[MyAppleMenu] Mar 27, 2002

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

iMovie Gives Students The Write Stuff (Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/education/k12/imagine/lindbergh/>
If a picture's worth a thousand words, imagine what a movie is worth.

Apple: Looking For A Few Good Converts (Joe Wilcox, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1040-869160.html>
Apple hopes to gain valuable marketing information it can put toward luring people away from Microsoft's omnipresent operating system.

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

Software Of Their Dreams (Radha Basu, Computer Times Singapore)
<http://computertimes.asiaone.com.sg/v2/updt01.shtml>
Creative artistes and independent film-makers in Singapore are turning to Apple solutions to support their work.

Mac OS X Vs. Windows XP (Seng Li Peng, Asia.internet.com)
<http://asia.internet.com/asia-news/article/0,3916,161_998821,00.html>
Decision-makers in the content-creation industry have to anticipate how Microsoft's and Apple's strategies in the future will affect the platform they choose now.

For King's Laptop Dream, Perseverance Paid Off (Bonnie Washuk, Lewiston Sun Journal)
<http://www.sunjournal.com/story.asp?slg=032702laptopss>
After two years of wrangling with opposition, he won approval for $25 million to pay for laptop computers for every seventh- and eighth-grader in Maine public schools.

iMac Delays Linked To Firmware Glitch (Mike Hirschkorn, MacUser UK)
<http://www.macuser.co.uk/macsurfer/php3/openframe.php3?page=/newnews/newsarticle.php3?id=1869>
Sources have indicated that the firmware issue was only one of a host of problems which combined to cause the delays.

Mac OS X Gets Backup (ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2110-1104-869768.html>
Dantz Development announced the release of backup software tailored for Apple's Mac OS X.

Next Gen Bootlegging With iPod (David Stevenson, TechTV)
<http://www.techtv.com/news/computing/story/0,24195,3378052,00.html>

StickyBrain Is Free (Well, For Two Days) (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0203/27.stickybrain.php>
stickyBrain stores any type of information, including text, pictures, sounds, file/application links, contacts, web and e-mail addresses.

Apple In Hot Pursuit Of Buzzle Pair (Kirsty Needham and Anne Lampe, The Age)
<http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/03/27/1017206116083.html>
Apple, which is owed close to $25 million, called the receivers on Buzzle.

Apple Updates AirPort Card Offering (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/lib/020327airport.shtml>

AppleScript For OS X Is 'Best Ever' (Jonny Evans, Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/top_news_item.cfm?NewsID=4430>
"AppleScript Studio is, I think, the most ground-breaking thing Apple's done in eight years."

Industry Sings MPEG-4 Harmony (Gwendolyn Mariano, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-869364.html>
An Internet streaming group on Tuesday endorsed a licensing plan for MPEG-4 audio compression, sidestepping controversy that has erupted around a highly anticipated sister video technology put forward as part of a proposed digital media standard.

Search Google Offers Instant Searches (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=13341>

A Fresher Linux For Macs (Andrew Orlowski, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/24608.html>
A fresh version of the leading Linux for Macintosh computers, Yellow Dog, is now available for download.

Apple Ousts Coder For Being Young (Katie Dean, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/school/0,1383,51343,00.html>
An Apple spokeswoman wouldn't comment on the situation, but one expert said it's likely Apple's policy is in place to protect the company.

Sound Moulder (Stephanie Jorgl, Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/hotnews/articles/2002/03/alanmoulder/>

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

Do The Apple Stores Need Evangelists... Or Salesmen? (Rodney O. Lain, Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/editorial/2002/03/25.1.shtml>

Think You Need A New PC? Here's Why You Don't (Andy Ihnatko, Chicago Sun-Times)
<http://www.suntimes.com/output/worktech/cst-fin-andy261.html>

Playing The Game Of Hype (Stephen Van Esch, Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/scope/02/0327.html>
Yes, Apple has created a product that almost sells itself. It's useless, though, if it remains vaporware for customers.

Apple's Hot New Market: PC Converts (Charles Haddad, BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/mar2002/nf20020327_2160.htm>
The new iMac is luring crossover buyers like never before, and that should help Jobs & Co. do well despite the industry's suffering.

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

Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone (Bill Stiteler, Applelinks.com)
<http://www.applelinks.com/reviews/harrypotter.shtml>
This is certainly the most all-out fun game to come down the pike in quite a while.

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

Study Finds Web Sites Prying Less (CNN)
<http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/internet/03/27/online.privacy/index.html>
Web sites are collecting less personal information from Internet users, reflecting consumer concerns.

IE 6 Garners One-Third Of Browser Market (Margaret Kane, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1023-869412.html?tag=cd_mh>
Netscape browser has fallen to third place, behind IE 6 and 5, with only about 7 percent of the market.

Napster Gets 10 Months To Prove Claim (Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-000021992mar27.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dtechnology>
U.S. District Judge Marilyn hall Patel on Tuesday gave Napster Inc. nearly 10 months to prove its claim that the major record companies have misued copyrights and impeded competition.

Study Shows Web Surfers Snapping Up Digital Cameras (Reuters)
<http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/technology/tech-tech-digitalcameras-growth.html>
Digital cameras could belong to up to 60 percent of U.S. households connected to the Internet by the end of this year.

Search Google Offers Instant Searches (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=13341>

Of Diesel And Dial-Up (Paul Heltzel, Technology Review)
<http://www.techreview.com/articles/wo_heltzel032202.asp>
Why truckers make the best beta-testers.

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

Next Virus Exploit: Media Player? (Michelle Delio, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,51361,00.html>
Security experts believe Windows Media Player could soon be targeted by malicious virus writers who are now all but shut out of attacking Outlook 2002.

IE 6 Garners One-Third Of Browser Market (Margaret Kane, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1023-869412.html?tag=cd_mh>
Netscape browser has fallen to third place, behind IE 6 and 5, with only about 7 percent of the market.

Microsoft Judge Opens Door To Broader Remedy (Peter Kaplan, Reuters)
<http://reuters.com/news_article.jhtml;jsessionid=TM0BR0AMDY0S0CRBAEZSFEYKEEATIIWD?type=internetnews&StoryID=745686>
U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly wants to know more about new computer technologies such as handheld devices to determine whether sancations against Microsoft should cover these items.

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

Price Cuts Ahead For Mobile Pentium 4 (Michael Kanellos, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1040-869439.html>
A mobile version of the Pentium 4 processor came out just this month, and already it appears that discounts are in the chip's future.

Xbox Sales Seen Missing Target (David Becker, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1040-869983.html>
Microsoft is unlikely to meet current sales targets, owing to weak sales in Japan and Europe.

Eric Raymond: Microsoft Could Have Killed Linux (Matthew Broersma, ZDNet UK)
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2107473,00.html>
Linux and the open-source movement could have been thwarted if Microsoft had launched its propaganda campaign early enough.

Microsoft Makes A College Try (Tiffany Kary, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-869465.html?tag=cd_mh>
Spooked by the growing popularity of Linux and Java, Microsoft is opening up its source code to up-and-coming programmers on college campuses.

Microsoft .NET Promo Reveals Personal Info (Andrew Orlowski, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/24598.html>
Despite being alerted to the privacy breach, the personal details of several thousand individuals are still online.

Write Once, Sue Many II (Steve Gillmor, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/02/03/25/020325opcurve.xml>
Sun's commitment to preserving customer and developer choice through litigation, loopholes, and legislation rivals Microsoft's prior work in the field.

Apple: Looking For A Few Good Converts (Joe Wilcox, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1040-869160.html>
Apple hopes to gain valuable marketing information it can put toward luring people away from Microsoft's omnipresent operating system.

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

Eric Raymond: Microsoft Could Have Killed Linux (Matthew Broersma, ZDNet UK)
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2107473,00.html>
Linux and the open-source movement could have been thwarted if Microsoft had launched its propaganda campaign early enough.

A Fresher Linux For Macs (Andrew Orlowski, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/24608.html>
A fresh version of the leading Linux for Macintosh computers, Yellow Dog, is now available for download.

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

The Great Game (Simon Singh, New Statesman)
<http://www.newstatesman.co.uk/site.php3?newTemplate=NSArticle_NS&newTop=Section%3A+Front+Page&newDisplayURN=200203250036>
The man who did more than anyone else to apply game theory to the real world was John Nash.

Endless Spring (Rebecca Mead, New Yorker)
<http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?020401fa_FACT>
How much spring break can anyone stand?

A Formula For Mixing Math With Wonder (Fern Shen, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22372-2002Mar26.html>
Ivan Moscovich is a master puzzlemaker and collector, an inventor and an artist. Conversant in many puzzle genres, he has quietly built a following.

Hollywood Redux (Sandy Starr, Spiked-Central)
<http://www.spiked-online.com/articles/00000006D84B.htm>
Reworking old films becomes a distraction from making new ones.

=== reader : expressions =============

Speech (Wesley McNair, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/?id=2063719&device=>

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

Bold Rethink Of Education Here Put Forward (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,110801,00.html?>
Ministry's proposals include taking more control over the A-level exams and considering changes to the JC curriculum.

Singapore's MOE Refutes Claims In Malaysian Newspaper Over Tudung Issue (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/020327/5/singapore3692.html>
Singapore's Education Ministry has locked horns with The New Straits Times, after the newspaper refused to publish a rebuttal to a commentary in full.

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

HSBC, Maybank And Stanchart Share ATMs (Quak Hiang Whai, Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,2276,40151,00.html?>

Are Moves For Openess Just Cosmetic? (Kelvin Tan Wei Hann, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,1870,110866,00.html?>
Is it not merely a cosmetic policy if MPs are limited in their vote by the sheer ambiguity of the demarcation of which issues they are allowed not to toe the party line on?

Chee Misses Defamation Hearing (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,110778,00.html?>

Manpower Ministry To Review CPF Scheme (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,110809,00.html?>
It wants to ensure Singaporeans have enough CPF savings to meet their housing, medical and retirement needs.

SMU To Open Air-Con Tunnel Link To Public (Jane Lee, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,110803,00.html?>
Come 2005, pedestrians can stroll from one end of Bras Basah Road to junction of Victoria Street and Stamford Road.

Banks Act To Serve Small Savers (Ignatius Low, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,110774,00.html?>
New ideas being considered may allow customers to open an account with just $10 and enjoy limited free transactions.

Software Of Their Dreams (Radha Basu, Computer Times Singapore)
<http://computertimes.asiaone.com.sg/v2/updt01.shtml>
Creative artistes and independent film-makers in Singapore are turning to Apple solutions to support their work.

U.S. Watch Group: Southeast Asia's Reefs Threatened By Overfishing, Pollution (Sean Yoong, Associated Press)
<http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2002/3/27/latest/3736USwatch&sec=latest>

Taiwan Says No Singapore Input Into Crash Analysis (Reuters)
<http://asia.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml;jsessionid=IVVNBT3GVWROOCRBAE0CFEYKEEATGIWD?type=topnews&StoryID=747095>
Taiwan's top investigator into the crash of a Singapore Airlines jet insisted on Wednesday that Taiwanese authorities alone would determine the cause of the accident.

No Indonesians Involved In Terrorist Network In Singapore: Embassy (Jakarta Post)
<http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaillatestnews.asp?fileid=20020327184822&irec=2>
The Indonesian Embassy in Singapore has found no indication that any Indonesian in the island-state has links to international terrorism, an official said on Wednesday.

When Eating Becomes An Adventure (Faye Bowers, Christian Science Monitor)
<http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0327/p12s01-altr.html>
The Singapore Food Festival offers breakfast with pelicans and penguins, and a moonlight dinner with tigers.

A Singapore Surprise: Tropical Camping (Julian Weiss, Christian Science Monitor)
<http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0327/p12s02-altr.html>
Continuing development of the [Sentosa] island shows the world that Singaporeans aren't all business -- they know how to have fun, too.

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