[MyAppleMenu] Oct 9, 2002

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Wednesday, Oct 9, 2002

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Thinking Beyond The Box At Apple (Charles Haddad, BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/oct2002/tc2002109_6986.htm>
Knowing that ever-faster machines no longer excite buyers, its push to make Macs your "digital hub" makes more sense every day.

Firm Finalizing Deal To Return Macworld To Hub (Hiawatha Bray, Boston Glob)
<http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/282/business/Firm_finalizing_deal_to_return_Macworld_to_Hub+.shtml>
Mayor Thomas M. Menino and a spokeswoman for show sponsor IDG World Expo both said yesterday that the return of the Apple Macintosh trade show to Boston in July 2004 is virtually a done deal.

MyAppleMenu : News
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Warcraft III: Reign Of Chaos Patch Released (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2002/10/09/warcraft>
Warcraft III: Reign Of Chaos 1.0.3 includes PowerPC optimizations, Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar) specific acceleration to the graphics engine, and numerous bug fixes.

Mac OS X And Quark: Trouble For DTP? (Andreas Pfeiffer, eWeek)
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,613278,00.asp>
For professionals in charge of mission-critical production environments, timing is essential, and many of these managers are concerned about the prospect of switching operating systems at the same time they are upgrading a major piece of application software.

America Online Updates AOL For Mac OS X (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2002/10/09/aol>

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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Switchers Mean Apple Must Work Harder (Stephen Van Esch, Low End Mac)
<http://lowendmac.com/scope/02/1009.html>
As more people switch over to the Mac, Apple will have to be more diligent and responsive to consumer needs.

Calendar Blogging - Clogging (Matthew Langham, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/2121>
It will happen. Must rush -- I have a calender to author.

Looking Back At Java From Mac OS X Conference (Steve Anglin, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/2123>

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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NetNewsWire Lite (MacCritic.com)
<http://www.maccritic.com/more.php?id=63_0_13_0_M>
It's a versatile application that has everything you need when it comes to RSS feeds.

Epson Stylus Photo 2200: Photo Ink-Jet Printer Offers A Wider Color Gamut And Pro Features (Bruce Fraser, Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2002/10/reviews/epson.html>
Even with the limitations OS X places on the print driver, the Stylus Photo 2200 is quite simply the best photo ink-jet printer Epson has produced. It's a real breakthrough in desktop imaging, and it should interest anyone who wants the highest-quality photographic prints the digital darkroom can produce.

'Stanley's Sticker House' Builds Cute Kid Stories (Noah Matthews, Knight Ridder)
<http://www.modbee.com/technology/story/4710239p-5727956c.html>
"Stanley's Sticker House" is a wonderfully creative CD for Windows and Macintosh computers that gently guides the budding Hemingway in your household into the art of storytelling.

Googling Your Email (Jon Udell, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2002/10/07/udell.html>
What would it be like to Google your email?

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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Adobe Digests Microsoft Move (David Becker, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-961465.html>
Investors and analysts were divided Wednesday over how Microsoft's new XDocs electronic-forms software would affect Adobe Systems, which has identified online forms as a significant new business direction.

Microsoft Won't Cut Windows Price To Beat Linux (Reuters)
<http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/technology/tech-tech-microsoft-pc.html>
Microsoft won't cut the price on its Windows operating system to compete with a $199 personal computer that runs rival operating software, the No. 1 software company's CEO said on Wednesday.

Why Microsoft Caved In On Copy Protection (David Coursey, ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2884933,00.html>
Instead of protecting TV programming whether it needs protection or not, MS's decision lets copyright owners make that decision.

Bill Gates Battles Deadlier Bugs (BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/oct2002/nf2002109_8964.htm>
Why is he helping to pay for vaccines for poor countries? "Markets alone won't address the largest health inequities."

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

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : Top Stories
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Managing Traffic Spikes (Kevin Savetz, New Architect)
<http://www.newarchitectmag.com/documents/s=2451/na1102b/index.html>
Traffic spikes can be broken into two broad categories: the ones you expect, and the ones you don't.

Itanium Gets Linux Supercomputer Boost (Stephen Shankland, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-961441.html>
Quadrics, which manufactures gear that links numerous Linux computers into a single supercomputer, has made its products compatible with systems built around Intel's Itanium 2 chip.

The Do's And Don'ts Of Shareware, Part 2 (Sanford Selznick, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/10/08/dev_osx.html>
Now we will discuss some basic approaches for writing maintainable code, testing software, assembling a deliverable package, writing ReadMe files, and marketing and distributing your software.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : News & Opinions
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802.11a To Enter Testing (Eric Griffith, InternetNews.com)
<http://www.internetnews.com/wireless/article.php/10799_1479201>
The Wi-Fi Alliance, the non-profit organization behind the testing and certification for interoperability of 802.11-based networking products, reports that as of November 29, 2002, the long delayed certification testing of 802.11a products for Wi-Fi interoperability will commence.

Want Wi-Fi? Verizon Takes It Home (Ben Charny, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1033-961463.html>
Verizon Communications on Wednesday became the second Web service provider to sell wireless home networking equipment directly to subscribers.

AOL's Broadband Headache (Jim Hu, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1023-961443.html>
America Online has taken a hit from a slump in ad sales--and now Wall Street is waiting for the other shoe to drop.

Microsoft Muses Per-Device Licensing (Caron Carlson, eWeek)
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,612679,00.asp>
Microsoft is re-examining its licensing strategy to determine when per-device licensing would make more sense than per-user licensing, CEO Steve Ballmer said today.

Playing Checkers With A Chess Set (Mark Baker, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/2125>
WSDL operations are at the same layer as application protocol methods.

Will E-Mail Remain The 'Perfect' Net App? (Jill Erikkson, osOpinion)
<http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/19621.html>
Let's hope spam kills it so we can trade it in for something better.

Googling Your Email (Jon Udell, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2002/10/07/udell.html>
What would it be like to Google your email?

Why Microsoft Caved In On Copy Protection (David Coursey, ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2884933,00.html>
Instead of protecting TV programming whether it needs protection or not, MS's decision lets copyright owners make that decision.

Riding Along With The Internet Bookmobile (Richard Koman, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/10/09/bookmobile/index.html>
Angered by a law that extends copyright terms for 20 years, a crusader named Brewster Kahle wants to use the Internet to make books available to everyone.

Microsoft To Add New Web Product To Office Suite (Reuters)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63584-2002Oct9.html>
Microsoft will introduce a new addition to its Office suite of productivity programs by adding an XML document authoring tool, the world's largest software company said on Wednesday.

Polygraph Is Poor Tool For Screening Employees, Panel Says (William J. Broad, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/08/science/08CND-LIE.html>
In a report to the government, a panel of leading scientists said today that polygraph testing is too flawed to use for security screening. The panel said lie detector tests do a poor job of identifying spies or other national-security risks and are likely to produce false accusations of innocent people.

Government To Rewrite Source Code In Linux (Sudha Nagaraj, Economic Times of India)
<http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/articleshow?artid=24598339>
The Indian government seems to be taking a leaf out of China's operating system, and is planning a countrywide drive to promote the open source operating system, Linux, as the 'platform of choice' instead of 'proprietary' solutions.

Calendar Blogging - Clogging (Matthew Langham, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/2121>
It will happen. Must rush -- I have a calender to author.

Google May Charge For Internet Search (Simon Goodley, Telegraph)
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=P8&targetRule=10&xml=%2Fconnected%2F2002%2F10%2F04%2Fecngoog.xml>
The fees are being earmarked for sections of the website such as Google News, a new search facility launched this month which trawls news stories from about 4,000 different publications.

MyAppleMenu Reader : World
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Does The United States Start Wars? (David Greenberg, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/?id=2071981&device=>
Would an American invasion of Iraq be unprecedented?

The Reassuring Routine Of 'No-News' Briefings (Paul Farbi, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62732-2002Oct8.html>
Why hold a media briefing at all when there's so little to report? And why bother reporting it as if something is happening?

A Just War? (Jean Bethke Elshtain, Boston Globe)
<http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/279/focus/A_just_war_+.shtml>
Many of the country's leading ethicists oppose a strike on Iraq. But a look at the centuries-old theory of just war suggests that military action may be in fact be morally necessary.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Science & Tech
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Sex And Death (Jim Holt, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/?id=2072092&device=>
The awful existential significance of cellular suicide.

Riding Along With The Internet Bookmobile (Richard Koman, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/10/09/bookmobile/index.html>
Angered by a law that extends copyright terms for 20 years, a crusader named Brewster Kahle wants to use the Internet to make books available to everyone.

Japanese Masters Get Closer To The Toilet Nirvana (James Brooke, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/08/international/asia/08JAPA.html>
Japan's toilet wars started in February, when Matsushita engineers here unveiled a toilet seat equipped with electrodes that send a mild electric charge through the user's buttocks, yielding a digital measurement of body-fat ratio.

South Korea's Real Rage For Virtual Games (Howard W. French, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/09/technology/09KORE.html>
The burgeoning broadband gaming industry in South Korea, critics say, is creating millions of zombified addicts.

The 9-11 Lottery Coincidence (John Allen Paulos, ABCNews.com)
<http://abcnews.go.com/sections/scitech/WhosCounting/whoscounting.html>
Analysis shows such coincidences aren't so unusual.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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Something About 'SpongeBob' Whispers 'Gay' To Many Men (Sally Beatty, Wall Street Journal)
<http://online.wsj.com/article_email/0,,SB1034028869241478240,00.html>
He lives in a pineapple under the sea, in a town called Bikini Bottom. His best friend is an exuberant pink starfish named Patrick. His name is SpongeBob SquarePants, the absorbent yellow star of the most highly rated kids show on TV.

Still In The Greasy-Spoon Era (Mary Ann Sieghart, The Times)
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7-440117,00.html>
We should thank heaven for Starbucks, Coffee Republic, Pret a Manger and Cafe Nero.

Tina KOs Remnick (Tunku Varadarajan, Wall Street Journal)
<http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/tvaradarajan/?id=110002413>
Whose New Yorker would you rather read?

The New Standards (Candy Sagon, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59148-2002Oct8.html>
If a shopper buys organic lettuce from California and organic tomatoes from Virginia, are they both equally organic?

Breakfast As The New Cure-All (Alex Witchel, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/09/dining/09KATZ.html>
Mollie Katzen, author of the hippie classic "Moosewood Cookbook," has a new book: "Mollie Katzen's Sunlight Café," a collection of breakfast recipes.

The Truth About My Dinner Party (Amanda Hesser, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/09/dining/09GIAN.html>
For an avid home cook, the idea of traveling to the suburbs to shop sounded like sleeping with the enemy.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Expressions
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Original Face (Henri Cole, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/?id=2072071&device=>

MyAppleMenu Reader : EOF
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LTA Says No SEX On Roads (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/021009/5/singapore21230.html>
The Singapore Land Transport Authority has decided against the issue of SEX licence plates for cars.

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