[MyAppleMenu] Sep 4, 2002

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Wednesday, Sep 4, 2002

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Q&A With Steve Wozniak (Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2002/10/macbeat/woz.html>
Mention the name "Woz," and most Mac users will know exactly who you're talking about. After all, they've been enjoying the fruits of Steve Wozniak's labors for years.

On Platforms (Ray Ozzie)
<http://www.ozzie.net/blog/stories/2002/09/03/toJoelOnPlatforms.html>
In building platform businesses, there is no question as to whether Apple or Microsoft or IBM or Lotus or Sun or Novell will have conflict with their ecosystem - they will, at some point, to some degree.

802.11, .Mac, Backup -- All Coming Together (Derrick Story, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/09/03/backup.html>
The individual technologies are not groundbreaking of themselves, but what I find interesting is that I can string these services together to fill a need.

How Gateway Profile 4 Compares To iMac (Brett Larson, TechTV)
<http://www.techtv.com/news/computing/story/0,24195,3398157,00.html>
Gateway's attempt to pit it against the iMac, a sleek and well-designed piece of hardware with an excellent feature set and reasonable price, isn't a great idea. Where the Profile 4 is neck-and-neck on features and price, it falls flat -- or rather tilts flat -- on style.

MyAppleMenu : News
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Boston Woos Macworld (Hiawatha Bray, Boston Globe)
<http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/247/business/Boston_woos_Macworld+.shtml>
Boston convention officials will meet tomorrow with the head of IDG World Expo in an effort to bring the Macworld computer trade show back to the area in 2004.

Chimera Hits 0.5 In Nightly Builds (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=16255>

Emagic Releases Logic Platinum For OS X, Sweetens Crossgrade Deal (Harmony Central)
<http://www.harmony-central.com/Newp/2002/Logic-System-OS-X.html>
This is accompanied by the simultaneous release of Mac OS X hardware drivers for Emagic's range of USB MIDI and audio interfaces.

Britannica Ships 2003 Ultimate Reference Suite (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0209/04.britannica.php>

Laptops As A Fourth 'R' (Christian Science Monitor)
<http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0904/p08s03-comv.html>
Maine is doing a service for the nation by this bold experiment. Computers are becoming too common to be left out of classrooms.

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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Marketing The Whole Widget (Korin Hasegawa-John, Low End Mac)
<http://lowendmac.com/myturn/02/0904.html>
Even though the hardware/software integration is Apple's strong point, they don't seem to be taking much advantage of it.

Redmond's Prices May Cost Gates Dear (Charles Haddad, BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/sep2002/tc2002094_8960.htm>
Microsoft's costly software has seen PC makers turning to alternatives. The trend fosters innovation, which is a synonym for Mac.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Grading Jaguar (Rob McNair-Huff, Mac Net Journal)
<http://www.whiterabbits.com/MacNetJournal/stories/2002/09/GradingJaguar.html>

Bluetooth Link For Apple (Ivor Khong, Computer Times Singapore)
<http://computertimes.asiaone.com.sg/v2/revw06.shtml>
Simple to install. Easy to use. This is how networking should be.

Apple's Jaguar Upgrade Is The Cat's Meow (Bruce Schwartz, USA Today)
<http://www.usatoday.com/tech/techreviews/products/2002-09-03-apple-jaguar_x.htm>
If you're already running 10.1, judge it based on the new features. You could always wait for 10.3; it's sure to be better still.

Mac OS X: Look Who Else Is Switching (Stephan Somogyi, ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2879107,00.html>
Jaguar's Unix underpinnings have been given a much-needed refresh. 

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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Alert: Windows May Deny Users (Brian McWilliams, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,54942,00.html>
Microsoft issues a vague hacking bulletin with specific consequences: Legitimate users get locked out of their networked systems. So far, the software maker hasn't offered a fix.

Microsoft Consumers Can Join Class-Action Suit, Florida Judge Rules (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
<http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/85454_microsoft04.shtml>
Issues of Microsoft's monopoly position, market definition and the alleged violation of state law "are ideally suited for classwide determination."

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

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : Top Stories
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Feeling The Heat (Ken Popovich, eWeek)
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,509773,00.asp>
Within three to five years, researchers at Intel, HP, and IBM predict, computer makers will have to move beyond fans and adopt cooling systems such as radiators and micro-refrigerators within systems to avoid potential meltdowns.

No Standard For Migrating To Web Standards (Josh Porter, User Interface Engineering)
<http://www.uie.com/Articles/migrating_to_web_standards.htm>
Why should web teams invest the effort to learn new coding techniques and convert all their legacy sites over to standards-compliant sites? Time and Money, that's why.

BBC News Site Offers Syndication Feeds (Adrian Holovaty)
<http://holovaty.com/blog/archive/2002/09/03/1206>
This is a smart move on the BBC's part. It means increased traffic and increased visibility for news.bbc.co.uk, because users are able to syndicate BBC headlines to their own sites and read syndicated content via an RSS reader.

Interaction Design And Agile Methods (Jon Udell, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/webservices/2002/09/03/udell.html>
Ethnographic research is one way to access that tacit knowledge. Working software is another. Are these strategies mutually exclusive? Let's hope not.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : News & Opinions
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Pop-Up Ads Few And Far Between? (Troy Wolverton, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1023-956503.html>
Pop-up ads may seem like they're everywhere, but they account for only a small portion of online advertisements, according to a new study.

Government Moves Goalposts In Broadband Licence Debacle (Graeme Wearden, ZDNet UK)
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2121722,00.html>
'Use it or lose it' becomes 'Don't use it, and get away with it' as 28GHz licence-holders get another 18 months to make wireless broadband available to just 10 percent of potential users.

Survey: Linux Growing; CRM In Doubt (Larry Dignan, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-956496.html>
Integrating applications and buying security software are in, and CRM software and new hardware purchases are out, according to a survey of chief information officers that was released on Wednesday.

Intel Has Big Nano Plans (Michael Kanellos, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-956443.html>
Intel will unfurl its nanotechnology strategies at its developer conference next week, shedding light on what will power its chips for the coming decades.

DoCoMo Erects i-Mode Anti-Spam Defences (ComputerWire)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/26943.html>
Japanese mobile operator NTT DoCoMo Inc is the first operator in the world to launch anti-spam protection for its mobile users.

MS Pushes New Tablet On Students (Elisa Batista, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/school/0,1383,54545,00.html>
While Microsoft plans to target all consumers with the tablet, the company considers it ideal for school.

Microsoft: It's A TV, Not A PC (Andy Patrizio, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,54913,00.html>
The latest flavor of Windows XP turns an ordinary PC into a digital entertainment center.

That Was The Day That Was (Kendra Mayfield, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,54729,00.html>
A year after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, researchers are building digital archives to capture snapshots of what some are calling the "first major event of the Internet age."

Nanotech By The Numbers (Peter Fairley, Technology Review)
<http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/fairley0902.asp>
It's virtual reality, writ small: atom-by-atom simulations of new materials could usher in the nanotech future sooner than anybody imagined.

Napster Says It Is Likely To Be LIquidated (Matt Richtel, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/04/technology/04MUSI.html>
The move appears to be the final chapter in the story of an Internet business that allowed millions of people to exchange music free online but was undone by lawsuits by the recording industry.

Labels Put Brakes On CD Copy Blocks (John Borland, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-956069.html>
Though the labels are slowing their drive for the technological locks, their desire for them has not diminished.

Trpped By The Web! (Bob Frankston, SATN.org)
<http://www.satn.org/archive/2002_09_01_archive.html#85405821>
If all you have is a hammer then everything is a nail.

ICANN Threatens To Revoke VeriSign's Right To Sell Dot-Com Names (David McGuire, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33395-2002Sep3.html>
The world's largest retailer of top-level Internet addresses could lose its right to sell "dot-com" domain names if it fails to address accusations that it violated its contract with global Internet addressing authorities.

Have Web Services Really Begun yet? (Or, The REAL Web Services Killer App.) (Kevin Bedell, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/1943>
Web services are actually delivering value. This isn't just a marginal, incremental improvement -- it's a real change. 

MyAppleMenu Reader : World
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When Scoops Are Product Placements (Dan Fost, San Francisco Chronicle)
<http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/09/01/BU102482.DTL>
Press 'leaks' can serve a corporate agenda.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Science & Tech
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That Was The Day That Was (Kendra Mayfield, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,54729,00.html>
A year after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, researchers are building digital archives to capture snapshots of what some are calling the "first major event of the Internet age."

Hot Flashes: Exploring The Mystery Of Women's Thermal Chaos (Denise Grady, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/03/health/womenshealth/03FLAS.html>
Is this nature's idea of a joke?

MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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Quotes That Prove Americans Do Have A Sense Of Irony (David Ward, The Guardian)
<http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,6109,785210,00.html>
Its editor, Elizabeth Knowles, said she was looking for the recognition factor, something that was half-remembered and likely to be looked up.

Sept. 11 Goes To School (Eric Liu, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/?id=2070415&device=>
Patriotism and psychobabble in the civics classroom.

This Is Family Style? (Jeanne McManus, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32555-2002Sep3.html>
Memo to the Sopranos: Pass the pasta and mind your manners.

In A Seafaring Body Lurks A Writer's Soul (Mel Gussow, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/04/books/04LOBS.html>
Linda Greenlaw's only complaint about her book tour to promote "The Lobster Chronicles" is that it is keeping her from the height of the lobster season on Isle au Haut.

Ah, Sweet Mysteries Of Trenton, She's Got 'Em (David M. Halbfinger, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/04/books/04TREN.html>
With her eight comic crime novels featuring Stephanie Plum, Janet Evanovich has made herself the de facto poet laureate of Trenton, N.J.

Up A Mountin, Chasing A Cheese (Marian Burros, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/04/dining/04FRIC.html>
Frico, as the Italians call it, is a simple dish for a complicated part of the world.

Why Do Cell Phones Make Us Stupid? (Lisa Napoli, MSNBC)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/800979.asp>
They make you stupid because they are eroding the art of conversation, filling the air with the banal.

Strange Case Of A Legal Oddity: She Puts Pen To Paper (Laura Loh, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/news/custom/showcase/la-me-pen3sep03.story>
South L.A. court reporter is the only one in California to shun a steno machine in favor of shorthand on a notepad.

Don't Fence Me In (Al Podboy, LLRX.com)
<http://www.llrx.com/features/dontfencemein.htm>
Today the Internet is under attack not from terrorists but from well-meaning governmental officials and their lobbyists.

Are Weblogs Changing Our Culture? (Andrew Sullivan and Kurt Andersen, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/?id=2070360&entry=2070363>
Why blogging is "a format designed for Unabombers."

What Is It About British Men? Cheap, Drunk And Stiff Lipped (Sarah Lyall, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/01/weekinreview/01LYAL.html?8hpist>
But as various commentators here weighed in on the relative merits of English men and North American women, it began to emerge that Ms. McLaren was not the only foreign woman who has hoped for Mr. Darcy, only to be saddled with Austin Powers.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Expressions
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Flush (Cate Marvin, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/?id=2070316&device=>

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : Top Stories
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KL-Singapore Talks: Back To Square One? (Tan Tarn How, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,141615,00.html?>
Malaysia's new position seems to take negotiations not just a few steps back but almost all the way down the slope.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Water Review To Be Discussed (Mergawati Zulfakar and Lam Li, The Star)
<http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2002/9/4/nation/mswateris&sec=nation>
Singapore has agreed to Malaysia’s request to discuss reviewing the price of raw water being sold to the island republic, a move seen as a success for Kuala Lumpur in the protracted negotiations.

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

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