[MyAppleMenu] May 16, 2002

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

AOL Won't Let IE Take Mac Test (Evan Hansen, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1023-915480.html?tag=cd_mh>
America Online has dropped Internet Explorer from a test version of its software for Mac OS X, the latest sign that the Internet giant wants a rematch in the browser wars with Microsoft.

Apple Struggles To Regain Share Of School Market (Andrew Trotter, Education Week)
<http://www.edweek.org/ew/newstory.cfm?slug=36apple.h21>
The latest Mac seems enticing, but will school leaders bite?

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

Creating A World Fix For Children (Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/hotnews/articles/2002/05/unitednations/>
For three days, children gathered in New York's Manhattan Center at a UNICEF Children's Forum to debate and formulate their initiatives into a distilled document called A World Fit For Children -- using 20 iBooks with the iBook Wireless Mobile Lab.

Final Cut Pro 3.0.2 Released (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0205/16.fcp.php>
The new update sports performance and reliability improvements.

Apple Retail Stores In Hobart, Nassau County (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=14232>

Connecting Gadgets, Without Wires (Davide Pogue, New York Times)
<http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=76&ncid=738&e=9&u=/nyt/20020516/tc_nyt/connecting_gadgets__without_wires>
This season seems to be Bluetooth's coming-out party.

Apple Shows Xserve For Small Businesses (Deni Connor, Network World Fusion)
<http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,99564,00.asp>
Analysts say loyalty to the Apple Macintosh is a big factor in the Xserve's prospects.

Apple Talks AirPort Reception, Heat Issues In New TiPBs (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0205/16.titanium.php>
Some complaints of the award-winning Titanium PowerBook line have been addressed in the newest models, according to Apple representatives.

More Details Emerge On Newer Technology Revival (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0205/16.newer.php>

Ambrosia Releases Bubbble Trouble X (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=14221>
Bubble Trouble X has a new level editor and features improvements such as being able to play it in the multi-tasking friendly "in a window" mode.

Adobe InDesign Update Posted (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=4663>
This is primarily a maintenance update, developed to fix some bugs and update certain plug-ins.

24's Good Guys Do Use Macs (Leander Kahney, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,52559,00.html>
As Fox's hit espionage thriller <i>24</i> draws to a close, the theory that the good guys use Macintosh computers while the bad guys use Windows PCs appears to be reinforced.

AOL Begins Testing New Mac OS X Software (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/index.shtml#020516-aolx>

Sybase Moves ASE Database To The Mac (Matt Hicks, eWEEK)
<http://www.eweek.com/article/0,3658,s=1884&a=26973,00.asp>
On the same day Apple introduced its Xserve server line, the compute rmaker gained some additional enterprise support from Sybase and its relational database software.

Apple 'Corrupt CD' Article Removed? (MacSlash)
<http://www.macslash.com/article.pl?sid=02/05/15/2259227>

Apple Reaffirms Third Quarter Financial Outlook (Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0205/15.thirdquarter.php>
Apple expects third-quarter revenue to be flat or increase slightly compared to the second quarter.


'This Is War' (Devin Leonard, Fortune)
<http://www.fortune.com/indext.jhtml?channel=print_article.jhtml&doc_id=207975>
Should the computer industry protect Hollywood from digital theft? The guns are drawn.

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

Apple's Xserve: Why It's A Big Deal For All Of Us (David Coursey, ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2865677,00.html>
The advent of Xserve is a pivotal event both for Apple and in the history of Unix. This is a Unix server for the masses, from the only company yet to make Unix a mass-market desktop OS, too.

Apple And Microsoft: Revolving Karma (Kelly McNeill, osOpinion)
<http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/17797.html>

Jaguar Testdrive (Peter Lindberg, Tesugen.com)
<http://tesugen.com/cgi-bin/blosxom/2002/May/15#jaguartestdrive>
It's really snappy.

Tales From The Frontier Of Value Subtraction (Doc Searls)
<http://doc.weblogs.com/2002/05/15#talesFromTheFrontiersOfValueSubtraction>
How insane does an industry have to be when it manages to screw its partners, its customers and its osurces, all in one move?

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

800MHz Titanium PowerBook G4 (Rick LePage, Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2002/07/reviews/powerbook.html>
This really is the closest Apple has come to providing desktop power in a PowerBook.

Larger iBook Shows Signs Of Deisgn Compromises (Julio Ojeda-Zapata, Saint Paul Pioneer Press)
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/technology/personal_technology/3270421.htm>

Printing At Home Has Never Been Better (Rick LePage, Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2002/06/features/printers.html>
Epson remains at the top of the heap in print quality and color fidelity.

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

AOL Won't Let IE Take Mac Test (Evan Hansen, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1023-915480.html?tag=cd_mh>
America Online has dropped Internet Explorer from a test version of its software for Mac OS X, the latest sign that the Internet giant wants a rematch in the browser wars with Microsoft.

Who Killed RealNames? Don't Blame Microsoft (David Morgenstern, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-915042.html>

The Day The Napster Died (Brad King, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/mp3/0,1285,52540,00.html>

AOL Begins Testing New Mac OS X Software (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/index.shtml#020516-aolx>

Watching Video's Growing Pains And Gains (Leslie Walker, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23146-2002May15.html>
Fresh troops arrive daily on the frontier of Internet video, where pioneers have long toiled trying to create a Web version of TV. Unfortunately, they have produced mostly casualties so far.

Microsot Releases Monster IE Patch (Robert Lemos, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-914805.html?tag=cd_mh>
Microsoft urged Windows users to download a fix for Internet Explorer on Wednesday, following the company's announcement that six new flaws had been found in its Web browser.

The Technology Behind Napster Is Far From Dead (Dan Gillmor, San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/3264655.htm>
Napster seems closer to death than ever. But its progeny are multiplying.

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

EU Told To Reconsider Microsoft Case (Nick Farrell, vnunet.com)
<http://www.vnunet.com/News/1131803>
US Department of Justice said that some of the legal arguments being used by the Commission's antitrust authorities against the software giant have already been rejected by US courts.

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

Dell Beats Expectations By A Penny (John G Spooner, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-915772.html>
Despite its recent market share gains, the PC maker gave a conservative forecast for the future.

AOL Won't Let IE Take Mac Test (Evan Hansen, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1023-915480.html?tag=cd_mh>
America Online has dropped Internet Explorer from a test version of its software for Mac OS X, the latest sign that the Internet giant wants a rematch in the browser wars with Microsoft.

Microsoft Dealt Another Blow On Lindows (Tiffany Kary, CNET News.com)
<http://investor.cnet.com/investor/news/newsitem/0-9900-1028-9913222-0.html?tag=ats>
Microsoft's claim to the word "Windows" suffered another blow this week when a federal judge again questioned the company's assertion that the term is not generic.

Intel Vs AMD: Who's Got Cheaper Chips? (Michael Kanellos, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-915032.html>
Both AMD and Intel proudly claim they make chips cheaper than the other guy, but after doing the math and examining the two comapnies' divergent strategies, analysts conclude it's a dead heat.

Who Killed RealNames? Don't Blame Microsoft (David Morgenstern, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-915042.html>

Microsot Releases Monster IE Patch (Robert Lemos, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-914805.html?tag=cd_mh>
Microsoft urged Windows users to download a fix for Internet Explorer on Wednesday, following the company's announcement that six new flaws had been found in its Web browser.

Judge Quizzes Microsoft, States On Sanctions (Reuters)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-914891.html?tag=cd_mh>
A federal judge on Wednesday sharply questioned attorneys on both sides of the Microsoft antitrust case, still weighing how far-reaching sanctions against the software giant should be.

New Celerons Straddle Pentium Divide (Michael Kanellos, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1040-914831.html?tag=cd_mh>
Intel released a pair of Celeron chips on Wednesday that are similar on the surface but different underneath.

Windows XP Updates: More Trouble Than They're Worth (Jay Lyman, NewsFactor)
<http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/17734.html>
Analysts say that despite a rocky start, which included a serious default security flaw found less than two months after its release, Windows XP has been Microsoft's best OS.

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

Microsoft Dealt Another Blow On Lindows (Tiffany Kary, CNET News.com)
<http://investor.cnet.com/investor/news/newsitem/0-9900-1028-9913222-0.html?tag=ats>
Microsoft's claim to the word "Windows" suffered another blow this week when a federal judge again questioned the company's assertion that the term is not generic.

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

What We Don't Know Won't Hurt Us (Robert J. Samuelson, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17469-2002May14.html>
I am not arguing for ignorance. History, like most knowledge, is inherently pleasurable. But I reject the alarmist notion that ignorance threatens our social cohesion or democracy by cutting us off from the roots that define the American experience.

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

Rescue Efforts Lift Poets' Voices From Fraying Tapes (Stephen Kinzer, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/16/books/16ARTS.html>
At poetry centers around America, disintegrating tapes are being transferred to digital format in an effort to preserve recordings of many of the greatest 20th-century poets.

Cooking Like A 3-Star Chef In Your Own Home (Almost) (Mark Bittman, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/15/dining/15NONO.html>
Not even a chef can cook like a chef outside his restaurant, no matter how accomplished a lsicer and dicer or how visionary an artist.

A Very American Movie (Bruce Sterling, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/15/opinion/15STER.html>
"Star Wars" is authentic junk -- or rather, it's an American melting pot.

The Art Of Suffering (Julian Barnes, The Guardian)
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/saturday_review/story/0,3605,713363,00.html>
Few knew that for hte last 12 years of his life Alphonse Daudet, the popular 19th-century French novelist, was wracked by the effects of syphilis, which he described in a notebook.

The Royal We (Steve Olson, The Atlantic)
<http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2002/05/olson.htm>
The mathematical study of genealogy indicates that everyone in the world is descended from Nefertiti and Confucius, and everyone of European ancestry is decended from Muhammad and Charlemagne.

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

Jar Of Pens (Robert Pinsky, The Atlantic)
<http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/poetry/antholog/pinsky/jarofpens.htm>

Those Who Come To Know (Peter Berger, The FreePaper)
<http://thefreepaper.tripod.com/cometoknownf.htm>

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

Singapore Aims For Competition Law In 2-3 Years Time (Dawn Teo, Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/8139/1/.html>
Singapore is aiming to set up a competition law within 2 to 3 years, to prohibit anti-competitive behaviour, such as price fixing and abuse of dominance.

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

GST Hike Should Not Be To Offset Luxurious Spending (Joseph Chia Hock Herng, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,1870,120279,00.html?>
The real point is that there is indeed a ot of extravagant spending. If the government has to increase GST, let it be an obvious and absolute necessity. If the hike is used to partially offset luxurious furniture and fittings, then I think the policy would be a bit harder to swallow.

Court Case On Island When Neighbour Is Ready (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,120190,00.html?>
The case had not been submitted to the ICJ.

Cost Of Doing Business In Singapore Still A Major Conern: MPs (Lee Siew Hoon, Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/8059/1/.html>

Malaysia Should Not Resort To Unsubstantiated Allegations: Jayakumar (S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/8159/1/.html>
Singapore's Foreign Minister on Thursday urged Malaysia to address their bilateral problems pragmatically, on equal terms and with a long term perspective, instead of resorting to unsubstantiated allegations or threats.

Government Brightens Outlook For Singapore Economy (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/breakingnews/story/0,1895,120128,00.html?>
The government on Thursday indicated increasing confidence over an economic recovery this year, saying it expected to hit the top half of its revised growth forecast of 2 to 4 per cent.

Singapore Telecoms Woos Movie Lovers To Internet (Reuters)
<http://reuters.com/news_article.jhtml;jsessionid=GH3OQUWTNVJTYCRBAEKSFEYKEEATIIWD?type=internetnews&StoryID=969167>
Singtel said on Thursday its high-speed broadband Internet customers can have unlimited viewing of 20 movies each month for a nominal fee.

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