[MyAppleMenu] Jul 25, 2000
applesurf at myapplemenu.comapplesurf
applesurf at myapplemenu.comapplesurf
Tue Jul 25 21:05:00 EDT 2000
MyAppleMenu Newsletter
== AppleSurf (Top Stories) ====================
Unsolved Macworld Expo Mysteries (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2605860,00.html>
Even as Wednesday's come-to-Steve meeting answered some questions about Apple's hardware vision, it also raised additional ones -- at least for me -- about Apple's larger technology strategy in the next six to 12 months.
Modern Art (Apple)
<http://experts.apple.com/stories/cdi/>
When New York CityÕs Metropolitan Museum of Art needed a digital imaging solution capable of handling hundreds of thousands of photographs and over 2.5 million works of art, they turned to the Center for Digital Imaging.
Hollywood Looks To Kill Hyperlinks In Copyright Fights (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-2342094.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
As Hollywood and record companies go all-out to protect their copyrights online, they've run up against one of the Web's most hallowed traditions: the untrammeled ability to link to anything anywhere on the Net.
ATI Takes Blame For Apple Leak (IDG News Service)
<http://www.idg.net/ic_204561_1794_9-10000.html>
ATI Technologies said Monday that it is taking responsibility for letting the cat out of the bag on some of Apple's new Macs prior to Steve Jobs' news-rich keynote speech at MacWorld Expo last week.
== AppleSurf (News) ====================
Microsoft Sees Healthy Mac Market (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/feature.php?id=86>
Despite the move by the Redmond giant to get out of the licensed software business and move to a browser-based, rented-app model, MacBU members were adamant that the Mac market is large enough to require -- and get -- boxed software for the foreseeable future.
Modern Art (Apple)
<http://experts.apple.com/stories/cdi/>
When New York CityÕs Metropolitan Museum of Art needed a digital imaging solution capable of handling hundreds of thousands of photographs and over 2.5 million works of art, they turned to the Center for Digital Imaging.
Mercury Rising: PowerBook To Pack G4 (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2607359,00.html>
Apple's wide-screen Mercury notebook will reportedly be sleeker, lighter and feature a hip, new look. Did we mention fast?
Macworld Carry Over: Apple Back On Top (The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/article/2000/07/25.5.shtml>
Details And thoughts On The New Cube (MacCentral)
<http://www.maccentral.com/news/0007/25.cube.shtml>
To this reporter, it seems that Apple has another massive hit on its hands.
iMovie 2 Sports More OS X-Like Elements (MacCentral)
<http://www.maccentral.com/news/0007/25.imovie.shtml>
Macromedia, Intel Team On 3-D Streaming Format (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2000/07/23/0724mmintel.html>
The new format will deliver streaming 3-D content through the Shockwave Player. The software poses a challenge to Metastream and other Web 3-D technologies.
New Products At Siggraph 2000 (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2000/07/23/0725siggraphtwo.html>
Apple Webcast Appears To Break Speed Records (Newsbytes)
<http://www.newsbytes.com/pubNews/00/152624.html>
The Internet broadcast of Apple CEO Steve Jobs' keynote speech at last week's MacWorld Expo in San Francisco shattered previous records for streaming video speed.
ATI Takes Blame For Apple Leak (IDG News Service)
<http://www.idg.net/ic_204561_1794_9-10000.html>
ATI Technologies said Monday that it is taking responsibility for letting the cat out of the bag on some of Apple's new Macs prior to Steve Jobs' news-rich keynote speech at MacWorld Expo last week.
The Personal Imaging Revolution (Macworld)
<http://macworld.zdnet.com/2000/09/features/trends/five.html>
The most fundamental rewards of digital imaging have already decorated our desktops.
== AppleSurf (Opinion) ====================
Unsolved Macworld Expo Mysteries (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2605860,00.html>
Even as Wednesday's come-to-Steve meeting answered some questions about Apple's hardware vision, it also raised additional ones -- at least for me -- about Apple's larger technology strategy in the next six to 12 months.
For The Good Of The Web: An Open Letter To Netscape (The Web Standards Project)
<http://www.webstandards.org/wfw/ns0700.html>
How can standards advocates continue to point to your example while criticizing other browser makers? How can we demand that Microsoft "do what Netscape is doing," when, from a business perspective, "what Netscape is doing" is bleeding market share while failing to ship product?
Why The Mozilla Dragon Still Has Bite (osOpinion)
<http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/ErikSeveringhaus/ErikSeveringhaus1.html>
"This is not the end, it is not the beginning of the end, but it might be the end of the beginning."
The G4 Cube - Apple's Newest Mac Portable (MacOPINION)
<http://www.macopinion.com/columns/roadwarrior/00/07/25/index.html>
Thinking about the cube in a portable Mac context, it seems to offer pretty good value for the money.
Missing From Macworld (Low End Mac)
<http://lowendmac.com/musings/mwny725.html>
Let's look at what should have been there but wasn't.
The New Mac Lineup, Hmm... (Busman's Holiday)
<http://www.mathdittos2.com/columns/bh/bh000725.html>
As days have passed since the keynote, I find my views considerably less charitable to the less than revolutionary offerings from Apple.
== The Wintel Empire (Top Stories) ====================
Microsoft Wants Lower Court To Hear Appeal First (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2341099.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Microsoft tomorrow will ask the Supreme Court to let a lower tribunal hear the company's appeal of antitrust violations first, a strategy aimed at avoiding a verdict to split the software giant.
== The Wintel Empire (News) ====================
Microsoft Sees Healthy Mac Market (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/feature.php?id=86>
Despite the move by the Redmond giant to get out of the licensed software business and move to a browser-based, rented-app model, MacBU members were adamant that the Mac market is large enough to require -- and get -- boxed software for the foreseeable future.
Inside Intel: Betting On The Future (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2600824,00.html>
Who knows where Intel will be in five years? Its research and development labs have an idea or two.
Microsoft Wants Lower Court To Hear Appeal First (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2341099.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Microsoft tomorrow will ask the Supreme Court to let a lower tribunal hear the company's appeal of antitrust violations first, a strategy aimed at avoiding a verdict to split the software giant.
Intel Veers From Rambus-Only Plans For Pentium 4 (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2343194.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Intel will come out with a chipset next year for the Pentium 4 geared to work with standard memory, the company confirmed today, a move that raises questions about the future of Rambus-based memory.
Macromedia, Intel Team On 3-D Streaming Format (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2000/07/23/0724mmintel.html>
The new format will deliver streaming 3-D content through the Shockwave Player. The software poses a challenge to Metastream and other Web 3-D technologies.
Never Say 'Never' (Boston.com)
<http://www.digitalmass.com/columns/software/0724.html>
When Microsoft vowed its browser could never be removed from Windows98, code junkies heard a challenge
== Breaking Barriers (Top Stories) ====================
Hollywood Looks To Kill Hyperlinks In Copyright Fights (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-2342094.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
As Hollywood and record companies go all-out to protect their copyrights online, they've run up against one of the Web's most hallowed traditions: the untrammeled ability to link to anything anywhere on the Net.
== Breaking Barriers (News) ====================
Internet Firms Join Forces For Privacy's Sake (InformationWeek)
<http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20000725S0013>
A dozen Internet companies and nonprofit organization TrustE on Tuesday kicked off a multimedia campaign that involves newspapers, radio ads, and online banner ads.
Hungry? Buy Your Reservation (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,37698,00.html>
Remember the (good) old days, when you could get a seat in a crowded restaurant by slipping the maitre d' a couple of sawbucks? Now, you can do it on the Web.
Hollywood Looks To Kill Hyperlinks In Copyright Fights (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-2342094.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
As Hollywood and record companies go all-out to protect their copyrights online, they've run up against one of the Web's most hallowed traditions: the untrammeled ability to link to anything anywhere on the Net.
NBC Takes Disney's Side, Opposes AOL-Time Warner Union (Bloomberg)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-2342608.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
General Electric's NBC has joined in the fight against America Online's purchase of Time Warner, urging federal regulators to impose stiff conditions on the transaction.
eBay Earings Beat Expectations (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-2343288.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Age Of Englightenment (Time)
<http://www.cnn.com/ASIANOW/time/asiabuzz/2000/07/25/>
Fat girls, tight dresses,w hat's the dotcom world coming to?
Never Say 'Never' (Boston.com)
<http://www.digitalmass.com/columns/software/0724.html>
When Microsoft vowed its browser could never be removed from Windows98, code junkies heard a challenge
For The Good Of The Web: An Open Letter To Netscape (The Web Standards Project)
<http://www.webstandards.org/wfw/ns0700.html>
How can standards advocates continue to point to your example while criticizing other browser makers? How can we demand that Microsoft "do what Netscape is doing," when, from a business perspective, "what Netscape is doing" is bleeding market share while failing to ship product?
Why The Mozilla Dragon Still Has Bite (osOpinion)
<http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/ErikSeveringhaus/ErikSeveringhaus1.html>
"This is not the end, it is not the beginning of the end, but it might be the end of the beginning."
King E-Novel Short Of Expected Demand (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/07/biztech/articles/25king.html>
Demand for Stephen King's new electronic book fell far short of his last, when 400,000 fans jammed computer servers to download it in the first few days.
Do You Know Stephen King? (Scripting News)
<http://davenet.userland.com/2000/07/24/doYouKnowStepenKing>
By erecting barriers, as Amazon has, and being aggressive about it, they are milking a cash cow they didn't create.
== PenguinSurf (Top Stories) ====================
IBM's New Tools Blend Linux With Bluetooth (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-2340775.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
BM today released new tools that combine Linux with Bluetooth wireless technology, merging two of the hottest technologies in an effort to spur wireless networking.
== PenguinSurf (News) ====================
IBM's New Tools Blend Linux With Bluetooth (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-2340775.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
BM today released new tools that combine Linux with Bluetooth wireless technology, merging two of the hottest technologies in an effort to spur wireless networking.
Red Hat Shares Dive On News OF CFO Departure (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2335727.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Shares in Linux leader Red Hat dropped more than 12 percent today, after chief financial officer Hal Covert announced he was leaving for the same position at struggling hardware maker SGI, after just four months with Red Hat.
Eazel Does It (Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/07/25/eazel/index.html>
With its nifty Nautilus file manager, Eazel might make Linux safe for the desktop.
== The AppleSurf Reader ====================
McCain For Veep: It's Still Not Too Late! (Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/Readme/00-07-24/Readme.asp>
When the press won't take no for an answer. By Michael Kinsley.
The Flies Swarm In (The Economist)
<http://www.economist.com/editorial/freeforall/current/index_sa4388.html>
Use of the Internet and mobile phones is exploding in China. It does not necessarily spell the end of the authoritarian state.
Slush, Slush, Sweet Stephen (Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/books/log/2000/07/25/king/index.html>
King doesn't realize the real-life horror he's unleashed on the public. By Laura Miller.
== SingaporeSurf (Top Stories) ====================
Government Must Lead In Developing Entrepreneurs (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/sin16_0726.html>
Non-intervention may work in Silicon Valley, but not here. The Govt should lead, and then step back when things are on track, says DPM Tony Tan.
Age Of Englightenment (Time)
<http://www.cnn.com/ASIANOW/time/asiabuzz/2000/07/25/>
Fat girls, tight dresses,w hat's the dotcom world coming to?
== SingaporeSurf (News) ====================
Government Must Lead In Developing Entrepreneurs (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/sin16_0726.html>
Non-intervention may work in Silicon Valley, but not here. The Govt should lead, and then step back when things are on track, says DPM Tony Tan.
Bond-Breaking: Don't Blame Press (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/for2_0726.html>
Lim Boon Hee: The 11 should be held fully responsible for their own views. The press is only a medium for their expression.
== SingaporeSurf (Technology) ====================
StarHub Tie-Up To Offer SMEs Toll-Free Internet Calls (Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/3/news/nsing03.html>
Starhub yesterday said it has partnered ComEase.com, a provider of voice-over-Internet protocol (VoIP) service, to offer toll-free calls on the Internet to companies.
Age Of Englightenment (Time)
<http://www.cnn.com/ASIANOW/time/asiabuzz/2000/07/25/>
Fat girls, tight dresses,w hat's the dotcom world coming to?
== SingaporeSurf (Entertainment) ====================
It's Not Just A Mall, It's A Learning Centre (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/sin24_0726.html>
Opening in 2002, the themed complex in Sengkang will give shoppers nuggets of information on all floors.
Raffles To Get New Six-Star Hotel (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/money/sinb1_0726.html>
A new 200-room six-star "hotel within a hotel'' will emerge from Singapore's tallest hotel -- the Westin Stamford -- as both landmark hotels at the Raffles City complex undergo a multi-million-dollar spruce-up.
More information about the applesurf-list
mailing list