[MyAppleMenu] May 6, 2001

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

Envelope, Please: Winning Video Editor Is... (Chicago Tribune)
<http://www.star-telegram.com/news/doc/1047/1:COMP61A/1:COMP61A0504101.html>
I would have to say that not only does the iMovie2 system beat out the competition in terms of power, it also brings to its users the full spectrum of a leading-edge Macintosh computer with all its other functions.

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

The Week In Review: Is It Hot In Here? (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-5817778.html?tag=lh>
Personal computer makers hoped the market for laptops would heat up with the introduction of a revamped iBook, but things may have got a little too hot for Dell Computer.

Readers: New iBooks Begin Shipping (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=6101>

Readers: New iBooks Begin Shipping (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=6101>

Apple Retail Store Rumors Heat Up (Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/article/2001/05/03.5.shtml>
Talk about perhaps the worst kept secret in Apple's history.

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

Envelope, Please: Winning Video Editor Is... (Chicago Tribune)
<http://www.star-telegram.com/news/doc/1047/1:COMP61A/1:COMP61A0504101.html>
I would have to say that not only does the iMovie2 system beat out the competition in terms of power, it also brings to its users the full spectrum of a leading-edge Macintosh computer with all its other functions.

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

Microsoft Shelves Office XP Subscription Plan (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5832371.html?tag=owv>
Microsoft has temporarily nixed a controversial plan to sell Office XP on a subscription basis to some U.S. customers.

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

Microsoft Shelves Office XP Subscription Plan (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5832371.html?tag=owv>
Microsoft has temporarily nixed a controversial plan to sell Office XP on a subscription basis to some U.S. customers.

The Week In Review: Is It Hot In Here? (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-5817778.html?tag=lh>
Personal computer makers hoped the market for laptops would heat up with the introduction of a revamped iBook, but things may have got a little too hot for Dell Computer.

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

Singapore Wary Of Any Bids For MobileOne By Rival SingTel (Dow Jones)
<http://asia.biz.yahoo.com/news/asian_markets/article.html?s=asiafinance/news/010505/asian_markets/dowjones/Singapore_Wary_Of_Any_Bids_For_MobilOne_By_Rival_SingTel.html>
"The key element will be if it is anticompetitive," Yeo said, though he stressed that Singapore Telecommunications, or SingTel, hadn't contacted the ministry with any plans for a bid.

Singapore Airlines Seeks To Spread The Blame (Taipei Times)
<http://www.taipeitimes.com/news/2001/05/05/story/0000084449>
The airline, admitting that mistakes were made by pilots using a new piece of equipment before a deadly crash last year, wants to spread the blame -- and the financial liability -- if it loses lawsuits.

== SingaporeSurf (Entertainment) ===============

TV Works Boss Set To Make A Difference (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,41798,00.html?>
To much fanfare and aplomb, SPH MediaWorks' Mandarin channel, Channel U, finally goes on air today. SUSAN LONG sits down with the tired but thrilled new station's chief executive officer Lee Cheok Yew, 50, who was formerly the top man at Television Corporation of Singapore, and poses him some tough questions.