[MyAppleMenu] Jul 29, 2002

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

Apple's Bait And Switch (Rob Walker, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/?id=2068550&device=>
All bias aside, this strikes me as the best batch of ads Apple has come up with in a long time.

Why Buy A PC When You Can Have A Mac? (David Saraceno, The Spokesman-Review)
<http://www.spokesmanreview.com/news-story.asp?date=072802&ID=s1188630&cat=section.business>
I'm here to end the debate and stop the fight. Simply, the Macintosh is the best computer built today -- bar none. Windows XP can't hold a candle to the elegant user experience provided by Mac OS 9 or OS X.

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

Grand Opening At The Grove (Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/hotnews/articles/2002/07/grove/>
Enthusiastic shoppers lined up to get into the new Apple store at The Grove in Los Angeles opening night.

iTools: No More Free Rides (Charles Arthur, Independent News)
<http://news.independent.co.uk/digital/features/story.jsp?story=319516>
Recipe for a firestorm: take something that is free on the net. Start charging for it. Stand back in case you get your eyebrows singed.

Wireless Surfing For Shoppers (Mongkol Jullayothin, Bangkok Post)
<http://www.bangkokpost.com/Business/30Jul2002_biz76.html>
Shoppers with laptop computers will be able to use the Internet while walking around the centre.

Linux Invades iPod (Matthew Broersma, ZDNet UK)
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2119965,00.html>
A plug-in that allows Linux users to access Apple's iPod has gone on sale.

Adobe, Macromedia End Litigation (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=15587>
Adobe and Macromedia have reached a settlement agreement on all litigation between the two parties.

Readers: Unpredictable .Mac Downtime (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=15577>

Watson Developer Speaks Out Against Apple; Plans Port To Windows (Brad Smith, The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/article/2002/07/29.7.shtml>
"What I would liked would have been some minor compensation and public recognition, or even for them to have asked me if it was OK if they used the specific tools and layouts for those tools in Sherlock."

Apple Promises UK Sherlock Slant (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=5039>
Apple UK sources have confirmed the company is working on local content for UK users of Sherlock 3.

.Mac To Be Sold At A Discount Throught Third Parties? (MacSlash)
<http://www.macslash.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/29/0014221>
There appears to be a possibility that you will be able to buy a .Mac subscription through third parties at a discount.

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

Full Disclosure: Sick Of Blue Screens? Get A Mac! (Stephen Manes, PC World)
<http://www.pcworld.com/features/article/0,aid,102528,00.asp>
Don't fret: Fantasies about ditching Windwos are perfectly normal--maybe even healthy.

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

Teeny, Tiny Gizmos For Travelers (Julio Ojeda-Zapata and Phil Larose, Pioneer Press)
<http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/business/technology/3754461.htm>
Today's digital devices pack an astonishing amount of functonality into ultracompact packages.

Clive Barker's Undying (Nick Chojnowski, MacTeens)
<http://macteens.com/news/news.php?id=984815298>
Offering something for seemingly everyone, mystery, action, horror, fantasy and adventure fans should all be happy with Undying. Just don't play it alone.

Links And The Changing Mac Web (Dan Knight, Low End Mac)
<http://lowendmac.com/musings/02/0729.html>
There are several sites that do a good job of linking to original outside content. Here are my thoughts on them.

PowerBook G4 Is Laptop With Desktop Shoulders (John P. Mello, Jr., Boston Globe)
<http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/210/business/PowerBook_G4_is_laptop_with_desktop_shoulders+.shtml>
PowerBook G4, with its eye-popping display, processing power and digital monitor support, is a laptop with shoulders broad enough to bear the burden of a desktop machine.

iPod's On THe Prize (Benny Evangelista, San Francisco Chronicle)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/a/2002/07/29/BU197129.DTL>
It's clear the iPod will continue to set the pace.

The Bluetooth Blues Play On (Rob Pegoraro, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8581-2002Jul27.html>
Right now, Bluetooth costs too much in dollars and aggravation.

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

Hacking, Hijacking Our Rights (Dan GIllmor, San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/3752446.htm>
With few execptions, technology companies are turning into lapdogs for Hollywood and its allies.

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

Read All About It (Kendra Mayfield, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,54030,00.html>
A company called ProQuest has digitized every issue of the New York Times, from cover to cover.

Can MSN Play David To AOL's Goliath? (Heather Green, BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/02_31/b3794107.htm>
It's still a distant No. 2 in market share, but opportunity knocks.

Can AOL Keep Its Subscribers In A New World Of Broadband? (Saul Hansell, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/29/technology/29AOL.html>
Is America Online's subscribers base abot to peak?

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

In Microosft We Trust (Phil Lemmons, Upsdie)
<http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3d3de01d1>
To win its antitrust suit against Microsoft, Sun will have to overcome judges trained to disregard the law.

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

Low-Cost Laptops Jump On P4 Bandwagon (John G Spooner, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-947014.html>
Gateway and Micron PC became the latest companies to forgo portable procesors in favor of more powerful but power-hungry chips in their low-priced notebooks.

Is Dell Hitting The Efficiency Wall? (Larry Dignan, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-946868.html>
Dell has developed an enviable reputation as a lean and mean PC manufacturer, but a debat is emerging over whether the company's efficiency engine can rev much higher.

Can MSN Play David To AOL's Goliath? (Heather Green, BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/02_31/b3794107.htm>
It's still a distant No. 2 in market share, but opportunity knocks.

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

Read All About It (Kendra Mayfield, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,54030,00.html>
A company called ProQuest has digitized every issue of the New York Times, from cover to cover.

Write On (Charles Matthews, San Jose Mecury News)
<http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/entertainment/books/3735345.htm>
Everyone who loves books has too many ot them, double-stacked on shelves and piled on tables and under the bed. Here's a new way to handle the overflow: an ingeniously conceived Web site called BookCrossing.

Hearing Is Believing (Jamie Reno and N'gai Croal, Newsweek)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/786016.asp>
Woody Norris wants to tell you something--and he can put the words inside your head from 100 yards away. Is his invention sound, or just a pipe dream?

Ziff Davis Is Said To Plan A Bankruptcy (David Carr, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/29/business/media/29ZIFF.html>
Ziff Davis Media, which was a major player in technology publishing with PC magazine and the now-closed Yahoo Internet Life, has been telling advertisers that it will be forced to enter a prepackaged bankruptcy by the end of this week.

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

All Packed And Ready To Go (Jane Shilling, The Times)
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7-367996,00.html>
Just before we went on holiday I started exhibiting dramatic symptoms of being in urgent need of a holiday. The first thing was not having a clue how old my boy is.

Bruce Rising (Josh Tyrangiel, Time)
<http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101020805/story.html>
An intimate look at how Springsteen turned 9/11 into a message of hope.

Impact Of Travel On Writer's Hard Life Speaks Volumes (John Flinn, San Francisco Chronicle)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/07/28/TR58558.DTL>
Margo Classe has written guidebooks to Italy, France and other countries. But she's not planningon covering one place she knows all too well.

Forget Ideas, Mr. Author. What Kind Of Pen Do You Use? (New York Times, Stephen Fry)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/29/books/29FRY.html>
Here is a truth to which all writers can attest: Readers are more interested in process than in product.

The Evolution Of Blogs (William Grosso, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/1770>
Now that weblogs are gaining momentum, now that they're moving beyond the fringe... where do they go?

Flogged By Bloggers (John Leo, U.S. News)
<http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/020805/opinion/5john.htm>
Bloggers like to play "gotcha" with th established media.

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

The Summer Kitchen (Alice Hoffman, Boston Globe)
<http://www.boston.com/globe/magazine/2002/0728/summer_entire.htm>

On The Road To The Chicken Restaurant (Dave Sidjak, Bywords)
<http://www.writewrights.com/Bywords/archives/1999_01_01.html>

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

Snakehead Fish Not Vicious, Just Delicious (Associated Press)
<http://asia.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/southeast/07/28/singapore.alienfish.ap/index.html>
Singapore fish breeder Koh Boon Haw has some advice for Americans trying to eradicate the predatory snakehead fish: Simply cook them up with green apples and giner, sit down and enjoy.

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

Chee 'Ignored Police Advice' (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,134642,00.html?>

More Information Needed On Net Hacking (Catherine Ong, Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,2276,52654,00.html?>
How can users of Net banking learn from breach if the police do not shed light on how it occurred?

Snakehead Fish Not Vicious, Just Delicious (Associated Press)
<http://asia.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/southeast/07/28/singapore.alienfish.ap/index.html>
Singapore fish breeder Koh Boon Haw has some advice for Americans trying to eradicate the predatory snakehead fish: Simply cook them up with green apples and giner, sit down and enjoy.

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