[AppleSurf Inbox] Apr 21, 2000

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== Top Stories ====================

Jobs Talks To Apple Shareholders (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2000/04/16/0420shareholders.html>
In a wide-ranging Q&A session at Apple's annual shareholders meeting, CEO Steve Jobs discussed the AIM alliance, graphics chips and other Mac issues. 

== Seize the Day! (Great news for Mac users) ====================

Jobs Talks To Apple Shareholders (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2000/04/16/0420shareholders.html>
In a wide-ranging Q&A session at Apple's annual shareholders meeting, CEO Steve Jobs discussed the AIM alliance, graphics chips and other Mac issues. 

== Listen Up! (Opinions around the web) ====================

Let Your Mac Take You Wherever The Inspiration May Carry (The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/columns/iteen/2000/20000420.html>
We all know the story. It can be heard almost anywhere we may choose to go. They might say "Simply put, PCs are better than Macs. My PC is 600 Mhz faster than yours. I've got fifteen more software programs than you, that tight ass game that just came out, and ten more gigs of hard drive space. For the same price." How can you argue with that? Can a Mac still be better than a PC without matching numbers? Well, pull up a chair, sit back, and pop in some nice soft music. I'll show you how...

Apple's Second Quarter (Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.net/musings/2000q2.html>
I'm sure you've already heard the news: Apple had yet another profitable quarter. Considering the company was "beleaguered" and "almost dead" three years ago, we now take such announcements in stride.

== Reviews (The good and the bad) ====================

The H.M.S. Freeverse (Applelinks)
<http://www.applelinks.com/reviews/hmsfreeverse.shtml>
My problem with card games on the computer is you lose the most important element of the game...interaction. Seems to me the only reason people play any card game other than solitaire is so you can hang out with friends. Freeverse Software, with the launching of their internet game server, the H.M.S. Freeverse, has quite effectively eliminated this problem. 

== Know Thy Enemy (Keeping track of the Wintel empire) ====================

Intel Delays Celerons Because Of Manufacturing Crunch (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-1724395.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..1006-200-1724395>
Intel has pushed back the release of two desktop processors because of a manufacturing crunch that has created shortages.

Microsoft Beats Earnings Expectations, But Sales Slow (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-1722532.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..1003-200-1722532>
Microsoft today beat Wall Street expectations, reporting earnings of 43 cents per share for its third quarter, but the results were tempered by news that sales of corporate PCs were slow. 

== Breaking Barriers (About the internet and the web) ====================

Battle Of THe Internet Browsers Rages On The Mac (Southam Newspapers)
<http://www.edmontonjournal.com/technology1/stories/000420/3964230.html>
Blind, unswerving loyalty to outdated software is often the result of economic necessity. We learn to love what we can't afford to change. Sometimes, though, it's a matter of obstinacy and, well, soft-headedness. 
 

Kids' Privacy An Act, Or Action? (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,35712,00.html>
The landmark Children's Online Privacy Protection Act goes into effect Friday and many sites are happy to comply. Others are dropping kids from their demographics entirely. In any case, critics fear lax enforcement.

== Misc (The other stuff) ====================

Apple Shareholders To Meet (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2000/04/16/0420shares.html>
Apple will take the final step toward a stock split on Thursday as shareholders are expected to support an increase in authorized shares. The company will also bid farewell to board member Edgar S. Woolard Jr. 

== Technology ====================

Digital Hollywood @ Funan (Hardware Zone)
<http://www.hardwarezone.com/gallery/DigitalHollywood/index.shtml>
Venue: Funan Centre IT Mall. Date: 15th April 2000.

== Around Town ====================

Minimal Rules For Speaker's Corner (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/sin11_0421.html>
The rules for speaking at the upcoming Speakers' Corner can be as easy as just writing down your name before going on the soapbox. 

Bus, MRT, LRT Fares To Go Up (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/sin2_0421.html>
Hikes of up to 20 cents will take place in June. Hardest-hit are long-distance MRT and bus riders, single-ticket holders and feeder-bus passengers.

Sufficient Publicity On Landlords' Due-diligence Requirements (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/for1_0421.html>
Home Affairs: Mr Lim and Mr Lee said that there was not enough publicity on the due- diligence requirements that landlords must fulfil before letting out premises to foreigners. This is not true.