[MyAppleMenu] Jun 18, 2002

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

Apple Says Earnings Will Fall Short (Reuters)
<http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/technology/tech-tech-apple-outlook.html>
Apple on Tuesday warned that earnings for the current quarter would fall short of its earlier guidance, with revenues down about 10 percent due to weaker sales to consumers and advertising and publishing businesses.

Apple In Education-Software Drive (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=4816>
As part of its continuing bid to corner the education market, Apple has announced three education-oriented products: PowerSchool SIS V3.0; the Apple Digital Campus Curriculum; and the Apple Learning Interchange.

OS X's Apache Web Server 'Not Secure' (Joris Evers, Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=4817>
A security weakness in the popular Apache Web server (used by Apple within Mac OS X) could allow hackers to launch denial of service attacks, or even to take over systems on which the software is running, the Apache Software Foundation warned yesterday.

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

Restoring The Stars (Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/creative/videophoto/miltongreene/>
Digital restoration using the Mac, Photoshop 7, and Mac OS X.

Apple's Asian eMac Connection (Jonny Evans, Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=4824>
Apple has contracted Hon Hai Precision Industry to supply 17-inch eMacs.

Apple Shows Its Education Vision (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=4820>

Mac Evangelist Rodney O. Lain Dies (Julio Ojeda-Zapata, Pioneer Press)
<http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/business/technology/3489148.htm>
He was the Angry Mac Man, an online technology pundit who wrote about Macintosh topics with more candor than some could stand.

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

Monday Night At The Single's Club? Apple's Real People (Andrew Orlowski, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/35/25750.html>
Apple couldn't have picked a starker collection of life's losers with which to promote the Macintosh.

Apple's Marketing Mojo: Readers Respond (Matthew Rothenberg, Baseline)
<http://www.eweek.com/article/0,,s=706&a=28296,00.asp>
There seem to be plenty of cross-platform-savvy computer users who share my belief that the next 12 months could see Apple claim significantly larger sliver of the PC pie.

Pass The Source (Andy Ihnatko, Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/opinion/opinion_june02/ihnatko_june02.cfm>

Web Browsing With Smooth Text (James Davidson, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/1593>
OmniWeb's consistently looks much better, while there are a few places where both IE and Chimera's fonts (especially bold ones) aren't quite as pleasing. But it shows that there's still a bit of innovation happening in web browsers-and that innovation is happening on Mac OS X.

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

Font Reserve 3 (Gary Coyne, Applelinks.com)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-936965.html>
There are a few glitches, and several aspects of dealing with OS X fonts that have yet to be resolved, but overall, Font Reserve is still the best font management program out there.

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

Apache Admins Screwed By Premature Vuln Report (Thomas C Greene, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/25766.html>
There's a controversy brewing over the announcement of a new Apache vulnerability similar to the chunked encoding flaws in Microsoft IIS.

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

Web Services: Ready, Set, Wait (Larry Dignan, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-936941.html>
l, but for now, they won't do much to revive tech spending.

Don't Write For Web, Post Reporters Urged (Frank Ahrens, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54167-2002Jun14.html>
In an effort to draw attention to their contract negotiations with The Washington Post, newsroom union leaders have asked reporters to stop writing for the paper's prize-winning Web site, Washingtonpost.com, until further notice.

OS X's Apache Web Server 'Not Secure' (Joris Evers, Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=4817>
A security weakness in the popular Apache Web server (used by Apple within Mac OS X) could allow hackers to launch denial of service attacks, or even to take over systems on which the software is running, the Apache Software Foundation warned yesterday.

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

Economists Push For Microsoft Penalties (Amy Harmon, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/18/technology/18SOFT.html>
Days before closing arguments are scheduled in the Microsoft antitrust trial, a group of six leading antitrust economists has filed a last-minute brief urging the federal judge presiding over the case to impose tough penalties on the company.

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

Xbox Hacks Becoming Child's Play (David Becker, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1040-937124.html>
The hacks just keep on coming for Microsoft's Xbox.

Microsoft To Add Java Support To Windows XP (Joris Evers, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/06/18/020618hnjavasupport.xml>
Microsoft is making its Java Virtual Machine a standard part of Windows XP in an attempt to clear a legal dispute with rival Sun, Microsoft said Tuesday.

Tablet PCs To Get Windows XP Beta (John G. Spooner, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-937142.html>
will display a beta version of Windows XP next week that will run on tablet PCs, a new breed of computers that have touch screens and can read handwriting.

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

When Conservatives Sue Conservatives (Harley Sorensen, SF Gate)
<http://www.sfgate.com/columnists/sorensen/>
When the the job is finished, when all our freedoms are gone, we'll finally be safe. The bad guys will no longer have reason to hate us.

Playing God (Scott Anderson, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/06/18/stem_rant/index.html>
Bush's bioethics czar Leon Kass wants to criminalize lifesaving medical research as violating the natural order of things. Would he have opposed wiping out smallpox?

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

Cat Food For Aardvarks, And Other Zoo Diets (Jane E. Brody, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/18/science/life/18ZOO.html?8hpid>
As zoos strive to keep visitors happy and animals healthy in environments close to their natural habitats, zookeepers are making surprising discoveries on their animals' optimal diets.

Strategy Letter V (Joel Spolsky, Joel On Software)
<http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/StrategyLetterV.html>
Most of the companies spending big money to develop open source software are doing it because it's a good business strategy for them, not because they suddenly stopped believing in capitalism and fell in love with freedom-as-in-speech.

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

Michael Jordan's Brief For Hanes (Rob Walker, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/?id=2067057>
Is there anything fresh to be said about a mostly white, and mostly naked, group of guys looking from Michael Jordan to their own nether regions with an air of wistfulness and inferiority?

When Khaki Meets Chichi (Robin Givhan, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1708-2002Jun17.html>
Lands' End makes some alternations to its conservative image.

How To Get A Kick Out Of Soccer (Peter Carlson, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2047-2002Jun17.html>
When the World Cup soccer tournament began, I ran out and bought every soccer magazine I could find on the newsstands. Now, after studying them assiduously for many hours, I have come to a shocking conclusion: Soccer is not dull.

In Rome, Doing As Few Romans Do (Francine Prose, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/16/travel/ROME.html>
A harpist at teatime and a terrace with a view are among the pleasures of staying at Rome's luxury hotels.

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

Don't Write For Web, Post Reporters Urged (Frank Ahrens, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54167-2002Jun14.html>
In an effort to draw attention to their contract negotiations with The Washington Post, newsroom union leaders have asked reporters to stop writing for the paper's prize-winning Web site, Washingtonpost.com, until further notice.

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

Q&A: Singapore's Premier On The Power Of The Lee Family (BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/02_25/b3788071.htm>
Goh discussed the family's hold on business with Singapore Bureau Manager Michael Shari.

Can Ho Ching Fix Singapore Inc.? (BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/02_25/b3788068.htm>
She's the ultimate insider, but putting her in charge of Temasek Holdings might make sense.

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

Customers Blame Banks For Internet Banking Inertia (Siow Li Sen, Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,2276,48682,00.html?>
Don't blame us, blame the banks. That's the reaction of The Business Times readers to a survey that said Singaporeans' risk-aversion has caused the relative failure of Internet banking here.

When Services Are Neither Public Nor Private (Ralf Dahrendorf, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/analysis/story/0,1870,126992,00.html?>
Governments can say that they did not have responsibility for the services, and the private providers can say that they merely did what the government wanted. In the end, not just democracy but the taxpayer may also be the victim.

Public Transport Needs More Public Scrutiny (Chua Lee Hoong, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/analysis/story/0,1870,126995,00.html?>
Fare adjustment proposals are presented only to the PTC currently. They should be put into the public domain, too.

Radio Station In Trouble Again, Over Ad (Lydia Lim, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,126934,00.html?>
The Singapore Broadcasting Authority (SBA) has told UFM 1003 to stop running a television advertisement, saying it had breached the Television Advertising Code by 'suggesting implicitly' that the station was better than rivals Love 97.2 FM and YES 93.3 FM.

One In 8 Singaporeans Disenchanted With His Job - Survey (Hwee Goh, Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/10928/1/.html>
One in eight Singaporeans says he couldn't care less about his job, and is openly disenchanted, according to a Gallup survey.

Singapore Could Be Asia's Weakest Economy In Q2: Barclays (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/10920/1/.html>
Singapore has the dubious distinction of being Asia's weakest link in the second quarter.

SingTel To Launch SMS Service For Fixed-Line Phones In July (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/10878/1/.html>
When an SMS message is sent to a fixed-line phone number, a new system that converts text to speech will call the number and read out the message when the call is answered.

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