[MyAppleMenu] Jun 22, 2000

[applesurf at myapplemenu.comapplesurf]

MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

Kill Mister Paperclip! (Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/06/22/paperclip/index.html>
As Microsoft prepares to unveil its next-generation software, we offer a few gentle suggestions.

Mac's AirPort Is Finally Flying Straight (BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/june2000/nf00621b.htm>
The glitches, difficult setup, and slow connections are gone, allowing Apple's wireless networking to fulfill its great potential.

Portsmouth To Buy 105 New Computers For Schools (Foster's Daily Democrat)
<http://www.fosters.com/news2000b/june/21/po0621d.htm>
"Macintosh is the machinery of choice at the elementary school."

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

Still No ADSL For USB Macs (Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/top_news_item.cfm?NewsID=1479>
BT Technical Support present a confused account of the reasons for the wait.

Hardware Gallery (Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/hardware/gallery/>
Enjoy 360¡ QuickTime VR views of AppleÕs best hardware.

Olympus Announces $999 Dye-Sub Printer (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2000/06/18/0622dyesub.html>
Olympus America has announced a new $999 dye-sublimation printer that produces photos at up to 8 x 10 inches in 90 seconds. The P-400 joins the company's P-330, a dye-sub printer limited to producing 4 x 5-inch prints.

Play MYST For Me: The Classic Game Evolves (Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/games/articles/2000/06/myst/>
Modern game developers face a unique challenge that traditional game publishers never faced Ñ how to keep a game fresh and current in the face of constant technological change.

Kaidan, MGI Team Up For Mirage (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2000/06/18/0622mgikaidan.html>
The forthcoming VR production system, combining Kaidan's KiWi camera rig with MGI's PhotoVista software, will challenge Ipix' immersive-imaging technology.

Montgomery Schools Pursue Leasing Newer Computers (Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54436-2000Jun14.html>
"Even if we made the decision to go to a single platform that was PC-based, there's still a place for Macs in the schools. We would never not have Macs."

Questions Mount About Corel's Viability (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2123033.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Shares of embattled Corel sank today as investors pondered the Canadian software developer's weakening prospects and questioned its odds for survival.

Schools Going High Tech (The Carteret County News-times)
<http://www.carteretnewstimes.com/headln3.htm>
As new replacement equipment is brought in, there will be a gradual phasing in of more compact computers, and a move away from Apple. The main problem has been that Apple has switched its software several times in the past few years, making it difficult for the school system to keep compatible equipment.

Portsmouth To Buy 105 New Computers For Schools (Foster's Daily Democrat)
<http://www.fosters.com/news2000b/june/21/po0621d.htm>
"Macintosh is the machinery of choice at the elementary school."

Apple's Stock Split Pushes Price Higher (The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/news/00/june/000621/applstocksplit2.shtml>
It sure looks as if this stock split is helping AAPL out of its recent doldrums.

Apple Stays Ahead Of Dell, HP, Compaq, And gateway (The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/news/00/june/000621/pcdatatop10000621.shtml>
For the fourth week in a row, Apple Computer has again found its web site at the top of the PC Data Top 10 rankings for Hardware sites.

Software Takes A Byte Out Of Graphics File (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2000/06/18/0621piranha.html>
Piranha Byte claims 8:1 lossless compression ratios on digital images, and it squeezes PDF and QuarkXPress documents too. But the software will also bite your bank account: It costs more than a Power Mac G4.

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

Who Pay These People To Say These Things? (MacOPINION)
<http://www.macopinion.com/columns/intelligence/00/06/22/index.html>
You have to wonder what reviewers of MS Software are paid to say nice things about this horrible bloatware.

What Makes A Mac User A Mac User (MacOS Daily)
<http://www.macosdaily.com/culture/train_014_20000622.shtml>
Well, maybe it is just me, but I've got all the signs of religious attachment to my Macs. By Tim Hillman.

Bungie's Mac Ties (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2591950,00.html>
Ringing down the curtain on Bungie's Mac efforts would say less about the Mac's vitality as a game machine than it would about Microsoft' swillingness to ignore technology, customers and profit for the benefit of its own platform agenda.

Thinking Different And Mental Illness (Applelust.com)
<http://www.applelust.com/html/infiniteloop/archive/loop013.html>
In order to 'think different' one must first think.

Bottlenecks: What Is Your Mac's Slowest Component? (Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/back%26forth/2k0622.html>
The slowest part of your computer system could be -- you.

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

A Macintosh Summer Vacation (Low End Mac)
<http://lowendmac.com/macinschool/2k0623.html>
Mac software for use during summer vacation.

Welcome To The Wrong OS (Low End Mac)
<http://lowendmac.com/archive/2k0623.html>
Picking the wrong OS for your Mac can be a real nightmare.

Low End Mac Workhorses (Low End Mac)
<http://lowendmac.com/myturn/2k0623.html>
Imagine running an ISP with SE/30s, Quadras, and PowerBooks. Those old Macs are incredible workhorses!

Caesar III (Insanely Great Mac)
<http://www.insanely-great.com/reviews/caesar3.html>
No matter how many times you start a new game of Caesar III, you will find new strategies to try and terrains to explore, making this game replayable over and over again without the repetition or monotony seen in other sim games. By Debbie St. Germain.

Mac's AirPort Is Finally Flying Straight (BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/june2000/nf00621b.htm>
The glitches, difficult setup, and slow connections are gone, allowing Apple's wireless networking to fulfill its great potential.

Epson Stylus Scan 2500 Pro (MacAddict)
<http://www.macaddict.com/news/reviews/2000_07_11.shtml>
The 2500 would make a great addition to any small office or home office.

Now Up-To-Date & Contact 3.9 (Macworld)
<http://macworld.zdnet.com/2000/08/reviews/now_up.html>
Back from the brink of doom, the package works well with modern Macs and is once again in active development.

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

Microsoft Reveals Plans For Web-based Software Services (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2128557.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Microsoft executives at company headquarters here today announced a new business strategy--called Microsoft.Net--aimed at making Microsoft's existing software available over the Web to traditional PCs and to new, increasingly popular devices such as cell phones and personal digital assistants.

Kill Mister Paperclip! (Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/06/22/paperclip/index.html>
As Microsoft prepares to unveil its next-generation software, we offer a few gentle suggestions.

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

Ballmer: 'Windows Isn't Going Away' (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2592778,00.html>
Microsoft's CEO says the company is still improving its ubiquitous OS. But an increasing share of the company's sales will come from subscriptions.

Who Pay These People To Say These Things? (MacOPINION)
<http://www.macopinion.com/columns/intelligence/00/06/22/index.html>
You have to wonder what reviewers of MS Software are paid to say nice things about this horrible bloatware.

Net Appliances Still In PCs' Shadow (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-2130576.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Intel's Dot.Station is only the latest of several initiatives by major vendors to launch Internet appliances, or very thin clients that provide Web surfing, email and a few simple functions.

Microsoft Brewing Java-like Language (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2128454.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Microsoft next week plans to unveil a new, Java-like software programming language intended to simplify the building of Web services using its software, sources said.

Microsoft C# A Clear Answer To Java (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2130560.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
C# is designed to combine	the power of C and C++ with Visual Basic's high productivity and ease of use.

DOJ Asks Supreme Court To Hear Microsoft Case (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2130555.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Microsoft's antitrust appeal moved one step closer to the Supreme Court this afternoon.

Microsoft Reveals Plans For Web-based Software Services (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2128557.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Microsoft executives at company headquarters here today announced a new business strategy--called Microsoft.Net--aimed at making Microsoft's existing software available over the Web to traditional PCs and to new, increasingly popular devices such as cell phones and personal digital assistants.

Intel Joins Crowded Device Market With Dot.Station (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-2127604.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Intel will enter the increasingly crowded field for Internet appliances today with the Dot.Station, a countertop terminal powered by Red Hat Linux that lets people surf the Web, exchange emails and make phone calls.

Windows ME The Last Win9x OS? Maybe Not... (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/1/11493.html>
Just when you're getting used to the idea that Windows ME really is the last of the Win9x line of operating systems, you get a hint that maybe it's not, after all. By John Lettice.

If You Break It, They Will Come... Back (osOpinion)
<http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/LeonardSvitenko/LeonardSvitenko1.html>
The sad thing about this whole affair is that by ordering the breakup of Microsoft the judge missed a prime opportunity to do real damage to the company. By Leonard Svitenko.

MS Lifts Curtain On Way-New Windows (eWEEK)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2592164,00.html>
Next Generation Windows Services turns the OS into a services and hosting platform. Judge Jackson may have a different view.

Microsoft Shares Climb After Judge's Decision (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2122773.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Shares in Microsoft--long suffering from uncertainty surrounding its antitrust case--surged today, one day after a judge suspended business restrictions placed on the software giant pending appeal.

Kill Mister Paperclip! (Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/06/22/paperclip/index.html>
As Microsoft prepares to unveil its next-generation software, we offer a few gentle suggestions.

Software Takes A Byte Out Of Graphics File (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2000/06/18/0621piranha.html>
Piranha Byte claims 8:1 lossless compression ratios on digital images, and it squeezes PDF and QuarkXPress documents too. But the software will also bite your bank account: It costs more than a Power Mac G4.

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

Engineers Seek To Teach The Web New Languages (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-2130487.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Responding to exploding use of the Internet in other countries, programmers who devise online standards want to reinvent the ABCs of the Web and email.

Girsly Dot-Com Saga As A Reduced Salon Faces Cold Reality (Bloomberg)
<http://www.observer.com/pages/story.asp?ID=2884>
So why, we may ask, was this business started in the first place? So that a group of talented writers and commentators could perform like barking seals for a year or two, while an obscure San Francisco underwriting shop bagged $1.3 million in underwriting fees even as their own clients get hosed? By Christopher Byron.

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

AT&T Prevails In Open Access (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,37169,00.html>
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals handed a key victory to the largest telecom provider in the United States by overturning a decision that had required the company to open its high-speed Internet cable to competitors.

Court Says Anti-Smut Law Illegal (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,37171,00.html>
The Child Online Protection Act's language is so broad that it is in violation of the First Amendment, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals rules.

Net Appliances Still In PCs' Shadow (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-2130576.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Intel's Dot.Station is only the latest of several initiatives by major vendors to launch Internet appliances, or very thin clients that provide Web surfing, email and a few simple functions.

Engineers Seek To Teach The Web New Languages (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-2130487.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Responding to exploding use of the Internet in other countries, programmers who devise online standards want to reinvent the ABCs of the Web and email.

MP3.com To Work With About.com To Promote Online Music (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-2130534.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Online music company MP3.com is joining forces with Internet media provider About.com in an effort to increase its presence on the Web.

Microsoft Reveals Plans For Web-based Software Services (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2128557.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Microsoft executives at company headquarters here today announced a new business strategy--called Microsoft.Net--aimed at making Microsoft's existing software available over the Web to traditional PCs and to new, increasingly popular devices such as cell phones and personal digital assistants.

Vendors Team On In-Flight Internet (allNetDevices)
<http://www.allnetdevices.com/wireless/news/2000/06/22/vendors_team.html>
A group of vendors have entered a long-term agreement to develop broadband Internet and e-mail access in commercial airlines.

P3P Privacy Technology Slammed (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2591856,00.html>
Consumer groups say P3P technology allows companies to collect more consumer information, not less.

Intel Joins Crowded Device Market With Dot.Station (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-2127604.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Intel will enter the increasingly crowded field for Internet appliances today with the Dot.Station, a countertop terminal powered by Red Hat Linux that lets people surf the Web, exchange emails and make phone calls.

The Lessons Of Salon.com (Fool.com)
<http://www.fool.com/news/2000/foolplate000621.htm>
With so many online content companies' shares falling into penny-stock land, it's easy to say "I told you so." By Dave marino-Nachison.

Girsly Dot-Com Saga As A Reduced Salon Faces Cold Reality (Bloomberg)
<http://www.observer.com/pages/story.asp?ID=2884>
So why, we may ask, was this business started in the first place? So that a group of talented writers and commentators could perform like barking seals for a year or two, while an obscure San Francisco underwriting shop bagged $1.3 million in underwriting fees even as their own clients get hosed? By Christopher Byron.

Court Orders Owner Of PETA Paraody Site To Relinquish Address (Associated Press)
<http://www.boston.com/news/daily/21/peta.htm>
"He did a selfish and self-serving thing by trying to profit from the name of an organization that serves to help animals." By Sonja Barisic.

MP3.com Wants To Be Your Music Service Provider (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-2124986.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
By cutting a deal with two major record companies--and aggressively seeking more such deals--MP3.com has managed to overcome a legal defeat and is scrambling to build itself a role in the emerging industry of online music distribution.

Sci-Fi Sites Combine Online Operations (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-2125027.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
USA Networks' science fiction Web site, SciFi.com, today said it is merging with the Web offerings of Centropolis, creators of movies such as "Independence Day," in a move that combines the two largest sci-fi sites on the Web.

Software Takes A Byte Out Of Graphics File (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2000/06/18/0621piranha.html>
Piranha Byte claims 8:1 lossless compression ratios on digital images, and it squeezes PDF and QuarkXPress documents too. But the software will also bite your bank account: It costs more than a Power Mac G4.

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

Intel Joins Crowded Device Market With Dot.Station (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-2127604.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Intel will enter the increasingly crowded field for Internet appliances today with the Dot.Station, a countertop terminal powered by Red Hat Linux that lets people surf the Web, exchange emails and make phone calls.

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

Girsly Dot-Com Saga As A Reduced Salon Faces Cold Reality (Bloomberg)
<http://www.observer.com/pages/story.asp?ID=2884>
So why, we may ask, was this business started in the first place? So that a group of talented writers and commentators could perform like barking seals for a year or two, while an obscure San Francisco underwriting shop bagged $1.3 million in underwriting fees even as their own clients get hosed? By Christopher Byron.

Books I Could Have Written (Chicago Sun-Times)
<http://www.suntimes.com/output/smoron/paige21.html>
Regrets? I've had a few. By Paige Smoron.

A Soft Landing? (Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/opinion/columns/samuelsonrobert/A31520-2000Jun20.html>
The trouble with analogies is that, even as they clarify, they oversimplify. By Robert J. Samuelson.

Kill Mister Paperclip! (Salon)
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/cgi-bin/surfAdd.cgi>
As Microsoft prepares to unveil its next-generation software, we offer a few gentle suggestions. By Kaitlin Quistgaard.

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

Dot.coms Cna Move Into Factory Areas (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/pri8_0623.html>
URA eases rules, allowing dot.coms to locate in areas zoned for industry, warehouses and business parks.

Survey Shows Two-thirds Of Singaporeans 'Connected' At Home (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/articles/2000/06/22/singaporenews30253.htm>
A survey on "connectivity" has revealed that two-thirds of Singaporeans are connected in the comfort of their homes, via PCs, cable TV, mobile phones or PDAs such as Palm-tops. By Madhu Sachdev.

HDB Dwellers Aim For Bigger, Better Homes (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/pri1_0622.html>
Within the next five years, every third HDB household is likely to move to a new home.

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

Let's Spread Cheers All Around (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/life/life1_0623.html>
After two years of testing the waters, NTUC FairPrice is going full steam into the business of providing goods to people who want things quickly.

Off To Court If You're Caught On The Phone (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/pri1_0623.html>
If you are a motorist who insists on speaking on your mobile phone as you drive, that bad habit may cost you dearly.

Tourism, Property Consultants Don't Mix (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/for5_0623.html>
Francis Ng Kian Guan: [Singapore Tourism Board] should bear in mind the Haw Par Villa fiasco.

Macworld Expo Poll Results (MacSingapore)
<http://www.macsingapore.com/news200006b.html#expo>
It would be nice to end the whole year with a Macworld Expo where we can all enjoy offers for the Christmas season and view Apple's achievements throughout the year.

Comfort Profit More Than Doubles To $45m (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/money/sinb2_0622.html>
The Comfort Group, which owns nearly two-thirds of all taxis in Singapore, has more than doubled its full-year net profits to $44.8 million.

HDB Dwellers Aim For Bigger, Better Homes (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/pri1_0622.html>
Within the next five years, every third HDB household is likely to move to a new home.

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

The Day Will Come When Cell Phones Will Come Free (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/cybernews/cyber1_0623.html>
They will be so common here, people will use them to shop and bank, among other things. Operators will give them out for free to protect market share.

Dot.coms Unlikely To Flock To Industrial Locations (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/money/sinb4_0623.html>
"The effect, if any, will be gradual, probably between six and 12 months."

Dot.coms Cna Move Into Factory Areas (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/pri8_0623.html>
URA eases rules, allowing dot.coms to locate in areas zoned for industry, warehouses and business parks.

Survey Shows Two-thirds Of Singaporeans 'Connected' At Home (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/articles/2000/06/22/singaporenews30253.htm>
A survey on "connectivity" has revealed that two-thirds of Singaporeans are connected in the comfort of their homes, via PCs, cable TV, mobile phones or PDAs such as Palm-tops. By Madhu Sachdev.

Get Mac OS 9 For S$148 With Postscript Font CD (MacSingapore)
<http://www.macsingapore.com/news200006b.html#macos9>
If you have not upgraded to Mac OS 9, now could be the chance.

AsiaSmart Gets 5,000 Subscribes, Eyes Music (CNET Singapore)
<http://singapore.cnet.com/news/2000/06/22/20000622b.html>
Online magazine subscription service company AsiaSmart Pte Ltd has registered 5,000 subscribers since its online magazine subscription service launched less than four months ago.

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

Riverdance Is Coming To Singapore (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/life/life2_0623.html>
A hippier version of the traditional toe-taps and high kicks, this critically-acclaimed show has been seen by 11 million people worldwide.

Hello, Kitty, Again... (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/sin7_0623.html>
Two different pairs of the toys are the prizes in two lucky draws.

Sing Sing Sing Singapore (Asia E!Online)
<http://asia.eonline.com/News/Stories/Content/0,1028,2846,00.html>
The Sing Singapore 2000 campaign is heading to the shopping malls. By Patrick Chng.

Movie Bonanza From Hallmark (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/life/life10_0622.html>
>From Audrey Hepburn to Billy Zane, the Hallmark Entertainment Film Festival is a feast of stars.