[MyAppleMenu] May 25, 2001

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

66% Want Apple Store In UK 'Now' (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=2955>
The UK wants bricks-and-mortar Apple stores on its high streets right now, according to Macworld’s latest online poll. 66 per cent of voters demanded that Apple opens its own branded shops “immediately”, following reports and pictures of Apple’s new US stores this week.

Apple Denies Report Of New iBook (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0105/25.apple.shtml>
"The Alpha-Top spokesperson quoted in the article was incorrect in regard to Apple's iBook plans. What he said is not true," an Apple spokesperson told MacCentral.

Contractor: Colorful iBook On The Way (Bloomberg News)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-6029339.html?tag=lh>
Apple Computer plans to release a larger-screen version of its recently introduced iBook laptop in July, according to the Mac maker's Taiwan contractor.

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

New Mac Logo Posted (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=2954>
Apple has launched its Mac Logo Program for 2001.

66% Want Apple Store In UK 'Now' (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=2955>
The UK wants bricks-and-mortar Apple stores on its high streets right now, according to Macworld’s latest online poll. 66 per cent of voters demanded that Apple opens its own branded shops “immediately”, following reports and pictures of Apple’s new US stores this week.

Apple Denies Report Of New iBook (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0105/25.apple.shtml>
"The Alpha-Top spokesperson quoted in the article was incorrect in regard to Apple's iBook plans. What he said is not true," an Apple spokesperson told MacCentral.

Large-Format LCD Prices To Rise Claims Market Watcher (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/39/19175.html>
Mac users hoping that Apple's move to ditch CRT displays from its monitor family in favour of an all-LCD line-up will be matched by falling display prices are set to be disappointed.

Apple Tops Inventory Ranking (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=6634>
According to the latest iSuppli Market Intelligence Report, Apple has been selected as the best inventory manager in the computer sector, and apparently the best overall in the technology market with only one day of inventory in the first quarter of 2001.

IE 5.1.1 Install Breaks QT In OmniWeb (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=6628>

Borland Rejoins The Mac Team (eWEEK)
<http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2764985,00.html>
After a lengthy absence from the Mac platform, Borland Software Corp. this week took the wraps off a beta version of JBuilder 5 for Mac OS X.

Apple Design Awards 2001 (MacSingapore)
<http://www.macsingapore.com/archive/wwdc2001.html#ADA2001>

Contractor: Colorful iBook On The Way (Bloomberg News)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-6029339.html?tag=lh>
Apple Computer plans to release a larger-screen version of its recently introduced iBook laptop in July, according to the Mac maker's Taiwan contractor.

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

AOL Aids MS Monopoly (Macinstein)
<http://www.macinstein.com/pressrelease.cfm?ID=949>
As we wallow in Netscape's demise, AOL/Time Warner isn't exactly helping their company.

"OS X Is Everything The Mac Has Fought For Years..." (Applelinks.com)
<http://www.applelinks.com/articles/2001/05/20010524154927.shtml>

Apple WWDC: Let's Put The Future Behind Us (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2764841,00.html>
It is not in Apple's best interest to have a slew of rushed apps for its platform. In the past, the successful software on the Mac OS platform has distinguished itself by attention to detail. Trying to force quantity and speed over quality is not the way Apple will win over the other 95.

A New New iBook (Macinstein)
<http://www.macinstein.com/pressrelease.cfm?ID=947>
I am a little curious as to why Apple would want to change the colors of the iBooks' cases.

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

The Best Way To Optimize Mac OS X... (The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/tips/hotcocoa/2001/20010525.shtml>
One of the most exciting things about Mac OS X is that it is only a beginning and is still a work in progress. I wrote this article because one of the shortcomings of the OS is that it is less responsive and speedy than we all hoped it would be. But thankfully for us, the future is bright: machines are getting faster, graphics cards are getting better, and Apple is working long, long days for us optimizing and improving the code of Mac OS X.

Creating Photorealistic Icons For Mac OS X (O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2001/05/24/aqua_design.html>

Windows PCs Require Fans, So Apple Is Best Bet For Quiet (Wall Street Journal)
<http://ptech.wsj.com/mailbox.html>

Speeding Up OS X For G3 Machines (AppleTechs.com)
<http://www.appletechs.com/archives/00000027.html>
OS X runs slowly on my brand new iMac, even with 256MB of memory! Is there any way to improve performance, or does X really need a G4 to run smoothly?

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

Intel Set To Rattle Server Market With Itanium (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6037102.html?tag=lh>
At long last, Intel will lift the veil of silence next week from its Itanium chip, setting off a new round of competition in the market for servers and advanced workstation PCs.

Snitch-A-Customer Program Was 'Stupid', Says Microsoft (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/19195.html>
Microsoft branded its shop-a-non-Windows-user program for resellers "stupid" today, and blamed its own "very very confusing" license agreements for obfuscating the picture.

Windows XP: The Big Squeeze? (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5083184,00.html>
When Windows XP is released in a few months, will smaller software companies benefit from jumping aboard the bandwagon or be run over by it?

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

Intel Set To Rattle Server Market With Itanium (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6037102.html?tag=lh>
At long last, Intel will lift the veil of silence next week from its Itanium chip, setting off a new round of competition in the market for servers and advanced workstation PCs.

TiVo Wields Patent Club Against Microsoft (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/2/19196.html>
The company, which pioneered the "Digital VCR", is positively spoiling for a fight with Microsoft...and anyone else who wants to make boxes which decode TV streams, and play them back.

Snitch-A-Customer Program Was 'Stupid', Says Microsoft (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/19195.html>
Microsoft branded its shop-a-non-Windows-user program for resellers "stupid" today, and blamed its own "very very confusing" license agreements for obfuscating the picture.

Windows XP: The Big Squeeze? (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5083184,00.html>
When Windows XP is released in a few months, will smaller software companies benefit from jumping aboard the bandwagon or be run over by it?

Intel To Keep Spending Despite Slump (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6031504.html?tag=lh>
Intel still plans to spend its way out of the current economic slump, with executives reaffirming ambitious capital-expenditure and research plans during the chipmaker's annual shareholders meeting Thursday.

There's A Virus In My WinXP System, Part Two (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/19192.html>

Biz: Time To Take The XP Plunge (Enterprise)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2764853,00.html>
For many organizations, it's not a question of whether they will migrate to XP, but a question of when. Despite the unfortunate timing, many believe it's simply inevitable.

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

AOL: Pushing Its Luck (Motley Fool)
<http://www.fool.com/news/2001/aol010524.htm>
AOL is bumping up prices with little fear of losing customers, but this Fool thinks as users become more comfortable with the Internet, they have fewer reasons to remain in AOL's simplified, commercialized world.

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

Measuring The Risk In AOL's Price Hike (Forbes)
<http://www.forbes.com/2001/05/24/0524simons.html>
AOL is betting that even in an economic downturn, most lower-income subscribers will consider the service as much a necessity as they do cable TV.

AOL Aids MS Monopoly (Macinstein)
<http://www.macinstein.com/pressrelease.cfm?ID=949>
As we wallow in Netscape's demise, AOL/Time Warner isn't exactly helping their company.

AOL Members Spent $6.7 Billion Online (Reuters)
<http://www.thestandard.com/article/0,1902,26662,00.html>
The figure for the first three months of 2001 represents a 70 percent increase on the year-earlier period.

Studies Blame WAP For Cell Phone Woes (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5083475,00.html>
Some cell phones are so hard to use that most people are abandoning the fancy features such as e-mail, according to two studies that put the blame on WAP.

The Death Of Killer Apps (Interactive Week)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2764464,00.html>
You know it's going to be a long, tough dry spell for technological innovation when the search for coffee beans becomes touted as the next great "killer app."

You've Got Mail -- From Mars! (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5083451,00.html>
E.T. may not be able to phone home anytime soon, but the lovable alien may be able to send e-mail--if a draft proposal released this week for an interplanetary Internet takes flight.

Record Albums Spin Past Napster Filters (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-6031627.html?tag=owv>
Napster fans are beginning to trade entire albums as a way to get around copyright filters that have made it more difficult to find popular tracks on the file-swapping service.

IE 5.1.1 Install Breaks QT In OmniWeb (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=6628>

Baby's First Gift: A Web Address (Reuters)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-6032035.html?tag=lh>
Under a new program being sponsored by a Silicon Valley hospital, some Northern California newborns will get a domain name within minutes of being born, officials said Thursday.

AOL: Pushing Its Luck (Motley Fool)
<http://www.fool.com/news/2001/aol010524.htm>
AOL is bumping up prices with little fear of losing customers, but this Fool thinks as users become more comfortable with the Internet, they have fewer reasons to remain in AOL's simplified, commercialized world.

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

Apple And Open Source: Two Drinks That Don't Mix (PenguinPPC)
<http://penguinppc.org/articles/aploss/>
Were these moves of real substance or merely PR fodder? What is the real truth behind Apple's open source initiatives?

The Desktop Is Dead, Long Live The Desktop! (osOpinion)
<http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/9988.html>
Rome was not built in a day, nor was Microsoft. While Linux development is certainly fast, overnight results can't be expected.

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

Apple And Open Source: Two Drinks That Don't Mix (PenguinPPC)
<http://penguinppc.org/articles/aploss/>
Were these moves of real substance or merely PR fodder? What is the real truth behind Apple's open source initiatives?

A Common Linux U.I. For You And I (osOpinion)
<http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/9982.html>
Inconsistencies from Gnome, KDE and other Linux user Interfaces provide many of the problems that drive users away from Windows in the first place.

The Desktop Is Dead, Long Live The Desktop! (osOpinion)
<http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/9988.html>
Rome was not built in a day, nor was Microsoft. While Linux development is certainly fast, overnight results can't be expected.

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

Thai Airways Chairman Laments Singapore Admission To Alliance: Report (AFP)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/010525/1/q21l.html>
Thai Airways International's new executive chairman said in a report Friday that the carrier's management made a "grave mistake" in allowing arch-rival Singapore Airlines to join the Star Alliance grouping.

PCCW Plans Joint Venture To Bid For Singapore's M1 (Reuters)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/010525/3/q28d.html>
Pacific Century CyberWorks chairman Richard Li said on Friday his company's wireless joint venture with Telstra Corp plans to bid for Singapore's MobileOne, pending an agreement with its Australian partner.

Ikea Bucks Trend With Plan For Second Store (Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,2276,9223,00.html?>
Despite the gloomy retail climate, Swedish furniture giant Ikea is on the expansion trail and searching for a site to open its second store in Singapore.

DBS In Drive To Cut Staff Costs And Other Expenses (Business Times)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,2276,9185,00.html?>
Recruitment limited to essential staff and top talent, travel perks cut: sources.

COE Open-Bidding, Finally (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,46359,00.html?>

$1,000 To Unclamp Wheels - Is It Enforceable? (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,46354,00.html?>
The fine for unauthorised parking in Guthrie House's reserved lot may not be legally enforceable, lawyers say.

Think Centre To Focus On Human Rights (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,46380,00.html?>

Reveal Factors That Determine Petrol Prices (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,1870,46440,00.html?>
Given the fact that oil companies have informed Case and the public that increases in petrol prices five times last year were due to rises in crude-oil prices, would Mr Tan like to clarify what the other factors are that have caused petrol prices to go up and now stay up?

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

WizOffice Buying PC Supplier (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/money/story/0,1870,46484,00.html?>
WizOffice.com is acquiring personal computer supplier ACS Innovations International for up to $20 million in a deal that will result in significant shareholder dilution and a possible reverse takeover.

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

Classy Dining On The Bay (Business Times)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/life/story/0,2276,9137,00.html?>
So-named because of the octagonal shape of the main pod in which it occupies, 8 OTB is the latest baby from the group behind Jalan Mera Saga's Michelangelo's, Original Sin and Sistina Pizzeria & Ristorante.

A Refreshing Taste Of Quebec Chef's Seafood Highlights (Business Times)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/life/story/0,2276,9136,00.html?>
Chef Georges Mamelonet, with a two-star restaurant in Gaspe along the east coast of Quebec, dives to get the catch for his restaurant daily, even in the colder months.