[MyAppleMenu] Nov 2, 2002

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Saturday, Nov 2, 2002

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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It Computes: Laptops Equal Better Learning (David Atkin, Globe And Mail)
<http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/ArticleNews/gttech/TGAM/20021102/FC2COMP>
Maine's idea was to provide every Grade 7 student
in the state with a computer. Already it's making
a difference, its proponents say.

Software Aims To Ease Mac Switch (Ian Fried, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1040-964309.html>
Apple Computer has a new weapon in its campaign to woo PC users: a $59 piece of software that makes the switch to Macintosh easier.

MyAppleMenu : News
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Store Hopes To Be Apple Of Consumers' Eye (Dana Knight, Indianapolis Star)
<http://www.indystar.com/article.php?apple02.html,business>
Apple wants to take a bite out of Indianapolis' PC-dominated computer market by flashing its products at the city's ritziest mall.

iMac, iPod Up For PC Magazine Technical Excellence Award (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2002/11/01/pcmag>
The awards recognize "individuals and products that have advanced the state of technology and set new standards for technical innovation in 2002."

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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Thinking About Tim O'Reilly's iPhoto Album (Derrick Story, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/2239>
We have a new medium here, and its possibilities are very exciting.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Six Degrees: Innovative Software Watches Your Every Move And Help You Retrace Your Steps (Jennifer Berger, Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2002/11/reviews/sixdegrees.html>
Unless you're perfectly organized all the time (and who is?), you can probably make good use of Six Degrees. It makes connections more as a human being does and less as a machine does.

Bunch Of Browsers Stand Up To Explorer (Glenn Fleishman, Seattle Times)
<http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/134567635_ptmacc02.html>
While none of these five blows IE out of the water, each has distinct features that might appeal to individual tastes.

Watch It, Record It, Burn It, Courtesy Of EyeTV (Bob LeVitus, Houston Chronicle)
<http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/tech/weekly/1642613>
If you like TV, you'll love EyeTV.

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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For Microsoft, Ruling Will Sting But Not Really Hurt (Steve Lohr, New York Times)
<http://nytimes.com/2002/11/02/technology/02IMPA.html>
More than four years later, little has changed. And there is little in yesterday's ruling on sanctions in the case by Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly that will slow down the big software maker.

Money Talks, Microsoft Walks (Scott Rosenberg, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/col/rose/2002/11/02/microsoft_decision/index.html>
Yesterday and today, Microsoft has had the power. The court's decision means the company will have it tomorrow, too. If that's in the public interest, then I guess Microsoft 'R' Us.

Microsoft: Freedom To Dominate (Dan Gillmor, San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/columnists/dan_gillmor/ejournal/4423774.htm>
Competition took a hit on Friday. So did the usefulness of antitrust law. And so did innovation, which is the worst loss of all.

Rivals Come Up Short In Decision (Declan McCullagh, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-964332.html>
U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly said Friday that she rejected harsh antitrust punishments for Microsoft because they would unfairly benefit its competitors.

Judge OKs Most Of Microsoft Settlement (Joe Wilcox, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-964278.html>
A federal judge Friday largely accepted a proposed settlement in Microsoft's long-running antitrust case with the U.S. Justice Department.

More Wintel News at <http://www.myapplemenu.com/wintel/>

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : Top Stories
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Building Your Personal Anti-Spam Strategy (Michael Herrick, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/11/01/spam.html>
Spam may seem like a big problem, and it is, but you can do something about it. In fact, you've got to.

Microsoft's Weblog Software (Anil Dash)
<http://www.dashes.com/magazine/backissues/microsofts_weblog_software.php>
Lists in Team Servcies, in a word, are weblogs.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : News & Opinions
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iSCSI Faces Hazy Future (Scott Tyler Shafer, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/ne/xml/02/11/04/021104neipstore.xml>
Depending on whom you ask, the iSCSI protocol, expected to be finalized in the next six months, either will play a significant role in the future of storage networing or will become just another unfulfilled technology promise.

Is Microsoft Losing Ground To Linux? (Robert Lemos, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-964310.html>
Open-source software gave Microsoft a one-two punch this week, with the European Union and an African nonprofit educational organization showing preference for Linux systems.

Thinking About Tim O'Reilly's iPhoto Album (Derrick Story, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/2239>
We have a new medium here, and its possibilities are very exciting.

MyAppleMenu Reader : World
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Embryos Made Easy (Michael Kimsley, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54794-2002Nov1.html>
Does President Bush believe that embryos are human beings with full hukman rights, or does he not?

MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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The Romance Of The Monorail (Brendan I. Koerner, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/?id=2073412&device=>
The mass transit technology of Tomorrowland finally reaches today.

What Did Poe Know About Cosmology? Nothing. But He Was Right. (Emily Eakin, New York Times)
<http://nytimes.com/2002/11/02/arts/02TANK.html>
Eighty years before 20th-century cosmologists hammered out the math, Poe, it turns out, came up with a rudimentary version of contemporary science's best guess for explaining how the universe began.

"How Did I Do This Before Google?" (Willizam Prochnau, American Journalism Review)
<http://www.ajr.org/Article.asp?id=2684>
The relationship between newspapers and computers got off to a shaky start, but it was destined to go the distance. What are the ramifications?

Classroom Research And Cargo Cults (E.D. Hirsch Jr., Policy Review)
<http://www.policyreview.org/OCT02/hirsch.html>
After many years of educational research, it is disconcerting -- and also deeply significant -- that we have little dependable research guidance for school policy.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Malaysia To Study Legislations On Water, Natural Resources Of Other Countries (Bernama)
<http://www.bernama.com.my/B2002/news.shtml?general/ge0211_21>
Malaysia is to study other countries legislations governing water and natural resources conservation to seek solution on water issue with Singapore.

More Singapore News at <http://www.myapplemenu.com/singapore/>

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