[MyAppleMenu] Feb 25, 2003

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Tuesday, Feb 25, 2003

MyAppleMenu : News
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4 Years Ago: Be Offering Free OS To PC Makers (Ben Heskett, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1040-222239.html>
Former Apple Computer executive Jean Louis Gassee is attempting to thwart Microsoft's sway with PC manufacturers by offering Be's own software for free, with the condition that the OEM (original equipment maker) configures the machine so that the BeOS is an initial interface choice a user sees when the computer is turned on.

Apple Releases Mac OS X Server 10.2.4 (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2003/02/24/macosxserver>
Apple today released Mac OS X Server 10.2.4, which "delivers enhanced functionality and improved reliability for the following applications, services and technologies: AFP, SMB and NFS file services, DHCP, NetBoot, Open Directory, QuickTime Streaming Server, Sendmail and Workgroup Manager."

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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Job No. 1 For Apple: Find A Parade And Get In Front Of It (Tiernan Ray, osOpinion)
<http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/20835.html>
Apple's commitment to open source is nice, but it must lead if its business is to thrive in the free software future.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Stuck On StickyBrain: Info-Clutter Organizer Extraordinaire (Tonya Engst, TidBITS)
<http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=07089>
StickyBrain has an organic, imprecise feeling that should appeal to people who don't want to work with orderly fields and grids or whose personal data doesn't fit neatly into a linear set up. I see StickyBrain as a tool for those of us (particularly those who shy away from scripting) who want to customize the way we interact with our data, but who need a free-flowing environment that requires minimal setup, that respects our short attention spans, and that doesn't spit up all over when we make mistakes.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : Top Stories
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Bell Firms Pledge To Fight New FCC Rules (Jonathan Krim, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62234-2003Feb24.html>
Two of the four former Bell companies, SBC Communications Inc. and BellSouth Corp. also renewed promises made after the vote that they would not invest in new, high-speed Internet networks unless the local telephone rules are scuttled.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : News & Opinions
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Red Hat: Debating Enterprise Linux Momentum Futile (Michael S. Mimoso, SearchEnterpriseLinux.com)
<http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/qna/0,289202,sid39_gci880592,00.html>
Moving from a proprietary Unix system to Linux on Intel results in "10x price-performance improvements" in many cases.

A Radio Chip In Every Consumer Product (Claudia H. Deutsch and Barnaby J. Feder, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/25/technology/25THEF.html?8hpib>
Retailers are pioneering radio-frequency identification, in which electronic sensors monitor signals sent by radio chips embedded in products.

Open-Source Audio Wins MP3 Player Support (John Borland, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1023-985798.html>
Digital Innovations is set to release its Neuros Digital Audio Computer in March. The device, which will also support connections with Linux-based computers, may be the most open source-friendly MP3 player yet released on the market. Emmett Plant, chief executive of the Xiph Foundation, the team behind the Ogg Vorbis format, said he signed the deal with Digital Innovations last weekend.

Teletext Alive And Well In Europe (David E Carlson, E-Media Tidbits)
<http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=31&aid=21800>
Americans have never paid much attention to teletext, a service that provides news and information on an alternate part of TV channels. It's always been much more popular in Europe, and I'm here to tell you that teletext still is very much alive and well here.

MyAppleMenu Reader : World
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"Drumbeat" (Christopher Hitchens, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/id/2079082/>
Bush rushing to war? Nonsense.

Threats, Promises And Lies (Paul Krugman, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/25/opinion/25KRUG.html>
Credibility isn't just about punishing people who cross you. It's also about honoring promises, and telling the truth. And those are areas where the Bush administration has problems.

They're Off, And Running The Same Old Story (Paul Waldman, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45507-2003Feb21.html>
In reality, political reporters don't like wide-open races. Instead, for their own reasons, they prefer a time-tested script with four primary categories of characters: the Mighty Front-Runner, the Charging Challenger, the Doomed Press Darling and the Assorted Afterthoughts.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Science & Tech
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DNA, The Keeper Of Life's Secrets, Starts To Talk (Nicholas Wade, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/25/science/25HELI.html>
The 50th anniversary of the discovery of DNA's double helix may be more than just a round number. It comes while both its founders are still alive and active: Dr. Crick published an article on the nature of consciousness just this month.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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4,000 Cadets And A Quest For Flavor (Glenn Collins, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/24/nyregion/24WEST.html>
If, as Napoleon said, an army marches on its stomach, then improved food and service are not insignificant matters at a time when West Point is girding for a potential war.

Fears Of Terror A Complication For Art Exhibits (Carol Vogel, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/25/arts/design/25LEND.html>
Concerns over terrorism are complicating the large and luscious international loan exhibitions that have long been the lifeblood of museums, especially in places like New York that are considered a prime target for attacks.

No Story Too Big, No Writer Too Small (Dan mackie, The Concord Monitor)
<http://www.cmonitor.com/stories/news/state2003/0223_lymebeat_2003.shtml>
Newspapers, for all their usefulness, are a pebble in society's shoe. But the Lyme Beat is something different -- it's written by schoolchildren. It's not a school paper, however.

Confession Of A Nielsen Family (Gary Susswein, American-Statesman)
<http://www.austin360.com/statesman/editions/monday/life_entertainment_1.html>
Now I know how George Costanza felt when George Steinbrenner hired him to help run the New York Yankees.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Will DBS' Prudence In Loans Price War Pay Off? (Catherine Ong, Business Times)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/sub/companies/story/0,4574,73632,00.html>
The jury is still out on whether DBS's decision to refrain from last year's price war was the winning strategy.

PM Goh Sees Free Trade As Way For Group To Gain Clout (Zuraidah Ibrahim, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/topstories/story/0,4386,173621,00.html?>
At the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit that opened here yesterday, Singapore stood out as among the few members that urged the grouping to aim for more clout by beefing up its economic power.

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