[MyAppleMenu] Oct 31, 2002

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Thursday, Oct 31, 2002

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Mac OS Among Least Prone To Attack (Paul Roberts, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/10/21/021021hnvulnerable.xml?s=IDGNS>
Macintosh, which is used on between 3 percent and 5 percent of the world's computers, was the target of only 31, or .05 percent, of all overt digital attacks through October 2002.

Mac Attack! (Jacy L. Youn, Hawaii Business Magazine)
<http://www.hawaiibusiness.cc/hb112002/default.cfm?articleid=19>
Apple's efforts to lure new users means a business boom for Hawaii's Mac market.

Mouse Musings: Readers Weigh In On Whether Apple's One-Button Mouse Is Due For An Upgrade (David Zeiler, Baltimore Sun)
<http://www.sunspot.net/technology/custom/pluggedin/bal-mac103102,0,5028081.column?coll=bal-business-indepth>
Many Mac users do have sound reasons for keeping their one-button mouse.

MyAppleMenu : News
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Apple's Mexico Operations See 25% Growth, New Distribution Channels Being Developed (The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/article/2002/10/31.7.shtml>
The article also says that the company expects to grow another 30% during the current fiscal year.

Apple Launches "Suiten The Deal" Promo (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2002/10/31/corel>

Security Firm Says Mac OS Least Vulnerable To Attack, Windows Most Vulnerable (Bryan Chaffin, The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/article/2002/10/31.12.shtml>

Streaming Unlimited (Seamus Phan, Network Computing Asia)
<http://www.ncasia.com/ViewArt.cfm?Magid=3&Artid=17464&Catid=5&subcat=5>
Just what is FireWire and why is it so interesting?

GraphicConverter 4.5 Released (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0210/31.graphic.php>

Microsoft To Offer Free Fujifilm USB Drive With Office (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2002/10/31/officepromo>
Consumers who purchase full and upgrade versions of Microsoft Office v. X will receive a free 128 MB Fujifilm USB Drive.

Mac O'Lanterns Light Up Halloween (Leander Kahney, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,56105,00.html>
For a pair of Mac fans, there's no one scarier than Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer. That's why they carved his portrait into a pumpkin, along with an amazing likeness of "Switch" star Ellen Feiss.

Apple Joins Guardian In The Newsroom (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=5480>
Apple UK's project -– called the Newsroom –- with the Guardian and Observer newspapers has been a huge success, Apple claims.

Students Get Chance To Promote Reading, Learn About Filmmaking (Rachel Wilk, Miami Herald)
<http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/local/states/florida/counties/miami-dade/4373464.htm>
The project gives students the chance to learn the skills that go into creating a movie, such as teamwork, time management, creative learning, and computer and business skills. Additionally, it gives students the chance to see what the process of making a movie is really like.

Apple Extends "X For Teachers" Program To Canada (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2002/10/30/xforteachers>
The program gives a free copy of Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar) to every K-12 teacher in Canada.

Apple Computer Opens First Area Outlet At Towson Mall (Bob Allen, Towson Times)
<http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?show=localnews&pnpID=659&NewsID=385070&CategoryID=9005&on=0>
Judging by the dozen or so people browsing, trying out Mac systems and products or in deep discussions with one of the sales reps on a rainy day last week, the store's post-modern decor and attractive displays are achieving their intended effect.

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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Quartz Lament: 10.2 On The Low End (David Parker, Low End Mac)
<http://lowendmac.com/myturn/02/1031.html>
The chance to start over and build a slick and fast OS has been missed.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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WarCraft III (Mark Satrlin, MacReview)
<http://www.macreview.com/Fun/Strategy/Warcraft3/Warcraft3Review.html>
Blizzard continues to push the envelope for strategy games while keeping game play balanced and fun.

Apple Xserve (Sean Greathouse, Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2002/11/reviews/xserve.html>
Server provides impressive processing power and smooth looks but lacks good RAID implementation.

Fall Technology Guide: Code Of Honor (Peter Lewis, Fortune)
<http://www.fortune.com/indexw.jhtml?channel=artcol.jhtml&doc_id=210054>
Sure, the PC industry is in a slump--but innovation hasn't faded. In that spirit, we've harvested the season's brightest new goods.

When Headphones Measure Up To The Music (Ian Austen, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/31/technology/circuits/31basi.html>
Advances in lightweight headphones have taken the compromise out of listening to music on the go.

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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Microsoft Flags Three Security Holes (Robert Lemos, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-964106.html>
Microsoft released three advisories late Wednesday that warned of security holes in its Web software, in Windows' virtual private networking features and in default settings of Windows 2000.

Intel To Appeal Itanium Injunction (Michael Kanellos, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1106-964009.html>
A U.S. District Court judge issued an injunction Wednesday that bars Intel from making and selling its Itanium processor, but immediately suspended that order to allow the chipmaker to appeal the ruling.

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

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : Top Stories
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Making The Web Child-Safe (Katie Hafner, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/31/technology/circuits/31safe.html>
KidFu is one of the most recent attempts to address a concern raised since the Web first took off as a popular medium almost a decade ago: the need for an online environment where children feel completely out of harm's way.

News Sites Need To Go On Diets (Steve Outing, Editor And Publisher)
<http://editorandpublisher.com/editorandpublisher/features_columns/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1750692>
Home pages are bloated with information.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : News & Opinions
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Wi-Fi Group Lays Out Better Wireless Security (Stephen Lawson, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/10/31/021031hnwifi.xml?s=IDGNS>
The guidelines call for new mechanisms to replacement the current security system, based on WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy), which has come under fire for being too easy to circumvent.

Wireless ISPs Fanning New "Hot Spots" (Ben Charny, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-963965.html>
The nation's oldest "hot spot" network plans to give away Wi-Fi equipment starting Friday, in an aggressive push to increase the number of urban areas that offer wireless Web access.

Hybrid Handhelds (Dean Takhashi, Red Herring)
<http://www.redherring.com/insider/2002/10/handhelds103102.html>
Multifunctional devices may be the future for handhelds, but for now, there are hybrids.

Licensing Programmers: A Resurgent Issue (Andy Oram, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/2233>
I highly respect the people who yearn for liability, but I challenge them to come up with a concrete proposal for such a law that would actually work and be fair.

RealNetworks, U.S. Government Recognize Power Of Open Source (Dan Gillmor, San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/4402108.htm>
Common sense, it seems, is breaking out all over.

MyAppleMenu Reader : World
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Consumers' Last Hurrah? (Robert J. Samuelson, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38448-2002Oct29.html>
Let us contemplate and celebrate the true heroes of the U.S. and world economies: American consumers.

On Playing Hunches (William Safire, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/31/opinion/31SAFI.html>
Do I know something the pollsters don't know? Nope. Just a hunch generated by wishful thinking. The creative gridlock wouldn't be so bad for the country.

No Contest (William Saletan, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/?id=2073324&device=>
The solemnity of death and the grace of Midwestern humor are overshadowed tonight by the angry piety of populism.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Science & Tech
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Dead But Awake: Is It Possible? (Daithi O hAnluain, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,55826,00.html>
Despite mounting anecdotal evidence, conventional scientists still reject the notion that a person can remain conscious after being clinically deceased. Now a pair of researchers want to prove them wrong.

Flag Of Inconvenience (Andrew Leonard, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/col/leon/2002/10/31/taiwan_flag/index.html>
Fearing the Taiwanese flag would irk China, Red Hat yanked it from its version of Linux -- and started an international geek uproar.

To The Liberal Arts, He Adds Computer Science (Steve Lohr, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/31/technology/circuits/31prof.html>
Tall and slender with a flowing beard, dressed in a gray sweater and jeans, Brian Kernighan works his audience with a fast patter and a ready smile. The challenge he has set for himself is to demystify computing for a classroom full of liberal arts undergraduates at Princeton.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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Reel World Domination (Damien Cave, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/10/31/film_literacy/index.html>
If young film buffs choose Tarantino over Antonioni, are they culturally illiterate? Some of their elders, self-appointed guardians of the cinematic canon, think so.

Ferreting Out Weasels Where They Work (Don Oldenburg, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43546-2002Oct30.html>
"You know you're in a weasel bubble when historians are making stuff up, and when movie studios are writing their own movie reviews, and ice-skating judges are fixing the Olympics, and priests are having a better sex life than you are."

MyAppleMenu Reader : Expressions
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Only A Thing (Antonya Nelson, New Yorker)
<http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/content/?021104fi_fiction>
You could compare a certain kind of love affair to a car wreck.

MyAppleMenu Reader : EOF
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Getting A Driver's License Is A Royal Pain In Britain (Sara Calian and Steve Stecklow, Wall Street Journal)
<http://online.wsj.com/article_email/0,,SB1035928429428960871,00.html>
Think driving on the left side of the road is difficult? Try getting a British driver's license.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : Top Stories
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Untangling Temasek (Sara Webb and Trish Saywell, Far Eastern Economic Review)
<http://www.feer.com/articles/2002/0211_07/p042money.html>
The Singapore government's holding company, Temasek, straddles the economy, with interests ranging from banks to telecoms to logistics. But many of these companies have underperformed their peers.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Singapore Beefs Up Airport Bomb Screening (Reuters)
<http://www.cnn.com/2002/TRAVEL/10/30/singapore.airport.security.reut/>
Singapore plans to upgrade its ability to detect bombs in luggage at its airport by installing a three-dimensional X-ray screening system, the transport minister said on Wednesday.

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