[MyAppleMenu] May 15, 2002

Wed May 15 21:05:01 EDT 2002

myapplemenu : newsletter

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

Apple's New Gig: Smooth Interoperator (Eric Hellweg, Business 2.0)
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2110254,00.html>
By getting AOL to open up its instant messaging program, Apple succeeds where Microsoft has failed. Can it seize the momentum?

Steve Jobs: Rolling With The Punches (Ian Fried, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1040-913720.html>
After polishing Apple Computer's lineup with the new flat-panel iMac, the school-oriented eMac, and now a rack-mounted server, CEO Steve Jobs still has an adjustment to make. He'd like to remove one item: the bad economy.

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

Apple Store Coming To Las Vegas (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0205/15.lasvegas.php>
Viva, Las Vegas!

Nifty Apple Server; Dull Launch (Leander Kahney, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,52523,00.html>
Apple achieved a first on Tuesday. The company introduced a new server, of course, but it also hosted its first product launch to put people to sleep.

Apple's Tevanian On Windows CIFS, Networked Quartz (Andrew Orlowski, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/25279.html>
Thanks to OS X, Apple now ships more non-Microsoft CIFS clients than anyone else. But Microsot has darkened the horizon recently by declaring its intention to license "official" CIFS code, and pointed to a couple of patents.

Marker Pens, Sticky Tape Crack Music CD Protection (John Leyden, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/25274.html>
Music disc copyright protection schemes can be circumvented using tools as basic as marker pens and electrical tape, crackers have discovered.

Apple's Rendezvous Equals Zeroconf (James Davidson, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/1406>
Rendezvous is based on an ongling set of IETF standards in progress that have been under development for several years now.

Arrr! Avast ye Screen Savers! (Mark Dalrymple, MacEdition)
<http://www.macedition.com/bolts/bolts_20020514.php>
Historically, writing screen savers has been an evil black art.

The Evolution Of Darwin (Apple)
<http://developer.apple.com/darwin/history.html>
The evolution that successfully put a Unix engine under the Mac OS hood began with the acquisition of NeXT by Apple in December 1996.

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

Jaguar: Is Quartz Extreme A Plot To Make You Buy A New Mac? (Gene Steinberg, Mac Night Owl)
<http://www.macnightowl.com/index.htm#plot>
Reassurance and some concrete improvements are needed to satisfy Mac users' concerns. The ball is in Apple's court.

Why Laptops Need Docks (Jason Laffin, Low End Mac)
<http://lowendmac.com/myturn/02/0515.html>
Users want some place to easily plug in their laptops so they can work easily at their desk with the comforts of a regular keyboard, mouse, and monitor.

Shed No Tears Over OS 9's Demise (Charles Haddad, BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/may2002/tc20020515_1201.htm>
Jobs is right: OS 9 represents a technological era that has come and gone. May it rest in peace.

Apple Will Drive RIAA Out Of Their Minds (Dave Winer, Scripting News)
<http://scriptingnews.userland.com/backissues/2002/05/14#lba2661a9c0725d0418938620d80b6a4d>
Create the tools that excite the creative people, drive innovation from the bottom-up.

To Infinite Loop, And Beyond... (Doc Searls)
<http://doc.weblogs.com/2002/05/14#toInfiniteLoopAndBeyond>
Looks to me like these are priced almost as loss leaders to flow into enterprises.

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

iPhoto 1.1.1 Adds Needed Features (Derrick Story, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/05/15/iphoto_111.html>
I haven't had to open Photoshop to prepare any of my images. That's sweet!

Internet Explorer Doesn't Work With Microsoft Internet Proxy Server (Damien A. Barrett)
<http://www.mrbarrett.com/mt/archives/2002_05_13.html#000255>
Doesn't Microsoft test their software before releasing it?

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

Yahoo Delivers The Times For Some Fees (Jim Hu, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1023-914513.html>
Yahoo on Wednesday introduced a new paid service on its site, charging people for access to archived articles penned for <i>The New York Times</i>.

Napster's Top Executives Resign; Company May Face Bankruptcy (Matt Richtel, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/14/technology/14WIRE-NAPSTER.html?ex=1022040000&en=4aeaac0a84410d43&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND>
The chief executive of Napster and several of its top executives resigned today, a move that may foreshadow the imminent bankruptcy of a service that became synonymous with the free exchange of music online.

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

Apple's New Gig: Smooth Interoperator (Eric Hellweg, Business 2.0)
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2110254,00.html>
By getting AOL to open up its instant messaging program, Apple succeeds where Microsoft has failed. Can it seize the momentum?

Internet Explorer Doesn't Work With Microsoft Internet Proxy Server (Damien A. Barrett)
<http://www.mrbarrett.com/mt/archives/2002_05_13.html#000255>
Doesn't Microsoft test their software before releasing it?

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

Microsoft Adopts A Strategy Of Praising Its Monopoly (James Rowley, Bloomberg)
<http://quote.bloomberg.com/fgcgi.cgi?ptitle=Technology%20News&s1=blk&tp=ad_topright_tech&T=markets_bfgcgi_content99.ht&s2=ad_right1_technology&bt=ad_position1_technology&middle=ad_frame2_technology&s=APOJ6NBZaTWljcm9z>
Consumers gain from the dominance of Windows, Microsoft argued. For the first time in the four-year-old case, Microsoft presented witnesses who acknowledged that Windows is a monopoly.

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

Open Source Review Would Aid Windows Security: Gartner (John Leyden, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/25291.html>
Microsoft should dump security via obscurity, and submit its software to open source review, according to Gartner.

Microsoft Finalizing Next-Gen Office (Joe Wilcox, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-914027.html>
Microsoft is finalizing plans for the next version of its Office business software, which will likely include new Web services, communication and collaboration features, said sources familiar with the company's plans.

Apple's New Gig: Smooth Interoperator (Eric Hellweg, Business 2.0)
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2110254,00.html>
By getting AOL to open up its instant messaging program, Apple succeeds where Microsoft has failed. Can it seize the momentum?

Microsoft Cuts Price Of Xbox Game Console To $199 (Reuters)
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/technology/personal_technology/3263873.htm>
Microsoft on Wednesday will slash the price of the Xbox game console by 33 percent in the U.S. and 29 percent in Japan, intensifying the price war between console makers jostling for share in the $20 billion global video game market.

No Longer Content With Hardware, Dell Sells Dudewear (Reuters)
<http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/technology/tech-tech-dell-dude.html?ex=1022126400&en=8fa3c8bc5d10d399&ei=5040&partner=MOREOVER>
Capitalizing on the popularity of its young, bushy-browed spokesman the Dell Dude, the Round Rock, Texas-based company has begun selling "Dude" branded T-shirts, caps and backpacks.

Apple's Tevanian On Windows CIFS, Networked Quartz (Andrew Orlowski, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/25279.html>
Thanks to OS X, Apple now ships more non-Microsoft CIFS clients than anyone else. But Microsot has darkened the horizon recently by declaring its intention to license "official" CIFS code, and pointed to a couple of patents.

Internet Explorer Doesn't Work With Microsoft Internet Proxy Server (Damien A. Barrett)
<http://www.mrbarrett.com/mt/archives/2002_05_13.html#000255>
Doesn't Microsoft test their software before releasing it?

HP Tempers Profit Report With Caution (Stephen Shankland, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-913476.html>
In its last quarter before merging with Compaq Computer, Hewlett-Packard met estimates but warned that the company doesn't expect information technology spending to recover until next year.

=== reader : world =============

A Year Of Trouble (Mark Singer, New Yorker)
<http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?020520fa_FACT>
Because Timothy Thomas perished in the manner he did--an unarmed African-American, shot by a white police officer, the fifteenth black person killed by Cincinnati policemen during a six-year period in which non white suspects died--he has exerted a forceful and resonant influecne over subsequent events in that city, soemthing he hardly seemed destined to do while he was alive.

Why Does John Malkovich Want To Kill Me? (Robert Fisk, Independent)
<http://argument.independent.co.uk/commentators/story.jsp?story=294787>
As journalists, our lives are now forfeit to the internet haters. If we want a quiet life, we will just have to toe the line, stop criticising Israel or America. Or just stop writing altogether.

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

The Next Newton? (David Appell, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2002/05/15/wolfram/index.html>
Recluse, maverick physicist and Mathematica developer Stephen Wolfram claims to have revolutionized science with his new, computer-based theories.

Moon's Dust Hides A Throbbing Heart (William J. Broad, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/14/science/space/14MOON.html>
It takes two and a half seconds for a laser beam to flash from Earth to the Moon and back again. But it has taken 33 years of doing such experiments for scientists to glimpse what may be the Moon's greatest secret: that far beneath its cold craters and rocky landscape lies a heart that is warm and yielding.

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

Healthy Fast Food -- For Adults (Jennifer L. Huget, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11324-2002May13.html>
Not surprisingly, given public pressure and Subway's success, the other major chains have stepped up to the plate with health-conscious items of their own.

Squeezing In The Arts (Steven Winn, San Francisco Chronicle)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/05/14/DD120227.DTL>
Bolstered by strong research that proves that learning occurs in many ways, school admnistrators look to nonprofit groups for the arts teaching and expertise squeezed by a generation of cramped budgets and new test-based priorities.

Meatmarket.com (Heather Havrilesky, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/05/15/online_dating/index.html>
In the competitive world of online dating, singles brand themselves as sexy commodities. But what happens when the wrapping comes off?

The Rise Of the Creative Class (Richard Florida, Washington Monthly)
<http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2001/0205.florida.html>
Why cities without gays and rock bands are losing the economic development race.

At The Wheel, Laura Bush Shows She Can Shift Gears (Ann Gerhart, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17075-2002May14.html>
Rather than being led by the West Wing, Mrs. Bush sticks to her chief passion, education, then uses her personal empathy over public tragedies to guide her actions.

Who's May Birth Father? (Susan McClelland, Maclean's)
<http://www.macleans.ca/xta-asp/storyview.asp?viewtype=browse&tpl=browse_frame&vpath=/2002/05/20/Cover/66662.shtml>
Canadians conceived with donated sperm are demanding to know their genetic roots -- but Ottawa isn't making it easy.

Hearing Voices (Lance Hosey, Metropolis Magazine)
<http://www.metropolismag.com/html/content_0502/per/index.html>
Establishing an artistic identity may be essential for an architect, but it doesn't always result in better architecture.

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

Good Enough For Us (Debbi DeSisto)
<http://www.starvingwriters.org/debbi/good.htm>
It was the beginning of the holiday weekend, when my father sat down and told me the truth.

Mountain Lion - For John Peck (Barry Goldensohn, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/?id=2065712>

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

What Is The Public Sector For? (Chua Lee Hoong, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,120043,00.html?>
Its relevance is increasingly being called into question, but, like a trace element, it is still needed -- in small amounts only.

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

Mediaworks' Prime-time Ratings Up (Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,2276,45095,00.html?>

Automatic Updating Of Fare Stages Soon (Vincent Lim, SBS Transit, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,1870,120000,00.html?>
Automatic updating of fare stages is expected to be in place this year.

Baby Bonus? Try 'Baby Care' Centres Instead (Christopher Wong Wing Cheong, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,1870,120025,00.html?>
Despite all the monetary incentives from the government, it is not possible to have children unless one parent is willing to stop working.

Bring Private-Sector Talents Into Civil Service (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,119987,00.html?>
These people might do better than scholars, say MPs.

PacNet Chalks Up First Profit In Two Years (Soh Wen Lin, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/money/story/0,1870,120001,00.html?>
PacNet is on track with its timeline to return to the black by the end of this year.

Singapore March Retail Sales Down 4.6% (Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/latest/story/0,2276,45072,00.html?>
Singapore's retail sales index was dragged down in sales of vehicles and telecommunications and computer equipment.

MRT Offers Direct Ride From Boon Lay To Airport (Karamjit Kaur, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/breakingnews/story/0,1895,119933,00.html?>
>From Thursday, MRT commuters can ride direct without having to transfer at Tanah Merah.

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