[MyAppleMenu] Feb 12, 2002

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

Macs Take Underwater Science To The Extreme (Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/education/hed/macsinaction/delaware/>
"We choose Power Mac computers with iMovie, because the systems linked so well with our Sony camcorders and were so easy to learn and use."

Apple Cuts 375 Jobs (Jonny Evans, Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/top_news_item.cfm?NewsID=4231>
Employees were shed from operations, information systems and administration.

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

Like Manna: Games From Ambrosia Software On Mac OS X (Brad Cook, Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/games/articles/2002/02/ambrosia/>
Need a little pick-me-up during the middle of the day, when your body rebels against your brain's demands to finish your assignments?

New Mac OS X Beta Of Opera Browser Available (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0202/12.opera.php>
The latest version has such new features as support for QuickTime and scroll wheel mice.

Apple Claims Faster Macs Beat Pentiums (John Yaukey, Gannett News Service)
<http://detnews.com/2002/technews/0202/11/b02-413015.htm>

Tapping Into A Wireless World (Jube Shiver Jr., Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-000010614feb11.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dtechnology>
Experts say the increasingly popular computer networks are vulnerable to being hacked, raising security concerns.

Apple Posts New iMac G4 Commercial (Robert Aldridge, The iMac)
<http://www.theimac.com/articles/categories/features/story579.shtml>
While the new spots show off the cute personality of the new iMac, they continue to follow in Apple's recent ad history in not talking about the specs of the product.

Apple Cuts Jobs, Discloses Store Revenue (Andrew Orlowski, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/7/24020.html>
The retail stores snagged $48 million in the first quarter of fiscal year 2002, with an operating loss of $8 million.

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

Discussion: Linux On The iMac G4 (Slashdot)
<http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/02/11/229210>

Microsoft Plans Outlook Client For Mac OS X (Ben Wilson, NewsFactor)
<http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/16274.html>
With new OS X-native versions of both Entourage and Outlook on the way, it seems unlikely that Microsoft's development deal with Apple will be allowed to lapse.

Apple: Don't Miss Out! Make Sure .Net Works On OS X (Stephan Somogyi, ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2846946,00.html>
Apple should not lose sight of the bigger picture and pass up an obvious opportunity like this.

Innovation And Analysts (Jeff Lewis, MacOPINION)
<http://www.macopinion.com/columns/macskeptic/02/02/11/index.html>
Apple's crushing innovation isn't really technological, it exists only in comparison to older iMacs and it's style and marketing.

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

Five Ways To Improve The LCD iMac (Jeff Adkins, Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/lab/02/0212.html>
Make the very bottom of the base, where the ports lie, rotatable.

Formac Gallery 1740 (DVI) (John Rizzo, CNET)
<http://computers.cnet.com/hardware/0-2295747-405-8749847.html?tag=rev-rev>
Although Apple's displays continue to surpass all others in our image-quality tests, the Formac Gallery 1740 comes close, and in other ways, it's actually better than the Studio Display.

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

New Mac OS X Beta Of Opera Browser Available (Dennis Sellers, MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0202/12.opera.php>
The latest version has such new features as support for QuickTime and scroll wheel mice.

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

Intel Australia Warns Consumers Over Desktop-Laptop (Andrew Colley, ZDNet Australia)
<http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/enterprise/story/0,2000025001,20263421,00.htm>
Intel Australia has warned consumers to be wary of manufacturers of fering laptops containing processos designed for desktop PCs.

Microsoft Opposed On Witness List (Jonathan Krim, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60568-2002Feb11.html>
The states asked a federal judge yesterday to prevent Microsoft from calling 18 witnesses who the company said could testify in upcoming hearings.

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

Show Me The Microsoft Money (Ephraim Schwartz, Infoworld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/02/11/020211hnmsmoney.xml>
Microsoft turned it's end-user package into a .Net service which it can use as an OEM to other companies.

Macromedia Products To Support .Net (Margaret Kane, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2110-1001-834032.html>

Microsoft Donates To Educators (Dan Richman, Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
<http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/57902_ballmer12.shtml>

Joystick Firm Sues Sony And Microsoft (Reuters)
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2104159,00.html>
Immersion is rady to rumble with the consumer tech giants over "haptic feedback".

Microsoft Plans Outlook Client For Mac OS X (Ben Wilson, NewsFactor)
<http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/16274.html>
With new OS X-native versions of both Entourage and Outlook on the way, it seems unlikely that Microsoft's development deal with Apple will be allowed to lapse.

Apple: Don't Miss Out! Make Sure .Net Works On OS X (Stephan Somogyi, ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2846946,00.html>
Apple should not lose sight of the bigger picture and pass up an obvious opportunity like this.

The Valentine's Day Virus Massacre (John Leyden, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/56/24011.html>

MS Issues Monster IE Security Fix (Thomas C Greene, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/24027.html>
A total of six new security stuff-ups affecting Internet Explorer and Outlook Express have been addressed in a cumulative patch.

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

Europe Sheds Crocodile Tears For Africa (Barrack Muluka, East African Standard)
<http://allafrica.com/stories/200202110453.html>
The crocodile has a strange eating way. You can never quite tell whether the gigantic reptile is happy or not, as he tackles his meal. Why, he seems to shed tears even as he eats.

A New Kind Of Justice (Charles Tureheart, The Atlantic)
<http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2000/04/trueheart.htm>
Although not even idealists would have predicted it a decade ago, something like this tribunal may soon become a permanent feature in the world.

Jobs Built To Last (Matthew Benjamin, U.S. News)
<http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/020218/work/18secure.htm>
Stability, purpose, and a bevy of openings make Uncle Sam an employer of choice for many.

Wind Power (Brendan Miniter, Wall Street Journal)
<http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=100001667>
Enron's collapse generates a surplus of hot air on Capitol Hill.

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

BattleBots In The Bedroom (Katharine Mieszkowski, Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/02/12/sexbots/index.html>
At a San Francisco porn studio, industrial sex toys run rampant.

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

Zooted And Booted (Duncan Campbell, Guardian)
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/elsewhere/journalist/story/0,7792,648986,00.html>
Much has changed for Latinos in LA since the zoot suit riots of 1943, when young Mexicans were attacked in a clash of race and style.

Who Gets 10,000 Valentines Too Many? (Moira Redmond, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/?id=2061678>
The travesty of elementary-school valentines.

New Year's Not The Same In New York's Chinatown (Josh Getlin, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-021202ctown.story>
Despite a slight economic rebound, some observers fear that growing pressure to convert failing businesses into upscale offices and condominiums may eventually turn New York's Chinatown into an ethnic theme park.

Michael Kinsley Is Logging Off As Editor Of Online Slate (Howard Kurtz, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60079-2002Feb11.html>
Two months after telling the world that he's battling Parkinson's disease, Michael Kinsley said yesterday that he was stepping down as editor of Slate.

Making Toys For Children Too Mature For Most Toys (Jennifer 8. Lee, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/12/business/12TOY.html>
In a world where Barbies have become oh, so first grade, toymakers are struggling to deliver items that appeal to rapidly maturing 8-year-old girls.

Oh, The Heartache! They Want Cupid Banished (Somini Sengupta, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/12/international/asia/12VALE.html?homepageinsidebox>
The Shiv Sena, the radical Hindu political party that is a powerful force in the city and state governments, sees in Cupid the very avatar of Western culture, a symbol of its corrupting influence over traditional Indian society.

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

The 'Times' Front Pages, They Are A-Changing (Peter Johnson, USA Today)
<http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20020212/3847568s.htm>
"It's a little like your 70-year-old grandmother trying to be hip by wearing sunglasses and a miniskirt."

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

Too Early For Revision To NWC Recommendations, CPF Restoration: NTUC Chief (Farah Abdul Rahim, Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com.sg/articles/2002/02/12/singaporenews20738.htm>
There will be more retrenchments in the first half of the year.

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

Hold On To Your Horses, 2002 Could Be A Rough Ride (David Fogarty, Reuters)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/reuters/asia-89064.html>

All Fixed Line Telephone Numbers To Be Prefixed With '6' From March (Sharon Tong, Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com.sg/articles/2002/02/12/singaporenews20751.htm>

Former President Ong Teng Cheong Cremated (S Ramesh, Asha Popatlal and Hasnita A Majid, Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com.sg/articles/2002/02/12/singaporenews20740.htm>
It was the last day of Mr Ong's wake, but there was no let up in the stream of visitors.

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