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

Apple Bruised But Still Has Juice (Worldyinvestor.com)
<http://biz.yahoo.com/wi/001107/12785.html>
Slowing sales have killed the stock. But a rebound may be in the offing.

Goodbye Apple And American Power Conversion (Fool.com)
<http://www.fool.com/boringport/2000/boringport001106a.htm>
With all the question marks from their recent earnings announcements and valuations that, while good, leave more room to fall should the companies continue to disappoint, I believe there are a few investments that represent better bets. That's not to say that I think Apple and APC will do badly or that I recommend anyone else sell -- in fact, should their stocks fall significantly, I might buy them back.

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

Apple Bruised But Still Has Juice (Worldyinvestor.com)
<http://biz.yahoo.com/wi/001107/12785.html>
Slowing sales have killed the stock. But a rebound may be in the offing.

Looking For Meaning In All The Wrong Places (The Industry Standard)
<http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,19874,00.html>
When the leaders of the new economy say they're not in it for the money, that's not just bad for business. It's bad for everyone.

Apple Starts 'Dollar A Meg' Offer On BTO Products (MacCentral)
<http://www.maccentral.com/news/0011/07.ramrebate.shtml>
With memory prices at all time lows, Apple has begun a new promotional campaign for online build-to-order (BTO) and educational customers offering a one dollar rebate for every megabyte of memory added to BTO orders.

Mac Based Election System Endcangered? (MacCentral)
<http://www.maccentral.com/news/0011/07.election.shtml>

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

Goodbye Apple And American Power Conversion (Fool.com)
<http://www.fool.com/boringport/2000/boringport001106a.htm>
With all the question marks from their recent earnings announcements and valuations that, while good, leave more room to fall should the companies continue to disappoint, I believe there are a few investments that represent better bets. That's not to say that I think Apple and APC will do badly or that I recommend anyone else sell -- in fact, should their stocks fall significantly, I might buy them back.

The Big Problem With Mac OS X (The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/columns/flipside/2000/20001107.shtml>
The main problem with Mac OS X is... us. Now that it is in final development stage before hitting the shelves, doubt seizes us and we wonder if we want it anymore.

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

The Joy Of X: Mac's Hot New OS Boasts Brains And Style To Spare (PCWorld)
<http://www.pcworld.com/news/article.asp?aid=32724>
If Apple doesn't convince the developers to join up, we can only hope that Microsoft's designers take note of OS X's style innovations.

Adobe GoLive 5 (Macworld)
<http://macworld.zdnet.com/2000/12/reviews/golive.html>
Whether you'll find it to be a worthwhile upgrade depends on your extensibility requirements and your tolerance for its lack of standards compliance.

Epson Stylus Color 880 (Associated Press)
<http://news.excite.com/news/ap/001106/08/fea-hobbies-compubug-epson-880>
It produces excellent output at a fair price, and is well worth considering.

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

Enterprise Still Slow To Adopt Windows 2000 (InternetWeek)
<http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20001107S0006>
Nine months after Microsoft Corp. released the operating system, only one-fifth of the 100 IT managers surveyed by InternetWeek use it as an e-business platform.

Itanium Set For March Launch (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/1/14530.html>
Loose tongues on the Intel booth hint broadly that the famously-elastic official launch date for Itanic has now been firmly nailed down for March 2001.

Microsoft Betting On The Tablet PC (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2650823,00.html>
The PC may not be dead yet, but Microsoft Corp. isn't wasting any time in developing a potential successor: Tablet PC.

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

Compaq's Transmeta Diss: No Big Deal? (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2650967,00.html>
Compaq deals the chip startup another blow, choosing low-power Pentium IIIs over Transmeta's Crusoe, but an analyst says these maneuverings are being overblown.

Enterprise Still Slow To Adopt Windows 2000 (InternetWeek)
<http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20001107S0006>
Nine months after Microsoft Corp. released the operating system, only one-fifth of the 100 IT managers surveyed by InternetWeek use it as an e-business platform.

Microsoft IE 6 To Cut Off Some More Air Supplies (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/1/14523.html>
This is of course all part of the 'damn the torpedoes' strategy Microsoft adopted when it became clear the trial was going bad on it. As there's no sense from the company's point of view in avoiding provoking the antitrust authorities any more, it might as well just carry on as normal, but more so, and bet the lot on winning in the end.

Itanium Set For March Launch (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/1/14530.html>
Loose tongues on the Intel booth hint broadly that the famously-elastic official launch date for Itanic has now been firmly nailed down for March 2001.

Microsoft Betting On The Tablet PC (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2650823,00.html>
The PC may not be dead yet, but Microsoft Corp. isn't wasting any time in developing a potential successor: Tablet PC.

Microsoft's Walk In The Clouds (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,40003,00.html>
Microsoft unveiled their first major step into the brave new world of "computing in the cloud" as Bill Gates has labeled it, announcing the launch of Phase One of their E-Business Acceleration Initiative (EBAI) today.

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

Microsoft IE 6 To Cut Off Some More Air Supplies (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/1/14523.html>
This is of course all part of the 'damn the torpedoes' strategy Microsoft adopted when it became clear the trial was going bad on it. As there's no sense from the company's point of view in avoiding provoking the antitrust authorities any more, it might as well just carry on as normal, but more so, and bet the lot on winning in the end.

Little News From Big China (Reuters)
<http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,40010,00.html>
China issues new Internet regulations that prevent news sites from writing or editing their own news. Also, writers and editors need to have "relevant" experience.

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

Looking For Meaning In All The Wrong Places (The Industry Standard)
<http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,19874,00.html>
When the leaders of the new economy say they're not in it for the money, that's not just bad for business. It's bad for everyone.

GOP.org Web Site Hacked (MSNBC)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/486630.asp>
Just hours before the polls opened on Tuesday, a computer intruder defaced the Republican National CommitteeÕs Web site with a pro-Al Gore message.

Microsoft IE 6 To Cut Off Some More Air Supplies (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/1/14523.html>
This is of course all part of the 'damn the torpedoes' strategy Microsoft adopted when it became clear the trial was going bad on it. As there's no sense from the company's point of view in avoiding provoking the antitrust authorities any more, it might as well just carry on as normal, but more so, and bet the lot on winning in the end.

Little News From Big China (Reuters)
<http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,40010,00.html>
China issues new Internet regulations that prevent news sites from writing or editing their own news. Also, writers and editors need to have "relevant" experience.

Why Yahoo! Isn't Too Worried About Beijing's Chinese Wall (BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/nov2000/nf2000116_319.htm>
State bureaucrats may be doing the portal powerhouse a favor by repeatedly thwarting its all-out threst into China.

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

IBM Expands Linux Offerings For E-Commerce Servers (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-3421891.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
IBM on Wednesday is expected to debut a component of its e-commerce WebSphere server that runs on Linux, continuing its effort to bring the operating system to more of its larger server systems.

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

IBM Expands Linux Offerings For E-Commerce Servers (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-3421891.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
IBM on Wednesday is expected to debut a component of its e-commerce WebSphere server that runs on Linux, continuing its effort to bring the operating system to more of its larger server systems.

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

Cut It Out, IDA Orders M1 (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/money/sinb7_1108.html>
Dropping a bombshell late last night, it said it had already alerted the IDA of its plan to tag on the message at an earlier meeting, and had received no adverse reaction then.

Taipei Airport Cameras May Hold Clues (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/pri3_1108.html>
Investigators probing the crash of Singapore Airlines flight SQ 006 disclosed yesterday that they would examine hitherto undisclosed ground- surveillance-camera tapes of the Chiang Kai-shek airport runway. These might show if edge lights of the closed runway were switched on, making it appear that the runway was operational.

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

More Want To Work Overseas WIth SIF (Project Eyeball)
<http://eyeball.asia1.com.sg/Eyeball/Story/1,1381,7557,00.html?>
The sudden increase is due to programmes launched by the foundation over the last year, says the foundation's executive director, Dr Tan Chi Chiu, who has been in the job for a year.

Debate Pointless If PM's Mind Is Made Up (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/for2_1108.html>
Koh Kia Jeng: What is there to debate if the result is known from the onset?

SPH Hard To Beat, Says US Bank (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/money/sinb4_1108.html>
MediaCorp's free tabloid Today -- which will be launched on Friday -- would not dent SPH's advertising revenue significantly or be a disruption to its rate structure.

Taipei Airport Cameras May Hold Clues (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/pri3_1108.html>
Investigators probing the crash of Singapore Airlines flight SQ 006 disclosed yesterday that they would examine hitherto undisclosed ground- surveillance-camera tapes of the Chiang Kai-shek airport runway. These might show if edge lights of the closed runway were switched on, making it appear that the runway was operational.

Road Repairs Only At Night? (Project Eyeball)
<http://eyeball.asia1.com.sg/Eyeball/Story/1,1381,7501,00.html?>

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

Cut It Out, IDA Orders M1 (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/money/sinb7_1108.html>
Dropping a bombshell late last night, it said it had already alerted the IDA of its plan to tag on the message at an earlier meeting, and had received no adverse reaction then.

PCCW Launches Broadband Network Service In Singapore (AFP)
<http://sg.dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/singapore/afp/article.html?s=singapore/headlines/001107/singapore/afp/PCCW_launches_broadband_network_service_in_Singapore.html>

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

Ra Ra Girl Returns To Showbiz (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/life/life4_1108.html>
Stage veteran and alumnus of the ill-fated Ra Ra Show Karen Tan is the latest addition to MediaWorks' growing stable of artistes.