[MyAppleMenu] Dec 17, 2000

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

 Long-Suffering APBNews Finally Gets Snuffed Out (Inside)
<http://www.inside.com/story/Current?art_id=18274&podId=7>
After payroll is missed for the second time in a row, the editors and staff of the crime-and-safety news Web site walk out.

 AOL May Be Forced To Share Instant Messaging (Bloomberg News)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-4175384.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
The Federal Communications Commission intends to approve America Online's $130 billion acquisition of Time Warner if AOL allows rivals to operate on its instant-messaging system, according to published reports.

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

 Hillary Clinton Memoir Goes To Simon & Schuster For $8 Million (Inside)
<http://www.inside.com/story/Current?art_id=18317&podId=8>
Sweepstakes ends with a Jack Welch-surpassing sum, after Scribner editor in chief Nan Graham flies to the capital on the noon shuttle.

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

 The Day Books Become Quaint (Asiaweek)
<http://www.asiaweek.com/asiaweek/magazine/2000/1222/biz.ebooks.html>
It's not here yet. But when Catherine Lim is the newest e-author, the possibility is real.

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

 Police Start Probe On Recent Speakers' Corner Event (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/singapore/cna/article.html?s=singapore/headlines/001217/singapore/cna/Police_start_probe_on_recent_Speakers__Corner_event.html>
Police have started investigations into the gathering and chanting of slogans by representatives of The Think Centre and Open Centre at Speaker's Corner last Sunday.

 Singapore 'Not Resenful' Of Gus Dur Tirade (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,11221,00.html?>
That's a senior Indonesian official's view after visit, as S'pore leaders still keen on investing in Indonesia.

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

 The Day Books Become Quaint (Asiaweek)
<http://www.asiaweek.com/asiaweek/magazine/2000/1222/biz.ebooks.html>
It's not here yet. But when Catherine Lim is the newest e-author, the possibility is real.