[MyAppleMenu] Mar 2, 2002

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

UI Expert Jef Raskin Talks Skins With osOpinion (Kelly McNeill, osOpinion)
<http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16564.html>
We must choose which is better: the ability to customize an ideal desktop for a platform, or the use of a less-than-ideal desktop in order to achieve consistency.

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

Wireless Networks Let You Finally Cut The Cord (Glenn Fleishman, Seattle Times)
<http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/134413516_ptwifi02.html>
Throw down that staple gun! Toss away that drill bit! Try wireless instead.

Effect-ing: Q&A With Stephanie Powell (Anton Linecker, Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2002/04/macbeat/powell.html>
The film world lost one of its top special effects artists late last year when Stephanie Powell suffered a fatal heart attack.

Apple Goes Great Guns In Malaysia (Charles F. Moreira, The Star)
<http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2002/3/1/technology/29mac&sec=technology>
Apple Computer Systems (M) Sdn Bhd opened its sixth AppleCentre retail store in the country, adding another feather to its cap.

Apple Lincenses Unix Printing System From Easy (Ron Carlson, Insanely Great Mac)
<http://www.insanely-great.com/news.php?id=88>
Easy Software Products' CUPS software will provide enhanced printing capabilities to Mac OS X and other Apple software, as well as improved UNIX/Linux and Windows interoperability.

Apple Releases DVD Player 3.1 For Mac OS X (MacSlash)
<http://www.macslash.com/article.pl?sid=02/03/01/2320209>
Among the additions is AppleScript support for selection and playback of DVD content.

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

Will Apple's Next Power Mac Pack New 3GIO? (Ben Wilson, NewsFactor)
<http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16589.html>
Apple has a history of popularizing computer expansion standards. Now, Apple may be poised to push another standard called 3GIO, widely heralded as the successor to PCI and AGP expansion slots.

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

PC MacLAN: Mac-Windows Detente (David Tanaka, CanadaComputes)
<http://www.canadacomputes.com/v3/story/1,1017,8176,00.html?tag=81&sb=121>
This is not an inexpensive solution, but it is a simple-to-use and elegant one.

Sonicblue's Rio Riot Can't Beat Apple iPod On Speed, Ease, Size (Walter S. Mossberg, Wall Street Journal)
<http://ptech.wsj.com/ptech.html>
The Riot looks and works like a larger, slower, predecessor product.

Default Folder X (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0203/02.defaultfolder.php>
Default Folder X offers a system enhancement that speeds up access to files and folders in Open and Save dialogs.

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

Information Wants To Be Worthless (Bruce Sterling, Austin Chronicle)
<http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2002-03-01/screens_feature.html>
SXSW interactive and the post post-boom landscape.

Comcast Says Its Transition To Internet Network Is Done (Matt Richtel, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/02/technology/02COMC.html>

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

Settling States Question Microsoft Tactic (Reuters)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-849680.html?tag=cd_mh>
The Microsoft antitrust case can be a little unsettling at times -- even if you have already settled.

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

Palm, Gateway To Testify Against Microsoft (Reuters)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-849845.html>
Nine states still pursuing an antitrust case against Microsoft will call executives from Palm and Gateway to testify in court hearings, according to a court filing this week.

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

Bunkers For All Occasions (David Plotz, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/?id=2062738&device=>
Preserving the American way of life.

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

Information Wants To Be Worthless (Bruce Sterling, Austin Chronicle)
<http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2002-03-01/screens_feature.html>
SXSW interactive and the post post-boom landscape.

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

Mystery Man (Gavin McNett, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2002/03/02/shakespeare/index.html>
A new documentary revives an old controversy: Was actor and landowner Willisam Shakespeare merely a front man for Christopher Marlowe, the flamboyant gay genius and shadowy Elizabethan spy?

A Passing Fancy Leaves An Indelible Impression (Philip Kennicott, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26616-2002Mar1.html>
Lost in many of the tributes to New York has been New York itself, the pre-9-11 New York that was still, despite the efforts of Rudolph Giuliani, a difficult city filled with difficult people.

Damning (Yet Desiring) Mickey And The Big Mac (Edward Rothstein, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/02/arts/02POP.html>
It isn't imperialism but freedom that makes pop culture so appealing, even among American's enemies.

A Boy Genius? Maybe Not, Mother Admits (Erica Goode, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/02/education/02BOY.html>
Elizabeth Chapman, the mother of a celebrated boy genius, admitted that records attesting to her son's superior intelligence were a sham.

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

Racial Quota For Schools 'Not The Way To Go' (Salma Khalik, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/breakingnews/story/0,1895,105826,00.html?>
Poor performace because the pupils come from lower-income families which place little emphasis on learning.

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

iBook 600 12.1" Combo Trade-In Promo (MacSingapore)
<http://www.macsingapore.com/archive/news200203a.html#Promo>
Trade in any PC or Mac portable computers for an up-front rebate of S$250.

Down Under Potpourri (Jaime Ee, Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/whatsin/story/0,2276,37610,00.html?>
Celebrate Australia 2002 exhibition this month offers a chance to taste the best of Down Under.

Apple Goes Great Guns In Malaysia (Charles F. Moreira, The Star)
<http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2002/3/1/technology/29mac&sec=technology>
Apple Computer Systems (M) Sdn Bhd opened its sixth AppleCentre retail store in the country, adding another feather to its cap.

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