[AppleSurf Inbox] May 13, 2000

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== Top Stories ====================

WWDC Opens Monday (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2000/05/07/0512friwwdc.html>
Macintosh developers will get a healthy dose of Mac OS X next week as Apple holds its Worldwide Developer Conference, May 15-19 at the San Jose Convention Center. Apple is expected to show new features in its forthcoming OS, and may have a new preview release for developers.

== Seize the Day! (Great news for Mac users) ====================

New OS Tops Agenda For Apple Conference (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-1863691.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Chief executive Steve Jobs is expected to offer new details about Apple's forthcoming operating system, the OS X, when he kicks off Apple's annual developer forum Monday.

Apple Launches Small Business Open House National Tour (MacCentral)
<http://www.maccentral.com/news/0005/13.openhouse.shtml>
Attempting to enhance its lackluster position in the small business market, Apple has announced that it will be holding a Small Business Open House national tour. The hands-on solutions showcase will feature complete demonstrations of iMacs, G4s, iBooks, and PowerBooks fully loaded with the latest business software and hardware.

WWDC Opens Monday (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2000/05/07/0512friwwdc.html>
Macintosh developers will get a healthy dose of Mac OS X next week as Apple holds its Worldwide Developer Conference, May 15-19 at the San Jose Convention Center. Apple is expected to show new features in its forthcoming OS, and may have a new preview release for developers.

== Listen Up! (Opinions around the web) ====================

Microsoft Makes It Hard To Be A Web Developer (The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/perspectives/dueck/00/000512msnettech.html>
Fact of the matter is, Microsoft likes having things done their way - surprise, surprise.

== Thousand Flowers (News on Macintosh third-parties) ====================

Adobe Winning InDesign Users... Slowly (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2000/05/07/0510idearlyusers.html>
Adobe Systems appears to be making progress--albeit slowly--in its efforts to establish InDesign as an alternative to QuarkXPress as the page-layout software of choice for publishing pros. However, the program may be making its biggest gains among PC users as the Quark package remains entrenched on the Mac. 

Creative Labs Brings Digital Audio To Mac (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2000/05/07/0513eeefour.html>
Creative Labs plans to add some impressive features to the forthcoming Mac version of its PCI audio card, but Macs will not be able to take advantage of the card's 3-D sound-effects functions, at least in the current Mac OS. 

Corel Kills WordPerfect For The Mac (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2000/05/07/0512wordperf.html>
In an announcement that should take no one by surprise, Corel said on Friday that it will no longer develop WordPerfect 3.5 for the Mac. The software--once a major competitor to Microsoft Word--was last upgraded in 1996 and was never made PowerPC-native.

== Know Thy Enemy (Keeping track of the Wintel empire) ====================

Embrace, Extend, Censor (Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/05/11/slashdot_censor/index.html>
Microsoft asks Slashdot to remove posts revaling copyrighted information.

Microsoft To Reveal Windows Strategy (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-1863858.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Just as the government is recommending splitting Microsoft into two companies, the software maker is set to unveil its new strategy for Web-based services, which may tie the company's applications and operating systems businesses closer than ever before.

== Breaking Barriers (About the internet and the web) ====================

AOL To Let Family Members Online Simultaneously (Bloomberg News)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-1863575.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
The company currently allows as many as seven screen names, or Internet identities, per account. The feature is popular with families because each member of the household can have his or her own online name and email account. Still, only one screen name can be used at a time. 

Parents Remain Unclear On Online Privacy Law (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/05/cyber/articles/12coppa.html>
It has been more than three weeks since the federal Child Online Privacy Protection Act went into effect, yet many parents are still in the dark about the legislation. 

Net Not As Interconnected As You Think (MSNBC)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2569339,00.html>
The Web's most extensive mapping project ever shows that despite what we may think the Internet remains a one-way street.

Mother's Day Could Be Tough Test For Online Shops (Reuters)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-1863609.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
As millions of American sons and daughters scurry to find that perfect last-minute gift for Mother's Day, Internet retailers are bracing themselves for the second-busiest shopping period next to Christmas.

== Press Release (Spreading the news) ====================

iMovie Downloads Top 150,000 In First Week (Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2000/may/09imovie.html>
Apple's groundbreaking video editing software a hit with PowerBook and Power Mac G4 customers.

== The AppleSurf Reader (Great Reads!) ====================

My Mother's 10 Rules To Live By (Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/05/12/rules/index.html>
Take them with a grain of salt, but just one grain or you'll bloat.

== Technology (The Technology Scene In Singapore) ====================

is Free Surf Viaable Business? (CNET Singapore)
<http://singapore.cnet.com/news/2000/05/12/20000512p.html>
Since the introduction of free Internet access in Singapore over the last six months, free PC offers have died down. But what about free surf itself--is it a recipe for suicide, or a viable business concept? 

PeoplePC To Supply PCs To 300,000 Singapore Workers (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-1863776.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Discount computer company PeoplePC has landed another major contract in its push to emphasize affiliate buying programs, with an agreement to supply computers and Internet service to up to 300,000 workers at the National Trade Union of Singapore.