[MyAppleMenu] Oct 31, 2000

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

Apple Creates 'Education Czar' (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/1/14346.html>
A chastened Apple is getting tough on poor sales to the education market, getting tough on the causes of poor sales to the education market, with the creation of a new post to oversee its efforts in that arena.

Apple Products Nominated For Technical Excellence Awards (MacCentral)
<http://www.maccentral.com/news/0010/31.award.shtml>

The Mac's Next Memory? (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2000/10/29/1030nextmem.html>
As PC100 grows long in the tooth, new memory technologies promise at least modest speed improvements for future Mac systems. MacWEEK's David Read looks at the alternatives, suggesting that Apple's best choice is DDR RAM, also used on ATI's Radeon board.

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

OS X Changes Stay The Same (Macinstein)
<http://www.macinstein.com/pressrelease.cfm?ID=607>
OS X has turned a lot of heads, yet, with people´s obvious reservations, we look to X final to see if it can hold up the promises made about it.

Hello Copland? (MacOPINION)
<http://www.macopinion.com/columns/intelligence/00/10/27/index.html>
So compared with Copland, OS X offers a lot. A few things promise less, but the basic infrastructure is a lot sounder.

Group Thinking & The Macintohs Explained (The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/columns/flipside/2000/20001031.shtml>
If we take a critical look at our individual behavior, we can find traces of such group thinking, whether we are ready to admit it or not.

Feeding Apple's Silicon Habit (MacEdition)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2646915,00.html>
Clearly, there is a need for a better roadmap from Motorola. A joint statement concerning future development of the G4 from both Apple and Motorola would be even better, provided Motorola publicly committed to shipping dates.

Difference Engine: Dell Computer Cracks Up! (MacOPINION)
<http://macopinion.com/columns/engine/>
The Cube has cracks, revenues missed expectations, Apple has troubles. But would things be the same if Dell Computer Corporation had the same problems? 


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

MS, Compaq's 'Almost Free' iPAQ IA-2 (Reuters)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2647616,00.html>
Microsoft Corp. and Compaq Computer Corp. on Monday unveiled their second "Internet appliance," backing the new device with enough rebates to make it effectively free in a bid to draw more novice users.

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

MS, Compaq's 'Almost Free' iPAQ IA-2 (Reuters)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2647616,00.html>
Microsoft Corp. and Compaq Computer Corp. on Monday unveiled their second "Internet appliance," backing the new device with enough rebates to make it effectively free in a bid to draw more novice users.

Inexxcusable Insecurity: Microsoft Is Hardly Alone (BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/oct2000/nf20001031_939.htm>
Last week's hacker invasion highlights the gaping holes that can be closed with industry-standard security software.

Intel Patents IA-64 Instruction Set (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/1/14328.html>
A stack of new patents filed by Intel has provoked speculation that the company is in effect trying to patent the IA-64 instruction set.

Microsoft Unable To Catch Hacker On Its Own (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-3342158.html?dtn.head>
The company believes that its systems are now secure but would not confirm how the breach took place.

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

The Changing Of ICANN's Guard (The Industry Standard)
<http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,19804,00.html>
The changing of the guard for ICANN will come after the group, which was designated by the Clinton administration to manage the Internet's name and address system in 1998, is scheduled to select several new top level domains from among dozens of proposals.

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

MS, Compaq's 'Almost Free' iPAQ IA-2 (Reuters)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2647616,00.html>
Microsoft Corp. and Compaq Computer Corp. on Monday unveiled their second "Internet appliance," backing the new device with enough rebates to make it effectively free in a bid to draw more novice users.

AOL 6.0 Wreaks Havoc With Some PCs (InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/00/10/31/001031hnaol.xml>
This is AOL's first client software designed to serve all of its dial-up, cable modem and DSL customers. Apparently the one-software-fits-all approach isn't working out for all cable modem and DSL customers.

Inexxcusable Insecurity: Microsoft Is Hardly Alone (BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/oct2000/nf20001031_939.htm>
Last week's hacker invasion highlights the gaping holes that can be closed with industry-standard security software.

The Changing Of ICANN's Guard (The Industry Standard)
<http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,19804,00.html>
The changing of the guard for ICANN will come after the group, which was designated by the Clinton administration to manage the Internet's name and address system in 1998, is scheduled to select several new top level domains from among dozens of proposals.

eBay, Publisher Discontinuing Auction Magazine (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-3346497.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Add eBay Magazine to the dot-com graveyard.

Advertising: What Dot.coms Don't Know About Marketing (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/31/business/31ADCO.html>
"A lot of advertisers on the Internet are just not paying attention to the basics."

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

Singapore Jet Crashes On Take-Off (ITN)
<http://itn.co.uk/news/20001031/world/11crash.shtml>
The crash occurred at 11.18pm local time. The SIA Boeing 747-400 was taking off during a storm and hit by strong winds. It hit two other planes on the tarmac, including a China Airlines plane, police said.

Singapore Airlines 747 Crashes In Taiwan (CNN)
<http://www.cnn.com/2000/ASIANOW/east/10/31/taiwan.crash.01/index.html>
A Singapore Airlines Boeing 747 bound for Los Angeles crashed during takeoff late Tuesday from Chiang Kai-Shek International Airport in Taipei, Taiwan.

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

Singapore Jet Crashes In Taipei (Associated Press)
<http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Taiwan-Plane-Crash.html>
John Diaz, a passenger on the flight, said flames ``shot up right next to me'' as the plane tried to take off. He said there was ``heavy, heavy rain'' at the time.

SIA Plane Crashes During A Storm In Taiwan (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/articles/2000/11/01/eastasia20306.htm>

L.A.-Bound 747 With 179 On Board Crashes In Taiwan; No Fatalities Reported (Fox News)
<http://www.foxnews.com/world/103100/crash.sml>

SIA Jet Crashes In Taipei (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/breakingnews/sinbreak8_1031.html>

Singapore Plane Crashes In Taiwan (MSNBC)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/483539.asp>
A Singapore Airlines jetliner bound for Los Angeles crashed Tuesday night after taking off in a storm and collided with another aircraft on the tarmac, Taiwanese officials said.

Singapore Plane Crashes In Taiwan (BBC)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_1000000/1000448.stm>
There is so far no news of casualties among the 179 people on board the Singapore Airlines 747.

Singapore Jet Crashes On Take-Off (ITN)
<http://itn.co.uk/news/20001031/world/11crash.shtml>
The crash occurred at 11.18pm local time. The SIA Boeing 747-400 was taking off during a storm and hit by strong winds. It hit two other planes on the tarmac, including a China Airlines plane, police said.

Singapore Airlines 747 Crashes In Taiwan (CNN)
<http://www.cnn.com/2000/ASIANOW/east/10/31/taiwan.crash.01/index.html>
A Singapore Airlines Boeing 747 bound for Los Angeles crashed during takeoff late Tuesday from Chiang Kai-Shek International Airport in Taipei, Taiwan.

Engine Failure Forces SIA Plane To Make About Turn (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/singapore/cna/article.html?s=singapore/headlines/001031/singapore/cna/Engine_failure_forces_SIA_plane_to_make_about_turn.html>
SIA said Flight SQ 320, which was headed for London, had just taken off at about 12.53pm when one of its four engines failed.

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

Indian States Wooing Singapore Investors (IDG)
<http://www.idg.com.sg/dev/idgnew.nsf/UNID/41333F79D4786C1F48256989000C3823!opendocument>
Singapore is fast becoming a popular destination for Indian's famous cyber states, in their bid to attract investment and to open opportunities in the subcontinent.