[MyAppleMenu] Mar 17, 2002

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

Paul Smith Meets The New iMac (Jeannie Swales, Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/uk/hotnews/articles/paulsmith/>
Paul Smith, one of the world's top fashion designers, explains why he has been bowled over by the product he describes as "the perfect modern design".

Apple's New iMac: Hype Versus Reality (Stephen Manes, Forbes)
<http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2002/0401/099.html>
Does it now make sense for longtime Windows sheep to join the Mac flock? A rational comparison is in order.

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

Apple Out-Performs Competitors As It Moves Into Research Arena (AME Info)
<http://www.ameinfo.com/cgi-bin/news/showarticle.cgi?id=31702112735>
In a marked display of its powerful ability, Apple's fastest machine yet, the PowerPC G4, has now made its presence known in the biotechnology arena.

With New Software Boxes, Smaller Is Better (Gene Emery, Reuters)
<http://www.iwon.com/home/technology/tech_article/0,2109,37582|technology|03-16-2002::16:04|reuters,00.html>
We're in the midst of a small revolution in the way computer software is packaged -- and it's about time.

Design-It-Yourself Skis And Snowboards (Barbara Gibson, Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/hotnews/articles/2002/03/evolution/>
"There's always a use for the Mac. We never get rid of them."

Pocket Playback (Kip Crosby, Forbes)
<http://www.forbes.com/asap/2002/0325/062.html>
Tracking the evolution of take-out tunes.

Apple Updates AirPort BaseStation Firmware (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=13171>
Apple has released an AirPort Graphite Basestation 3.84 firmware update which addresses a DHCP lease issue when used on the Comcast and Rogers cable networks.

Where Music Will Be Coming From (Kevin Kelly, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/17/magazine/17ONLINE.html>
There is no music made today that has not been shaped by the fact of recording and duplication.

In Case Of Theft, Your Mac Can PhoneHome (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0203/16.phonehome.php>
A new security software application called PC PhoneHome that tracks and locates missing Macs.

Teachers Get Hands-On Experience With New Laptops (Lindsay Tice, Lewiston Sun Journal)
<http://www.sunjournal.com/story.asp?slg=031502laptops>
"I'm amazed with what I'll be able to do with this."

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

How Trade-Ins Could Grow Apple's Market (Adam Robert Guha, Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/archive/02/0315.html>

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

iTunes 2.0 (Jonathan Seff, Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2002/04/reviews/itunes.html>
With its new features, iTunes 2.0.3 has become a fully capable MP3 player, encoder, and jukebox.

Mac OS X: The Missing Manual (Gary Coyne, Applelinks.com)
<http://www.applelinks.com/reviews/osx-missing.shtml>
There is a lot of great information contained therein.

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

Comcast's Transition Is Bumpy (lauren Mayk, Hearld Tribune)
<http://www.heraldtribune.com/frontpage/story.cfm?ID=64664>

More Web Sites Charging Access Fees (Michael Liedtke, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/technology/ats-ap_technology11mar17.story?coll=sns%2Dap%2Dtoptechnology>
Every day, it seems, another desperate dot-com concludes it's better to charge a smaller congregation of visitors than to lose money on a mass audience looking to get something for nothing.

'Dot.Con': One Is Born Every Minute (Hugo Lindgren, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/17/books/review/17LINDGRT.html>
You remember the Nasdaq, don't you?

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

Ashcroft Backed Microsoft Deal (Jonathan Krim, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39205-2002Mar16.html>
E-mail details need for U.S. to 'focus on other things.'

States Say They Can Seek Own Microsoft Sanctions (Reuters)
<http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/technology/tech-microsoft-brief.html>
The nine states still pursuing the Microsoft antitrust case told a federal judge on Friday that they have "long and clearly established" authority to seek their own sanctions against the company.

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

Ruling Questions Protected Use Of The Name 'Windows' (Dan RIchman, Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
<http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/62546_lindows16.shtml>
In a narrow, preliminary ruling, a judge wrote that there are "serious questions regarding whether 'Windows' is a non-generic name and thus eligible for the protections of federal trademark law."

Comptuer Merger Faces Final Yea/Nay (Andy Vuong, Denver Post)
<http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1002,33%257E465938,00.html>
HP, Compaq investors vote this week.

Microsoft Heads Back To Court (BBC News)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_1877000/1877925.stm>
The nine states want to see pre-emptive action to restrain Microsoft rather than merely redress for the company's past misdeeds.

Microsoft Case Enters Crucial Penalty Phase (Joseph Menn, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/business/la-031702micro.story>

Microsoft Should Be Punished (J.J. Gifford, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/03/15/microsoft_vs_netscape_two/index.html?x>
The feds failed to order a breakup when it could have done some good. Now, based on the government's findings, Sun, Netscape and Be are suing -- with good reason.

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

Ruling Questions Protected Use Of The Name 'Windows' (Dan RIchman, Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
<http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/62546_lindows16.shtml>
In a narrow, preliminary ruling, a judge wrote that there are "serious questions regarding whether 'Windows' is a non-generic name and thus eligible for the protections of federal trademark law."

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

A Lemon Law For Software? (Economist)
<http://www.economist.com/printedition/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=1020715>
If Microsoft made cars instead of computer programs, product-liability suits might by now have driven it out of business. Should software makers be made more accountable for damage caused by faulty programs?

'Dot.Con': One Is Born Every Minute (Hugo Lindgren, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/17/books/review/17LINDGRT.html>
You remember the Nasdaq, don't you?

Where Music Will Be Coming From (Kevin Kelly, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/17/magazine/17ONLINE.html>
There is no music made today that has not been shaped by the fact of recording and duplication.

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

The Best Beach In The World? (Susan Spano, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/features/printedition/magazine/la-031702seychelles.story>
She says it's a seashore found in this Indian Ocean archipelago.

A City For The Senses (Jonathan Kandell, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/features/printedition/magazine/la-031702singapore.story>
It's easy to indulge an addiction in the Asean capital of street food.

Ground Zero (John J. Goldman, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/travel/la-031702nytour.story>
Viewing-platform visitors are witnesses to history.

Bodywork (Michelle Cottle, The New Republic)
<http://tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=20020325&s=cottle032502>
Why plastic surgery helps you get ahead.

Habeas Corpses (Dahlia Lithwick, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/?id=2063222>
What are the rights of dead people?

Bigger Is Better (Jim Naughton, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16280-2002Mar12.html>
Northern Virginia's new elite aren't content with yesterday's mansions. Which is where Penny Yerks comes in.

Aria Of The Lesbian Dwarf Diaper Fetishist (Marshall Sella, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/17/magazine/17SPRINGER.html>
Opera used to embrace vulgar melodrama -- and audiences loved it. So why not an opera based on America's most lurid talk show?

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

Familiar Food Items Off Shop Shelves (Dominic Nathan, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,108899,00.html?>
Ministry acts after Forum Page writer revealed that several items with banned sugar substitute have been on sale here.

A City For The Senses (Jonathan Kandell, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/features/printedition/magazine/la-031702singapore.story>
It's easy to indulge an addiction in the Asean capital of street food.

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

SPH Now Offers Ad Inserts Every Day (Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,2276,39129,00.html?>

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