[MyAppleMenu] Oct 6, 2002

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Sunday, Oct 6, 2002

MyAppleMenu : News
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Make Or Break: Picking Apple's Future (U.S. News)
<http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/021014/biztech/14micro.b.htm>
The industry slump makes it tough to gauge any tech company's progress, but analysts' wildly divergent views suggest that Apple itself is suffering from an identity crisis.

District One Researches Powerschool (Williston Herald)
<http://www.willistonherald.com/display/inn_news/news2.txt>
Parents at Williston Public School District No. 1 may soon be able link up to grade and progress information about their students via a new technology program known as PowerSchool.

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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Comparing Apples And Oranges (Michael R. Pakko, The Regional Economist)
<http://www.stls.frb.org/publications/re/2002/d/pages/apples_oranges.html>
When measuring prices, it’s not easy dealing with rapidly evolving products like computers.

Mac OS X: An Apple A Day Keeps The Pengiuns Away? (Timothy R.  Butler, Open For Business)
<http://www.ofb.biz/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=170>
The Linux desktop's day to shine is arriving, and Apple Computer simply is not in a position to take Tux's well-deserved spotlight away.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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How Does The Pentium 4 And Athlon XP Running Windows XP Compare To The G4 Power Macintosh Running OS X? (rob-ART, Bare Feats)
<http://www.barefeats.com/pentium4.html>

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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Cheap PCs Chip Away At Microsoft's Edge (James Coates, Chicago Tribune)
<http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/printedition/chi-0210060317oct06,0,5956906.column?coll=chi%2Dprintbusiness%2Dhed>
It is mighty early to write an obituary for the great "Wintel" alliance, but for the first time in a long while there is evidence of a credible challenge.

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

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : Top Stories
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When Bad Things Happen To Good Ideas (Eric Berkman, Darwin Magazine)
<http://www.darwinmag.com/read/040101/badthings.html>
Knowledge management is a solid concept that fell in with the wrong company. Software companies, to be precise.

Google Degraded? Geeks Aghast (Paul Boutin, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,55597,00.html>
The inevitable backlash finally appears to have hit the world's most popular search engine.

Real Hacking Rules! (Richard Thieme, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2002/10/04/hackers.html>
Or, before the word is totally useless, what is the essence of hacking?

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : News & Opinions
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Linux: Popular, But Can It Do Windows? (Wharton)
<http://news.com.com/2009-12-960890.html>
"(Support for Linux) is a protest vote against Microsoft on the part of computer programmers."

Open Source Visibility (Matthew Langham, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/2106>
There is no lobby, there is no initiative. It's hard work!

'The Most Powerful Media Player In The World' Is A Universal Headache (Rob Pegoraro, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46495-2002Oct5.html>
The whole situation is a mess for users, but we're going to be stuck with it for a while.

DVD Copying Software Sparks New Legal Battle (Matt Berger, IDG News Service)
<http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,105626,00.asp>
321 Studios is heading to court to find out why you can legally make copies of video tapes and CDs, but not DVDs.

MyAppleMenu Reader : World
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The Day After Saddam (Richard Leiby, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43183-2002Oct4.html>
Five Iraqis who are preparing to rebuild their homeland.

The Diffcult Balance Between Liberty And Security (Jeffrey Rosen, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/06/opinion/06ROSE.html>
Unfortunately, based on the justices' past rulings, it may be a mistake to rely on the Supreme Court to restore some sense of balance.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Science & Tech
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Real Hacking Rules! (Richard Thieme, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2002/10/04/hackers.html>
Or, before the word is totally useless, what is the essence of hacking?

Girls Need To Learn To Run Like Boys (Dennis Thompson Jr., HealthScoutNews)
<http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=97&e=4&u=/hsn/20021005/hl_hsn/girls_need_to_learn_to_run_like_boys>
It's an age-old taunt, but sports medicine experts have discovered that if female athletes are trained to run, jump and pivot like males, they can prevent serious knee injuries.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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Rise Of The Home Office (David Lansing, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/features/printedition/magazine/la-tm-overview39sep29,0,5112218.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dmagazine>
A space dedicated to work has become as important as any room in the house.

Jazzy Language For Complicated Times (Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.calendarlive.com/books/cl-et-reynolds5oct05,0,7999889.story?coll=cl%2Dbooks%2Dfeatures>
Against a background of political tensions, Quincy Troupe gives his first reading as the state's poet laureate.

The De Facto Capital (Frank Rich, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/06/magazine/06NYDC.html>
They got it right the first time. New York was the capital of the nation at its birth.

How Do You Say Fushion In Paris? Unlike Anywhere Else (Patricia Wells, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/06/travel/06TAB.html>
The French always manage to do it their way, and when it comes to the growing trend of fusion fare in Paris restaurants, the chefs are calling the shots.

A Collage In Which Life = Death = Art (Michael Kimmelman, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/06/arts/design/06KIMM.html>
Ray Johnson made no distinction at all between art and life, or in his case, between art and death.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Mindef Completes Study On Singapore Reclamation Project (Shahrum Sayuthi, New Straits Times)
<http://www.emedia.com.my/Current_News/NST/Sunday/NewsBreak/20021006173514/Article/>
Defence Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said the findings of the study would be submitted to the special committee set up to investigate the impact of the project on Johor coastline.

Making Asian Games Debut, Bodybuilding Ends With Unpopular Decisions (Associated Press)
<http://foxsports.lycos.com/content/view?contentId=696500>
Some of the officials, including South Koreans, alleged that Asian Bodybuilding Federation secretary-general Paul Chua had helped his fellow Singaporeans.

Book Pokes Fun At Singaporeans And Malaysians (The Star)
<http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2002/10/6/nation/book&sec=nation>
In what is seen as a bold venture, a Singaporean journalist and a Malaysian artist have teamed up to produce a book which takes a dig not only at politicians but also the quirks and foibles in both countries.

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

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