[MyAppleMenu] Sep 13, 2002

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Friday, Sep 13, 2002

MyAppleMenu : News
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Carousel No Longer Has An Apple In Its Eye (Bob Niedt, The Post-Standard)
<http://www.syracuse.com/business/poststandard/index.ssf?/base/business-2/103190613456120.xml>
Insiders at Applied have been told to go full steam ahead in offering new Apple/Macintosh computers, peripherals and software. Apple no longer has an Apple owned-and-operated boutique on its front burner for Syracuse.

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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Student Laptops Are A Luxury (USA Today)
<http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2002-09-12-edit_x.htm>
Computer companies are pushing hard to sell laptops as the key to preparing students for the job market. But before buying that line, educators need to pinpoint their biggest educational challenge and decide whether it's apt to be solved with a laptop.

Mac OS For x86 - Hearsay Or Heresy? (Larry Seltzer, ZDNet)
<http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2879884,00.html>
It's an irresistible rumor because there's a certain logic to it and because it's impossible to disprove. Nonetheless, it makes little to no sense for Apple to pursue such a strategy.

Enter The "Most Embrassing Computer Moment" Contest (Derrick Story, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/1994>
So the Switch campaign has been fun, at least for Mac users. But what if we widened the concept to include all platforms, and tell humorous stories about our own crazy computer experiences?

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Fireworks MX: Web-Graphics Program Provides Refined Features And Added Versatility (Sandee Cohen, Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2002/10/reviews/fireworks.html>
If you're a designer who creates large volumes of Web graphics, you'll appreciate Fireworks' automation features. But if you create just a few Web graphics or if you want to generate sophisticated imaging effects, you may want to stay with Photoshop's simpler Web features and imaging tools.

Gritty Action, Kid Adventure, And Everything In Between (Peter Cohen, Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2002/09/reviews/gameroom.html>
Buckshot from a shotgun shell disperses in a wide pattern. That's just one lesson I learned while playing Max Payne, one of the games I review this month.

Jinni Zeala Pinball (Erica Marceau, Applelinks.com)
<http://www.applelinks.com/reviews/jinnizeala.shtml>
I don't think Jinni Zeala Pinball is a good value for the money, but there aren't many companies making pinball games so I guess you take what you can get.

Apple, Gateway Comparison A Hail Mary Pass (Bob LeVitus, Houston Chronicle)
<http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/business/1573281>
And while Gateway may extract some market share from other Windows clone makers, I can't imagine a single Mac user downgrading to the Profile.

Great Leap Forward (garry Barker, Livewire)
<http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/09/12/1031608262548.html>
A good step up from OS X 10.1.5, and I liked it a lot.

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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Microsoft Warns Of Thieving Word Docs (Robert Lemos, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-957786.html>
A security flaw in Microsoft's flagship word processing software could allow a document to hijack files from any Windows PC on which it's opened, the software giant said Thursday.

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

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : Top Stories
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Report: Nations Need Open Source (Matt Loney, ZDNet UK)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-957827.html>
Developing countries should look at open-source software and should avoid legislation designed to stop anti-copying measures being circumvented, a government-backed group of influential experts will warn on Monday.

The Success Of Java (Ted Neward, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/1992>
Any opportunities to make mistakes and not pay for it are long since gone. From here on in, it's a knife fight. Sun needs to keep their focus tight.

Implementing Cluetrain (Doc Searls)
<http://doc.weblogs.com/2002/09/12#implementingCluetrain>
Connected conferences give everybody a lot more to talk about because their context enlarges to maximum dimensions.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : News & Opinions
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Web Services With AppleScript And Perl (Apple)
<http://developer.apple.com/internet/webservices/applescripttoperl.html>

IM Giants Told To Work It Out (Stefanie Olsen, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1023-957787.html>
As Wall Street begins to embrace instant messaging, some financial giants are putting a squeeze on the technology's famously fractious service providers.

Neilsen, TiVo Try Ratings Game (Steve Friess, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,55091,00.html>
In an effort to devise new ways to gauge yet another new, hard-to-measure television audience, Neilsen Media Research launched an experiment this summer to collect viewership data on the TiVo personal recorder from 20 homes scattered across the United States.

The Secret World Of 4G Wireless (Lou Hirsh, NewsFactor)
<http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=75&ncid=738&e=7&u=/nf/20020912/tc_nf/19381>
Industry planners and researchers are looking ahead to the day, perhaps in eight to 10 years, when fourth-generation (4G) technology begins to make its mark.

Grid Expectations (Louis Chua, Computerworld Singapore)
<http://idg.com.sg/pcwsg.nsf/unidlookup/81EB0F7C776A5A8048256C3200129146?OpenDocument>
IBM plans Singapore facility to showcase grid computing, which is expected to take off in three to four years' time.

UnitedLinux Plans Under-$1,000 Release (John Blau, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/09/12/020912hnunitedlinux.xml>
The first release of a version of the open-source Linux operating system, developed by a quartet of companies known as UnitedLinux, will be globally available in November at a price of less than $1,000 per server including maintenance, support, and upgrades.

Microsoft: All XML, All The Time (Charles Cooper, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2008-1082-957667.html>
Jim Allchin is not buying the argument that there's any confusion about Microsoft's message on Web services. If anything, he says, it's just the opposite.

What's Wrong With WEP? (Computerworld Singapore)
<http://www.computerworld.com.sg/pcwsg.nsf/unidlookup/CFF11403D5D5AC1848256C32001441D1?OpenDocument>
Wired equivalent privacy (WEP), the privacy protocol specified in IEEE 802.11 to protect wireless LAN users, has attracted much flak for its weaknesses. We look at where, and why, WEP falls short of security expectations.

Beyond The XML Mirage (Simon St. Laurent, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/1990>
XML is powerful stuff, but developers need to take information seriously rather than expecting XML to solve their problems if they want to get worthwhile results.

Don't Hide Your Multimedia Content! (Steve Outing, Editor And Publisher)
<http://editorandpublisher.com/editorandpublisher/features_columns/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1676531>
Help users find your interactive packages.

Microsoft Return To The Fray Armed With Linux (Don Clark, The Age)
<http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/09/12/1031608299044.html>
After years of watching Microsoft Corp consolidate its power, a band of software rivals is trying to build a beachhead in desktop computers.

Bringing Linux To Third World Communities (Schuyler Erle, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/1993>
In a broader way, we are trying to find working models that allow us to turn the Bay Area's leftover junk -- in this case, old PCs, monitors, peripherals, and so on -- into valuable resources for people in less economically advantaged regions.

MyAppleMenu Reader : World
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A Tale of Two Cities (The Economist)
<http://www.economist.com/world/na/displayStory.cfm?story_id=1328844>
There is one New York that is recovering well from September 11th--and another New York that probably never will.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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The Legacy Of The Battle For Seattle (Tom Hayden, The Nation)
<http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20020930&s=hayden20020912>
With dot.coms bombing and Boeing going, Seattle has lost its artificial luster, returning to the status of a lovely, cultured city instead of the mecca of a global kingdom.

(Never) Mind Your Language (The Economist)
<http://www.economist.com/world/europe/displayStory.cfm?story_id=1326364>
Reviving Gaelic is a tall order, even with taxpayers' cash.

Beware The Perils Of Drink-Dialling (Marion McGilvary, The Times)
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7-412619,00.html>
A friendly warning for a new student generation about the demon drink, mobile phones and old lovers.

The Restaurant That Fed The World (Andrew Freeman, San Francisco Chronicle)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/09/12/FD59650.DTL>
Windows' general manager reflects on emergence of a dining community.

Book Club Encourages Read-And-Release (Dan Nephin, Associated Press)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3317-2002Sep11.html>
Hornbaker is the founder of BookCrossing.com, an Internet book club that combines karma and kismet and encourages people to leave their books at coffee shops, parks, airports or anyplace else.

50 Ways To Leave Your Fajitas Combo Plate (Robert Siegel, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/13/dining/13RITU.html>
The day of a breakup is always fraught with tension. I know it's over, but the cashier doesn't.

For A Change, Commentators Let Coverage Unfold Without Too Much Talk (Caryn James, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/12/national/12TUBE.html>
Television rarely leaves you alone with your thoughts, but for a couple of shining, solemn hours in yesterday's dawn-to-midnight coverage it did.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : Top Stories
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Singapore Faces Jobless Surge (BBC News)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/2255242.stm>
More and more Singaporeans must look forward to a jobless future, the government of the island state has warned.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Malaysian Lawyer Won't Get To Fight Tudung Case (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,143112,00.html?>
The Manpower Ministry (MOM) has turned down an employment-pass application for a Malaysian lawyer to represent the four schoolgirls in the tudung controversy, because his move is seen to be intervening in Singapore's internal affairs.

Grid Expectations (Louis Chua, Computerworld Singapore)
<http://idg.com.sg/pcwsg.nsf/unidlookup/81EB0F7C776A5A8048256C3200129146?OpenDocument>
IBM plans Singapore facility to showcase grid computing, which is expected to take off in three to four years' time.

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