[MyAppleMenu] Mar 4, 2002

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

A Study In Contrasts (Jim Heid, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/business/la-000016167mar04.story>
The iMac and Apple's software have a design elegance that's missing from the Windows world.

Apple Chief Blasts Labels (Sydney Morning Herald)
<http://it.mycareer.com.au/news/2002/03/05/FFX2E13V8YC.html>
Steve Jobs compalined that the digital music services backed by the labels don't make it easy for consumers to burn tracks from CDs they buy.

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

Crooner Uses Computers To Replace Sheet Music (Teresa Riordan, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/04/business/04PATE.html>
Technology had progressed far enough that the electronic page could be turned faster and more reliably than a paper page.

Adobe To Show Photoshop 7 At Apple Retail Stores (Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0203/04.adobe.php>
The road show will continue through the spring of 2002.

Location X Brings Mac OS 9 Capabilities (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=12902>

Apple Holds On To Core Customers (Maggie Williams, vnunet.com)
<http://www.networknews.co.uk/Analysis/1129662>
On its good days, Apple manages to make quirky design appear effortlessly easy.

Macromedia Moves Flash To X (Remy Davison, Insanely Great Mac)
<http://www.insanely-great.com/news.php?id=90>
Flash MX incorporates Mac OS X support and some 45 new features.

High School Students Go High-Tech At LLCC (John Reynolds, State Journal-Register)
<http://www.sj-r.com/news/Sunday/g.htm>

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

The Corner Internet Network Vs. The Cellular Giants (John Markoff, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/04/technology/04MESH.html>
Many Silicon Valley engineers now believe that it will be possible to lash together tens of thousands of inexpensive wireless network connections into a single anarchic wireless network.

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

Good (Or Unwitting) Neighbors Make For Good Internet Access (Amy Harmon, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/04/technology/04WIRE.html>
Growing numbers of people now find themselves able to tie into the Intenet on the run, courtesy -- knowingly or unknowingly -- of someone else.

Scripting Flaw Ripe For Web Worm (Robert Lemos, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-850752.html>

RealNetworks In Intel Deal, Final Software Nears (Reuters)
<http://news.cnet.com/investor/news/newsitem/0-9900-1028-8973129-0.html>
RealOne will be released in its final version this week, and will be bundled with generic PCs.

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

Seeking Signs Of Microsoft Security Push (Robert Lemos, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-850232.html>
Five weeks after Bill Gates rang an alarm over security lapses in Microsoft, observers are still waiting for real evidence that the company has substantially refocused its priorities.

Microsoft Outlines Next Move In Antitrust Case (Jonathan Krim, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33198-2002Mar3.html>
Microsoft plans to argue that if sanctions sought by state prosecutors are granted, it would be forced to pull its latest Windows OS off the market and be unable to develop new systems.

Microsoft Not Game For Xbox Recall (Reuters)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1040-850099.html>
Microsoft said Monday that several Xbox  users had reported that the console was scratching game discs, but there was no need to recall the hardware or software.

The MS Antitrust Case: Why It's So Darned Hard To Resolve (David Berlind, ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2852014,00.html>
The burning question and the source of the controversy is how to write a remedy that accomplishes the three objectives: stop unlawful conduct, restore competition, and prevent future recurrence.

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

RealNetworks In Intel Deal, Final Software Nears (Reuters)
<http://news.cnet.com/investor/news/newsitem/0-9900-1028-8973129-0.html>
RealOne will be released in its final version this week, and will be bundled with generic PCs.

C# Virus Pitched Against .NET (John Leyden, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/56/24275.html>
A new virus uses Microsoft's C# language to target .EXE files under the Microsoft .NET Framework.

IE, Outlook Run Malicious Commands Without Scripting (Thomas C Greene, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/24274.html>
An attacker can run arbitrary commands on Windows machines with a simple bit of HTML, even with active scripting and ActiveX disabled.

XP Compatibility Problems Persist (Doug Boulter, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27176-2002Mar2.html>
There are still plenty of peripherals and programs that won't play nice with the new system.

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

Legislating Against Stupidity (Anthony York, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/03/04/401k_rules/index.html>
Congressional efforts to prevent future Enron-style 401K blowouts will hurt more than they help.

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

The Internet Amenity (Simson Garfinkel, Technology Review)
<http://www.techreview.com/articles/garfinkel0302.asp>
For big organizations hoarding wireless bandwidth costs more than giving it away. Smell a free lunch?

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

For Real Singles, Chastity Is Hardly The Tough Part (Chrstine Frey, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/features/lifestyle/la-lv-40days4mar04.story>
Hollywood has it all wrong. Abstinence is easy because finding the right person isn't.

Basic Black (Robin Givhan, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33123-2002Mar3.html>
After a decent interval of nice and pretty, it's time to dress like a vampire again.

Behind Letterman Turmoil, An Icy Clash With His Boss (Bill Carter, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/04/business/media/04RIVA.html>
In a sense, history is repeating itself.

Buddy, Can You Spare A Tie? (David Sedaris, Esquire)
<http://www.esquire.com/humor/sedaris/articles/020301_mds_tie_1.html>
The five cardinal rules of personal style. (From a man who doesn't have any.)

Why Economists Should Study Biology (Donald Cox, Library of Economics and Liberty)
<http://www.econlib.org/library/Columns/Coxbiology.html>
Understanding human behavior requires more knowledge about the utility function.

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

Green Light For Potong Pasir MRT 'A Shrewd Move' (Neo Hui Min, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,106219,00.html?>
It makes economic sense to open the station, say some of those interviewed; others think there is a political motive.

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

Ethics Panel Against Payment For Donated Organs To Science (Natalie Soh, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/breakingnews/story/0,1895,106182,00.html?>
The donation of human tissue for scientific research should be encouraged here but there should not be any dollar value attached to such contribution.

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