[MyAppleMenu] May 1, 2001

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu Newsletter

== AppleSurf (Top Stories) ===============

Group Fights Computer Switch (Jacksonville Daily News)
<http://www.jacksonvilledailynews.com/stories/2001/04/29/news01.shtml>
John Droz Jr. of Emerald Isle, a spokesman for a citizens group, took the issue before the Board of Commissioners last week. He questioned a plan to switch Carteret County schools from Macintosh computers to PCs and Microsoft Windows.

DVDs Aren't ready For Home Movies Yet (BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/01_19/b3731037.htm>
The software will get better. I'm less hopeful that the computer and consumer electronics industries will end a long-running feud over recordable DVD formats.

Steve Jobs: The Graying Prince Of A Shrinking Kingdom (Fortune)
<http://www.fortune.com/indexw.jhtml;jsessionid=EPJYQIEVYDIKWQAMEHTSFE0ABQQ4KIV0?doc_id=202114&channel=artcol.jhtml&_DARGS=%2Ffragments%2Ffrg_top_story_body.jhtml.2_A&_DAV=artcol.jhtml>
Older and smarter, the CEO whipped his company back into the black. Is Apple on the verge of big things, or is it becoming perfectly irrelevant?

For Mac Users, The End Of Innocence (BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/apr2001/nf2001051_727.htm>
OS X's heavy reliance on Unix makes Macs tempting potential targets for hackers and viruses. It's a threat Apple must do more to head off.

== AppleSurf (News) ===============

Final Cut Pro Wins Awards At NAB (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0105/01.finalcut.shtml>
Apple's high-end video editing application was named "Product of the Year" by Post Magazine. Post also gave Final Cut Pro a win in the Fully Configured Non Linear Editing (under $30 grand) category.

OmniWeb 4.0 Release Candidate Now In Circulation (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0105/01.omniweb.shtml>
The Omni Group has released the first release candidate version of OmniWeb 4.0, their Web browser for Mac OS X. The new version of OmniWeb sports a slew of new features and improvements from early versions.

Group Fights Computer Switch (Jacksonville Daily News)
<http://www.jacksonvilledailynews.com/stories/2001/04/29/news01.shtml>
John Droz Jr. of Emerald Isle, a spokesman for a citizens group, took the issue before the Board of Commissioners last week. He questioned a plan to switch Carteret County schools from Macintosh computers to PCs and Microsoft Windows.

Macs Vs. PCs In Carteret County (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0104/30.schools.shtml>
In Carteret County, NC, the school system is planning to transition from Macs to Wintel systems. But if they do, it won't be without a fight.

Steve Jobs: The Graying Prince Of A Shrinking Kingdom (Fortune)
<http://www.fortune.com/indexw.jhtml;jsessionid=EPJYQIEVYDIKWQAMEHTSFE0ABQQ4KIV0?doc_id=202114&channel=artcol.jhtml&_DARGS=%2Ffragments%2Ffrg_top_story_body.jhtml.2_A&_DAV=artcol.jhtml>
Older and smarter, the CEO whipped his company back into the black. Is Apple on the verge of big things, or is it becoming perfectly irrelevant?

Titanium Run Over By A 1.7 Ton Car (Go2Mac.com)
<http://www.go2mac.com/displaynews.cfm?newsid=7906>
This Titanium was run over by a 1.7 ton car - and still worked when plugged into an external monitor!

Suspense Builds For Apple Media Event (eWEEK)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2713380,00.html>
Is Apple Computer Inc. finally ready to cut the ribbon on its brick-and-mortar retail strategy?

Apple Names New Developer-relations Boss (eWEEK)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2713748,00.html>
Apple Computer Inc. on Monday named a veteran of two leading Mac developers to take charge of the company's relationship with its third parties.

For Mac Users, The End Of Innocence (BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/apr2001/nf2001051_727.htm>
OS X's heavy reliance on Unix makes Macs tempting potential targets for hackers and viruses. It's a threat Apple must do more to head off.

== AppleSurf (Opinions) ===============

DVDs Aren't ready For Home Movies Yet (BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/01_19/b3731037.htm>
The software will get better. I'm less hopeful that the computer and consumer electronics industries will end a long-running feud over recordable DVD formats.

iBook - Looking Ahead And Back (MacOPINION)
<http://www.macopinion.com/columns/roadwarrior/01/05/01/index.html>

== AppleSurf (Reviews) ===============

Toast 5 Tianium (Applelinks.com)
<http://www.applelinks.com/reviews/toast5.shtml>
If you do anything more than basic CD burning, you'll want the upgrade.

Looking Good In Print (Baltimore Sun)
<http://www.sunspot.net/business/bal-pl.publish30apr30.story?coll=bal%2Dbusiness%2Dheadlines>
Then Apple introduced the Macintosh computer in 1984 and changed publishing forever.

Apple iMac DV Special Edition (600 MHz; Graphite) (CNET)
<http://computers.cnet.com/hardware/0-1018-405-5702048.html?tag=st.co.1018-404-5702048.rev-rev.1018-405-5702048>
These changes are evolutionary rather than revolutionary, but they make the iMac DV Special Edition a compelling choice for home and small-business users.

Power Mac G4s (Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2001/06/reviews/g4s.html>
Apple ships the two fastest Macs every. But which is faster?

== The Wintel Empire (Top Stories) ===============

Will Windows XP Be Postponed Till 2002? (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-5775769.html?tag=owv>
Microsoft is aiming to get the final version of Windows XP out in the summer, but if it misses its target, the sofware company may delay the operating system's launch until next year, several PC makers and analysts say.

Microsoft Names, Delays Windows 2002 (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5775077.html?tag=owv>
Microsoft has gone back to the calendar to name the upcoming server version of Windows--but the company has given itself six more months to get the product out the door.

== The Wintel Empire (News) ===============

Will Windows XP Be Postponed Till 2002? (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-5775769.html?tag=owv>
Microsoft is aiming to get the final version of Windows XP out in the summer, but if it misses its target, the sofware company may delay the operating system's launch until next year, several PC makers and analysts say.

Analysts See More Dell Layoffs (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5774565.html?tag=owv>
Shortly after officially becoming the world's No. 1 PC maker, Dell Computer may be hunkering down for further layoffs, according to financial analysts.

Microsoft Names, Delays Windows 2002 (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5775077.html?tag=owv>
Microsoft has gone back to the calendar to name the upcoming server version of Windows--but the company has given itself six more months to get the product out the door.

Compaq Defends Server Market Share (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5775645.html?tag=owv>
Compaq Computer is offering a rosier interpretation of Dataquest statistics that showed it losing first place in the U.S. market for Intel servers, but the argument doesn't completely disguise the company's difficulties fending off Dell Computer.

== Breaking Barriers (Top Stories) ===============

The Uncool Factor (The Industry Standard)
<http://www.thestandard.com/article/0,1902,24027,00.html>
Why so much tech-related market upheaval? Because the Internet has gone from geek to chic and back again.

Free Rides Now Passe On Information Highway (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/01/technology/01FREE.html?pagewanted=all>
For a while a determined freeloader could find a Web site that would pick up the tab for all sorts of other goods and services, from computer keyboards to photo developing, in return for little more than looking at a few ads. No more.

== Breaking Barriers (News) ===============

OmniWeb 4.0 Release Candidate Now In Circulation (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0105/01.omniweb.shtml>
The Omni Group has released the first release candidate version of OmniWeb 4.0, their Web browser for Mac OS X. The new version of OmniWeb sports a slew of new features and improvements from early versions.

The Uncool Factor (The Industry Standard)
<http://www.thestandard.com/article/0,1902,24027,00.html>
Why so much tech-related market upheaval? Because the Internet has gone from geek to chic and back again.

Free Rides Now Passe On Information Highway (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/01/technology/01FREE.html?pagewanted=all>
For a while a determined freeloader could find a Web site that would pick up the tab for all sorts of other goods and services, from computer keyboards to photo developing, in return for little more than looking at a few ads. No more.

White House Web Site Blasted For Too Much White Space (Washington Post)
<http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20519-2001Apr29.html>

It's (Cyber) War: China Vs. U.S. (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,43437,00.html>

== PenguinSurf (Top Stories) ===============

Sun Cleans Up IBM-Daubed Streets (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/newsbursts/0,7407,2713970,00.html?chkpt=p1bn>
Sun Microsystems has offered to help IBM, one of its fiercest rivals in the server market, undo a Linux marketing campaign that backfired.

== PenguinSurf (News) ===============

Sun Cleans Up IBM-Daubed Streets (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/newsbursts/0,7407,2713970,00.html?chkpt=p1bn>
Sun Microsystems has offered to help IBM, one of its fiercest rivals in the server market, undo a Linux marketing campaign that backfired.

== SingaporeSurf (Top Stories) ===============

SCV, StarHub Confirm Talks For Possible Merger (Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/companies/story/0,2276,6040,00.html?>
Analysts said the proposed tie-up should allow StarHub to roll out its fixed line network faster and cheaper by leveraging on SCV's broadband network - allowing it to challenge SingTel's dominance in the residential phone market.

== SingaporeSurf (News) ===============

Reactions Mixed On Circle Line Extension To Paya Lebar (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/010430/5/o3pz.html>
Land acquisition problem is one of the challenges some of the MPs said they would face.

SCV, StarHub Confirm Talks For Possible Merger (Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/companies/story/0,2276,6040,00.html?>
Analysts said the proposed tie-up should allow StarHub to roll out its fixed line network faster and cheaper by leveraging on SCV's broadband network - allowing it to challenge SingTel's dominance in the residential phone market.

== SingaporeSurf (Technology) ===============

Is SingNet Router Affecting SCV Service? (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,1870,40772,00.html?>
Since SCV and SingNet are competing fiercely in the same broadband market, will SCV or other providers be put at a disadvantage?