[MyAppleMenu] Mar 20, 2002

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

How Apple's iMovie Made Me A Spielberg -- In Just One Hour (David Coursey, ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2856354,00.html>
If you're buying a computer to make digital home movies, buy a Mac.

Tokyo Braces For Mac Invasion (Leander Kahney, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,51168,00.html>
On Thursday morning, staff of the ultramodern "Big Sight" International Convention Center will open the doors to more than 180,000 Japanese Mac fanatics.

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

Apple Figures In Firm's Look At The 'Next Big Thing' (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0203/20.bigthing.php>
Giga Information Group believes some exciting new technology advances might be the "next big thing" that will "dramatically alter the way we work" -- and Apple is mentioned in the picture as an influence on design.

Apple Technology Used By School-Police Project (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0203/20.police.php>

Apple Goes Hollywood (Penelope Patsuris, Forbes)
<http://www.forbes.com/home/2002/03/20/0320apple.html>
A tiny, recent acquisition by Apple Computer hints at how the niche computer maker plans to dominate Hollywood with its technology.

What's Behind That Apple Curtain? (Leander Kahney, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,51187,00.html>
Apple is definitely up to something here at Macworld Tokyo.

Apple Offers Expert Advice (Dominique Fidele, Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=4393>
Apple has launched its Apple Solution Experts programme for large corporations, businesses, schools and universities.

Teen Reporter With Web Site Counts STARS Among His Fans (Greg Hernandez, Los Angeles Daily News)
<http://199.97.97.16/contWriter/endnews2/2002/03/19/enter/6359-0024-pat_nytimes.html>
Fred Medill will easily be the youngest journalist at Sunday's Academy Awards, wearing a tuxedo as he files celebrity inteviews for his popular FredTV Web site.

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

Conquer The Earth -- On Your Mac (Charles Haddad, BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/mar2002/nf20020320_4750.htm>
Civilization III, the latest version of the great strategy game, is now available. Some quibbles aside, it's a world-beater.

Secure Mail Reading On Mac OS X (Jason McIntosh, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2002/03/19/secure_mail.html>
In this article I describe a danger inherent in most mail-reading methods, and ways to work around it on OS X, using the Macil program.

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

Net Users Still Hesitant To Pay For Content (Jim Hu, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1106-864298.html>
Even though consumers are growing more comfortable with buying stuff on the Web, people are hesitant about paying for online content.

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

HP Victory Call Too Early? (Joanna Glasner, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,51141,00.html>
In a number of ways, the situation at HP was strangely reminiscent of the 2000 U.S. presidential election.

Microsoft Fires Back At Rivals (Jonathan Krim, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52696-2002Mar19.html>
Attorneys for Microsoft attacked two of its most bitter rivals yesterday, seeking to undermine key sanctions that state prosecutors are seeking to rectify antitrust violations.

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

Microsoft Judge Throws Out Testimony (Associated Press)
<http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Microsoft-Antitrust.html>
Written testimony from RealNetworks vice president David Richards could not be admitted because Richards did not have direct knowledge.

MS Warns Of Java Security Hole In Windows (Reuters)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-864258.html>

Ex-Chief Of Netscape Criticizes Microsoft's Penalty Proposal (Amy Harmon, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/20/technology/20SOFT.html>

Microsoft: Java Is Sun's Worst Problem (Reuters)
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t272-s2106933,00.html>
In antitrust hearings, Microsoft portrays Java as inherently flawed.

Charter Delays Using Microsoft TV Software - WSJ (Reuters)
<http://news.cnet.com/investor/news/newsitem/0-9900-1028-9410325-0.html?tag=ats>
The change in plans is significant because analysts had seen Charter's commitment to Microsoft's software as a big vote of confidence in Microsoft's TV program.

It's Deja Vu In Microsoft Antitrust Case (Henry Norr, San Francisco Chronicle)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/03/19/BU38449.DTL&type=business>
"There's a remarkable similarity between the conduct in the record and the conduct being employed today and what will be available to Microsoft in the future."

Microsoft hasn't Been Able To Stifle Linux's Growth (Byron Acohido, USA Today)
<http://www.usatoday.com/money/tech/2002-03-20-linux.htm>
If Microsoft has tried to squash the Linux OS by bullying computer and chip makers into snubbing it, it hasn't succeeded.

New Beta Of Visual J#.Net Released (Wylie Wong and Stephen Shankland, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-863975.html>
Microsoft has released a new test version of a programming tool aimed at luring Java developers to the company's .Net Web services strategy.

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

Building Trust Into Open Source (Robert Lemos, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-864236.html>
In the past three months, the open-source community has been given a wake-up call.

Red Hat Posts Profit Before Charges, But Sales Fall (Reuters)
<http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/technology/tech-tech-redhat-earns.html?ex=1017291600&en=cb96fe8ddba6d7e4&ei=5040&partner=MOREOVER>
Red Hat Inc. on Tuesday posted a bigger fourth quarter net loss, but excluding charges the Linux OS provider turned a slight profit.

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

Are You Being Served? (Joe Nickell, Technology Review)
<http://www.techreview.com/articles/nickell031502.asp>
A new breed of customer service agents will be so attentive to your needs that you'll never guess you're talking to software.

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

An Honorable House (Yasmin Tong, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la-032002dumpling.story>
A loyal son opens a dumpling restaurant in Arcadia to preserve his family's reputation.

A Black-And-White Mess No Matter Who Wins (Stanley Crouch, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.calendarlive.com/top/1,1419,L-LATimes-Oscars-X!ArticleDetail-54070,00.html>
If the skin color of three Oscar nominees is still an issue, we haven't come very far at all.

A Mother Without Child (Robin Wallace, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/03/20/stillborn/index.html>
After nine months of pregnancy, it took only seconds for my world to collapse, a few seconds for the doctor to say, "I'm sorry. Theer doesn't seem to be a heartbeat."

March Madness: Seven Ways To make It Even Better (Stephen Moore, National Review)
<http://www.nationalreview.com/balance/balance031902.shtml>
1. No Women.

Air & Space Venue Renamed For Corporate Benefactor (Jacqueline Trescott, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53230-2002Mar19.html>
$10 million turns Langley into Lockheed Martin theater.

Dinner For 8 In 4 Hours, With Just A Little Hysteria (Mark Bittman, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/20/dining/20MINI.html>
The scariest dinner party I ever held was a turning point for me, the day I finally realized that my own standards, and not those of my guests, were making me work like a fiend and worry neurotically.

An Orchestra That Won't Give Up (Stephen Kinzer, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/20/arts/music/20LOUI.html>
When the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra faced a budget crunch in the summer of 2001, its members made an extraordinary decision -- they voted themselves a pay cut.

This Is "Like" A Problem (Alice B. Fishburn, Harvard Crimson)
<http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=180668>
Despite my best efforts to avoid this affiction, I discovered that "like" is completely contagious.

The News About The News (Leonard Downie Jr, and Robert G. kaiser, Washington Post)
<http://discuss.washingtonpost.com/zforum/02/authors_downiekaiser031902.htm>
Is high-quality journalism an endangered species?

All Apologies (Paul Rudnick, New Yorker)
<http://www.newyorker.com/shouts/content/?020325sh_shouts>
The latest rash of plagiarism.

=== reader : expressions =============

Mother's Day Ghazal (Gail Mazur, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/?id=2062538&device=>
Sometimes a shift in tone is all you'd need to make you happy.<br>
A shade, a shadow -- but then you wonder, is <i>this</i> happiness?

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

Buyers Zero In On New Exec Flats (Alicia Yeo, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,109530,00.html?>
At latest selection exercise for non-mature estate units, many head for the bigger flats which HDB no longer builds.

Survey Shows Singapore Offers Best Quality Of Life In Asia (Reuters)
<http://asia.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml;jsessionid=YAGJR3EDJJBVSCRBAEZSFEYKEEATIIWD?type=topnews&StoryID=720206>
Expatriates living in Asia have ranked Singapore as offering the best quality of life for the second year running.

'The Weakest Link' Game Show To Debut On Channel 8 In May (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/020320/5/singapore2947.html>
"You are the weakest link -- good-bye!"

Net Reported To Widen In Singapore Terror Probe (Reuters)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/reuters/asia-95930.html>
Singapore authorities have interviewed more people suspected of having terror links in the city state.

Get Set For Livelier Debates In Parliament (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/breakingnews/story/0,1895,109428,00.html?>
Wong Kan Seng said that the Whip would be lifted on issues of conscience, and MPs can ask for the Whip to be lifted for them on a case-by-case basis.

Reprieve For High Street Merchants, Building Owners (Ling Su Ann, Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,2276,39383,00.html?>
Owners told to spruce up area after government decides against acquisitions.

Stop Singapore Reclamation Work, DAP Urges Government (The Star)
<http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2002/3/20/nation/cctekong&sec=nation>
DAP's national publicity bureau secretary said despite knowing how reclamation would affect traffic at the Tanjung Pelepas Port, the Malaysian Government did not take any measures to pressure the Singapore Government to stop work.

Flood Threat From Singapore Project (Lam Li, The Star)
<http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2002/3/20/nation/jbflood&sec=nation>
Reclamation work in Singapore's north-eastern islands could turn settlements located along several rivers in Johor into flood-prone areas, said a coastal engineering specialist here.

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