[MyAppleMenu] Nov 29, 2000

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

Apple Inside (Forbes)
<http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2000/1211/6615064a.html>
The only folks who might be less enthused would be the people at Apple, whose Web site includes a three-page testimonial from the performers about their use of Macintosh computers in their high-tech stage show.

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

Flying High (Apple)
<http://experts.apple.com/stories/century/>
Tim MeehanÕs passion is chronicling events and telling people all over the world about them. ThatÕs why he never leaves home without his camcorder, PowerBook, and Final Cut Pro software.

Apple Ad Guru To run Pentium 4 Campaign (TechWeb)
<http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20001129S0001>
Intel's advertising agency has hired the creator of Apple Computer Inc.'s Think Different spots, Ken Segall, to work on the Pentium 4 campaign.

Swatch Pitches Net Time Standard (Appleton (Wis.) Post-Crescent)
<http://technology.cincinnati.com/cgi-bin/technology/techwrapper.pl?URL=http://www.gannettonline.com/e/hardware/10000420.html&AFFIL=CIN>
Apple Computer in Cupertino, Calif., has integrated the Swatch time standard into its QuickTime streaming video software so people know what time to tune into live QuickTime broadcasts via the Internet, regardless of what time zone they live in.

Gateway Country: A Lovely Museum (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2658032,00.html>
While you and I are quite capable of shopping unassisted, there are still many people who aren't. These are the people who are flocking to Gateway Country, and they probably leave much happier than they would from a traditional computer store. Even if the computer arrives later.

Apple Inside (Forbes)
<http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2000/1211/6615064a.html>
The only folks who might be less enthused would be the people at Apple, whose Web site includes a three-page testimonial from the performers about their use of Macintosh computers in their high-tech stage show.

Fireworks Are Gonna Fly (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2000/11/26/1128swfireworks.html>
Macromedia is finally showing its true colors. It wants to get rid of Adobe's Web product suites once and for all. No more coy, "We're just here for the Web, not to challenge Photoshop" put-ons.

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

To 'Debunk' The Myth: An Apple Retail Strategy (Architosh)
<http://www.architosh.com/news/2000-11/001127-applemyth.html>
The brick and mortar strategy should be like attending a Jobs keynote. You walk away enthralled and enthused about Macintosh. You walk away truly educated and informed. CompUSAs and Microcenters simply cannot do this for Apple.

The Ideal Machine For Creative Writing (Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/myturn/2k1129.html>
Over the years their products seem to have lost their soul.

Why Can't PowerBooks Be Easier To Service And Repair? (MacOPINION)
<http://www.macopinion.com/columns/roadwarrior/00/11/28/index.html>
It would be nice to think that the new Mercury PowerBooks and the next generation iBooks will be designed with better service-friendliness in mind, but the recent trend pattern has not been encouraging.

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

Spring Cleaning 3.5 (Macworld)
<http://macworld.zdnet.com/2000/11/27/reviews/cleanup.html>
Both utilities will display false-positives, so you shouldn't let them delete all the items they select by default.

Mac Cube Has Power, Style -- At A Price (Government Computer News)
<http://www.gcn.com/vol19_no33/reviews/3279-1.html>
It has some quirks, like an oversensitive power switch, but the new G4 has many strengths, too.

Active Bag For iBook (MyMac.com)
<http://mymac.com/robertson/activebag_11.27.00.shtml>
While the style of the Active Bag is first rate, the features and obvious design flaws far outweigh the stylish appeal of the bag.

BBEdit 6 (Mac OS Journal)
<http://www.macosjournal.com/issues/0011/rev.bbedit.shtml>
Believe me, if you're doing Mac programming, especially if you're creating and maintaining web sites on a Mac, you need BBEdit. It's that simple.

Asterioids (MacAddict)
<http://www.macaddict.com/news/reviews/2000_12_08.shtml>
Simply put, the new version of Asteroids relies just as much on "blast-'em-all" gameplay as its predecessors did - and the thrill of pulverizing space rocks ad nauseam holds only so much appeal.

Take A Trip To Creepyland With Stephen King's F13 (The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/newreviews/bc/00/001128f13/f13.shtml>
The "screamsavers" are fun and well done, the graphics throughout the CD are great, and the Mini Games are a fun diversion.

iBook Special Edition (MacCentral)
<http://www.maccentral.com/news/0011/28.ibookse.shtml>
And with the better graphics controller, the consumer portable is now the equal of the current PowerBook line, which means it's a reasonably powered system for graphics and games.

iook SE Is A Film Production Studio To Go (Project Eyeball)
<http://eyeball.asia1.com.sg/Eyeball/Story/1,1381,9003,00.html?>
Whether the iBook SE is for the home multimedia or business user, it'll appeal with its style, ease of use, performance and stamina.

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

MS: It's (Nearly) Illegal to Buy PCs Without Windows (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15040.html>
By a strange coincidence Microsoft's dire warnings against buying PCs without preinstalled operating systems seem to have vanished from microsoft.com on the very day that Microsoft argued that it didn't have a monopoly of the OS market, and that "the market position of Windows was created by... consumer demand, not Microsoft's control of total output."

1.7GHz Athlon - Too Hot To Trot? (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/3/15074.html>
Is AMD running the risk of an embarrassing replay of the Intel 1.13GHz PIII recall by trying to run a processor too close to its performance ceiling?

XBox To tempt Parents With Online Banking Option (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/2/15081.html>
Microsoft's Xbox software development team is apparently fiddling around with a version of Microsoft Money for the machine that started out as a games console but is increasingly mutating into a home PC.

Gateway Country: A Lovely Museum (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2658032,00.html>
While you and I are quite capable of shopping unassisted, there are still many people who aren't. These are the people who are flocking to Gateway Country, and they probably leave much happier than they would from a traditional computer store. Even if the computer arrives later.

New Spin On Microsoft Case As Big Names Bow Out (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-3892884.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
While the issues have changed little, the case's future may be profoundly affected by the absence of three pivotal figures: U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson, Assistant Attorney General Joel Klein and lead prosecution attorney David Boies.

Pocket PC Devices Making Headway Against Palm (Bloomberg)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-3894179.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Palm software runs four times as many handheld computers as the competing system from Microsoft. So why do some analysts believe market leader Palm should be worried?

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

MS: It's (Nearly) Illegal to Buy PCs Without Windows (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15040.html>
By a strange coincidence Microsoft's dire warnings against buying PCs without preinstalled operating systems seem to have vanished from microsoft.com on the very day that Microsoft argued that it didn't have a monopoly of the OS market, and that "the market position of Windows was created by... consumer demand, not Microsoft's control of total output."

1.7GHz Athlon - Too Hot To Trot? (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/3/15074.html>
Is AMD running the risk of an embarrassing replay of the Intel 1.13GHz PIII recall by trying to run a processor too close to its performance ceiling?

XBox To tempt Parents With Online Banking Option (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/2/15081.html>
Microsoft's Xbox software development team is apparently fiddling around with a version of Microsoft Money for the machine that started out as a games console but is increasingly mutating into a home PC.

Apple Ad Guru To run Pentium 4 Campaign (TechWeb)
<http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20001129S0001>
Intel's advertising agency has hired the creator of Apple Computer Inc.'s Think Different spots, Ken Segall, to work on the Pentium 4 campaign.

Gateway Country: A Lovely Museum (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2658032,00.html>
While you and I are quite capable of shopping unassisted, there are still many people who aren't. These are the people who are flocking to Gateway Country, and they probably leave much happier than they would from a traditional computer store. Even if the computer arrives later.

Microsoft To Pay $3.7 Million In Bristol Legal Fees (Bloomberg News)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-3898100.html?dtn.head>
Microsoft must pay more than $3.7 million to cover Bristol Technology's legal fees and costs in bringing an antitrust suit against the world's largest software maker, a judge ruled.

New Spin On Microsoft Case As Big Names Bow Out (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-3892884.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
While the issues have changed little, the case's future may be profoundly affected by the absence of three pivotal figures: U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson, Assistant Attorney General Joel Klein and lead prosecution attorney David Boies.

Pocket PC Devices Making Headway Against Palm (Bloomberg)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-3894179.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Palm software runs four times as many handheld computers as the competing system from Microsoft. So why do some analysts believe market leader Palm should be worried?

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

While E-Books Seem Far Off, AvantGo Establishes Itself As Virtual Library (Inside)
<http://www.inside.com/story/Story_Cached/0,2770,16001_13_12_1,00.html>
There are signs that the traditionally skeptical ad-buying crowd might be coming around to the trapped-on-the-subway readership of AvantGo's base.

The Glory Days Of E-Commerce Are Over (Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/11/29/ecommerce/index.html>
Broke and stingy e-tailers have taken all the fun out of online shopping.

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

Yahoo! Nazi Tech Expert Backtracks (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/15063.html>
The truth of it is that a balance needs to be struck between freedom of information and the rights of all nationalities not to have others' views imposed upon them.

While E-Books Seem Far Off, AvantGo Establishes Itself As Virtual Library (Inside)
<http://www.inside.com/story/Story_Cached/0,2770,16001_13_12_1,00.html>
There are signs that the traditionally skeptical ad-buying crowd might be coming around to the trapped-on-the-subway readership of AvantGo's base.

Hiatus For An Internet Book (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/29/technology/29KING.html>
Publishers one, authors nothing.

The Glory Days Of E-Commerce Are Over (Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/11/29/ecommerce/index.html>
Broke and stingy e-tailers have taken all the fun out of online shopping.

Swatch Pitches Net Time Standard (Appleton (Wis.) Post-Crescent)
<http://technology.cincinnati.com/cgi-bin/technology/techwrapper.pl?URL=http://www.gannettonline.com/e/hardware/10000420.html&AFFIL=CIN>
Apple Computer in Cupertino, Calif., has integrated the Swatch time standard into its QuickTime streaming video software so people know what time to tune into live QuickTime broadcasts via the Internet, regardless of what time zone they live in.

Nazi Ruling No Threat To Free Speech (eWEEK)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2658173,00.html>
Universal good feelings toward your fellow man and woman can't be legislated. We can only evolve, and in some small way the French just happen to be ahead of most others in this respect.

E-Tailers Still Aren't Ready (Scripps Howard News Service)
<http://www.techserver.com/noframes/story/0,2294,500284452-500448411-502917774-0,00.html>
This year, they said, we've learned our lessons. Trust us. So I did. And so far, this holiday season is looking ugly online as well.

Holiday Traffic Jam Leaves PayPal Users Honking Mad (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-3894107.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Heavy holiday traffic was behind two days of sporadic system meltdowns at PayPal.com, the company said Tuesday.

Chinese Domain Registrar Reject 758,000 Applicaitons (Reuters)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-3892041.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
China's Internet authority said Tuesday it has registered only 42,000 Web addresses in Chinese characters out of the 800,000 applications it received.

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

After 'Healthy Six Figures' Deal, It's Ethan hawke, Gen X Fiction Writer, Take 2 (Inside)
<http://www.inside.com/story/Current?art_id=16061&podId=8>
Having published the moody actor's first novel at Little, Brown, editor Jordan Pavlin signs on for a second, Ash Wednesday, about love and marriage.

Hiatus For An Internet Book (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/29/technology/29KING.html>
Publishers one, authors nothing.

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

Social Issues Muted In Singapore (Financial Times)
<http://news.ft.com/ft/gx.cgi/ftc?pagename=View&c=Article&cid=FT3KP6PZ3GC&live=true&tagid=ZZZC19QUA0C&subheading=asia%20pacific>
When it comes to speaking openly on sensitive social issues, such as race, religion and politics, it seems that most people would prefer to keep the door firmly shut, according to a recent survey.

Jarkarta 'Ready To Face Any Consequenc' (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,6611,00.html?>
Indonesian government was prepared for any consequence, including cuts in assistance and investments from Singapore.

Relocating Hostels A Waste Of NUS Money (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,1870,6636,00.html?>
Adrain Kwong Sze Ken: What sort of 'masterplan' does the university have when it changes its mind about hostel space in such a short time?

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

Catherine Lim Opens E-Book Chapter (ZDNet Asia)
<http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/dailynews/story/0,2000010021,20159633-1,00.htm>
Catherine Lim's first cyberspace literary effort goes for just US$0.19 per chapter.

iook SE Is A Film Production Studio To Go (Project Eyeball)
<http://eyeball.asia1.com.sg/Eyeball/Story/1,1381,9003,00.html?>
Whether the iBook SE is for the home multimedia or business user, it'll appeal with its style, ease of use, performance and stamina.

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

MediaCorp Is Blocking My Album: Dick Lee (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/life/story/0,1870,6587,00.html?>
During an interview with Life! yesterday, singer-songwriter Dick Lee claimed that when he joined TV Works on Nov 14, rival MediaCorp responded by stone-walling Everything, his new retrospective album, both on television and radio.