[MyAppleMenu] Jul 24, 2002

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

MPEG-4 Sharpens Apple QuickTime 6 (Jim Rapoza, eWeek)
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,397080,00.asp>
The use of MPEG-4 instead of a proprietary format at the core makes QuickTime 6 attractive for those looking to provide media to diverse audiences and devices.

MP3 Player iPod May Become Apple Of Recording Indusry's Eye (Renay San Miguel, CNN)
<http://www.cnn.com/HLN/>
"Apple is definitely one of the computer makers that cares about the legitimate music market and has spent time and resources working with the record labels ononline music delivery systems."

Apple, Microsoft Near OS Update Releases (Joe Wilcox, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-946000.html>
Apple and Microsoft on Tuesday took steps toward releasing important operating system updates.

Rendezvous With Janguar: OS X Bids Farewell To Appletalk (Jacqueline Emigh, Earthweb)
<http://networking.earthweb.com/netos/article/0,,12083_1430801,00.html>
Intended to overcome "local area chaos," the new IP-based tool is conceptually based on the old AppleTalk "chooser."

"Swtich" Hits From Apple's Sales Supermo (Douglas Harbrecht, BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jul2002/tc20020724_4222.htm>
Steve Jobs' top marketing guy talks about converting Windows users, the price of Jaguar, and the "challenge" facing Microsoft.

Mac In The Enterprise: An Odyssey (Marley Graham, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/07/23/mac_enterprise.html>
The Mac is emerging as the new platform of choice for more and more IS/IT managers, validating the decision that many users made years ago.

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

Chimera Web Browser Updated (MacMinute.com)
<http://www.macminute.com/index.shtml#020724-chim>

Macs Make Their Stylish Mark On TV, Theater Sets (Denise Reagan, Star Tribune)
<http://www.startribune.com/stories/389/3083596.html>
Apple has done a savvy job of product placement, making its stylish computers the perfect touch for any scene or set.

Warcraft III Breaks One Million Sold (Eddie Park, Inside Mac Games)
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/news/story.php?ArticleID=5905>

Jobs 'Embarrassed To Be Businessman' (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=5022>
The recent wave of corporate scandals has made him "for the first time embarrassed to call myself a businessman".

AppleHits 52-Week Low (MacMinute.com)
<http://www.macminute.com/index.shtml#020724-aapl>

Apple Releases Xserver Update (MacSlash)
<http://www.macslash.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/24/014222>
Xserve Update 1.0 provides updates and enhancements to the serial port, ATA hard disk drivers, server assistant, and server monitoring functions of Xserve.

Jaguar's Compiler Is Ready (MacSlash)
<http://www.macslash.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/23/2048229>

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

Apple Praised By RIAA, Pigs Fly Over Hollywood (John H. Farr, Applelinks.com)
<http://www.applelinks.com/articles/2002/07/20020724173358.shtml>
By emphasizing people's natural desire to live honestly and free, Jobs positions Apple as occupying the moral high ground.

Just A Thought - Peeved About .Mac? Write Apple! (Vern Seward, The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/article/2002/07/23.12.shtml>
Apple has shown that it listens to its customers in the past. Write them. Tell them what's on your mind. Perhaps they are still listening.

Where Apple And Microsoft Part Ways (Charles Haddad, BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jul2002/tc20020724_6587.htm>
Microsoft has to mimic the aggressive marketing campaign it uses to sell Office XP, which offers PC makers lucrative discounts to preinstall the software on their new machines. I'm sure Apple would be happy to accept similarly generous terms to push Office X.

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

Apple Titanium PowerBook G4 (Brett Larson, TechTV)
<http://www.techtv.com/freshgear/products/story/0,23008,3386651,00.html>
See better, brighter, but not lighter Mac laptop.

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

Citing Its Price Strategy, Amazon Pares Loss (Saul Hansell, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/24/technology/24AMAZ.html>
Amazon.com posted slightly better-than-expected financial results yesterday, as its operations continued to stablize.

AOL Shifts Instant Messaging Compatibility Efforts (Reuters)
<http://reuters.com/news_article.jhtml;jsessionid=HC2Y3V0E0LAO2CRBAEKSFFA?type=internetnews&StoryID=1239443>
AOL has put on hold its efforts to let users of its instant messaging service chat with users of other services through a direct connection, according to a letter AOL filed with the Federal Communications Commission.

Vignette's Revenue Slides, Jobs Cut (Tony Kontzer, InformationWeek)
<http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20020723S0006>
With customer purse strings closely guarded, and those who are buying spending less, the vendor still has a long way to go to reach profitability.

Self-Publish Stigma Is Perishing (M.J. Rose, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,53996,00.html>
In the last 18 months, thanks in great part to authors' ability to use the Internet to market themselves, more than three dozen self-published novels have beenpicked up by major houses.

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

Intel Draws Plan For Portable Media Player (Joris Evers, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/07/24/020724hnintelmedia.xml>
Intel, in an effort to further expand its business beyond computers, is developing a blueprint for a portable media player that relies on Intel hardware, the company said on Wednesday.

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

Microsoft's .Net Set To Link To Apache (Mike Ricciuti, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-946004.html>
Microsoft on Wednesday will take a significant step toward expanding the appeal of its .Net software plan by announcing a link to Apache, one of the most important open-source software projects.

Apple, Microsoft Near OS Update Releases (Joe Wilcox, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-946000.html>
Apple and Microsoft on Tuesday took steps toward releasing important operating system updates.

Microsoft To Sell Xbox In 6 New World Markets (Reuters)
<http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/business/technology/3719745.htm>
Microsoft said Tuesday it will start selling its Xbox video game console in six new world markets this year.

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

Could Hollywood Hack Your PC? (Declan McCullagh, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1023-945923.html>
Congress is about to consider an entertainment industry proposal that would authorize copyright holders to disable PCs used for illicit file trading.

Prosody (David Talbot, Technology Review)
<http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/upstream0702.asp>
Computers will really understand what you say when they know how you feel when you say it.

A New Kind Of New Yorker, One With 82 Legs (Barbara Stewart, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/24/science/24BUGS.html>
Scientists have discovered an altogether new creature in Central Park, the first new animal species found in more than a century.

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

The Plot Thickeners (Linton Weeks, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53078-2002Jul23.html>
Remember when only celebrities and CEOs hired novelists to write their books? Now the novelists are hiring novelists.

Men: Too Emotional? (Maureen Dowd, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/24/opinion/24DOWD.html>
All you need to do is look at modern American history to realize that it has been shaped and warped by men worrying about what a cool guy thinks of them.

The Truth Behind The 'Market Menu' (Regina Schrambling, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/24/dining/24GREE.html>
Despite what restaurants say, diners are eating globally, not locally.

Wearied By Reality, Television Returns To A 1980's Mind-Set (Alessandra Stanley, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/24/arts/television/24RETR.html>
Series being shown to critics and reporters this week indicate that the sensibility that molded 1980's television is saturating the new season.

A Hotel Stephen King Might Find Just Right (Abby Ellin, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/23/business/23GHOS.html?8hpib>
For the weary business traveler, the new executive retreat and inn on the old Berry Hill plantation has it all. Including ghosts.

Banishing Love (Wajeha Al-Huwaider, Arab News)
<http://www.arabnews.com/Article.asp?ID=17110>
Showing love and affection to women has become a thing of the past.

Self-Publish Stigma Is Perishing (M.J. Rose, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,53996,00.html>
In the last 18 months, thanks in great part to authors' ability to use the Internet to market themselves, more than three dozen self-published novels have beenpicked up by major houses.

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

Traffic Of Creations (David Gewanter, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/?id=2068385&device=>
Riddles about the flesh.

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

Wage Freezes Point To Lingering Recession In Singapore: Report (Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/latest/story/0,2276,52224,00.html?>
A growing number of Singapore companies are imposing wage freezes and pay cuts, according to a survey out today pointing to deep pessimism about prospects for an economic rebound this year.

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

MAS Reviewing Guidelines On Car Financing (Christopher Tan, Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,2276,52305,00.html?>
The Monetary Authority of Singapore is examining current guidelines on car loans to see if they are still relevant, and could come to a decision soon.

Remaking Singapore Panel Suggests Closer High-Rise Buildings (S. Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/14182/1/.html>
The idea of building more high-rise buildings closer together is to make public transport more attractive to driving your own car.

Microsoft To Sell Xbox In 6 New World Markets (Reuters)
<http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/business/technology/3719745.htm>
Microsoft said Tuesday it will start selling its Xbox video game console in six new world markets this year.

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