Tuesday, November 27, 2001
Top Stories
Apple Shares Hit $20 Mark
Apple's stock crossed the $20 mark in yesterday's trading, closing at $21.37.
News
Apple Hopes Stores Lure New Faces, Please Fans
Apple coming to town — whoa. It seems like manna from Cupertino.
Apple Risks Fresh Microsoft Feud
Hard-Drive Makers Want To Pick Up Speed
Compaq, IBM,and the biggest hard drive manufacturers hav ebegun a programt o revamp high-end disk drives with the same technology being brought to lower-end models.
The Dreamlike Animation Of "Waking Life"
The use of Apple technology allowed Richard Linklater to make the first ever independent feature-length animated movie for the same cost as a typical independent film.
DVD PCs — Eenie, Meenie, Minie, Moe
Amateur moviemakers are suddenly faced with too much of a good thing.
Latest From Apple At eWorld
Apple Computer Systems (M) Sdn Bhd is planning to spice up eWorld 2001 by hosting seminars and technology showcases.
iPod Leads The Pack
Mediafour plans to release a demo before Christmas.
Apple Shares Hit $20 Mark
Apple's stock crossed the $20 mark in yesterday's trading, closing at $21.37.
Opinion
Hooked By Apple Engineering
I'm hooked. Thank you, Apple.
Review
Why The New PowerBook G4 Is A Major Fashion Victim
TiBook Rev B offers many small improvements over the first iteration, but it still doesn't have the right balance of utility and finesse that the iBook does.
MP3 The Next Generation
Elite models can fit thousands of songs in a palm of the listen's hand.
Apple Turns In A Pair Of Winners For The Holiday Season
There are some extremely cool gadgets out this holiday season.
Sidetrack
Jobs Jobs Jobs
We need a better way to match people with jobs. And Monsters.com is not the answer.
The majority of our life is spent working — day in, day out, until we expire. One would think somebody would have invented (and patented) a good way to match people and jobs. But, no. Finding a right job is still, for most people, a tedious and luck-dependant process. And vice versa.
To me, I find it interesting to work and learn different things in my career, always able to wake up each morning and say, "I totally don't know a single thing about such and such, and I better do some learning today." But, one would also need to work on more and more challenging problems, more in-depth, more difficult, where your previous experience and learning play a great role in performing in a job.
And these two things, it seems, doesn't co-exist easily within one single job.
I envy Richard Feynman.
Wintel
Dell Campaign Reaches Most Internet Users
More than six million people in Britain were exposed to Dell Computers' online advertising campaign in October 2001.
Educators To Oppose Microsoft's Deal
The proposal will further Microsoft's competitive advantage in schools while doing little to meet the poorest schools' extensive needs.
Microsoft $1bn Schools Offer 'Would Inflict Great Harm'
The Computer and Communications Industry Association says it is tantamount to judicially sanctioned predatory pricing.