[MyAppleMenu] Dec 27, 2000

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

 Bowling Green To Give 150 Freshmen Laptops (Akron Beacon Journal)
<http://www.ohio.com/bj/news/ohio/docs/001583.htm>
About 150 freshmen at Bowling Green State University will have a present waiting for them when they return to school next semester: a laptop computer.

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

 Mac Faithful Look Forward To the Venue Of Good News (Union-Tribune)
<http://205.138.64.30/news/uniontrib/tue/computers/news_1u26mactrack.html>

 Bowling Green To Give 150 Freshmen Laptops (Akron Beacon Journal)
<http://www.ohio.com/bj/news/ohio/docs/001583.htm>
About 150 freshmen at Bowling Green State University will have a present waiting for them when they return to school next semester: a laptop computer.

 Power Mac G4 Dual 500 Versus Pentium 4 Versus Athlon (Barefeats)
<http://www.barefeats.com/pentium.html>

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

 David's Backgammon 3.9.2 (Macworld)
<http://macworld.zdnet.com/2000/12/13/reviews/mexpress.html>

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

 Analysts See PC Price War On Horizon (Reuters)
<http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20001226/tc/pcs_dc_1.html>
Personal computer makers are slashing prices in an effort to salvage a weak holiday shopping season, setting the stage for a possible price war over the next few months.

 Power Mac G4 Dual 500 Versus Pentium 4 Versus Athlon (Barefeats)
<http://www.barefeats.com/pentium.html>

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

 The Price Is Wrong (The Industry Standard)
<http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,20976,00.html>
And customers couldn't be happier. Why flat rates and fixed prices rule.

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

 NCC Concerned About Singapore FTA Negotiations (AgWeb)
<http://www.agweb.com/news_show_news_article.asp?file=AgNewsArticle_20001226858_1&newscat=GN>

 Lower Petrol Prices Seen In The New Year (Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/3/news/nsing01.html>
Shell expected to take lead; Case urges oil firms to quash cartel perceptions.

 New SLRT Rules To Ensure Safety (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,13225,00.html?>
>From now on, if the automatic train-protection system that operates the trains loses track of a train, the system's controllers will check where the trains are, by closed-circuit TV or actual observation, and then send out two officers to control that train and the one behind it.