[MyAppleMenu] Sep 26, 2002

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Thursday, Sep 26, 2002

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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MP3 As Family Music Tool (Larry Magid, San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/4155008.htm>
After using an iPod for a couple of weeks, I'm now convinced the category has legs.

MyAppleMenu : News
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.Mac Subscription Time Nears; Files To Be Purged Oct 1 (Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral)
<ntral.macworld.com/news/0209/26.mac.php>
Users that don't subscribe by the September 30 deadline will lose any files, pictures and any other information stored on their iDisk, but usernames will be available indefinitely.

10 Mobile Technologies To Watch (Jon Frott, San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/4155044.htm>

Apple Launches Wireless Printing Promotion (Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0209/26.print.php>
Dubbed "Wireless Printing" the new promotion gives users a chance to save money when they purchase a printer and wireless print server.

Walt Mossberg Sings The Praise Of iPod On TV, Suggests More Could Be In Store For Devices (Bryan Chaffin, The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/article/2002/09/26.13.shtml>

Toast 5.2 Titanium Coming Next Week (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2002/09/26/roxio>

Macworld Show Close To Boston Return (scott Van Voorhis, Business Today)
<http://www.businesstoday.com/business/business/mac09262002.htm>
The Hub is close to stealing an Apple from the Big Apple, in a deal that could pump tens of millions of dollars into the city's beleagured economy, sources say.

An Upgrade Card That Fires Up FireWire And USB Connections (Stephen C. Miller, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/26/technology/circuits/26GEE1.html>
Keyspan's USB2+FireWire Card is one way to retrofit existing systems.

MYOB Rolls Out AccountEdge For Mac OS X (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0209/26.accountedge.php>

Report Finds Apple CEO Highest Paid Executive (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2002/09/26/executive>
Apple CEO Steve Jobs is the highest paid executive for the second quarter of 2002, who received no salary but was given a US$43,511,534 bonus.

Thursby Releases DAVE 4.0 (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0209/26.thursby.php>
DAVE 4.0 takes advantage of Jaguar improvements and enhances Jaguar's own SMB capabilities.

Bugdom 1.2 Update (Galen Wiley, Inside Mac Games)
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/news/story.php?ArticleID=6317>

Reader: Apple Australia Not Honoring Promo (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=16642>
Apple Australia is not honoring an advertised promotion for iTools owners who upgraded to Apple's new subscription-based .Mac service. 

Mac King (Hamish Mackintosh, The Guardian)
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,798747,00.html>
"Apple is like a strange drug that you just can't quite get enough of!"

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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Apple Losing Ground In Education: A Teacher's Perspective From The Trenches (Jeff Adkins, Low End Mac)
<http://lowendmac.com/lab/02/0926.html>
If you look at the decision making process at a typical two-platform school, you find that the Macs are increasingly relegated to enclaves where teachers, like myself, make a concerted effort to concentrate them in one place.

He Can't Do That! (Michael Swaine, Dr. Dobb's Journal)
<http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=2312/ddj1032990151153/0209fc001.htm>
I think that some people have lingered too long in the range of Steve's famous Reality-Distortion Field.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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First Impressions Of .Mac Backup And Virex (Bernie Zenis, ResExcellence)
<http://www.resexcellence.com/hack_html_02/09-26-02.shtml>
I am not impressed and sometimes disappointed.

Jaguar Adds New Shot Capture Option (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=16655>

Flat Panels Handiest In Tight Quarter (Mike Himowitz, Baltimore Sun)
<http://www.sunspot.net/technology/pluggedin/bal-pl.himowitz26sep26,0,1916965.column?coll=bal-business-indepth>

Let It Rip (Steve Makris, The Edmonton Journal)
<http://www.canada.com/edmonton/edmontonjournal/story.asp?id=%7B45342C7B-16B9-436D-A3D2-E5E98D2DD742%7D>
Everything about the iPod is smart.

Shootout: Final Cut Pro 3 Vs. Avid Xpress DV 3.5 (Peter May, CreativeMac)
<http://www.creativemac.com/2002/09_sep/features/cw_fcp_vs_xdv_shootout.htm>
These are both capable, professional edit systems built to satisfy professional editors.

Sizing Up The .Mac Internet Service (David Zeiler, Baltimore Sun)
<http://www.sunspot.net/technology/pluggedin/bal-mac092602,0,2136280.column?coll=bal-business-indepth>
After waffling for a month and a half, I subscribed to .Mac, anyway. What changed my mind?

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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Microsoft Ponders Windows Upgrade For '04 (Mary Jo Foley, eWeek)
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,557197,00.asp>
According to developers close to the Redmond, Wash., company, a proposal to deliver a Windows 'Yukon' release--timed to tide over Microsoft and its users until the long-awaited Longhorn debuts--is on the company's drawing boards.

Microsoft Warns Of FrontPage Flaw (Robert Lemos, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-959577.html>
Microsoft warned Web site administrators on Wednesday that a flaw in its FrontPage extensions could allow an attacker to take control of their servers or cause the computers to seize up.

Showtime, Microsoft Style (Rob Fixmer, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/26/technology/circuits/26STAT.html?ex=1033704000&en=660881c4cc7e28af&ei=5040&partner=MOREOVER>
Does the world really want Microsoft dictating multimedia formats to the Internet and entertainment industries? In the end, I suspect Media Player 9's success may depend less on its many innovations than on the public's willingness to surrender so much gatekeeping authority to the Windows juggernaut.

Microsoft Looks To Decipher Your Scribblings (Ian Fried, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1040-959581.html>
Microsoft is looking for a better way to make sense of your chicken scratch.

Microsoft Unveils MSN 8 Perks (Joe Wilcox, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1023-959570.html>
Microsoft on Thursday plans to announce hardware discounts and additional services for MSN 8 broadband subscribers buying the company's networking products.

Itanium 2 Success Hinges On Microsoft (Brian Richardson, MetaGroup)
<http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2881392,00.html>
Although Itanium 2 is a much stronger hardware platform than the first Itanium, broad near-term market acceptance will now hinge on Microsoft software support.

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

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : Top Stories
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The World's First AOL Computer? (Gary Krakow, MSNBC)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/813350.asp>
This computer could turn out to be a very big deal. Not so much because it’s the first under-$200 new PC to hit the marketplace or because it runs a version of Linux which can run some Windows programs -- but because the idea had been embraced by the number one online service.

Free Mickey (Hal Plotkin, San Francisco Chronicle)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2002/09/26/bonoact.DTL>
Stanford law professor seeks to overturn the Sonny Bono Copyright Extension Act.

Profits From Piracy (Sam Williams, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/09/26/piracy_unlimited/index.html>
Evidence is mounting that cracking down on software copyright infringement may not be good for business. Case study: Microsoft in China.

The Right To Tinker (Mike Godwin, Law.com)
<http://www.law.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/View&c=LawArticle&cid=1032128612645&t=LawArticleTech>
Playing around with computers helped create the Apple computer. But Hollywood wants to outlaw the practice.

IPv6: Revitalizing The Internet Revolution (Silvia Hagen, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2002/09/25/IPv6Essentials.html>
This article explains what you need to know in order to put things into perspective. It also discusses some of the myths that exist and explains IPv6's background, so that you can form your own opinion.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : News & Opinions
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10 Mobile Technologies To Watch (Jon Frott, San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/4155044.htm>

Open-Source Tug Of War Heats Up (Michelle Delio, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,55354,00.html>
Legislation advocating government use of open-source software is un-American, anticompetitive, bad for business and hell on the economy and taxpayers, according to the Initiative for Software Choice.

Error Hampers Amazon's Free Shipping (Troy Wolverton, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1017-959781.html>
Amazon.com over the past week charged thousands of its customers for "free" shipping and neglected to apply discounts they were supposed to receive, the e-commerce giant said Thursday.

The State Of Linux In 2002 (Masha Zager, osOpinion)
<http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/19512.html>
Tech giants are pouring money into Linux development because when users buy Linux, they also buy hardware, software and services that the companies can sell at a profit.

User-Centered URL Design (Jesse James Garrett, Adaptive Path)
<http://www.adaptivepath.com/publications/essays/archives/000058.php>
Despite the universality of URLs, we often forget that they're not just a handy way to address network resources.

E-Mail Onslaught To Feed Anti-Spam Firms (Jim Hu, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1023-959694.html>
Spam may be a costly and seemingly unstoppable nuisance, but the trend offers an opportunity for companies developing technology to fight it, according to a new report from market research firm IDC.

IBM Helps Firms Charge For Web Services (Wylie Wong, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-959703.html>
IBM will soon sell new e-business software designed to make it easy for telecommunications service providers, banks and other companies to charge for their Web services.

Government-Funded Open Source Development (David Sklar, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/2060>
The German Federal Agency for IT Security has commissioned an open-source groupware client and server to provide email, contact management, appointment tracking, and task lists.

MandrakeSoft Polishes Linux Desktop (Matthew Broersma, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-959635.html>
The software extends the company's long-standing focus on desktop users--a position that other Linux distributors, including Red Hat, have also begun to adopt.

The Perfect Privacy Policy (William Grosso, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/2057>
Why do so many other websites not get it?

Privacy Battle Seen As A 'Gathering Storm' (Patrick Thibodeau, Computerworld)
<http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/privacy/story/0,10801,74580,00.html>
Things are lining up for real legislative battles next year in Congress and in the states, triggered by the impending expiration of a provision of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) that blocks states from imposing their own data privacy rules.

Google News Could Change Online News Industry (Steve Outing, Editor And Publisher)
<http://editorandpublisher.com/editorandpublisher/features_columns/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1712373>
Here' what newsapers should consider.

MyAppleMenu Reader : World
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The Fifty-First State? (James Fallows, The Atlantic)
<http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2002/11/fallows.htm>
Going to war with Iraq would mean shouldering all the responsibilities of an occupying power the moment victory was achieved. These would include running the economy, keeping domestic peace, and protecting Iraq's borders—and doing it all for years, or perhaps decades. Are we ready for this long-term relationship?

In President's Speeches, Iraq Dominates, Economy Fades (Dana Milbank, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62783-2002Sep24.html>
As he seeks to boost Republican candidates in the midterm elections, President Bush is increasing his emphasis on terrorism and national security, shedding his previous determination to demonstrate his concern about the flagging economy.

Not Getting America (Jonah Goldberg, National Review)
<http://www.nationalreview.com/goldberg/goldberg092402.asp>
We don't rule the world. We lead the world -- this is a huge distinction to people who live outside the intellectual menagerie of an Ivy League English department.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Science & Tech
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End Of The Fossil-Fuel Era (Jeremy Riflein, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3445-2002Sep25.html>
Will the European Union take the lead in staking out the future of energy?

Bob Wallace, Software Pioneer, Dies At 53 (John Markoff, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/26/obituaries/26WALL.html>
Bob Wallace, a pioneering programmer of the personal computer era who helped invent "shareware" software marketing , died on Friday at his home in San Rafael, Calif. He was 53.

Hollywood's Gadget Factories (J.D. Bierskorfer, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/26/technology/circuits/26DESI.html>
Even with the boom in personal technology -- or perhaps because of it -- the fusion of science fact and Hollywood fiction has not lost its appeal.

The Virtue Of Engineering Cynicism (David Weinberger, Darwin)
<http://www.darwinmag.com/read/swiftkick/column.html?ArticleID=531>
Cynicism among engineers isn't a character flaw. It is key to their strength.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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Hong Kong Film At The End Of The Reel? (Bryan Walsh, Time)
<http://www.time.com/time/asia/magazine/article/0,13673,501020930-353680,00.html>
Beleaguered by limp sales and rampant piracy, the SAR's movie industry cries out for help.

Magazines Talk Books (Martin Arnold, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/26/books/26BOOK.html>
In a very dicey economic time for magazines, when many find it difficult to sustain themselves, two new ones have just started up, about books of all subjects. Which speaks not only to a particularly bravura entrepreneurial spirit but also to speculation that there are enough people out there who are willing to spend money for their love of commentary about books and the writers who produce them.

Vox Populi, Online And Downtown (Amy Harmon, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/26/technology/circuits/26DISC.html>
A meeting at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in July at which 4,000 New Yorkers gathered to pass judgment on the original six plans for rebuilding the World Trade Center has been cited as an exercise in the very principles of participatory democracy, in which informed public discussion leads to the best decisions.

Pop-Up Move To TV Set From Computer Screen (Brian Steinberg, Dow Jones Newswire)
<http://online.wsj.com/article_email/0,,SB1032536486448853755,00.html>
The pop-up ad -- that Internet bane -- has migrated to the TV screen, despite achieving widespread disdain from lovers of the Web.

Bending Journalistic Ethics Sometimes Does More Good Than Bad (Jack Mabley, Daily Herald)
<http://www.dailyherald.com/oped/col_mabley.asp?intID=37524209>
The Tribune firing of Bob Greene has generated nationwide discussion about journalistic codes of ethics. I mentioned in a TV interview that by today's codes I'd have been fired a dozen times for some of the things I did as an investigative reporter and editor.

Google News Could Change Online News Industry (Steve Outing, Editor And Publisher)
<http://editorandpublisher.com/editorandpublisher/features_columns/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1712373>
Here' what newsapers should consider.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : Top Stories
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Newater To Start Flowing In February (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,145299,00.html?>
Nod for initial 2m gallons a day -- less than 1% of total -- to be mixed with raw water, in bid to get people used to it.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Political Apathy, Not Unlevel Playing Field, Is To Blame (Melvin Tan Kian Hwee, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,1870,145316,00.html?>
As long as the people do not realise that paying attention to and reading up on politics is not something 'dirty', they will still find some excuse to stay away from politics.

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