[MyAppleMenu] Mar 26, 2002

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

At 13, He's At Helm Of School Newscast (Tanika White, Baltimore Sun)
<http://www.sunspot.net/news/local/howard/bal-ho.online26mar26.story?coll=bal%2Dlocal%2Dhoward>
An imaginative eight-grader uses his proficiency with computers and the latest video technology to create another way to geet his school newsletter home to parents each week.

JavaOne: OS X Is Java Dream (Jonny Evans, Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/top_news_item.cfm?NewsID=4425>
"Apple wants to offer the best experience for Java on Macintosh."

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

What's Next For OS X? (Christopher Breen, Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2002/04/macbeat/breen-osx.html>
Apple's new operating system has made great strides, but more work is still needed.

The Making Of Deimos Rising (Sheryv and David Wareing, Inside Mac Games)
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/features/view.php?ID=122>

Rising Component Costs May Eat At Apple Margins (David Akin, The Globe And Mail)
<http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/GIS.Servlets.HTMLTemplate?tf=tgam/common/FullStory.html&cf=tgam/common/FullStory.cfg&configFileLoc=tgam/config&vg=BigAdVariableGenerator&date=20020326&dateOffset=&hub=headdex&title=Headlines&cache_key=headdexBusiness&current_row=39&start_row=39&num_rows=1>
But most analysts agree the computer maker is still a 'buy'.

Want A Windows iPod? It's Easy (Ben Berkowitz, Reuters)
<http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=581&u=/nm/20020326/tc_nm/column_pluggedin_dc_71>
Apple's reticence has not stopped a legion of enthusiasts -- professional software companies to college kids -- from making their own software to solve the compatibility problem.

Handspring Recommends Against Palm Desktop 4 (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=13326>
"This software has not yet passed the ests for use with Handspring products."

Raymond: Mac OS X Too Restrictive (Matthew Broersma, ZDNet UK)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-868865.html>
Eric Raymond, the co-founder of the Open Source Initiative, finds Apple's "public source" licence too restrictive.

Powerbook 2400: A True Tokyo Rose (Leander Kahney, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,51283,00.html>
An old Apple laptop that sold poorly when it was released in Japan a few years ago has subsequently achieved cult status.

Tokyo Attendance Down On 2001 (Kuriko Miyake, Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=4423>
A lack of new products may have contributed to lower overall attendance.

Tech Firms Take Their Wares To Hollywood (Matt Krantz, USA Today)
<http://www.usatoday.com/money/tech/2002-03-26-hollywood-tech.htm>
With telecom tanking and most firms still pinching pennies, tech firms are looking elsewhere to sell their wares. Some hope Hollywood is the answer.

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

Apple Rotten Says Former CEO Wannabe (Michael Murdock, vnunet.com)
<http://www.vnunet.com/News/1130455>

OS X A Superb Successor (Eric Schwarz, Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/pom/02/0326.html>
Mac OS X is now almost as easy to use as OS 9, but it is many times more stable.

Thoughts On The iMac Price Hike (Charles W. Moore, Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/misc/02/0326.html>
People who waste their energy getting outraged by a price increase on a commodity ought to get a life.

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

Hard-Drivin' Tunes (James L Kim, TechTV)
<http://abcnews.go.com/sections/scitech/TechTV/techtv_mp3review020326.html>
Even with its minor faults, the iPod gets the nod as the best hard-drive MP3 player.

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

Web Radio's Last Stand (Katharine Mieszkowski, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/03/26/web_radio/index.html?x>
A new ruling involving the Digital Millennium Copyright Act is set to wipe out independent online music stations.

Text-Only Is Not Accessible (Mark Magennis, Frontend.com)
<http://infocentre.frontend.com/servlet/Infocentre?access=no&page=article&rows=5&id=286>
This all or nothing approach is easy, but fails to take into account that users are infinitely variable combinations of abilities and impairments.

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

No Easy Solution For Spam (Joyce Graff, Gartner Viewpoint)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-868530.html>

Web Developers Wary Of AOL Switch (Paul Festa and Evan Hansen, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1023-868921.html>
If Netscape becomes the default browser for AOL's client software, developer perceptions of the one-browser world would rapidly dissipate.

AOL Seeks A Web Edge (Shelley Emling, Cox News Service)
<http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/63806_msftredhat26.shtml>
AOL Time Warner has quietly hooked up with Red hat, and has begun testing a version of its own Netscape browser for possible inclusion into AOL 8.0.

Google Time Bomb (John Hiler, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/?id=2063699&device=>
Will Weblogs ruin Google's search engine?

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

Scope Of Antitrust Suit Goes Beyond Microsoft's Fate (Jonathan Krim, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16950-2002Mar25.html>
A federal judge with little experience handling antitrust or technology cases might set significant legal precedent on how antitrust law will apply to the high-tech industry.

New Windows "Filesystem" A Threat To Open Source (James Treleaven, Linux.com)
<http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/03/22/204220&tid=9>
So Microosft wants to get rid of application files (such as MS Word doc files) and store everything in a database.

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

Judge Asks DOJ: Can States Persist? (Reuters)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-868764.html>
The judge in the case has invited DOJ to comment on whether states seeking harsher penalties against Microsoft have a right to pursue the case.

Is It Finally The Year Of The Tablet PC? (John Morris and Josh Taylor, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-868773.html>

Want A Windows iPod? It's Easy (Ben Berkowitz, Reuters)
<http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=581&u=/nm/20020326/tc_nm/column_pluggedin_dc_71>
Apple's reticence has not stopped a legion of enthusiasts -- professional software companies to college kids -- from making their own software to solve the compatibility problem.

Microsoft Seeks To Discredit Gateway Witness (Peter Kaplan, Reuters)
<http://news.cnet.com/investor/news/newsitem/0-9900-1028-9488144-0.html>
Gateway executive was biased because AOL Time Warner holds a large chunk of the computer maker's stock.

Microsoft Said To Enhance PC Influence In Settlement (Reuters)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/26/technology/26SOFT.html>
The government's proposed antitrust settlement with Microsoft has allowed the company to impose onerous new licensing terms on computer makers, said Gateway.

Linux Executive Accuses Microsoft Of Withholding Important Technical Data (Associated Press)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2002/03/25/financial1054EST0059.DTL&type=tech>
Red Hat's CTO said Microsoft adds "extensions" to critical communications methods that computers use to transmit security information.

Sun's Catch-22 (Daryl Plummer, Gartner Viewpoint)
<http://news.com.com/2009-1001-868128.html?tag=cd_mh>
Although Sun has had remarkable successes with Java, those victories have not translated into revenue.

Microsoft Sued Over E-Commerce Patent (James Niccolai, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/03/25/020325hnnetcommerce.xml>
Online services company Network Commerce has been awarded a trial date in its patent infringement lawsuit against Microsoft.

Microsoft Amends Earnings Statement (Associated Press)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/729527.asp?0si=-?cp1=1>
Software giant blames clerical error in reporting revenue.

=== linux top news =============

AOL Seeks A Web Edge (Shelley Emling, Cox News Service)
<http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/63806_msftredhat26.shtml>
AOL Time Warner has quietly hooked up with Red hat, and has begun testing a version of its own Netscape browser for possible inclusion into AOL 8.0.

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

Raymond: Mac OS X Too Restrictive (Matthew Broersma, ZDNet UK)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-868865.html>
Eric Raymond, the co-founder of the Open Source Initiative, finds Apple's "public source" licence too restrictive.

IBM Calls Up New Linux Server (John G. Spooner, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-868651.html?tag=cd_mh>
IBM is making a new call for customers in the telecommunications arena.

New Windows "Filesystem" A Threat To Open Source (James Treleaven, Linux.com)
<http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/03/22/204220&tid=9>
So Microosft wants to get rid of application files (such as MS Word doc files) and store everything in a database.

Linux Executive Accuses Microsoft Of Withholding Important Technical Data (Associated Press)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2002/03/25/financial1054EST0059.DTL&type=tech>
Red Hat's CTO said Microsoft adds "extensions" to critical communications methods that computers use to transmit security information.

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

Dumbling Down The SAT (Stanley Kurtz, National Review)
<http://www.nationalreview.com/contributors/kurtz032502.shtml>
The very existence of intelligence differences in America is about to become a forbidden truth.

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

Web Radio's Last Stand (Katharine Mieszkowski, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/03/26/web_radio/index.html?x>
A new ruling involving the Digital Millennium Copyright Act is set to wipe out independent online music stations.

Google Time Bomb (John Hiler, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/?id=2063699&device=>
Will Weblogs ruin Google's search engine?

Preserving Taxidermy's Odd Legacy (Melissa Milgrom, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/26/science/26TAXI.html>
A New Jersey family uses art and science to recreate species in the oldest business in Milltown, a taxidermy shop.

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

At Public Stations' Pledge Drives, Love Is On The Air (Christine Frey, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/features/lifestyle/la-032602pledge.story>
Public radio and television pledge drive have sparked so many local romances that some stations encourage listeners to volunteer and perhaps pick up more than the phones.

Short Changed (Steven E. Landsburg, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/?id=2063439&device=>
Why do tall people make more money?

Called On The Carpet (Robin Givhan, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16903-2002Mar25.html>
What plays on the runways of Paris falls flat at the Academy Awards.

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

Shocked By Transfer Of NS Details To SDU (Dennis Tan, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,1870,110658,00.html?>
Information should only be used for military purposes and not passed on to civilian organisations.

SPH's First-Half Profits Hit By Ad Revenue Dip (Reuters)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/reuters/asia-96996.html>
SPH saw its first half profits hit by lower advertising revenue and losses from broadcasting start-ups, but still beat expectations.

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

Singapore Left Out Of talks In SQ 006 Probe (Lawrence Chung, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,110587,00.html?>
Views vital for a 'more balanced' crash report, says official.

Singapore Is Preferred Destination Of Asian Travellers: Survey (Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/latest/story/0,2276,39946,00.html?>
A regional survey by MasterCard also showed Singapore Airlines was the most preferred airline.

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