[MyAppleMenu] Aug 15, 2002

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

WSJ: Apple To Introduce $200 Family Pricing (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=15922>
Apple will be introducing $199 [Jaguar] family version that can be legally installed on up to five computers.

Apple's Wider iMac Screen, Jaguar System Are Big Steps (Walter S. Mossberg, Wall Street Journal)
<http://ptech.wsj.com/ptech.html>
Jaguar is a big step forward for the Mac, and continues the effort to differentiate Apple's operating system from Windows XP. In my view, it's worth the price.

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

Netscape Notes Mozilla Browser And Jaguar Java Issues (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0208/15.mozilla.php>
"We're working with Apple to resolve the problem but as a temporary workaround users can simply turn off Java support."

Reader: Apple Discontiunes "Tower" Servers (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=15934>
Apple has discontinued sales of "Tower" servers in favor of its rack-mounted Xserve.

Apple Gives Break To Multi-Mac Homes (Ian Fried, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1040-949996.html>
Aiming to reward those households with more than one Mac, Apple will introduce a family plan for licensing OS X.

Some 17-Inch iMacs Out Fo Delivery (Peter Cohen, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0208/15.imacs.php>
Several MacCentral readers indicate that they've received word from Apple that their 17-inch iMacs are on the way.

Filmmakers To Be Showcased At Mac OS Release Event (Business Review)
<http://albany.bizjournals.com/albany/stories/2002/08/12/daily39.html>
The "Made with a Mac" expo Aug. 23 will feature area filmmakers and other artists who use Apple products.

Is Iomega's New Zip Zapped? (Joe Wilcox, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-949827.html>
Can Iomega put zip back into Zip?

MP3 Market 'Apple's To Win' (Jonny Evans, Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=5123>
A top market research firm is backing Apple's iPod to triumph over its rivals in the MP3.

X Marks The Spots (Garry Barker, Sydney Morning Herald)
<http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/08/15/1029113953234.html>
Everything hangs on Mac OS X.

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

The Soul Of The New Macs (Matthew Rothenberg, eWeek)
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,471201,00.asp>
Motorola may have precipitated a bit on Apple's parade this time around, but the architectural advances these machinese represent already make them a compelling purchase for serious Mac users.

Einstein Fends Off Reality Distortion Field (Andrew Orlowski, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/28/26703.htmlhttp://www.theregister.co.uk/content/28/26703.html>

PC Port Selections Are Vital Players In Data Transfer (Sam Diaz, San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/3864693.htm>
With USB in widespread usage -- and USB products still beating the prices of their FireWire counterparts -- it's unlikely that FireWire will become hte preferred technology for PC users.

The Mac Vs. PC Debate (Jon Fortt, San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/3864667.htm>
It's perfectly possible to own a Mac in a Windows world, but it's not seamless.

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

New DDR 1GHz MP Power Mac Versus "Old" SDRAM Version (rob-ART morgan, Bare Feats)
<http://www.barefeats.com/pmddr.html>
The new DDR Power Mac has no apparent perfromance over the old SDRAM Power Mac running at teh same clock speed.

Searching For Right Keys (Gene Emery, Reuters)
<http://www.forbes.com/business/newswire/2002/08/14/rtr695662.html>
It might be fair to say that "Search for the Secret Keys" is Mickey Mouse educational software.

What's Important To Look For When Gauging PC Speed (Jon Fortt, San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/3864685.htm>
There are so many numbers to watch when you're buying a computer that people often try to simplify speed down to a number or two. PC speed is actually more complicated than that.

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

Net Surfers Are Getting The Message: Pay Up (Winda Benedetti, Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
<http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/lifestyle/82324_payup.shtml>
Remember when the Internet was the land of the free and the home of the freebie? You know -- the good old days, when Web surfers got a whole lot of something for absolutely nothing.

=== internet news =============

New Yahoo IM Pushes Video, 'Emoticons' (Jim Hu, ZDNet)
<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-949876.html>
Yahoo on Thursday will launch a new version of its instant messaging software that will offer a boosted Webcam feature for broadband users, the Web portal's latest effort to distinguish itself from rivals AOL and Microsoft.

More Retailers On The Web Look A Lot Like Amazon (Leslie Walker, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19673-2002Aug14.html>
It's fascinating to watch how traditional retailers continue to partner with Amazon, in effect paying the Seattle firm to do their online selling.

Wanted: Web-Savvy Schooling (Ellen McCarthy, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19910-2002Aug14.html>
Teens favor more Internet-related lesson plans, study finds.

Not A Moment Too Soon (Hal Plotkin, San Francisco Chronicle)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2002/07/30/choicem.DTL>
Digiportal's innovative new ChoiceMail program means the end of spam.

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

Microsoft Denies IE Security Flaw (John Fontana, Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=5126>
The OS must be patched because IE does not have its own cryptography code and must rely on the OS for that service.

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

Why You Should Keep An Eye On Linux (Eric Hellweg, CNN/Money)
<http://money.cnn.com/2002/08/14/technology/techinvestor/hellweg/index.htm>
The stocks are in the dumps, but the technology is gaining momentum.

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

Pirates Of The Hollywood Seas (Bret Schulte, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19799-2002Aug14.html>
Todd Kluss doesn't need to go to the movies. They come to him.

Language Gene Is Traced To Emergence Of Humans (Nicholas Wade, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/15/science/15LANG.html>
A study of the genomes of people and chimpanzees has yielded a deep insight into the origin of language, one of the most distinctive human attributes and a critical step in human evolution.

The News On 3G (Jachim Bamrud, TheFeature.com)
<http://www.thefeature.com/index.jsp?url=article.jsp?pageid=15672>
3G technologies promise to revolutionaize news distribution for both journalists and viewers alike. But it may still be fiction than science at this point.

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

The Domestic Male (Julian Barnes, New Yorker)
<http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?020819fa_fact7>
Oh, yes, and I need praise. All late-onset cooks do.

A Midtown Skyscraper Quietly Addds Armor (James Glanz and Eric Lipton, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/15/nyregion/15TOWE.html>
The owner of the Citigroup building has undertaken a secretive project to strengthen the building's structure in case catastrophe strikes.

Will Kinsley's Slate Get Wiped? (Staci D. Kramer, Online Journalism Review)
<http://www.ojr.org/ojr/kramer/1029281360.php>
Pioneering is seldom easy and online magazine Slate has taken its share of knocks.

=== reader : expressions =============

The Improbable Piano (Robert Pranzatelli, Fictive)
<http://www.fictive.co.uk/fiction/robertpset.htm>

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

Not An Enticing Prospect For CBD Landlords (Lee Han Shih, Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,2276,54470,00.html?>
It's hard to see where demand for up to 4 million sq ft of new office space will come from.

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

Feeder-Bus Rules Lock Us Out: Private Operators (Karamjit Kaur and Goh Chin Lian, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,137780,00.html?>
New plan to open up feeder-service market is self-defeating, because the fine print means new players must risks millions, say critics.

Renong To Develop Universal Studios Park Jointly With Singapore Firm (Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/latest/story/0,2276,54446,00.html?>
In what is seen as a significant milestone in close collaboration between two neighbours in promoting tourism, Malaysia today announced that it would develop the Universal Studios' theme park project in Johor jointly with Singapore.

Singapore Government Takes New Approach In Selling New Downtown White Site (Dawn Teo, Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/16180/1/.html>
To lure developers, the Singapore government will allow the project to be completed over a longer period of time, offer a deferred payment scheme for the land, and even share part of the project's risk.

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