[MyAppleMenu] Nov 19, 2002

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Tuesday, Nov 19, 2002

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Apple's 17-Inch iMac (Joe Wilcox, BetaNews)
<http://www.betanews.com/article.php3?sid=1037674301>
This difference in the monitor is an important commentary on how Macs are different from PCs and why many Mac users are so fanatically faithful to Apple: Attention to detail.

MyAppleMenu : News
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Innovation The Key - Rogers (Macworld UIK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=5573>
Apple UK general manager Mark Rogers believes innovation and relevant software are crucial in the battle against the softening PC market.

Newer Computer Gear Stops Hogging Space (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)
<http://www.nwanews.com/adg/story_style.php?storyid=12550>

Apple Store Coming To Bellevue, WA (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=17419>
East of Seattle and next to Redmond.

Macworld Expo Conferences Expanded (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0211/19.expoconfs.php>
IDG World Expo has announced that the upcoming Macworld Conference & Expo in San Francisco, Calif. will feature an expanded array of Power Tools Conferences, and the San Francisco debut of the Hands-on MacLabs.

Rebuilding A Mac From The Past (Leander Kahney, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,56426,00.html>
Computer technician Vince Briel is planning to resurrect the Apple I, the hand-built machine that launched Apple computer.

Blank DVD Discs Sales Picking Up (Video Store Magazine)
<http://www.videostoremag.com/news/html/breaking_article.cfm?sec_id=2&article_ID=4079>
The dominance of the DVD-R format is driven largely by the popularity of DVD recording in the Macintosh market as Apple emerged as an early supporter for the DVD-R format.

PDA Market Too Much For Apple, Says Industry Expert (MacUser)
<http://www.pcpro.co.uk/front_index.php?ip=1&page=%2Fnews%2Fnews_story.php%3Fid%3D35223>
Apple is simply not big enough.

Apple Brings Promos To Local Resellers (Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0211/18.promos.php>

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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The PowerBook Mystique (Charles Moore, MacOPINION)
<http://www.macopinion.com/columns/roadwarrior/02/11/19/index.html>
I guess that if you have to explain the PowerBook (and iBook ) mystique to someone, there’s a good chance they are not going to "get it."

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Mac OS X The Missing Manual (Jon Gales, MacMerc)
<http://macmerc.com/reviews.php?op=showcontent&id=35>

I Made The Switch (Shoshana Berger, Business 2.0)
<http://www.business2.co.uk/articles/web/0,1653,45378,FF.html>
Apple's new line of laptops, plus one-step migration software, made a convert out of me.

Apple Powerbook G4 (John Rettie, Rangefinder)
<http://www.rangefindermag.com/magazine/Nov02/apple.tml>
Why the Mac is Popular with Photographers, A Hectic One-month Whirlwind Review of the Apple PowerBook G4.

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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Microsoft Unleashed (Jeff Moad, eWeek)
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,713255,00.asp>
Before taking off the gloves and expanding even more aggressively, Ballmer and Microsoft have some work to do shoring up strained relationships with enterprise customers.

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

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : Top Stories
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Linux For The Rest Of Us (Erick Schonfeld, Business 2.0)
<http://www.business2.com/articles/mag/0,1640,44531,FF.html>
With the long-awaited emergence of dirt-cheap new applications, the desktop alternative to Microsoft finally has emerged.

The Lives And Death Of Moore's Law (Ilkka Tuomi, First Monday)
<http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue7_11/tuomi/index.html>
Contrary to popular claims, it appears that the common versions of Moore's Law have not been valid during the last decades. As semiconductors are becoming important in economy and society, Moore's Law is now becoming an increasingly misleading predictor of future developments.

For W3C, It's A Question Of Semantics (Paul Festa, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-966208.html>
In its continuing effort to make the Web more intelligent, the medium's leading standards group has published a series of drafts relevant to its Semantic Web activity. But don't call it artificial intelligence.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : News & Opinions
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eWeek Labs Picks Betst Technology Bets (eWeek)
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,713873,00.asp>
Labs analysts take a look at the products and technologies that will be most compelling in the next year.

Wi-Fi Sets Rules For Handoff To Faster Networks (Stephen Lawson, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/11/19/021119hnwifi.xml?s=IDGNS>
The Wi-Fi Alliance aims to make sure dual-band wireless LAN clients can efficiently find and hop onto the fastest network available even if it was made by a different vendor.

Liberty Alliance Updates Net Identity Spec (John Blau, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/11/19/021119hnliberty.xml?s=IDGNS>
The version 1.1 document is the first to be issued by Liberty Alliance for public review, according to the consortium.

Study: Sysem Admins Slow To Zap Bugs (Robert Lemos, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-966398.html>
System administrators are still not patching systems frequently enough, according to a recently published study of a software security flaw that allowed the Linux Slapper worm to spread.

Death By Spam (Kevin Werbach, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/?id=2074042&device=>
The e-mail you know and love is about to vanish.

Some Web Sites Are Posting A 'Keep Out' Sign To law Enforcement (Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-dvd19nov19001441,0,2222295.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dtechnology>
Hundreds of Web sites offering pirated movies, games and other goodies have adopted a curious line of defense: a start-up page that tells law enforcement agents they're not allowed to look inside.

SuSE Has Bold Plans For Linux Desktop (Stephen Shankland, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-966310.html>
SuSE plans to announce in January an effort to bring the open-source Linux operating system to desktop computers, an attack on Microsoft that will be bolder than similar initiatives from Red Hat and Sun Microsystems.

The New Buzzword For Airport Security (Joe Sharkey, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/19/business/19MEMO.html>
Get ready to hear a lot more about "biometrics," the buzzword for electronic verification of identity through biological characteristics of the iris, face or fingerprint.

I.B.M. Plans A Computer That Will Set Power Record (John Markoff, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/19/technology/19SUPE.html>
Heralding a possible renaissance for United States supercomputing technology, I.B.M. plans to announce today that it will begin construction on what will ultimately become the world's most powerful supercomputer under a contract with the Department of Energy.

Tech Companies Ask For Unfiltered Net (Declan McCullagh, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1023-966307.html?tag=cd_mh>
A coalition of technology companies warned on Monday that cable companies might try to interpose themselves as gatekeepers between customers and Internet content.

What's New In Visual C++ .NET 2003 (Sam Gentile, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2002/11/18/everettcpp.html>
The Visual C++ .NET 2003 release (code-named Everett) that has been released to MSDN today is perhaps the most significant and exciting release of the product since Visual C++ 4.0.

Web Services Management To Soar, Report Says (Scarlet Pruitt, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/11/18/021118hnzapthink.xml?s=IDGNS>
Management technologies and standards will be key to igniting the Web services market, and are set to reap vendors some $9.2 billion by 2007, according to a new report released by ZapThink.

Comdex: Users Size Up New, Low-Cost PDAs (Matt Berger, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/11/18/021118hnpalmdeluge.xml?s=IDGNS>
A deluge of new PDAs running Microsoft's Pocket PC software and the Palm operating system made their debut Monday here at the Comdex trade show, promising to make available low-cost, feature-rich portable devices to consumers and business users.

ICANN Needs Another Long Trip (Lauren Weinstein, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,56398,00.html>
ICANN has only itself to blame for becoming the gang that so many people now love to hate, not just in the United States, but around the world.

Court Approves More Snooping (Associated Press)
<http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,56454,00.html>
The Justice Department has broad discretion in the use of wiretaps and other surveillance techniques to track suspected terrorists and spies, a federal appeals court panel ruled Monday.

AOL Debuts Its Own Streaming Tech (Jim Hu, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1023-966239.html>
America Online unveiled on Monday a high-speed radio service, showcasing a new media-delivery technology that the company has quietly developed for use within its network.

Lindows Hits Virtual Shelves (Lisa M. Bowman, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-966183.html>
The release of LindowsOS 3.O marks the first time the company is selling its software as an independent product. Until now, Lindows came bundled with low-cost PCs, including some sold through Wal-Mart.

MyAppleMenu Reader : World
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Apple For Teacher Was Rotten To The Core (Arianna Hufington, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-huff19nov19,0,7004621.story?coll=la%2Dnews%2Dcomment%2Dopinions>
Wall Street's credibility was downgraded to junk status last week.

China's Three Lies (Nicholas D. Kristof, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/19/opinion/19KRIS.html>
The three Chinese lies go to the heart of the challenges that the country faces in the coming years.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Science & Tech
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Armageddon Can Wait: Stopping Killer Asteroids (Henry Fountain, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/19/science/space/19ASTE.html>
Sooner or later, scientists who study Earth-crossing asteroids say, astronomers will find one that has a significant chance of striking the planet.

The Lives And Death Of Moore's Law (Ilkka Tuomi, First Monday)
<http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue7_11/tuomi/index.html>
Contrary to popular claims, it appears that the common versions of Moore's Law have not been valid during the last decades. As semiconductors are becoming important in economy and society, Moore's Law is now becoming an increasingly misleading predictor of future developments.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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Rainy Day Demands A Script Revise (Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.calendarlive.com/family/cl-et-mcnamara19nov19.story>
What's a kid to do on a rainy afternoon in L.A.? Write a comedy script, of course.

Zines, In A Zone All Their Own (Peter Carlson, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7895-2002Nov18.html>
Zine Guide is, in short, a celebration of the weirder fruits of the First Amendment.

Egon Kafka, The Man Who Couldn't Stop Taking Buses (William Booth, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7759-2002Nov18.html>
The mania to collect is well known, but not clearly understood.

Haggis, The Food Of Poets (Well, One Scottish Poet) (Warren Hoge, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/19/international/europe/19EDIN.html>
Consider the haggis and you may well wonder how it inspired a rhapsodic poem, became Scotland's national dish and touched off an incipient rebellion when Britain's food safety office hinted that it might ban it.

Paul Muldoon Doesn't Mind Being Called A Difficult Poet (Dinitia Smith, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/19/books/19MULD.html>
He is writing difficult poetry for a diffcult age.

Lilly Heir Makes $100 Million Bequest To Poetry Magazine (Stephen Kinzer, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/19/books/19GIFT.html>
An ailing heir who tried but failed to have her poems published in a small literary journal has given that journal an astonishing bequest that is likely to be worth more than $100 million.

Mr. Resident (Liza Mundy, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50875-2002Nov13.html>
A gavel stroke away from being the world's most powerful human, he becomes someone's suburban neighbor instead. What is that like? Al Gore wasn't telling...until now.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Expressions
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Post-Valentine's Day With Waitress (Kelli Russell Agodon, DMQ Review)
<http://www.disquietingmuses.com/aug02/agodonp.html>
"Are you reading poetry?" the way someone
asks, "Are you wearning pants?"

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : Top Stories
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U.S. And Singapore Largely Agree On Free Trade Deal (Richard Hubbard, Reuters)
<http://asia.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=topnews&StoryID=1765546>
The United States and Singapore have largely finalised a free trade deal that opens up the city state's prized financial sector, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick said on Tuesday.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Singapore's Recovery Falls Off Pace (Wayne Arnold, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/19/business/worldbusiness/19SING.html?ex=1038373200&en=fb01e0d6fb377d5d&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE>
The Christmas lights have already been strung the length of Orchard Road, Singapore's fancy shopping boulevard, in preparation for a holiday season that promises little cheer for this export-dependent nation.

NWC Calls For Wage Restraint (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/latest/story/0,4390,155809,00.html?>
The National Wages Council (NWC) on Tuesday called for salaries to remain frozen or be cut in the first half of next year in light of Singapore's weakening economy.

Successful Singapore Filmmaker Walks A Fine Line Between Criticism And Dissent (Alexa Olesen, Associated Press)
<http://www.nola.com/newsflash/entertainment/index.ssf?/newsflash/get_story.ssf?/cgi-free/getstory_ssf.cgi?a0641_BC_Film-Singapore-HitMak&&news&newsflash-entertainment>
Jack Neo, 42, has been responsible for all three of Singapore's top-grossing domestic films, which offer a mix of slapstick, sly social critique and saccharine dialogue that tugs at the heartstrings.

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

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