[MyAppleMenu] Sep 3, 2002

Tue Sep 3 21:05:04 EDT 2002

MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Tuesday, Sep 3, 2002

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Saving Money With Open Source (Charles F. Moreira, The Star)
<http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2002/9/3/corpit/ghxserve&sec=corpit>
"Apple is the first vendor to bet the farm on BSD. By making Darwin the core of OS X, Apple has made the biggest corporate commitment to OSS so far."

Bluetooth Will Succeed (Oliver Thylmann, InfoSync)
<http://www.infosync.no/news/2002/n/2248.html>
Apple believes in bluetooth, Apple added it, Apple helps make it a standard, and Bluetooth will succeed.

MyAppleMenu : News
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Apple Store Grand Opening This Weekend With Sweepstakes At White Plains, NY (The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/article/2002/09/03.13.shtml>

Apple Makes Linux iTunes Pretender Change Names (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0209/03.xtunes.php>
So, xtunes has become "sumi," and Tex9 said it'll next work to revamp the software's interface, ostensibly to make it less iTunes-like.

Opera For Mac OS X Not A Dead Parrot (Andrew Orlowski, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/26934.html>
Opera Software tells us that the Mac OS X version of its browser, which was last updated seven long months ago, is still under development.

Apple Talks Expansion, Noise, Dual Processor Systems (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0209/03.duals.php>
"With the release of Jaguar and an all dual processor lineup in our pro systems, our professional customers, and several new customers, are excited about the systems."

Native Mac OS X Poart Of Graphing Calculator? (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=16214>

Can Appel's Jaguar Break Windows? (Lisa Gill, NewsFactor)
<http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/19265.html>
Whether any companies will take the bait has yet to be determined.

KC Man Profits From Apple's Blunder (David Hayes, The Kansas City Star)
<http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/business/3986624.htm>
The Kansas City entrepreneur has developed a slick-looking plastic cover that covers an odd hole on the lower front cover of the Apple Macintosh QuickSilver G4 computer.

Best Buy To Carry The iPod At Retail Stores (Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0209/03.ipod.php>
Apple and Best Buy announced on Tuesday that the retailer would carry Apple's popular MP3 player the iPod at all of Best Buy's retail locations.

Maine Teachers Share Lessons Learned About Laptops (Associated Press)
<http://www.boston.com/dailynews/246/region/Maine_teachers_share_lessons_l%3A.shtml>
As public schools across Maine prepare to give laptop computers to nearly 17,000 seventh-graders, teachers at nine schools that pioneered the program are sharing what they've learned.

Windows Facing A Challenge (Barbara Genglere, The Australian)
<http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,5018973%5E15344%5E%5Enbv%5E15306%2D15321,00.html>
Enthusiasm for alternatives to Windows is at its highest level in more than a decade, according to a report from Yankee Group.

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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The Branding Of Apple: The Retail Bridge (Simon Spence, TidBITS)
<http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=06926>
Thanks to the Apple Stores, Apple can bridge that final gap between brand and consumer and no longer be reliant on third-party translation of the messages they are trying to deliver.

Hooray For Today's OSes (Henry Norr, San Francisco Chronicle)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/09/02/BU176355.DTL>
For the first time in the history of personal computing, mainstream systems don't routinely crash.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Jaguar Stalks Windows Users (Gene steinberg, Gannett News Service)
<http://detnews.com/2002/technology/0209/03/etech03-575378.htm>
But does it have what it takes to get them to consider a Macintosh?

Interesting Bits Of Jaguar (Adam C. Engst, TidBITS)
<http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=06925>
I'm going to take a quick spin through some of the less-noticeable features that have gladdened our jaded eyes here at TidBITS, plus a couple of installation tips that will save you headaches and disk space.

Good Reasons To Upgrade To OS X 10.2 (Henry Norr, San Francisco Chronicle)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/09/02/BU177661.DTL&type=business>
I almost hate to say it, because I too was bothered by Apple's pricing policy, but after using 10.2 for a couple of weeks, I'm sold: If you use Mac OS X, upgrading to 10.2 is a worthwhile investment.

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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IE SSL Security Flaws (William Crawford, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/1941>
What concerns me is the potential for companies to step back from rolling out new web based business applications on the SSL platform, out of concern that sensitive business data could be compromised.

Microsoft 'Patches' Tear At Computer Users' Good Will (Bob Keefe, Cox News Service)
<http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/85063_patch02.shtml>
Dealing with the patches is costing U.S. businesses billions of dollars, creating major headaches for consumers and companies alike, and perhaps even playing a role in stagnating the growth of the Internet and computing in general.

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

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : Top Stories
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Google Inaccessible In China (Reuters)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1023-956243.html?tag=cd_mh>
China appears to have blocked leading search engine Google, sparking speculation of a crackdown on Internet content viewed as subversive ahead of a Communist Party congress in November.

Subscription Online Music Sites Face Uphill Road (Simon Avery, Associated Press)
<http://www.boston.com/dailynews/245/economy/Subscription_online_music_site%3A.shtml>
Online subscription music sites have finally arrived. But there's been little fanfare, and so far almost no one is buying.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : News & Opinions
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Giving Up On The Web (The Economist)
<http://www.economist.com/agenda/displayStory.cfm?story_id=1312454>
Bertelsmann, a big European media group, is scaling back its Internet ambitions. Other companies are struggling to make money on the web. Yet e-commerce thrives for those who have got it right.

Wi-Fi Chips To Climb Aboard Modems (Ben Chamy, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1033-956409.html>
Wi-Fi chips for wireless home networks will be moving in with a roommate: broadband modems.

Of PowerPoint And Pointlessness (Joanna Glasner, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/school/0,1383,54675,00.html>
The number of teachers using PowerPoint presentations in class is on the rise. This raises a question among education theorists: What is the point?

Safter Surfing For Kids (BBC News)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2231407.stm>
A site that promotes safer use of the internet has been launched by education groups across Europe.

Sonera Delays Finnish 3G Launch (ComputerWire)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/59/26920.html>
The launch, which had been originally planned for September 26, appears to have been delayed because of a lack UMTS-enabled handsets, as well as other unspecified factors.

Microsoft Flashes A New Wallet (Margaret Kane, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1017-956187.html>
Microsoft will debut a new e-wallet service Tuesday and plans to phase out its current Passport wallet by March 2003, the company said.

Microsoft Beefs Up Passport Security (Joe Wilcox, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-956246.html>
Microsoft began notifying Passport users Monday night of changes that would give them more control over their accounts and increased privacy and security.

UnitedLinux Falls Apart (IT-Director.com)
<http://www.it-director.com/article.php?id=3156>
Three months down the line and things are still moving forward but it's not plain sailing for the new team on the block.

EC Acts To Lower 3G Costs (Rene Millman, vnunet.com)
<http://www.vnunet.com/News/1134688>
3G mobile services may appear more quickly and at lower cost in the UK and Europe, following moves by the European Commission to allow carriers to pool resources when building and operating 3G networks.

E-Signature May Take Years Before People Are Comfortable With It (Warsaw Business Journal)
<http://www.wbj.pl/user/article.asp?ArticleID=157951>
The much-lauded e-signature law will do little to change prevailing business practices and would take many months, if not years, before companies and consumers warm up to the technology, according to banking professionals.

Hooray For Today's OSes (Henry Norr, San Francisco Chronicle)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/09/02/BU176355.DTL>
For the first time in the history of personal computing, mainstream systems don't routinely crash.

Bluetooth Will Succeed (Oliver Thylmann, InfoSync)
<http://www.infosync.no/news/2002/n/2248.html>
Apple believes in bluetooth, Apple added it, Apple helps make it a standard, and Bluetooth will succeed.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Science & Tech
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With Towers Gone, Area May Be Vulnerable To Lightning (Gale Scott, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/03/science/03LIGH.html>
When the World Trade Center stood, lightning regularly struck its towers and was safely discharged to the ground. Now, Lower Manhattan could be more vulnerable.

As Alaska Warms, Glaciers Stage A Ferocious Dance (Michael Parrish, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/03/science/earth/03GLAC.html>
Why are some Alaskan glaciers growing, while most are shrinking? Much about glacial movement remains mysterious. But in simplest terms, glaciers are a varied lot, each marching to its own geophysical rhythm.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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Of PowerPoint And Pointlessness (Joanna Glasner, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/school/0,1383,54675,00.html>
The number of teachers using PowerPoint presentations in class is on the rise. This raises a question among education theorists: What is the point?

Bloomberg Butts In (Hendrik Hertzberg, New Yorker)
<http://www.newyorker.com/talk/content/?020909ta_talk_hertzberg>
New York City and the anti-smoking crusade.

A Life Of Ridicule? (The Times)
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7-402642,00.html>
How is Romeo Beckham going to cope with a name like that? We asked four other Romeos.

Osama bin Laden Is Alive And Well And Living In Utah (Katharine Mieszkowski, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/09/03/snopes_part2/index.html>
As the anniversary of Sept. 11 approaches, terror-related urban legends are running rampant. Luckily, Snopes.com is on the case.

Please Turn Down The Orchestra (Brian Hunt, This Is London)
<http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/dynamic/hottx/review.html?in_review_id=673980&in_review_text_id=645839>
Orchestras have become much, much louder since the 18th century. And the process has gathered pace dramatically since the Second World War.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : Top Stories
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Stirring Up Singapore Inc. (Michael Shari, BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/02_36/b3798161.htm>
A slew of execs pack their bags as Ho rises at Temasek.

KL-Singapore Talks Hit Snag As Malaysia Changes Tack (Tan Tarn How, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,141377,00.html?>
Malaysia now wants water and the issue of the Customs checkpoint to be dealt with separately, instead of as a package.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Jaya Explains Why KL-Singapore Talks Stalled (Straits Times)
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,508397,00.asp>
Foreign Minister S. Jayakumar yesterday took questions from reporters after talks with his Malaysian counterpart Syed Hamid Albar, which saw a sudden shift in Malaysia's position on how to settle the string of issues that have hung over bilateral ties.

Singapore-Malaysia Talks 'Inconclusive But Definitive': Syed Hamid Albar (Farah Abdul Rahim, Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/17893/1/.html>
Both countries have put their positions across clearly and they will continue to build on that.

More Singapore News at <http://www.myapplemenu.com/singapore/>

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