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== AppleSurf (Top Stories) ====================
Apple's Snow Line Of iMacs Take This Critic By Storm (Chicago Tribune)
<http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/printedition/article/0,2669,SAV-0008200346,FF.html>
Apple owns the all-in-one-box form factor and, my goodness, friends, it certainly uses it brilliantly with the new iMacs. And that is no snow job, Steve.
== AppleSurf (News) ====================
Quicken Coming To Mac OS X (MacCentral)
<http://www.maccentral.com/news/0008/21.quicken.shtml>
The soon-to-be-released Quicken 2001 for Macintosh will run under the "Classic" environment of Mac OS X. A completely Carbonized version may be an upgrade to Quicken 2001 or an entirely different version.
== AppleSurf (Opinion) ====================
The Making Of A MacSkeptic (MacOPINION)
<http://www.macopinion.com/columns/macskeptic/00/08/21/index.html>
Cube V. Pentium III (TheG4.com)
<http://www.theg4.com/articles/story305.shtml>
If I asked you whether you would rather have a 14 pound chunk of gold sitting on your desk or a 30 pound chunk of gold on your desk, which would you pick?
== AppleSurf (Reviews) ====================
Apple's Snow Line Of iMacs Take This Critic By Storm (Chicago Tribune)
<http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/printedition/article/0,2669,SAV-0008200346,FF.html>
Apple owns the all-in-one-box form factor and, my goodness, friends, it certainly uses it brilliantly with the new iMacs. And that is no snow job, Steve.
== The Wintel Empire (Top Stories) ====================
Windows 2000 Faces Little Fanfare (Associated Press)
<http://news.excite.com/news/ap/000818/02/windows-millennium>
Microsoft Corp. typically receives a jolt of revenues after upgrading its operating system for home users, but the release of Windows Millennium Edition on Sept. 14 is not expected to generate much of a surge.
Intel To Spill Pentium 4 Details At Forum (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2557613.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Intel will fill in the details on the Pentium 4 at its developer forum in San Jose, Calif., this week and will show off new chips for cell phones and handheld computers.
== The Wintel Empire (News) ====================
Windows 2000 Faces Little Fanfare (Associated Press)
<http://news.excite.com/news/ap/000818/02/windows-millennium>
Microsoft Corp. typically receives a jolt of revenues after upgrading its operating system for home users, but the release of Windows Millennium Edition on Sept. 14 is not expected to generate much of a surge.
Intel To Spill Pentium 4 Details At Forum (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2557613.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Intel will fill in the details on the Pentium 4 at its developer forum in San Jose, Calif., this week and will show off new chips for cell phones and handheld computers.
== Breaking Barriers (Top Stories) ====================
More Taking Than Giving On The Web (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/08/biztech/articles/21shar.html>
Software programs like Napster have achieved a reputation for fostering a communal spirit of sharing. Two scientists have discovered the reality may be more selfish.
Leggo My Data! (Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/08/21/pew_study/index.html>
Web surfers want privacy online, but a new study shows they can't tell a cookie from a Cocoa Puff.
== Breaking Barriers (News) ====================
Venture Capitalists Recovering From Dot-Com Scare (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-2547706.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
The fallout from this spring's "tech wreck" may not show up in industry figures immediately. However, plenty of anecdotal evidence points to a considerable shift in approach by venture capitalists.
Wall Street Starts Warming To ASPs (TechWeb)
<http://www.techweb.com/wire/finance/story/INV20000820S0001>
More Taking Than Giving On The Web (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/08/biztech/articles/21shar.html>
Software programs like Napster have achieved a reputation for fostering a communal spirit of sharing. Two scientists have discovered the reality may be more selfish.
Leggo My Data! (Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/08/21/pew_study/index.html>
Web surfers want privacy online, but a new study shows they can't tell a cookie from a Cocoa Puff.
== The AppleSurf Reader ====================
Stupid Traveler Tricks (Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/business/col/george/2000/08/21/phone_charges/index.html>
Why would someone make dozens of phone calls to the same local number from my hotel room? By Don George.
That's "It"? (Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2000/08/21/itgirl/index.html>
Vanity Fair celebrates Itness, but why? In the grand capitalist scheme of things, an It Girl is a hood ornament. By Carina Chocano.
== SingaporeSurf (Top Stories) ====================
Despite Small Size, Peace And Prosperity, Singapore Is Heavily Armed (Associated Press)
<http://www.nj.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/cgi-free/getstory_ssf.cgi?a0440_BC_DefendingSingapore&&news&newsflash-international>
Its military "is quite substantial and out of proportion to the military threat" in the region, says Robert Karniol, the Asia-Pacific editor for Jane's Defense Weekly, a respected journal.
== SingaporeSurf (News) ====================
SGX Ad Irritates Many Investors (Project Eyeball)
<http://eyeball.asia1.com.sg/Eyeball/Story/1,1381,991,00.html?>
The signal then, and perhaps now, is that provocative advertisements sure make for good copy, but seem to leave a bad taste in the mouth.
Despite Small Size, Peace And Prosperity, Singapore Is Heavily Armed (Associated Press)
<http://www.nj.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/cgi-free/getstory_ssf.cgi?a0440_BC_DefendingSingapore&&news&newsflash-international>
Its military "is quite substantial and out of proportion to the military threat" in the region, says Robert Karniol, the Asia-Pacific editor for Jane's Defense Weekly, a respected journal.
Rebates Only For Groceries? (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/for7_0821.html>
Narayana Narayana: FairPrice must think that its other products (especially the expensive ones) are priced attractively enough not to require a further reduction. If it had intended to offer rebates only on groceries, members should have been told.
10 Ways To Boost Singapore-KL Ties (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/for1_0821.html>
George Wong Seow Choon: The first thing we must do is have the media highlight the positive and play down the negative. A lot of the foreign media delight in stirring up animosity and sensationalism.
== SingaporeSurf (Technology) ====================
SGX Denies Probe On MediaRing.com's Stock (Bloomberg)
<http://singapore.cnet.com/news/2000/08/21/20000821ae.html>
The Singapore Exchange said it is not investigating the trading of shares of MediaRing.com Ltd, a Singapore-based Internet telephony service provider, denying a report by the Asian Wall Street Journal.
Software Makes It Short 'N' Sweet (Project Eyeball)
<http://eyeball.asia1.com.sg/Eyeball/Story/1,1381,965,00.html?>
A Singapore research team has developed software which can scan the longest article and deliver the meat of the message in bite-sized portions.
Singapore Exchange Probes Mediaring.com Trading (Dow Jones)
<http://asia.biz.yahoo.com/news/asian_markets/article.html?s=asiafinance/news/000821/asian_markets/dowjones/AWSJ_Singapore_Exchange_Probes_Mediaring.com_Trading.html>
Singapore Exchange Ltd.is investigating trading in the shares of MediaRing.com, an Internet telephone company that is listed here, following a surge in early July in the company's share price and trading volume, according to an official at the exchange.
Why Curb On FTP Access (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/for9_0821.html>
Chia Boon Chong, Corporate Communications Manager, Singapore Telecom: SingNet is currently working on alternative solutions.
== SingaporeSurf (Entertainment) ====================
Boom Boom Room Is Back (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/life/life3_0821.html>
Reopened at a new venue, the cabaret sees diva Kumar taking a reduced role in favour of new talent.
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