[MyAppleMenu] Jun 4, 2000

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

Apple Making Inroads Into PC-dominated Mississippi (Mississippi Business Journal)
<http://www.msbusiness.com/mbj052900/mac.html>
The Mac market continues to explode in metro Jackson, with a buzz building about the latest Unix-based OS Mac.

Not Just Antitrust Bedevils Microsoft (Newhouse News Service)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/415174.asp>
Software giant assailed as a cultural menace, too.

Mac Plans On Course, Corel Says (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2000/05/28/0603coreldivest.html>
Financially strapped Corel, responding to a newspaper report that it may divest "non-core" assets as part of a drastic cost-cutting move, told MacWEEK that it has no plans to sell the graphics products recently acquired from MetaCreations.

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

Apple Making Inroads Into PC-dominated Mississippi (Mississippi Business Journal)
<http://www.msbusiness.com/mbj052900/mac.html>
The Mac market continues to explode in metro Jackson, with a buzz building about the latest Unix-based OS Mac.

Hon Hai Precision To Build 'iMac' Computers For Apple, EDN Says (Bloomberg)
<http://www.cnetinvestor.com/newsitem-fd-bloomberg.asp?symbol=89714699>
Production of iMacs will begin in the third quarter at Hon Hai's Czech Republic plant.

Mac Plans On Course, Corel Says (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2000/05/28/0603coreldivest.html>
Financially strapped Corel, responding to a newspaper report that it may divest "non-core" assets as part of a drastic cost-cutting move, told MacWEEK that it has no plans to sell the graphics products recently acquired from MetaCreations.

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

Not Just Antitrust Bedevils Microsoft (Newhouse News Service)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/415174.asp>
Software giant assailed as a cultural menace, too.

Microsoft Will Test Justices' Prowess (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/06/biztech/articles/04soft.html>
When the Supreme Court confronted its first Internet case, Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union, three years ago, the justices received special training from their library staff. Soon, the Microsoft antitrust case will be heading toward the Court. But in the world of platforms, applications, source codes and interfaces, familiarity may not be fluency.

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

'Invitation' To Read Files In Microsoft's IIS Obscured By News Of various Vulnerabilities (InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/00/06/05/000605opswatch.xml>
Take, for example, the recent announcement of a handful of semirelated vulnerabilities in Microsoft's Internet Information Server (IIS) that looked fairly straightforward. Peering between the lines, however, makes for more interesting reading.

Don't Cry For Us, Microsoft (IDG.Net)
<http://www.idg.net/ic_185036_1794_9-10000.html>
Seattle's high-tech community is quite confident that it can thrive on its own, even if its main employer gets split in two.

Not Just Antitrust Bedevils Microsoft (Newhouse News Service)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/415174.asp>
Software giant assailed as a cultural menace, too.

Microsoft Will Test Justices' Prowess (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/06/biztech/articles/04soft.html>
When the Supreme Court confronted its first Internet case, Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union, three years ago, the justices received special training from their library staff. Soon, the Microsoft antitrust case will be heading toward the Court. But in the world of platforms, applications, source codes and interfaces, familiarity may not be fluency.

The Invisible Computer (PC Magazine)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2581030,00.html>
[W]hat we know as portable computers will go the way of dinosaurs once the true "invisible" or virtual computer arrives.
 

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

Singapore's Surfers Get More Sophisticated (Singapore Computerworld)
<http://www.idg.net/ic_184974_1773_1-483.html>
The Internet population in Singapore is not only increasing in number, it is also growing in sophistication, according to ACNielsen eRatings.com, a firm that tracks audiences and user activity on the Internet.

GM Unveils Web Site Offering New Incentives (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/06/biztech/articles/03autos-internet.html>
General Motors Corp. Friday unveiled the auto industry's largest sales promotion on the Internet as it became the latest automaker to offer new buying incentives as the summer selling season heats up.

Photo Albums On The Internet Can Be Just A Click Or Two Away (San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/indepth/docs/share060500.htm>
Many of the sites will store volumes of photos for free, expecting to make money when you order prints, mugs, T-shirts, pastries or any number of other items with your favorite snapshots emblazoned on them.

Clinton Wants Information Superhighway Routed To Poor Regions (Associated Press)
<http://www.techserver.com/noframes/story/0,2294,500211767-500297897-501635869-0,00.html>
President Clinton floated some ideas Saturday for how to use the Internet to improve lives and fight poverty in the developing world, from downloading school books in poor villages to marketing native crafts online.

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

Taking Stock Of Linux (Computer Reseller News)
<http://www.crn.com/supersite/news/news.asp?RSID=CWEB&ArticleID=17113>
The big three Linux IPOs have not just fallen on hard times, they've fallen in front of a bus.

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

Taking Stock Of Linux (Computer Reseller News)
<http://www.crn.com/supersite/news/news.asp?RSID=CWEB&ArticleID=17113>
The big three Linux IPOs have not just fallen on hard times, they've fallen in front of a bus.

UK Linux Expo: Growth, Suits And Vodka (SlashDot)
<http://slashdot.org/articles/00/06/03/1340215.shtml>
Frequent book reviewer and genuine Englishman Duncan Lawie sent us this first-person account of UK Linux Expo 2000.

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

Clicking The Habit (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/library/magazine/home/20000604mag-lives.html>
So it comes to this: Write books or play another round of hearts on the computer? By Lynne Sharon Schwartz.

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

If Singapore Media Is Liberalised... (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/sin17_0604.html>
[I]f people do not read or watch, how is it to play its role as an instrument in building social cohesion and help anchor Singaporeans to Singapore? ... The conundrum has been around for some time, says one observer, and its root cause is simple -- the lack of competition.

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

Singapore's Surfers Get More Sophisticated (Singapore Computerworld)
<http://www.idg.net/ic_184974_1773_1-483.html>
The Internet population in Singapore is not only increasing in number, it is also growing in sophistication, according to ACNielsen eRatings.com, a firm that tracks audiences and user activity on the Internet.

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

The Heereen Shapes Up As Teen Magnet (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/life/life21_0604.html>
Ignore His Master's Voice (HMV) for now. Teens are pricking up their ears for something other than cool music at the shopping mall The Heeren -- the funky clothes.

Actress Ivy Lee's Star Is Rising (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/life/life13_0604.html>
The mother, who collects Hello Kitty products, says that parenthood has loosened her up in front of the TV camera.

Mystery Over Artist's Identity (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/life/life2_0604.html>
Lee Man Fong, an Indonesian artist who spent his last years here, is not always recognised as a pioneer of the Singapore art scene.

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

If Singapore Media Is Liberalised... (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/sin17_0604.html>
[I]f people do not read or watch, how is it to play its role as an instrument in building social cohesion and help anchor Singaporeans to Singapore? ... The conundrum has been around for some time, says one observer, and its root cause is simple -- the lack of competition.

Breaking Up Is Easy To Do (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/pri1_0604.html>
Marriage is hard work and more couples are throwing in the towel, often within the first five years.