[MyAppleMenu] May 28, 2002

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

Why Macintosh? (Terri Schoone)
<http://www.cmi.k12.il.us/Urbana/ymac.htm>
To become fixated on the popularity or dominance of a platform is counterproductive. The skills necessary to be productive in the information society are universal regardless of platform.

The Lean Way To Wedding Videos (Charles F. Moreira, The Star)
<http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2002/5/28/prodit/ghdave&sec=prodit>
"My most challenging task was to produce a finished video of a wedding ceremony to show at the wedding reception two hours later and I was able to complete the task in time using the camcorder and the iMac."

Vnunet.com (Via A Symantec Hack) Says That Macs Are Just As Virus Vulnerable As PCs -- Yeah Right (Rodney O. Lain, Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/editorial/2002/05/28.1.shtml>
Why ask an anti-virus software salesman if Mac users should buy more anti-virus software?

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

MacMania Cruise Leaves Port (Jason Snell, Macworld)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0205/28.macmania.php>
Several hundred Mac fans and a large collection of Mac experts are on board the gigantic cruise liner Volendam.

Chimera 0.2.8 Released (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0205/28.chimera.php>

Nenrico 6th-Graders Getting iBooks (Chris Dovi, Richmond Times-Dispatch)
<http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/localupdates/MGBD85CML1D.html>
The Henrico County School Board voted unanimously last night to buy iBook laptop computers for the country's sixth-graders for the coming school year.

schiller, Rubinstein On Xserve (Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0205/28.xserve.php>
The hardware and software may not be what Apple has to worry about the most -- it may be perception.

Will Mac Servers Ever Run The Enterprise? (Robyn Weisman, NewsFactor)
<http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/17918.html>
With its UNIX-based operating system, Apple is now in a position to achieve the one goal that has always escaped it: respect in the enterprise IT world.

Apple Said To Be Shifting iMac Orders From Quanta To Hon Hai (Nikkei BP)
<http://www.nikkeibp.asiabiztech.com/wcs/leaf?CID=onair/asabt/news/187557>
Apple recently has been reported to be shifting contracts for making its iMac computers with LCD monitors.

Macworld Store Now Online (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0205/28.store.php>

Free Opera Hits Right Note (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=4722>
Opera Software has unveiled its Global Donations Program, giving away registered versions of its Web browser for free to organizations for people with disabilities, elementary schools, and Web-design schools and programs.

Apple Exec Is Business Star (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=4724>
Tim Apple's executive vice president for worldwide sales and operations is listed among "the 20 young execs you need to know" for overhauling Apple's supply chain.

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

Apple's Ulterior Motive (Steve Watkins, Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/practical/02/0528.html>
Apple is hoping to attract the attention of everyone from the CEO and CIO down to the PC support technician.

Discussion: Steve Jobs Gives The Bird On Xserve Video (Slashdot)
<http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/05/27/177221&mode=flat&tid=133>

Apple Deal Nifty But Complex (John H. Farr, Applelinks.com)
<http://www.applelinks.com/articles/2002/05/20020527152259.shtml>
It took several long stares to figure out what the deal actually <i>was</i>.

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

Are The New iBooks A Worthwhile Upgrade? (Charles Moore, MacOPINION)
<http://www.macopinion.com/columns/roadwarrior/02/05/28/index.html>
Depends on what you want to do with them.

Mac OS 10.1.4 - How Fast Is It? (Macs Only!)
<http://www.macsonly.com/index.html#1014>

Apple Remote Desktop (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0205/28.remote.php>
My experiment had absolutely nothing to do with Apple's intentions for Remote Desktop, but, man, was it fun. And it also showed me just how powerful and useful the software package could be.

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

Webbed, Wired And Worried (Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/26/opinion/26FRIE.html>
"The question 'How can this technology be used against me?' is now a real R-and-D issue for companies, where in the past it wasn't really even being asked."

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

Yahoo! Messenger! Multiple! Vulns! (Thomas C Greene, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/25466.html>
There are two new Yahoo Instant Messenger vulnerabilities which can potentially compromise a user's machine.

Intel Launches 802.11a Euro Assault (Drew Cullen, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/59/25480.html>
It's been a long haul getting 802.11a through Europe's maze of regulators.

Instant-Messaging 'Not Secure' (Tom Spring, Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=4726>
Technology experts warn that instant messaing (IM) is vulnerable to eavesdropping and physical tracking.

Travelocity Plans A $40 Million Campaign (Jane L. Levere, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/28/business/media/28ADCO.html>
Travelocity, one of the top online travel agencies, is introducing a $40 million advertising campaign today designed to promote its travel planning and purchasing features and increase its declining market share.

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

Intel Launches 802.11a Euro Assault (Drew Cullen, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/59/25480.html>
It's been a long haul getting 802.11a through Europe's maze of regulators.

'678': The 666 Of DSL Users (Michelle Delio, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,52756,00.html>
Maybe you've just upgraded to Windows XP, and maybe you've just subscribed to a DSL service. And maybe everything seems to be working right, until you get repeated dialog boxes indicating a "678" error. Maybe you're ready to scream.

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

Any Hope For The Arts In Business-Oriented Singapore? (Tan Shzr Ee, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/analysis/story/0,1870,122409,00.html?>
Yes -- everyone knows it's always a good thing to support the arts. But do we know why, really?

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

Webbed, Wired And Worried (Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/26/opinion/26FRIE.html>
"The question 'How can this technology be used against me?' is now a real R-and-D issue for companies, where in the past it wasn't really even being asked."

Cooking, And How It Slew The Beast Within (Natalie Angier, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/28/science/social/28COOK.html>
In the view of Dr. Richard W. Wrangham, the preparing, cooking and sociable eating of food are so central to the human experience that the culinary arts may well be what made us human in the first place.

How To Own The Internet In Your Spare Time (Stuart Staniford, Vern Paxson, and Nicholas Weaver, USENIX Security Symposium)
<http://www.icir.org/vern/papers/cdc-usenix-sec02/index.html>
We argue for the pressing need to develop a "Center for Disease Control" analog for virus- and worm-based threats to national cybersecurity, and sketch some of the components that would go into such a Center.

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

Frozen In Time (Jesse Hamlin, San Francisco Chronicle)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/05/27/DD47296.DTL>
Enola Gay's navigator takes atomic artifacts to auction block.

I'd Prefer Not To (Tom Bissell, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2002/05/28/great/index.html>
My list includes Toni Morrison, Henry James, Faulkner and Beckett. Why are there some great writers we just cannot read?

Here Comes The Buns (Janelle Brown, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/mwt/style/2002/05/28/booty_call/index.html>
THe posterior has, intentionally or not, recently become the focal point of fashion and pop culture alike: The butt crack is the new cleavage, relcaimed to peek seductively from thepants of supermodels and commoners alike.

Legal Weapons, Too (Teresa Wiltz, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18419-2002May27.html>
For actor Danny Glover, his role as an activist is a lifetime's work.

Mastering Arabic's Nuances No Easy Mission (Valerie Strauss, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18134-2002May27.html>
Arabic is among the most difficult languages to learn and that the college environment isn't ideal for learning it.

Where Soccer Is King, A Popular Revolt (Larry Rohter, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/28/sports/soccer/28BRAZ.html>
An unpopular coach, a roster missing the country's most consistent scorer and a fetid, seemingly endless corruption scandal have combined to put Brazilians in a sour mood.

Judy Blunt Took Bleakness And Ran With It (Blaine Harden, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/28/books/28BLUN.html>
Judy Blunt lived as a ranch wife for 30 years, then worked 10 years to get her story down on paper. The resulting book is now stirring up trouble in the ranch land of Montana.

Turning The Tables On Music (Elizabeth Armstrong, Christian Science Monitor)
<http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0524/p13s01-almp.html>
'Scrtching' records to create new sounds has become wildly popular. But are scratchers really musicians?

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

More Life (R.G.Evans, Pif Magazine)
<http://www.pifmagazine.com/SID/58/>
Whatever fire burns us first, they teach us the word No,<br>
but on our own we learn the sweet word More.

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

Will April's Numbers Be A Flash In A Pan? (Anna Teo, Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,2276,46541,00.html?>
Manufacturing may have recovered, but don't count on a sustained upswing.

Power Gas' Assurance Misleading (Steve Ng Aik Hin, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,1870,122530,00.html?>
Power Gas' 'assurance' was irresponsible and outrageously misleading to the layman.

Padang To Offer World Cup Kicks - On TV (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,122618,00.html?>
Sit on the grass and enjoy a picnic while chanting "ole, ole" or doing the Mexican wave.

Shark-Infested Wedding For Singapore Activists (BBC)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_2012000/2012293.stm>
A Singaporean couple has tied the knot in a shark-infested tank to highlight the plight of the animals which die to fulfil the increasing Chinese taste for shark-fin soup.

TV Competition In Singapore Spurs 8.3% Rise In Ad Spending (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/9151/1/.html>
Ad spending in Singapore, often seen as a good gauge of economic health, rose 8.3 percent in the first quarter of this year to S$366m.

More Unskilled Foreigners Faking It As Professionals (Krist Boo, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/breakingnews/story/0,1895,122469,00.html?>

Any Hope For The Arts In Business-Oriented Singapore? (Tan Shzr Ee, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/analysis/story/0,1870,122409,00.html?>
Yes -- everyone knows it's always a good thing to support the arts. But do we know why, really?

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