[AppleSurf Inbox] May 30, 2000

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

Let Developers Have OS X (MacOPINION)
<http://www.macopinion.com/columns/intelligence/00/05/30/index.html>
Some of us are keen to be early in the process, but we don't have the budget to go to WWDC or to sign up as developers. Don't cut us out.

Why Macs Are Different (Low End Mac)
<http://lowendmac.net/archive/2k0530.html>
Macs have something PCs don't: style, class, and ease of use.

== Reviews (The good and the bad) ====================

Sim City 3000 (Macgamez.com)
<http://macgamez.com/reviews/s/simcity3000/index.html>
If you have the hardware power to run it, and the benevolency to tolerate a few Mac vs. PC glitches then you should find Sim City 3000 a worthy addition to your game collection.

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

Plan To Break Up Microsoft's Power Is Best For Long Run (Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/business/cutting/20000529/t000050919.html>
Free markets are not markets without rules; they are markets where everyone follows the same rules.

Microsoft Moves To Challenge Palm (Associated Press)
<http://www.latimes.com/wires/wbusiness/20000529/tCB00V0578.html>
an evaluation of one of the models, the Hewlett-Packard Jornada 545, indicated Palm Inc. might have something to fear.

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

Another First For Singapore's Airport: Infrared Internet Kiosks (ZDNet Asia)
<http://www.zdnetasia.com/breakingnews/stories/0,20000530,10004254,00.html>
[This makes] it the first airport in the world to offer passengers with PDAs free access to the Internet.

Gateway And AOL Bypass Industry Stalwarts On Components (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/05/biztech/articles/30chip.html>
The decision is a big victory for the Transmeta Corporation, a chip design company in Santa Clara, Calif., that has developed a microprocessor intended to be a low-power and inexpensive alternative to Intel's microprocessors.

Dot.com Woes Stunting Chinese Internet IPO Plans (Associated Press)
<http://www.techserver.com/noframes/story/0,2294,500209978-500294374-501607436-0,00.html>
The biggest obstacle for Internet portals Sohu.com, Netease.com and others isn't politics, but investors' newfound skepticism about all things dot-com.

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

Who's Afraid of A Bear Market? (Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/05/30/dumb_money/index.html>
Almost everyone, but don't expect a crash to scare off day traders. In fact, it might turn you into one.

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

Another First For Singapore's Airport: Infrared Internet Kiosks (ZDNet Asia)
<http://www.zdnetasia.com/breakingnews/stories/0,20000530,10004254,00.html>
[This makes] it the first airport in the world to offer passengers with PDAs free access to the Internet.

== Around Town (News out of Singapore) ====================

Lee Yock Suan Calls For Early Arts Education (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/articles/2000/05/30/singaporenews28541.htm>
[This is] so that the majority who do not become practising artists will be imbued with an aesthetic sensibility and imaginative streak.

Starbucks Turning Asian Tea-drinkers Into Latte Lovers (Associated Press)
<http://www.ab.sympatico.ca/news/Fullstories/b052806.html>
Customers say Starbucks' drinks taste better than the local coffees that have defined the Asian experience until now: the inky, bitter fluid sweetened with condensed milk and served in plastic bags in Singapore; the instant coffee people drink at home in Beijing and Hong Kong.