[MyAppleMenu] Dec 20, 2000

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

 Apples To Oranges: Much-Maligned Apple Still A Breed Apart From PC Maker Crowd (SF Gate)
<http://www.sfgate.com/technology/expound/>
No matter what we think of the results, there's no denying that Apple is still trying to blaze trails in the PC marketplace. While skittish Intel clone vendors pump out iMac and Cube knock-offs, Apple is releasing not just new products or better-looking products, but new types of products, aimed at opening up markets for PCs where none existed before.

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

 Sweet Couvillion... From MiniDV To The RES World Tour (Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/hotnews/articles/2000/12/sweet/>
What happens when a small-time filmmaker gets a five-time Academy Award winning cinematographer to shoot her movie? ÒSweetÓ results, delivered by Final Cut Pro.

 Dana Winslow Atchley III : 1941 - 2000 (Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/applemasters/datchley/remembrance.html>
Dana Atchley died on Wednesday, Decmber, 13, 2000, in San Francisco after a long illness. His friend and fellow AppleMaster Harry Marks wrote the following remembrance.

 Apple Brazil Chief Confirms Mac Plant (MacNews Brasil)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2666787,00.html>
Apple Brazil's general manager says a new South American factory is in the works.

 An Apple For The Teacher? (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-4217245.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Apple Computer is quietly dishing out another rebate, this one aimed at repeat customers in the education field.

 Multiprocessing In Mac OS X (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2000/12/17/1219mptwo.html>
When Mac OS X ships, multiprocessing (MP) on the Macintosh will undergo a quantum leap as preemptive multitasking and multithreading increase the efficiency of multiple CPUs working together.

 Apple To Webcast Macworld Keynote (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2000/12/17/1219keynote.html>
Although Apple, by policy, does not discuss future product announcements, Jobs strongly hinted during a recent conference call with analysts that the company will make major hardware introductions at the event. Many analysts believe that Apple needs to shake up its product line to boost sales and return to profitability.

== AppleSurf (Opinions) ==============

 This Is Definitely Not The End, My Friend (BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/dec2000/nf20001220_029.htm>
Here we go again. Apple Computer swoons once more, and the Chicken Littles come out of the barn.

 The Education Of Apple Computer (MacOPINION)
<http://www.macopinion.com/columns/engine/00/12/18/index.html>
The education industry has become just that - a giant industry - aligned more to the thinking of big business than to the Norman Rockwell scene of a teacher and her classroom.

 DIFFERENCE ENGINE: The Education of Apple Computer (MacOPINION)
<http://macopinion.com/columns/engine/00/12/18/>
So how does Apple regain its position as the computer company of education? Perhaps by being less of a computer company and more of an education company.

 OS X Open Architecture (MacOPINION)
<http://www.macopinion.com/columns/intelligence/00/12/19/index.html>

 Apples To Oranges: Much-Maligned Apple Still A Breed Apart From PC Maker Crowd (SF Gate)
<http://www.sfgate.com/technology/expound/>
No matter what we think of the results, there's no denying that Apple is still trying to blaze trails in the PC marketplace. While skittish Intel clone vendors pump out iMac and Cube knock-offs, Apple is releasing not just new products or better-looking products, but new types of products, aimed at opening up markets for PCs where none existed before.

 OS X: Take The Bitter With The Better (Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/scope/2k1220.html>
Ultimately, I suspect that switching over to the new OS will be like pulling off a bandage -- painful for a few seconds, but that's it.

 Blizzard Entertainment Does More For Mac Gaming Than Apple (The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/editorial/2000/12/19.1.shtml>

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

 Photoshop 6.0 (MacAddict)
<http://www.macaddict.com/news/reviews/2001_01_01.shtml>
If you've been using Photoshop for a while, you have every reason to upgrade. The vector and text tools and the Print Preview feature are worth the $179 upgrade price. If you are new to image editing, get Photoshop now - it has no equal.

 Sin Gold (MacNN)
<http://reviews.macnn.com/reviews/singold/singold.phtml>
Sin Gold is a solid first-person shooter with strong graphics, great multiplayer functions and decent plot. While it doesn't add anything new to the first-person shooter genre, the game is enjoyable and priced affordably.

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

 Ballmer Calls For "Cost-Conscious Culture" At Microsoft (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-4208780.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
A humbled Microsoft is adjusting its priorities.

 Bad Tidings For Notebook Sales (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-4214971.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
'Twas the week before Christmas and all through the stores, notebook sales were falling like never before.

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

 Intel Stumbles, AMD Gains In 2000 (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-4219526.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
What caused Intel to stumble in 2000 and Advance Micro Devices to enjoy one of its best years ever? A lot of little events in 1998.

 Browser Wars, Part Two (The Economist)
<http://www.economist.com/business/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=449249>
For a start, Microsoft is almost nowhere to be seen. Its strongest weapon in the desktop browser wars—the ability to include new software as part of Windows, and thus ensure its installation on millions of PCs—no longer works.

 Ballmer, Ellison: Can We Work It Out? (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2666826,00.html>
The CEOs of Oracle and Microsoft discussed interoperability when the two met face to face earlier this month. Was anything else on the agenda?

 Ballmer Calls For "Cost-Conscious Culture" At Microsoft (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-4208780.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
A humbled Microsoft is adjusting its priorities.

 Bad Tidings For Notebook Sales (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-4214971.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
'Twas the week before Christmas and all through the stores, notebook sales were falling like never before.

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

 The Other Dots Are Still Prized (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,40738,00.html>
Network Solutions found itself surprised by an avalanche of responses when it began taking requests for dot-info and dot-biz domain names -- surprised because no one can even buy the names yet.

 Shold Content Companies Sell Their Proprietary Software? (Inside)
<http://www.inside.com/jcs/Story?article_id=18474&pod_id=13&user_type=1>
No! They don't have the expertise to develop, acquire or manage technology businesses.

 Browser Wars, Part Two (The Economist)
<http://www.economist.com/business/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=449249>
For a start, Microsoft is almost nowhere to be seen. Its strongest weapon in the desktop browser wars—the ability to include new software as part of Windows, and thus ensure its installation on millions of PCs—no longer works.

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

 The Other Dots Are Still Prized (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,40738,00.html>
Network Solutions found itself surprised by an avalanche of responses when it began taking requests for dot-info and dot-biz domain names -- surprised because no one can even buy the names yet.

 Shold Content Companies Sell Their Proprietary Software? (Inside)
<http://www.inside.com/jcs/Story?article_id=18474&pod_id=13&user_type=1>
No! They don't have the expertise to develop, acquire or manage technology businesses.

 Browser Wars, Part Two (The Economist)
<http://www.economist.com/business/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=449249>
For a start, Microsoft is almost nowhere to be seen. Its strongest weapon in the desktop browser wars—the ability to include new software as part of Windows, and thus ensure its installation on millions of PCs—no longer works.

 When Free Is Bad (Sm at rt Partner)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2665725,00.html>
I love Janis Joplin, but she got the song wrong for our business. In computing, "free" is just another word for you to lose.

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

 Speakers' Corner Demonstraton Takes Centrestage In Today (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/singapore/cna/article.html?s=singapore/headlines/001220/singapore/cna/Speakers__Corner_demonstration_takes_centrestage_in_TODAY.html>
Nominated MP Simon Tay said that he did not think everyone is aware that there is a line between speaking and reacting to a speech, and a demonstration.

 Today Scores High On Credibility: Survey (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/singapore/cna/article.html?s=singapore/headlines/001220/singapore/cna/TODAY_scores_high_on_credibility__survey.html>
In an independent survey of over 500 readers by Optimum Media Direction, a media specialist firm, TODAY scored higher marks than the other free newspapers like Streats published by the Singapore Press Holdings.

 Cold Storage Opens New Raffles City Supermart (Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/3/news/nsing01.html>
Cold Storage has also started testing a new "value store" supermarket concept in the HDB heartlands, with plans to roll out more of these "no frills" supermarkets next year. Analysts say that it may well give FairPrice a run for the money next year if the chain succeeds in securing sufficient locations for this format.

 SM Did Not Say Gus Dur Would Step Down: Foreign Ministry (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,11795,00.html?>
MFA also pointed out: 'Had SM Lee done so, it would surely have made headline news.'