[MyAppleMenu] Oct 15, 2000

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

A Happy, Scary New Day For Design (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/15/arts/15MUSC.html>
Shadow, translucency, reflection, refraction, dappling, stippling, blurring, shimmering, vibration, moire, netting, layering, superimposition: these are some of the visual devices used to render the veil in contemporary design.

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

A Happy, Scary New Day For Design (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/15/arts/15MUSC.html>
Shadow, translucency, reflection, refraction, dappling, stippling, blurring, shimmering, vibration, moire, netting, layering, superimposition: these are some of the visual devices used to render the veil in contemporary design.

Is The PC Boom Over? (Newsweek)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/476255.asp>
Now that the majority of households own personal computers, sales growth is starting to slow down.

XLR8 Cuts Prices Up To 33 Percent (MacCentral)
<http://www.maccentral.com/news/0010/14.xlr8.shtml>

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

Is The PC Boom Over? (Newsweek)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/476255.asp>
Now that the majority of households own personal computers, sales growth is starting to slow down.

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

RealNetworks Plunges, Tarred By Advertising Fears (Reuters)
<http://www.mediacentral.com/channels//allnews/10_13_2000.reutr-story-N13306951.html>
Real was being unfairly hammered by concerns of a slowdown in advertising revenue after analysts said leading Internet portal Yahoo! Inc. faced a softening ad market and online advertising company DoubleClick Inc. posted disappointing earnings, Bench and other analysts said.

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

Childcare Centres And Kindergartens Reopen On Monday (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/singapore/cna/article.html?s=singapore/headlines/001015/singapore/cna/Childcare_centres_and_kindergartens_reopen_on_Monday.html>
With its centres closed and teachers freed from daily caregiving, NTUC Childcare took the opportunity to bring forward training programmes scheduled for next year to this week.

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

More Adult Dramas On Goggle  Box (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/life/life7_1015.html>
Four shows steal the scene from teens and bring things into a more adult focus, but some of the cuts are unkind.