[MyAppleMenu] Oct 28, 2002

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Monday, Oct 28, 2002

MyAppleMenu : News
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Apple Triples Server Market Share (Ron Carlson, Insanely Great Mac)
<http://www.insanely-great.com/news.php?id=1180>
Apple is the No. 5 supplier of servers, but shipped only about one-fifth the total of No. 4 maker Sun.

Why Consumers Ignore Consumer Devices (Jason Pontin, Red Herring)
<http://www.redherring.com/columns/2002/friday/lastword102502.html>
It takes a group of design, technology, venture capital, and marketing experts to explain how personal technology sucks.

Apple To Open Three Retail Stores Saturday (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2002/10/27/retail>

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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More Straight Talk About The Education Market (Steve Wood)
<http://www.mathdittos2.com/columns/view/v021028a.html>
Teachers' comments and assessment of the situation were far harsher than anything I had written.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Battle Of The Pocket Bulge: Zen Vs iPod (CNET and ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com.au/reviews/coolgear/mp3/story/0,2000023541,20269338,00.htm>
Apple and Creative would both like your MP3 spending dollar, and both offer pocket-sized firewire-capable MP3 players. We put the Creative Zen head to head with the Apple iPod.

Haunted House Hones Learning Skills (Joseph Szadkowski, Washington Times)
<http://www.washtimes.com/technology/20021024-29360226.htm>
Take a deep breath and enter the Halloween edition of ROMper Room, where learning is a four-letter word —- cool.

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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Media Center PCs In The Spotlight (Joe Wilcox, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1040-963573.html>
Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard plan to officially unveil the Media Center PC on Tuesday, but Sunday newspaper inserts leaked out pricing and model information ahead of the event.

Dell Has Big Plans For Mini PCs (Micael Kanellos, CNET News.com)
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2124545,00.html>
Michael Dell will today inveil the OptiPlex SX260 -- a mini PC about the size and shape of a standard dictionary

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

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : Top Stories
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The Next Step (Owen Gibson, The Guardian)
<http://media.guardian.co.uk/mediaguardian/story/0,7558,820468,00.html>
Having been there at the birth of the web, Berners-Lee is perhaps uniquely placed to see where it is going.

Eye On America, Indeed (Lauren Weinstein, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,55994,00.html>
For those who dare complain about video surveillance, the standard law enforcement response is that there's no expectation of privacy in public places. Given the capabilities of today's technology, this is utter nonsense.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : News & Opinions
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Fujitsu Releases New Crusoe Notebook (Tom Krazit, InfoWorld)
<oworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/10/28/021028hnfujtisu.xml?s=IDGNS>
This notebook PC was previously available in North America with an 867MHz Crusoe processor, but the new version uses Transmeta's fastest available processor, and is available as of today.

Firm Says Law Stifles Fair Use (Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-dvdcopy28oct28001424,0,118390.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dtechnology>
Software developer is trying to prove his DVD Copy Plus does not violate copyright law.

Xandros Desktop Linux OS Ships (Peter Galli, eWeek)
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,653111,00.asp>
The Xandros Desktop Linux operating system is finally shipping, more than a year after the company bought Canadian software firm Corel Corp.'s Linux desktop distribution and all the licensing rights.

Sun To Give Away Server Software (Mike Ricciuti, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-963532.html>
Sun Microsystems on Monday announced an update to its application server software along with plans to offer a free version of the product.

Are Pop-Up Ads Killing Themselves? (Jay Lyman, EcommerceTimes)
<http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/19789.html>
The need for third-party pop-up killers may be lessening as Internet service providers and highly trafficked Web sites begin to include this functionality.

Mitch Kapor: Good Luck Fighting Microsoft (Charles Cooper, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-963325.html>
Truth be told, however, I think Kapor is too late to make much of a difference.

Google Needs People Afterall - New Google-Answers Service (Steve Mallett, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/2221>
As a side note, Google may or may not do your homework for you, kids.

New Branded ISP Deals "Smack Of 1995" (Evan Hansen, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-963425.html>
Branded Internet access deals are back.

Palm Hands It To The High End (Ian Fried, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-963435.html>
Aiming to kick-start a sluggish market for handhelds, Palm is announcing two new devices Monday for mobile professionals and businesses.

Sun Pitches For Leadership In War Against .NET (ComputerWire)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/27803.html>
Sun Microsystems Inc is assuming command in Java's battle against Microsoft Corp and .NET, dismissing IBM as a potential contender.

More Than A Mouse: How MS Is Embracing Bluetooth (David Coursey, ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2895844,00.html>
I won't believe Bluetooth's time has really come until I start seeing the technology built into the majority of new PCs and laptops. Once that happens, I'd expect to see a wide variety of devices start using wireless where only cables ran before.

The Real War Is For PC Gamers And Their Money (Renae Merle, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24670-2002Oct26.html>
Rival Interactive is not the only company trying to serve the Pentagon and computer geeks simultaneously.

Succesful Free Software Businesses (Tim O'Reilly, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/2219>
The tragedy, I've argued, is that amazon, google, et al don't consider themselves FSBs and act accordingly.

MyAppleMenu Reader : World
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The Moderate Majority (Karim Raslan, Time)
<http://www.time.com/time/asia/covers/1101021028/vpt_raslan.html>
Southeast Asia's progressive Islam can be a strong weapon against extremism.

Dodging The Bullet (Karen Tumulty and Viveca Novak, Time)
<http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101021104-384812,00.html>
Even in the wake of the sniper slayings, Democrats are shying away from gun control.

No House Slave Here (William Raspberry, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28462-2002Oct27.html>
After a string of policy-debate losses that had some of us urging principled resignation -- an interim state for Palestine, reengagement with North Korea, a containment approach to Iraq -- I'm thinking that Powell may finally have won one by getting the president to work through the United Nations.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Science & Tech
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Improvements In Bra Technology (Teresa Riordan, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/28/technology/28PATE.html>
A bra design can pose engineering challenges as formidable as those encountered in building a bridge or a skyscraper.

A Fibonacci Fountain (Ivars Peterson, Science News)
<http://www.sciencenews.org/20021019/mathtrek.asp>
The year 1202 saw the publication of one of the most famous and influential books in mathematics.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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The Luster Of Vienna's Treasures Endures (Robert Campbell, Boston Globe)
<http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/300/living/The_luster_of_Vienna_s_treasures_endures+.shtml>
It's truly an embarrassment for an American to visit a city like this and experience public services so much better than anything we're accustomed to.

Needed: A Stirring National Anthem (Joan Ryan, San Francisco Chronicle)
<http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/10/27/ED89525.DTL>
I am not the first to advocate scrapping "The Star-Spangled Banner" as our national anthem. But seeing as how, despite calls for change, it is still the national anthem, there is work yet to be done.

Miss America's Stealth Virginity Campaign (Lara Riscol, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/10/28/miss_abstinence/index.html>
With the coveted tiara firmly in her grasp, beauty queen Erika Harold quickly unveiled plans to promote her pet cause: Abstinence-only sex education.

When A Judge Is Forced To Play God (Dana Parsons, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/news/columnists/la-me-parsons27oct27011225,0,6023663.column?coll=la%2Dnews%2Dcolumns>
In a better world, no judge would have to pass judgment on a person who can't talk, feel, move or breathe on his own. No judge would have to decide whether a 14-month-old child, whose most constant companion has been a ventilator, should live or die.

A Heated Mc-Culture Clash (Richard Boudreaux, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.calendarlive.com/printedition/calendar/cl-et-boudreaux28oct28.story>
In a city that holds fast to tradition, McDonald's wants a spot in the historic main square.

The Ultimate Reality TV (Howard Kurtz, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28520-2002Oct27.html>
Fox News is asking the United Nations for permission to send reporters and camera crews along if U.N. weapons inspectors return to Iraq.

A Writer's Tale Is Victorian; His Past, Gothic (Sarah Lyall, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/28/books/28FABE.html>
Something terrible happened a long time ago to Michel Faber, the author of "The Crimson Petal and the White."

A TV House Divided (Dvaid D. Kirkpatrick, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/28/technology/28HOUS.html>
The future of television has finally arrived -- really. Now begins the haggling over who gets control, and negotiations with the highest stakes are taking place inside AOL Time Warner.

The Angry Appeal Of Eminem Cuts Across Racial Lines (Lynette Holloway, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/28/business/media/28RAP.html?8hpib>
Not only is Eminem accepted as a supremely skillful practitioner of rap, many say he is the salvation of an art form that they say has been corrupted by a focus on Bentleys, yachts and Cristal Champagne.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Will Malaysia Do A 'Clob' On Water Supply? (Eddie Toh, Business Times)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/views/story/0,2276,61845,00.html>
What's less certain is whether Malaysia has the right to determine the amount of water to be sold to Singapore.

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