[MyAppleMenu] Aug 27, 2000

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

Inside Intel's Plans For The Future (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2607687.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Intel stole the spotlight this week, showing off new chips for cell phones and handheld computers, talking strategy and predicting a rival's doom.

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

Inside Intel's Plans For The Future (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2607687.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Intel stole the spotlight this week, showing off new chips for cell phones and handheld computers, talking strategy and predicting a rival's doom.

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

Restoring Balance In The Battle Over Free Expression On The Net (San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/indepth/docs/dg082700.htm>
Suppose you found yourself looking at a Web site called &quot;mercurynewssucks.com,&quot; an online attack on tihs newspaper and its contents. You'd be remarkably dense if you failed to understand that the Mercury News was not the online publication's creator or owner.

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

Angelic Phenomenon In Singapore Skies (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/articles/2000/08/27/singaporenews15238.htm>
A Meteorological Services spokesperson said the halo was the result of the refraction of sunlight by ice crystals in high clouds in the atmosphere.

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

Angelic Phenomenon In Singapore Skies (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/articles/2000/08/27/singaporenews15238.htm>
A Meteorological Services spokesperson said the halo was the result of the refraction of sunlight by ice crystals in high clouds in the atmosphere.

If You Won't try Again, Don't Try At All: Swee Say (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/sin18_0827.html>
&quot;Rewards can be very high, but the risks can be very high.&quot;

We're Richer Than Ever, So Why Are We So Unhappy? (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/analysis/cpe4_0827.html>
It is high time we stop comparing and start learning how to be contented. By Lydia Lim.

Governments Are Forced To Change And Reform (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/analysis/cpe3_0827.html>
BG George Yeo on governing in the Internet age, the viability of the one-man one-vote system in large politics, and how wars may be fought in the future.

Wanted: Public Feedback On Land Use (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/pri1_0827.html>
Give your views as urban planners work on how to make use of the limited land here to house a larger population.

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

If You Won't try Again, Don't Try At All: Swee Say (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/sin18_0827.html>
&quot;Rewards can be very high, but the risks can be very high.&quot;

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

Gourmet Haven At Club Street (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/life/life1_0827.html>
You don't have to be a member to enjoy privileges here. There's haute cuisine for every craving, from Moorish to Vietnamese.

Music Industry Hits A New Low (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/pri4_0827.html>
Sales of CDs are down by more than half compared to just 3 years ago, while the cassette is fast dying out.