[MyAppleMenu] Aug 5, 2002

Mon Aug 5 21:05:01 EDT 2002

myapplemenu : newsletter

=== top =============

iMac News Goes Flat (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=5067>
Contrary to online reports, the prices of Apple's flat-panel iMacs were not cut at the end of last week.

Tat's The Way Mac Heads Like It (Leander Kahney, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,54202,00.html>
Marines get tattoos. So do Oakland Raiders fans, bikers, gangbangers and Japanese Yakuza mobster. Increasingly, so do fans of Apple Computer.

=== news =============

Indianapolis Apple Store In The Works (MacMinute.com)
<http://www.macminute.com/index.shtml#0200803-indi>
The store will be located in the former Williams-Sonoma boutique.

Apple Retail Positions Available In Tokyo (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=15712>
Apple is looking for an Apple store Sales Operations Manager.

Oracle Drivers Now Available For OS X (MacSlash)
<http://www.macslash.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/05/1851233>

Intuit To Release New Mac OS X Version Of QuickBoks (MacMinute.com)
<http://www.macminute.com/index.shtml#0200805-intuit>
Intuit expects to ship the final product in the first quarter of 2003.

Consumer Reports Give Apple Good Marks (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0208/05.reports.php>
The September issues of Consumer Reports has some very kind words about Mac computers.

Documents To Go 5.0 Ships, With OS X Support (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0208/05.documents.php>
DataViz today announced the release of Documents To Go 5.0 Palm OS software that enables users to create and edit PowerPoint compatible presentations on their PDAs.

Apple Eyes Asian Server Market (CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1040-948341.html>
Apple has its sights fixed on Asia's multimedia streaming, education and biotech markets as it gears up to push its recently launched Xserve rack-mounted server.

PC-Compatible Mac OS Comes At A Price (Andrew Orlowski, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/39/26523.html>
So, start re-partitioning those Dells now, folks.

Mac Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow (Leander Kahney, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,54144,00.html>
Peter Cohen usually shaves his head, but for the conferences he grows his hair and has it styled into a large, eye-catching ad for Apple.

The Professor And His Mac Tattoo (Leadner Kahney, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,54154,00.html>
"I bet you there's no person with a Microsoft [tattoo]."

=== opinions =============

How Apple Is Worming Its Way Into Corporate IT (Stephan Somogyi, ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2876453,00.html>
Apple decided--wisely, I might add--to make sure that all Xserve customers were covered.

Open Letter To Apple About Jaguar (Derrick Story, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/1794>
We're three weeks away from the release of Jaguar. Now would be a great time to extend an olive branch to your early adopters.

=== reviews =============

Get Smart (Elizabeth Millard, Computer User)
<http://www.computeruser.com/articles/2108,4,44,1,0801,02.html>
Also, become a spy.

Mac's Dirty Little Ethernet Secret (Dennis Sellers, Computer User)
<http://www.computeruser.com/articles/2108,5,18,1,0801,02.html>
Ethernet and AppleTalk issues are surprisingly common in mixed environments.

=== internet top news =============

New Software (And Bosses) At AOL (Saul Hansell, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/05/technology/05MOOD.html>
Many America Online veterans are itching to return the Internet service to its old glory, focussing on the user rather than the advertiser.

=== wintel top news =============

Whose Lunch Will Dell Eat Next? (Andrew Park, Faith Keenan and Cliff Edwards, BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/02_32/b3795078.htm>
Now, it's moving into printers, storage, and handhelds.

=== wintel news =============

Cornell, Dell, Intel, Microsoft In Pact (Reuters)
<http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/technology/tech-tech-supercomputing.html>
Cornell Theory Center said the new agreement to get resources from the companies will allow it to double the size of its supercomputing "cluster" system, and develop more affordable supercomputing systems.

Microsoft To Reveal More Windows Code (Reuters)
<http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/technology/tech-microsoft-code.html>
Microosft will reveal hundreds of pieces of proprietary computer code from Windows in the next several weeks to comply with an antitrust settlement it signed with Justice Department last year, the company said on Monday.

Poll: IT Looking For MS Substitutes (Vivienne Fisher, ZDNet Ausatralia)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-948360.html>
Fifty-five percent of IT managers surveyed in a recent poll were considered other vendors and options as a result of Microsoft's changes to its licensing model.

Microsoft Set To Carry Out Part Of Suit (Joel Brinkley, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/05/business/05SOFT.html>
Microsoft said this evening that is planned to carry out certain elements of its antitrust settlement with the Justice Department, even as a Federal District Court judge deliberates whether to accpet the settlement or impose more stringent terms requested by nine state attorneys general.

=== linux news =============

Sun To Announce Leap Into Linux (Stephen Shankland, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-948277.html>
Sun will overhaul two major components of its low-end server strategy later this month, introducing new low-end systems and detailing support for the Linux operating system.

=== reader : world =============

They Had A Plan (Michael Elliott, Time)
<http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101020812/story.html>
Long before 9/11, the White House debated taking the fight to al-Qaeda. By the time they decided, it was too late. The saga of a lost chance.

Negatives Add Up In Mideast Coverage (Howard Kurtz, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43687-2002Aug4.html>
Has network news, as many partisans charge, been taking sides in the Middle East?

=== reader : tech =============

West Nile: On The Move (Alice Park, Time)
<http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101020812-333894,00.html>
The disease is migrating quickly and in a surprising direction.

Downloading Magazine Replicas (Bob Tedeschi, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/05/technology/05ECOM.html>
Technology Review magazine plans to announce a new service today that enables users to download an exact replica of the magazine to read at their leisure, placing the magazine among a fast-growing crowd of publication susing this form of online distribution.

=== reader : life =============

It All Sound Greek To Me (Marion McGilvary, The Times)
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7-374357,00.html>
If only there were evening classes in menu-speak, we could order what we want.

What's A 'Bubble' Anyway? (Robert L. Bartley, Wall Street Journal)
<http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/rbartley/?id=110002086>
Don't use terminology in lieu of analysis.

Of Life And Depth (Linton Week, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43799-2002Aug4.html>
For mystery writer Walter Mosley, Easy Rawlins is just the beginning of the intrigue.

New Public Art Uses The Internet For A Personal Touch (Matthew Mirapaul, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/05/arts/design/05ARTS.html>
Two new works of Internet art are really out there. No, out there, in public, where anyone can see them.

=== reader : eof =============

It's A Mad, Mad, Mad Magazine (Randy Dotinga, Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,54309,00.html>
Before Bart Simpson and before David Letterman, there was Alfred E. Neuman, the creation of a respected 62-year-old portrait artist who responded to an ad in The New York Times only to find that the magazine that wanted him was Mad.

=== singapore top news =============

90-Minute Blackout In Several Areas (Kirst Boo and Tan May Ping, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,135926,00.html?>
The eastern and western parts of Singapore were blacked out yesterday morning in the worst power failure here in 10 years.

=== singapore news =============

Signs Of Singapore Recovery Slowing Down: Survey (Eugene Low, Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,2276,53485,00.html?>
The pace of Singapore's economic recovery appears to have slowed, according to the latest business activity survey by the National University of Singapore's Centre for Business Research and Development and Business Times.

90-Min Blackout Stops Work In Its Tracks (Lee Hui Chieh and Tan May Ping, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,135933,00.html?>
Shops lost businesses and ofices came to a standstill as Singapore's worst blackout in 10 years hit seven areas yesterday.

Why Upgrading Upon Upgrading? (Eugene Lim Chin Hon, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,1870,135951,00.html?>
Two counter-productive upgrading projects in less than five years do seem a tad prodigal.

Apple Eyes Asian Server Market (CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1040-948341.html>
Apple has its sights fixed on Asia's multimedia streaming, education and biotech markets as it gears up to push its recently launched Xserve rack-mounted server.

Singapore, Malaysia To Gain Through Close Ties - Malaysian Minister (S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/15279/1/.html>
There is much for both Singapore and Malaysia to gain through closer bilateral cooperation, according to Malaysian Minister for Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yasin.

JP Morgan Cuts Singapore GDP Forecast By Half A Percentage Point (Chan Hwa Loon, Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/15269/1/.html>
Banking giant JP Morgan has said it will cut its 2002 economic growth forecast for Singapore by about half a percentage point because of the slowing US demand for electronics.

EMA Says Power Fully Restored (Fiona Tan, Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/15232/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia received many calls from residents in Tampines, Bedok, Pasir Ris, Loyang, Opera Estate and Woodlands on Monday morning, complaining about the blackout.

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