[MyAppleMenu] Dec 18, 2000

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

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This week's feature, Samuel Beckett and Think Different. Plus, New Yorkers, Stephen King, Lisa Simpson, and Double D.

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

 Analyst: Apple Needs 1GHz Machines Soon (MacCentral)
<http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/18.glory.shtml>
Apple must come out with new products sooner rather than later -- definitely at January's Macworld Expo in San Francisco -- and make them different, as well as cheaper.

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

 The PC Is Dragging Microsoft Down (Red Herring)
<http://www.redherring.com/investor/2000/1218/inv-microsoft121800.html?id=userland>
Microsoft's rare warning, coupled with Oracle's success, underscored a much more important realization about Microsoft: it is still a PC-oriented company. No matter how much Microsoft wants you to think it's about the back office, its heart and soul -- and the majority of its revenues -- are still tied up in the foundering PC market.

 How Y2K Bugged Microsoft (Reuters)
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,40719,00.html>
The good news for Microsoft Corp. is that the world's top software company is finally waving goodbye to what was arguably the worst year in its 25-year history. The bad news is that the coming year doesn't look any better.

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This week's feature, Samuel Beckett and Think Different. Plus, New Yorkers, Stephen King, Lisa Simpson, and Double D.

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

 The PC Is Dragging Microsoft Down (Red Herring)
<http://www.redherring.com/investor/2000/1218/inv-microsoft121800.html?id=userland>
Microsoft's rare warning, coupled with Oracle's success, underscored a much more important realization about Microsoft: it is still a PC-oriented company. No matter how much Microsoft wants you to think it's about the back office, its heart and soul -- and the majority of its revenues -- are still tied up in the foundering PC market.

 How Y2K Bugged Microsoft (Reuters)
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,40719,00.html>
The good news for Microsoft Corp. is that the world's top software company is finally waving goodbye to what was arguably the worst year in its 25-year history. The bad news is that the coming year doesn't look any better.

 Intel To Slash P4 Prices 28 Jan (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/3/15537.html>

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

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This week's feature, Samuel Beckett and Think Different. Plus, New Yorkers, Stephen King, Lisa Simpson, and Double D.

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

 Net Users In Asia Pacific To Quadruple By 2004 (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-4192178.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
The number of Internet users in the Asia-Pacific region will jump more than fourfold to 188 million by the end of 2004, as access fees drop and more local content becomes available, Dataquest said.

== PenguinSurf (Top Stories) ==============

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This week's feature, Samuel Beckett and Think Different. Plus, New Yorkers, Stephen King, Lisa Simpson, and Double D.

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

 Fighting The PAP For Cyber-Turf (Project Eyeball)
<http://eyeball.asia1.com.sg/Eyeball/Story/1,1381,10356,00.html?>
But top priority for opposition parties still walk-abouts, dialogue with residents.

 Most President's Scholars Come From Elite Schools (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,11352,00.html?>
Since 1997, only one was from a neighbourhood primary, confirming parents' belief in brand-name schools.

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This week's feature, Samuel Beckett and Think Different. Plus, New Yorkers, Stephen King, Lisa Simpson, and Double D.

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

 Fighting The PAP For Cyber-Turf (Project Eyeball)
<http://eyeball.asia1.com.sg/Eyeball/Story/1,1381,10356,00.html?>
But top priority for opposition parties still walk-abouts, dialogue with residents.

 We're Unhappy With Report, Say Families Of SilkAir Crash Victims (Project Eyeball)
<http://eyeball.asia1.com.sg/Eyeball/Story/1,1381,10358,00.html?>
The same evidence, but starkly contrasting conclusions.

 Most President's Scholars Come From Elite Schools (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,11352,00.html?>
Since 1997, only one was from a neighbourhood primary, confirming parents' belief in brand-name schools.

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

 Net Users In Asia Pacific To Quadruple By 2004 (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-4192178.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
The number of Internet users in the Asia-Pacific region will jump more than fourfold to 188 million by the end of 2004, as access fees drop and more local content becomes available, Dataquest said.

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

 Arts Ban: Call In And Be Heard (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/life/story/0,1870,11411,00.html?>
Arts radio station Passion 99.5 has set aside two hours for listeners to call in and talk about the significance of the arts on No Art Day on Dec 29.