[MyAppleMenu] Oct 16, 2002

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Wednesday, Oct 16, 2002

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Apple Posts Net Loss (Ian Fried, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1040-962325.html>
With the investment write-down, restructuring and other items, Apple posted a net loss of $45 million, or 13 cents per share, on revenue of $1.44 billion. Excluding items, Apple met expecations with a profit of $7 million, or 2 cents per share.

Mac Toters Push Wireless Bounds (Paul Boutin, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,55742,00.html>
Apple's Titanium PowerBook costs more than other Macintosh laptops, but its built-in wireless card isn't up to snuff. For Bay Area Wi-Fi hackers, however, it's not a problem -- it's a project.

Apple Gives MPEG-4 A New Shine (Stefanie Olsen, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1023-962183.html?tag=fd_top_2>
Apple Computer said Tuesday that people are gravitating toward QuickTime 6 and its underlying MPEG-4 standard for digital media playback--a force to rival momentum for Microsoft's proprietary system.

MyAppleMenu : News
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Jaguar Sets A Ferocious Pace (Garry Barker, The Age)
<http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/10/17/1034561201517.html>
When we spoke recently with Avie Tevanian, senior vicepresident in charge of software, he remarked on how the move to OS X and its tools had vastly improved the speed of development for Apple and thirdparty developers.

Apple's Efforts To Keep Us, Willing Or Not, On The Cutting Edge (Bill Power, Halifax Herald)
<http://www.herald.ns.ca/stories/2002/10/16/f137.raw.html>
There have been numerous recent incentives by Apple and third-party developers designed to get us tightwads to open up our wallets.

Apple Bets Success On iPod: Popular MP3 Player In The U.S. And Europe Launches In Taiwan (Marie Feliciano, eTaiwanNews.com)
<http://www.etaiwannews.com/Business/2002/10/16/1034733362.htm>
"It's definitely a 'must-have' toy for Taiwan's music and tech-crazy set."

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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Can Mac users Switch To Windows? Yes, But News.com Won't Believe Them (Scott McCollum, World Tech Tribune)
<http://www.worldtechtribune.com/worldtechtribune/asparticles/buzz/bz10152002.asp>
Although the direct and indirect ties to Apple Computer, Inc. by the "Switch" participants are blatant, CNET News.com never investigated those ties.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Dual Processor G4 Power Mac (Brett Larson, TechTV)
<http://www.techtv.com/news/computing/story/0,24195,3403417,00.html>
Apple proves two processors are better than one with this screamingly fast, powerful machine.

800 MHz PowerForce G4 Series 100 In A Cube (Bill Fox, Macs Only!)
<http://www.macsonly.com/pl800.html>
The 800 MHz PowerForce G4 Series 100 is well worth installing in a Cube.

AOL 8.0 (Brett Larson, TechTV)
<http://www.techtv.com/news/computing/story/0,24195,3403566,00.html>

Doing The iPod Suffle (David Kushner, Rolling Stone)
<http://www.rollingstone.com/news/newsarticle.asp?nid=16877>
A great invention doesn't just fulfill a need. It changes your life. And the iPod is truly great.

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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Internet Explorer Flaw Abets Attackers (Dennis Fisher, eWeek)
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,637184,00.asp>
Security researchers have identified a new vulnerability in Internet Explorer that enables an attacker to steal cookies, forge Web content and run code on users' machines.

MS Kills Another Clip-Art Fan Rave (Thomas C Greene, The Register)
<http://www.theregus.com/content/4/26670.html>
Microsoft has yanked another of its fraudulent user testimonials, in this case a fictitious twelve-year-old boy raving about a fictional homework assignment and the indespensable insights he received from MS Encarta Reference Library in preparing it.

Big Beef: How MS Might Charge You For Security (David Coursey, ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2894735,00.html>
Microsoft could grade the security of its products the same way the USDA grades beef!

Intel Reports Disappointing Quarter (Matt Richtel, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/16/technology/16CHIP.html>
Striking a sour end note to a day when the stock market rallied, the Intel Corporation, the world's largest maker of computer chips, reported earnings that sharply missed Wall Street expectations.

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

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : Top Stories
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Cyber-Censoring SIlliness (Jonathan Gennick, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/2172>
Will my kids grow up with the proper respect for authority, or will they become cynical as a result of authorities' misguided attempts to monitor their every word?

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : News & Opinions
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For Google, Innovations Withstand Downturn (Dan Gillmor, San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/columnists/4293569.h>
One smart idea has followed another at the Mountain View company.

I've Got To Get A Message To You (David Rapp, Technology Review)
<http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/trailing1002.asp>
Instant messaging took a while to get here, but now it's here to stay.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Science & Tech
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dot.conqueror (Stuart Jeffries, The Guardian)
<http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/computingandthenet/story/0,6000,811643,00.html>
In just eight years he has made Amazon the world's leading online sales operation -- it's even showing a profit. No wonder Jeff Bezos, emperor of e-commerce, is so pleased with himself.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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The Congo Sound (Susan Orlean, New Yorker)
<http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?021014fa_fact2>
How a record store in Paris became a center of African music.

Ambrose Told The Stories From History That We Needed To Hear (Tim Rutten, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.calendarlive.com/books/cl-et-rutten16oct16,0,5052972.story?coll=cl%2Dbooks%2Dfeatures>
These days, much of the American press is more often than necessary a school for scandal. Hence, the begrudging quality of so many of the obituaries for historian Stephen Ambrose, who died this week at 66.

Finishing Each Other's Sentences, And Seminars (Linton Weeks, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32337-2002Oct15.html>
In the brothers bausch, a fraternity of two writers.

Bless Butter, Cream And Simple French Fare (Nigella Lawson, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/16/dining/16NIGE.html>
French cooking pays homage to the cook, not the food.

Uncertain Times: Impulse Buyers Replace Ticket Subscribers (Robin Pogrebin, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/16/arts/16TIX.html>
The season subscription plan, which for generations has balanced the books of symphonies, nonprofit theaters and opera and ballet companies, seems to be losing favor with audiences around the country as single-ticket sales increase in popularity.

Dutch Designs For Cities Built On Ideas And What-If's (Jlie V. Iovine, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/15/arts/design/15YALE.html>
For a small country, the Netherlands packs a wallop on the architectural scene worldwide.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Expressions
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Lullaby In Steerage (David Barber, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/?id=2072323&device=>

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : Top Stories
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Singapore's Concessions For A Water Deal Are Off (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/topstories/story/0,4386,149209,00.html?>
Singapore will deal with water and the other issues individually and separately, on their stand-alone merits, no longer as a package.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Malaysia And Singapore Stand Firm Over Water Talks (Jalil Hamid, Reuters)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/reuters/asia-129899.html>
Legal threats flew across the causeway separating Malaysia and Singapore on Tuesday as the two governments hardened their positions ahead of negotiations over how much Singapore should pay its neighbour for water.

Singapore Relents, Agrees To Discuss Water Separately (Bernama)
<http://www.bernama.com.my/B2002/news.shtml?general/ge1510_40>

Rais: Water Is An Asset Of The Country (Sa'Odah Elias, The Star)
<http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2002/10/16/nation/odlaw&sec=nation>
Singapore is wrong in saying that Malaysia has lost the “right” to revise the price of raw water supplied to the republic, because water is an asset of the country. 

Blunt Talk: MFA Doesn't Mince Words On Eve Of Talks (Ng Boon Yian, Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/todaynews/view/109/1/.html>
The sheer bluntness of comments made by Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the eve of today’s talks with Malaysia is startling.
"We will go there (to Johor) to listen to the Malaysians explain themselves," said a ministry spokesman in response to media queries.

Doubts Linger Over Whether KL Really Wants A Deal (Tan Tarn How, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/commentary/story/0,4386,149302,00.html?>
These about-turns point to KL's less than total commitment in reaching an accord on the agreed-to terms.

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