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== AppleSurf (Top Stories) ====================
Surprise! A Macintosh With Loose Parts (TechWeb)
<http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/macatya/TWB20000817S0014>
The problem isn't with the manufacturing. It's with the quality control.
>From Apple, Cubist Art (Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47553-2000Aug17.html>
Among other firsts, Apple's Power Mac G4 Cube, starting at $1,799 without monitor, introduces a new upgrade worry: furniture incompatibility. This little box--eight inches wide and about 10 inches tall--is the purest expression yet of Apple's obsession with improving the generally pathetic state of industrial design in the PC business.
Apple Seeks Intellectual Property Watchdog (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/1/12672.html>
Apple's recent brush with Mac-oriented Web sites publishing details of upcoming product launches has clearly forced the company to rethink its legal support. To beef that up, the Mac maker this week launched a quest for someone to pursue any it suspects of infringing its trademarks and copyrights.
Will Steve Jobs Keep Shining? (Inter at ctive Week)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2616550,00.html>
Jobs has a talent for making mountains out of what other chief executives would turn to dust. He may well shock us all for another three years. But don't be surprised if the noose tightens on Apple again in late 2001 and early 2002.
Power Mac G4 Cube (Macworld)
<http://macworld.zdnet.com/2000/08/17/cube.html>
Perhaps most noticeable about our tests is that the Cube scored a surprisingly low 139 in our SpeedMark suite of real-world tests. This may be largely caused by the relatively slow 5400rpm Western Digital IDE drive included in the Cube.
Pondering The Cube (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2000/08/13/0817shalatoncube.html>
No one ever says "I love Windows," unless they're under interrogation in Redmond. But Mac users will often be found saying such things about their machines. Part of that comes from pride in the way it looks, the way it responds and how we respond in turn.
Back To Square One? (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2000/08/13/0816corelanalysis.html>
Now that Michael Cowpland has resigned as Corel's CEO, what happens to the graphics applications that the company acquired from MetaCreations? Early signs are not encouraging, but Corel's VP for creative products maintains that the company is on track with new Mac versions.
== AppleSurf (News) ====================
Gathering Of Democrats Parades High-Tech Gadgets (San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.mercurycenter.com/premium/local/docs/tech17.htm>
Surprise! A Macintosh With Loose Parts (TechWeb)
<http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/macatya/TWB20000817S0014>
The problem isn't with the manufacturing. It's with the quality control.
Apple Store May Be Misleading Customers (AppleInsider)
<http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/0008/applestore.shtml>
One AppleInsider source, who spent hours on the phone with the Apple Store in protest of some concrete shipping information on his dual Power Mac G4 order, was eventually transferred to an executive manager at the Apple Store. According to the source, at that time management fully admitted that the current accessory kit excuses that were being handed out to Apple Store customers were a blatant lie.
Apple Seeks Intellectual Property Watchdog (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/1/12672.html>
Apple's recent brush with Mac-oriented Web sites publishing details of upcoming product launches has clearly forced the company to rethink its legal support. To beef that up, the Mac maker this week launched a quest for someone to pursue any it suspects of infringing its trademarks and copyrights.
Darmouth's Incoming Freshmen Pick PCs Over Macs For First Time Ever (The Dartmouth)
<http://news.excite.com/news/uw/000816/tech-13>
Come September, for the first time ever, a majority of members of the Dartmouth College incoming class will use a Windows machine rather than a Macintosh one -- with the overall percentage approximately 60 to 40 percent in favor of PCs.
Corel Will Not Sell-Off Core Products (MacCentral)
<http://www.maccentral.com/news/0008/17.corel.shtml>
The lead technology officer and interim chief executive of Corel Corp. said Wednesday he has no plans to sell any of the company's core products -- including those purchased in April from MetaCreations -- as he begins to deal with the struggle to pull the 15-year old software maker out of a severe cash crunch.
Piranha Bites Into Digital Video (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2000/08/13/0817piranhastream.html>
The developer has adapted its image-compression technology to video, claiming to produce QuickTime files one-third the size of those encoded with other technologies. But as with Piranha Byte, Piranha Stream encoding will also compress your bank account.
== AppleSurf (Opinion) ====================
Will Steve Jobs Keep Shining? (Inter at ctive Week)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2616550,00.html>
Jobs has a talent for making mountains out of what other chief executives would turn to dust. He may well shock us all for another three years. But don't be surprised if the noose tightens on Apple again in late 2001 and early 2002.
The Name Game (MacMilitia)
<http://www.macmilitia.com/homefront/081600.shtml>
Apple needs to rethink the name game before it confuses even itself.
Pondering The Cube (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2000/08/13/0817shalatoncube.html>
No one ever says "I love Windows," unless they're under interrogation in Redmond. But Mac users will often be found saying such things about their machines. Part of that comes from pride in the way it looks, the way it responds and how we respond in turn.
Back To Square One? (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2000/08/13/0816corelanalysis.html>
Now that Michael Cowpland has resigned as Corel's CEO, what happens to the graphics applications that the company acquired from MetaCreations? Early signs are not encouraging, but Corel's VP for creative products maintains that the company is on track with new Mac versions.
== AppleSurf (Reviews) ====================
Mac's Nice Cube Wows Users (San Francisco Examiner)
<http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/e/hotnews/stories/17/Bcube.dtl>
For all its breakthrough technology and acknowledged superiority in desktop computing, Apple Computer's lasting legacy will be industrial design.
>From Apple, Cubist Art (Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47553-2000Aug17.html>
Among other firsts, Apple's Power Mac G4 Cube, starting at $1,799 without monitor, introduces a new upgrade worry: furniture incompatibility. This little box--eight inches wide and about 10 inches tall--is the purest expression yet of Apple's obsession with improving the generally pathetic state of industrial design in the PC business.
Power Mac G4 Cube (Macworld)
<http://macworld.zdnet.com/2000/08/17/cube.html>
Perhaps most noticeable about our tests is that the Cube scored a surprisingly low 139 in our SpeedMark suite of real-world tests. This may be largely caused by the relatively slow 5400rpm Western Digital IDE drive included in the Cube.
== The Wintel Empire (Top Stories) ====================
"Love" Variant Could Spawn Targeted Attacks (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-2549815.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Who hasn't worried that someone would steal their bank card PIN numbers and clean out their bank accounts? Today, the reason for alarm may have increased exponentially.
== The Wintel Empire (News) ====================
Chip Newcomer Transmeta Files For IPO (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-2549757.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Transmeta, the processor start-up that hopes to take on Intel in the lucrative market for notebook chips, filed today to raise $200 million through an initial public offering.
New Strain Of "Love" Virus Steals Passwords (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-2540566.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Security experts say that a new strain of the infamous "I Love You" virus has hit some businesses located in Europe and in the United States.
"Love" Variant Could Spawn Targeted Attacks (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-2549815.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Who hasn't worried that someone would steal their bank card PIN numbers and clean out their bank accounts? Today, the reason for alarm may have increased exponentially.
Paul Allen Unloads More Microsoft Stock (Reuters)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2547612.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, who has sold 48.585 million Microsoft shares valued at about $4.2 billion since mid-February, plans to sell 2 million more common shares worth $140 million, according to Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings.
== Breaking Barriers (Top Stories) ====================
More U.S. Households Online Than Not (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2616761,00.html>
Cheaper computers, free ISPs are shrinking the digital divide, separate studies show.
IM Standard: Ready, AIM? Fire! (eWEEK)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2616829,00.html>
Tired of waiting for AOL to agree to an instant messaging standard, other providers put the finishing touches on their challenger.
Judge Halts Posting Of DVD Cracking Code (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-2547756.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
A federal judge handed the motion picture industry a legal win today in its battle to keep DVDs from being copied and distributed online.
== Breaking Barriers (News) ====================
More U.S. Households Online Than Not (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2616761,00.html>
Cheaper computers, free ISPs are shrinking the digital divide, separate studies show.
IM Standard: Ready, AIM? Fire! (eWEEK)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2616829,00.html>
Tired of waiting for AOL to agree to an instant messaging standard, other providers put the finishing touches on their challenger.
Dotcom Backlash Hitting The 'Burbs (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2616824,00.html>
Some in San Mateo, Calif. -- near to the heart of Silicon Valley -- believe an invasion of dotcoms could destroy the character of their downtown. Napster's Sean Fanning didn't help.
Judge Halts Posting Of DVD Cracking Code (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-2547756.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
A federal judge handed the motion picture industry a legal win today in its battle to keep DVDs from being copied and distributed online.
== PenguinSurf (Top Stories) ====================
Linux Seller Scores IBM Distribution Deal (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2546674.html>
SuSE, one of the four major companies selling Linux, estimates the distribution deal will give 20,000 of IBM's Intel server customers the opportunity to try out SuSE.
== PenguinSurf (News) ====================
Linux Seller Scores IBM Distribution Deal (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2546674.html>
SuSE, one of the four major companies selling Linux, estimates the distribution deal will give 20,000 of IBM's Intel server customers the opportunity to try out SuSE.
== SingaporeSurf (Top Stories) ====================
Despite Lee Remarks, Singapore-Malaysia Ties May Improve (Dow Jones)
<http://asia.biz.yahoo.com/news/asian_markets/article.html?s=asiafinance/news/000818/asian_markets/dowjones/Despite_Lee_Remarks__Singapore-Malaysia_Ties_May_Improve.html>
Lee's comments that Mahathir had made "errors of judgment" in dealing with the case of his former protege, Anwar Ibrahim, was probably outweighed by the goodwill generated during the four-day trip, Lee's first in a decade, observers said.
Singapore Urges Singles To Marry, Multiply For Growth (Bloomberg)
<http://quote.bloomberg.com/fgcgi.cgi?ptitle=All%20Columns&touch=1&s1=blk&tp=ad_topright_bbco&T=markets_fgcgi_content99.ht&s2=blk&bt=blk&s=AOZzq.RakU2luZ2Fw>
In Singapore, the government is in the business of matchmaking.
== SingaporeSurf (News) ====================
Malaysia, Singapore Problems Could Be Solved In 3 Months: Lee (Bernama)
<http://asia.biz.yahoo.com/news/asian_markets/asiapulse/article.html?s=asiafinance/news/000818/asian_markets/asiapulse/Malaysia__Singapore_Problems_Could_be_Solved_in_3_Months_Lee.html>
The major problems between Malaysia and Singapore could be solved over the next two to three months if both sides were committed to cooperation, said Singapore Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew.
Lee Kuan Yew Impressed And Perplexed By Visit To Malaysia (Bernama)
<http://asia.biz.yahoo.com/news/asian_markets/asiapulse/article.html?s=asiafinance/news/000818/asian_markets/asiapulse/Lee_Kuan_Yew_Impressed_And_Perplexed_by_Visit_to_Malaysia.html>
Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore Senior Minister and former Prime Minister, has been impressed and perplexed by his first visit to Malaysia in 10 years.
Despite Lee Remarks, Singapore-Malaysia Ties May Improve (Dow Jones)
<http://asia.biz.yahoo.com/news/asian_markets/article.html?s=asiafinance/news/000818/asian_markets/dowjones/Despite_Lee_Remarks__Singapore-Malaysia_Ties_May_Improve.html>
Lee's comments that Mahathir had made "errors of judgment" in dealing with the case of his former protege, Anwar Ibrahim, was probably outweighed by the goodwill generated during the four-day trip, Lee's first in a decade, observers said.
Singapore Urges Singles To Marry, Multiply For Growth (Bloomberg)
<http://quote.bloomberg.com/fgcgi.cgi?ptitle=All%20Columns&touch=1&s1=blk&tp=ad_topright_bbco&T=markets_fgcgi_content99.ht&s2=blk&bt=blk&s=AOZzq.RakU2luZ2Fw>
In Singapore, the government is in the business of matchmaking.
Materialistic? Singaporeans Still A Frugal Lot (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/sin1_0818.html>
Telephone poll reveals that most will not spend more than $70 on a piece of clothing, or borrow money for luxuries.
A Mistake Rebates Cap Not Stated On Form (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/for1_0818.html>
We admit it was an oversight that the cap on rebates is not stated in our membership application form. We thank Ms Phoon for her feedback and will rectify the problem immediately.
P1 Exercise: Schools Suspect Cheats (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/pri7_0818.html>
Parents may have lied about where they live, and some changed address the day they registered their child.
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