[MyAppleMenu] Nov 3, 2000

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

Macs Land Teacher Top Prize (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=2058>
iMovie has helped a Mac-mad teacher land a top UK technology-in-education prize.

Mac OS X86? (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2000/10/29/1103mac2intel.html>
As Motorola struggles to boost the speed of the PowerPC G4, developers told MacWEEK that Apple could port its next-generation OS to AMD or Intel hardware with relative ease--if it were willing to abandon Classic Mac applications or force them to run in a slow emulation environment.

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

Macs Land Teacher Top Prize (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=2058>
iMovie has helped a Mac-mad teacher land a top UK technology-in-education prize.

Bugs At Internet Speed? (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2650123,00.html>
Automatic anti-virus updates are touted as the solution to lightning-fast virus outbreaks. They could also become a recipe for disaster.

Warhol's Mac Art Draws Net Bids (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,39954,00.html>
A mysterious online shopper may soon part with at least $10,000 for a pastel-colored print of the famous Apple logo.

Connecting OS X To Unix (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2000/10/29/1103jcwosx2unix.html>
In the third part of his series on networking in the Mac OS X Public Beta, MacWEEK contributor John C. Welch looks at Unix connections, some of the easiest--and most convoluted--among the three major operating systems.

Apple Drops Online Exclusives Worldwide (MacCentral)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2649864,00.html>
Dealers in Japan and the UK are now carrying the Key Lime iBook and Pro Mouse as Apple races to cut inventories.

What Time is It? (@griculture Online)
<http://www.agriculture.com/scgi/AgNews/AgNews.cgi?FNC=sideBarMore__ANewsindex_html___44268>
Trying to set up an event online can be tricky when there are 24 time zones to deal with.

Mac OS X86? (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2000/10/29/1103mac2intel.html>
As Motorola struggles to boost the speed of the PowerPC G4, developers told MacWEEK that Apple could port its next-generation OS to AMD or Intel hardware with relative ease--if it were willing to abandon Classic Mac applications or force them to run in a slow emulation environment.

== AppleSurf (Opinions) ==============

Is It Worth Putting A G3 In An Older Mac? (Low End Mac)
<http://lowendmac.com/archive/2k1103.html>
As always, it depends, but sometimes a used Power Mac G3 is the better value.

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

New iBook Special Edition Has It All (Houston Chronicle)
<http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/tech/734532>
I give the iBook Special Edition two thumbs up -- way, way up.

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

Microsoft Tells How To Remove Software In Scientolog Flap (Reuters)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-3374962.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Microsoft has developed complex instructions to remove part of Windows 2000 that had generated bad publicity in Germany because it was written by a firm headed by a Scientologist, a spokesman said Friday.

MSN Explorer: Simple Software (MSNBC)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/484000.asp>
MSN may not come close to the number of subscribers using the AOL service, but now it has some classy looking software that gives the industry giant a run for its money. Another big plus is that you donÕt have to be an MSN subscriber to use it.

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

Copyright Office Issues Unusual Rule (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/03/technology/03CYBERLAW.html>
It's not every day that the federal government gives its blessing to hacking. But that's what happened when the U.S. Copyright Office issued a special rule clarifying a new federal law that governs copyright in the digital age.

Smart Biz: Enabling The Disabled (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,39563,00.html>
Millions of disabled people are on the Internet, yet only a quarter of the websites in a recent survey met even the minimum requirements for site accessibility.

Repurpose Your Site With Purpose (The Industry Standard)
<http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,19676,00.html>
Does your company's 'brochureware' bore readers into oblivion? Here's a guide to making it sing on the Internet.

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

Bugs At Internet Speed? (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2650123,00.html>
Automatic anti-virus updates are touted as the solution to lightning-fast virus outbreaks. They could also become a recipe for disaster.

Lycos To Add GoTo Pay-For-Placement Listings (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-3375905.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>

Copyright Office Issues Unusual Rule (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/03/technology/03CYBERLAW.html>
It's not every day that the federal government gives its blessing to hacking. But that's what happened when the U.S. Copyright Office issued a special rule clarifying a new federal law that governs copyright in the digital age.

MSN Explorer: Simple Software (MSNBC)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/484000.asp>
MSN may not come close to the number of subscribers using the AOL service, but now it has some classy looking software that gives the industry giant a run for its money. Another big plus is that you donÕt have to be an MSN subscriber to use it.

Smart Biz: Enabling The Disabled (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,39563,00.html>
Millions of disabled people are on the Internet, yet only a quarter of the websites in a recent survey met even the minimum requirements for site accessibility.

Directory Sites Doomed, Says Survey (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/1/14444.html>
"Pure directory sites must immediately incorporate flexible and forgiving search technology. Flexible searches allow users to search by many relevant variables."

ASCAP Willing To Issue License To Napster (Reuters)
<http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/news/wire?id=3a0207082e>
Marilyn Bergman, ASCAP president and chairman, said that as ASCAP had indicated in previous discussions with Napster, it has never sought to shut the service down.

Repurpose Your Site With Purpose (The Industry Standard)
<http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,19676,00.html>
Does your company's 'brochureware' bore readers into oblivion? Here's a guide to making it sing on the Internet.

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

IBM Readies Linux Suite (InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/00/11/03/001103hnibmlinuxsuite.xml>
The suite is packaged with a variety of applications and tools intended to make it easier for users, developers, and integrators to host and create messaging and collaboration solutions, to develop Web sites and manage data.

Linux Gets That Tokyo Glow (Linux.com)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2649935,00.html>
I hope readers here will have a look at the LPI website themselves and see that the Linux spirit doesn't just apply to writing code.

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

IBM Readies Linux Suite (InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/00/11/03/001103hnibmlinuxsuite.xml>
The suite is packaged with a variety of applications and tools intended to make it easier for users, developers, and integrators to host and create messaging and collaboration solutions, to develop Web sites and manage data.

Linux Gets That Tokyo Glow (Linux.com)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2649935,00.html>
I hope readers here will have a look at the LPI website themselves and see that the Linux spirit doesn't just apply to writing code.

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

The Gleeful Contrarian (Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/view/2000/11/03/dutton/index.html>
Not content with pushing buttons at Arts & Letters Daily, Dennis Dutton now plans to shake up the publishing industry.

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

Singapore Airlines Demands Answers To 'Horrifying Mistake' In Taiwan (AFP)
<http://sg.dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/singapore/afp/article.html?s=singapore/headlines/001103/singapore/afp/Singapore_Airlines_demands_answers_to__horrifying_mistake__in_Taiwan.html>
"The families of those who passed away on that flight, all those who were on board SQ006 and the public at large will want some answers."

Singapore Airlines Admits Plane On Wrong Runway (AFP)
<http://sg.dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/singapore/afp/article.html?s=singapore/headlines/001103/singapore/afp/Singapore_airlines_admits_plane_on_wrong_runway.html>
"The aircraft was on the wrong runway, and we want to understand now how could this have happend." airline public affairs vice president Rick Clements told a media briefing in Singapore.

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

Black Box Findings Released In Singapore Air Crash (Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7782-2000Nov3.html>
The pilot of Singapore Airlines flight SQ 006 uttered an expletive and the words, "something there!" less than a minute after the jumbo jet started accelerating Tuesday night down a runway at Chiang Kai-shek International Airport that had been closed for repairs.

Black Box Findings Released In Singapore Air Crash (Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7782-2000Nov3.html>
The pilot of Singapore Airlines flight SQ 006 uttered an expletive and the words, "something there!" less than a minute after the jumbo jet started accelerating Tuesday night down a runway at Chiang Kai-shek International Airport that had been closed for repairs.

Put News In Sections: ST Readers Polled (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/sin12_1104.html>
While most were pleased with the newspaper's coverage of stories as well as its layout, many also asked for easier-to-find sections.

Why No Warning Signs, Experts Ask (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/pri5_1104.html>
Lights on closed runway should be off, access blocked, and control tower should have checked on jet, they say.

Portland Survivor Hailed Hero In Singapore (KPTV)
<http://www.kptv.com/story/story_34.asp?content_id=140485>
Courtney is one of many survivors claiming that the Singapore Airlines crew of being unprepared and concealing information to the passengers.

SIA Crash: Lights On Runways Were In Working Order (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/singapore/cna/article.html?s=singapore/headlines/001103/singapore/cna/SIA_crash__Lights_on_runways_were_in_working_order.html>
The Taiwan Civil Aviation Bureau revealed in a news conference that lights on the runways were in working order at the time of the SQ 006 crash.

Singapore Airlines Demands Answers To 'Horrifying Mistake' In Taiwan (AFP)
<http://sg.dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/singapore/afp/article.html?s=singapore/headlines/001103/singapore/afp/Singapore_Airlines_demands_answers_to__horrifying_mistake__in_Taiwan.html>
"The families of those who passed away on that flight, all those who were on board SQ006 and the public at large will want some answers."

Singapore Airlines Admits Plane On Wrong Runway (AFP)
<http://sg.dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/singapore/afp/article.html?s=singapore/headlines/001103/singapore/afp/Singapore_airlines_admits_plane_on_wrong_runway.html>
"The aircraft was on the wrong runway, and we want to understand now how could this have happend." airline public affairs vice president Rick Clements told a media briefing in Singapore.

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

StarHub has Let Its Users Down (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/for4_1104.html>
Ng Hong Peow: I believe many StarHub users wish it would stop the advertising gimmicks, stop giving excuses for the hiccups and start providing a reliable service.

Net Behaviour: Singapore Highest In Chat, Email (IDG)
<http://www.idg.com.sg/dev/IDGNew.nsf/UNID/9826570F4158FB8C4825698B001751F8!opendocument>
Singapore leads the way in cyberspace - with the highest proportion of users here chatting online. A report filed by NetValue, an Internet measurement company had 33% of Singapore users chatting online, leaving Hong Kong and even the United States lagging behind.

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

Short Films Get Showcase (Newsbytes)
<http://www.newsbytes.com/news/00/157652.html>
Fans of short film productions can now sample the creative talents of Singapore's up and coming directors at this attractive site.