[MyAppleMenu] May 11, 2002

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

Steve Jobs And The History Of Cocoa, Part Two (Simson Garfinkel and Michael Mahoney, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/05/10/cocoa_history_two.html>
The authors pick up the story with the Star Trek project and bring you to the current iteration of Mac OS X.

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

Houston, TX Apple Store Coming (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=14140>

Macromedia Wins Countersuit Against Adobe (Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0205/10.macromedia.php>
"The score is now Adobe one, Macromedia one, customers zero," said Rob Burgess, chairman and CEO of Macromedia.

Apple Offers Up To $300 Cash Back On Desktop G4 (Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0205/10.promo.php>
Apple today added the Desktop G4 to its current list of promotions on the company's Web site.

CNN's Free QT Stream Goes Dark (Ron Carlson, Insanely Great Mac)
<http://www.insanely-great.com/news.php?id=395>
We can no longer watch CNN news stories for free using the QuickTime player.

Apple Releases iPod Software Updater 1.1 (Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0205/10.ipod.php>
iPod Software Updater 1.1 adds audio playback and user interface improvements, equalization presets, shuffle by album, track scrubbing, Contacts and additional languages.

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

How Software Works (Dave Winer, Scripting News)
<http://scriptingnews.userland.com/backissues/2002/05/11#howSoftwareWorks>
There's some concern that Apple is not allowing the chat client vendors to access the system address book. If so, this is a repeat of the Sidhu mistake. It will end badl for the developers, but it will also end badly for Apple.

My Mac Is Faster Than Your PC (Gene Steinberg, USA Today)
<http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/ccarch/2002/05/09/steinberg.htm>
How do you decide which computer runs faster?

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

Chimera (Cortland Haws, TheMacMind)
<http://www.themacmind.com/cgi-bin/newspublisher/viewnews.cgi?id=1020976945>
Consider yourself warned; this browser may become standard in your dock someday.

Will Watson Make Web Browsers Obsolete? (Erick Schonfeld, Business 2.0)
<http://www.business2.com/articles/web/0,1653,40439,FF.html>
A new program for the Macintosh simplifies the task of finding useful information on the Internet.

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

Cooking Up A Cookieless Web Monitor (Gwendolyn Mariano, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1023-909397.html>
Researchers in Scotland are developing a new kind of Web monitoring software that they claim can collect enormous amounts of data on Web surfers while remaining nearly undetectable.

With '.Pro' Comes A Certifiable Snub (Shannon Henry, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3429-2002May10.html>
New domain for professionals draw ire of the ineligible.

Chimera (Cortland Haws, TheMacMind)
<http://www.themacmind.com/cgi-bin/newspublisher/viewnews.cgi?id=1020976945>
Consider yourself warned; this browser may become standard in your dock someday.

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

States Buffaloed By Microsoft's Tactics And Judge's Indifference To Evidence (Dan Gillmor, San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/columnists/dan_gillmor/ejournal/3239097.htm>
It's time for the states to begin preparing their next antitrust case.

HP Aims At Dell With PCs, Servers (Stephen Shankland, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-909645.html>
The "new HP" is in the midst of sweeping change as it begins sorting out its PC and server product lines, but one thing is constant: the threat posed by Dell Computer.

Microsoft Said To Cut Price Of Xbox (Reuters)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/750593.asp>
Microsoft has told major U.S. retailers it plans to announce a price cut for its Xbox video game console within days.

Microsoft Integrates Content Management, Portal (Cathleen Moore, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/05/10/020510hnsharepoint.xml>
Available as a free download, the integration pack allows SharePoint and CMS customers to consistently manage content throughout its life cycle.

Microsoft Wraps Up Its Case In Remedy Hearing (Patrick Thibodeau, Computerworld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/05/10/020510hnremedy.xml>
Microsoft was set to rest its case next week once it introduces some final documents.

Dell Could Be Knocking On Your Door (John G Spooner, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2110-1103-909476.html>
Dell has quietly begun an in-home service program to help customers set up newly bought PCs and peripherals.

Is .Net Plan In A Tangle? (Mike Ricciuti, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1106-909463.html>
Testimony this week from one of Microsoft's top executives has shed light on the software giant's shifting Web services plans and internal power struggles over competing ideas.

States' Decision To Stop XP Demo A Wise One (Harry Rider, osOpinion)
<http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/17708.html>
The judge knows there is such a demo, and that is enough.

Commission May Ask Microsoft To Strip Windows (Europemedia.net)
<http://www.europemedia.net/shownews.asp?ArticleID=10465>
European antitrust authorities are studying regulations that would ask Microsoft to separate the contentikous Medi aPlayer program from Windows.

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

Linux Bid Needs Time (George Weiss, Gartner Viewpoint)
<http://news.com.com/2009-1001-909188.html?tag=cd_mh>
IBM must convince prospective customers that reseller support and number of application for Linux will keep growing.

Meta Group Roasts Linux On Mainframes (Matthew Borersma, ZDNet UK)
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2109995,00.html>
A report from an influential analyst group says Linux mainframes will soon be irrelevant, and adds that Linux is good for nothing more than simple, non-critical applications.

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

Why The Evening News Is Worse Than "O'Reilly." (Rob Walker, The New Republic)
<http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=20020520&s=walker052002&c=1>
If the network news divisions think they are producing an evening broadcast so nobole that it deserves to be defended from the corporate huns, they're kidding themselves.

Bigfoot (Jennifer Howard, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/?id=2065546&device=>
The relentless march upward of the American shoe size.

Hallmark Of A Poet (Linton Weeks, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3308-2002May10.html>
At 74, Maya Angelou greets a new line of verse and many old fans.

Celebrating Melbourne (Susan Allen Toth, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/12/magazine/magazinespecial/12MELB.html>
Old-fashioned trams rumble along Melbourne's streets, passing modern skyscrapers, and restaurants sport globally ethnic menus.

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

Singapore Confident Of Status As Aviation Hub Despite Challenges (Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/latest/story/0,2276,44717,00.html?>
Singapore is confident it will remain a key aviation hub in Asia despite moves by its neighbours, in particular Malaysia, to slash landing fees, Transport Minister Yeo Cheow Tong said on Saturday.

'No Reason' For Adelphi To Make Way For Court (Lydia Lim, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,119136,00.html?>
Architects and the URA disagree with suggestion to extend site of new Court of Appeal, saying site and size are not vital.

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

Stop And Shop A While In Singapore (Donna McIntyre, New Zealand Herald)
<http://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/travelstorydisplay.cfm?storyID=1843568&thesection=travel&thesubsection=destination&thesecondsubsection=asia>
Welcome to Singapore... safe, clean Singapore.

Singapore To Review Media Ownership Rules (Reuters)
<http://asia.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/southeast/05/11/singapore.stakes.reut/index.html>
The Singapore government is considering lifting the current shareholding cap in newspaper companies in a bid to boost the vitality of the publishing industry.

NSmen May Get To Hear Good News On Allowances, In-Camp Training (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/020511/5/singapore7681.html>
Details would be announced when parliament debates the budget over the next two weeks.

Rebates Fine, But It's Still Tough (Laurel Teo, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,119197,00.html?>
Retailers worreid about GST; taxi drivers see more expenses before Economic Restructuring Shares can be cashed.

Amara For All Seasons (Richard Lim, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/life/story/0,1870,119024,00.html?>
What is behind the success of the Amara Hotel chain? Good location and good management.

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