[MyAppleMenu] Jul 16, 2002

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

Apple Hits Lowered Earnings Target (Ian Fried, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-944249.html>
Apple on Tuesday reported quarterly sales and earnings that matched analysts' lowered expectations as flat-panel iMac sales and sales to schools fell short of the company's initial hopes.

Browne Expands On OS X Allegations (Simon Aughton, MacUser)
<http://www.macuser.co.uk/macnn/php3/openframe.php3?page=%2Fnewnews%2Fnewsarticle_main.php3%3F1&id=2139>
"We've announced that we are already working on the next major releases of our Mac products, but have concerns about the long-term because Apple has not focused on moving the Mac installed base to Mac OS X."

Apple Refutes Microsoft's Mac OS X Claims (Darryl K. Taft, eWeek)
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,382858,00.asp>
"About 10 percent of our installed base [are] running their machines on a new operating system. By the end of the year, we're targeting five million users or 20 percent of our base. I don't know of anyone else who's moved over so many people so quickly."

Apple Launches QuickTime 6 (Joe Wilcox, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-944013.html>
"QuickTime 6 certainly is better positioned [than Microsoft's] to take advantage of some of the toolsets in MPEG-4."

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

Apple Retail Stores An 'Investment In The Future' (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0207/16.retail.php>
Though unit sales and revenues were down in Apple's retail stores, the company will continue to add more stores and work toward having them break-even by the December quarter.

Apple CFO On Current, Future Finances (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0207/16.finances.php>
Apple's third quarter proved to be challenging because there was no "seasonal uplift" as usual.

Mac OS X As Preventive Medicine (Mark Hall, Computerworld)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0207/16.medicine.php>
Adding systems running Mac OS X can help create a heterogeneous environment that presents a defense against particularly threatening viruses that target a single operating system.

Apple Warns On 4Q (CNN/Money)
<http://money.cnn.com/2002/07/16/technology/apple/index.htm>
Apple warned Tuesday that its current-quarter sales and profit will fall short of analysts' forecasts as customers keep cutting spending on new computers.

Apple Offers New iMac, eMac, & iBook Promotion, Updates Hot Deals (The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/article/2002/07/16.15.shtml>

Apple Fans Brace For Macworld (Brendan Moran, TechTV)
<http://www.techtv.com/news/computing/story/0,24195,3391825,00.html>
Don't expect to see Apple try to top itself at the upcoming Macworld Conference and Expo this week, industry watchers warn. These days, Apple is mostly worrying about selling iMacs.

Expectations Low On Apple's 2Q Results (Hiawatha Bray, Boston Globe)
<http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/196/business/Expectations_low_on_Apple_s_2Q_results%2B.shtml>
Apple has been battered by the same economic slowdown that's tormented the rest of hte industry. This week, investors will find out the extent of the damage.

Star Wars Producer Recommends iMac (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0207/16.mccallum.php>
"Go out and buy an Apple iMac. Get Final Cut Pro and a video camera."

Iceland Is Hot For Macworld (Leander Kahney, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,53872,00.html>
In the capitcal city of Reykjavik, hundreds of Mac aficionados are renting out a local movie theater to watch the speech broadcast by satellite.

Apple's Jobs, Seeking Growth With Innovation, Sees Sales Slump (William Selway, Bloomberg)
<http://quote.bloomberg.com/fgcgi.cgi?T=marketsquote99_news.ht&s=APTPNoRYNQXBwbGUn>
Investors say the designs championed by Jobs may not be enough to generate growth.

ADC Switcher Shares A Cinema Display Between Two Macs (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0207/16.switcher.php>

Many Core Issues Facing Apple (Rex Crum, CBS MarketWatch)
<http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7BDCA39575%2DADC2%2D49D0%2D9494%2D691EC161B506%7D&siteid=mktw>
For a company that is so identified with innovation and distinguishing-looking gear, any new products Apple shows off may end up being more important than any revenue and earnings numbers it releases.

Licensing Decision Ends MPEG-4 Tiff (Stefanie Olsen, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1023-944051.html?tag=cd_mh>
MPEG LA, a group of patent holders governing MPEG-4, on Monday finalized licensing terms for the media delivery standard, bowing to market pressure for manageable royalty rates.

GraphicConverter Bumped To Version 4.4.3 (Rob McNair-Huff, Mac Net Journal)
<http://www.lemkesoft.org/us_gcdownload.html>

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

For Apple, A Good Offense May Be Key (Kevin Ledgister, osOpinion)
<http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/18606.html>
To the nontechnical user, all the wonders of OS X are lost if you try to explain it.

Microsoft Nonsense (Dan Knight, Low End Mac)
<http://lowendmac.com/musings/02/0716.html>
If they want to sell more copies of Office v. X, maybe it's Microsoft who should be marketing more or making the package more attractive.

Software Update Brings Command Line Goodness (James Davidson, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/1690>
The clue centered in Cupertino is strengthening.

Reporter's Notebook: SoHo Store, Funky Hotels (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0207/16.notebook.php>

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

FileMaker 6 Extends Reach, Each Of Use (Timothy Dyck, eWeek)
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,384251,00.asp>
Organizations wanting a database that end users can use with little training or those needing to publish database data to the Web will find FileMaker well-suited to these tasks.

Why Is My WallStreet Sometimes Faster Than My Pismo? (Charles Moore, MacOPINION)
<http://www.macopinion.com/columns/roadwarrior/02/07/16/index.html>
Or, is hard drive response sometimes a bigger real world speed factor than processor clock speed?

Adobe Photoshop 7 (Bruce Fraser and Ben Long, Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2002/08/reviews/photoshop.html>
Photoshop 7 is quite simply the best version of Photoshop ever. With the File Browser, the Healing brush, and the Painting Engine, Photoshop 7 provides something new and useful for just about every user.

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

Point. Click. Think? (Laura Sessions Stepp, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9729-2002Jul15.html>
Welcome to the world of Net thinking, a form of reasoning that characterizes many students who are growing up with the Internet as their primary, and in some cases, sole source of research.

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

Gator Loses A Round To Web Sites In Fight Over Pop-Up Ads (Bob Tedeschi, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/16/technology/16GATO.html>
The Gator Corporation appears to have lost the first round in its fight against 10 Web site publishers who sued the company last month.

Internet Portals In China Sign Pact To Restrict Access To Information Deemed Subversive (Associated Press)
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/international/asia/3666643.htm>
Internet portals in China, including Yahoo!'s Chinese-language site, have signed a voluntary pledge to purge the Web of content that China's communist government deems subversive.

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

Microsoft To Release New Windows XP Edition (Reuters)
<http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/technology/tech-tech-microsoft-xp.html>
Windows XP Media Center aims to transform desktop computers into remote-controlled digital entertainment hubs.

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

Microsoft Polishes Windows 2000 Fixes (Joe Wilcox, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-944270.html>
Microsoft is putting the finishing touches on the third collection of Windows 2000 bug fixes, which is nearly ready for release after a protracted period of testing, sources said.

Norway Snubs Exclusive Microsoft Deals (Lisa M. Bowman, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-944151.html>
The Norwegian government apparently has canceled an exclusive contract with Microsoft to provide software for the computers in its public offices.

Intel Misses Earnings, Cuts 4,000 Jobs (Michael Kanellos, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-944237.html>
Intel reported lower-than-expected quarterly earnings Tuesday and said it will eliminate about 4,000 jobs this year as the slowdown in technology spending lingers on.

Intel Layoffs Possible (Reuters)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-944093.html>
Chipmaker Intel may be on the verge of announcing massive layoffs or other cuts amid a slow market for personal computers, according to reports.

Pentium 4 To Power Dell Budget PCs (John G Spooner, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-944039.html>

Microsoft Pulls Java From Download Page (Stephen Shankland, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-944053.html>
Weeks before Microsoft plans to reinstate Java in Windows XP, it has shut down a site that would automatically send its Java software to Windows XP users.

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

A No-Account System (Thomas J. Bray, Wall Street Journal)
<http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/tbray/?id=110001994>
You think WorldCom is bad? Wait till you see Social Security.

The President Vs. The Presidency (Jonathan Turley, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-turley15jul15.story?coll=la-news-comment-opinions>
Bush officials have chosen a dangeous path of personal devotion over public duty, a path that has led previous administrations to disaster.

China Juggles Conflicting Pressures Of Society In Transition (Craig S. Smith, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/15/international/15WEB-CHIN.html?8hpib>
Chinese society is still only midstream in its difficult transition from a centrally planned economy to a market driven one and the current period of peace and relative economic prosperity is bracketed at one end by 100 years of tumult studded with almost every calamity known to man.

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

Point. Click. Think? (Laura Sessions Stepp, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9729-2002Jul15.html>
Welcome to the world of Net thinking, a form of reasoning that characterizes many students who are growing up with the Internet as their primary, and in some cases, sole source of research.

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

The New Poetry (Ian Frazier, New Yorker)
<http://www.newyorker.com/shouts/content/?020722sh_shouts>
Directness of expressions, no waste of words, short and lapidary lines, a willingness to lapse into <i>vers libre</i> with bursts of pure feeling.

Naples Takes The Tube (Michael Binyon, The Times)
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7-356511,00.html>
Naples is crowded, built on steep hills and has a volcano, yet its new Metro system could teach London's transport chiefs a lesson.

Failing A Landmark (Nicolai Ouroussoff, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.calendarlive.com/top/1,1419,L-LATimes-Art-X!ArticleDetail-66056,00.html>
When a school district's building plan hinges on demolishing a historic site, something is amiss.

Air Shtick (Christopher Caldwell, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/?id=2068049&device=>
The self-righteousness of the long-distance traveler.

The F Train Rises (Randy Kennedy, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/16/national/nationalspecial/16KENN.html>
In two years of constant riding and writing about the New York subway, I have noticed something interesting: whenever people talk about their favorite stretches, they rarely talk about the sub part.

How To Eat Out Without Tipping The Scales (Jane E. Brody, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/16/health/nutrition/16BROD.html>
Because the eat-out, take-out trend is unlikely to end anytime soon, it makes sense to know what hides within your favorite offering san dhow to choose, order and eat them.

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

Consumers' Confidence Takes A Dive (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,132207,00.html?>
Pessimism a result of 'convergence of negative news', including job losses, transport fare hikes and GST increase.

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

Bank Loans For Some HDB Buyers (Lydia Lim, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,132208,00.html?http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,132208,00.html?>
Those who do not qualify for subsidies may soon be allowed to turn to banks to get mortgage loans at market rates.

Singapore's Water Reclamation 'World's Most Advanced' (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/breakingnews/story/0,1895,132113,00.html?>
Singapore's water reclamation platn, which produces water that has been proven to be cleaner than tap water, is possibly the most advanced in the world.

HDB Offers Land Under MRT Viaduct For Commercial Use (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/13448/1/.html>
The HDB is offering to sell a parcel of land in Tampines under the MRT viaduct for commercial development.

Need A Mate? In Singapore, Ask The Government (Dan Murphy, The Christian Science Monitor)
<http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0716/p01s02-woap.html>
Singapore's Social Development Unit and programs like it have helped earn this tiny nation a reputation as the ultimate nanny state.

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