[AppleSurf Inbox] May 27, 2000

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

Readers Decry Microsoft Policy Of Withholding Operating System CD (InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/00/05/29/000529opfoster.xml>
Microsoft was right when it said that "recovery CDs" have been around for a while. But they were wrong when they said nobody had any complaints about them.

MSN Browser Requires A Commitment (PC World)
<http://www.pcworld.com/pcwtoday/article/0,1510,16942,00.html>
Preview of the revamped IE-based interface to MSN leaves you more functions but fewer choices.

Melissa-Like Virus Lurks (PC World)
<http://www.pcworld.com/pcwtoday/article/0,1510,16944,00.html>
The virus is carried in an e-mail with an attachment called either Resume.doc or Explorer.doc.

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

Yahoo Plans India Portal (San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/indepth/docs/yahoo052700.htm>
For Yahoo, it's time to say ``Aap kaise hain!'' as it prepares to add India to its growing list of global properties.

PhD Student Arrested In Blackmail Attempt (InternetNews.com)
<http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article/0,2171,3_380531,00.html>
Using a anonymous Hotmail account, Holcomb... allegedly claimed he had discovered a way to download Audible's content for free, and threatened to alert the media about the vulnerability unless Audible met his demands. 

MSN Browser Requires A Commitment (PC World)
<http://www.pcworld.com/pcwtoday/article/0,1510,16942,00.html>
Preview of the revamped IE-based interface to MSN leaves you more functions but fewer choices.