[MyAppleMenu] May 15, 2001

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

Evan And Jaron: Crazy For Their Mac (Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/hotnews/articles/2001/05/evanandjaron/>
"It's not that I didn't like the Roland, it's just that even with its mobility it couldn't compete with the power, the disk space, capability or the portability of the PowerBook."

AppleMasters - Douglas Adams (Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/applemasters/dadams/>
"The single most important thing we can do in our lifetimes is educate our children well."

Advertisement : So Long, And Thanks For All The Books (The Applesurf Reader)
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/reader/>
Thanks.

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

Apple Retail Move 'A Share-Price Boon' (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=2899>

Apple To Tout OS X At Print Show (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=2896>
The group will be demonstrating Apple's Multimedia Content Management Framework.

QuickTime Streaming Server 3.0, Preview 3 Available (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0105/12.qtss.shtml>
QuickTime Streaming Server 3 sports features like Web-based administration and "Skip" protection.

Is It Make Or Break For Mac Developers? (eWEEK)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2760286,00.html>
As Apple Computer Inc. gears up for its planned summer switch to Mac OS X as standard on all new Macs, this month's Worldwide Developers Conference will offer third parties a needed peek under the hood of the Unix-based OS.

Evan And Jaron: Crazy For Their Mac (Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/hotnews/articles/2001/05/evanandjaron/>
"It's not that I didn't like the Roland, it's just that even with its mobility it couldn't compete with the power, the disk space, capability or the portability of the PowerBook."

AppleMasters - Douglas Adams (Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/applemasters/dadams/>
"The single most important thing we can do in our lifetimes is educate our children well."

FileMaker Gets New Look (Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2001/05/14/filemaker.html>
FileMaker Pro 5.5, released on Monday, is not only Carbonized to take full advantage of OS X but also souped up with quite a few new features.

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

Sorry, Steve: Here's Why Apple Stores Won't Work (BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/01_21/b3733059.htm>
Rather than taking on the retailers who ought to be its partners, Apple would do better improving how it works with them.

The CRT Isn't Dead Yet (Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/myturn/010515.html>
It seems like CRT displays have been licked, right? Well, CRTs still have a couple of advantages over LCDs.

Mac As Religion In The UK (Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/uk/010515.html>

Apple's Retail Strategy Bets Big On Tourists (ZDII)
<http://www.zdii.com/industry_list.asp?mode=news&doc_id=ZE508516&pic=Y>
Yeah you, the gadget head who is lost in one of the largest malls in America.

What's In Store For Apple? (eWEEK)
<http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2760040,00.html>
The Mac community is right to celebrate the independent thinking that colors each homegrown effort out of Cupertino; after all, users and dealers alike have fought long and hard to keep the Mac minority afloat. By the same token, both groups deserve reassurances that the company's new retail focus won't dissipate its finite (if considerable) energy with little return.

Is Steve Jobs Living In The Past? (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2759950,00.html>
Apple and Jobs are held up as innovators that bring new ideas to the computer industry. When in fact, the reality is that Jobs is reliving his old products and concepts. There is no innovation.

Praise To Apple For The Aggressive Mac OS X Updates (Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/editorial/2001/05/10.1.shtml>

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

Comparing The New iBook To The PowerBook 5300, 1400, 2400, And Pismo (MacOPINION)
<http://www.macopinion.com/columns/roadwarrior/01/05/15/index.html>

Apple's On A Roll (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2717979,00.html>
The new iBook appears to offer a good combination of price, performance, and rugged good looks--which should make it appealing to students.

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

Thinking Inside The Box (Industry Standard)
<http://www.thestandard.com/article/0,1902,24328,00.html>
Two decades after IBM introduced its PC, the beige box hasn't changed all that much. Where has all the innovation gone?

Microsoft And XP Give USB 2.0 A Break (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5924503.html?tag=owv>
In a softening of its earlier position, Microsoft has said it will support USB 2.0, a budding peripheral-connection standard, in its next version of Windows--but only in the form of add-on drivers.

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

Fake Virus Warning Carries Worm (ZDNet UK)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2760467,00.html>
Computer worms have tried all sorts of ploys for tricking users into activating them, but the latest is particularly sneaky--it masquerades as a virus warning from Symantec, a well-known anti-virus firm.

MS Gets Privacy-Happy With New IE (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,43686,00.html>
Microsoft's Internet Explorer 6, due to roll out this fall with the Windows XP operating system, will provide users with new tools to protect their privacy.

Thinking Inside The Box (Industry Standard)
<http://www.thestandard.com/article/0,1902,24328,00.html>
Two decades after IBM introduced its PC, the beige box hasn't changed all that much. Where has all the innovation gone?

AMD Samples 1.5 GHz Athlon 4 (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/3/18951.html>

Could Bill Gates Write Code? (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/18949.html>
Although Reuben's analysis is not quite complete, he tells us that Gates, Allen and Davidoff threw every trick at the book to squeeze the interpreter into 4 kilobytes.

Analyst: Pentium 4 Sales Falling Short (eWEEK)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2760280,00.html>
Sales of Intel's newest chip, the Pentium 4, are falling well below projections, a Wall Street analyst warned today.

Are VB Developers Ready To Jump Ship (Interactive Week)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2718091,00.html>
The 3 million programmers using Microsoft's Visual Basic language make up one of the largest and most cohesive developer communities in existence, but some of them now are up for grabs.

Microsoft And XP Give USB 2.0 A Break (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5924503.html?tag=owv>
In a softening of its earlier position, Microsoft has said it will support USB 2.0, a budding peripheral-connection standard, in its next version of Windows--but only in the form of add-on drivers.

Unauthorized Downloaders Snag Windows XP (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5924431.html?tag=owv>
A small number of people were able to download a prerelease version of Microsoft's Windows XP, the new version of the popular operating system, after a tester accidentally made a login name and password available on the Internet, Microsoft acknowledged Monday.

Microsoft To Put Price, Date On Xbox At E3 (CNE News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-5904351.html?tag=owv>
Battle plans will take shape this week in the video game wars, as Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo square off at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) trade show in Los Angeles.

AMD Revs Mobile Chips Up To 1GHz (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-5916226.html?tag=owv>
Advanced Micro Devices on Monday announced its new 1GHz mobile chip, skipping over 2 or 3 and dubbing it the Athlon 4.

Microsoft Posts Windows 2000 Update (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5911310.html?tag=owv>
Microsoft has quietly posted a second collection of Windows 2000 bug fixes, indicating the official release of an update could come this week.

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

VeriSign's Deal Will Be Studied (Wall Street Journal)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/573444.asp>
Commerce Department plans to examine deal to control 'com.'

MS Gets Privacy-Happy With New IE (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,43686,00.html>
Microsoft's Internet Explorer 6, due to roll out this fall with the Windows XP operating system, will provide users with new tools to protect their privacy.

IBM Takes Web Services Battle To Microsoft (Wall Street Journal)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2759947,00.html>
IBM is expected to unveil a slew of products that will enable its customers to build software links over the Internet.

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

VeriSign's Deal Will Be Studied (Wall Street Journal)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/573444.asp>
Commerce Department plans to examine deal to control 'com.'

MS Gets Privacy-Happy With New IE (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,43686,00.html>
Microsoft's Internet Explorer 6, due to roll out this fall with the Windows XP operating system, will provide users with new tools to protect their privacy.

AOL Time Warner May Face New Investigation (Washington Post)
<http://www.washtech.com/news/media/9755-1.html>
Consumer advocates are calling on government regulators to investigate potential conflicts of interests between AOL Time Warner Inc. and another Internet firm, in the first formal complaint lodged against the company since its merger.

E-Commerce Report: Traffic Does Not Always Equal Profit (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/14/technology/14ECOMMERCE.html>

E-Commerce Report: Traffic Does Not Always Equal Profit (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/14/technology/14ECOMMERCE.html>

IBM Takes Web Services Battle To Microsoft (Wall Street Journal)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2759947,00.html>
IBM is expected to unveil a slew of products that will enable its customers to build software links over the Internet.

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

Nokia Looks To Linux For Games (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5082878,00.html?chkpt=zdnn_rt_latest>
Consumer-electronics giant Nokia took the wraps off an independent site on Monday aimed at bringing Linux developers together to create games and other software for set-top boxes.

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

When Is A Bargain Not A Bargain? (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/cybernews/story/0,1870,43798,00.html?>
Courts' recent refusal to fulfil orders for laptops it had mistakenly put a low price tag on raises issues concerning consumer rights and online shopping.

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

When Is A Bargain Not A Bargain? (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/cybernews/story/0,1870,43798,00.html?>
Courts' recent refusal to fulfil orders for laptops it had mistakenly put a low price tag on raises issues concerning consumer rights and online shopping.

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

Sintercom Down For Now (Project Eyeball)
<http://eyeball.asia1.com.sg/Eyeball/Story/0,1381,17259,00.html?>

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

Make It Harder To Win A million (Project Eyeball)
<http://eyeball.asia1.com.sg/Eyeball/Story/0,1381,17260,00.html?>
Questions should be tougher in the selection process and cover a wider range of topics, say viewers.

TV Trailers Must Follow Guidelines (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,1870,43793,00.html?>
Broadcasters are also advised against the scheduling of trailers with more violent contents or adult themes during family viewing hours.

A New Lease Of Life For Sports Channel (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,1870,43794,00.html?>
We would like to assure viewers that the cutback is minimal and affects only magazine sports programmes aired during the early evening on weekdays, which have low viewership.