[MyAppleMenu] Mar 15, 2002

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

Apple Releases Remote Desktop For OS 9/X (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=13145>
Enables users to remotely manage other Mac desktops anywhere on the network.

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

Adobe Earnings Beat Estimates (David Becker, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-860623.html>
Adobe reported quarterly profit and revenues that were way down from a year ago but a slight improvement sequentially.

Pro And Con (Joe Cellini, Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/hotnews/articles/2002/03/conman/>
Final Cut Pro helped Jesse Moss discover the right edits to tell a story.

Rodney Charters: Get Reel With iPod And Final Cut Pro (Stephanie Jorgl, Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/hotnews/articles/2002/03/rodneycharters/>
Rodney Charters hits the ground running to keep up with the real-time TV drama "24." Not only does he use Final Cut Pro to keep up with the daily shots, he also uses his iPod as a production assistant.

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

Killer Apps (Tim Bajarin, ABCNews.com)
<http://abcnews.go.com/sections/business/DailyNews/SILICON_INSIGHTS_BAJARIN_020314.html>
Apple has made handling mixed digital media so easy that the Mac has now become my preferred way of managing video, images and music.

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

A Thing Of Joy And Beauty (Garry Barker, The Age)
<http://it.mycareer.com.au/opinion/macman/2002/03/14/FFXAPMZFRYC.html>
I know it is just a computer. I cannot fully explain why using a Mac is a totally different experience, but it is and thisnew iMac has taken that difference quite a bit further.

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

Should Geeks, Or Governments, Run The Net? (Jonathan krim, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23790-2002Mar13.html>
Once again, the people who decide how the Internet is supposed to function are not getting along.

Net Ads Enter New Dimension (Stefanie Olsen, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1023-860769.html>
The bells and whistles of online advertising are about to get louder.

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

Schools Find Time For File-Swapping (Gwendolyn Mariano, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-859739.html>
After an initial shock, U.S. universities are learning to live with file swapping among students, despite legal risks and heavy demands placed on computer networks.

AOL CEO Sees Ad Upturn Coming (Rajesh Mahapatra, Associated Press)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26543-2002Mar14.html>
But he also advised media companies to find other revenue sources.

FCC Declares Cable Internet An Information Service (George A. Chidi, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/03/14/020314hnfccaccess.xml>
By classifying cable Internet service as an information service, it takes it out of the regulatory realm of cable television service and casts it into a nebulous, emerging set of rules.

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

Ballmer Touts Cybercrime Pact With U.S. (Reuters)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-859952.html>

Microsoft's Borrowed Code May Pose Risk (Robert Lemos, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-860328.html>
A security flaw in open-source software used by Linux and Unix systems for compression may affect some Microsoft products that also uses the code.

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

Microsoft's Borrowed Code May Pose Risk (Robert Lemos, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-860328.html>
A security flaw in open-source software used by Linux and Unix systems for compression may affect some Microsoft products that also uses the code.

Linux Influences Goes Beyond The Desktop (Geoff Lane, osOpinion)
<http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16782.html>
The mere existence of Linux as a viable alternative dramatically decreases Microsof'ts return on investment.

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

Hazy Days Looming On The Horizon (Margaret Perry, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,108356,00.html?>
Fiercer fires in Sumatra and West Malaysia are sending up smoke plumes almost double the size they were last month.

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

An Eye For An AYE (Karamjit Kaur, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,108294,00.html?>
LTA uses cameras at ERP gantries to identify motorists waiting at expressway shoulders for charges to end or go down.

$3b Tax Surplus Despite The Recession (Narendra Aggarwal, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,108290,00.html?>

Sudden Change In Ties With KL 'Unlikely' (Brendan Pereira, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,108357,00.html?>
Bilateral ties will always be up and down thought hey may improve over time, says DPM Lee as he wraps up Malaysia visit.

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