[MyAppleMenu] Jan 2, 2003

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Thursday, Jan 2, 2003

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Apple Releases iCal Update, iSync 1.0 (Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0301/02.updates.php>
Apple on Thursday released an update to the companies calendaring application, iCal, and the final version of iSync.

MyAppleMenu : News
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Apple And Microsoft Out Of Sync (Joe Wilcox, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1040-978924.html?tag=lh>
Apple Computer on Thursday released the final version of its iSync synchronization software, in what could be seen as an attempt to trump new software coming next week from Microsoft.

Apple Launches iSync Platform (Jay Wrolstad, NewsFactor)
<http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/20351.html>
"The real payoff for Apple is down the road, with the integration of wired and wireless technology, and the gradual elimination of wired connections."

Hold Onto Your Macs - They'll Be Worth Something (One Day) (Remy Davison, Insanely Great Mac)
<http://www.insanely-great.com/news.php?id=1461>
Grab that dusty Lisa or Mac 128 and put it on ebay - because you could make yourself a small fortune.

Apple Suffers Another .Mac Service Outage (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=17857>
"Access to the .Mac Web site is severly limited at this time."

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Raising Your Laptop In Style With The iCurve (Brad Smith, The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/review/2003/01/01.1.shtml>
With the move towards laptops as desktop replacements, Griffin Technology has provided the solution to make that laptop a desktop, yet easy enough to grab it and hit the road.

NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti (Andy Largent, Inside Mac Games)
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/reviews/view.php?ID=338>
Without argument, the GeForce4 Ti is an incredibly powerful video card, and it reigns as the fastest card you'll find on the Mac right now.

Hands On With El Gato's EyeTV (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0301/02.handson.php>
The EyeTV is equipped with a coaxial antenna connection and composite video input, as well as stereo audio input. You can view TV signals live or record them to hard disk for later viewing.

Photoshop Elements (MyMac.com)
<http://www.mymac.com/walkowich/pselements2_1.2.03.shtml>
If you're looking for the perfect gift for the holidays for your favorite computer user or digital photo taker, you really should consider Photoshop Elements 2.

Back Me Up Baby (Bob LeVitus, OSXFAQ)
<http://www.osxfaq.com/Editorial/backme/index.ws>
It's a complete hard disk backup solution, it includes all the hardware and software you need, and it's drop-dead easy to set up and use.

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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Microsoft On Horns Of Dilemma (Rebecca Buckman, Wall Street Journal)
<http://afr.com/it/2003/01/02/FFXPYWC4EAD.html>
Will Longhorn take the blue ribbon or get slaughtered? Microsoft is banking on the former. Others aren't so sanguine.

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

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : Top Stories
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Professors Vie With Web For Class's Attention (John Schwartz, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/02/technology/02WIRE.html>
As universities rush to install wireless networks, professors say the technology poses a growing challenge for them: retaining their students' attention.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : News & Opinions
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Toward A More Secure 2003 (Alex Salkever, BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/dec2002/tc20021231_1450.htm>
The challenges to info-tech security will surely be daunting, and companies' efforts to stay safe will have to keep increasing.

MyAppleMenu Reader : World
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The Boys In The Bubble (James Ledbetter, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/02/opinion/02LEDB.html>
A full reckoning of hte Enron-WorldCom era must also take into consideration the ways in which the business press failed, too.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Science & Tech
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Unsettling, Maybe, But Not Unethnical (Richard Cohen, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64742-2003Jan1.html>
The word that keeps getting attached to cloning is "unethical." It's a powerful word, but in the case of cloning it merely gets asserted, never proved.

All Clones Are Not The Same (Gregory E. Kaebnick, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/02/opinion/02KAEB.html>
Distinctions that require explanations tend to get lost in public debate, and the controversy over cloning is a perfect example.

Feeling Blue? This Robot Knows It (Louise Knapp, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,56921,00.html>
By processing information sent from physiological sensors the human counterpart wears, the Vanderbilt robot can detect when its master is having a bad day and approach with the query: "I sense that you are anxious. Is there anything I can do to help?"

MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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What Should I Do With My Life? (Po Bronson, Fast Company)
<http://www.fastcompany.com/online/66/mylife.html>
The real meaning of success -- and how to find it.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Expressions
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Total Commercialization Awareness (Katharine Mieszkowski and Farhad Manjoo, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/01/02/2003_predictions/index.html>
Al-Qaida online, Slashdot sells out and Yellowstone National Park gets renamed: Salon's top 10 technology and business predictions for 2003.

First Light (Jim Powell, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/id/2076191/>

Magnolias (Kristy Bowen, The Lightning Bell Poetry Journal)
<http://www.lightningbell.org/bowen.html>

Waiting For The Perfect Note (Peter Klein, The Lightning Bell Poetry Journal)
<http://www.lightningbell.org/klein.html>

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : Top Stories
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Don't Bank On Bigger Pay In 2003: Survey (Chuang Peck Ming, Business Times)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,2276,68413,00.html?>
According to Hong Kong-based HRBS's latest survey, pay for managers, professionals and workers in Singapore is expected to rise just 3.5 per cent in 2003.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Scrap Taxi Surcharge (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/commentary/story/0,4386,163948,00.html>
It is time operators got bold and radical: scrap all forms of surcharge (midnight, peak-hour, public holidays, CBD, weekends, whatever).

Malaysia Unlikely To Sign Pact With Singpaore This Month (Mergawati Zulfakar and Sim Leoi Leoi, The Star)
<http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2003/1/1/nation/llbatu&sec=nation>
"They (Singapore) are conducting diplomatic relations through the media. All the dates I have suggested for this year (2002) have not been taken up."

Compromise Or Go To War, KL Tells Singapore (Associated Press)
<http://www.brunei-online.com/bb/wed/jan1w4.htm>
Malaysia's foreign minister said Singapore should learn to compromise in spats with its neighbour or "go to war", news reports said Tuesday.

Singapore Ties 'More Strained' (Mergawati Zulfakar and Sim Leoi Leoi, The Star)
<http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2003/1/2/nation/llhamids&sec=nation>
While Malaysia believed in the process of exercising good neighbourliness, Singapore conducted bilateral relations with Kuala Lumpur very business-like and was trying to "score points all the time."

More Singapore News at <http://www.myapplemenu.com/singapore/>

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