[MyAppleMenu] Mar 21, 2002

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

Apple Puts More Stock In Jobs (Reuters)
<http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,51244,00.html>
Apple last year gave Steve Jobs a new set of options, in addition to his token $1 salary, since his existing right to buy some 5 percent of the company was not worth exercising, the company said Thursday.

Regret, Ire Greet Pricier iMacs (Joe Wilcox, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1040-865678.html>
Mac enthusiasts and analysts generally responded negatively to word that Apple would raise the price of the iMac.

Macs macs Macs Macs Macs (Leander Kahney, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,51189,00.html>
Apart from Apple's headquarters, perhaps the only other Macintosh mecca on the planet is the giant Computer Mac Kan store in Tokyo's famed Akihabara "Electric Town" district.

New 10GB iPod; iPod Contact Management Software Debuts (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0203/20.ipod.php>
Stre up to 2,000 CD-quality songs, and up to 1,000 names and addresses.

Apple Raises Prices On New iMac (Michael Kanellos, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1040-865389.html>
Apple has been responsible for a number of PC innovations. On Wednesday, the company came out with a new one: higher prices. Apple is raising the price of its new iMacs by $100, citing rising costs of flat-panel monitors and memory.

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

Global Body Approves Version Of Bluetooth Standard (Reuters)
<http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=581&u=/nm/20020321/tc_nm/tech_ieee_bluetooth_dc_1>

Parts Inflation Hits The iMac (Diane Hess, The Street)
<http://www.thestreet.com/markets/marketfeatures/10014208.html>
Apple's news that higher component costs will force it to raise prices on its new iMac could bode ill for PC makers.

JP Morgan Trims Apple Computer Outlook On Higher Costs For iMac (BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/investor/content/mar2002/pi20020321_7043.htm>
Analyst Daniel Kunstler says the company's costs have tripled since the new iMac launch in January.

Reader: CNN Stops Using QuickTime Video (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=13251>
In favor of "RealOne".

Apple Exec On The iMac, iPod, Cinema And Bluetooth (Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0203/21.exec.php>
"We've shipped less than 10 percent of the new iMacs to our own retail stores."

Netscape 6.2.2 Adds New Address Book, Other (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=13258>
Also improves autocomplete, downloading, and enhances security and stability.

The Truth Behind PC Sales Figures: Does Everybody Really Have One? (Jon Fortt, San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/business/2905203.htm>
Six in 10 U.S. households have at least one personal computer, the same as a year ago. Does that mean everyone who wants a PC already has one?

iMac CPU Upgrade Is Sweet Harmoni (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=4398>
Sonnet has announced its Harmoni 600MHz G3 processor upgrade for early-version iMacs.

A Mac Box Worth Weight In Gold (Leander Kahney, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,51208,00.html>
An empty cardboard box has just been auctioned for more than $500.

Apple's Price Rise No Big Deal Say Users (Martyn Williams and Kuriko Miyake, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0203/21.price.php>
Apple's decision has been largely accepted, if not welcomed, by users interviewed at Macworld Tokyo 2002.

MacVCD X 4.0 Gains Native OS X Video CD Format Support (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0203/21.macvcd.php>

Download iTunes 2.0.4 (Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/>
iTunes 2.0.4 adds expanded AppleScript support, and improved stability and performance.

Wireless Gets More Personal (Apple)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0203/20.cinema.php>
Add Bluetooth to your Mac, starting in April.

Apple Introduces 23-Inch Apple Cinema Display (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0203/20.cinema.php>
1920 x 1200 pixels at US$3,400.

Apple Brewing Up New Products (Joe Wilcox, CNET News.com)
<http://investor.cnet.com/investor/news/newsitem/0-9900-1028-9419273-0.html?tag=ats>
Apple will unveil a new iPod that comes with a 10GB hard drive and optional software that will let consumers use it as a digital organizer, sources said.

Spider-Man Trailer Climbs Onto The Web First (ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2110-1104-864448.html>
The trailer will be available in three sizes, including full screen, using Apple's QuickTime technology.

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

Analyzing The MW Tokyo Keynote From The Show Floor (Bryan Chaffin, The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/columns/thebackpage/2002/20020322.shtml>

Improving AppleWorks (Jeff Adkins, Low End Mac)
<http://lowendmac.com/lab/02/0321.html>
AppleWorks 6 is great, but a few improvements could reduce the need to use Microsoft Office.

Best Of The Mac Web Survey Results (Dan Knight, Low End Mac)
<http://lowendmac.com/botmw/020321.html>
The third Best of the Mac Web survey, an opinion poll covering a good segment of the independent Mac Web, is finished.

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

Deimos Rising (Bill Stiteler, Applelinks.com)
<http://www.applelinks.com/reviews/deimosrising.shtml>
Deimos Rising is certainly worth the shareware fee, if you're into scrolling shooters.

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

Google Pulls Anti-Scientology Links (Matt Loney and Evan Hansen, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1023-865936.html>
Google was accused Wednesday of effectively removing from the Internet a Web site that is critical of the Church of Scientology after it deleted links to some of the site's pages from its search engine.

Yahoo! Charges! For! Email! Services! (Tim Richardson, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/23/24518.html>
Yahoo! is to start charging for its email forwarding and POP3 services.

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

AOL Slides On Anxiety About Growth (Reuters)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1023-865748.html>
Shares of AOL Time Warner fell for the second consecutive day Thursday as an analyst raised concerns over the growth prospects of the AOL division.

Netscape 6.2.2 Adds New Address Book, Other (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=13258>
Also improves autocomplete, downloading, and enhances security and stability.

The Times Patents Its Micropayment System (Silicon.com)
<http://www.silicon.com/bin/bladerunner?30REQEVENT=&REQAUTH=21046&14001REQSUB=REQINT1=52193>
Visitors to Times Online will have to enter their mobile phone number to view premium content.

Akamai, Red Hat Seek Cheaper Lodging (Margaret Kane, CNET News.com)
<http://investor.cnet.com/investor/news/newsitem/0-9900-1028-9427963-0.html?tag=ats>
The decline of the tech economy has taken a toll on Silicon Valley's real estate market, and now there are signs that it is hitting other technology hubs as well.

Best Of The Mac Web Survey Results (Dan Knight, Low End Mac)
<http://lowendmac.com/botmw/020321.html>
The third Best of the Mac Web survey, an opinion poll covering a good segment of the independent Mac Web, is finished.

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

XBox 2 'Designed With AMD Processor' (Drew Cullen, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/3/24530.html>
Intel won't be able to snatch and grab the contract as easily as it did first time around.

MS Mira Beta: Buy $800 Web Tablet, Then Pretend It's Not (John Lettice, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/24510.html>
Beta testers of Microsoft's Mira wireless display devices are going to have to pay for the hardware, which is not a wireless display at all.

In Microsoft Case, RealNetworks Says Competition Is Unfair (Amy Harmon, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/21/technology/21SOFT.html>

Compaq Shareholders Approve Sale To Hewlett-Packard (Chris Gaither and Steve Lohr, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/21/technology/21HEWL.html>
Investors in Compaq saw clear benefits from the deal.

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

Akamai, Red Hat Seek Cheaper Lodging (Margaret Kane, CNET News.com)
<http://investor.cnet.com/investor/news/newsitem/0-9900-1028-9427963-0.html?tag=ats>
The decline of the tech economy has taken a toll on Silicon Valley's real estate market, and now there are signs that it is hitting other technology hubs as well.

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

Debunking The Digital Divide (Robert Samuelson, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53118-2002Mar19.html>
It may turn out that the "digital divide" -- one of the most fashionable political slogans of recent years -- is largely fiction.

Bullet Points (Scott Shuger, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/?id=2063434&device=>
What the Fox network could teach the Pentagon, etc.

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

Second Act For Hong Kong Billionaire (Mark Landler, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/21/business/worldbusiness/21CYBE.html>
After rising farther, and falling faster, then perhaps any Internet executive in Asia, Richard li has adopted a vocabulary that stresses responsibility, patience, even a dash of humility.

Downsizing Videotape, Yet Again (David Pogue, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/21/technology/circuits/21STAT.html>
Introducing a new format for anything is always a tricky business, and few companies have more experience in this realm than Sony.

Attendee-Centered Conference Design (Meg Hourihan, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/javascript/2002/03/19/megnut.html>
When it comes to interactions, we design by focusing on the results we want.

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

Retire Young -- Then Go Get Rich (Paul B. Farrell, CBS MarketWatch)
<http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7BB76C7B32%2DB20E%2D4C3A%2D9202%2DEFCF3C35B813%7D&siteid=mktw>
Want to retire young and rich? Then stop doing what you're doing. Today. You're doing it all wrong.

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

Don't Judge An Author By His Cover: Michael Moore (Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune)
<http://www.uniontrib.com/news/uniontrib/tue/currents/news_1c19rowe.html>
Moore seems more interested in publicity than truth.

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

Car Free Day Back Again Despite Poor Response (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,109644,00.html?>

Singapore Charges Security Levy For Cruise Passengers (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/breakingnews/story/0,1895,109598,00.html?>
S$6 levy on pasengers from luxury cruises from May 1.

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