[MyAppleMenu] May 10, 2001

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

School District Buys 23,000 Laptops (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/08/technology/09EDUCATION.html>
Since teachers will be getting their computers early, they will have the summer to decide how to use them in their courses for next year.

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

School District Buys 23,000 Laptops (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/08/technology/09EDUCATION.html>
Since teachers will be getting their computers early, they will have the summer to decide how to use them in their courses for next year.

Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.0.3 (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0105/09.macosx.shtml>
According to the information provided with the update, this version "ensures full visibility of file lists in directories that contain a large number of items."

iBooks Appearing At Retailers (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0105/09.ibooks.shtml>

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

Macs For Schools: The cMac (Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/macinschool/cmac.html>
Apple can do better by thinking a bit less differently on the low end.

The Fruity Ways Of PC Marketing (Australia.internet.com)
<http://www.australia.internet.com/r/article/jsp/sid/10153>
Clearly the strategy is more to do with marketing than sales, however the move raises an important question: just what is the right mix of retail stores and resellers for PC manufacturers?

The Multiprocessor Option (MacOPINION)
<http://www.macopinion.com/columns/intelligence/01/04/09/index.html>
A multiprocessor on a chip design would give Apple the edge it has lacked since the AMD Athlon appeared.

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

Mozilla 0.9 (Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/techref/010510.html>

Digital Photography Not Always A Snap (USA Today)
<http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/ccarch/2001-05-09-baig.htm>
Adobe's answer: the new Photoshop Elements, targeted at amateurs who hope to design snazzy print and Web graphics. Based on the Photoshop core engine but at a far more palatable $99, Elements replaces a "lite" program known as Photoshop Limited Edition.

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

WinXP To Be Best, Fastest Selling OS In History - By Order (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/18835.html>
nescapably, this means that any plans to kick the launch back into 2002 are now definitely off. And if something bad enough to screw up the rollout happens, then assuredly somebody will pay.

WinXP To Be Best, Fastest Selling OS In History - By Order (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/18835.html>
nescapably, this means that any plans to kick the launch back into 2002 are now definitely off. And if something bad enough to screw up the rollout happens, then assuredly somebody will pay.

Key Dell Strategist Leaves Company (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5879808.html?tag=owv>
A little more than a week after vowing Dell Computer will win the PC price war, the company announced that one of its chief strategists is leaving.

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

WinXP To Be Best, Fastest Selling OS In History - By Order (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/18835.html>
nescapably, this means that any plans to kick the launch back into 2002 are now definitely off. And if something bad enough to screw up the rollout happens, then assuredly somebody will pay.

WinXP To Be Best, Fastest Selling OS In History - By Order (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/18835.html>
nescapably, this means that any plans to kick the launch back into 2002 are now definitely off. And if something bad enough to screw up the rollout happens, then assuredly somebody will pay.

Key Dell Strategist Leaves Company (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5879808.html?tag=owv>
A little more than a week after vowing Dell Computer will win the PC price war, the company announced that one of its chief strategists is leaving.

New 'Homepage' Worm Rated X (ZDNet UK)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2716955,00.html?chkpt=zdhpnews01>

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

Mozilla 0.9 (Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/techref/010510.html>

New Worm A Marketing Ploy? (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,43681,00.html>
Three Netherlands teenagers, who claim to be the virus' creators, said in an e-mail that they created the worm to boost page views at four pornography websites. They would not say whether they owned the sites or were associated with the sites' owner.

New 'Homepage' Worm Rated X (ZDNet UK)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2716955,00.html?chkpt=zdhpnews01>

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

Overseas Voting To Be Accessible (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,42664,00.html?>
But there are practical and other issues to solve first: PM.

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

Top Singapore Law Firms Boycott Law Awards (Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,2276,7129,00.html?>
Amid allegations of over-commercialisation, several of Singapore's leading law firms have decided to boycott what has been billed as 'Singapore's first ever Law Awards'.

Overseas Voting To Be Accessible (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,42664,00.html?>
But there are practical and other issues to solve first: PM.

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

$300 Laptop: Case Looking Into Mistake (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/cybernews/story/0,1870,42690,00.html?>
Case is flexing its muscles via CaseTrust - its accreditation scheme that identifies merchants with good business practices.