[MyAppleMenu] Nov 26, 2002

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Tuesday, Nov 26, 2002

MyAppleMenu : News
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Apple Picks Up Five MacUser Awards (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2002/11/26/macuser>

Maya 4.5 Personal Learning Edition Coming In Dec (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0211/26.maya.php>
Maya 4.5 Personal Learning Edition is a limited but free version of the Maya software, used extensively for 3D modeling and animation in television, advertising and film.

Reader Report: School District Moves To Macs (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=17506>
The majority of computers purchased are either Apple iBook or eMac machines.

Blueprint For An Apple Xserve Rollout (Robyn Weisman, NewsFactor)
<http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/20088.html>
Gartner analyst Tony Adams said a strong selling point is the tightly coupled integration between the Xserve's OS and its hardware platform.

The Man Behind The Curtain: Ph.D. Student Rings Bells (Sabrina Peric, The Dartmouth)
<http://www.thedartmouth.com/article.php?aid=200211260105>
There are few things that are as constant in a Dartmouth student's life as the ringing of Baker Tower's bells. Whether it be "You Are My Sunshine" or the alma mater, Dartmouth students can count on hearing those bells every day.

Budget MS Office Rival Signs With CU (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=5606>
The ThinkFree Corporation -– developer of Java-based office-productivity application ThinkFree Office -– has signed Computers Unlimited as its UK distributor, the company has announced.

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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iPhoto Needs iMarketing (Philip Machanick, MacOPINION)
<http://www.macopinion.com/columns/intelligence/02/11/25/index.html>
Apple does not advertise its advantages well enough in the rest of the world.

Apple's Twisted Upgrade Route (James Mathewson, ComputerUser)
<http://computeruser.com/articles/daily/8,6,1,1125,02.html>
Our company will buy no new Macs in 2003 because many applications are not ready for OS X.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Sexy New iMac Sets The Pace - Again (Alistair Cotton, iAfrica)
<http://cooltech.iafrica.com/techreviews/pcmac/925168.htm>
There is probably not a machine out there, at any price, which offers the kind of benefits, rock-solid performance and zany appeal than the new iMac. Even Office looks good on this Mac.

An OS X Office Suite To Suit (Graham K. Rogers, Bangkok Post)
<http://www.bangkokpost.com/Database/27Nov2002_datacol95.html>
There is now a choice of office software for the latest Mac OS, but capabilities and prices vary widely.

A Mac User's Guide To The Unix Command Line, Part 1 (Kirk McElheam, TidBITS)
<http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=07003>
Unix is reputed to be complex -- its cryptic commands are said to offer a steep learning curve and not be accessible to "the rest of us." While this can be true -- some Unix commands are like a foreign language -- the command line can also be simple, useful, and powerful.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : Top Stories
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If TiVo Thinks You Are Gay, Here's How To Set It Straight (Jeffrey Zaslow, Wall Street Journal)
<http://online.wsj.com/article_email/0,,SB1038261936872356908,00.html>
What you buy affects recommendations on Amazon.com, too; Why the cartoons?

ISP Download Caps To Slow Swapping? (John Borland, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1023-975320.html>
High-speed Internet service providers are considering adopting new pricing plans that if widely adopted could take a bite out of file swapping.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : News & Opinions
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AOL Testing IM-Laced E-Mail Client (Scarlet Pruitt, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/11/26/021126hnaolemail.xml?s=IDGNS>
AOL is developing a stand-alone e-mail client with integrated instant messaging (IM) software, presumably aimed at competing with Microsoft's Outlook application.

Risk Of Internet Collapse Rising (BBC News)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2514651.stm>
Simulated attacks on key internet hubs have shown how vulnerable the worldwide network is to disruption by disaster or terrorist action.

Sun Tests Solaris For Intel (Stephen Shankland, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975362.html>
Sun Microsystems has released a test version of its Solaris operating system for computers using Intel processors, software that was put on hold earlier this year but was resurrected after consumers objected.

The Spy Inside Your Home Computer (Mark Ward, BBC News)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/sci_tech/2000/dot_life/2487651.stm>
Bond may be back, but spying never went away. The worrying truth is that secret agents could be lurking in your home computer and broadcasting personal information.

Wireless Bill: Too Much Too Soon? (Michael Grebb, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,56565,00.html>
A proposal floated last week by two prominent senators to free up a huge swath of broadband wireless spectrum is already creating a stir.

Geographic Gets In The E-Picture (Yuki Noguchi, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38826-2002Nov25.html>
Society to sell its images online.

A Computing Pioneer Of The 1970's Joins Hewlett-Packard (Steve Lohr, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/26/technology/26COMP.html>
Alan Kay, a personal computing innovator who was a leader of Xerox's pioneering Palo Alto Research Center in the 1970's, has joined Hewlett-Packard as a senior researcher.

MyAppleMenu Reader : World
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God And China (Nicholas D. Kristof, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/26/opinion/26KRIS.html>
China is in many ways freer than it has ever been, but alongside all that sparkles is the old police state. Particularly in remote areas, police can arrest people and torture or kill them with impunity, even if they are trying to do nothing more than worship God.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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Lost On The Air: The Write Stuff (Mike Penner, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-penner26nov26.story>
In the desire to be seen and heard, loudly, sports reporters are getting more exposure -- at the cost of credibility.

Solaris, Rediscovered (Gary Wolf, Wired)
<http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/10.12/solaris.html>
Stanislaw Lem made hard science and deep philosophy into some of the greatest science fiction you've never seen. Now his classic Solaris is getting the Hollywood treatment.

Barcelona's Great Urban Spaces (Jacqueline Friedrich, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/24/travel/sundaytravel/24Barcelona.html>
The city has a long, complex history, distinguished by an unquenchable desire for independence.

The Censor And The Artist: A Murky Border (Emily Eakin, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/26/arts/26CENS.html>
In this evolving environment, artists seeking access to images and information often find themselves in battle with companies determined to protect their content and trademarks from unauthorized use.

A Mummy's Bequest: Poems From A Master (John Noble Wilford, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/26/science/social/26MUMM.html?8hpib>
A mummy's gift, a forsaken papyrus scroll borne these 2,100 years or so over an entombed breast, now stands revealed to scholars as a multifaceted jewel of epigrammatic poetry from the cultural heyday of Alexandrian Egypt.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : Top Stories
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A 10-Year Struggle: Lee Kuan Yew (Mark Baker, Sydney Morning Herald)
<http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/11/26/1038274304689.html>
The former prime minister of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew has warned that the terrorist threat to South-East Asia could continue for 10 years and threaten the stability of regional governments that fail to take decisive counter-measures.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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French Top World's Lovemakers While Singapore Hits Bottom (Reuters)
<http://asia.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=topnews&StoryID=1807155>
The French make love more often than anyone else and Singaporeans the least, according to a survey of sex in 22 nations conducted by a leading condom manufacturer.

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