[MyAppleMenu] Jan 25, 2003

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Saturday, Jan 25, 2003

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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Surfin' With Apple Safari (Tom Spring, PC World)
<http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,108920,00.asp>
Eat your heart out, Windows surfers. Apple's Safari browser is fast and feature-packed with functions that Netscape and Internet Explorer users can only long for.

No Gaming Mac Attack In Apple's Future (Marc Saltzman, The Globe And Mail)
<http://rtnews.globetechnology.com/servlet/ArticleNews/tech/RTGAM/20030124/gtsaltzjan24/Technology/techBN/>
Why wouldn't a company with such little market share devote more resources to gaming in order to lure more users?

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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iLife: Worth The Price? (Jason Deraleau, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/2660>
I plan to buy iLife for the $50 regardless, because I want to support a company that I hope continues to stay in business. My only gripe is that iDVD doesn't support external DVD burners.

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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iSync, Therefore I Am Waiting For A Bug-Fix Update (Rob Pegoraro, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40788-2003Jan24.html>
The possibilities here are intriguing: Why share only contacts and calendars? Why not also synchronize Web bookmarks or MP3 playlists? First, though, Apple needs to get this software up to speed.

Logitech Marble Mouse (Patrick Leyden, Inside Mac Games)
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/reviews/view.php?ID=331>
Gamers who have never used a trackball before and are looking to add a new piece of gaming hardware to their collection would do well to consider purchasing this device. Those who are considering this trackball as their primary input device may want to look elsewhere, due to the limited number of usable buttons and the lack of a scroll wheel.

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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Fearing The Penguins--For Good Reason (Charles Cooper, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2010-1071-981940.html>
What do you know? Microsoft was right about Linux all along.

What's In A Name? Not Palladium (Robert Lemos, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-982127.html>
Microsoft has dropped the code name of its controversial security technology, Palladium, in favor of this buzzword-bloated tongue twister: "next-generation secure computing base."

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

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : News & Opinions
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Fearing The Penguins--For Good Reason (Charles Cooper, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2010-1071-981940.html>
What do you know? Microsoft was right about Linux all along.

Lindows Case Set For Trial (Lisa M. Bowman, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-982098.html>
A federal judge in Seattle refused Wednesday a request by software maker Lindows to toss out Microsoft's trademark case against it, paving the way for an April trial.

Red Hat Boosts Service Subscription Plan (Stephen Shankland, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1001-982063.html>
Red Hat is bolstering its service subscription plan with technology the Linux seller gained in its acquisition of NOCpulse in 2002.

Technology A Player In Super Bowl Ads (Stefanie Olsen, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1023-982084.html>
Dot-commers may not be advertising much during this year's Super Bowl broadcast, but the Internet and other interactive technologies will play a bigger role than ever in promoting wares, both on television and in the stadium.

Office Surfers May Face Wipeout (Stefanie Olsen and Lisa M. Bowman, CNET News.com)
<http://news.com.com/2100-1023-981877.html>
Employee Internet privileges took a beating when cable giant Liberty Media revamped its post-production businesses last year.

MyAppleMenu Reader : World
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Why Bush Won't Wait (Bill Keller, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/25/opinion/25KELL.html>
President Bush says he has not yet decided whether to go to war with Iraq, but this week the signs were that he had all but given up on peace.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Science & Tech
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If A Machine Creates Something Beautiful, Is It An Artist? (Dylan Loeb McClain, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/25/arts/25TANK.html>
Chess could be relegated to the realm of a complex math problem if computers ever "solve" the game —- figure out all the possibilities and know the result regardless of what moves are played.

The Civil War Inside Sony (Frank Rose, Wired)
<http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.02/sony.html>
Sony Music wants to entertain you. Sony Electronics wants to equip you. The problem is that when it comes to digital media, their interests are diametrically opposed.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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Reality TV Alters The Way TV Does Business (Bill Carter, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/25/business/media/25REAL.html>
Not only will reality shows continue to flood network's schedules next fall, but television executives are also predicting such developments as an end to the traditional television season.

Unbleeped Bleep Words Spread On Network TV (Jim Rutenberg, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/25/arts/television/25TUBE.html>
Broadcast television, under intensifying attack by saltier cable competitors, is pushing the limits of decorum further by the year, and hardly anyone is pushing back.

A Blitz Of Super Commercials (Andrew Ratner, Baltimore Sun)
<http://www.sunspot.net/entertainment/tv/bal-te.bz.commercial24jan24,0,262407.story?coll=bal%2Dartslife%2Dtv>
Super Bowl advertising is a high-tech art form unto itself; Witness the spot pitting Michael Jordan at 23 against MJ at 39.

A Super Sunday For Football And For Madison Avenue (Stuart Elliott, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/24/business/media/24ADCO.html?ex=1044390287&ei=1&en=566f17cb54e24b1a>
As Madison Avenue gears up for Super Bowl Sunday — the biggest day of the year for both advertising and football — marketers and agencies are adopting a strategy torn from a gridiron playbook: get big or go home.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : Top Stories
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Statement By Minister For Foreign Affairs, Prof S Jayakumar, In Parliament, 25th Jan 2003 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore)
<http://www.mfa.gov.sg/press/speech.html>

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Singapore Concerned Over Loose Talk Of War By Malaysian Leaders (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/30705/1/.html>

More Singapore News at <http://www.myapplemenu.com/singapore/>

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