[MyAppleMenu] Sep 14, 2002

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Saturday, Sep 14, 2002

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Using PC Peripherals On The Mac (Wei-Meng Lee, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/09/13/pc_peripherals.html>
Most devices that I have invested in for my PC are compatible with my new eMac.

MyAppleMenu : News
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Apple UK Offers .Mac Online Store Promo (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0209/14.mac.php>
Apple UK is offering early adopters of their new .Mac services &pound;30 off their next purchase on the Apple Store UK.

Laptop Learning Under Way (Colin Hickey, Blethen Maine Newspaper)
<http://www.centralmaine.com/news/stories/020914laptops_.shtml>
Despite a budget crisis and fears of manhandled computers and dubious downloading, Gov. Angus S. King Jr.'s laptop-for-seventh-graders program is under way throughout the state.

If We Join Forces, We Can Become Stronger! (Clint Boulton, Internet.com)
<http://siliconvalley.internet.com/news/article.php/1462931>
For the first time, the two major MPEG-4 standards bodies are putting their heads together for interoperability testing of the standard that is poised to propel the next generation of streaming media delivery.

Interview With A Mac Switcher: Jeremiah Cohick (OSNews.com)
<http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=1737>

How Extreme is 'Quartz Extreme'? Very, According To Apple - A Performance Report (MacReviewZone)
<http://macreviewzone.com/html/articles/news/seybold/02/quartz.shtml>

Mac Evangelist Released From Jail (Leander Kahney, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,55148,00.html>
Shane Anderson, the "list dad" of the Mac Evangelist, has been released from jail after striking a plea bargain on charges that he cracked into a business associate's computer.

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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Could Macs Mean Business At Last? (David Berlind, ZDNet)
<http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2880079,00.html>
For the second time in Apple's history, it has a real chance to do what it probably should have done when the Macintosh first came out: license the operating system.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Gadgets Galore: Tune In To The Latest MP3 Players (CNN)
<http://www.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/13/mroom.mp3/index.html>
Music you can take with you. That seems to be one of the biggest priorities for today's music lover.

An In-Depth Look At Mac OS X 10.2 - Jaguar (Gene Steinberg, USA Today)
<http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/2002-09-13-mac-column_x.htm>
At a time when the personal computer industry is largely retrenching because of the ongoing sales slump, Apple continues to innovate.

Finally Someone Gets OS X Audio Recording Right! (MacNET 2.0)
<http://www.macnet2.com/more.php?id=170_0_1_0_M>
AudioX is great for people who want an easy way to record sound from any input source.

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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XP Service Pack 1 Not For Everyone (Matt Lake, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-957873.html>
We didn't notice improved speed or stability in informal tests, and SP1's highly touted ability to change Windows' default apps for services such as Web browsing and instant messaging don't amount to a hill of beans at this point.

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

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : News & Opinions
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Fighting The Menace Of Unwanted E-Mail (Oren Etzioni, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/14/opinion/14ETZI.html>
Why not fight spam with spam?

Intel-Server Debate A Pain For Industry (Stephen Shankland, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-957894.html>
Intel and the chief manufacturer of chipsets for Intel-based servers don't see eye-to-eye on an important design issue--and that could create problems for Hewlett-Packard, Dell and other server makers.

China Still Blocking Some Google Links (Reuters)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1023-957838.html>
China is once again allowing its citizens to use the popular search engine Google, but is still blocking Internet users from content it deems politically taboo as part of a media crackdown ahead of November's pivotal Communist Party congress.

If We Join Forces, We Can Become Stronger! (Clint Boulton, Internet.com)
<http://siliconvalley.internet.com/news/article.php/1462931>
For the first time, the two major MPEG-4 standards bodies are putting their heads together for interoperability testing of the standard that is poised to propel the next generation of streaming media delivery.

Wireless Rebel Offers Drive-By Wi-Fi (Ben Charny, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1033-957941.html>
Public hot-spot operators have a weapon in their protest against the growth of commercial Wi-Fi networks: Michael Oh's "war car."

Wireless Web Gives Villages Free Net (Robert Andrews, BBC News)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/2251565.stm>
People could soon be sending e-mail from the hillsides, roadsides and rooftops of the south Wales valleys with the expansion of Europe's densest wireless internet network.

Intel: Can't Get Enough Wireless (Andy Patrizio, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,55155,00.html>
If the number of new products announced at a chipmaker's developer conference says anything about the company, Intel has a case of the blahs.

Proposal To Unify Web Services Standards Gets Backing (James Niccolai and Paul Krill, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/09/13/020913hnchoreovote.xml>
A proposal by Oracle that could help unify emerging specifications for orchestrating Web services met with a mostly positive reaction Thursday at a meeting of the World Wide Web Consortium.

MyAppleMenu Reader : World
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What Time Is It? (Michael Kinsley, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15517-2002Sep13.html>
There just isn't time for all the things it's time for.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Science & Tech
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Fighting The Menace Of Unwanted E-Mail (Oren Etzioni, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/14/opinion/14ETZI.html>
Why not fight spam with spam?

MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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Can Women Save Country Music? (Stephanie Zacharek, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2002/09/14/country_women/index.html>
Dynamite new albums from the Dixie Chicks, Kelly Willis and Allison Moorer bridge the gap between alt-country and those cowboy-hat robots in Nashville.

The Poetic Voice Of Change (Kirstal Brent Zook, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15276-2002Sep13.html>
Gathering celebrates the passion of author-activist June Jordan.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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China Warns Singapore Against Taiwan Free Trade Deal (Reuters)
<http://asia.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=topnews&StoryID=1449016>
China warned Singapore of "trouble" should it choose to strike a free trade deal with Taiwan, according to a conversation between the two countries' trade ministers overheard by Reuters on Saturday.

Pride A Major Barrier To Malaysia-Singapore Relations, Says Columnist (Salbiah Said, Bernama)
<http://www.bernama.com.my/B2002/news.shtml?general/ge1409_3>
Pride is a major barrier to good bilateral relations between Malaysia and Singapore, columnist Karim Raslan says.

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

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