[MyAppleMenu] Aug 26, 2000

Sat Aug 26 21:05:01 EDT 2000

MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

A Doomed Cause? (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2000/08/20/0825linuxmac.html>
Some key Linux developers, encouraged by announcements from the recent LinuxWorld show, believe that the open-source OS is poised to overtake the Macintosh as the primary challenger to Microsoft Windows. Linux advocate Eric S. Raymond described the Mac platform as 'a noble but doomed cause.'

Apple's Jobs Likely To Keep Mac Fans In The Dark (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-2611927.html>
Macintosh fans hoping to hear about new laptop models will probably have to wait beyond next week.

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

Apple Releases Game Sprockets 1.7.5 (MacCentral)
<http://www.maccentral.com/news/0008/25.gamesprockets.shtml>
Apple explains that this new Game Sprockets installer includes support for nearly all HID-compliant USB input devices including wheel mice; incorporates some performance improvements for multiple-monitor systems; has higher quality 3D sound filtering; and delivers improvements for graphic intensive game applications.

Cocoa-Developed OmniWeb Coming (MacCentral)
<http://www.maccentral.com/news/0008/25.macosx.shtml>
OmniWeb 4 from the Omni Group, now in beta testing, will offer a full-featured Web browser for Mac OS X. And what's more, it will be a native Cocoa browser.

Apple India Launches G4 Cube Supercomputers (Newsbytes)
<http://www.newsbytes.com/pubNews/00/154248.html>
The company under the guidance of the managing director of Apple Computer International Pvt. Ltd, Naren Ayyar, has formalized a strict pricing strategy for the product countrywide.

Computer Stocks Deflate (CBS MarketWatch)
<http://cbs.marketwatch.com/archive/20000825/news/current/tech.htx?source=htx/http2_mw>
Apple's share shine on rating upgrade.

Microsoft Preps New Mac Version Of Office (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2613538.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Microsoft this week released the final code for the new Mac version of Office, signaling that the product will ship in October as planned.

Apple Using Win2K For KnowledgeBase (MacSlash)
<http://www.macslash.com/articles/00/08/25/1844251.shtml>
Apple is kinda eating it's own dog food, but they are also eating Microsoft's as well. It make sense though, a lot of the iServices programming guys use Wintel and it make for a very easy testing environment to be able to write some code and put it on the same kind of server to test it.

Alien Skin Releases Eye Candy Beta (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2000/08/20/0825alienskin.html>
Eye Candy 4000, the latest version of the popular Photoshop plug-in collection, features new filters and a new interface with larger previews. A free public beta is available for download.

A Doomed Cause? (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2000/08/20/0825linuxmac.html>
Some key Linux developers, encouraged by announcements from the recent LinuxWorld show, believe that the open-source OS is poised to overtake the Macintosh as the primary challenger to Microsoft Windows. Linux advocate Eric S. Raymond described the Mac platform as 'a noble but doomed cause.'

Apple's Jobs Likely To Keep Mac Fans In The Dark (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-2611927.html>
Macintosh fans hoping to hear about new laptop models will probably have to wait beyond next week.

== AppleSurf (Opinion) ====================

Apple Pares Seybold Expectations (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2620281,00.html>
Nothing. Nada. Zip. Move along, there's nothing to see here.

Shh! Shhhh! Don't Evangelize The Mac! (The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/columns/rodneyssoapbox/2000/20000825.shtml>
If the Mac becomes as common as Ford Tauruses (which it won't), where will be the allure of buying a Mac? I rant, true, but this very thought has me awake late tonight. So, Apple, don't market so hard. Let the computer nerds think that Megahertz matters.

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

$799 iMac Vs PC, And The Winner Is... (MacMonkey.com)
<http://macmonkey.com/dave/799showDown.asp>
Wait a sec....aren't Macs supposed to be expensive?!?

radialogic Storage Master (MacAddict)
<http://www.macaddict.com/news/reviews/2000_09_15.shtml>
Any Mac storage device worth its salt should ship with its own device drivers. But for a select few folks who work in specialized fields, Storage Master is a good investment.

Apple's G4 Cube (The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/newreviews/bc/00/000825cubefirstlook/000825cubefirstlook.shtml>
I really wanted to put them in the front portion of the house, so that everyone could see it. This thing should never be put in a closed, untrafficked room. It should be on display so that everyone can have at least a glance at how a computer oughta be made.

Myst Masterpiece Edition (MacCentral)
<http://www.maccentral.com/news/0008/25.mystme.shtml>
Myst Masterpiece Edition laudably augments Cyan's creation. The world of Myst feels exactly the same, yet the player is given the opportunity to perceive it in brilliant clarity unmatched by its predecessor.

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

Dell Leads Rush To Sell 1-GHz Xeon Systems (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2610990.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Leading an expected avalanche of new systems, Dell Computer next week will unveil a workstation based on Intel's new 1-GHz Pentium III Xeon processor, sources close to the company said.

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

Pretty Good Bug Found In PGP (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,38437,00.html>
Network Associates' PGP software has a bug that allows attackers to trick Windows versions of PGP into not encoding secret information properly.

The Death Of Moore's Law? (PC Magazine)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2620021,00.html>
These three axes of Moore's law are doing more of a balancing act now than ever before. The complexity of the balancing act could easily deter IBM or anyone else from messing with Moore's law, but let's see what happens.

Dell Leads Rush To Sell 1-GHz Xeon Systems (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2610990.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Leading an expected avalanche of new systems, Dell Computer next week will unveil a workstation based on Intel's new 1-GHz Pentium III Xeon processor, sources close to the company said.

Microsoft Preps New Mac Version Of Office (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2613538.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Microsoft this week released the final code for the new Mac version of Office, signaling that the product will ship in October as planned.

Apple Using Win2K For KnowledgeBase (MacSlash)
<http://www.macslash.com/articles/00/08/25/1844251.shtml>
Apple is kinda eating it's own dog food, but they are also eating Microsoft's as well. It make sense though, a lot of the iServices programming guys use Wintel and it make for a very easy testing environment to be able to write some code and put it on the same kind of server to test it.

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

'Dot-Commers Go Home!' (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,38313,00.html>
&quot;Dot-commer&quot; has become the dirty word du jour.

Net Privacy Firm Tracked Site Visitors (Associated Press)
<http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/cti444.htm>
TRUSTe, a privacy advocate organization that runs a privacy seal-of-approval program for retail Web sites and shows companies how to write effective privacy policies, itself has tracked users with means not mentioned in its own privacy policy, a security group says.

Time Warner Posts A Link It Had Banned (Upside)
<http://www.upside.com/News/39a6fef00.html>
Time Warner's CNN.com linked to download sites for DeCSS, the controversial DVD-cracking program, even after Time Warner won a ban on such links in court.

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

'Dot-Commers Go Home!' (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,38313,00.html>
&quot;Dot-commer&quot; has become the dirty word du jour.

Napster's Favorite Lobbyist (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,38445,00.html>
The nation's capital may be home to swarms of lobbyists for the recording and entertainment industries, but not everyone there says Napster represents a technological Armageddon that should be restricted, if not sued out of existence.

Cocoa-Developed OmniWeb Coming (MacCentral)
<http://www.maccentral.com/news/0008/25.macosx.shtml>
OmniWeb 4 from the Omni Group, now in beta testing, will offer a full-featured Web browser for Mac OS X. And what's more, it will be a native Cocoa browser.

Net Privacy Firm Tracked Site Visitors (Associated Press)
<http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/cti444.htm>
TRUSTe, a privacy advocate organization that runs a privacy seal-of-approval program for retail Web sites and shows companies how to write effective privacy policies, itself has tracked users with means not mentioned in its own privacy policy, a security group says.

Hollywood Vs The Hackers Vs Free Speech (BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/aug2000/nf20000825_720.htm>
The recent court ruling sets a dangerous precedent by holding a Web site responsible for the content on pages it links to.

Napster Ruling Sparks Opposition (InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/00/08/25/000825hnnapsterrule.xml>

Get Even By E-Mail (PC World)
<http://www.pcworld.com/pcwtoday/article/0,1510,18241,00.html>
InsultPro.com offers advice, assistance for those anonymous digital barbs.

Time Warner Posts A Link It Had Banned (Upside)
<http://www.upside.com/News/39a6fef00.html>
Time Warner's CNN.com linked to download sites for DeCSS, the controversial DVD-cracking program, even after Time Warner won a ban on such links in court.

Net Users Once Again Look To The Sky (MSNBC)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/451080.asp>
MSN, AOL about to jump-start satellite-delivered broadband.

Pretty Good Bug Found In PGP (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,38437,00.html>
Network Associates' PGP software has a bug that allows attackers to trick Windows versions of PGP into not encoding secret information properly.

The Best Job Strategy? Get Laid Off (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2620219,00.html>
Dotcom unemployment surging? No problem -- put it on your resume and watch the offers flow in, says one employment firm.

The Next Era For Internet Security (eWEEK)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2620278,00.html>
Security insiders have had the date circled on their calendars for years. What's going to happen when RSA's encryption and decryption patents expire next month?

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

The Microsoft Verdict - Its implications for the rest of us  (www.linuxpertise.com)
<http://www.linuxpertise.com/corp/pview.htm>
Corporate Information Resource for Linux.

== The AppleSurf Reader ====================

East Timor's Birth Pains (The Economist)
<http://www.economist.com/editorial/freeforall/26-8-00/index_as9348.html>
A year after the rape of their land for daring to choose independence, the East Timorese face the tough decisions of nationhood.

The Heavenly Jukebox (The Atlantic Monthly)
<http://www.theatlantic.com/cgi-bin/o/issues/2000/09/mann.htm>
Rampant music privacy may hurt musicians less than they fear. The real threat -- to listeners and, conceivably, democracy itself -- is the music industry's reaction to it. By Charles C. Mann.

They're No Angels (Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/news/sports/2000/08/26/wnba/index.html>
Is women's basketball a kinde,r gentler game? The WNBA shows that women aren't nicer than men -- but they aren't better, either. By Cathy Young.

== SingaporeSurf (Top Stories) ====================

PAP And The People: A Return Of Disaffection? (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/analysis/cpe1_0826.html>
The Government and the people seem no longer to be in dialogue; they appear to be talking at rather than to each other.

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

Singapore Port Faces Intense Competition (The Star)
<http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2000/8/25/business/25b09law&sec=business>
&quot;Singapore is efficient, but PSA is the only operator available. It is a kind of monopoly and that makes things less flexible.&quot;

PAP And The People: A Return Of Disaffection? (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/analysis/cpe1_0826.html>
The Government and the people seem no longer to be in dialogue; they appear to be talking at rather than to each other.

Start-Ups Have It Easy Here: WEF (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/pri10_0826.html>
Singapore has scored high marks for making business easy for start-ups, but rated lower in providing them with capital and in the quality of its scientific research.

Special Law To Target Killer-Litter (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/pri1_0826.html>
Courts will have greater flexibility to mete stiffer punishments; HDB will have wider range of penalties too.

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

Phone Me A Movie Ticket (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/life/life6_0826.html>
Buying cinema tickets via your mobile phone to become a reality soon with Golden Village-SingTel tie-up allowing WAP users to do so.

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

More Dance Tunes On The Airwaves (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/life/life8_0826.html>
NTUC's Radio Heart 91.3FM will be canning four of its alternative music programmes in a move by the station to shift its focus towards dance music.

Phone Me A Movie Ticket (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/life/life6_0826.html>
Buying cinema tickets via your mobile phone to become a reality soon with Golden Village-SingTel tie-up allowing WAP users to do so.