[MyAppleMenu] Mar 19, 2002

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

King Taps Private Sector For Maine's Laptop Plan (Alexander Soule, Mass High Tech)
<http://www.masshightech.com/displayarticledetail.asp?art_id=55624&cat_id=107>
The credit-card company MBNA became the second organization to donate $1 million to the $15 million war chest King hopes to amass to save the plan.

Reader: No iMac Shortage At Tampa Store (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=13216>

Apple Retail Store Coming To Phoenix (Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0203/19.store.php>
The store, due to open on March 30, is located at the Biltmore Fashion Park.

MSN Messenger 2.1 Released (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0203/19.messenger.php>
MSN Messenger 2.1, previously only available from Microsoft Office, is now available for download.

Your Mac Life To Broadcast From Japan (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0203/19.maclife.php>
Instead of regular Wednesday evening broadcast, King will have frequent audio, video and pictorial updates on the web site.

Homegrown Mac Whizkid (Charles F. Moreira, The Star)
<http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2002/3/19/prodit/ghextmangr&sec=prodit>
Way back in 1996, Teng Chou Ming had no idea that he would be making a mark in the Mac world.

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

Take The Mac Challenge (Steve Watkins, Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/practical/02/0319.html>

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

Outliners For OS X (Rob McNair-Huff, Mac Net Journal)
<http://www.whiterabbits.com/MacNetJournal/stories/2002/03/19/outlinersForOsX.html>

ViaVoice For Mac OS X (Scholle Sawyer McFarland, Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2002/04/reviews/viavoicex.html>
First speech-recognition program for OS X shows promise but doesn't offer complete control.

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

Pay For Content? Ha, Say Users (Noah Shachtman, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/ebiz/0,1272,51146,00.html>
To online publishing and entertainment firms looking to start charging for their content, there was a simple message from today's Jupiter Media Forum: Don't hold your breath.

Silicon Valley Reboots (Steven Levy, Newsweek)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/724796.asp?cp1=1>
The dot-com bust was bad for Wall Street, but it was the best thing to happen to this high-tech crucible.

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

Can Yahoo! Get Cash For Streaming? (Jim Hu, CNET News.com)
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2106890,00.html>
Yahoo! is running a survey to find out whether its users would be willing to pay fo rstreamed audio and video in a bid to open up a new revenue stream.

Your Mac Life To Broadcast From Japan (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0203/19.maclife.php>
Instead of regular Wednesday evening broadcast, King will have frequent audio, video and pictorial updates on the web site.

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

Coming Soon: 4,096 Mutant Versions Of Windows (John Lettice, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/24489.html>
Much fun is promised for the puppermaster defence.

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

HP Declares Merger Will Be Approved (Ian Fried, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-863432.html>
HP declared victory Tuesday in its hotly contested battle to merge with Compaq.

Day Two In Remedy Hearing, MS Comes Out Swinging (Cara Garretson, IDG News Service)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0203/19.microsofthearing.php>

Why Microsoft's EU "Concesion" Is Not A Concession At All (Andrew Orlowski, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/53/24490.html>
Eurocrats may not be pleased to discover that these CIFS protocols were due to be published anyway.

States Tel Judge Microsoft Is Still A Bully (Reuters)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-863426.html>
Microsoft is still using its monopoly power to bully potential competitors like RealNetworks and the Linux OS.

Microsoft Hearing: Sun On A Hot Seat (Associated Press)
<http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/industry/03/19/microsoft.states.argument.ap/index.html>
Sun saw Microsoft's decision to stop supporting Java as an opportunity to highlight Microsoft's "hostile business practices."

MSN Messenger 2.1 Released (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0203/19.messenger.php>
MSN Messenger 2.1, previously only available from Microsoft Office, is now available for download.

PlayStation 2 Gets Kicked Out Of CeBit (Steve Homer, ZDNet UK)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-861947.html>
Less than a week after Steve Ballmer told visitors to CeBIT that he wanted to see a warmer, friendlier Microsoft, his company has become embroiled in a row with Sony.

Does Microsoft Make The Grade? Well, Let's See... (David Coursey, ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2855938,00.html>
If you were grading Microsoft, what score would you give it?

Micrsoft 'Killed Dell Linux' - States (Andrew Orlowski, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/24478.html>

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

MandrakeSoft Adds Office To Linux (Matthew Broersma, ZDNet UK)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-863430.html>
The new version 8.2 is a relatively minor step forward, but adds enterprise features.

Micrsoft 'Killed Dell Linux' - States (Andrew Orlowski, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/24478.html>

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

Giving Reporters Guns (Bo Crader, The Daily Standard)
<http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/001/018lmzap.asp>
In the war on terrorism, journalists are often targets of the enemy. Should they arm themselves when they're in the field?

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

Silicon Valley Reboots (Steven Levy, Newsweek)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/724796.asp?cp1=1>
The dot-com bust was bad for Wall Street, but it was the best thing to happen to this high-tech crucible.

Finally, Science Weighs In (Marlene Cimons, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-031802straus.story>
Many people swear by nontraditional therapies such as acupuncture and herbs. To determine the value of these alternatives to consumers, government researchers are testing unconventional medicine.

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

A Television Concept That Bears Repeating (Paul Farhi, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47534-2002Mar18.html>
The Fox television series "24" has been a critical favorite, a ratings disappointment -- and, just maybe, a glimpse of TV's future.

It's A Mad World Of Endorsements (Roy Rivenburg, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/features/lifestyle/la-031902neuman.story>
Alfred E. Neuman, the grinning symbol of a satire magazine for which nothing is sacred, is the darling of some advertisers who consider him an irreverent icon for baby boomers.

Stephen King's New Book Is On The Beam, Literally (Stuart Elliott, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/19/business/media/19ADCO.html>
A promotion for Steven King's new collection of short stories shows how far publishers will go to exploit nontraditional ways of stimulating demand for books.

The New Insecurity (Rachel Hartigan Shea, U.S. News)
<http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/020325/ideas/25tenure.htm>
Fewer and fewer professors actually get it, but tenure is still the coin of the academic realm.

A Subtle Interplay: Music And The Menu (Leslee Komaiko, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la-000018353mar13.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dfood%2Dmanual>
Music can make a good meal better, often with the diner unaware of what's at work.

9-11 Changed Everything. For A Little While. (Hanna Rosin, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47328-2002Mar18.html>
Sept. 11 was supposed to have changed America forever. But most Americans are back to their old routines -- or getting there, with occasional flashbacks.

The Last Words (Christopher Orlet, The Vocabula Review)
<http://www.vocabula.com/VRMAR02Orlet.htm>
Is it fair to expect deep insights into life's mysteries when the dying clearly have other things on their mind -- hell, for instance, or unspeakable pain?

=== reader : eof =============

Teachers Proposing Book Ban In Russell (Bill Estep, Lexington Herald-Leader)
<http://www.kentucky.com/mld/heraldleader/2848247.htm>
God revealed to the group that the presence of the books was one reason his "manifested presence" hadn't yet come to the school.

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

Who Pays To Replace NRIC Is Left To Individuals (Lee Boon Hwee, SIR, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,1870,109360,00.html?>

Put Back Arrival Times On Screens (Vincent Kessler, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,1870,109290,00.html?>
These screens do everything except tell the estimated arrival times.

Fifth Poly To Open Next March (Tracy Quek, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,109253,00.html?>
It will take in 800 students at MOE's former Tanglin premises; campus to be built in Woodlands by 2006.

Singapore May Bid For 2010 Commonwealth Games (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/sports/story/0,1870,109124,00.html?>

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