[MyAppleMenu] Nov 27, 2000

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

The OS X Interface (Low End Mac)
<http://lowendmac.com/myturn/2k1127.html>
Aqua simplifies the Mac interface, encouraging exploration.

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

Apple Planning OS X Telephony Software? (MacCentral)
<http://www.maccentral.com/news/0011/27.osxtelephony.shtml>
After all, Apple does own the domain, http://www.iphone.com/, and CEO Steve Jobs has said that two new revolutionary apps will be out next year.

Consumers Shop Online, But Shun PC Gifts (Reuters)
<http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/reuters/REU20001125S0001>
PC makers may have less to celebrate as consumers, who in recent years have rushed to put a computer under the Christmas tree and link their families to the Internet, turn instead to other, cheaper electronic gadgets.

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

Apple In The Office? (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657545,00.html>
I'm all for Apple's rebirth -- I don't want to switch to using Windows boxes full-time, though I find Windows 2000 palatable in limited doses -- but it seems to be focused on the consumer and not the business user. If Apple's market share is to continue growing, this must change.

The OS X Interface (Low End Mac)
<http://lowendmac.com/myturn/2k1127.html>
Aqua simplifies the Mac interface, encouraging exploration.

Should Apple be tried for monopolizing? (Artificial Cheese)
<http://www.artificialcheese.com/articles/november00/monopolies/>
A year ago Microsoft was brought to trial for abusing their monopoly. If you analyze the charges, you'll find that Microsoft isn't the only company that has done this type of thing. In fact, Apple is guilty in the exact same way.

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

AMD May Need New Ad Push (Bloomberg)
<http://www.latimes.com/business/cutting/20001127/t000113767.html>
To better chip away at Intel, it might highlight features other than speed, analysts say.

WinME Can't Handle More Than 512 Megs Of Memory (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/14967.html>
It transpires that Win ME, Win98 and Win95 cannot deal with main memory sizes in excess of 512MB.

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

AMD May Need New Ad Push (Bloomberg)
<http://www.latimes.com/business/cutting/20001127/t000113767.html>
To better chip away at Intel, it might highlight features other than speed, analysts say.

Hotmail Sees Chinese Users Rising By 50 Percent (The Industry Standard)
<http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,20376,00.html>
Microsoft has high hopes for Hotmail in Asia, following the launch of Chinese and Korean language interfaces this week.

WinME Can't Handle More Than 512 Megs Of Memory (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/14967.html>
It transpires that Win ME, Win98 and Win95 cannot deal with main memory sizes in excess of 512MB.

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

Hotmail Sees Chinese Users Rising By 50 Percent (The Industry Standard)
<http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,20376,00.html>
Microsoft has high hopes for Hotmail in Asia, following the launch of Chinese and Korean language interfaces this week.

Country Code Chiefs, Registrars Mull ICANN Breakaway (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/14999.html>
In what could mark the beginning of the end of the Internet's domain name system as used by world+dog today, some of the Internet's most important interests are actively mulling a move to alternative root servers.

Consumers Shop Online, But Shun PC Gifts (Reuters)
<http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/reuters/REU20001125S0001>
PC makers may have less to celebrate as consumers, who in recent years have rushed to put a computer under the Christmas tree and link their families to the Internet, turn instead to other, cheaper electronic gadgets.

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

Hotmail Sees Chinese Users Rising By 50 Percent (The Industry Standard)
<http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,20376,00.html>
Microsoft has high hopes for Hotmail in Asia, following the launch of Chinese and Korean language interfaces this week.

Survivng Master, Pets.com Mascot Seeks New Home (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/27/technology/27SOCK.html>
Pets.com has closed down, but the company, an online purveyor of pet information and supplies, still has at least one potentially valuable asset: Sock Puppet.

Dot-Coms Fail Customer Service Test (Wall Street Journal)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2657539,00.html>
A new study says customers are finding huge disparities between e-commerce sites. And most should take a lesson from Amazon.com.

Is Dot-Biz Really A New Domain? (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,40301,00.html>
CANN's decision to approve dot-biz as a new top level domain has an unintended consequence: The people already using dot-biz may be out of luck.

Country Code Chiefs, Registrars Mull ICANN Breakaway (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/14999.html>
In what could mark the beginning of the end of the Internet's domain name system as used by world+dog today, some of the Internet's most important interests are actively mulling a move to alternative root servers.

Consumers Shop Online, But Shun PC Gifts (Reuters)
<http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/reuters/REU20001125S0001>
PC makers may have less to celebrate as consumers, who in recent years have rushed to put a computer under the Christmas tree and link their families to the Internet, turn instead to other, cheaper electronic gadgets.

Is Napster Hurting Record Sales? (Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/11/27/music_sales/index.html>
No, say the numbers. Business is looking good, even if the Backstreet Boys don't reclaim their rightful world supremacy.

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

Linux Fiesta In The Lone Star State (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2657345,00.html>
More than 300 IBM employees from around the globe are set to convene this week in Austin, Texas. But they won't find the usual IBM fare on their plates.

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

Linux Fiesta In The Lone Star State (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2657345,00.html>
More than 300 IBM employees from around the globe are set to convene this week in Austin, Texas. But they won't find the usual IBM fare on their plates.

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

The Quest For Uncertainty (Lingua Franca)
<http://www.linguafranca.com/print/0012/feature_quest.html>
Richard Roty's pragmatic pilgrimage.

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

Mahathir: We'll See If Singapore's Move Affects Asean (The Star)
<http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2000/11/26/nation/2602jbft&sec=nation>
"If it means goods coming into Singapore then go into Asean countries, after the Asean Free Trade Area and free of tax, then of course it is a no-go thing."

Singapore Wants Only Profits, Says Gus Dur (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,6161,00.html?>
The Indonesian leader says the Republic was manipulative in water deals and suggests to Malaysia's PM that supplies be restricted.

Change Yishun To Nee Soon (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,1870,6204,00.html?>
Lee Kip Lee: I would like to suggest that all 'Yishun' street and place names should be replaced by 'Nee Soon' to educate those who are unaware that both names refer to the same person, Lim Nee Soon.

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

Palm Handhelds Get Wireless Kit (ZDNet Asia)
<http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/dailynews/story/0,2000010021,20159209-1,00.htm>
The Palm Mobile Internet Kit provides access to Internet and Web content, as well as to e-mail and messaging services.

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

Coming Soon: Prof Chao Film (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/life/story/0,1870,6124,00.html?>
Hongkong and S'pore stars to appear in Body Puzzle.