[MyAppleMenu] Mar 22, 2002

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

iMac Price Increase Not Contagious (Michael Kanellos, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1040-866212.html?tag=cd_mh>
PC makers probably won't follow with similar increases. Instead, PC makers will reduce the amount of memory or change the hard drive.

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

Macworld Tokyo: Day One Attendance Up On Last Year (Martyn Williams, IDG News Service)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0203/22.attendance.php>
A total of 53,766 people entered the exhibition on Thursday.

Where Old Macs Go Off To Thrive (Leander Kahney, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,51231,00.html>
Old, all-in-one Macintosh computers are nothing more than landfill in the United States. But in Japan, they're valuable collector's items with second-hand stores devoted to them.

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

The Way Of THe Mac - Appliances Or Creative Tools? (Jimmy james Champlin, Applelust.com)
<http://www.applelust.com/alust/oped/Editorials/Archives/champlin_philosophy.shtml>

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

Fetch For Mac! (Philip Towndrow, Computer Times Singapore)
<http://computertimes.asiaone.com.sg/v2/hand03.shtml>
Shareware from Fetch Software helps Macintosh users transfer files faster on the Internet.

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

Google Restores Scientology Links (Reuters)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-866574.html>
Google said the company had only removed certain pages from the site because of a copyright dispute.

Church V. Google (John Hiler, Microcontent News)
<http://microcontentnews.com/articles/googlechurch.htm>
How the Church of Scientology is forcing Google to censor its critics.

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

"Star Wars," Trailer Visits Skyrocket (Reuters)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1023-866633.html>

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

Meet The Real Microsoft: Why It's Not What You Think (David Coursey, ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2857259,00.html>
Some myths about Microsoft, and how they vary from the reality I've seen firsthand.

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

Dell Unfazed By Rival China PC Maker (Reuters)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-866621.html>
Dell doesn't seem too woried that a China rival is adopting its made-to-order model to defend itself against Dell in the crucial mainland market.

Losing The HP Way (Jeff Goodell, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/03/22/hp/index.html>
Carly Fiorina may have triumphed over Walter Hewlett, but the effort to save her company's share price came at a cost: Silicon Valley's soul.

Intel Down As Analyst Trims Outlook (Jason Chow, Naitonal Post)
<http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost/investing/story.html?f=/stories/20020321/400825.html>

Microsoft Password Research Looks To Images, Not Text (Reuters)
<http://www.iwon.com/home/technology/tech_article/0,2109,220817|technology|03-21-2002::20:20|reuters,00.html>
Images thend to make more of an impression on people than string of text characters.

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

You Can Go Home Again (Charles Taylor, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2002/03/22/et/index.html>
Twenty years after its first release, "E.T." remains the most wondrous of all Hollywood fantasies -- and the apex of Steven Spielberg's misunderstood career.

411 Is A Joke (Laura Lippman, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/?id=2063324&device=>
I ask for Yung's Chinese Carry-Out, the operator gives me a day-care center's number.

Green Tea Flavors The Land Of The Maple Leaf (Clifford Krauss, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/21/international/americas/21TORO.html>
The face of Toronto is rapidly changing as a middle-class Chinese consumer culture puts down strong roots.

On Plagiarism (Richard A. Posner, The Atlantic)
<http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2002/04/posner.htm>
In the wake of recent scandals some distinctions are in order.

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

Fickle Magazine Calls 13 Different Cities Tops (David Lyman, Detroit Free Press)
<http://www.freep.com/news/metro/maxim21_20020321.htm>
Maxim printed 13 versions of the magazine, each touting a different city as the greatest.

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

Ties Between Malaysia, Singapore: Time For Consensus (Hishammuddin Tun Hussein, Umno Youth, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/analysis/story/0,1870,109740,00.html?>
The stand of Umno Youth is very clear in outlining this new form of relationship with Singapore. It needs to begin with a desire for mutual understanding of our respective world views and cultures.

Singapore Says Can't Be Sued In Indonesia By Cleric (Reuters)
<http://asia.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml;jsessionid=RZX1MKAL4SII0CRBAEOCFFAKEEARMIWD?type=topnews&StoryID=726615>
Singapore said on Thursday it could not be sued in Indonesia by a Muslim cleric the city-state has linked to a regional terror network because it is immune from such proceedings.

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

Brain Drain To Singapore (The Australian)
<http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,3995426%255E20161,00.html>
Singapore is likely to emerge as a regional centre for research on embryonic stem cells if Australia decides to impose restrictions next month.

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