[MyAppleMenu] Sep 10, 2002

Tue Sep 10 21:05:18 EDT 2002

MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Tuesday, Sep 10, 2002

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Mac OS X-Only Booting For 2003 (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/top_news_item.cfm?NewsID=5239>
Apple today announced that starting in January 2003, all new Mac models will only boot into Mac OS X as the start-up operating system, though they will retain the ability to run most Mac OS 9 applications through the "Classic" environment.

Are Apple's Emagic Switch Rebates Enough? (Andrew Orlowski, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/39/27041.html>
Some 60,000 users of Emagic Logic software hold the key to Apple's future in the audio business, and despite a $1300 rebate on the table to Windows users, it might not be enough.

Apple Ships iCal At Apple Expo Paris (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/top_news_item.cfm?NewsID=5237>
Apple has shipped its OS X 10.2 calendar program, iCal.

MyAppleMenu : News
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Apple's Schiller Pushes Printing With 10.2 (Jason Brooks, eWeek)
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,526467,00.asp>
In a keynote address here Tuesday at Seybold San Francisco 2002, which was largely devoid of new announcements, Apple Senior Vice President Phillip Schiller spent an hour teasing out the new "print, publishing and design" features of Apple's recently released OS X 10.2 operating system.

Apple Kicks Off "Design Freely" Promotion (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2002/09/10/appledesignfreely>
Free copy of Adobe InDesign 2.0.

Apple Launches Latest "i" Software (Joe Wilcox, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1040-957283.html?tag=cd_mh>
Apple on Tuesday released its latest "i" application, as the company seeks to combat slowing computer sales with an increased emphasis on software and services.

Apple, Reader Note Developer Tools Issues (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=16371>

Apple Expo: iSync Beta 'Later This Month' (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=5241>
iCal’s companion product iSync, which was announced alongside the calendar at July’s Macworld Expo in New York, will be available as a beta product later in September, Jobs said during his keynote.

Apple Expo: FileMaker Pro 6 Announced (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=5242>
New in FileMaker Pro 6 is the ability to import large numbers of images from a folder into a database, and -- on Mac OS X only -- to capture digital images and image-data directly from cameras.

Rendezvous Gains Approval, Says Apple (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2002/09/10/rendezvous>
Apple states that developers are "rapidly adopting Apple's innovative new Rendezvous networking technology for incorporation into everything from consumer electronics to printers, enterprise database management and educational applications."

Apple Expo In Full Swing (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=5238>
More than 70,000 attendees are expected to visit the show, which has attracted 250 exhibitors.

Industry Turns The Page (Jon Fortt, San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/local/4040035.htm>
This year, industry leaders are focused on using networking technology -- specifically powerful server computers -- to sort through images, rather than using desktop computers alone.

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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Copland And NeXT (David K. Every, iGeek)
<http://www.igeek.com/browse.php?id=1078>
In the end, it took like five years to deliver on a usable version of the next generation Mac OS. What is interesting in that it would have taken only another 2 or 3 years maximum for Apple to have delivered on Copland (plus some of Gershwin) had they followed a variant of the initial course.

Just A Thought - On Xserve: Is Jobs Nuts Or What? (Vern Seward, The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/editorial/2002/09/09.1.shtml>
Only Jobs is nuts enough to try something like that; and just crazy enough to make it succeed.

Apple's Good, But That's No Reason To Switch (Hiawatha Bray, Boston Globe)
<http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/252/business/Apple_s_good_but_that_s_no_reason_to_switch+.shtml>
The newer versions of Windows are themselves mighty fine.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Mouse Exists For Mac Users With Urge To Right-Click (Union-Tribune News Service)
<http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/computing/personaltech/20020909-9999_mz1b9qamac.html>

Even Free, iCal Isn't Worth The Price (Chuck La Tournous, RandomMaccess)
<http://www.randommaccess.com/newspro/articles/1031695363.shtml>
iCal is rife with bugs, display glitches and mind-boggling interface oversights.

Toast Titanium 5.1.2 (Trey Yancy, MacDirectory)
<http://www.macdirectory.com/reviews/toast/index.html>
Toast Titanium covers all the bases and provides an excellent platform for discovering why Zip drives are hitting the auction sites at prices lower than the cost of shipping.

Configuring Sendmail On Jaguar (James Duncan Davidson, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/09/10/sendmail.html>
Sendmail is complicated software, no doubt about it. But Sendmail is also the Swiss Army Knife of mail servers, and I don't mean one of those little key-chain trinkets.

Apple's 'Jaguar' Is Useful Upgrade (Mark Kellner, Washington Times)
<http://www.washtimes.com/technology/20020910-12902577.htm>
Overall, Jaguar is a good upgrade for Mac users, who may soon find they can't live without the new Sherlock or Mail features.

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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Wireless The Word For Intel (Michael Kanellos, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-957339.html>
Intel's strategy for desktops, notebooks and handhelds can be summed up in one word: wireless. 

Why Windows Makes Mobility So Hard (Larry Seltzer, ZDNet)
<http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2879461,00.html>
For an OS that has done a great deal of innovation with mobile computing, Windows is surprisingly insensitive to this need.

Windows Makes A Mark In Server Ranking (Stephen Shankland, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-957226.html>
A $4.6 million NEC server using Microsoft Windows has grabbed high marks in a closely watched performance ranking traditionally dominated by machines running the Unix operating system.

Dude, You're Getting More From Dell (Brock N. Meeks, MSNBC)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/805594.asp>
Analysts are cautiously upbeat about PC maker’s diversification.

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MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : Top Stories
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Mozilla Rising (Farhad Manjoo, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/09/10/browser_wars/index.html>
Netscape won't dislodge Internet Explorer from its hegemony over browser space. But its open-source sibling is aiming at even bigger game: Windows.

Hot Spots (D.C. Denison, Boston Globe)
<http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/252/business/Hot_spots+.shtml>
Free and for-profit Net zones pop up everywhere.

Study Details Impact Of Web Ads On Business Execs (Tobi Elkin, AdAge)
<http://www.adage.com/news.cms?newsId=35985>
Internet now preferred medium for reaching decision makers.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : News & Opinions
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President's Exit Does Not Spark Liberty Alliance Worries (Eve Epstein, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/09/10/020910hnliberty.xml>
Although the Liberty Alliance's president stepped down last week, members of the organization said that the group is still on track to deliver the next set of specifications early next year.

Wireless The Word For Intel (Michael Kanellos, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-957339.html>
Intel's strategy for desktops, notebooks and handhelds can be summed up in one word: wireless. 

Cleaner Living Through Nanotech (Associated Press)
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,55024,00.html>
For scientists who study it, nanotechnology is considered a clean technology, perhaps even the key to solving some current environmental ills.

Chinese Google Users Take A Forced Detour (Reuters)
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2121993,00.html>
First the search engine was blocked, and now many Chinese users are finding themselves rerouted to local alternatives. A media clampdown may be imminen.

Ericsson Warns Of Overcrowded 3G Market - Paper (Reuters)
<http://www.forbes.com/technology/newswire/2002/09/10/rtr717017.html>
The world's top wireless networks maker Ericsson thinks the third-generation market is overcrowded and no more can four operators can succeed even in big countries, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.

Users Fail To See Benefits Of 3G (Nick Farrell, vnunet.com)
<http://www.vnunet.com/News/1134872>
One third don't understand, or don't need, the technology.

Seybold: XML, Weblogs Make Mark On Publishing Industry (Matt Berger, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/09/09/020909hnseyblog.xml>
The publishing industry is in a state of flux as new technologies emerge for managing content and delivering it to end users, a panel of industry pundits said Monday at the opening of the Seybold publishing industry conference here.

Industry Turns The Page (Jon Fortt, San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/local/4040035.htm>
This year, industry leaders are focused on using networking technology -- specifically powerful server computers -- to sort through images, rather than using desktop computers alone.

Hutchison To Push 3G With Cheap Voice Calls (ComputerWire)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/59/27035.html>
Europe's first 3G network service will make cheap flat-rate voice calls a main plank of its challenge to established operators when it enters service in the UK later this year.

Kids' Internet Domain To Follow FCC Rules (Reuters)
<http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-techbrfs10.4sep10.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dtechnology>
Sex, violence and foul language prohibited by the Federal Communications Commission would be banned from a children's Internet domain.

Faster Wi-Fi Standard Gets Nod (Ben Charny, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1033-957229.html?tag=cd_mh>
IEEE said Monday that a draft of the standard 802.11g passed the first of several votes needed before it's ultimately approved.

As 2003 Nears, Where Is Online Newspaper Biz? (Wayne Robins, Editor And Publisher)
<http://www.editorandpublisher.com/editorandpublisher/headlines/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1669753>
So it's almost 2003. Weren't our newspapers supposed to have cancelled all those newsprint orders by now?

The Recording Industry Is Trying To Kill The Goose That Lays THe Golden Egg (Dan Bricklin)
<http://www.bricklin.com/recordsales.htm>
Given the slight dip in CD sales despite so many reasons for there to be a much larger drop, it seems that the effect of downloading, burning, and sharing is one of the few bright lights helping the music industry with their most loyal customers.

802.11g Moves Closer To Adoption (802.11b Networking News)
<http://80211b.weblogger.com/discuss/msgReader$409>
IEEE 802.11 Task Group G has passed its first letter ballot, on its way to May 2003 final ratification.

MyAppleMenu Reader : World
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The Path To Peace (Bill Clinton, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/09/10/clinton/index.html>
The only way to beat terrorism is for the u.S. to unite the world, not divide it.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Science & Tech
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Can These Boxes Be Locked Against Terror? (Andrew C. Revkin, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/10/science/10POST.html>
Postal authorities are realizing that strengthening security will take years and the nation is probably even more vulnerable than it was last fall.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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Where Art Is A Household Word (Susan Freudenheim, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/features/lifestyle/la-lv-collect10sep10.story>
Audrey Irmas' home is a museum-like setting for large works by big names.

Public Spaces, Still Under Siege (Benjamin Forgey, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59294-2002Sep9.html>
An ever-widening security net entangles the capital's architecture.

Publisher Tries Literary Lightning Rod To Attract Latino Writers And Readers (Mirta Ojito, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/10/books/10RAYO.html>
Rayo, a bilingual imprint of HarperCollins, is the first attempt by a major publisher to focus on the Latino market in the U.S. as creators and buyers of mostly English works.

As 2003 Nears, Where Is Online Newspaper Biz? (Wayne Robins, Editor And Publisher)
<http://www.editorandpublisher.com/editorandpublisher/headlines/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1669753>
So it's almost 2003. Weren't our newspapers supposed to have cancelled all those newsprint orders by now?

The Recording Industry Is Trying To Kill The Goose That Lays THe Golden Egg (Dan Bricklin)
<http://www.bricklin.com/recordsales.htm>
Given the slight dip in CD sales despite so many reasons for there to be a much larger drop, it seems that the effect of downloading, burning, and sharing is one of the few bright lights helping the music industry with their most loyal customers.

The Power Of James Burnham (Roger Kimball, New Criterion)
<http://www.newcriterion.com/archive/21/sept02/burnham.htm>
“Who is James Burnham?” How often have I fielded variants of that question while pondering this essay!

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : Top Stories
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We Said Sorry To Save Jobs: Agency Memo (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,142473,00.html?>
Bloomberg apologised and agreed to pay damages for defaming Singapore's leaders in a recent online article because it feared for the welfare of its 180 staff here, according to a United States media report based on a Bloomberg staff memorandum.

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