[MyAppleMenu] Mar 29, 2002

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

Sun Eyeing Apple Java Code (Paul Krill, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/03/28/020328hnsunapple.xml>
Sun is considering including some Apple-written code in a Sun Java Virtual machine to boost performance.

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

City Students Showcase Technology (Laura Kennedy, Middletown Press)
<http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=3683574&BRD=1645&PAG=461&dept_id=10856&rfi=6>
"It's just amazing what the kids have done."

Getting Fired Up About FireWire (Jim Heid, Los Ageles Times)
<http://www.chicagotribune.com/technology/reviews/chi-020328firewire.story?coll=chi%2Dtechnology%2Dhed>
If your PC doesn't contain FireWire ports, you're missing out on the most widely used high-speed connection scheme available.

Portraits & Prints Beefs Up iPhoto Support (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0203/28.portraits.php>

Apple Uses Second Vendor For LCD Screens (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=13377>
HannStar Display has received new 15-inch LCD panel orders for Apple's new iMac.

Alias|Wavefront Slashes Maya Pricing (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/top_news_item.cfm?NewsID=4441>
Maya Complete will be reduced from US$7,500 to $1,999, while Maya Unlimited will be reduced from $16,000 to $6,999.

Can The Mac Every Catch Up (Robyn Weisman, NewsFactor)
<http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16988.html>
Although few expect Apple to make huge inroads, several analysts have projected that the company could increase its market share by anywhere from 1 percent to more than double its present share.

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

The Macworld Bonus (Tim Nash, Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/nash/02/0329.html>
Apple's announcements at Macworld Tokyo should mostly encourage investors, Mac users.

Multiplatform iPod On The Horizon (Kelly McNeill, osOpinion)
<http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/17005.html>
If you've hestiated to purchase an iPod in the past because your OS was not compatible with it, you might want to take another look.

Why Apple Should Release A PDA - And Why It Won't (Gary Rogers, osOpinion)
<http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/17004.html>
The problem is that Apple can't enter the PDA market without stepping on the toes of other companies -- big companies -- or of its own software developers.

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

OS X: A Year Later (Philip Michaels, Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2002/03/25/osx.html>
Performance improvements, developer support mark operating system's first year.

All About Action (Peter Cohen, Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2002/04/reviews/gameroom.html>
Deimos Rising offers some classic, albeit occasionally frustrating, Mac arcade-game action. Spider-Man may have a few flaws, but it's still superfun for lovers of this comic-book superhero.

Mac OS X - Sucks Less (Scott McCarty, Graphic Power)
<http://graphicpower.com/opinion/2002/mar/macosxaniv.stm>
iPhoto was the straw that broke the Mac OS 9 camel's back.

iPod Redux (Ari Weinberg, Forbes)
<http://www.forbes.com/2002/03/28/0328tentech.html>
The newest version does little to dminish the applause, but it's not yet deserving of a standing ovation.

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

Preparing For The Coming Era Of Participatory News (Dale Peskin, Online Journalism Review)
<http://www.ojr.org/ojr/future/1017170352.php>
The Internet means now everyone is a journalist - or can be.

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

Microsoft Warns Of 'Critical' Flaw In Browser (Bloomberg)
<http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/64412_flaw29.shtml>
Microsoft said a "critical" defect in its Internet Explorer Web browser could allow vandals to read, delete or alter files on users' computers.

Yahoo Revises Privacy Policy (Jim Hu, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1023-870270.html>
The new policy states that Yahoo will share information to investigate circumstances involving illegal activity.

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

Dell Prices Take A New Turn (John G Spooner, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1040-870890.html>
Dell has slowed its price cuts in recent months because of component price increases, and some say it has even raised prices within certain segments of its product line.

Faster Pentium 4 Desktop Chips On Tap (Michael Kanellos, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1040-871095.html>
Intel will bring out a new, faster version of the Pentuim 4 for desktops next week, and chipsets and other technology for improving overall PC performance and cutting costs will pur out over the next two months.

Dell, Gateway Notebooks May Lighten Up (Richard Shim, CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/investor/news/newsitem/0-9900-1028-9506860-0.html>
Dell and Gateway are expected to launch new ultra-portable notebooks next month, sources said.

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

Microsoft Warns Of 'Critical' Flaw In Browser (Bloomberg)
<http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/64412_flaw29.shtml>
Microsoft said a "critical" defect in its Internet Explorer Web browser could allow vandals to read, delete or alter files on users' computers.

Palm: Microsoft Tried To Force Use Of .Net (Reuters)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-871120.html>
Microsoft withheld access to a key, and supposedly open, programming tool to handheld rival Palm to gain an advantage in licensing negotiations, a Palm executive testified Thursday.

Novell: We Offered Trade-Off To Microsoft (Reuters)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-870594.html>
A Novell executive once offered to help Microsoft fend off the antitrust case if Microsoft would help Novell's networking software work better with Windows.

Win XP Pro With .NET Server Performance? Forget It... (The Register)
<http://www.theregus.com/content/4/24475.html>
Windows.NET Server's visual performance is beyond lacking.

Linux And Office: What A Concept (Michelle Delio, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/linux/0,1411,51390,00.html>
With Codeweaver's CrossOver Office, Linux users can install and use Microsoft Office on their PCs without the Windows operating system.

Unisys, Microsoft To Launch Anti-Unix  Ads (Stephen Shankland, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-870805.html>
The 18-month project will include advertisements, technical sales efforts and other marketing work plugging Unisys' high-end server and Microsoft's top-end version of Windows.

Walter Hewlett Sues To Block Compaq Deal (Caroline Humer and Peter Henderson, Reuters)
<http://money.iwon.com/jsp/nw/nwdt_rt_top.jsp?cat=TOPBIZ&feed=bus&src=202&section=news&news_id=bus-n28250234&date=20020328&alias=/alias/money/cm/nw>
Charged that HP management bought votes and misled a key adviser.

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

Stands Group Seeks Multilingual Linux (stephen Shankland, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2110-1001-871089.html?tag=cdshrt>
The Free Standards Group has launched a new project to better support Asian and Indian languages.

Linux And Office: What A Concept (Michelle Delio, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/linux/0,1411,51390,00.html>
With Codeweaver's CrossOver Office, Linux users can install and use Microsoft Office on their PCs without the Windows operating system.

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

U.S. Prepares To Invade Your Hard Drive (Paul Boutin, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/03/29/hollings_bill/index.html?x>
A bill before Congress would mandate built-in copy-protection on all digital devices. But even technology experts who really want to protect intellectual property think it's a lousy idea.

Preparing For The Coming Era Of Participatory News (Dale Peskin, Online Journalism Review)
<http://www.ojr.org/ojr/future/1017170352.php>
The Internet means now everyone is a journalist - or can be.

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

After The Big Night, Is Change Realistic? (Lorenza Munoz, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/oscars/la-032902munoz.story>
Hollywood wonders if wins will mean anything to people other than Halle and Denzel.

Seducing Paris, A Cafe At A Time (Mallery Roberts Lane, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/28/garden/28COST.html>
The Costes brothers are to Paris what Ian Schrager is to New York, experts at creating places people want to stay in, eat in and be seen in.

Making The Wit Seem Unwitting (Rick Lyman, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/29/movies/29WATC.html>
The director Barry Sonnenfeld loves Stanley Kubrick's "Dr. Strangelove" because it's a comedy in which no one in the movie is allowed to acknowledge that they're in a comedy.

Battle Of The Biographers (David Sexton, This Is London)
<http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/dynamic/lifestyle/books/article.html?in_review_id=532983&in_review_text_id=498519>
You wait for ages and then they all come at once. Buses and biographies both.

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

Mahathir Warns Singapore Over Land Reclamation (Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/latest/story/0,2276,40325,00.html?>
Malaysia government would not cooperate with Singapore if it ignored concerns over a controversial land reclamation programme.

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

Singapore To Further Liberalise Maritime Sector To Fend Off Rivals (Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/latest/story/0,2276,40330,00.html?>
Yeo Cheow Tong also said the Republic will pursue its liberal air and transport policy to extend Changi airport's network and connectivity to China and India.

Women Who Come And Go And May Almost Be As Smart As Michelangelo (Tom Plate, Korea Times)
<http://www.hankooki.com/kt_op/200203/t2002032917080748110.htm>
Why do (bad) men put good women down?

IDA Mindful Of Economic Impact (Dulcie Chan, IDA, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,1870,111101,00.html?>
As far as possible, enhanced features are made available as options, so that only users who need them pay for them.

Top Civil Servants To Break Down Barriers (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,111012,00.html?>
Goh Chok Tong told senior civil servants that they needed to change the way they worked, knocking down the barriers between themselves and pulling together to work for the best interests of Singapore.

Singapore Drug Dealer Death Sentence Lifted (CNN)
<http://asia.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/southeast/03/28/singapore.drugs/index.html>
A chemist's analysis revealed that the block of vegetable matter she was carrying only contained 281 grams.

Sleepless In Singapore, Clueless In Delhi (Bibek Debroy, Indian Express)
<http://www.indian-express.com/ie20020328/op1.html>

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