[MyAppleMenu] Sep 18, 2002

Wed Sep 18 21:05:05 EDT 2002

MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Wednesday, Sep 18, 2002

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.2.1 (Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0209/18.osx.php>
Apple today released the first update to the company's new operating system, bringing it to version 10.2.1.

MyAppleMenu : News
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Microsoft Claims Lion's Share Of OS Market (eMarketer)
<http://www.emarketer.com/news/article.php?1001625>
RedSherriff reports on 17 September that Microsoft claims 96.75% of the worldwide OS market, and OneStat.com reported on 10 September that Microsoft had 97.46% of the market.

Apple Updates iTunes To 3.0.1, Jaguar Support & Performance Improved (The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/article/2002/09/18.12.shtml>
"iTunes 3.0.1 includes a number of performance enhancements to iTunes 3.0, and provides improved support for Mac OS X version 10.2."

Apple Peels Off New Power Mac (Ian Fried, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1040-957651.html>
Apple said Wednesday it has started shipping its top-of-the-line dual processor 1.25GHz Power Mac.

Cheryl Vedoe Leaves Apple, Joins Apex Learning (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0209/18.vedoe.php>
Cheryl Vedoe, the president of Apple's PowerSchool division, is leaving the company to become the president and chief executive officer of Apex Learning, a provider of online courses and instructional materials for high schools.

Dueling DVD Groups Head For Slowdown (Richard Shim, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-958352.html>
The two industry groups fighting to set a rewritable DVD standard are showing no interest in working together, but technology tricks and behind-the-scenes talks could inch the sides toward a compromise.

Apple To Attend Linux Expo UK 2002 (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2002/09/18/linuxexpouk>
Apple says it will use the show to "showcase Mac OS X."

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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Where's A Good Mac Virus When You Need It? (Daniel Miller, The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/editorial/2002/09/18.1.shtml>
These happy virus-free days are numbered, people.

Just A Thought - .Mac? .Maybe (Vern Seward, The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/editorial/2002/09/17.1.shtml>
Apple is bound to make some stumbles but at least they are stumbling in the right direction, the service and its potential is plainly visible for all to see.

Apple, The Saddest School Dropout (Charles Haddad, BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/sep2002/tc20020918_6961.htm>
The days when Jobs & Co. ruled the classroom are rapidly fading. Why? School officials and parents are scared to stray from the PC herd.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Apple's Dual-1.25 G4 (Jonathan Seff, Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2002/12/features/benchmark.html>
In our tests, the new dual-1GHz Power Mac performed roughly the same as the dual-1GHz model that came before it. Although the new model has a faster system bus, it also has half the L3 cache per processor--a very important factor in a system's speed.

Bright, Light Projects Illuminate Business Or Home (jeff Pittelkau, Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2002/10/reviews/projector.html>
Though it wasn't as bright as the others, our favorite was the DLP-based Boxlight Cinema 17SF; its impressive color and contrast, built-in DVI connector, quiet fan, and decor-friendly casing make it the best choice for a permanent home or office installation where multimedia and movies are a must.

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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MS Silently Fixes Password Sniffing Bug With XP SP1 (John Leyden, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/27181.html>
By failing to issue an alert and, after a long delay, fixing flaws in the background, MS does a disservice to its customers.

MS Addresses Hotmail Spam Blizzard. At Last (Drew Cullen, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/27178.html>
Microsoft today signed up Brightmail to tackle the junk mail bombarding Hotmail accounts. It is to install Brightmail Solution Suite at the SMTP gateway, to hoover up junk mail before it reaches the user. 

The New Challenge To Microsoft (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/18/opinion/18WED2.html?ex=1032926400&en=3258bb66fd46903e&ei=5040&partner=MOREOVER>
As the government's antitrust lawsuit winds down, Microsoft's next battle may be a knock-down, drag-out fight against Linux.

Sun Ready To Push Linux As Alternative To Microsoft (John Markoff, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/18/technology/18SUN.html>
Sun plans to throw its weight behind the "open source" software movement on Wednesday as part of an industry effort to offer an alternative to Microsoft's Windows and Office programs.

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

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : Top Stories
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Project Mad Hatter's Premise Isn't Far-Fetched (Jason Brooks, eWeek)
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,541255,00.asp>
I think Linux is ready to make it on the desktop, and that with Red Hat jumping into the mix, more big players will take their chance to test the waters. It wouldn't surprise me if, a couple of years from now, Dell ships its own complete, Linux-based system, with no OS partners to worry about at all.

Sun's Linux PC Cheaper, McNealy Boasts (Stephen Shankland, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-958487.html>
Sun Microsystems will get into the PC business next year, selling a Linux-based desktop that will cost less than half to own and operate than a comparable system running Windows, Sun CEO Scott McNealy said Wednesday.

Sun To Develop Low-Cost Linux PC (Reuters)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-958360.html>
Computer maker Sun Microsystems will announce on Wednesday plans for inexpensive desktop computers based on the free Linux operating system in a bid to undermine archrival Microsoft.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : News & Opinions
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Sun Releases Liberty Alliance Tool (Wylie Wong, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-958526.html>
Sun Microsystems on Wednesday unveiled a new open-source software development tool designed to help businesses start testing and building online identification systems using the new Liberty Alliance standard.

Lindows Takes Wraps Off New Version (David Becker, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-958474.html>
Lindows, the software start-up offering a consumer-friendly version of the Linux operating system, announced a new version of its software Wednesday.

UnitedLinux Moves Closer To OS Goal (Mike Ricciuti, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-958429.html>
UnitedLinux, a combined effort to create a uniform version of Linux for businesses, on Wednesday named a top executive and said it will ship a test version of its code later this month.

Internet Filtering Hurts Those Who Are Least Able To Protest It (Andy Oram, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/2023>
Internet filtering resembles welfare cuts and police dragnets in housing projects, in that the people who suffer from them either don't know how to protest or face nothing but further danger if they do.

IBM Takes The Wraps Off Web Services Security Software (Ed Scannell, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/09/18/020918hnibmsecure.xml>
The new software is essentially intended to manage high-volume business transactions as well as serve to integrate critical functions within Tivoli and WebSphere. It will adhere to the WS-Security specification which IBM co-authored with Microsoft, company officials said.

Red Hat Broadens Desktop Push (Stephen Shankland, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-958342.html>
Red Hat will try to reach closer toward mainstream computer users with its next version of Linux, Chief Executive Matthew Szulik said Tuesday.

Label To Identify Copy-Protected CDs (Desiree Everts, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1106-958353.html>
A music industry group has proposed a logo to identify CDs that include anti-copying features, saying the feature could help allay consumer concerns over the technology.

Who's Running The Digital Show? (Brad King, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,55149,00.html>
The future of the PC isn't personal, it's political.

UCF Security Goes Digital - Fingertips Are ID For New Age (Amy L. Edwards, Orlando Sentinel)
<http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/custom/science/orl-locucfscan17091702sep17.story?coll=orl-news-headlines>
Some students like the new technology because it simplifies their trips to the gym by allowing them to leave their student IDs at home. But others wonder whether the scanning system violates their privacy.

3G Dismissed As 'Too Little, Too Soon' (Ian Lynch, vnunet.com)
<http://www.vnunet.com/News/1135085>
The technology behind third-generation (3G) mobile phones is just not good enough, according to the founder and director of the Media lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Where Are All The Incredibly Cool Wireless Gadgets? (Kimberly Hill, NewsFactor)
<http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=75&ncid=738&e=6&u=/nf/20020917/tc_nf/19420>
Consumers in Japan and Korea have all the cool wireless toys that U.S. customers wish they had, because those countries built their wireless infrastructures on 3G architecture from the beginning.

Rockefeller Center Kicks Up Cell Coverage (Ben Charny, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1033-958321.html>
A growing number of property owners are taking it upon themselves to improve cellular coverage inside their shops, transit stations and restaurants.

Airport WLANs Lack Safeguard (Bob Brewin and Dan Verton, Computerworld)
<http://www.computerworld.com/mobiletopics/mobile/technology/story/0,10801,74271,00.html>
Wireless LANs continue to be potential IT security problems for some airports, according to an informal audit done earlier this month by an executive at a wireless security firm.

The New Challenge To Microsoft (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/18/opinion/18WED2.html?ex=1032926400&en=3258bb66fd46903e&ei=5040&partner=MOREOVER>
As the government's antitrust lawsuit winds down, Microsoft's next battle may be a knock-down, drag-out fight against Linux.

Sun Ready To Push Linux As Alternative To Microsoft (John Markoff, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/18/technology/18SUN.html>
Sun plans to throw its weight behind the "open source" software movement on Wednesday as part of an industry effort to offer an alternative to Microsoft's Windows and Office programs.

Security Online: Central Control Wins (Dan Gillmor, San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/columnists/dan_gillmor/ejournal/4093452.htm>
Congress is so clueless on this stuff that it's likely to pass new laws, in the name of security, that fulfill the control freaks' wish lists. George Orwell would be proud.

MyAppleMenu Reader : World
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D.C. Gives A Lesson In Voting (E. J. Dionne Jr., Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26087-2002Sep16.html>
Shouldn't a user-friendly society consider user-friendly elections?

Notes From Tallahassee: Two Strikes And You're In Congress (Diane Roberts, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/18/opinion/18ROBE.html>
If Florida can't get its act together by November's general election, some of Katherine Harris' fellow Republicans may be the ones that suffer.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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The Great Expectations Of Women's Magazines (Mary Ann Sieghart, The Times)
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7-418559,00.html>
If Cosmo wants its readers to beat their 'extreme sadness', it could start by admitting that some things are simply not possible.

Read Between The Lines (Adrian Searle, The Guardian)
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/features/story/0,11710,793425,00.html>
With his simple slabs of colour, Barnett Newman reduced painting to its basics. So why is his work so rewarding?

Sober Steps Back To The Runway (Robin Givhan, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26798-2002Sep16.html>
After a tough year, the do's and taboos of fashion are still shifting.

>From Tuscany, Simple Perfection (Nigella Lawson, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/18/dining/18NIGE.html>
When good food writers die -- to misquote Oscar Wilde -- they go to Italy. I, however, am taking no chances with what will be coming to me in the afterlife and so have decided to spend as much time as possible there while alive.

Learning To Avoid A Deal-Killing Faux Pas In Japan (James Brooke, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/17/business/17CUST.html>
Yes, something as seemingly inconsequential as the mishandling of a business card can be a deal killer in Japan.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Expressions
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Prayer Meeting (W.S. Di Piero, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/?id=2070977&device=>

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : Top Stories
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Bold Report Challenges City-State's Authoritarian Rule (Jake Lloyd-Smith, South China Morning Post)
<http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/Weekly2002/09.17.2002/Singapore.htm>
The Singapore government is weighing up a comprehensive report that suggests the country's political system falls far short of best practices commonly adopted elsewhere.

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