[MyAppleMenu] Jun 20, 2002
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=== top =============
A Shop Where Fun Meets Function (Fred Bernstein, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/20/technology/circuits/20STOR.html?tntemail0>
Tekserve, a giant Macintosh repair center in Manhattan, expanded from 1,000 square feet to 20,000, in a succession of four locations on West 23rd Street in Chelsea.
Would Someone Take A Bite Out Of Apple? (Adam Lashinsky, CNN/Money)
<http://money.cnn.com/2002/06/19/commentary/bottomline/lashinsky/index.htm>
It may not be a takeover target but there's plenty of value there.
=== news =============
Bubble Trouble X: Getting Hooked Again (Alex Metcalf and Dave Wareing, Inside Mac Games)
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/features/view.php?ID=141>
Breathing new life into Bubble Trouble was a very satisfying experience. We hope Macintosh gamers will have many more years of fun with Blinky. Happy squishing!
The i Of The Beholder (Garry Barker, Livewire)
<http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/06/19/1023864451267.html>
Form follows function for the designers of those stunning iMac computers.
New Nielsen/NetRatings Multimedia Numbers Show No Nump For QuickTime (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/lib/020620netratings.shtml>
Laurie Anderson's Suite Music (Joe Cellini, Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/hotnews/articles/2002/06/anderson/>
For Laurie Anderson's long-awaited album, "Life on a String," director Steven Lippman cut a festival-worthy short film in Final Cut Pro.
Opera Makes Hay With MS Mac Arabic/Hebrew Snub (Andrew Orlowski, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/35/25822.html>
In response to our articles this week, Opera has promised that its future browsers will
support both Hebrew, Arabic, Cyrillic and Korean. This capability will be supported in the Jaguar release the OS X operating system.
Apple Quietly Posts CarbonLib 1.6 (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=14852>
CarbonLib is a system extension that allows users to run Carbon-based applications on Mac OS 8.6 and all Mac OS 9 releases.
Adobe Will Not Attend Macworld Expo New York (Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0206/20.adobe.php>
Adobe is the second company in two days that confirmed they would not be attending the summer show.
Apple Rotten After Miserable Day (Rex Crum, CBS MarketWatch.com)
<http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7B396F0428%2DBB36%2D4DC8%2D9198%2D9EA05B5A7542%7D&siteid=mktw>
Stock loses 15 percent in response to warning.
Technology Stocks Stumble (Associated Press)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14565-2002Jun19.html>
Warnings from Apple, other firms lead to broad sell-off.
Reader: Apple Xserve To Ship Soon (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=14836>
Macworld New York Loses Major Developer (Ben Wilson, NewsFactor)
<http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/18304.html>
Macromedia, a critical developer for the Mac platform and a company that has ardently supported Mac OS X, has opted out of exhibiting at this summer's Macworld.
=== opinions =============
Why Real People Use Macs For Real Work (Ben Wells, Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/myturn/02/0620.html>
People who are sick of swearing and thumping their desks. They've discovered there is an alternative, and it's a better one.
Microsoft's Hebrew, Arabic Snub: Your Pain (Andrew Orlowski, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/35/25808.html>
Your letters continue to flood in about the lack of support for Hebrew, Arabic and right-to-left languages on the Macintosh.
Apple Beckons Windows Users, But Doesn't Make Sense For All (Walter S. Mossberg, Wall Street Journal)
<http://ptech.wsj.com/ptech.html>
The bottom line: The Macintosh is a fine computer, and it's safe to switch to it if you like. But make sure it's right for you.
MacHack Eve (Chuck Toporek, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/1606>
=== reviews =============
OS X Native Palm Software Arrives With Some Shortcomings (Tom Negrino, Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2002/07/reviews/palm.html>
Palm Desktop 4.0 is OS X native, but Palm left most of the program's features untouched.
Variations On An Office With Windows (David Pogue, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/20/technology/circuits/20POGUE-EMAIL.html?tntemail0>
Office v. X is pretty and -- thanks to the update -- solid.
Security, Earthlink, And Apple (Daniel H. Steinberg, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/1599>
I really like Earthlink and with one exception have had very good experiences with their technical support people.
=== internet top news =============
The Librarian's Web Dilemma (John Schwartz, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/20/technology/circuits/20FILT.html>
How do libraries give adults a free run of the Internet while shielding children from material that may be inappropriate?
Whatever Happened To City Guides? (J.D. lasica, Online Journalism Review)
<http://www.ojr.org/ojr/lasica/1024441147.php>
Now that they've grown up, what have they turned out to be?
=== internet news =============
Confessions Of An Unabashed Bandwidth Hog (Leslie Walker, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14399-2002Jun19.html>
My name is Leslie, and I'm a Net-a-holic.
ICANN, Dotted With Doubts (David McGuire, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14090-2002Jun19.html>
Role as domain-name manager in danger as criticism grows.
Security, Earthlink, And Apple (Daniel H. Steinberg, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/1599>
I really like Earthlink and with one exception have had very good experiences with their technical support people.
=== wintel top news =============
Microsoft Leaves No Doubt (Dan Gillmor, San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/3505555.htm>
Yes, it's late, but there are still a few ways to restrain the corporate thugs who control -- and thwart outside innovation on -- the most important communications platform since the telephone.
=== wintel news =============
Opera Makes Hay With MS Mac Arabic/Hebrew Snub (Andrew Orlowski, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/35/25822.html>
In response to our articles this week, Opera has promised that its future browsers will
support both Hebrew, Arabic, Cyrillic and Korean. This capability will be supported in the Jaguar release the OS X operating system.
Security Flaws Continue To Be Issue For Microsoft (Byron Acohido, osOpinion)
<http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/18309.html>
Despite Microsoft's five-month push to exterminate security bugs, the software giant's Internet products continue to turn up riddled with security holes.
Dell Shares Fall On Rumor That Company Denies (Reuters)
<http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/technology/tech-tech-dell-stocks.html>
Shares of Dell fell as much as 4.8 percent on Thursday on rumors that the company was being probed by U.S. securities regulators, traders said.
Court Throws Out Via Charges Against Intel (Matthew Broersma, ZDNet UK)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-937863.html>
The English High Court has dismissed charges brought by Via Technologies against Intel over the licensing of Pentium 4 patents, saying that Intel's refusal to license the technology to Via did not constitute market abuse.
Variations On An Office With Windows (David Pogue, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/20/technology/circuits/20POGUE-EMAIL.html?tntemail0>
Office v. X is pretty and -- thanks to the update -- solid.
Microsoft, Chicken Delight And Antitrust Policy (Virginia Postrel, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/20/business/20SCEN.html>
The Microsoft case showcased recent economic scholarship on imperfect competition, which attempts to understand business strategies in the absence of theoretical perfect competition.
=== reader : tech =============
Confessions Of An Unabashed Bandwidth Hog (Leslie Walker, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14399-2002Jun19.html>
My name is Leslie, and I'm a Net-a-holic.
The Librarian's Web Dilemma (John Schwartz, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/20/technology/circuits/20FILT.html>
How do libraries give adults a free run of the Internet while shielding children from material that may be inappropriate?
Through The Looking Glass (Grady Booch, Software Development Online)
<http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=843/sdm0107i/0107i.htm>
Subtle signs point to a marked transformation, a disruptive technology on the horizon.
Microsoft, Chicken Delight And Antitrust Policy (Virginia Postrel, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/20/business/20SCEN.html>
The Microsoft case showcased recent economic scholarship on imperfect competition, which attempts to understand business strategies in the absence of theoretical perfect competition.
Whatever Happened To City Guides? (J.D. lasica, Online Journalism Review)
<http://www.ojr.org/ojr/lasica/1024441147.php>
Now that they've grown up, what have they turned out to be?
=== reader : life =============
Poets Prove Gardening Anything But Boring (Diana Rathbone, San Francisco Chronicle)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/06/19/HO217436.DTL>
Life, the hymn reminds us, although it can be explained in biology lessons, remains, in some essential way, beyond our comprehension. Perhaps it's magic.
A Writer Intent On Rallying The Spirit Of Survival (Lynell George, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/features/lifestyle/la-000043117jun20.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dliving%2Dmanual>
Poet June Jordan cast a penetrating eye on issues both political and personal.
Porn Provocateur (Janelle Brown, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/06/20/lizzy_borden/index.html?x>
Lizzy Borden, whose ultraviolent films feature women being beaten, raped and doused in vomit, insists that she is a gender pioneer whose repellent movies are morality tales.
The Battle For Indie Radio (Jesse Walker, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2002/06/20/pacifica/index.html>
After seven years of bitter infighting, the dissidents have retaken control of Pacifica, the venerable left-wing radio network. Now comes the hard part.
=== singapore top news =============
Up To 20,000 May Lose Jobs This YEar (Ahmad Osman, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,127395,00.html?>
Dip in retrenchments recently might be temporary, says NTUC, as unions expect the pace of layoffs to pick up.
=== singapore news =============
IDA Says No Deadline For Decision On SingTel's Phone Rate Hike Request (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/11135/1/.html>
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