[MyAppleMenu] Mar 23, 2002

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

Orphanage Goes 3D With Maya For Mac (Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/hotnews/articles/2002/03/orphanage/>
"Maya is the most powerful 3D tool on the Mac, bar none."

OS X Can Bypass PDF Security (MacUser)
<http://www.macuser.co.uk/macsurfer/php3/openframe.php3?page=/newnews/newsarticle.php3?id=1854>
Mac OS X's Preview application can bypass all the security settings in a PDF file.

Apple Tests History With iMac Increase (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/lib/020322history.shtml>
A similar Mac price increase of up to 29 percent in 1988 ended up slashing Apple's profit margins from 51 percent to 48 percent.

Australians Willing To Pay Extra $200 For iMac (james Pearce, ZDNet Australia)
<http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/ebusiness/story/0,2000024981,20264188,00.htm>
Apple has increased the price of all new imacs by AU$200, but Australian distributors doubt it will affect demand.

Reader: 10GB iPod Ships (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=13281>

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

Macworld Expo: Preaching To The Converted (Mary Kennard, Daily Yomiuri)
<http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/20020323woc1.htm>
If you're an Apple fan, you'll enjoy it -- and if you use a Windows computer, you should go just so you can see what you are missing.

Are Macs Getting Too Cheap? (Charles W. Moore, Applelinks.com)
<http://www.applelinks.com/mooresviews/maccheap.shtml>
Have Macs gotten too cheap for their (our) own good?

Ten Mac OS X Suggestions For 2002 (Steve Klingsporn, osOpinion)
<http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16912.html>
If Apple is going to stay with the current Mac OS X underpinnings, the company ought to replace the aged 1994 BSD layer with BSD 4.4 or 4.5.

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

The Evolving Homepage: The Growth Of Three Booksellers (Victor Lombardi, Boxes And Arrows)
<http://www.boxesandarrows.com/archives/002326.php>
What lessons have we learned about how design improves the interface between customers and companies?

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

Low-End Dell PCs Get Speed Boost (John G. Spooner, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1040-866654.html>
Dell updated its two low-priced, consumer-oriented desktop PC product lines this week with faster processors.

HP Shares Slip On News Of Memo (Margaret Kane, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-866851.html>
HP shares dropped Friday after a report that the head of HP's services unit sent a memo to staffers Monday discussing possible problems with the division's performance.

Red Hat: Microsoft Scares Off Sales Reps (Reuters)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-866735.html>
Computer makers are still fearful of offering an alternative to Microsoft's Windows OS, and Microsoft still dictates how they configure the machines they sell.

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

Red Hat: Microsoft Scares Off Sales Reps (Reuters)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-866735.html>
Computer makers are still fearful of offering an alternative to Microsoft's Windows OS, and Microsoft still dictates how they configure the machines they sell.

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

In Asia, It's The Women Who Rule (Tom Plate, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/analysis/story/0,1870,109958,00.html?>
In some Asian countries, the big news is that women's veils are coming off. But some of the region's more modern political cultures are bettering this: They are unveiling new women leaders.

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

3 Telcos Oppose Free Incoming Calls (Angela Tan, Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/innews/story/0,2276,39674,00.html?>
Against - SingTel, M1, Worldcom; For - StarHub, Virgin Mobile.

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

Ez-Link Software Bug Fixed: LTA (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/020323/5/singapore3290.html>
The LTA says Friday's software problem involving the contactless ez-link smart card on buses has been rectified.

Virgin Mobile Has 0.6% Market Share Here (Angela Tan, Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/innews/story/0,2276,39726,00.html?>

Is Country Club Keeping To 'Green' Pledge? (Ho Hua Chew, Nature Society, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,1870,109926,00.html?>

SQ 006 Crash Report May Stir Controversy (Leslie Koh and Goh Sui Noi, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,109856,00.html?>

US-Singapore Trade Pact Could Create 50,000 Jobs (William Choong, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,109894,00.html?>
Envoy highlights advantages as well as concessions sought, such as the right for US banks, service firms to operate here.

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