[MyAppleMenu] Jul 26, 2000

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

Apple Pro Mouse (Macworld)
<http://macworld.zdnet.com/2000/07/25/reviews/mouse.html>
Apple's new optical mouse is a work of art carved in Lucite.

The iMac Evolution: Steve Jobs At His Best (Themestream)
<http://www.themestream.com/gspd_browse/browse/view_article.gsp?c_id=119989&id_list=&cookied=T>
When a computer called the iMac was introduced to the public more than two years ago by a nearly dead computer company with a name of a fruit, no one seriously thought that it would sell, much less save the company. Actually, this statement isn't quite correct. No one, except one person.

The Obligatory Cube Article: Design And Marketing Of The New Apple G4 Cube (osOpinion)
<http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/RomanAclef/RomanAclef9.html>
So here it is. The Cube is going to be a hit. Not a home run like the iMac was, but a nice solid line drive that, with a little pushing, could add significantly to Apples bottom line. The reasons for this lie in its primary selling points, which are; Design, Power, and Price.

Beige Boxes Bog Standard Stays (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/1/12144.html>
Beige PCs look like they have a long and healthy life ahead of them, just as long as Intel and the others don't start developing cuboid cases all of a sudden.

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

Writing's On Wall For Mac OS X (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2607921,00.html>
Is the pen mightier than the keyboard? Mac users may soon be drawing that conclusion, thanks to forthcoming pen-input software from Apple Computer Inc.

NY Expo Sets Attendance Record (MacCentral)
<http://www.maccentral.com/news/0007/26.expo.shtml>
The just-completed Macworld Expo in New York City had a record 61,250 attendees making it the largest Expo ever on the east coast.

Startup Park At Siggraph (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2000/07/23/0725startupsig.html>
Some of the most interesting products at Siggraph 2000 come from the least-known vendors, including a 3-D mouse that looks like a soccer ball and a Photoshop/AfterEffects plug-in that intelligently removes noise from still or moving images

Web 3D Developers Duke It Out At Siggraph (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2000/07/23/0726sigwebthreed.html>
Metastream, Macromedia, Pulse Entertainment and others are competing to deliver interactive 3-D content to Web browsers. Most are promising improved Mac support.

After iMac, Pressure Mounts On Apple (USA Today)
<http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20000725/2485465s.htm>
With the Cube, a new rainbow of iMacs, Jobs' marketing powers and a new operating system on the way, Apple is rolling. It has six months to work on its next act.

Trends At Macworld (Low End Mac)
<http://lowendmac.com/musings/mwny726.html>

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

It's Going To Be A Rough Ride (Macworld)
<http://macworld.zdnet.com/2000/09/features/osx/essay.html>
In the end, Mac OS X may be a remarkable success, both in terms of Apple's Herculean programming efforts and in terms of the ultimate benefit to Mac users. But that's a judgment that can't truly be made for at least another year.

The iMac Evolution: Steve Jobs At His Best (Themestream)
<http://www.themestream.com/gspd_browse/browse/view_article.gsp?c_id=119989&id_list=&cookied=T>
When a computer called the iMac was introduced to the public more than two years ago by a nearly dead computer company with a name of a fruit, no one seriously thought that it would sell, much less save the company. Actually, this statement isn't quite correct. No one, except one person.

The Eternal Question: Is Apple Corporate Secrecy Justified? (Mac Night Owl)
<http://www.macnightowl.com/index.htm#secrecy>
Surely there's a way to bring in more journalists into the process and give them information, under strict nondisclosure, so they can better inform readers when new products are ready to roll.

iMac Colors Good, Bad, The Ugly (MacMonkey)
<http://www.macmonkey.com/dave/newColors.asp>
Snow seems like an attempt to go back to beige and get businesses more interested, or a way to keep kids from licking the cases, I'm not sure which.

Why Apple Should Open Source Final Cut (MacUser)
<http://www.macuser.co.uk/macsurfer/php3/openframe.php3?page=newnews/newsarticle.php3?id=316>
Going along the open source route would show developers that Apple is not in the business of competing with them, and that even if the company is forced to develop products in-house in order to kickstart a market, it is not going to continue to dominate that market.

There Is Nothing Wrong With Mozilla (LinuxToday)
<http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2000-07-25-001-07-OP-SM>
I wouldn't be surprised if a future seminar points to Mozilla as a good example of how to run an Open Source project.

The Obligatory Cube Article: Design And Marketing Of The New Apple G4 Cube (osOpinion)
<http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/RomanAclef/RomanAclef9.html>
So here it is. The Cube is going to be a hit. Not a home run like the iMac was, but a nice solid line drive that, with a little pushing, could add significantly to Apples bottom line. The reasons for this lie in its primary selling points, which are; Design, Power, and Price.

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

SoundJam MP (Apple iReview)
<http://ireview.mac.com/WebObjects/iReview.woa/wa/GoReview?u=13652536&site=135&cat=1002>
A full-featured MP3 player and recorder, SoundJam MP provides all of the tools to transform any Mac into a versatile jukebox, limited only by the size of a hard drive.

Apple Pro Mouse (Macworld)
<http://macworld.zdnet.com/2000/07/25/reviews/mouse.html>
Apple's new optical mouse is a work of art carved in Lucite.

Macsense UKB-600 Keyboard (Low End Mac)
<http://lowendmac.com/usb/macsense.html>

Freeway 3.0 (Macworld)
<http://macworld.zdnet.com/2000/09/reviews/freeway.html>
Web tool will please designers, disappoint web professionals.

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

Beige Boxes Bog Standard Stays (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/1/12144.html>
Beige PCs look like they have a long and healthy life ahead of them, just as long as Intel and the others don't start developing cuboid cases all of a sudden.

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

Let's Put Rambus Out Of Its Misery (eWEEK)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2605391,00.html>
IntelÑthe company that made rambus what it is todayÑhas proved rambus lacks the goods.

Microsoft Fills Holes In Old Outlook Versions (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-2352471.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Microsoft said it has issued a new security patch for older versions of its Outlook and Outlook Express email products to fix a trio of software bugs.

Rambus Drops On Intel's Pentium 4 Decision (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2351905.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Shares of semiconductor designer Rambus tumbled today following Intel's announcement that the controversial memory based around Rambus' designs won't be the only option for Pentium 4 desktop PCs.

Microsoft Showcases Home Wired To Internet (San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/indepth/docs/mshome072600.htm>
Microsoft Corp.'s home of the future does just about everything but let the cat out and tuck you into bed.

Beige Boxes Bog Standard Stays (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/1/12144.html>
Beige PCs look like they have a long and healthy life ahead of them, just as long as Intel and the others don't start developing cuboid cases all of a sudden.

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

Advertisers Renegotiating Deals With Portals (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-2350751.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
How quickly the tables have turned in the online advertising business.

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

How To Snipe On eBay (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2607426,00.html>
As a public service, I will now reveal my secret plan never to get sucker-punched on eBay again.

IMUnified Good, Government Bad (Inter at ctive Week)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2607336,00.html>
Depending on where you stand, the companies behind IMUnified, a new open standard for universal instant messaging announced Tuesday could look like a marauding horde or the cavalry.

Scientists Spot Achilles' Heel Of The Internet (Reuters)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2607716,00.html>
New research warns that if cyberterrorists attack the Web in just the right spots, the whole thing could blow into isolated bits.

U.S. Wants More Cybercrime Laws (Reuters)
<http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,37809,00.html>
More than 100 countries do not have the laws to deal with computer-related crime, undercutting efforts to battle a growing international threat, law enforcement officials said on Wednesday.

Advertisers Renegotiating Deals With Portals (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-2350751.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
How quickly the tables have turned in the online advertising business.

Microsoft Fills Holes In Old Outlook Versions (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-2352471.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Microsoft said it has issued a new security patch for older versions of its Outlook and Outlook Express email products to fix a trio of software bugs.

Amazon Loss Beats Expectations, But Sales Stall (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-2352482.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Online retailer Amazon.com reported a second-quarter per-share loss today that was slightly less than Wall Street analysts expected.

Microsoft Showcases Home Wired To Internet (San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/indepth/docs/mshome072600.htm>
Microsoft Corp.'s home of the future does just about everything but let the cat out and tuck you into bed.

AOL Competitors Agree On Standards For Instant Messaging (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/07/biztech/articles/26instant-messaging.html>
A group of high-tech companies that includes Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo! Inc. said Tuesday it will make its instant messaging services compatible with each other this fall.

Amazon President Quits (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/07/biztech/articles/26amazon.html>
Joseph Galli, the president and C.O.O. of Amazon.com, resigned after a year to become president and chief executive of VerticalNet, an Internet company that runs 56 Web sites devoted to specific industries.

There Is Nothing Wrong With Mozilla (LinuxToday)
<http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2000-07-25-001-07-OP-SM>
I wouldn't be surprised if a future seminar points to Mozilla as a good example of how to run an Open Source project.

Does Group-Shopping Work? (Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/Features/groupshop/groupshop.asp>
Group buying just illustrates a time-honored truth. It's possible to save time or money—but not both.

Pay.gov (Associated Press)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/437586.asp>
The Clinton administration plans to launch an electronic system this fall that Americans can use to make a wide variety of payments to the government — from families paying for a camping license for a national park to corporations paying fines.

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

Is It Time For Linux To Start Playing Dirty? (osOpinion)
<http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/BenHarris/BenHarris1.html>
Why not? Just think of it: Open Source Anti-competitive Practices. It has the curious ring of a paradox or a contradiction and the result would be poetic justice for Microsoft.

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

Seasonal (Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/Poem/00-07-25/Poem.asp>
By Maggie Dietz.

There's Something About Jane (Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2000/07/26/austen/index.html>
Why imitators and sequel writers can't leave Austen alone -- and why they should. By Emily Jenkins.

I Stole From Stephen King (Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/business/feature/2000/07/26/king/index.html>
The honor system? I don't think so. By Andrew Essex.

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

Singapore Can Lead In Teaching For New Economy (Business Times)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/4/views/views02.html>
Just as businesses are rapidly restructuring and the entire Singapore economy is being transformed, it is time to take a long, hard look at the teaching of economics and see how it needs to be transformed.

Boon Heng To Media: Reflect On Role (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/sin3_0727.html>
With greater competition, the industry should improve standards rather than play up crimes, sex and scandals to earn more revenue.

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

Singapore Can Lead In Teaching For New Economy (Business Times)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/4/views/views02.html>
Just as businesses are rapidly restructuring and the entire Singapore economy is being transformed, it is time to take a long, hard look at the teaching of economics and see how it needs to be transformed.

Boon Heng To Media: Reflect On Role (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/sin3_0727.html>
With greater competition, the industry should improve standards rather than play up crimes, sex and scandals to earn more revenue.

Taking Maid To Club? Check First (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/sin1_0727.html>
Four out of seven clubs surveyed say maids are not welcome on their premises, citing their by-laws.

7-Eleven Keen On MRT Outlets (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/money/sinb16_0727.html>
7-Eleven will consider approaching the Singapore Mass Rapid Transit Corporation (SMRT) to set up stores in MRT stations to cater to the commuter market.

SMRT Makes Dull Trading Debut (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/money/sinb1_0727.html>

Singapore Warns Of Asean Irrelevance (Financial Times)
<http://news.ft.com/ft/gx.cgi/ftc?pagename=View&c=Article&cid=FT30DFAJ2BC&live=true&tagid=ZZZC19QUA0C&subheading=asia%20pacific>
Singapore warned on Monday that a key grouping of south-east Asian countries was in danger of being relegated to the sidelines of the world economy.

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

IDA Learns How Others Grant 3G Licences (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/money/sinb10_0727.html>

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

Primetime Game Show Begins Run Here Today (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/life/life6_0727.html>
Television Corporation of Singapore has bought 13 Australian episodes of the popular programme The Price Is Right and will air it on TCS 5 every Thursday and Friday at 6.30 pm.

Coffee At Changi Airport (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/life/life1_0727.html>
Gourmet coffee and other F&B outlets are hotting up at Changi Airport to serve not only travellers, but increasingly, shoppers and diners, too.