[MyAppleMenu] Mar 3, 2002

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

Mom Scores High-Tech Win For Chazy School Kids (Suzanne Moore, Press-Republican)
<http://www.pressrepublican.com/Archive/2002/03_2002/030320024.htm>
"It'll enable so much more creativity to flow."

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

iPhoto vs gPhoto (John Buswell, TuxPPC)
<http://www.imaclinux.net/articles.php?single=994+index=0>

Best Bets On The Net (Rich Ray, Florida Times-Union)
<http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/030302/web_8725933.html>
Right on Mac is a fun, informative site.

iDVD2 Burns Discs With No Muss Or Fuss (James Coates, Chicago Tribune)
<http://www.chicagotribune.com/technology/chi-0203030124mar03.story?coll=chi%2Dtechnology%2Dhed>
Two words: It works.

Smooth, Eye-Catching iMac Delivers The Goods (James Coates, Chicago Tribune)
<http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/printedition/chi-0203030122mar03.column?coll=chi%2Dprintbusiness%2Dhed>
We get a low-cost machine with huge innovations that runs as smooth as a luge track and looks good enough to frame. It also delivers as a computer.

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

Best Bets On The Net (Rich Ray, Florida Times-Union)
<http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/030302/web_8725933.html>
Right on Mac is a fun, informative site.

Internet Users Shift To Quality (Anick Jesdanun, Associated Press)
<http://www.latimes.com/technology/ats-ap_technology11mar03.story?coll=sns%2Dap%2Dtoptechnology>
Veterans e-mailed friends and family less often, but were more likely than newcomers to share worries or seek advice.

Google Programmer Creates Internet Buzz With Cutsey Logos (Brian Bergstein, Associated Press)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2002/03/03/financial1431EST0028.DTL&type=tech>
The "art department" is just one guy: Dennis Hwang, a 23-year-old Web programmer who whips up the doodles in his spare time.

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

A One-On-One Interview With Bill Gates (CNN)
<http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/industry/02/28/gates/index.html>
"Research, I think, is the lifeblood of innovation in the economy."

=== linux top news =============

The Threat Of A Linux Generation (John Ness and Stefan Theil, Newsweek)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/718622.asp?cp1=1>
Young programmers turned off by Microsoft's anti-piracy policies are looking to alternative software.

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

Has The US Lost Its Way? (Paul Kennedy, The Observer)
<http://www.observer.co.uk/worldview/story/0,11581,661105,00.html>
Does everybody hate America? Maybe the world is just concerned at the lack of visionary from such a powerful nation.

John Kamm's Third Way (Tina Rosenberg, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/03/magazine/03CHINA.html>
In China, American business has always assumed that human rights and corporate profits are mututally exclusive. Does this have to be the case?

Wall Of Ideas (Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/03/opinion/03FRIE.html>
Dividing America from the Arab-Muslim world is a wall that was built by both sides and can be taken down only by both.

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

You May Be Downsized, But You Can Stay In The Loop (Melinda Ligos, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/03/business/yourmoney/03ALUM.html>
Agilent Technologies may have lost some of its finest employees when it cut its work force. But it make sure that it didn't lose contact with all of them.

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

A Man's Tome Is His Castle (Joseph Epstein, Wall Street Journal)
<http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=105001717>
I'll read whatever books I please, thank you very much.

The Last-Chance Saloon (Louise France, The Observer)
<http://www.observer.co.uk/life/story/0,6903,660858,00.html>
Inside the therapy room as three couples try to save their marriage.

Murals To Come Tumbling Down (Marsha Ginsburg, San Francisco Chronicle)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/03/02/MN66496.DTL>
It never occurred to Christopher Lane that one day his work could be bulldozed.

Adrift (Mimi Harrison, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8540-2002Feb27.html>
Being umemployed isn't a disgrace, it's a way of life.

Responding To Crisis, Art Must Look Beyond It (Anne Midgette, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/03/arts/03MIDG.html>
The assumption that art should respond rapidly to crisis is common currency today. But that goes against the nature of artistic inspiration.

In Dallas, A Taste (And A Sweet) For Every Palate (Mark Bittman, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/03/travel/03TAB.html>
You can find just about anything you're hoping to eat in Big D, from plain local treasures to Asian-influenced cooking. Be sure to save room for dessert.

Four Novices, One Grand Canyon (Ted Rose, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/03/travel/CANYON.html>
When a few city slickers hike down to the Colorado River, they head out with some nonchalance, a salami, deodorant and a stern warning.

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

More Execs Likely To Lose Jobs Even As Economy Picks Up (Sue-Ann Chia, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/breakingnews/story/0,1895,105990,00.html?>
Bad news for white-collar workers because the bulk of the impending retrenchment exercises are expected to hit due to corporate restructuring plans.

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

Show HDB's Land Costs More Clearly (William Lim Siew Wai, Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/views/story/0,2276,37737,00.html?>
The actual land cost should not be governed by the market, as the role of the HDB must include the important social objective to provide public housing to those unable to participate in the private sector.

Singaporeans 2nd-Class Citizens Even In Homeland (Lee Kah Hui, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,1870,106108,00.html?>
With the shortage of doctors and nurses in Singapore, why do hospitals here see the need to woo foreign patients?

Travel Fares Take A Tumble In Price War (Ginnie Teo, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,106037,00.html?>
Firms go all out to woo travellers, with airfares slashed by almost half and package tours 20 per cent cheaper now.

Singapore Film For French Fest (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/life/story/0,1870,106001,00.html?>
Hype, a local student-produced movie, travels to France.

Johor To Report On Reclamation (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,106038,00.html?>
The Johor government will today submit a detailed report to the federal government.

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