[MyAppleMenu] Oct 24, 2002

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Thursday, Oct 24, 2002

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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iPods To Hit Target (Ian Fried, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1040-963217.html>
The Macintosh maker declined to comment on the move, but several Target stores confirmed that they had the devices--both the Mac and the Windows varieties--on hand.

MyAppleMenu : News
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Teachers Utilize Mac OS X In The Classroom (Jim Darlymple, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0210/24.classroom.php>
While many schools districts throughout the U.S. have yet to try Apple's new operating system, some teachers and school districts have already implemented programs that utilize the applications and technologies in the OS.

LCD Prices 'May Fall By 40%' (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=5453>
Flat-panel production costs will drop, and industry observers believe these savings will be passed on to customers in what is a price-driven market.

Ranchero Software Releases TigerLaunch 1.0 (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2002/10/24/ranchero>
The software displays a configurable menu at the top of a users screen that lists all of their applications in alphabetical order, regardless of what folder they appear in.

End of The Road For CD Burners (Mark Hachman, ExtremeTech)
<http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,646608,00.asp>
CD burners may have reached their limit, thanks to concerns about the structural stability of the media and the simple cost of developing faster drives.

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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1 Button, 2 Or 3? (David Zeiler, Baltimore Sun)
<http://www.sunspot.net/technology/custom/pluggedin/bal-mac102402,0,5486835.column?coll=bal%2Dbusiness%2Dindepth>
Apple sticks with its one-button mouse, even though OS X recognizes it, and many PC users are familiar with them; Is it time to move into the new millennium?

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Best Of The Mac Web Survey Results: October 2002 (Dan Knight, Low End Mac)
<http://lowendmac.com/botmw/fall02/botmw.html>
2,500 Mac fans shared their opinion of 100 of the best known Mac-related sites.

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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U.S. Pursues Microsoft Allegations (Jube Shiver Jr., Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-micro24oct24011440,0,397697.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dtechnology>
The Justice Department is investigating allegations that Microsoft Corp. continues to hide details about its flagship Windows operating system from competitors, a tactic that could unravel a proposed settlement to the 4-year-old antitrust case against the software giant.

What Tablet PCs Get Right -- And Wrong (David Strom, Internet Week)
<http://www.internetwk.com/story/INW20021021S0006>
It slices, it dices, and sometimes works in interesting and new ways. And for about $2,700, it is a bit pricey for a laptop. But with the right kinds of applications and software tools, this could take off.

A Move To Build PCs Without Windows (Marius Hentea, Christian Science Monitor)
<http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/1021/p20s01-wmcn.html>
Promising cheap or free computers, challengers hope to lure users to abandon Microsoft software for lesser-known Linux.

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

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : Top Stories
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Airlines Set To Install Inflight E-Mail (Ron Lieber and J. Lynn Lunsford, Wall Street Journal)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/825345.asp?0si=-&cp1=1>
Mile-high Web access could help airlines boost revenues.

PCs May Know You Better Than Mum Does (Xiao He, China Daily)
<http://www1.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2002-10-23/90694.html>
Human-computer interaction will become more efficient and natural, characterized by questions and answers using natural language technology.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : News & Opinions
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Tablet PC Rivalry Sets In (Michael Kanellos, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-963131.html>
A start-up formed by a group of Dell Computer visionaries has high-end aspirations for tablet PCs.

Sun To Step Aboard Web Services Group (Alorie Gilbert, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-963268.html>
The move is a reversal of the company's previous stance that it would join the group only as a board member so as to be on equal footing with IBM and Microsoft, the group's founding board members and Sun rivals.

More Than One Internet Attack Occurred Monday (Brian Krebs and David McGuire, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6894-2002Oct23.html>
Monday's attack on the 13 computer servers that manage the world's Internet traffic was the first of two assaults, according to officials at the companies that were affected.

Google Excluding Controversial Sites (Declan McCullagh, CNET News.com)
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2124386,00.html>
To conform with some countries' laws, the leading search engine removes some anti-abortion, pro-Nazi, white supremacy and anti-semitic site listings.

PDA For Blind: Cost Out Of Sight? (Elisa Batista, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,55915,00.html>
Freedom Scientific, a company best known for software that reads content off computer screens, is introducing the first Pocket PC for blind people. But some say the handheld's price is too steep.

P2P Hacking Bill May Be Amended (Declan McCullagh, CNET News.com)
<http://rss.com.com/2100-1023-963087.html?type=pt&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=news>
A proposal to let copyright owners hack into and disrupt peer-to-peer networks will be revised, a congressional aide said Wednesday.

A Move To Build PCs Without Windows (Marius Hentea, Christian Science Monitor)
<http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/1021/p20s01-wmcn.html>
Promising cheap or free computers, challengers hope to lure users to abandon Microsoft software for lesser-known Linux.

Microsoft: Online Ads "On A Monster Roll" (Joe Wilcox and Jim Hu, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1023-963130.html>
Weakness in the online advertising market has been greatly exaggerated, Microsoft said Wednesday, on the eve of a major overhaul of its MSN Internet service.

Music Industry Spins Falsehood (Janis Ian, USA Today)
<http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20021023/4557245s.htm>
I am not advocating indiscriminate downloading without the artist's permission. But I do object to the industry spin that it is doing all this to protect artists. It is not protecting us; it is protecting itself.

Ultrawideand Gets A Break (Ben Charny, CNET News.com)
<http://rss.com.com/2100-1033-963101.html?type=pt&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=news>
A new study suggests a wireless technology called ultrawideband causes less interference for bandwidth neighbors than first believed.

AOL Discs Heat Up On eBay Auctions (Troy Wolverton, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1017-963117.html>
Touting the launch of version 8.0 of its online service, AOL has released a series of collectible discs sporting designs by celebrities such as movie star Tom Cruise and fashion designer Donna Karan. The discs--and the original artwork behind them--are now showing up on eBay and selling for $36 on up.

MyAppleMenu Reader : World
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For Bush, Facts Are Malleable (Dana Milank, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61903-2002Oct21.html>
Statements on subjects ranging from the economy to Iraq suggest that a president who won election underscoring Al Gore's knack for distortions and exaggerations has been guilty of a few himself.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Science & Tech
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A Palmtop For The Prosecution (Jennifer 8. Lee, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/24/technology/circuits/24palm.html>
The rise of the organizer as a criminal tool has bred a new category of forensic scientist: the Palm reader.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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Is This The Famous Original Grand Sichuan? (Eric Asimov, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/23/dining/23GRAN.html>
Here was an incipient riddle that still might be answered: Where are all the Grand Sichuan restaurants coming from, and are they connected?

Two Writers Under One Roof (Martin Arnold, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/24/books/24BOOK.html>
There's something quite glorious and strangely romantic about the intimacy that two writers can bring to a marriage.

Titles Can Run Longer Than The Shows (Donna Freydkin, USA Today)
<http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20021015/4534299s.htm>
What's in a name? Quite a bit if you're a TV show trying to find an audience.

Music Industry Spins Falsehood (Janis Ian, USA Today)
<http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20021023/4557245s.htm>
I am not advocating indiscriminate downloading without the artist's permission. But I do object to the industry spin that it is doing all this to protect artists. It is not protecting us; it is protecting itself.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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KL Mulls Over New Law To Scrap Water Accords (Reme Ahmad, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/topstories/story/0,4386,151002,00.html?>
Malaysia is thinking of creating a new Act that would render the 1961 and 1962 water agreements with Singapore null and void, de facto law minister Rais Yatim said yesterday.

Dr M's Letter (Ng Boon Yian, Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/todaynews/view/141/1/.html>
It seems that Malaysia has not grasped the implications of its unilateral move.

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