[MyAppleMenu] Jan 29, 2003

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Wednesday, Jan 29, 2003

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Mac Vs. Windows: Who Cares? (Leander Kahney, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,57280,00.html>
Apple-hating sites have all but disappeared, Mac OS X is getting widespread respect, Mac fans are more confident, and Windows users apparently could care less what computers other people use.

MyAppleMenu : News
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New Standard To Speed Chip Connections (Michael Kanellos, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-982484.html?tag=fd_nbs_ent>
A key industry group is aiming to come out with a new specification for a high-speed chip connection technology that could more than triple the bandwidth for data.

Apple Activates .Mac Address Book Syncing (Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0301/29.addressbook.php>
While the .Mac page still lists the feature as "Coming Soon," when we logged-in to our Address Book a page asked if we wanted to turn the feature on.

Apple Offers iLife And Keynote Education Bundle (MacMinute)
<http://www.macminute.com/2003/01/29/ilifekeynote>

Alton High Grad, Microsoft Donate Cash, Software (John Badman, The Telegraph)
<http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=6857296&BRD=1719&PAG=461&dept_id=25271&rfi=6>
Students in the Alton High School Internet literacy class work on their iMac computers Tuesday using software and additional memory made possible through the donation of a former student, Chris Mitchell, 21, who works for Microsoft Corp. in Redmond, Wash. Microsoft also donated 100 copies of its Microsoft Office 2001 software.

Readers: iLife Ships To International Users (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=18273>
Slightly earlier than the revised January 31st ship date.

iLife 'Will Inspire Home Networks' (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=5876>
Consumer interest in audio and video on computers could drive the consumer market to network their homes to make better use of such technologies.

Charity Begins At Home (Straits Times)
<http://computertimes.asiaone.com.sg/v2/spot03.shtml>
Radin Mas' Primary 5 pupils will try their hand at a traditionally adult venture -- e-commerce -- to raise funds for their IT pursuits.

Towards A New Beginning (Straits Times)
<http://computertimes.asiaone.com.sg/v2/spot05.shtml>
The school will be using Apple's OS X running on powerful G4 computers that the company says is particularly productive for bioinformatics research.

Some Parents Keep Track Of Kids Online (Jamie Dunnigan, KFYR TV)
<http://www.kfyrtv.com/showNews.asp?whatStory=1560>

All-In-One Living Room Gadgets Arrive (Ben Berkowitz, Reuters)
<http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=597&ncid=738&e=7&u=/nm/20030128/tv_nm/computers>
There are those who believe that while consumer electronics companies may be focused on building special boxes to draw digital media to the TV, the solution to the situation is already well in place: the standard home PC.

MPEG-4 On Road To Rights Management (Stefanie Olsen, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1023-982467.html>
A streaming-media consortium set a schedule this week for finalizing technical specs for MPEG-4 security and rights management--components that are key to the open standard's adoption among content owners.

Apple To Open Richmond, VA Store In Fall (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=18269>

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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Apple And Third Party Developers: Between A Rock And A Hard Place (Gene Steinberg, Mac Night Owl)
<http://www.macnightowl.com/#place>
There is always room for a better mousetrap.

What's With The Hassles From Apple? (Alex Salkever, BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jan2003/tc20030129_5209.htm>
Surprise charges. Annoying .Mac pop-ups. Hijacked e-mail preferences. Apple's overzealous drive to sell may create a user backlash.

Here's A Story... (Damien A. Barrett)
<http://www.mrbarrett.com/mt/archives/2003_01_27.html#000560>
We all know those silly Mac folks slather at the mouth about Mac rumors... so you do the only sensical thing and create yet another Mac rumor site and litter it with ads for your product(s).

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Another Rave Review For Safari Browser (Al Fasoldt, The Post-Standard)
<http://www.syracuse.com/news/poststandard/index.ssf?/base/news-0/10437465081126330.xml>
It's the best Web browser I've ever used, for any computer.

Sum Of PC Greater Than The Whole (Yeong Ah Seng, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/techscience/story/0,4386,168904,00.html>
The fact that there is more Mac software these days, and that Apple has come out with some pretty nifty software of its own, like the iLife collection, is, however, not reason enough to look at the company through rose-tinted glasses.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : Top Stories
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Total Information Awareness: Down, But Not Out (Farhad Manjoo, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/01/29/tia_privacy/index.html>
Congress may have put the brakes on the most ambitious government surveillance program ever. But for citizens worried about their privacy, TIA still means trouble.

Internet Worm Unearths New Holes (Robert O'Harrow Jr. and Ariana Eunjung Cha, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57550-2003Jan28.html>
The computer bug that ravaged systems throughout the world over the weekend showed how the increasing use of the Internet by businesses, banks and local governments has created vulnerabilities where few ever suspected them.

How The Net Leaves Itself Open To Atack (BBC News)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2699071.stm>
The net is making itself unnecessarily vulnerable to crippling attacks, warn experts.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : News & Opinions
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New Standard To Speed Chip Connections (Michael Kanellos, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-982484.html?tag=fd_nbs_ent>
A key industry group is aiming to come out with a new specification for a high-speed chip connection technology that could more than triple the bandwidth for data.

Web Services: Bridging The Gaps (Martin LaMonica, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1106-982525.html>
One of the software industry's brightest prospects--Web services--has started to prove its worth by driving e-commerce in an unexpected way: as the bridge that links companies behind the scenes.

The Facts About Mobile Web Services (Joseph Owen, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-982536.html>
Web Services is likely to change everything about how enterprise system architecture functions-for both LAN and mobile devices.

IBM: Linux Is The 'Logical Successor' (Stephen Shankland, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-982512.html>
The day is approaching when Linux will likely replace IBM's version of Unix, the company's top software executive said, an indication that the upstart operating system's stature is rising within Big Blue.

Breaking Down The .Net Barriers (Associated Press)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/864039.asp>
Volunteer effort
could oblige Microsoft to work with Linux.

Lindows Tackles DVD, Music (David Becker, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1040-982468.html>
Linux software maker Lindows took another crack at Microsoft on Tuesday with a package intended to mimic the software giant's Windows XP Media Center.

MPEG-4 On Road To Rights Management (Stefanie Olsen, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1023-982467.html>
A streaming-media consortium set a schedule this week for finalizing technical specs for MPEG-4 security and rights management--components that are key to the open standard's adoption among content owners.

MyAppleMenu Reader : World
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Here Comes The New Europe (Anne Applebaum, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57913-2003Jan28.html>
Although all concerned vociferously deny it, Europe is indeed beginning to divide -- slowly, unevenly but perceptibly -- into two very distinct camps.

Making A Case (David Remnick, New Yorker)
<http://www.newyorker.com/talk/content/?030203ta_talk_remnick>
What is most unfortunate about the President's lack of public engagement in the argument for force is that the objections to it are answerable.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Science & Tech
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The War And The Web (Kevin Bedell, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/2680>
We have an opportunity to have history write itself. If we capture and save the news stories, remarks and organizing e-mails, then later generations will have the best account ever created for what actually happened in the run up to a war.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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The Bean And Me (Emily Green, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la-fo-beans29jan29.story>
It was a contentious relationship, until she learned to love them.

Challenging Chefs With Odd Cuts (Amanda Hesser, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/29/dining/29MEAT.html>
A small revolution is building: farm-raised, high-quality meats are showing up on special menus around town.

War Of The Words At Hip-Hop Magazines (Lola Ogunnaike, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/29/arts/music/29XXL.html>
Editors of two hip-hop magazines, XXL and The Source, are engaged in a nasty feud, attacking one another in print and in rap verse.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Expressions
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On Deciding To Fire My Chiropractor (Lynne McMahon, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/id/2077339/>

The High Divide (Charles D'Ambrosio, New Yorker)
<http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/content/?030203fi_fiction>

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Charity Begins At Home (Straits Times)
<http://computertimes.asiaone.com.sg/v2/spot03.shtml>
Radin Mas' Primary 5 pupils will try their hand at a traditionally adult venture -- e-commerce -- to raise funds for their IT pursuits.

Towards A New Beginning (Straits Times)
<http://computertimes.asiaone.com.sg/v2/spot05.shtml>
The school will be using Apple's OS X running on powerful G4 computers that the company says is particularly productive for bioinformatics research.

KL Played Rough With Indonesia Over Islands (Derwin Pereira and Devi Asmarani, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,4386,168939,00.html?>
Malaysia took several measures -- including firing shots to warn off Indonesian military personnel in some cases -- to stake its claims on the once-disputed islands of Sipadan and Ligitan.

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