[MyAppleMenu] Feb 27, 2003

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Thursday, Feb 27, 2003

MyAppleMenu : News
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Turning The Desktop Into A Meeting Place (Paul Boutin, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/27/technology/circuits/27inte.html?tntemail0>
Spring replaces icons for software applications nad Web sites with representations of people, places, and things that can be connected.

Antioch Classrooms May Switch Over To PCs (Rowena Coetsee, Contra Costa Times)
<http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/news/local/states/california/counties/contra_costa_county/cities_neighborhoods/antioch/5267563.htm>
To PC or not to PC? That is the question Antioch Unified School District trustees will consider tonight when they discuss a proposal to replace every one of the district's Apple Macintosh computers with Windows-based personal computers.

QuickTime Broadcaster Updated (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2003/02/26/quicktimebroadcaster>

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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Whither Virtual PC? (David Zeiler, Baltimore Sun)
<http://www.sunspot.net/technology/custom/pluggedin/bal-mac022703,0,6732024.column?coll=bal-business-indepth>
While no one outside Microsoft knows for sure what the company has in mind for Virtual PC, the weight of the evidence indicates it won't be deep-sixed anytime soon.

Hardware PC Versus Software PC (Marc Zeedar, MacOPINION)
< With USB Overdrive, you can assign operations to any of your buttons and to many combinations of keys and buttons.>
My hope is that with Microsoft controlling both VPC and the OSes that run on it, the product will drop in price.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Jazz Speakers J9906 (Greg Gant, Inside Mac Games)
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/reviews/view.php?ID=354>

Apple 20in Cinema Display (Steve Caplin, MacUser)
<http://www.pcpro.co.uk/?http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/reviews_story.php?id=38848>
It's combination of high specification and aggressive pricing is set to win over designers in particular with an unbeatable setup.

Software Can Make Mousing Easier (Al Fasoldt, Post-Standard)
<http://www.syracuse.com/news/poststandard/index.ssf?/base/news-0/104625218386733.xml>
With USB Overdrive, you can assign operations to any of your buttons and to many combinations of keys and buttons.

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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Rivals Chip Away At Microsoft's Dominance (Byron Acohido, USA Today)
<http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2003-02-26-desktop_x.htm>
For the first time in nearly a decade, Microsoft faces genuine competition for the heart of its monopoly: its Windows operating system and Office software, now on more than 90% of PCs.

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

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : News & Opinions
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Linux Start-Up Plugs New Windows Plan (Stephen Shankland, CNET News.com)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-986210.html>
Start-up SWsoft has created a working prototype of a Windows version of its software that makes a single operating system appear to be several.

Sun Escalates Supercomputing Push (Stephen Shankland, CNET News.com)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-986177.html>
Sun Microsystems is expanding its supercomputing push, naming a new executive to consolidate an effort that currently spans the entire company.

PDA's Need More Work To Thrive (Dawn Kawamoto, CNET News.com)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-986172.html>
Handheld makers will see shipments grow at a healthy clip over the next few years, but only if they give their gadgets the oomph needed to win over new buyers, according a new report.

Rivals Chip Away At Microsoft's Dominance (Byron Acohido, USA Today)
<http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2003-02-26-desktop_x.htm>
For the first time in nearly a decade, Microsoft faces genuine competition for the heart of its monopoly: its Windows operating system and Office software, now on more than 90% of PCs.

Is Google Invading Your Privacy? (Cade Metz, PC Magazine)
<http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,904096,00.asp>
What makes Google practices particularly worrisome is that its services are used by such a wide audience.

Microsoft Open Source Plot Exposed (Nicholas Petreley, LinuxWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/02/26/HNpetrelli_1.html>
The most powerful voice in open source's corner? Microsoft, of course.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Science & Tech
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Study Limits Physics Of Extra Dimensions (Robert Roy Britt, Space.com)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/877952.asp?0cv=TB10&cp1=1>
Just ahead of a bandwagon of theoreticians suggesting the discovery of extra dimensions might be just around the corner, a streetwise inquiry into the potential effects of these additional "spaces" has come up as empty as a gas tank during an oil embargo.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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Meltdown In The Snow (Stephen Hunter, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8593-2003Feb26.html>
Snow was somehow totalitarian. It controlled every aspect of life. You had to obey it in a thousand small ways. If you didn't, it punished you.

Read Any Good Books Lately? (David Sexton, Evening Standard)
<http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/entertainment/books/articles/3530579?source=Evening%20Standard>
Book reviewers always have one question, at the point of accepting a commission: "How long is it?"

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : Top Stories
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HDB, Don't Be So Generous To Transferred Staff (Lee Han Shih, Business Times)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/sub/premiumstory/0,4574,73813,00.html?>
No one begrudges the 900 HDB staff getting retirement packages. But should taxpayers' money be used so the 1,800 who are keeping their jobs get the same treatment?

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Singapore Economy To Grow But More Will Be Jobless (AFP)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/latest/story/0,4390,174133,00.html?>
Singapore's economy is expected to grow by at least 2 per cent this year despite fears of war in Iraq, but unemployment is expected to mount as companies downsize, officials and economists said on Thursday.

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