[MyAppleMenu] Oct 3, 2002

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Thursday, Oct 3, 2002

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Why Unix Matters To Mac OS X (Daniel H. Steinberg, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/10/03/keynotes.html>
With Mac OS X, a solid consumer version of Unix is winning back the desktop.

Will West Coast Port Lockouts Affect Mac Users? (Dennis Selers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0210/03.port.php>
Since the problem is less than a week old, it doesn't seem to be impacting Mac users yet, but if it continues it could get ugly.

Go Figure (Garry Barker, Sydney Morning Hearld)
<http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/10/02/1033538671179.html>
Macintosh, in fact, is the number one computer brand in the world, with 11.6 per cent of the market.

Apple Woos The Terminal Geeks (Matt Berger, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/10/02/021002hnapplewoo.xml?s=IDGNS>
As Apple Computer moves deeper into its era ruled by the Mac OS X operating system, the company is working to expand its traditional user base of writers and artists to include the stalwart Unix developer.

MyAppleMenu : News
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Apple Offiically Unveils Celebrity Switch Ads: Tony Hawk, DJ Qbert, Kelly Slater (Bryan Chaffin, The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/article/2002/10/03.13.shtml>

Steve Jobs Resigns From gap's Board Of Directors (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2002/10/03/jobs>
Gap, Inc. today announced that Apple and Pixar CEO Steve Jobs resigned from Gap's Board of Directors earlier this week to "focus on other priorities."

No-Compromise Ultra-Portable Video Production (Joe Cellini, Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/hotnews/articles/2002/10/floggingmolly/>
For the close, reactive shooting of a Flogging Molly video, DV was the only way to go.

IBM Asks OS X Users If Interested In DB2 (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=16822>
IBM is running a survey aimed at Mac OS X users, ISVs, VARs, Enterprise and SMB customers to see the interest on their DB2 database management software for Mac OS X.

Webhunter (Rodney Chester, The Courier Mail)
<http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,5207243%5E3042,00.html>
Ellen Feiss probably has a fair bit of explaining to do to her parents.

SAD 58 Embraces Laptop Program (Barry Matulaitis, The Original Iregular)
<http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?pnpID=282&NewsID=369955&CategoryID=7676&show=localnews&om=1>
The program's effects are already being felt in SAD 58 schools. Ron Canter, a teacher at the Kingfield School, said that his students can use the Apple iBooks to download clips and visuals from the World Book site, and can use the computers to enhance their research.

Apple Airs New Celebrity "Switch" Ads (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2002/10/02/switch>
It would appear Apple has launched a new series of "Switch" ads featuring celebrities/athletes, as a new television ad featuring professional surfer Kelly Slater has started airing.

Older Versions Of Stuffit Expander Vulnerable (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=16802>
ZIP archives containing files with large filenames can cause a buffer overflow when extracted with Stuffit Expander 6.5.2 and earlier.

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference: The Keynote Addresses (Marc Zeedar, MacOPINION)
<http://www.macopinion.com/columns/tangible/02/10/03/index.html>

Hardware Hampers Preschool PC Users (Gene Emery, Reuters)
< http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=569&ncid=738&e=4&u=/nm/20021002/tc_nm/column_programs_dc>
It's time to make a plea to hardware manufacturers on behalf of young children everywhere who are experimenting with the world of computers: Start thinking smaller.

Wi-Fi Is So Good: It Even Works (Dave Birch, The Guardian)
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/internetnews/story/0,7369,803173,00.html>
My wire-free world.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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News-Reader Software Can Do Your Web Surfing For You (Michael Bazeley, San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/4203205.htm>
By fetching headlines and other content from the Web and dumping it onto a user's desktop, news readers can dramatically limit needless Web surfing.

Apple's iPod Sounds Great With Windows (Mike Himowitz, Baltimore Sun)
<http://www.sunspot.net/technology/pluggedin/bal-pl.himowitz03oct03,0,5526034.column?coll=bal-home-columnists>
You can buy hard disk-based music players of equal capacity for less money than the iPod. But if you want to pamper yourself, the iPod's compact size, elegant industrial design, friendly interface and superb sound quality make it a great companion.

The Apple iPod For Windows Begins A New Legacy (Tom's Hardware Guide)
<http://www.tomshardware.com/mobile/02q4/021003/>
Even though they were, in my opinion, "late" to enter the Windows market, they were able to do it with a product that users will want to buy.

In Search Of Mice And Keys That Merit Kind Treatment (Sarah Milstein, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/03/technology/circuits/03BASI.html?tntemail0>
Try out any device before buying it or make sure you can return it. Designs that look good may not actually fit your hands, desk or work style. And consider black: it hides stains and dust nicely.

Do You Really Need A Calendar? (David Zeiler, Baltimore Sun)
<http://www.sunspot.net/technology/pluggedin/bal-mac100302,0,5614276.column?coll=bal-business-indepth>
Apple's new iCal program can help you keep up with your life -- but only if you have Jaguar and can endure its sluggish behavior.

Wireless Networking Insanity At OS X Con (Rob Flickenger, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/2086>
If you're running promiscuous mode tools, do not run a firewall in OS X 10.2. If you're acting as a router... Don't run promiscuous mode utilities!

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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New Alerts Have Analysts Doubting Microsoft Security (Paul Roberts, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/10/03/021003hnmsnewalerts.xml?s=IDGNS>
A string of new security alerts from software maker Microsoft this week has prominent industry analysts and security experts predicting that the company's goal of making its software secure may remain elusive.

Microsoft Adds Four More Security Alerts (Joe Wilcox, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-960639.html>
Microsoft issued four security bulletins overnight related to its Windows operating system and SQL Server database software.

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

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : Top Stories
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Is Linux Taking Over The Enterprise? (Angus Kidman, Technology & Business Magazine)
<http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/enterprise/story/0,2000025001,20268701,00.htm>
These days, the question is not whether you can use Linux, but where you can best use it. Is there more to Linux than Apache and file and print serving?

Web Services Still On Probation (Peter Judge, ZDNet UK)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-960608.html>
Web services will not reproduce the colossal white elephant systems of the past.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : News & Opinions
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Bill Would Circumvent Foreign Censors (Lisa M. Bowman, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1023-960679.html>
A new bill designed to fight foreign Web censorship has been introduced in Congress.

E-Mail Hits Snail-Mail Pace (Michelle Delio, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,55563,00.html>
Slow e-mail delivery and sluggish Internet connections on Thursday are due to a technical problem at WorldCom's UUNet division.

PHP And PostgreSQL Open Sesame (David Sklar, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/2095>
The success of this project is a reminder that ideology aside, sometimes Open Source is just better for the bottom line.

News-Reader Software Can Do Your Web Surfing For You (Michael Bazeley, San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/4203205.htm>
By fetching headlines and other content from the Web and dumping it onto a user's desktop, news readers can dramatically limit needless Web surfing.

Apache Leader Takes A New Direction (Stephen Shankland, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-960566.html>
Terbush, one of the original founders of the influential Apache Web server project, is trying once again to start a company to help businesses get the most from improvements in the open-source software.

Great Debate: Linux By The Numbers (Stephen Shankland, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-960573.html>
Linus Torvalds and other central Linux programmers are debating whether the next version of the operating system should be numbered 2.6, or if its new features merit the grander designation 3.0.

List: Windows, Unix Still At Risk (Michael Grebb, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,55544,00.html>
The FBI and SANS Institute release a new top 20 list of the most serious computer security holes, while the feds vow to do even more to help plug them.

Dying In Its Booths (Wsahington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35693-2002Oct2.html>
Imagine the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus shrinking from giant rings full of costumed elephants, deafening music and electrifying high-wire acts into a one-act play in your neighbor's basement starring Fido the dog.

MyAppleMenu Reader : World
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"Tiny Steps... Almost Real" (Mark Halperin, Elizabeth Wilner and Marc Ambinder, ABCNews)
<http://abcnews.go.com/sections/politics/DailyNews/TheNote.html>
Will Democrats today take two steps forward or two steps back?

MyAppleMenu Reader : Science & Tech
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Going To The Top For Help (Katie Hafner, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/03/technology/circuits/03TECH.html>
Tech moguls still get calls from friends and family members who are having problems with their home computers.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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Lunching In New York (Tina Brown, The Times)
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7-433921,00.html>
Half my lunch partners are doing the perp walk or "exploring new opportunities", ie, getting fired.

New Wave, Old Problem (Gavin Lambert, The Guardian)
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/features/story/0,11710,803344,00.html>
The early 60s was a brief heyday for British cinema. So where did it all go wrong?

Brainiacs Heat Up Screen At CineMath (Tim Gnatek, San Francisco Chronicle)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/10/02/DD77202.DTL>
Go figure -- the nerds are having their revenge, as mathematics becomes pop culture's hottest new trend.

Ask The Pilot (Patrick Smith, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2002/10/03/askthepilot13/index.html>
By popular demand: The full, unexpurgated story of what happens when dry ice is mixed with blue toilet acid at 33,000 feet.

N.J. Poet Laureate Defends His 9/11 Work (Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35682-2002Oct2.html>
"I will not apologize and I will not resign."

CNN News Gettin' Jiggy With Da Jive Talkin' (Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35254-2002Oct2.html>
"This is CNN Headline News, the dopest news network."

Old Boys' Club Meets Its Match (Martin Arnold, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/03/books/03BOOK.html>
Trifling with a woman's self-perception is never a good idea. But mocking a literary woman is truly unwise, as evidenced by 3,200 pages and nearly 12 pounds of anthology of Irish women's writing that has just been published here and in Ireland.

Brides Pay Princely Sum To Be Cinderellas (Leslie Earnest, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/news/custom/showcase/la-fi-weddings2oct02.story>
Opulent weddings are nothing new for the well-to-do. But in recent years, more people of modest means have been springing for ever more lavish ceremonies.

Scientific American Meets Vanity Fair In New Glossy (Charles Mandel, The Globe And Mail)
<http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/PEstory/TGAM/20021002/MESEED/Headlines/headdex/headdexScience_temp/1/1/1/>
Seed, the newest entrant into the science magazine market, might best be described as anti-ant-farm.

Why Is It So Hard To Get A Cab In This Town? (Brad Newsham)
<http://www.bradnewsham.com/articles/why_so_hard.shtml>
A longtime taxi driver tells all. 

Deflating Self-Esteem's Role In Society's Ills (Erica Goode, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/01/health/psychology/01ESTE.html>
Recently, some psychologists have begun debunking the notion that a poor self-image is the malady behind most of society's complaints — and bolstering self-esteem its cure.

The Obsolescence Of The American Intellectual (John Lukacs, The Chronicle Of Higher Education)
<http://chronicle.com/free/v49/i06/06b00701.htm>
In sum -- God forgive me -- I often looked down on intellectuals, even though I at times enjoyed their company.

MyAppleMenu Reader : EOF
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RIAA Sues Radio Stations For Giving Away Free Music (The Onion)
<http://www.theonion.com/onion3836/riaa_sues_radio_stations.html>
"It's criminal," RIAA president Hilary Rosen said. "Anyone at any time can simply turn on a radio and hear a copyrighted song. Making matters worse, these radio stations often play the best, catchiest song off the album over and over until people get sick of it. Where is the incentive for people to go out and buy the album?"

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : Top Stories
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Comfort Bans BT Reporter (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,146708,00.html?>
'If you are a listed company, and somebody questions you, it can't be personal. You are a person serving public interest. You just counter fact for fact. If it's libellous, take him to court.'

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Stoking SingTel's Regional Ambitions (Trish Saywell, Far Eastern Economic Review)
<http://www.feer.com/articles/2002/0210_10/p046money.html>
The global telecoms shake-out and the intense competition it has engendered are forcing Asia's phone companies to concentrate on their domestic markets. But Singapore Telecommunications has used the opportunity to lay the foundations of a truly Asian telecoms empire.

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