[MyAppleMenu] May 13, 2002

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

Apple Hints At A Future With Devices (Jon Fortt, Knight Ridder News Service)
<http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/business/technology/3250572.htm>
Think cell phones, e-mail pagers and instant-messenger software.

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

Apple On RedHerrings 50 Top Public Companies (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=14167>

Laptop Money Off-Limits In Revisions To State Budget (Associated Press)
<http://www.bangornews.com/editorialnews/article.html?ID=56712&byline=&cname=Statewide&section=Elsewhere&tt=3PM>
Even though a potential $180 million state revenue shortfall lookms, money set aside for Gov. Angus King's laptop program is safe -- at least for the immediate future.

Apple: Some CDs Don't Compute (Chris Marlowe, Hollywood Reporter)
<http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hollywoodreporter/music/brief_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1487982>
Apple has determined that customers void their warranty if they attempt to use its products to play copy-protected CDs.

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

Why Windows Is Hard And Why Macs Are Shunned (Bob McCormick, MyMac.com)
<http://www.mymac.com/mccormick/5.13.02.shtml>
It's the people. Ironcially, maybe that's why Macs are also easier.

Reader Report: Apple Homepage Bandwidth (MacInTouch)
<http://www.macintouch.com/homepagelimit.html>

Jaguar: Mac OS X 10.What? (Bryan Chaffin, Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/article/2002/05/13.8.shtml>
Apple has traditionally charged for .5 releases, so the name of this release could indeed have relevance to all of us.

The Next Mac OS X: Why It's Gonna Be One Cool Cat (Stephan Somogyi, ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2865141,00.html>
Jaguar looks to be greater than the sum of its parts.

David Reed On Sidhu (Dave Winer, Scripting News)
<http://scriptingnews.userland.com/backissues/2002/05/12#davidReedOnSidhu>
"Compared to working with MS, working with Sidhu was a nightmare, because he could never get out of the way of his own ego. Sometimes Gates and crew can."

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

Practically Pixel Perfect (Julio Ojedaq-Zapata, Pioneer Press)
<http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/business/technology/3250568.htm>
Dead pixel aside, my iMac G4 has almost everything I want in a home computer.

realMYST (Christopher Paretti, Inside Mac Games)
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/reviews/view.php?ID=256>
Should you try to make a good thing better?

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

Star Rising For THe Semantic Web (Edd Dumbill, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/1397>
The premise of Tim Berners-Lee's brainchild is that the Semantic Web fulfils the other half of his dream for the Web: for computers to be able to communicate generally over the web, thus making the vast amount of information out there a lot more useful to human beings.

Web Pioneer Looks At Ground Covered, Future (Dan Gillmor, San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/3245274.htm>
Today, the community is still worried, and about the same kind of problem. Something has changed, though. "People were just as worried about Netscape then as Microsoft now," Berners-Lee said.

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

Money Could Topple IM Walls (Jim Hu, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1023-911820.html>
Calls for "free IM" are fading as the three biggest providers of instant messaging service swage a protracted war for market share.

Internet Commerce: Seeking A Level Online Paying Field (Jeanette Borzo, International Herald Tribune)
<http://www.iht.com/articles/57523.html>
The European Union agree to apply an old tax - its member countries' value-added tax, VAT - to a new category of product, digital downloads.

RealNames And Microsoft (Keith Teare, Scripting News)
<http://scriptingnews.userland.com/realNamesMicrosoft>
The browser is now back under Microsoft's control and it is likely that it will develop its own version of resolution service.

Yes, But Was It A Good Idea? (William Grosso, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/1402>
It's putting a single company in control of how we find things on the web. Which is why Microsoft was interested.

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

After Crash Course, Judge Must Solve Microsoft Case (Amy Harmon, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/13/technology/13SOFT.html>
As the two sides prepare their findings of fact before giving their closing arguments -- now scheduled for mid-June -- about the only thing they seem to agree on is that Judge Kollar-Kotelly has worked diligently to understand the case.

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

Why Windows Is Hard And Why Macs Are Shunned (Bob McCormick, MyMac.com)
<http://www.mymac.com/mccormick/5.13.02.shtml>
It's the people. Ironcially, maybe that's why Macs are also easier.

New Celerons Built Like Pentium 4s (Michael Kanellos, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-911877.html>
Intel's first Celeron chips based on the architecture behind the Pentium 4 will come out next week, a move that will allow the company to cover the entire PC market with the same chip design.

States Missed A Break In Microsoft Trial (Joe Wilcox, CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/investor/news/newsitem/0-9900-1028-9887110-0.html>
Another procedural error on the part of the plaintiff states has preventd evidence from gettting into court. And that evidence, involving a specialized operating system called Windows XP Embedded, could have made the states' case.

Microsoft: States Have Proved Nothing (Reuters)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-911885.html>
Microsoft declared that the states seeking strict sanctions against the company had failed to prove their case.

Microsoft Judge Expected To Take Cautious Approach (Paul Davidson, USA Today)
<http://www.usatoday.com/money/tech/2002-05-13-microsoft-shift.htm>
Analysts say a conservative federal judge will likely take a cautious approach as she weighs a proposed settlement against nine states' push for tougher penalties.

RealNames And Microsoft (Keith Teare, Scripting News)
<http://scriptingnews.userland.com/realNamesMicrosoft>
The browser is now back under Microsoft's control and it is likely that it will develop its own version of resolution service.

Yes, But Was It A Good Idea? (William Grosso, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/1402>
It's putting a single company in control of how we find things on the web. Which is why Microsoft was interested.

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

Museum's Cyberpeeping Artwork Has Its Plug Pulled (Matthew Mirapaul, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/13/arts/design/13ARTS.html>
An Internet-based artwork in an exhibition at the New Museum of Contemporary Art was taken offline on Friday because the work was conducting surveillance of outside computers.

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

Mother's Day Is No Rip-Off (Joan Ryan, San Francisco Chronicle)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/05/12/IN114040.DTL>
There are many good reasons for Mother's Day, despite the naysayers who bemoan its commercialization.

The Obscure History Of Mickey Mouse (Barbara Tannenbaum, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/features/printedition/magazine/la-000033585may12.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dmagazine>
The man who first drew Disney's iconic character is not exactly a household name. But Ub Iwerks' granddaughter is out to change that.

Big Networks Show 'Sopranos' Respect (Bill Carter, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/13/business/media/13TUBE.html>
A number of highly anticipated new offerings from cable television stations are being seen by the broadcast networks as real competitors.

Don't Get Angry At This Artist. He's Kidding. Seriously. (Carol Vogel, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/13/arts/design/13CATT.html>
Maurizio Cattelan, the Italian Neo-Coceptual artist, aims to generate confusion with his life-size wax figures of a pair of policemen, propped upside down along a wall.

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

The Death Of Heroes (Bill Congreve, Event Horizon)
<http://www.eventhorizon.com/sfzine/fiction/heroes/index.html>

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

MPs, Which Audience Are You Speaking To? (Chua Lee Hoong, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,119608,00.html?>
Too many were the long, meandering speeches addressed to no one in particular.

Baby Blues 'Can't Be Solved With Cash' (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,119584,00.html?>
Singapore's low birthrate is a social problem, not an economic one, and cannot be solved with money,s aid Miss Indranee Thurai Rajah (Tanjong Pagar GRC).

Coming Home Is Not That Easy (Michelle Ho, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/life/story/0,1870,119547,00.html?>
Some students do not want to return as they find other countries 'more free, more creative and more cosmopolitan'.

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

Plan To Link Island's Reservoirs (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,119576,00.html?>
Instead of being dumped, excess water will be channelled into a reservoir with capacity to spare.

More HDB Retailers Subletting Shop Space (Vladimir Guevarra, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/money/story/0,1870,119687,00.html?>
Some 1,300 shopowners get the nod to do so annually in a bid to boost income amid the economic downturn.

Use DBS ATM Card, Get $ Back (Ignatius Low, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/money/story/0,1870,119688,00.html?>
Bank is the first to offer ATM cardholders cash rebates on purchases made at 50 to 60 retailers and restaurants.

MPs Want Delay In GST Hike, More Help Measures (Tan Tarn How, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,119586,00.html?>
They are worried about the GST hike hitting businesses and consumers hard while the economy is still in recession.

Singapore Unveils $80m Plan To Boost Port Competitiveness (Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/latest/story/0,2276,44829,00.html?>
Singapore will spend $80 million to beef up the competitiveness of its port against regional rivals, Transport Minister Yeo Cheow Tong said today.

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