[MyAppleMenu] Jul 25, 2002

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

E-Mail's Not Free? Mac Owners Flee (Ian Fried, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1040-946379.html>
Apple's plan to start charging for its Mac.com e-mail service has Mac owners scrambling for alternatives.

Why You Should Take A Mac User To Lunch (Adam Smith, LinuxWorld)
<http://www.linuxworld.com/site-stories/2002/0724.macx.html>
Apple's new rackmount server is just another Unix box -- with big implications for the Linux community. Four million new Unix users a year, that's the Mac OS X promise and it's a market full of friends with whom we should be working.

Apple 'Seeking Solace In Software' (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=5026>
Apple is turning to software to help it ride-out the slump in hardware sales, a report by the Gartner Grouop confirms.

The Macintosh And Elegance Bigotry (David Pogue, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/25/technology/circuits/25POGUE-EMAIL.html?tntemail0>
I make no secret of my admiration for the Macinoths. I use both Windows and Mac every single day, but I'm a sucker for perfectionist detail.

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

Chimera Browser Bumped To Version 0.4 (Mac Net Journal)
<http://www.whiterabbits.com/MacNetJournal/2002/07/25.html#a1823>

Thinking Different: Douglas Rushkoff (Ron Mwangaguhunga, MacDirectory)
<http://www.macdirectory.com/4u/wire.fm$RETRIEVE?value=4007275&field=Serial&html=wirelessdetail.html&doscript=findall>
"[Macintosh] really did come full circle in a good way."

Apple Challenged By New All-In-One PC (Tim McDonald, NewsFactor)
<http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/18748.html>
Northgate's Integra has trageted Apple's new eMac flat-screen all-in-one, although the Integra is a Windows-based machine running a Pentium processor.

Apple Hits Yearly Low (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=15538>

Apple Resolves .Mac Webmail Security Issue (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=15535>
An unauthorized access to the unique URL now redirects to the .Mac homepage, according to MacFixIt.

Flash, QuickTime Plugins Now 'Scriptable' (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=15525>
The latest versions of Flash and QuickTime released last week are now fully scriptable in Mozilla and Netscape 6 browsers.

Apple's New Gambit (Jon Fortt, San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/business/3732024.htm>
There's plenty of exciting technology coming from Apple. But it's going to cost you.

OpenOffice Bats For The Mac (Andrew Orlowski, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/26371.html>
This new version is a new branch, with a "boatload" of Mac-specific patches.

Apple Gains More Than 5% In Near-Record Market Rally (Robert Paul Leitao, The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/stockwatch/2002/07/24.1.shtml>

Plugging Into Ordinary Outlets To Share Broadband Access (Michel Marriott, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/25/technology/circuits/25GEE3.html?tntemail0>
Using a networking standard called Powerline, NeverWire 14 uses a building's electrical wiring to power its device as well as piggyback broadband signals.

AOL: IM Compatibility Too Costly (Associated Press)
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,54089,00.html>
Instead, AOL will focus on letting companies, such as Apple, to offer their own instant messaging services if they contract with AOL to run them.

Apple Page Offers Up-To-Date Details (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=15509>
Qualifying computers include any Macintosh sold by an authorized Apple reseller on or after July 17, 2002, without Mac OS X 10.2.

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

Beyond Macworld Expo (Matthew Rothenberg, eWeek)
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,415122,00.asp>
The rumored announcement of new Power Macs looms as the Next Big Thing for the Mac community, and it promises to complement the competitive equation that Jaguar started.

Switch Different (Rael Dornfest, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/1758>
The geeky ones. The scripters. The sysadmins in their server cages. The command-line jockeys. Those through whom the source flows openly.

Discussion: Preventing iTunes' Sound Check From Affecting Playback On Other Systems (MacSlash)
<http://www.macslash.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/25/1817226>
I share my collection with some friends and I don't want my settings to affect playback on their systems.

The Words "Only On A Mac" Originally Came From Microsoft (Gene Steinberg, Mac Night Owl)
<http://www.macnightowl.com/index.htm#cool>
Too many features remain untouched because they are not somple to access, or require complicated steps to use.

The Beginning Of The End For Microsoft - No Really, I Swear (John Manzione, MacNETv2)
<http://www.macnet2.com/more.php?id=136_0_1_0_M>
Microsoft will become obsolete, of that I have no doubt.

The iTools Bait And Switch (Jeff Adkins, Low End Mac)
<http://lowendmac.com/lab/02/0725.html>
Apple continues to put blinders on to the reality of the world its customers face, especially education customers.

Discussion: .Mac WebMail Security Hole (MacSlash)
<http://www.macslash.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/24/2153203>
An email message can be viewed on any computer... without loggin in.

Apple Tech At Macworld NY 2002 (Daniel H. Steinberg, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/07/24/macworld_nyc.html>
Apple is now trying to realize revenues from hardware sales, Internet services, and the operating system. By relaxing the pricing on the current release of the OS, they may increase revenue on the other two.

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

Apple iPod (PC World)
<http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jul2002/tc20020725_9163.htm>
Apple has produced an MP3 player with a great look, an intuitive interface, easy-to-use controls, and fast transfers.

iPod Adds Windows Format, So All Music Fans Can Enjoy (Walter S. Mossberg, Wall Street Journal)
<http://ptech.wsj.com/ptech.html>
The iPod just gets better and better. No other digital music player comes close. And now, it works with Windows, too.

Pop-Pop (Erica Marceau, Applelinks.com)
<http://www.applelinks.com/reviews/poppop.shtml>
A game that turns a ball and a paddle into powerful weapons and breathes life into a game that's been done countless times before.

Photo-Quality HP Printer Shows Trend Toward Value (Mike Langberg, San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/3727316.htm>
The Deskjet 5550 sets a new high mark for outstanding performance at a reasonable price. The rest of the industry will have to scramble to catch up.

'Warcraft III' Addictive (Matt Slagle, Associated Press)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59252-2002Jul24.html>
"Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos," a fiendishly addictive program and a recipe that should satisfy any gamer's appetite for months, maybe years.

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

Hotmail Policy Drives Users To Tears (Lisa M. Bowman, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1023-946430.html>
As more and more consumers are discovering, such are the pitfalls of relying on free Internet services. Companies can change their usage policies at will, leaving customers with little recourse.

Net Users Try To Elude The Google Grasp (Jennifer 8. Lee, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/25/technology/circuits/25GOOG.html>
It is becoming more difficult to keep one's past hidden, or even to reinvent oneself in the American tradition.

Can Blogs Save Salon? (Steve Outing, E-Media Tidbits)
<http://www.poynter.org/tidbits/2002_07_21_tidbitsarchive.htm#85278726>
Will this work? Who knows. But bravo to Salon for being first.

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

MSN Aims For The Next Level (Leslie Walker, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59813-2002Jul24.html>
It's showtime for Microsoft.

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

Microsoft Tries To Explain What Its .Net Plans Are About (John Markoff, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/25/technology/25NET.html>
Two years into its quest to create a new kind of Internet-enabled computing it describes as .Net, Microsoft found it necessary to pause today and try to explain what it meant.

MSN Aims For The Next Level (Leslie Walker, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59813-2002Jul24.html>
It's showtime for Microsoft.

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

Hotmail Policy Drives Users To Tears (Lisa M. Bowman, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1023-946430.html>
As more and more consumers are discovering, such are the pitfalls of relying on free Internet services. Companies can change their usage policies at will, leaving customers with little recourse.

Microsoft Hones .Net Tools For Battle (Wylie Wong, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-946395.html>
Microsoft executives unveiled plans Thursdday for upcoming versions of the company's software development tools.

Microsoft Pledges $5.2 Billion To R&D (Wylie Wong, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-946328.html>
Microsoft plans to increase its research and development budget by 20 percent and hire 5,000 new workers in the coming year, Chairman Bill Gates said on Thursday.

MS Goes Security Patch Crazy (John Leyden, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/26368.html>
A plethora of patches from Microsoft wings its way into our in-box this morning.

Top Ten Reasons Why Microsoft Is A Good Citizen (John Carroll, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-946250.html>

Microsoft To Shift .Net Effort To Big Companies (Joseph Menn, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-micro25jul25.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dtechnology>
Chairman Bill Gates concedes that the Internet-based system has failed to attract consumers but points to dozens of firms using it.

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

Get Used To It: Our Airports Are Vulnerable To Terrorism (Brian Michael Jenkins, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-jenkins25jul25.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Doped%2Dmanual>
No society in history has been able to abolish murder here on Earth, and none ever will.

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

At Grocery Checkout, No Wallet Needed (Chrstine Blank, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/25/technology/circuits/25PRIN.html>
A handful of grocery stores in the United States are testing fingerprint imaging machines that enable shoppers to pay for their purchases simply by putting a finger to an electronic pad.

Net Users Try To Elude The Google Grasp (Jennifer 8. Lee, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/25/technology/circuits/25GOOG.html>
It is becoming more difficult to keep one's past hidden, or even to reinvent oneself in the American tradition.

Linux Maven Bruce Perens: DMCA Outlaw? (Matt Berger, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/07/23/020723hnperens.xml>
"This is becoming a tradition. I go there and break the law every year in the name of free speech."

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

Seize The Day: Lenin's Legacy (Slavoj Zizek, The Guardian)
<http://books.guardian.co.uk/lrb/articles/0,6109,761903,00.html>
The left today needs Lenin's lessons more than ever.

Bin There, Done That (Dermot O'Brien, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/25/opinion/25OBRI.html>
My recycling bin cannot go, it cannot stay. I am, today, here, now, confronted with the New Yorker's abyss: wasted space.

Why The Writer Is Last To Know (Martin Arnold, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/25/books/25BOOK.html>
It's an old worry of writers, frequently mentioned by many of them, that their publishers don't tell them everything there is to know about the publishing of their work. Are these authors simply paranoid, unhinged by the monastic nature of the creative process? And if they are, does that mean they are wrong?

Compulsive In Cambridge (Hayley Kaufman, Boston Globe)
<http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/205/living/Compulsive_in_Cambridge-.shtml>
Like her mom, Ann Landers, Margo Howard gives advice. Unlike mom, it comes with plenty of spice.

=== reader : eof =============

Can Blogs Save Salon? (Steve Outing, E-Media Tidbits)
<http://www.poynter.org/tidbits/2002_07_21_tidbitsarchive.htm#85278726>
Will this work? Who knows. But bravo to Salon for being first.

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

Water A Matter Of Business (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,133887,00.html?>
Malaysia has no political agenda in wanting to increase the price of water it supplies to Singapore, but is looking at the isue commercially, said former Malaysia Deputy Prime Minister Musa Hitam.

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

Remaking Singapore (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,133900,00.html?>
Some things to wish for.

Competition Spurs Malaysia And Singapore (Tan Tarn How, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,133935,00.html?>
Complementary developments can benefit both and should be takeni n a positive light, said ex-Malaysian DPM.

Esplanade Opening Expected To Boost Business In The Area (Asha Popatial, Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/14320/1/.html>
"Arts, as a business, may not have the same depth as many other industries, but the spin-offs from art is incalculable."

NTUC Urges Employers To Return Savings From CPF Freeze To Workers (Farah Abdul Rahim, Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/14283/1/.html>
NTUC deputy secretary-general Matthias Yao has called on employers to do their part for older workers who will be affected by the freeze in their CPF contributions.

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