[MyAppleMenu] Mar 25, 2002

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

Volume Control Knob Turns Heads (Leander Kahney, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,51258,00.html>
Who but a jewelry designer could create a computer product that seems useless but is fast becoming a hit based on its good looks?

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

QuickTime Coming To PDAs (Matthew Borersma, ZDNet UK)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-867888.html>
A California company says it is developing software that plays Apple's QuickTime video format on handheld computers.

The Five Most Popular Computer Accessories (Jay Lyman, NewsFactor)
<http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=75&u=/nf/20020325/tc_nf/16920>

Retailers To Hike PC Price Tags (CNN/Money)
<http://money.cnn.com/2002/03/25/technology/pc_prices/index.htm>
After free-falling for more than a year, prices for PCs appear to be on the rise amid soaring component costs and a resurgence in demand.

Apple Fills Mac Cavity With Bluetooth Amalgam (The Inquirer, Mike Magee)
<http://www.theinquirer.net/25030202.htm>
Jobs stirred a bit of controversy by saying it's more suitable to connect peripherals to the Mac using the still-rather-unready Bluetooth than 802.11b.

Apple Updates WebObjects To 5.1.1 (MacSlash)
<http://www.macslash.com/article.pl?sid=02/03/25/1928242>

Apple Cuts Off Under-18 Darwin Developer (MacSlash)
<http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/03/25/1759218>

Mac OS X Version Of Mail Program Released (Joe Wilcox, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2110-1001-867797.html?tag=cdshrt>
Bare Bones Software released the first Mac OS X version of MailSmith.

Dashboard Confessional, Custom, Abandoned Pools Don't Need No Stinkin' Band (MTV)
<http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1453043/20020322/index.jhtml?headlines=true>
"Now with Pro Tools and a Macintosh, you can bungle your way through creating things in your head without hiring 50 players and spending $2,000 a day for a 'real' studio."

Apple Calls Out To PC Users (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0203/25.pcusers.php>
Apple wants to know what sparked the interests of PC users, and what issues they need resolved before they decide.

Apple Computer Accelerates Innovation For Next-Generation Computing (Yang Sung-Jin, Korea Herald)
<http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2002/03/25/200203250025.asp>
Is Microsoft closing the gap with Apple? The answer from Apple's top executive: "Not at all."

Taiwan Maker Of Notebook PC's Thrives Quietly (Mark Landler, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/25/technology/circuits/25LAP.html>
Quanta Computer, a 14-year-old company based in Taiwan, is perhaps the most important, least well-known computer maker in the world.

Palm Desktop 4.0 Goes X (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=4415>
Palm has released its Palm Desktop 4.0 operating system for Macintosh users.

Rising Costs Of LCD Screens Could Raise PC Prices (Michelle Kessler, USA Today)
<http://www.usatoday.com/money/tech/2002-03-25-pc-prices.htm>
Other PC and monitor makers could follow the lead of Apple Computer in raising prices to counteract increased component costs.

Getting Fired Up About FireWire (Jim Heid, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-000021534mar25.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dtechnology>
Any device that deals with lots of data is an ideal candidate for the high-speed add-on connection interface.

Surrealist Views From A Real Live One (Linda yablonsky, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/24/arts/design/24YABL.html?tntemail0>
At 91, Ms. Tanning is one of the only three surviving members of the art movement that the French writer Andre Breton founded with several friends in Paris in the 1920's.

Wireless Technology Helps To Make Gov. King's Vision A Reality (David Sharp, Associated Press)
<http://www.boston.com/dailynews/083/region/Wireless_technology_helps_to_m:.shtml>
Fast-growing wireless technology means there is no spaghetti-like jumble of cables in the classrooms in Auburn Middle School.

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

The Great Industrial-Design Shift (Rodney O. Lain, Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/things/02/0325.html>
Apple has proven time and again that style sells when coupled with the right features and specs.

Discussion: Apple Wants Your Input (Slashdot)
<http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/03/25/0233257&mode=flat&tid=107>

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

MacReporter (Stefano Scalia, TheMacMind)
<http://www.themacmind.com/cgi-bin/newspublisher/viewnews.cgi?id=1017006311>

Apple Power Mac G4 (Dual PowerPC, 1GHz) (Barry Lubov, CNET)
<http://computers.cnet.com/hardware/0-1018-405-8724461.html?tag=rev-rev>
If you can wait for a major revision that might provide more far-reaching performance boosts, we think you'll want to hold off for a bit. This is fast and solid machine, but we hope it's a sign of even greater things to come.

Readers Suggest Methods For Quieting The PowerBook G4 (PowerBookCentral.com)
<http://www.powerbookcentral.com/daily/viewnews.cgi?newsid1017083930,61821,>

Mac: Lights, Computer, Action (Jules Allen, St. Petersburg)
<http://www.sptimes.com/2002/03/25/Technology/Mac__Lights__computer.shtml>
Apple's iMovie and iDVD are a powerful video editing combintation for the home user.

Hands On With The Dual 1-GHz Power Mac (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0203/25.dual.php>
Apple's fastest Mac yet packs plenty of features and performance at a very reasonable price. They should tide power users over for the next few months.

Apple iBook G3: The New Generation (Edward Taylor, Jamaica Observer)
<http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/html/20020324T210000-0500_23178_OBS_APPLE_IBOOK_G___THE_NEW_GENERATION.asp>

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

law Limiting Internet In Libraries Challenged (John Schwartz, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/25/national/25LIBR.html>
Librarians and their allies are trying to overturn a law passed by Congress requiring schools and libraries to use Internet filtering software.

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

Mac OS X Version Of Mail Program Released (Joe Wilcox, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2110-1001-867797.html?tag=cdshrt>
Bare Bones Software released the first Mac OS X version of MailSmith.

Anti-Scientology Site Won't Challenge Google Removal (Reuters)
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2107262,00.html>
The Norwegian man who runs Xenu.net and other anti-Scientology Web sites won't be taking action against Google, as it would put him at risk of being sued in the US.

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

A Test For Antitrust Laws (Amy Harmon, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/25/technology/ebusiness/25SOFT.html>
The federal judge presiding over the Microsoft trial has postponed ruling on the case's most contested question: how broad is the scope of this remedy proceeding?

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

Microsoft Grills Red Hat Exec In Court (Reuters)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-868068.html>
An attorney for Microsoft argued in court on Monday that Red Hat had failed to popularize Linux because of its own shortcomings, not because of any interference from Microsoft.

Taiwan Maker Of Notebook PC's Thrives Quietly (Mark Landler, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/25/technology/circuits/25LAP.html>
Quanta Computer, a 14-year-old company based in Taiwan, is perhaps the most important, least well-known computer maker in the world.

Makers Of PCs Fear Wrath Of Microsoft (Jonathan Krim, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11835-2002Mar24.html>
Competitors decline requests for Linux configuration.

Rising Costs Of LCD Screens Could Raise PC Prices (Michelle Kessler, USA Today)
<http://www.usatoday.com/money/tech/2002-03-25-pc-prices.htm>
Other PC and monitor makers could follow the lead of Apple Computer in raising prices to counteract increased component costs.

NEC Plans To Raise PC Prices (Reuters)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-867470.html?tag=cd_mh>
NEC said Monday it plans to increase the suggested retail price on its PC due to rising prices of parts ushc as DRAM chips and LCDs.

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

Microsoft Grills Red Hat Exec In Court (Reuters)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-868068.html>
An attorney for Microsoft argued in court on Monday that Red Hat had failed to popularize Linux because of its own shortcomings, not because of any interference from Microsoft.

Makers Of PCs Fear Wrath Of Microsoft (Jonathan Krim, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11835-2002Mar24.html>
Competitors decline requests for Linux configuration.

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

"Can Asians Think?" (Suzy Hansen, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/books/int/2002/03/25/asians/index.html>
Singapore's ambassador to the U.N. talks about his controversial new book and the gulf between Western and Eastern minds.

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

Slaves Of Our Desires (Madeleine Bunting, The Guardian)
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,673436,00.html>
Our habits and opinions have been so cleverly manipulated by PR people that we have forgotten how to think.

The Lost Language Of Fat (Amy Benfer, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/03/25/fat_kids/index.html>
Hectored by experts and afraid of hurting their kids' self-esteem, parents of overwieght children remain silent -- as the nation faces a youthful obesity crisis.

The Weight Of The Word (Laura Sessions Stepp, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11794-2002Mar24.html>
Blair students deconstruct American English's thorniest slur -- nigger.

Heorism In Trying Times (Patrick McGarth, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/25/books/25MCGR.html>
Some years ago, having written several novels about insanity and obsessive sexual love, I decided that the next would be a story about the American Revolution.

Surrealist Views From A Real Live One (Linda yablonsky, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/24/arts/design/24YABL.html?tntemail0>
At 91, Ms. Tanning is one of the only three surviving members of the art movement that the French writer Andre Breton founded with several friends in Paris in the 1920's.

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

"Can Asians Think?" (Suzy Hansen, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/books/int/2002/03/25/asians/index.html>
Singapore's ambassador to the U.N. talks about his controversial new book and the gulf between Western and Eastern minds.

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

Hope For 'Swop Operators And Keep Number' (Denesh Divyanathan, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,110376,00.html?>
Just a day after appearing to rule out a rquirement for full mobile number portability, IDA said yesterday that a review may be timely.

President Warns Of Tough Times Ahead For Singapore (Tan Tarn How, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/breakingnews/story/0,1895,110353,00.html?>
Singapore now existed in a world and immediate neighbourhood that have changed greatly from the past.

Singapore Activist Questions Effectiveness Of Intelligence Units (AFP)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/020325/1/2mypj.html>
James Gomez raised doubts over the effectiveness of singapore's vaunted security agencies following the discovery of an alleged terrorist group here.

SIA-Taiwan Officials To Meet Before Releasing Crash Report (Associated Press)
<http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2002/3/25/latest/3657SIATaiwan&sec=latest>

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