned with one element of arguably the world's most successful pension-fund system: The reliance on property as an asset.

Taxpayers Bear Cost Of Rectification (Siew Ngung Chia, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,1870,132009,00.html?>
Without accountability, civil servants may use public funds freely to try out new designs without in-depth analysis.

SyBase ASE To Ship This Week (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0207/15.sybase.php>
The Early Adopter Program provides free use of ASE 12.5 on Mac OS X with free newsgroup support until the product is generally available in September.

No Need For Radical Changes To CPF: Tharman (Walter Fermandez, Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/13324/1/.html>
There is no need for radical changes to Singapore's Central Provident Fund scheme, said Tharman Shanmugaratnam, chairman of the Economic Review subcommittee which has proposed changes to the compulsory savings scheme.

Singapore CPF Proposals Put Emphasis On Retirement Security (Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/latest/story/0,2276,51266,00.html?>
A Singapore government economic review panel today proposed widespread changes to the compulsory state pension fund, aimed at ensuring people have enough cash for retirement.

Project Gives Students Funding To Turn Inventions Into Reality (Ca-Mie De Souza, Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/13319/1/.html>

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