[MyAppleMenu] Sep 27, 2002

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Friday, Sep 27, 2002

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Apple Extends .Mac Sign-Up Deadline (Iann Fried, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1040-959984.html>
Mac users who have not converted their free iTools accounts to paid .Mac subscriptions have a little more time to consider whether to make the switch.

Apple's 'Logic' Snubs PC Users (Noah Shachtman, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,55333,00.html>
Logic, the popular music sequencing program, will no longer be supported on PC platforms by Apple, which bought the company a few months ago. It's another move by the company to get people to switch, analysts say.

MyAppleMenu : News
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The Overheating SuperDrive Saga: Apple's Response (Him Heid, Macintosh Digital Hub)
<http://www.macintoshdigitalhub.com/>
In October, Apple will deliver an updater that will be available through the Mac OS's Software Update feature.

Apple Acknowledges 'Popping' Problem With Some eMacs (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0209/27.emac.php>
Without defining what exactly has gone wrong with these machines, Apple simply noted that the problem must be remedied by bringing an eMac afflicted with this condition to an Apple Authorized Service Provider for repair.

Making Waves (Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/education/profiles/berklee/>
"Working on a Mac was so much easier than the PCs I'd worked on before. I had no trouble utilizing Mac's technology to help me accomplish whatever I needed to do."

Crosscutting Digitally (Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/education/profiles/ucla/>
"Saying you want to direct is not necessarily a marketable skill... but saying you're an editor, you can cut films, and you've worked on Final Cut Pro as the platform definitely is."

Documenting The Shanghai Ghetto (Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/creative/videophoto/shanghai/>
“I don’t think we would have been able to do this movie without these new digital tools--the DV cameras, Final Cut Pro, and our Power Mac."

Mac Support To AT&T Remote Access (Ron Carlson, Insanely Great Mac)
<http://www.insanely-great.com/news.php?id=1019>
Mac users will be able to connect to AT&T Broadband at anytime from anywhere -- later, not now.

iBlog Converts iCal Calendars To Web Logs (MacNn)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=16677>
It requires no server-side components other than the availability of a web site with FTP access, iCal and Mac OS X.

MacVCD X Adds Super VCD Playback Support (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0209/27.vcd.php>
MacVCD X recognizes the Video CD format that's used in some regions as an alternative to DVD and videotape, and supported by some CD mastering software like Toast 5 Titanium.

Royalty Free Music Available To .Mac Users (Michael Flaminio, Insanely Great Mac)
<http://www.insanely-great.com/news.php?id=1016>
Actually called "mechanical, synchronization and master recording rights," the music may be used for non-commercial work without any royalties.

Apple Among BusinessWeek's Worst Boards Of Directors (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2002/09/26/appleboard>
Apple is listed among eight companies in the October 7 issue of BusinessWeek as having the worst boards of directors.

Interview With Watson's Dan Wood (Derrick Story, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/09/26/dev_osx.html>
"It's really our user community that has given me the energy!"

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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Mac OS X Rapidly Catching On With *nix Geeks (Dirk Pilat, Low End Mac)
<http://lowendmac.com/pilat/02/0927.html>
Although there is still plenty of controversy around Mac OS X, Apple seems to have made the right choice by using NeXTstep and BSD Unix as the foundation for OS X.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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On .Mac User Friendliness (Pierre Igot, Applelust.com)
<http://www.applelust.com/alust/oped/applepeel/archives/peel_40_020927.shtml>
Apple still has a long way to go before it can indeed provide easy-to-use, hassle-free internet services.

Apple's iChat (Bob Woods, Internet.com)
<http://siliconvalley.internet.com/news/article.php/1471311>
It delivered on everything it promised ... and more.

FileMaker Pro v.6 (Gary Coyne, Applelinks.com)
<http://www.applelinks.com/reviews/filemaker6.shtml>
Regrettably, if it weren't for the importance of XML, this otherwise would be a rather ho-hum upgrade release.

Why Watson Is Smarter Than Sherlock (Tim O'Reilly, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/2062>
Watson is engineered to be a platform, while Sherlock is only an application.

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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Microosft VPN Flaw May Leave Intranets Open To Attack (David Legard, IDG News Service)
<http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2002/0927msvpn.html>
A flaw in Microsoft's Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol used to secure VPNs leaves corporate intranets open to attack from outside.

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

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : Top Stories
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Keep Taking The Tablets (Jack Schofield, The Guardian)
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,798743,00.html>
At best, the Tablet PC could be the breakthrough computer for people who don't like computers, and don't want to learn to type.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : News & Opinions
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Linux Gets A Break (The Economist)
<http://www.economist.com/agenda/displayStory.cfm?story_id=1338664>
For the first time in years, Microsoft’s unassailable lead in computer operating systems is being challenged by manufacturers offering Linux software. Even a puny challenge is better than none.

Linux: It's Growing More Popular, But Can It Do Windows? (Wharton)
<http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/articles.cfm?catid=14&articleid=628&homepage=yes>
Linux is unlikely to dethrone Microsoft’s Windows as the ubiquitous operating system on desktop PCs anytime soon. But Wharton faculty and a Linux supporter say that Linux will gradually become more attractive to consumers as more applications are developed for it.

TV Recording Next For PlayStation 2 (MSNBC)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/813223.asp?0si=->
Now that its blockbuster game console PlayStation 2 is hooked up to the Internet, Sony Corp is ready to upgrade the machine further so it can record television shows.

Windows XP To Get Bluetooth Support (Joe Wilcox, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1040-959832.html>
Microsoft is giving computer manufacturers something extra to stuff into this holiday's PC stocking: Bluetooth.

Sony To Unleash Wi-Fi, Camera Toting Palm OS 5 Clie (John Lettice, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/27307.html>
It's still only PalmOS 5.0 of course, rather than the Next Big Thing, but from the look of the flagship PEG-NX70V Sony is mounting a serious stab at making the stop-gap intensely desirable, even compelling.

Microsoft Opens 'Office Of The Future' (Matt Berger, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/09/26/020926hnmsofficef.xml?s=IDGNS>
Microsoft has some ideas for the office of the future, and Thursday opened a facility at its headquarters in Redmond, Wash., to showcase new hardware and software that could end up being part of that vision.

MyAppleMenu Reader : World
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Outward Bound (The Economist)
<http://www.economist.com/world/na/displayStory.cfm?story_id=1352810>
Do developing countries gain or lose when their brightest talents go abroad?

Ready To Rumble In Singapore (David Ignatius, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8758-2002Sep26.html>
Why is one of the world's most successful politicians also one of the most litigious?

Speaking Freely In The Barbershop (Micheal Eric Dyson, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/27/opinion/27DYSO.html>
Some of the critics complaining most loudly about the film are not interested in straight talk.

Look Who's Playing Politics (Michael Kelly, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62888-2002Sep24.html>
This speech, an attack on the Bush policy on Iraq, was Gore's big effort to distinguish himself from the Democratic pack in advance of another possible presidential run. It served: It distinguished Gore, now and forever, as someone who cannot be considered a responsible aspirant to power.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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Give The Guy A Break (Marian Keyes, The Guardian)
<http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/politicsphilosophyandsociety/story/0,6000,799305,00.html>
When Marian Keyes became a successful novelist, her husband gave up his career to support her. So what's the big deal? Isn't it time we stopped cheering househusbands to the rafters?

A Reader's Rhapsody (Katie Roiphe, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/27/books/27ROIP.html>
It was at Mount Sinai Medical Center that I first felt the power of books, high above Fifth Avenue, where the annual New York Is Book Country fair is taking place this weekend.

In Broad Daylight (Paul Krugman, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/27/opinion/27KRUG.html>
How could a $30 billion robbery take place in broad daylight?

Web Site Fuels Debate On Campus Anti-Semitism (Tamar Lewin, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/27/education/27COLL.html>
A Web site that identifies college professors who don't support American efforts in the Middle East has outraged so many professors that more have asked that their names be added in protest.

When Bloggers Commit Journalism (J.D. Lasica, Online Journalism Review)
<http://www.ojr.org/ojr/lasica/1032910520.php>
What do informed amateurs and niche experts bring to the media ecosystem? Should journalists blog?  And should they rely on weblogs as news sources?

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : Top Stories
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Ready To Rumble In Singapore (David Ignatius, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8758-2002Sep26.html>
Why is one of the world's most successful politicians also one of the most litigious?

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Political System Must Suit Country's Needs (Ho Peng Kee, People's Action Party, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,1870,145570,00.html?>
Constituency boundary changes cannot explain either the small number of opposition candidates last year, or their poor performance.

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