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== AppleSurf (Top Stories) ====================
iBook Still The Standard In Laptops (USA Today)
<http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/review/crh411.htm>
Other laptop makers may have gotten the hint — color and style help when pitching laptops to the collegiate set — but the original remains unique.
A Long-Discountinued Macintosh Still thrills Collectors To The Core (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/08/circuits/articles/24macc.html>
When the subject is Macintosh, love often turns to obsession. Such is the case for a small group of Apple aficionados who have decided that the one true Macintosh is the Color Classic.
Inside Ambrosia Software (Inside Mac Games)
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/features/00/ambrosia/>
Maelstrom. Escape Velocity. Cythera. Ferazel’s Wand. These are but a few of the gems in game publisher Ambrosia Software’s crown.
What The Hell Is... Apple's Display Connector? (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/1/12764.html>
Apple's proprietary Apple Display Connector (ADC) may not be quite so proprietary or such a smart piece of Apple technology as the company would have us believe.
== AppleSurf (News) ====================
A Long-Discountinued Macintosh Still thrills Collectors To The Core (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/08/circuits/articles/24macc.html>
When the subject is Macintosh, love often turns to obsession. Such is the case for a small group of Apple aficionados who have decided that the one true Macintosh is the Color Classic.
Inside Ambrosia Software (Inside Mac Games)
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/features/00/ambrosia/>
Maelstrom. Escape Velocity. Cythera. Ferazel’s Wand. These are but a few of the gems in game publisher Ambrosia Software’s crown.
What The Hell Is... Apple's Display Connector? (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/1/12764.html>
Apple's proprietary Apple Display Connector (ADC) may not be quite so proprietary or such a smart piece of Apple technology as the company would have us believe.
== AppleSurf (Opinion) ====================
Good Apple news Comes From Gates? (Reality Check) (Elite)
<http://www.elite.com.co/promac/response00005.html>
Well, all I really saw in this article was nothing more than yet another miserable Wind OS user trying to stir the media bashing Apple and Steve Jobs.
Corel Going South? (ZDNet Linux)
<http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/stories/main/0,10228,2618474,00.html>
Cowpland leaving can mean only one thing.
Memo To Corel: Be Proprietary, Be Proud, Be Profitable (osOpinion)
<http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/RobinMiller/RobinMiller1.html>
Linux offered a fine opportunity for Corel to capture a new set of users for its office and graphics software. Porting WordPerfect and CorelDraw to Linux was a good decision. But the idea of making a Corel Linux distribution was so bad that it overwhelmed all the company's Linux potential and has gotten it into trouble with everyone from hard-core Open Source activists to casual desktop Linux users.
== AppleSurf (Reviews) ====================
iBook Still The Standard In Laptops (USA Today)
<http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/review/crh411.htm>
Other laptop makers may have gotten the hint — color and style help when pitching laptops to the collegiate set — but the original remains unique.
Still Have An iPuck? iCatch Makes The Round Mouse Usable (The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/newreviews/bc/00/000823icatch/000823icatch.shtml>
This is a useful and inexpensive adapter that will meet the needs of most people who are dissatisfied with the original iMac mouse.
Canon BJC-85 (Macworld)
<http://macworld.zdnet.com/2000/08/15/reviews/bjc85.html>
If you're expecting the print quality you've seen in popular desktop ink-jet printers, you will be disappointed with the BJC-85's lower resolution. Still, it's good enough for most basic printing and scanning needs, and its convenience and value are unbeatable. If you've ever had to pay hotel business center fees, you know that the BJC-85 will pay for itself quickly.
== The Wintel Empire (Top Stories) ====================
1.13 GHz P3 System DOA (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/1/12774.html>
Regular hardware site junkies will recall the Good Doctor Tom's trials and tribulations in trying to get Intel's 1.13GHz Pentium III to work properly. Well, The Reg can go one better - our 1.13GHz system was dead on arrival.
AMD Ready To Run Up The Score (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2618646,00.html>
Every five to six weeks between now and early next year, AMD will introduce faster Athlons -- beginning at 1.1GHz, Monday.
Will Windows Me Pricing Confuse Consumers? (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-2595532.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Windows 95 users will have to pay $30 more than their Windows 98 counterparts to upgrade to Microsoft's new consumer operating system, in a promotional strategy that could end up confusing customers instead of simply rewarding them.
== The Wintel Empire (News) ====================
Microsoft Glitch Leaves IM Contact Lists Vulnerable (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-2599161.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Microsoft is investigating complaints that its MSN Instant Messenger usernames and contact lists can be taken over through lapsed Hotmail accounts.
1.13 GHz P3 System DOA (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/1/12774.html>
Regular hardware site junkies will recall the Good Doctor Tom's trials and tribulations in trying to get Intel's 1.13GHz Pentium III to work properly. Well, The Reg can go one better - our 1.13GHz system was dead on arrival.
Intel To Push For Sharing Computer Power (San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/indepth/docs/peer082400.htm>
Chip giant Intel Corp. has found another way to get computer users and corporations to keep buying better computers with ever-faster chips -- by helping them harness and share their excess computing capacity with others over the Internet or corporate networks.
AMD Ready To Run Up The Score (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2618646,00.html>
Every five to six weeks between now and early next year, AMD will introduce faster Athlons -- beginning at 1.1GHz, Monday.
Intel XScale Lets Developers Be The Boss (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2618871,00.html>
New processor architecture from Intel can run fast or consumer little power -- the developer decides.
Will Windows Me Pricing Confuse Consumers? (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-2595532.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Windows 95 users will have to pay $30 more than their Windows 98 counterparts to upgrade to Microsoft's new consumer operating system, in a promotional strategy that could end up confusing customers instead of simply rewarding them.
== Breaking Barriers (Top Stories) ====================
Microsoft Glitch Leaves IM Contact Lists Vulnerable (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-2599161.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Microsoft is investigating complaints that its MSN Instant Messenger usernames and contact lists can be taken over through lapsed Hotmail accounts.
Has 'Survivor' Missed The Boat? (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2618943,00.html>
'Survivor' fans looking for clues to the island winner won't find them on the CBS Web site, which hasn't been updated since last week.
== Breaking Barriers (News) ====================
Microsoft Glitch Leaves IM Contact Lists Vulnerable (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-2599161.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Microsoft is investigating complaints that its MSN Instant Messenger usernames and contact lists can be taken over through lapsed Hotmail accounts.
Back-To-School Surfers -- Children And Adults -- Fuel Traffic Swell (Inside)
<http://www.inside.com/story/Story_Cached/0,2770,8634_13_32_1,00.html>
Looks like a sign the fall school session is upon us -- Web surfers registered at digital places of learning for the week ending Aug. 13, according to data supplied by research firm Media Metrix.
Intel To Push For Sharing Computer Power (San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/indepth/docs/peer082400.htm>
Chip giant Intel Corp. has found another way to get computer users and corporations to keep buying better computers with ever-faster chips -- by helping them harness and share their excess computing capacity with others over the Internet or corporate networks.
New Handhelds For Sports Fans (Reuters)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/449962.asp>
3Com to offer web gadgets to stadium fans.
Viacom Unit Joins Rivals In Publishing Online Books (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/08/biztech/articles/24book.html>
Simon & Schuster announced a list of electronic books that it will sell this fall, making it the third major trade publisher to make books available for downloading.
Amazon.com Plans To Offer Cars Online (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/08/biztech/articles/24online.html>
Amazon.com, one of the world's largest online retailers, announced today that it would begin offering a car-selling service on the Internet, the latest and potentially most serious in a series of challenges to automakers' ability to control the distribution of automobiles.
Akamia Caught In Net Filtering Cross Fire (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-2586200.html>
Networking firm Akamai has been dragged into the censorware debate, thanks to a hole affecting Web site blocking software that exploits the company's data delivery system.
Has 'Survivor' Missed The Boat? (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2618943,00.html>
'Survivor' fans looking for clues to the island winner won't find them on the CBS Web site, which hasn't been updated since last week.
Some E-Tailers Still Missing Customer Service Boat (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-2587249.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Online merchants are getting better at customer service, but some major online stores still don't get it, researchers say.
== PenguinSurf (Top Stories) ====================
VA Linux Shares Climb On Strong Earnings Report (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2596144.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Shares in VA Linux Systems climbed by more than 20 percent this morning, fueled by a report of stronger than expected earnings.
== PenguinSurf (News) ====================
VA Linux Shares Climb On Strong Earnings Report (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2596144.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Shares in VA Linux Systems climbed by more than 20 percent this morning, fueled by a report of stronger than expected earnings.
Corel Going South? (ZDNet Linux)
<http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/stories/main/0,10228,2618474,00.html>
Cowpland leaving can mean only one thing.
Memo To Corel: Be Proprietary, Be Proud, Be Profitable (osOpinion)
<http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/RobinMiller/RobinMiller1.html>
Linux offered a fine opportunity for Corel to capture a new set of users for its office and graphics software. Porting WordPerfect and CorelDraw to Linux was a good decision. But the idea of making a Corel Linux distribution was so bad that it overwhelmed all the company's Linux potential and has gotten it into trouble with everyone from hard-core Open Source activists to casual desktop Linux users.
== The AppleSurf Reader ====================
The Finale Of Survivor And The End Of Reality TV (Inside)
<http://www.inside.com/story/Story_Cached/0,2770,8628_11_27_1,00.html>
In the performances there is still an unrehearsed innocence, a freshness that signaled something genuinely new. And, unfortunately for the band of imitators waiting in the wings, you only get that once. By Kyle Pope.
The Associated Press Plays Dumb (Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/code/PressBox/PressBox.asp?Show=8/22/2000&idMessage=5937>
In a more perfect world, the Associated Press would have dipped into a "clean room" to find a writer and editor who didn't know the identity of Yost's sources to report the Democrats' angry speculations--but only if the wire found those speculations newsworthy.
A Bush Too Far (Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/framegame/entries/00-08-23_88663.asp>
Politics, like chess or basketball, becomes more sophisticated as the history of the game progresses. Victory will go to the player who figures out what his opponent can't do—win an all-pawn endgame, shoot the ball while moving left, discuss foreign policy intelligently—and steers him into it.
Hogwarts McNuggets? (Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2000/08/24/potter/index.html>
A leaked e-mail from director Chris Columbus reveals his controversial plans for the Harry Potter movie. By James Hibberd.
Can Women Understand Stock Options? (Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/08/24/womens_options/index.html>
What a ridiculous question, posed by a misguided article trying to make it simple for the girls. By Damien Cave.
== SingaporeSurf (Top Stories) ====================
Citizens Of Tightly Controlled Singapore Prepare To Speak Up (Associated Press)
<http://apdmz.ap.org:8080/CorpComm/apindweb.nsf/bbfd73551e01bc6e85256674006b3686/271091322ba9cdeb85256943005a8bc6?OpenDocument>
Thirteen people signed up Aug. 21 to be the first Singaporeans allowed to speak publicly without a license, police said.
== SingaporeSurf (News) ====================
Citizens Of Tightly Controlled Singapore Prepare To Speak Up (Associated Press)
<http://apdmz.ap.org:8080/CorpComm/apindweb.nsf/bbfd73551e01bc6e85256674006b3686/271091322ba9cdeb85256943005a8bc6?OpenDocument>
Thirteen people signed up Aug. 21 to be the first Singaporeans allowed to speak publicly without a license, police said.
MRT Works: Roads Clear By End-2001 (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/sin21_0824.html>
Expect relief from traffic snarls as roads above the new North-East line tunnels are restored to what they were.
5-Day Week "Isn't Mondays To Fridays" (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/sin19_0824.html>
Employees must be ready to work on some Saturdays and Sundays in a month, says NTUC chief.
== SingaporeSurf (Technology) ====================
Report: Increase In Companies Not Going To Web (ZDNetAsia)
<http://www.zdnetasia.com/biztech/sme/story/0,2000006491,20064459-1,00.htm>
A report by Technowledge Asia indicates a 22.6% increase in companies not interested in setting up a website.
Cash Cache (Project Eyeball)
<http://eyeball.asia1.com.sg/Eyeball/Story/1,1381,1319,00.html?>
Calling all pirated software users: ever dreamed of going straight? It's easier than you think. Almost everything that you have to pay for can be substituted with a free alternative.
Performance Of SingNet's My Communicator Not Up To Scratch (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/for5_0824.html>
== SingaporeSurf (Entertainment) ====================
Lush Party: Dick Lee's Birthday Bash (Project Eyeball)
<http://eyeball.asia1.com.sg/Eyeball/Story/1,1381,1269,00.html?>
Our reporter gatecrashes Dick Lee's 44th birthday party, and comes away tickled pink.
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