[MyAppleMenu] Jun 2, 2002

Sun Jun 2 21:05:01 EDT 2002

myapplemenu : newsletter

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

Macslash.com Is Now Macslash.org (MacSlash)
<http://www.macslash.org/article.pl?sid=02/05/31/1738247>
The folks at mac.com have classified all mail from Dotster as spam, therefore trashing our domain renewal notices without our knowledge.

Sonnet Lowers Prices, Intros New OS X Bundle (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=14491>

Interference More Likely As Wireless Devices Get Popular (Anick Jesdanun, Associated Press)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2002/06/01/national1423EDT0563.DTL&type=tech>
For now, problems can usually be resolved by coordinating and adjusting settings. But coordination can be difficult, when competing networks aren't centrally run by the same company.

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

Take To Mac With A Knife (David Frith, The Australian)
<http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,4385609%5E15423%5E%5Enbv%5E15309,00.html>
Apple should equip all Macs with CD eject buttons.

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

GoLive 6: Adobe's Open Source Embrace (Glenn Fleishman, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/javascript/2002/05/31/golive_tools.html>

Ask The Computer Guy (John Gilroy, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43233-2002Jun1.html>
Mac users can post QuickTime movies to the Web using Apple's free iTools service. That way, relatives -- even Windows users -- can go to homepage.mac.com and see baby's first tooth.

TIFFany3 Professional 3.5 (Bruce Fraser, Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2002/06/reviews/tiffany.html>
The more experienced you are with conventional image-editing programs, the more challenging it may be to work the way TIFFany3 does. But if you need strong batch-processing capabilities, TIFFany3 Professional 3.5 is a real powerhouse.

Turn Your LPs Or Cassette Into CDs (Jonathan Seff, Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2002/05/31/analog.html>
If you have a CD burner, you can use it and your Mac to record, eliminate unwanted noise in the recording, and transfer the music to CD so you can listen to it in your car, at the office, or anywhere else you like to play CDs.

Perspective: XP Or OS X? (Joe Wilcox, Beta News)
<http://www.betanews.com/article.php3?sid=1022933004>
If you're looking for fun computing that's a breeze right out of the box, maybe that new iMac with OS X is a good choice. But if you want to do more and don't mind a little more work, XP might be better.

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

U.S. Web Browsers Continue A Global Turn (Barbara Crossette, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/02/international/02NATI.html>
What does surprise foreign policy experts is that an eagerness to comprehend the world remains high nearly nine months later.

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

Intel Kicks Off Biggest-Ever Ad Campaign (Reuters)
<http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/technology/tech-tech-intel-ads.html>
Intel is seeking to build on its brand awareness with consumers and extend it to large businesses.

Perspective: XP Or OS X? (Joe Wilcox, Beta News)
<http://www.betanews.com/article.php3?sid=1022933004>
If you're looking for fun computing that's a breeze right out of the box, maybe that new iMac with OS X is a good choice. But if you want to do more and don't mind a little more work, XP might be better.

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

Cam Girls (Mark Frauenfelder, Yahoo! Internet Life)
<http://www.yil.com/features/feature.asp?Frame=false&Volume=08&Issue=06&Keyword=camgirls>
They're online and underage. And they'll trade you a peek if you fulfill their Wish Lists.

Pure Gold (Paula Bock, Seattle Times)
<http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/pacificnw/2002/0602/cover.html>
In this story of survival, honey's only the half of it.

Monuments And Mortals (David Von Drehle, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24608-2002May28.html>
Washington, D.C., is, first and foremost, an idea. This makes it different from most cities, which are, above all, places -- places where lots of people happen to live.

So What Would You Call It? Toilettown? (Peter Marks, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/01/arts/theater/01URIN.html?8hpib>
So it was to be "Urinetown" then and forever, a kind of combination badge of honor and thumb in the eye.

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

Singapore To Deal With Jakarta If It Wants Sand (Robert Go, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,123410,00.html?>
A presidential decree last week took away the Riau administration's right to grant extraction licences and recentralised the process under the Trade and Industry Ministry.

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

Want To Run An HDB Carpark? (Vince Chong, Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,2276,47029,00.html?>
The board said that if there are operators interested in running its carparks, it would be most happy to let them do so.

Clouds Have Not Cleared For Singapore's Manufacturing Sector (AFP)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/money/story/0,1870,123604,00.html?>
Despite Singapore's manufacturing sector posting a surprisingly strong showing in April, economists say the linchpin of the country's economy continued to face a cloudy future.

Singapore Lawyer Happily Represents Thieves And Even Terror Suspects - But No Dissidents, Please (Alexa Olsesn, Associated Press)
<http://www.nj.com/newsflash/international/index.ssf?/cgi-free/getstory_ssf.cgi?a0449_BC_MaverickLawyer&&news&newsflash-international>
"Lawyers here are too scared for their own livelihood."

Herbal Medicine Kills Singapore Slimmer (BBC)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_2021000/2021299.stm>
A number of people have been taken ill after taking the pills, but the woman's death is the first reported since the authorities in Singapore ordered their withdrawl.

'Bring Justice For Me If I Die' (Chang Ai-Lien and Wong SHer Maine, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,123399,00.html?>
SLIM 10 has claimed its first life, and the victim made it clear that justice must be done.

Singaproe To Keep 13 Terror Suspects Behind Bars (Reuters)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/reuters/asia-107678.html>
Singapore says it will continue to detain 13 Muslim men without trial for allegedly plotting to bomb U.S. targets in the city state.

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