[MyAppleMenu] Jan 4, 2003

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Saturday, Jan 4, 2003

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Open For Business (Tom Yager, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/pl/xml/03/01/06/030106plplatforms.xml>
Open technology has altered the business models of Microsoft, Apple, IBM, and Sun and will put a fresh spin on IT's approach to technology selection and integration in 2003. Office 11 and Mac OS X are prime examples of the enormous positive disruption caused by open technology.

MyAppleMenu : News
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Apple Extends .Mac Free Prints Deadline (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2003/01/03/mac1>

Steve Jobs Autograph Causes Bidding Frenzy (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2003/01/03/jobsautograph>
A premier issue of Macworld magazine autographed by Apple CEO Steve Jobs is being auctioned on eBay and drawing bids in excess of US$900 -— comparable to prices paid for John D. Rockefeller or George Washington signatures.

Macworld: Apple Mum On New Year's Product Crop (Matt Berger, Macworld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/03/01/03/030103hnmacworld.xml?s=IDGNS>
It's a new year for Apple Computer, but the company is employing the same old tactics, remaining quiet about possible product announcements on tap for the Macworld Conference and Expo opening Monday in San Francisco.

Apple Polishes Up For Macworld 2003 (Michael Singer, InternetNews.com)
<http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/article.php/1563881>
By the time CEO Steve Jobs takes the stage on Tuesday, the company is expected to issue ten product and partnership press statements compared to eight last year.

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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Apple Preparing New Upgrade Fees (Joe Wilcox, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1040-979129.html>
According to sources familiar with the plans, Apple is expected to announce at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco Tuesday that consumers will have to pay for new versions of iDVD, iPhoto and iMovie, which will be sold together as a bundle.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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/Switch'd (Cory Watson, Rush Magazine)
<http://www.rushmagazine.com/displayarticle.php?id=621>
Regardless of the underlying reason, I thoroughly enjoy my Powerbook. I like people to see it, and I like people to ask me about it. It's the best computer I've ever owned, and Apple just keeps giving me more reasons to like it.

No One Lives Forever (Michael Yanovich, Inside Mac Games)
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/reviews/view.php?ID=295>
This game could have been amazing, but it missed by just this much.

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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MS Java Ruling Sets IT Precedent (Associated Press)
<http://www.wired.com/news/infostructure/0,1377,57073,00.html>
The biggest consequence could be the precedent of a judge -- and not engineers, software companies or even users -- deciding what is installed on personal computers.

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

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : Top Stories
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Microsoft: From Research To Reality (Steve Gillmor, Jon Udell and Tom Yager, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/03/01/03/030103hnrashid.xml>
Rick Rashid, senior vice president at Microsoft, who heads up Microsoft's research group, discusses his group's projects, particularly in the areas of wireless, natural language, and search technologies.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : News & Opinions
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Advocates Giving Away Free Wireless Net Service (Steve Alexander, NewsFactor)
<http://wirelessnewsfactor.com/perl/story/20366.html>
Wireless hot spots are proliferating, some of them run for free by altruistic individuals, and others operated by businesses that use them to distribute advertising. Still other companies sell Wi-Fi access to the public for a fee.

Linux Continues Desktop March (Matthew Broersma, ZDNet UK)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-979064.html>
The good news for Linux as an operating system for the desktop--as opposed to the server--is that it is set to become No. 2 after Windows in the next year or so. The bad news is that its growth does not look to be as explosive as some advocates might have hoped.

Momentum Builds For Open-Source Tools Platform (Elizabeth Montalbano, CRN)
<http://www.crn.com/sections/BreakingNews/dailyarchives.asp?ArticleID=39164>

Start-Up Beats IBM For Linux Software (Stephen Shankland, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-979142.html>
A revamped version of key disk drive management software in Linux will be based on a project from a start-up, spurring a retreat by IBM programmers who had been working on competing software.

Cyberthreats Not To Be Dismissed, Warns Clarke (Dan Verton, Computerworld)
<http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/cybercrime/story/0,10801,77238,00.html>
"Cyberspace still is underappreciated as a threat, and the solutions aren't as obvious as they are with physical security."

Poll: Majority Of Internet Users Want Spam Banned (Matt Berger, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/03/01/03/030103hnspam.xml?s=IDGNS>
The growing number of unwanted messages that end up in inboxes has created a backlash: 74 percent of those polled favored making spam illegal, according to the survey.

MyAppleMenu Reader : World
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Group Therapy At Ground Zero (Frank Rich, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/04/opinion/O6RICH.html>
The broader political climate carries the same aura of unreality as the ground zero architectural debate.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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Father Of Our Country Wouldn't Recognize It (Sally Stewart, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-vo-stewart4jan04,0,7442783.story?coll=la%2Dnews%2Dcomment%2Dopinions>
I can imagine living at Mount Vernon a whole lot easier than I am able to come to grips with our government employing people to search children for weapons.

New Era Succeeds Years Of Solitude (Nicole LaPorte, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/04/arts/04LATI.html>
Latin American writers of a younger generation turn to Big Mac culture.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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KL Unhappy With Singapore's Proposed Date Of Signing Of Pact (Sa'odah Elias, The Star)
<http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2003/1/4/nation/odputeh&sec=nation>
"I don’t understand why it has to be signed on the sidelines of the Asean-EU meeting when we are such close neighbours."

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

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