[MyAppleMenu] Jan 11, 2003

Sat Jan 11 21:05:01 EST 2003

MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Saturday, Jan 11, 2003

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Apple Posts Safari Update (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2003/01/10/safariupdate>
The update is "recommended for all Safari users."

MyAppleMenu : News
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Apple, Microsoft Drive Digital Agenda (Ephraim Schwartz and Mark Jones, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/03/01/13/030113hnces.xml>
Investing in the emerging digital platform, Microsoft and Apple have launched into the new year with strategies that signal what some believe represent the next wave of IT innovation.

Cloud Hangs Over Macworld's Future (Ian Fried, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1040-980171.html>
As the weeklong Macworld Expo here wraps up Friday, questions linger about what's next for the twice-yearly show--particularly whether Apple will continue showing up to the East Coast installment of the expo.

Apple's New Batch Of Products Well-Rounded, Solution Providers Say (Russell Redman, CRN)
<http://www.crn.com/sections/BreakingNews/dailyarchives.asp?ArticleID=39321>
Despite a lack of new professional desktop products, Apple served up a well-balanced menu of hardware and software at Macworld San Francisco this week, according to solution providers.

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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Apple On Top Of Its Game: The Macworld SF 2003 Report (Daniel H. Steinberg, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/01/10/macworld_rpt.html>
"You're missing the big picture. The key to the Mac for the last few years has been integration."

Free Flight (Robert X. Cringely, PBS)
<http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20030109.html>
Apple can't count on Microsoft and is tired of kowtowing to Microsoft, so the logical strategy is to replace the Microsoft products that cause so much concern.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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A First Look At The Safari Web Browser (Wei-Meng Lee, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/01/10/safari_web.html>
Hopefully, tabbed browsing will make it into the final product.

Five Favorite Things From Macworld SF (Derrick Story, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/2577>
Despite a tough economy and soft tech market, Macworld SF 2003 was definitely upbeat. Here are five products that made a positive impression on me.

One On One With The Big Al PowerBook - Big, Bold And Stunning (David Engstrom, MacReviewZone)
<http://macreviewzone.com/html/articles/news/macworld/03/powerbook-17.shtml>

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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Microsoft Resolves Class-Action Suit (Declan McCullagh, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-980269.html>
Microsoft said late Friday that it has reached a $1.1 billion settlement in a California class-action lawsuit.

Pentium 4: More Speed In The Pipeline (Michael Kanellos, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-980206.html>
Intel will increase the speed of the chipset on the Pentium 4 in the coming months, a change that will likely boost the performance of top-end PCs.

Judge Refuses To Dismiss Microsoft Case (Reuters)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-980169.html>
A federal judge on Friday refused to dismiss antitrust cases filed against Microsoft by two small rival software companies.

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

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : Top Stories
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Blogs Refine Enterprise Focus (Cathleen Moore, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/ap/xml/03/01/13/030113apblogs.xml>
Building on the success of Weblogs for personal Web publishing, enterprises are starting to tap into blogs to streamline specific business processes such as intelligence gathering or to augment traditional content-and knowledge-management technologies.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : News & Opinions
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Schools' Internet Subsidies Are Called Fraud-Riddled (John Schwartz, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/10/education/10FRAU.html>
The $2.25 billion E-Rate program has helped connect thousands of schools and libraries to the Internet, but it may also be enriching unscrupulous contractors, according to a report released yesterday.

FM Gets Strong Reception At CES (David Becker, CNET News.com)
<http://rss.com.com/2100-1040-980055.html?type=pt&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=news>
The hot new technology at the Consumer Electronics Show this year is--FM radio?

Study Shows Linux On The Rise In Data Center (Ashlee Vance, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/03/01/10/030110hnlinuxgrowth.xml?s=IDGNS>
A new study on future trends for Linux operating systems backs up claims made by several server makers that Linux should show strong growth in the data center over time, proving itself as a competitor to Unix and Microsoft's Windows.

Key To Wi-Fi Security (Glenn Fleishman, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/ne/xml/03/01/13/030113newifisec.xml>
As we survey the road ahead, it's clear that the arrival of WPA and eventually 802.11i will reduce the administrative burden of WLANs, integrating them with existing authentication mechanisms and making the security issue disappear.

Microsoft Should 'Fear The Penguin' (Robert Jaques, vnunet.com)
<http://www.vnunet.com/News/1137951>
Microsoft should "fear the Penguin" as Linux moves into the heart of corporate IT infrastructures, according to Goldman Sachs.

Google Counters Search-Fix Lawsuit (Stefanie Olsen, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1023-980215.html>
Google has moved to quash a lawsuit that alleges the company manipulated search query results, according to a court filing.

Linux Coming To Cell Phones (Ben Charny, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1033-980214.html>
A half dozen companies are developing cell phones based on the Linux operating system, an executive familiar with the plans said Friday.

MyAppleMenu Reader : World
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'Racism, Injustice, Humiliation' (Hanna Rosin, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40829-2003Jan10.html>
For weeks, Kamal Nawash's clients were asking him: Should I do it or not?

The Secret War On Condoms (Nicholas D. Kristof, New  York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/10/opinion/10KRIS.html>
Three thousand years ago an amorous Egyptian couple (probably libidinous liberals) experimented with a linen pouch, producing the world's first known condom. Some right-wingers still haven't gotten over it.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Science & Tech
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Scientists Find Clues To The Earliest Objects (John Noble Wilford, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/10/science/10ASTR.html>
Peering deep in space and time, astronomers have seen what they think are some of the earliest known objects in the universe, including the most distant quasar ever detected.

'Gadget Printer' Promises Industrial Revolution (Duncan Graham-Rowe, New Scientist)
<http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993238>
The idea of printing a light bulb may seem bizarre, but US engineers are now developing an ink-jet printing technology to do just that.

Remembrance Of Dot-com Idiocy Past (Andrew Leonard, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/books/2003/01/10/industry_standard/index.html>
At least Enron and WorldCom went down because of greed. But as James Ledbetter's "Starving to Death on $200 Million a Year" reveals, the Industry Standard pissed away a fortune out of mere carelessness.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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Writer Finds Something He Can't Sell On eBay: His Family (Karima A. Haynes and Stephanie Stassel, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-me-family11jan11,0,2248879.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dtechnology>
"You hae patrons of the arts, museums and charities. I wanted a patron for my family."

Portable But Posh (Roy Rivenburg, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.calendarlive.com/la-et-rivenburg11jan11.story>
Increasingly, glitzy outdoor events like weddings and golf tournaments have equally upscale mobile restrooms.

To Your Helath: Good News For Booze (Stephen A. Crockett Jr., Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40936-2003Jan10.html>
Thanks, French people. Thanks, researchers. Thanks, beer!

U.S. TV Shows Losing Potency Around World (Suzanne Kapner, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/02/business/businessspecial/02TUBE.html?ex=1042479931&ei=1&en=6cf5d764377f0d3b>
Want to catch the latest episode of the CBS hit "C.S.I." in France? Tune in Saturdays at 11 p.m. How about the CBS show "Judging Amy" in Singapore? Try weekdays at midnight.

Skipping Ads? TV Gets Ready To Fight Back (Bill Carter, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/10/business/media/10TUBE.html>
A leading television producer and two major advertisers have joined forces to present a live variety show with no commercial interruptions. Instead, the advertising messages will be incorporated into the show.

Elvis Again (Greil Marcus, Threepenny)
<http://www.threepennyreview.com/samples/marcus_w03.html>
He had changed the world, but he had become a creature who could not be changed by it.

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