[MyAppleMenu] Jul 8, 2000

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

Fearing Control By Microsoft, China Backs The Liunux System (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/07/biztech/articles/08soft.html>
Janet Reno is not the only one worried about Bill Gates's software monopoly. China's leaders are, too.

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

Electronica On Screen (Apple Hot News)
<http://www.apple.com/hotnews/articles/2000/07/bltc/>
Ravers, DJs and electronica greats like The Crystal Method, Moby, Psychic TV and Meatbeat Manifesto perform in ÒBetter Living Through Circuitry,Ó a documentary film on the culture of  electronica.

== AppleSurf (Opinion) ====================

A Good Time To Be A Mac Gamer (Applelust.com)
<http://www.applelust.com/html/editorials/archive/marc_graphicsEd.html>

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

Dell Discontinues Sleek Consumer PC Line (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-2220642.html?tag=st.ne.1006.thed.ni>
The quiet demise of Dell's WebPC is a strong indication that the coming revolution in style and color into the PC world may have been a bit exaggerated.

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

Microsoft Readies Bulked Up 'Mars' To Wage ISP Battle (Advertising Age)
<http://www.adage.com/interactive/articles/20000710/article1.html>
Microsoft Corp., attempting to gain traction with MSN after almost five years of false starts, is pushing toward a revamp later this year that should make the ISP more appealing and simpler to use. Yet MSN's strategy and future are as murky as ever.

Soothsayer Spells Doom For Microsoft (ZDNet)
<http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?x8127598>
f this anti-Microsoft vibe gels, then clearly Microsoft has no chance.

Dell Discontinues Sleek Consumer PC Line (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-2220642.html?tag=st.ne.1006.thed.ni>
The quiet demise of Dell's WebPC is a strong indication that the coming revolution in style and color into the PC world may have been a bit exaggerated.

Intel Betting On Hosted Services (ZDNet)
<http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?x8122895>

Fearing Control By Microsoft, China Backs The Liunux System (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/07/biztech/articles/08soft.html>
Janet Reno is not the only one worried about Bill Gates's software monopoly. China's leaders are, too.

Q&A: Steve Ballmer Details .Net Strategy (Inter at ctive Week)
<http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2599008,00.html>

Microsoft, Napster And Amazon Will Be In The News This Fall (Wall Street Journal)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/430066.asp>

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

Microsoft Readies Bulked Up 'Mars' To Wage ISP Battle (Advertising Age)
<http://www.adage.com/interactive/articles/20000710/article1.html>
Microsoft Corp., attempting to gain traction with MSN after almost five years of false starts, is pushing toward a revamp later this year that should make the ISP more appealing and simpler to use. Yet MSN's strategy and future are as murky as ever.

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

New Software Transforms Web Into Personal Cyber Solar System (San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/indepth/docs/web070800.htm>
While the Web has become increasingly sophisticated, the tools available for using it haven't kept pace. Now that's starting to change.

Can Digital Kill The Radio Star? (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,37201,00.html>
Ground Control to Major Tom: The first satellite for broadcasting coast-to-coast digital radio is now in space.

Microsoft Readies Bulked Up 'Mars' To Wage ISP Battle (Advertising Age)
<http://www.adage.com/interactive/articles/20000710/article1.html>
Microsoft Corp., attempting to gain traction with MSN after almost five years of false starts, is pushing toward a revamp later this year that should make the ISP more appealing and simpler to use. Yet MSN's strategy and future are as murky as ever.

Q&A: Steve Ballmer Details .Net Strategy (Inter at ctive Week)
<http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2599008,00.html>

Microsoft, Napster And Amazon Will Be In The News This Fall (Wall Street Journal)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/430066.asp>

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

Fearing Control By Microsoft, China Backs The Liunux System (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/07/biztech/articles/08soft.html>
Janet Reno is not the only one worried about Bill Gates's software monopoly. China's leaders are, too.

== PenguinSurf (News) ====================

Fearing Control By Microsoft, China Backs The Liunux System (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/07/biztech/articles/08soft.html>
Janet Reno is not the only one worried about Bill Gates's software monopoly. China's leaders are, too.

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

Where's The Real Oxford? (University Business)
<http://www.universitybusiness.com/0006/oxford.html>
A year in Oxford isn't always a year <i>at</i> Oxford. Is this any way to run a great educational brand? By James McConnel.