[MyAppleMenu] May 25, 2002

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

Apple Launches Apple Consultants Network (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=14383>
The new Apple Consultants Network program enables customers, resellers and developers to locate experts who can recommend, install and support Apple and related third-party products and solutions.

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

Is 7.0 Netscape's Lucky Number? (Arik Hesseldahl, Forbes)
<http://www.forbes.com/2002/05/24/0524tentech.html>
Netscape has built some interesting new features, improved on some old ones and created a browsing experience that feels a bit like a walk in an old familiar park -- slightly changed for the better.

CCorel CEO Speaks (Jonny Evans, Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=4713>
Crucial to the turnaround has been Corel's renewed concentration on its "core strengths" as a content-delivery company.

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

Visions Of A Wild And Wireless Future (Shannon Henry, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60488-2002May22.html>
"All great inventions take years to be explored and appreciated. It's the tip of the iceberg now."

Is 7.0 Netscape's Lucky Number? (Arik Hesseldahl, Forbes)
<http://www.forbes.com/2002/05/24/0524tentech.html>
Netscape has built some interesting new features, improved on some old ones and created a browsing experience that feels a bit like a walk in an old familiar park -- slightly changed for the better.

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

Amazon's secret Sauce (Kevin Werbach, Business 2.0)
<http://www.business2.com/articles/mag/0,1640,40462,FF.html>
It's not the discounts, the free shipping, or even the strong merchandising. The key to success is great software.

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

Eight Technologies That Will Change The World (Brad Wieners, Business 2.0)
<http://www.business2.com/articles/mag/0,1640,40435,FF.html>
What happens when today's tech trends begin to intersect and feed off one another? They'll spawn new fields of knowledge that will transform everything.

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

Baseball More Ready For Openly Gay Athlete Than Rest Of Society (Jason Whitlock, Kansas City Star)
<http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/sports/3325202.htm>
History has proved you can integrate a locker room than a church, a restaurant or a toilet stool.

For TV Networks, It's A Family Affair (Paul Farhi and Lisa de Moraes, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7135-2002May24.html>
The hot new trend of the next television season is an old one straight out of TV's flickering past: programs about families, for family audiences.

A Postmodernist Of The 1600's Is Back In Fashion (Sarah Boxer, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/25/arts/25KIRC.html>
A puckish question was raised on Thursday night at New York University. "Was Athanasius Kircher the coolest guy ever, or what?"

America's Best Shot (Jeff Z. Klein, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/26/magazine/26MATHIS.html?8hpib>
Suddenly, Clint Mathis is the man everybody wants.

Evolution, Males, And Violence (David P. Barash, Chronicle Review)
<http://chronicle.com/free/v48/i37/37b00701.htm>
The turth is that if we could eliminate or even significantly reduce male violence, we would pretty much get rid of violence altogether. The maleness of violence is so overwhelming that it is rarely even noticed.

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

Crouching Goose, Hidden Restaurant (Ginnie Teo, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,121796,00.html?>
Business at Bubbly Goose Restaurant and seven other suffered with hawker stalls blocking shopfronts, but help is coming.

DBS, OUB Slash Savings Rates (Lorna Tan, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/money/story/0,1870,121921,00.html?>
If the sluggish economic situation persists, the rate cuts could well spread to other banks -- although none would say if it was intending to follow suit.

NUS Head Defends Policies (Sandra Davie, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,121842,00.html?>
Criticised for casuing "low morale" among staff, president is not losing sleep over turnover and pleased with recruits.

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