[MyAppleMenu] Sep 15, 2002

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Sunday, Sep 15, 2002

MyAppleMenu : News
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Steve Jobs: Rendezvous With Stereos And TV Sets (Independent)
<http://news.independent.co.uk/digital/features/story.jsp?story=333667>
"We don't just want computers to have this, we want consumer devices to adopt it."

Using The Books, Not Hitting Them (Colin Hickey, Blethen Maine)
<http://www.centralmaine.com/news/stories/020915q_a__7th.shtml>

Mastering Audio And Running The Lodge (Stephanie Jorgl, Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/hotnews/articles/2002/09/emilylazar/>
"There's no frame or template for mastering. My goal is to always be a subtle innovator."

Apple To Drive Up Asia-Pac Volumes (Rahul Sachitanand, Hoover's Online)
<http://hoovnews.hoovers.com/fp.asp?layout=displaynews&doc_id=NR20020913670.2_c67c0006c1202eed>
Apple Computer has identified India and Malaysia as its fastest growing markets in the Asia Pacific region.

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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Apple In Education: Is Anybody Out There? (Mark Marcantonio, MyMac.com)
<http://www.mymac.com/markmarc/9.16.02.shtml>

Discussion: Build A Macintosh From Scratch (Slashdot)
<http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/09/15/1918233>

Macintosh Overpriced And Overhyped (Alastair Otter, South Africa Sunday Times)
<http://www.sundaytimes.co.za/business/technology/Tech4.asp>
Given the kind of prices bandied about by the Apple dealers locally, it is almost impossible to imagine how anyone can afford to use Apple equipment.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Ingenious Memory Box Cruzes Past Competitors (James Coates, Chicago Tribune)
<http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/printedition/chi-0209150241sep15.story?coll=chi%2Dprintbusiness%2Dhed>
Designed to fit in a pocket or handbag like a key chain, the Cruzer boasts nice engineering touches that make it a stand-out winner in the fast-emerging field of mobile flash memory storage gadgets.

Apple's Jaguar Is Top Operating System (Crayton Harrison, The Dallas Morning News)
<http://www.dentonrc.com/sharedcontent/ptech/generalstories/bi_jaguar091202.b2e.html>
Even Windows owners will see Mac features slipping into their machines.

iCal 1.0 (Mike Grueter, Stepwise)
<http://www.stepwise.com/Articles/Reviews/2002-09-16.01.html>
Even with these imperfections, iCal is a great product, and it has replaced Palm Desktop as my calendar of choice.

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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XP Update Is A Failed Attempt At Simplicity (Rob Pegoraro, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16335-2002Sep14.html>
It's a somewhat depressing example of business as usual in Redmond.

$11 Billion: No Skin Off Gates (Reuters)
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,55151,00.html>
Although he lost almost a fifth of his net worth in the past year, Microsoft founder Bill Gates remained the richest man in the United States, with a fortune of $43 billion, according to Forbes magazine.

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

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : News & Opinions
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In Brazil, Blog Is Beautiful (Paulo Rebelo, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,54912,00.html>
Weblogs certainly have a worldwide audience. Still, no one's quite sure what makes them so hot in Brazil.

Linux Worm Creating P2P Attack Network (Robert Lemos, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-957988.html>
A new worm that attacks Linux Web servers has compromised more than 3,500 machines, creating a rogue peer-to-peer network that could be used to attack other computers with a flood of data, security firm Symantec said Saturday.

Security: Why Do I Bother? (Ben Laurie, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/2004>
Well, the point is this: it was a complete waste of time.

MyAppleMenu Reader : World
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Good Students And Good Citizens (James Bernard Murphy, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/15/opinion/15MURP.html>
Just because civic virtues must be learned, does not mean they can be easily taught -- and still less that they can be taught in schools.

Minority Vs National Views (Tan Tarn How, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/analysis/story/0,1870,143457,00.html?>
Instead of questioning whether they are 'true Singaporeans', it may be more fruitful to focus on the issues they raised.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Science & Tech
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Physics In Crisis (Sidney Nagel, Physics Today)
<http://www.aip.org/pt/vol-55/iss-9/p55.html>
Physics is in crisis. We have lost our ideals and focus as a unified field.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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Girl Power (Claire Halliday, The Age)
<http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/09/14/1031608343508.html>
Funky interiors and the best DJs help, but it's the door bitch who can make or break a nightclub.

Going Hunting In Seinfeld Country, Just For Laughs (Rick Lyman, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/15/movies/15LYMA.html?8hpib>
Can a comedian find material for his standup routine on the streets of Manhattan? Jerry Seinfeld tours his neighborhood, the Upper West Side, for some good jokes.

Stop, In The Name Of Love (Anna Moore, The Observer)
<http://www.observer.co.uk/magazine/story/0,11913,792282,00.html>
More and more people are giving up sex in the months before their wedding. But, abstinence doesn't always make the heart grow fonder.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : Top Stories
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Singapore's Pressure-Cooker Education System Put To The Test (Rosana Gulkar, Malaysiakini)
<http://www.malaysiakini.com/foreignnews/200209150118917.php>
Despite the pressure-cooker atmosphere specialists say Singapore children are no smarter than anyone else.

Minority Vs National Views (Tan Tarn How, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/analysis/story/0,1870,143457,00.html?>
Instead of questioning whether they are 'true Singaporeans', it may be more fruitful to focus on the issues they raised.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Singapore Reported To Plan Free Trade Talks With Taiwan (Reuters)
<http://asia.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=topnews&StoryID=1449713>
Singapore's Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew will arrive in Taiwan on Tuesday for a four-day visit to discuss signing a free trade agreement, the China Times newspaper reported on Sunday.

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

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