[MyAppleMenu] Jul 18, 2002

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

In Its New House, Apple Goes Bauhaus (Herbert Muschamp, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/18/garden/18APPL.html?tntemail0>
The architect Rafael Viñoly once observed that the designers of today's electronics products have rediscovered the pleasure of function. Apple has extended that discovery to the function of shopping.

Apple And The Future Of Computing (David Pogue, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/18/technology/circuits/18POGUE-EMAIL.html?tntemail0>
As always, you don’t have to love Apple or its computers -- but you’d be wise to pay attention.

Struts And Stuff At Apple Show (David Pogue, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/18/technology/circuits/18STAT.html?8hpib>
Who cares if 30,000 programs are available for Windows, if the five you want most are available only on the Mac?

Apple's Jobs Sees No Economic Recovery In Next 9 Months (Reuters)
<http://www.businessweek.com/investor/content/jul2002/pi20020717_8582.htm>
Steve Jobs predicted Wednesday a "bumpy ride" for business as it rides out an economic downturn that probably would last for another nine months.

Mac OS X Upgrade Doesn't Come Cheap (Michael Kanellos, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1040-944587.html?tag=fd_top>
Apple Computer fans who rushed to Mac OS X last year learned Wednesday that there's no such thing as a cheap upgrade.

Move2Mac Shoots For Easier Windows Transition (MacMinute.com)
<http://www.macminute.com/lib/020717move2.shtml>
Apple called six weeks ago. In that time, Detto Technologies went from idea to concept to product.

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

iPod Software Update To Bring New Features To Current Owners (MacMinute.com)
<http://www.macminute.com/index.shtml#020718-ipod>

Apple's .Mac Challenges Microsoft's .Net (Teri Robinson, NewsFactor)
<http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/18651.html>

iPod For Windows "A $1 Billion Opportunity" (MacMinute.com)
<http://www.macminute.com/lib/020718wolf.shtml>
That figure is based on IDC estimates for the portable audio player market in 2003, assuming that Apple is able to capture about 20 percent of the market.

Apple Bluetooth Preview Updated; Adapter Shipping Again (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0207/18.bluetooth.php>

Steve Jobs Hints Of Move To Intel As A Possibility (Bryan Chaffin, The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/article/2002/07/18.5.shtml>
"We like to have options."

Pismo G4 Upgrade Boost (Sean Ashcroft, Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=4990>

Mac Users Outraged At iTools, Upgrade Taxes (Andrew Orlowski, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/26269.html>
Apple sysadmins have been furiously busy deleting the complaints that flooded Apple's own technical forums.

QuickTime 6 Not FCP 3-Certified (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=15388>

Los Angeles Apple Store Opens Next Week (MacMinute.com)
<http://www.macminute.com/index.shtml#0200718-lastore>

Apple Draws Mixed Reviews (Jon Fortt, San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/business/3686684.htm>
Some cheered Apple's technologyv ision while others complained about the disappearance of Apple's free Web services.

Only Connect (Neil McIntosh, The Guardian)
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/internetnews/story/0,7369,757393,00.html>
Apple's latest developments are based more on versatility of software than sexy new gadgets.

Will Mac Users Pay For 'Mac Experience'? (Ian Fried, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1106-944718.html>
By imposing an annual fee on Web-based services that were previously free, Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs is taking his company deeper into the murky waters of paid consumer services.

EverQuest Coming To OS X (Ron Carlson, Insanely Great Mac)
<http://www.insanely-great.com/news.php?id=685>
Sony Online Entertainment has announced that its flagship product, EverQuest, is coming to the Mac.

Harman Speakers Ship (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=4983>
Harman Multimedia announced JBL Creature, its new three-piece speaker system.

Apple Goes All CD-ROM On Classic iMacs; Drops $999 Model (MacMinute.com)
<http://www.macminute.com/index.shtml#0200718-classmac>

In Midst Of A PC Slump, Apple Still Aims For Growth (Steve Lohr, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/18/business/media/18ADCO.html?ex=1027569600&en=d8187be79f4d96ec&ei=5035&partner=MARKETWATCH>
For Apple, a product innovator with an anemic market share, a prosperous future depends on persuading some of the legions of people who use personal computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system to switch to Apple's Macintosh technology.

With iPod, Who Needs A Turntable? (Leander Kahney, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,53938,00.html>
DJs are discovering the wonders of spinning with an iPod at a trendy New York nightclub. True, it's hard to scratch, but not impossible.

WSJ: Apple Education Sales Falling - "A Loss Is Likely" (Remy Davison, Insanely Great Mac)
<http://www.insanely-great.com/news.php?id=681>

MPEG-2 Codec Now Available (MacSlash)
<www.moreover.com>
$19.99 add-on.

Apple To Compromise On Mac.com Email (MacMinute)
<http://www.businessweek.com/investor/content/jul2002/pi20020717_8582.htm>
Apple appears prepared to launch a compromise.

Salomon Downgrades Apple To 'Neutral' (BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/investor/content/jul2002/pi20020717_8582.htm>
Analyst Richard Gardner thinks Apple will succumb to pricing competition from PC-maker rivals.

Ambrosia Releases Pop-Pop (MacSlash)
<http://www.macslash.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/17/2223230>
Enter the bright happy world of fierce brick-bashing combat.

Watson To Carry On, Despite Sherlock (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=15363>

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

Apple Goes Soft (Arik Hesseldahl, Forbes)
<http://forbes.com/home/2002/07/17/0717apple.html>
If it seemed that Apple didn't have much new hardware to show offat the Macworld Expo, it was no accident.

A Quiet Macworld (Glenn Neuschwender, MacDirectory)
<http://www.macdirectory.com/4u/wire.fm$RETRIEVE?value=4007206&field=Serial&html=wirelessdetail.html&doscript=findall>
We can trust that the company that has brought so much innovation to the computer world has kept the vision, and when the masses return, Apple will respond.

Comparing Apples With Oranges (Fabrice Taylor, The Globe And Mail)
<http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/GIS.Servlets.HTMLTemplate?current_row=49&tf=tgam/common/FullStory.html&cf=tgam/common/FullStory.cfg&configFileLoc=tgam/config&vg=BigAdVariableGenerator&date=20020718&dateOffset=&hub=headdex&title=Headlines&cache_key=headdexBusiness&start_row=49&num_rows=1>
Every time the PC economy gets tough, the future of Apple is put in question and the stock tumbles before rising again when the climate improves.

Gigahertz Gap? (Christopher Allbritton, Popular Mechanics)
<http://popularmechanics.com/technology/computers/2002/6/gigahertz_gap/>

Give Me A Bite Of That Apple (Teri Robinson, osOpinion)
<http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/18655.html>
The industry needs more executivs dedicated to innovation.

Apple Solicits Comments On Jag Upgrade Path (MacSlash)
<www.moreover.com>

Mac Drought Fails To Lift Street, Spirits (Andrew Orlowski, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/39/26249.html>
Perhaps Steve Jobs has found the real solution for dealing with "rumor" sites: make keynotes so short of new product that no one wants to read the advance rumors. A kind of "don't announce anything" strategy.

Apple Extends Its Reach (Dan Gillmor, San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/columnists/dan_gillmor/ejournal/3681300.htm>
iCal is the strongest signal yet toward Apple's now-obvious PDA ambitions.

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

Happy With The iBook (Kevin Webb, Low End Mac)
<http://lowendmac.com/webb/02/0718.html>
I found myself moving from the proud PowerBook using ranks to the proud iBook using ranks without much dififculty.

Swiss Army Surgery On A TiBook (Derrick Story, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/1696>
I know I voided every warranty on the planet and risked life and limb of my TiBook, but I was desperate.

Sybase For Mac OS X: First Look (Brian Jepson, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/1693>

iTunes 3 (David Fanning, Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=4981>
The most impressive addition is Smart Playlists, which takes the effort -- some may say the fun -- out of making compilations.

iTunes 3 Rocks On With Update (Jonathan Seff, Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2002/07/17/itunes3.html>
Smart playlist, sound check features among the highlights.

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

With Upgrade to Software, MSN May Nip At AOL's Heels (Saul Hansell, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/18/technology/18SOFT.html>
MSN's new strategy revoloves around exploiting what it sees as AOL's market weaknesses and forging alliances with cable and phone campanies for high-speed Internet service.

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

Internet Monopoly Alert! (Kieren McCarthy, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/26254.html>
VeriSign is attempting to push through a proposal which will effectively see one company control .com and .net Internet domain names, despite huge opposition from everyone else in the market.

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

HP No. 1 In PCs - Barely (John G. Spooner, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-944980.html>
Through its merger with Compaq, HP has become the world's largest PC manufacturer for the first time, but the distinction might be short lived.

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

Microsoft Unbundles Directory Technology (Alorie Gilbert, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-944883.html>

Healthy Microsoft Takes Investment Hit (Joe Wilcox, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-944977.html>
Microsoft's revenue rose 10 percent in the fourth quarter, thank in part to increased sales of Windows XP and a new, somewhat controversial corporate licensing plan.

Microsoft's Lead Lawyer To Return To Law Firm (Reuters)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-944645.html>
William Neukom, Microsoft's cheif lawyer who led the software giant's defense against federal antitrust charges, on Wednesday said he will rejoin his former law firm as a partner.

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

Laying It All On The Table (Susan Freudenheim, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/features/lifestyle/la-lv-table18jul18.story>
A simple quest for custom-made furniture evolves into a complex--but satisfying--production.

"Hang In There, Sweetie. I'll Be Home In 18 Years." (Stephen Reid, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/07/18/prison_dad/index.html>
As a father behind bars, myrole is to listen to my daughter's life.

Elvis Presley (Rob Walker, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/?id=2068116&device=>
The King's new hit record.

Building Blocks For The World Trade Center Site (Benjamin Forgey, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21913-2002Jul17.html>
Push to make quick choices threatens to create uninspired architecture.

New English Cuisine On The Road To Mandalay (R.W. Apple Jr., New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/17/dining/17LOND.html>
The new face of London dining: authentic Thai, real dim sum, sophisticated Greek fare and much more.

Testing For Aptitude, Not For Speed (Howard Gardner, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/18/opinion/18GARD.html>
Why give a time exemption only to those who can make a case that they need one?

The Best Stealer List (Martin Arnold, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/18/books/18BOOK.html>
While there's no certainty that book sales are on the rise this summer, unfortunately there's inferential evidence that there's no shrinkage of "inventory shrinkage" in bookstores, and it may be rising.

In Backyards, Starry Appeal (Julie V. Iovine, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/18/garden/18NOTE.html>
There is more to amateur astronomy than squinting through a thick lens at shimmery pinpricks on the far side of time.

Cell Phone Jerks (Nara Schoenberg, Chicago Tribune)
<http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/chi-0207170052jul17.story>
The good news is, it could be worse. The bad news is, it probably will be.

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

Singapore MAS Warns Of Rising Inflation (Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/latest/story/0,2276,51640,00.html?>
The Monetary Authority of Singapore has warned that the government's decision to raise goods and service tax to five percent next year could push inflation up to two percent from around zero this year.

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

20% Extra In Retirement Savings (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,132565,00.html?>

1 In 2 Borrowers May Be Affected Once CPF Cap Kicks In (Soh Wen Lin, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,132566,00.html?>
And once the proposed 120 percent cap is in place, nine ouf of 10 borrowers may be affected.

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