[MyAppleMenu] Oct 12, 2002

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Saturday, Oct 12, 2002

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Project Changes Face Of Learning At Nashville School (Rose Ann Pearce, The Morning News)
<http://www.nwaonline.net/276066276703228.bsp>
Laptop computers assigned to each student have opened new doors of learning and changed the face of education at a Nashville, Tenn., private elementary school, the school's leader says.

Apple Courts Server Subscribers (Joe Wilcox, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-961773.html?tag=fd_top_1>
Apple Computer is giving buyers of its Mac OS X Server the option of signing on for three years of unlimited access to software upgrades for the same price it charges for a single, onetime upgrade.

MyAppleMenu : News
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Sony Ponders iMac Rival (SAP Info)
<http://www.sapinfo.net/public/en/news.php4/Category-28893c6139435ea7f/page/0/article/Article-79833da2d6e24ef1e/en>
It started with the Apple iMac. Then Gateway got into the act with its Profile 4. Now the whisper is that Sony is about to come out with an all-in-one personal computer.

Apple Opens Troy Store (Mike Wendland, Detroit Free Press)
<http://www.freep.com/money/tech/lind12_20021012.htm>
The opening shows Apple's belief that there is a strong following in the Detroit area, says Allen Olivo, Apple's senior director of retail marketing.

Apple's Place In Home Computing (David Clements, Voice Of America)
<http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=6A916310-7F85-43FD-AC1FEA282214D098>
Many experts agree that one key to Apple's continued success is to remain unique and innovative.

Apple, Gateway Soup Up Server Support Programs (Ashlee Vance, IDG News Service)
<http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2002/1011apgate.html>
Apple and Gateway have altered parts of their server support programs to give customers a little more choice, the companies announced Friday, as they battle to make headway against server industry titans like Dell and Sun.

Microosft's Mac Manager Steps Aside (Ian Fried, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1040-961863.html>
Microsoft said Friday that it has transferred the head of its Macintosh business unit to another division, leaving open the question of who will lead the company's Mac efforts.

Microsoft MacBU Head Kevin Browne To Depart (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0210/11.browne.php>
Kevin Browne left to join the team that builds XBox games.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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A Cordless Mouse For Everyone, Even Gamers (Loyd Case, ExtremeTech)
<http://www.extremetech.com/print_article/0,3998,a=32207,00.asp>
Logitech has delivered a superb cordless mouse perfectly suited for gamers. It's not cheap, but you can finally be free of that annoying tether without having to sacrifice 3D gaming performance.

An Introduction To iMovie (N.D. Woods, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/10/11/imovie.html>
For me, it's the kids, and for the amateur moviemaker, there's no better application than iMovie on Mac OS X.

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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Dell's Last Stand? (Charles Cooper, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2010-1069-961760.html>
After consistently underestimating Dell's ability to slay giants over the years, yours truly is going to check the wait-and-see box and take it all in from the vantage point of the cheap seats.

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

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : Top Stories
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Google Needs People (Peter Morville, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/javascript/2002/10/11/morville.html>
By reveling in declarations of pure automation, Google buries its true identity.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : News & Opinions
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Free Mickey Mouse (The Economist)
<http://www.economist.com/people/displayStory.cfm?story_id=1378700>
Even if Mr Lessig loses the case on narrow legal grounds, the publicity will be invaluable to his cause.

An Interview With Douglas Bowman Of Wird News (Eric A. Meyer, Netscape DevEdge)
<http://devedge.netscape.com/viewsource/2002/wired-interview/>
The new design clearly shows what some experts have been saying: that standards-based design can be visually compelling and preserve the interface conventions we've come to expect from Web pages.

Was Satellite Radio A Big Waste? (Brad King, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/mp3/0,1285,55706,00.html>
Now, wallowing in debt, the companies face a new challenge: Commercial stations are back in the ballgame after the FCC cleared the way for them to begin digital broadcasts as early as this year.

Why Human Rights Requires Free Software (Andy Oram, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2002/10/11/platform.html>
Human rights workers should be universally feted and supported. Instead, however, they are chronically underfunded, goaded to justify every detail of their work, and threatened with dire harm.

MyAppleMenu Reader : World
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Anywhere But Here (Alkman Granitsas, Far Eastern Economic Review)
<http://www.feer.com/articles/2002/0210_17/p054current.html>
Once it embodied Asia's spirit of can-do capitalism. Now Hong Kong is mired in economic and social gloom. Many in the middle class now believe the only way is out.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Science & Tech
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Free Mickey Mouse (The Economist)
<http://www.economist.com/people/displayStory.cfm?story_id=1378700>
Even if Mr Lessig loses the case on narrow legal grounds, the publicity will be invaluable to his cause.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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Campuses Awash In Junk Foods (Dan Kimber, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-vo-kimber12oct12,0,589024.story?coll=la%2Dnews%2Dcomment%2Dopinions>
At the high school where I teach, the day begins with the sound of semi trucks offloading tons of junk food for the daily consumption of our students.

A Short History Of  A Small Island (Daniel Patrick Moynihan, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/12/opinion/12MOYN.html>
New Yorkers, celebrate! Governors Island is ours again and to be put to our purposes.

Single Girls: Sex But Still No Respect (Phoebe Hoban, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/12/arts/12SING.html?8hpib>
Two new books suggest that despite compelling images of the single woman in contemporary culture, single women are still perceived as a special-interest group.

Generation Wrecked (Noshua Watson, Fortune)
<http://www.fortune.com/indexw.jhtml?channel=artcol.jhtml&doc_id=209746>
The so-called slackers are complaining (again) about the economy. This time they have reason to whine.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : Top Stories
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Is Politics Coming Back To Singapore? (Zuraidah Ibrahim, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,148557,00.html?>
A conference does not a consensus make, of course. Still, it was significant that issues raised in the separate panels on politics, economics and international relations got intertwined, and the leitmotif was the appeal for less centralisation of power.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Amnesty Voices Censorship Fear Over Singaore Jailings (Jake Lloyd-Smith, South China Morning Post)
<http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/Weekly2002/10.08.2002/Singapore2.htm>
In a move sure to rile Singapore authorities, Amnesty International has expressed serious concern about the jailing of two opposition activists for attempting to hold a public meeting without an official permit.

Censorship Casts Shadow On New Singapore Arts Centre (Reuters)
<http://asia.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=topnews&StoryID=1567847>
Singapore, better known for strict censorship and electronics exports, is launching a giant arts centre but calls from local artists for more freedom cast a shadow on the city state's hopes of becoming a cultural hub.

Do Not Look Down On Your Neighbours, Singapore Told (Bernama)
<http://www.bernama.com.my/B2002/news.shtml?general/ge1210_6>
Singapore may be far ahead in terms of development compared to its neighbouring countries but as a country with neighbours, it must consider the feelings of others.

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