[MyAppleMenu] Jun 23, 2002

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

PC Sector Pessimism May Be Overdone, Investors Say (Peter Henderson, Reuters)
<http://reuters.com/news_article.jhtml;jsessionid=DZMYVXDHDIODYCRBAE0CFFAKEEATGIWD?type=technologynews&StoryID=1122324>
Troubles at HP, Apple and AMD may represent difficulties at the companies, rather than sectors, PC rivals and other investors said.

Apple's iPod, Once Only For Macs, Gets Software For Windows (William Selway, Bloomberg)
<http://quote.bloomberg.com/fgcgi.cgi?ptitle=Technology%20News&T=markets_bfgcgi_content99.ht&middle=ad_frame2_all&s=APRYHBhSSQXBwbGUn>
Apple's iPod may get a sales boost as a small Iowa company tomorow begins selling software that enables the device to work with Windows, analysts said.

Apple Wants To Break Windows (Rodney Dalton, The Australian)
<http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,4566802%255E643,00.html>

Crouching Apple, Hidden "Jaguar" (ExtremeTech)
<http://www.extremetech.com/print_article/0,3998,a=28465,00.asp>

Technology Recovery Yet To Arrive (Brian Bergstein, Associated Press)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28050-2002Jun22.html>
Here at the half-year mark, with earnings warnings from the likes of Intel, Apple and Oracle, the tech sector might soon be adopting the attitude of baseball fans whose teams drop out of the pennant race: Wait 'til next year.

Apple Store #31 Opens In Short Hills, NJ (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0206/22.shorthills.php>
This retail store marks the first time Apple has actively promoted its new "Switch" ad campaign through a redone Home section.

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

MacHack: Meet Dylan The Yoot (Chuck Toporek, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/1619>
"It scares me to work on Windows. I just prefer the Mac so much more."

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

Free Web-Mail Waning? (Mike Musgrove, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27004-2002Jun22.html>
If you want to use a Web-mail account as your primary inbox, you'd better choose carefully.

Girth Control (Tobey Grumet, Popular Mechanics)
<http://popularmechanics.com/technology/computers/2002/6/girth_control/>
It is truly an aesthetic pleasure to use this machine.

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

Free Web-Mail Waning? (Mike Musgrove, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27004-2002Jun22.html>
If you want to use a Web-mail account as your primary inbox, you'd better choose carefully.

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

New Pentium 4-M Breaks 2GHz Barrier (John G. Spooner, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-938554.html>
Intel will break the 2GHz barrier for notebook PCs on Monday with the launch of a new Pentium 4-M chip.

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

Ann Laners, Advice Giver To The Millions, Dies At 83 (Margalit Fox, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/23/obituaries/23LAND.html?pagewanted=all&position=top>
Eppie Lederer, who as the syndicated columnist Ann Landers was widely considered responsible for bringing the advice column innto the modern era, died Saturday at her home in Chicago.

To The Ends Of The Earth (Michael Browning, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25007-2002Jun21.html>
Even in the age of satellite phones and global positioning systems, the route that brought East and West together is a world apart.

Ignoring The Booksellers' Conventions (Linton Week, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23560-2002Jun21.html>
Independent publishers make success by finding a niche.

The Wasteland (Austin Bunn, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/23/magazine/23TVPILOT.html>
The pilot process, traditionally an insular, closed-door drama involving television veterans, has lately become infiltrated by a surprising number of filmmakers.

Work Daze (Rob Walker, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/23/magazine/23WWLN.html>
Maybe the real curiosity is that so many of us would expect anything other than boredom from work.

A Novice Paddles To Her Heritage (Susan Catto, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/23/travel/CANOE.html>
Theoretically, it is possible to travel from one end of Canada to the other by canoe, with the longest detour on land a scant 12 miles.

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

Goldi-Lox And The Lost Souls (Jonah Winter, Poetry Hi-Fi)
<http://www.poetryhifi.com/zonarosa/winter3.html>

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

Commuters 'Worse Off If Bus And Rail Firms Lose Money' (Karamjit Kaur, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,127947,00.html?>
Transport Minister says if operators were making losses they would cut corners, resulting in a reduced quality of service.

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

One Resaturant, 7 Eateries (Tee Hun Ching, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/life/story/0,1870,127911,00.html?>
Colours By The Bay at Esplanade not only gathers seven restaurants under one root, but also allows customers in one eatery to order items from another.

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