[MyAppleMenu] Jun 25, 2002

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

The One-Man Studio Revisited (Wade Major, Entertainment Today)
<http://www.ent-today.com/6-21/oneman-feature.htm>
Stand-alone filmmaking comes of age in the digital age with Mac OS X.

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

Intuit May Stretch For More Mac Market Share (Ben Wilson, NewsFactor)
<http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/18380.html>

Virtual PC 5.0.4 Released (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0206/25.virtualpc.php>
According to the developer, Virtual PC 5.0.4 contains new features including Password Protection, designed for classroom and lab environments where it may be important to limit access to aspects of the way that Virtual PC is configured.

Aspyr Announces The Sims Vacation (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0206/25.vacation.php>

Apple France Offers Online Store Affiliate Program (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/lib/020625affrance.shtml>
The affiliate program is the first of its kind; it's unknown whether Apple will expand the program to other parts of the world.

Senate To Re-Ponder Propriety Of Laptops (David M. Shribman, Boston Globe)
<http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/176/nation/Senate_to_re_ponder_propriety_of_laptops+.shtml>
The Wyoming Republican has a simple wish. He'd like to take his laptop with him to the Senate floor.

HP Overhauls Consumer Printer Line (Larry Dignan, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1040-938993.html>
Hewlett-Packard, which relies heavily on profits derived from its printer business, announced Tuesday that it is revamping its entire line of consumer printers.

Do You Know Where His Keys Are? (Leander Kahney, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,53388,00.html>
Some people make lists of their books or CDs. Some people take pictures of their possessions for insurance purposes. Matthew McClintock, a 35-year-old webmaster from Chicago, makes lists and takes pictures to an obsessive degree.

Macworld Awards 2002: Winners (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=4857>
The winners of the Macworld Awards 2002 were announced at a glittering black-tie event on Friday June 21 at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich.

Open-And-Shut Case For Laptops? New Hanover Educators Say All Students Need New Computers (Sherry Jones, Wilmington Star)
<http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/news/stories/13813newsstorypage.html>
As a New Hanover County school principal, Maryann Nunnally never really found computers captivating. Today, as a member of the county school board, she sees their value.

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

XPlay: iPod With Windows (Slashdot)
<http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/25/1211251>

Users Balk At New OmniWeb Icon (Rob McNair-Huff, Mac Net Journal)
<http://www.whiterabbits.com/MacNetJournal/2002/06/24.html#a1636>

Discussion: QuickTime To Get Boost From "More Accurate" Statistics (Slashdot)
<http://apple.slashdot.org/apple/02/06/24/1758212.shtml?tid=176>

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

Epson Stylus Color 740 (George Edware Green III, MacRelations)
<http://www.macrelations.com/0423992.html>

Apple Remote Desktop (David Fanning, Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/reviews/display_review.cfm?ProductID=1957&ReviewID=806>
It's a relatively cheap solution to some of the problems of network administration.

Live Channel Pro 1.3 (David Fanning, Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/reviews/display_review.cfm?ProductID=1956&ReviewID=805>
The applications for Live Channel are endless, so if you have a video camera and a bit of imagination, you should be able to find a reason to try it.

InDesign Tries Again (Alan Zisman, Low End Mac)
<http://lowendmac.com/reviews/indesign2.html>
Designers working with short and medium-length documents will find that InDesign 2.0 offers features to better unleash their creativity than the industry-standard Quark XPress 4. It will have added appeal to users who already work with Adobe's Photoshop and Illustrator.

You Ought To Meet Jay Jay (Larry Blasko, Associated Press)
<http://augustachronicle.com/stories/062402/tec_124-2095.shtml>
A look at Jay Jay in "Sky Heroes to the Rescue" shows it to be up to the same standards of "Reader Rabbit" or the "Carmen Sandiego" series.

Lost In Space (Peter Cohen, Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2002/07/reviews/gameroom.html>
A peculiar mix of action and role playing, Escape Velocity has been a legend with Mac gamers since its debut several years ago. This new version improves graphics, adds tons of new story elements, and runs natively in Mac OS X.

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

Blogs As Disruptive Tech (John Hiler, WebCrimson)
<http://www.webcrimson.com/ourstories/blogsdisruptivetech.htm>
How weblogs are flying under the radar of the Content Management Giants.

Is Blogging A Fad? (Arnold Kling, Corante)
<http://www.corante.com/bottomline/articles/20020621-875.shtml>
The Internet has produced significant social phenomena, such as email and the Web. However, it also has produced its share of fads and failures. One phenomenon that currently ranks high on the hype meter is web logs,or blogs. Are blogs a trend or a fad?

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

AOL, MS, Yahoo Make Sites Kid-Friendly (Lisa M. Bowman, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1106-939078.html>
Trying to do their part to make the Web more kid-friendly, technology heavyweights including America Online, Microsoft and Yahoo say they've labeled almost every page on their sites with an updated content assessment system.

It's All About Connections: On The Net, Speed Thrills (Yuki Noguchi, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33220-2002Jun23.html>

Do You Know Where His Keys Are? (Leander Kahney, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,53388,00.html>
Some people make lists of their books or CDs. Some people take pictures of their possessions for insurance purposes. Matthew McClintock, a 35-year-old webmaster from Chicago, makes lists and takes pictures to an obsessive degree.

Spam Solution? Make Them Pay (Robert Lemos, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1106-939018.html>
An e-mail gateway start-up is pushing marketers to back a plan that would let spam recipients charge companies for unwanted messages.

InDesign Tries Again (Alan Zisman, Low End Mac)
<http://lowendmac.com/reviews/indesign2.html>
Designers working with short and medium-length documents will find that InDesign 2.0 offers features to better unleash their creativity than the industry-standard Quark XPress 4. It will have added appeal to users who already work with Adobe's Photoshop and Illustrator.

Remember When We Had No E-Mail? (Katharine Mieszkowski, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/books/2002/06/25/what_just_happened/index.html>
James Gleick, author of "What Just Happened," explains what he got right, and wrong, over the last ten years.

Internet's Founders Offer Warnings (Scot Hacker, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/1625>
It is natural and good that the Internet should grow and evolve. But we must take care not to subvert its most fundamental attributes.

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

>From Microsoft, A New Office, Tablet PCs (Mike Ricciuti, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-938986.html>
Microsoft, looking to expand its desktop software monopoly into new areas, on Tuesday announced plans for a new version of its cash cow, Office, and the launch of the first Tablet PC systems.

Will You Buy Microosft's Tablet PC? (David Coursey, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-939026.html>
Remember the mantra: "Handwriting recognition doesn't matter." If you can only believe, everything will be just fine.

Digital Media: Will Microsoft Win Again? (Joe Wilcox, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1023-938997.html>
A battle is brewing over the future of digital media that could determine whether consumers are locked into formats controlled by Microsoft or have access to more open standards championed by competitors.

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

Palladium Concerns Microsoft's Competitors, Not Lawyers (Sam Costello, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/06/25/020625hnpalladium.xml>
Because Palladium depends so much on the hardware component -- something that is "outside the scope of what Microsoft does," -- the system, as currently described, may not become an antitrust concern.

In palladium We Trust (Ryan Hewson, osOpinion)
<http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/18379.html>
The only downside is the fact that you will completely and utterly lose control of your computer.

AOL, MS, Yahoo Make Sites Kid-Friendly (Lisa M. Bowman, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1106-939078.html>
Trying to do their part to make the Web more kid-friendly, technology heavyweights including America Online, Microsoft and Yahoo say they've labeled almost every page on their sites with an updated content assessment system.

Angry Microsoft Clients Looking At Linux To Get Even (Rebecca Buckman, Down Jones News Wire)
<http://afr.com/it/2002/06/25/FFXSZ2V8T2D.html>
The clock is ticking for companies to comply with Microsoft Corp's new software-pricing policy, a plan criticised for raising customers' software costs while helping Microsoft's bottom line.

Windows Longhorn Slips Again, Becomes Megaproject (John Lettice, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/25878.html>
Gates holds forth on Microsoft's next Big One.

Microsoft Reportedly Working On Xbox Hybrid (Reuters)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1040-938990.html>
Microsoft has been quietly working since last fall on a device combining its money-losing Xbox video game console with its digital video recorder, technology magazine Red Herring reported Tuesday.

InterTrust Sues Microsoft (On Just About Everything) (ComputerWire)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/7/25871.html>
InterTrust has brought four new patents into play, bringing the total involved in the suit to 11, covering 144 claims and over 190 "infringement scenarios", the company said.

It's A Tablet. It's A Notebook. From Microsoft, A New Hybrid (Steve Lohr, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/25/technology/25SOFT.html>
When Microsoft announces in New York today that machine susing its Tablet PC software will be introduced on Nov. 7, the emphasis will beon using pen-based features to enhance ocnventional notebook computers.

Microsoft To Reveal Palladium Source Code (Robert lemos, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-938973.html>
Microsoft, long a proponent of keeping source code secret, plans to publish the source code to a critical part of its Palladium project to enhance security, a representative of the software giant said Monday.

Microsoft Ticks Higher On Rumors Of Strong Forecast (Reuters)
<http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/technology/tech-tech-microsoft-stocks.html>
Microsoft shares posted their biggest percentage gain in almost two weeks on Monday, driven in part by a resurgent rumor that the software giant would give a new forecast for better-than-expected quarterly earnings.

Windows Security Gain Or Privacy Pain? (Robert Lemos, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-938957.html>
Microsoft's new plan to ensure PC security through extensive changes to its Windows operating system could help make private data and media files safer, but first it has to address privacy concerns, industry watchers said Monday.

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

Born To Be Wild? (Thomas J. Bray, Wall Street Journal)
<http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/tbray/?id=110001889>
The "wilderness" is burning, and environmentalists are to blame.

When States' Rights Get In The Way (E.J. Dionne Jr., Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39141-2002Jun24.html>
What was once obvious is becoming painfully obvious again: The doctrine of states' rights, so often invoked as a principle, is almost always a pretext to deny the federal government authority to do things that conservatives dislike.

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

The Wireless Arcade (David Kushner, Technology Review)
<http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/kushner0702.asp>
They don't have fancy 3-D graphics, but video games for handheld devices stand poised to capture a huge U.S. market. Why? Because we all have to wait.

Tin Men (Charles S. Lee, Time)
<http://www.time.com/time/asia/magazine/article/0,13673,501020701-265481,00.html>
Japanese engineers are creating a race of obedient machines for the masses.

Remember When We Had No E-Mail? (Katharine Mieszkowski, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/books/2002/06/25/what_just_happened/index.html>
James Gleick, author of "What Just Happened," explains what he got right, and wrong, over the last ten years.

Going Gas (Fred Kaplan, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/?id=2067153&device=>
When you should buy a plasma TV.

Is Blogging A Fad? (Arnold Kling, Corante)
<http://www.corante.com/bottomline/articles/20020621-875.shtml>
The Internet has produced significant social phenomena, such as email and the Web. However, it also has produced its share of fads and failures. One phenomenon that currently ranks high on the hype meter is web logs,or blogs. Are blogs a trend or a fad?

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

Growing Up (Joan Acocella, New Yorker)
<http://www.newyorker.com/critics/television/?020701crte_television>
What holds a young dancer back?

A Loss For Words (Beverly Beyette and Mary Rourke, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/features/lifestyle/la-lv-landers25jun25.story>
Ann Landers' syndicated column will cease soon, but her editors will carry on under a different title.

Flour Power (Susan Straight, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/06/25/flour_bag/index.html>
The authorities have decided that hauling around sacks of flour will teach middle schoolers not to get pregnant. My daughter and I think it's a half-baked idea.

Random Numbers (Christopher Dreher, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2002/06/25/bestsellers/index.html>
If you think bestseller lists are based on solid facts, guess again. But a new technology is promising to improve the hot-book scorecard.

The Hunger: A Food Allergy Mystery (Allison Hoover Bartlett, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26327-2002Jun21.html>
After being 'cured' by a test and treatment most allergists ignore or dismiss, the author went searching for an explanation.

Degrees Of Separation (Michael A> Fletcher, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38887-2002Jun24.html>
Gender gap among college graduates has educators wondering where the men are.

When Brain Truma Is At The Other End Of The Thrill Ride (Susan Gilbert, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/25/health/25ROLL.html?8hpib>
No one knows whether brain injuries suffered by people on thrill rides were caused by the rides themselves. But at least two studies are under way to see whether a cause-and-effect relationship exists.

Their Job Complete, Last Recovrery Crew Leaves Ground Zero (Eric Lipton and James Glanz, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/25/nyregion/25SITE.html>
The city and the nation at large marked the end of the recovery effort at ground zero nearly a month ago. But it was only yesterday, as a crew of four firefighters carefully supervised the collection of the last bags of possible human remains from a bank building next door to the site of the towers, that the job was truly, and finally, complete.

Time Management, The Pickle Jar Theory (Jeremy Wright, A List Apart)
<http://alistapart.com/stories/pickle/>
I strongly encourage everyone to use at least one Time Management System. It empowers you to actually do instead of scurrying about without any goals in sight.

R.I.P., 'P.I.' (Diane Holloway, Austin American-Statesman)
<http://www.austin360.com/statesman/editions/monday/life_entertainment_3.html>
What began as an innovative, amusing, thought-provoking idea has become a tired, predictable and boring program.

Groomed To Be All That (Michael P. Lucas, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.calendarlive.com/top/1,1419,L-LATimes-Search-0!ArticleDetail-63570,00.html>
At Disney and Nick, youngsters are carefully scouted and prepped for stardom. They even take classes on how to deal with fans.

Free The Jackson Five! Affirmative Inaction (Clinton Collins, Jr., The Rake)
<http://www.rakemag.com/columns/detail.asp?catID=50&itemID=472>
Would you pick up a magazine with me on the cover?

Scientist Or Storyteller? (AC Grayling, The Guardian)
<http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,12084,741376,00.html>
Was Sigmund Freud a great medical scientist who uncovered important truths about human psychology, or was he something different - a gifted artist, a philosophical visionary who re-imagined human nature and helped us confront taboos, but whose theories, offered as science, fail under scrutiny?

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

Airplane (Haruki Murakami, translated by Jay Rubin, New Yorker)
<http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/content/?020701fi_fiction>

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

Cheaper Legal Advice (Alethea Lim, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,128329,00.html?>
Reforms to cut backlog of court cases have resulted in lower fees charged by lawyers compared to 10 years ago.

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

Why Restrict Talent Search? (Paul Thompson, Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/views/story/0,2276,49368,00.html?>
A country that sees itself as an integral part of the global economy ought not to be restricting its search for talent from Jurong to Changi. Rather it should be trawling for candidates from Japan to Canada.

Bank Customers Get New Avenue To Fight Bad Service (Hugh Chow, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,128370,00.html?>
Industry's mediation unit, appeal panel will be able to order compensation of up to $50,000 for wronged customers.

Singapore Wins US Award For Online Government Services (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/breakingnews/story/0,1895,128284,00.html?>

SingTel Shares Touch Record Low On Mobile Price War Fears (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/11523/1/.html>
SingTel shares touched a fresh all-time low Tuesday of S$1.29 on the back of more bad news, including rival MobileOne halving mobile phone charges.

OCBC, UOB Scrap Plans To Jointly Manage ATM Networks (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/11521/1/.html>
The U-turn follows the recent mergers by both OCBC and UOB with other banks.

Channel NewsAsia Launches On HK Cable TV (Roland Lim, Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/11513/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia is making a big push into the Greater China region with the launch of the Asian news and information channel on Hong Kong's local pay-TV, Hong Kong Cable Television.

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