[MyAppleMenu] Mar 30, 2002

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

Moviemaking On iMac Shows PCs Need To Catch Up (Bob LeVitus, Houston Chronicle)
<http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/business/1321849>
Created more multimedia in three days with the iMac than he had in 18 months with his Dell.

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

Amazon Points To 48% Of iMac G4 Sales Being PC Converts (Robert Aldridge, The iMac)
<http://www.theimac.com/articles/categories/features/story619.shtml>

Students Suspended For Laptop Tampering (Chris Dovi and Nicole Johnson, Richmond Times-Dispatch)
<http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/more/MGBCXXYJDZC.html>
County school officials call the 57 suspensions necessary, but some parents are crying foul.

Microsoft IntelliPoint Mouse Driver Out For OS X (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0203/29.intellipoint.php>
The driver enables you to program global or application-specific settings for mouse tracking speed, button assignments, and how the scroll wheel functions.

Computer Makers Challenged To Quieten Machines (Ananova)
<http://www.ananova.com/yournews/story/sm_555820.html>
Apple's investment in high-quality components means new iMacs can be compared near-silent compared to many PC rivals.

Project Tracking For OS X Now Shipping (Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/article/2002/03/29.9.shtml>

Could The Mac Be The Premiere Linux Platform? (Ben Wilson, NewsFactor)
<http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/17007.html>
In real-world applications, Motorola's processors are better equpped for Linux than their Intel counterparts.

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

iBooks Love Linux (Edd Durnbill, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2002/03/29/ibook_linux.html>
After years wandering in the cranky wilderness of mix-and-match PCs I'm working again on a computer that feels like it has a soul.

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

Finally, A Reason Not To Be PC (Michael J. Martinez, Kiplinger's Personal Finance)
<http://www.kiplinger.com/magazine/archives/2002/April/ahead/reviews.html>
Look no further for an excuse to defect from the PC ranks. This year's new and vastly improved iMac adds value to Macintosh style and simplicity.

Rio Riot Is Big Music For Big Pockets (Sean Captain, PCWorld)
<http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/ptech/03/29/rio.riot.idg/index.html>
If you own a Mac, the iPod offers a better package. If you own a PC, you may want to wait a few weeks to check out MediaFour's upcoming Windows-based iPod software.

harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone (Christopher Paretti, Inside Mac Games)
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/reviews/view.php?ID=242>
With such a rich palette of imagination to work with, the game developers took an easy way out rather than creating something revolutionary.

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

Yahoo Users Fume Over "Spam" Switch (Jim Hu, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1023-871730.html>
Yahoo said it had reset the default preferences for all members in a way that would require them to manually request that the company block the messages in the future.

Mozilla 1.0 Plods To The Starting Line (John Borland, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-871265.html>
The long-awaited open-source version of the Netscape Web browser has reached a major development milestone as it nears a first official release.

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

Gateway Pricing Takes The Low Road (John G. Spooner, ZDNet)
<http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=73&u=/zd/20020330/tc_zd/5105567http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=73&u=/zd/20020330/tc_zd/5105567>
Gateway isn't just after Dell. It's also trying to steal Apple Computer's thunder.

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

Moviemaking On iMac Shows PCs Need To Catch Up (Bob LeVitus, Houston Chronicle)
<http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/business/1321849>
Created more multimedia in three days with the iMac than he had in 18 months with his Dell.

Microsoft IntelliPoint Mouse Driver Out For OS X (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0203/29.intellipoint.php>
The driver enables you to program global or application-specific settings for mouse tracking speed, button assignments, and how the scroll wheel functions.

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

Eric Raymond: Linux Will Rule The Desktop (Matthew Broersma, ZDNet UK)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-871395.html>
The reason doesn't have much to do with whether we clean up and polish our interfaces or not, but because the Microsoft tax represents a larger and larger piece of OEM margin.

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

iBooks Love Linux (Edd Durnbill, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2002/03/29/ibook_linux.html>
After years wandering in the cranky wilderness of mix-and-match PCs I'm working again on a computer that feels like it has a soul.

The Linux Server Bandwagon (Larry Seltzer, ZDNet)
<http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2858712,00.html>
Th emission is so loud and clear if you were just introduced to the computer industry you'd think of IBM as a Linux company.

Could The Mac Be The Premiere Linux Platform? (Ben Wilson, NewsFactor)
<http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/17007.html>
In real-world applications, Motorola's processors are better equpped for Linux than their Intel counterparts.

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

Digital Renaissance (Henry jenkins, Technology Review)
<http://www.techreview.com/articles/wo_jenkins032902.asp>
How should we teach kids Newtonian physicis? Simple. Play computer games.

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

Drinks All Around (Michael Judge, Wall Street Journal)
<http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=105001850>
In praise of alcohol.

Heart Of A Romantic, Head Of A Skeptic (Michiko Kakutani, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/30/movies/30KAKU.html>
Billy Wilder was less the cynic his critics liked to dub him than what his longtime collaborator I.A.L. Diamond called a disappointed romantic -- "whipped cream that's gotten slightly curdled."

=== reader : eof =============

Feeling The Power Of The Turtle (Darragh Johnson, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33568-2002Mar28.html>
Like other mascots, the U-Md Terrapin has become a tough guy.

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

Singapore Wants Malaysian Reclamation Fears In Writing (Reuters)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/reuters/asia-97609.html>
Singapore will consier Malaysia's concerns only on receipt of a formal letter from its northern neighbour, the foreign ministry said on Saturday.

Putting Malaysia-Singapore Relations In Perspective (Walton Morais, Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,2276,40358,00.html?>
To always stand by one's legal obligations is an honourable quality that should be praised, not derided as a liability.

Is Land Pricing The Cause Of Rising Costs? (Lydia Lim, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,111211,00.html?>
Should the government relook the way land is priced to ensure Singapore's competitiveness?

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

MFA Rejects Malaysia's Reclamation Claims (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/020330/5/singapore3917.html>
It was incorrect to state that Lee Hsien Loong had offered to consider halting the reclamation.

Singapore Aims To Ligthen Business Burden (Reuters)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/reuters/asia-97553.html>
Singapore will budget for modest surpluses, keep taxes light and government fees and charges low.

Stem Loss Of Airlines To Other Airports (Gan Yung Chyan, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,1870,111323,00.html?>
CAAS should not view Hongkong as its only rival. Civil aviation in the 21st century belongs mainly to Thailand, China and Malaysia, with Bangkok leading the charge.

Reclamation Will Not Hit Shipping Lanes (Natalie Soh Chang Ai-Lien, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,111316,00.html?>
A check by The Straits Times with several government agencies and shipping sources showed that the existing shipping lane south of Pulau Tekong will remain unchanged even after reclamation works.

PM Surprised By Singapore Stand (Frenderick Fernandez, The Star)
<http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2002/3/30/nation/klgspore&sec=nation>
Point 20, which was part of the area being reclaimed, was still under dispute as it could involve Malaysian territory.

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