[MyAppleMenu] Mar 1, 2002

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

Disney Boss Accuses Apple Of Fostering Piracy (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0203/01.eisner.php>
Eisner accused the computer industry of considering piracy its new "killer app," and isngled out Apple's "Rip, Mix, Burn" ad campaign as an example.

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

Jobs Among World's Billionaires With $1.1B (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=12861>

Apple Posts AirPort Update (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=4311>
This makes AirPort compatible with Motorola Cybersurfer cable modems and improves password security.

Undress Your Mac For Thrills (Leander Kahney, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,50384,00.html>
iMac's arrival is prompting a strange manifestation of techno fetishism: People are holding iMac unpacking ceremonies for friends and families.

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

Dual Chips Give Power Mac The Edge (Matthew Fordahl, Associated Press)
<http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/review/2002/3/01/spotlight.htm>
The horsepower is readily apparent in everything from games to running processor-intensive scientific programs.

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

Slashdot Joins The Ad-Free Melee (Stefanie Olsen, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1023-849372.html>
"News for Nerds" Web site lined up with leagues of other publishers to start selling larger, more imposing ads, and placing a premium on commercial-free pages.

FirstGov Web Site Again Is Clicking (Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post)
<http://www.washtech.com/news/govtit/15443-1.html>
The Bush administration on Wednesday launched the <i>new! improved!</i> version of FirstGov.gov.

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

Will Microsoft Cut Off The Clones? (Phillip Smith, osOpinion)
<http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16585.html>
If MS were to copy Apple and brand its own PC, it might speed up the incorporation of new features into the box and OS.

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

XP Update To Go Beyond Mere Fixes (Joe Wilcox, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1040-848447.html>
Windows XP Service Pack 1 will introduce support for Mira "smart" display devices, the Tablet PC and the multimedia-oriented Freestyle graphical interface.

Microsoft Again Pushes Back .Net Server (Joe Wilcox, CNET News.com)
<http://investor.cnet.com/investor/news/newsitem/0-9900-1028-8950610-0.html?tag=ats>
Microsoft has again delayed the delivery of a major version of its Windows operating system.

MS Opponents May Testify (Thomas C Greene, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/24256.html>
Thougth many will receive mere ten-minute slots.

=== linux news =============

Slashdot Joins The Ad-Free Melee (Stefanie Olsen, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1023-849372.html>
"News for Nerds" Web site lined up with leagues of other publishers to start selling larger, more imposing ads, and placing a premium on commercial-free pages.

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

The Broadband Militia (Washington Monthly, Michael Behar)
<http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2001/0203.behar.html>
A new breed of underground Internet entrepreneurs could end the recession. If only Washington would let them.

The Clintonista Candidates (David Plotz, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/?id=2062628&device=>
Gov. Janet Reno? Sen. Erskine Bowles? Rep. Rahm Emanuel?

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

I, PC (Chrstina Wood, Popular Science)
<http://www.popsci.com/popsci/computers/article/0,12543,198188,00.html>
Shrinking chips and other new technologies are spreading computer power all over the body and then out to the network.

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

Extreme Fashion Needs No Censor (Valli Herman-Cohen, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.calendarlive.com/top/1,1419,L-LATimes-Grammys-X!ArticleDetail-52261,00.html>
Musicians show their funs ide at the Grammy Awards but avoid the skin-baring shockers of ceremonies past.

Death And The Maiden (Jonathon Keats, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/sex/gallery/2002/03/01/corset/index.html>
Far from an article of bondage, the corset has been an instrument of liberation.

Thoroughly Modern Monarch (Ann Gerhart, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20513-2002Feb28.html>
Jordan's Queen Rania never expected a crown, but she wears it well.

How Cowboys And Cowwgirls Get Into Step (Robin Pogrebin, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/01/arts/theater/01OKLA.html>
The choreographer Susan Stroman's exuberant leaps and do-sidos for "Oklahoma!" appear to be the perfect spring antidote to this country's trying autumn.

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

KL, Singapore Politicans 'Agree To Disagree' (Brendan Pereira, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,105625,00.html?>
Younger-generation leaders from Singapore and Malaysia yesterday gave a flavour of how future relations can be conducted.

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

Singapore Leads Future Tech Trends (Irene Tham, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-849082.html>
The government unveiled its third Infocomm Technology Roadmap, charting several technology trends over the next five years.

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