[MyAppleMenu] Oct 19, 2000

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

Will Apple Regain Momentum? (Meta Group)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-201-3239807-0.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..sf>
Although Apple's third quarter was slightly under analyst estimates, the market is exaggerating the company's supposed "financial troubles."

It's Apple Picking Time (IDEAadvisor)
<http://www.ideaadvisor.com/article/article.asp?aid=6053>
If Apple continues to grow at a vigorous clip, the upside is appealing, as both earnings, and price/earnings multiple expand.Ê This is one stock you must own again.

Users: Apple Is Support Champ (ZDNet Help & How-To)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2635820,00.html>
Apple got top marks for technical support among PC vendors cited a user survey by ZDNet's Help and How-To channel. Check out how the Mac maker fared against the competition.

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

Apple Stock Drops Again (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-3236984.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Apple Computer's shares fell as much as 9 percent Thursday following Wednesday's worse-than-expected earnings news.

Getting An Older Mac On The Net (Low End Mac)
<http://lowendmac.com/macdan/2k1019ek.html>
Connecting any vintage Mac above the Lisa and 128k to the Internet can be easy. The Mac Classic II is no exception to this rule.

Apple Shares Fall On Disappointing Earnings Report, Forecast (Newsbytes)
<http://www.newsbytes.com/pubNews/00/156921.html>
Apple shares were trading at $19.44, down 69 cents, or 3.5 percent, in early afternoon. At one point today, shares slipped below the 52-week low of $18.75.

Analysts Skeptical Of Immediate Apple Rebound (MacCentral)
<http://www.maccentral.com/news/0010/19.stock.shtml>

Apple Makes Losing Look Good (The Industry Standard)
<http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,19511,00.html>
Cupertino loses to Redmond in the third quarter, but it has the more upbeat announcement.

Users: Apple Is Support Champ (ZDNet Help & How-To)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2635820,00.html>
Apple got top marks for technical support among PC vendors cited a user survey by ZDNet's Help and How-To channel. Check out how the Mac maker fared against the competition.

Jobs Subtly Criticizes Motorola On G4 Speeds (MacCentral)
<http://www.maccentral.com/news/0010/19.jobs.shtml>
Jobs confirmed what has been rumored for months that Motorola will be delivering faster PowerPC G4 processors in the next few months for inclusion in new Mac models to be introduced "in the next six months."

Despite Woes, Jobs Promises Faster Chips, Cheaper Cubes (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-3231656.html?dtn.head>
Although Apple Computer warned Wednesday that sales could stay relatively flat in the coming year, chief executive Steve Jobs said the company has no shortage of new products in the pipeline.

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

Will Apple Regain Momentum? (Meta Group)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-201-3239807-0.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..sf>
Although Apple's third quarter was slightly under analyst estimates, the market is exaggerating the company's supposed "financial troubles."

It's Apple Picking Time (IDEAadvisor)
<http://www.ideaadvisor.com/article/article.asp?aid=6053>
If Apple continues to grow at a vigorous clip, the upside is appealing, as both earnings, and price/earnings multiple expand.Ê This is one stock you must own again.

Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Steve (MacCentral)
<http://www.maccentral.com/news/0010/19.steve.shtml>
Jobs needs to ask himself, is the fanfare and supposed free publicity of a surprise product launch as important as letting customers and retailers prepare for new products.

The Dominance Myth (osOpinion)
<http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/PeteOttman/PeteOttman5.html>
"A recent Wall St. Journal article on Apple's declining education sales was merely the rebirth of what I like to call the "dominance myth" used by Windows proponents and the media to encourage consumers and institutions to step away from the Macintosh and embracing Windows. This myth, of course, is based purely on speculation and no hard user-based evidence, so it persists unchecked." 


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

Backyard Baseball 2001 (MacAddict)
<http://www.macaddict.com/news/reviews/2000_10_13.shtml>

BBEdit 6.0 (Applelinks.com)
<http://www.applelinks.com/reviews/bbedit6.shtml>
If you work even casually with syntax, BBEdit 6.0 will prove to be an indispensable tool that not only increases productivity over other editors--including its own younger sibling BBEdit Lite--but that simply by function teaches you more about the programming or markup language in which you're writing.

Mac OS X: New Finder Makes Life Easier (Project Eyeball)
<http://eyeball.asia1.com.sg/Eyeball/Story/1,1381,6280,00.html?>

icWord (Macworld)
<http://macworld.zdnet.com/2000/10/16/reviews/icword.html>
IcWord does a decent job of displaying the original formatting; it will match fonts as closely as possible to that of the original document.

The Designer's Quartet (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2000/10/15/1019shalatprods.html>
A recent experience helping a colleague research and buy a suitable Mac system left me overwhelmed at the choices available. So I may be sticking my neck out just before Thanksgiving, but I'm going to make some suggestions about a designer's hardware starter kit.

The Dominance Myth (osOpinion)
<http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/PeteOttman/PeteOttman5.html>
"A recent Wall St. Journal article on Apple's declining education sales was merely the rebirth of what I like to call the "dominance myth" used by Windows proponents and the media to encourage consumers and institutions to step away from the Macintosh and embracing Windows. This myth, of course, is based purely on speculation and no hard user-based evidence, so it persists unchecked." 


Microsoft Redesigns Mac Office (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/19/technology/19STAT.html>
This robust set of business programs can let Mac users work with tools that are just as good (or even better) than the ones available to their Windows co-workers — just what one needs in a cross-platform world.

X's Coolest Feature: A Unix Heart (Project Eyeball)
<http://eyeball.asia1.com.sg/Eyeball/Story/1,1381,6181,00.html?>
After a day testing Mac OS X, the only thing to be said is: "What the hell took Apple so long?"

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

Intel's Hard Road To The High End (InternetWeek)
<http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20001019S0014>
Intel's got a roadmap to deliver chips for high-end server computing, but it has to clear a few roadblocks first.

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

Intel's Hard Road To The High End (InternetWeek)
<http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20001019S0014>
Intel's got a roadmap to deliver chips for high-end server computing, but it has to clear a few roadblocks first.

Gates: Poor Need Meds, Not PCs (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,39461,00.html>
Bill Gates appeared at the Digital Dividends conference here like a Tory at the signing of the Declaration of Independence, telling the 350 attendees that they were wrong to expect to find markets among the world's poorest people.

Apple Makes Losing Look Good (The Industry Standard)
<http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,19511,00.html>
Cupertino loses to Redmond in the third quarter, but it has the more upbeat announcement.

Microsoft Eyes Palm Handhelds For .Net-Based Applications (InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/00/10/18/001018hnbalmpalm.xml>
"No offense to the Pocket PC, but we might need to bring .Net services to Palm and other [handheld] devices."

Microsoft Redesigns Mac Office (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/19/technology/19STAT.html>
This robust set of business programs can let Mac users work with tools that are just as good (or even better) than the ones available to their Windows co-workers — just what one needs in a cross-platform world.

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

Cashing In On Bogus Patents (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,39528,00.html>
A new company encourages people to dig up pre-existing technology that helps debunk bogus patents. And guess who's funding it? Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and the man who claims Amazon's 1-Click Shopping patent is a crock.

Government Groups At Odds On Net Filtering (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-3237543.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
A congressional commission is set to recommend voluntary Internet filtering in schools and libraries, but Congress itself is poised to pass a bill that would go a step further and mandate such technology.

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

Cashing In On Bogus Patents (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,39528,00.html>
A new company encourages people to dig up pre-existing technology that helps debunk bogus patents. And guess who's funding it? Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and the man who claims Amazon's 1-Click Shopping patent is a crock.

Government Groups At Odds On Net Filtering (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-3237543.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
A congressional commission is set to recommend voluntary Internet filtering in schools and libraries, but Congress itself is poised to pass a bill that would go a step further and mandate such technology.

Investors See Nothing Hatching At Net Incubators (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-3238693.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Investors are pulling the plug on Internet incubators, the high-risk businesses that discover and nurture fledgling e-commerce companies.

Getting An Older Mac On The Net (Low End Mac)
<http://lowendmac.com/macdan/2k1019ek.html>
Connecting any vintage Mac above the Lisa and 128k to the Internet can be easy. The Mac Classic II is no exception to this rule.

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

What We Do In Private (Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2000/10/19/peek/index.html>
"Peek," a collection of erotic photos from the Kinsey collection, is a strangely clinical yet revealing look at American sexuality.

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

Talaq Still In Limbo (Project Eyeball)
<http://eyeball.asia1.com.sg/Eyeball/Story/1,1381,6251,00.html?>
It is a face-off in the best tradition of a John Woo movie. The fate of controversial play Talaq is still in limbo because all parties involved in deciding whether it will staged again are playing taiqi.

Nothin' On The Radio (Project Eyeball)
<http://eyeball.asia1.com.sg/Eyeball/Story/1,1381,6276,00.html?>
Call it a case of ''mixed frequencies''. Many Singaporeans feel that radio stations here are not hearing their pleas for more varied radio programming.

More Leeway In Restoring Shophouses (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/sin6_1020.html>
"The buildings and the area must be given the chance of evolution," said first vice-president of SIA, Mr Richard Ho.

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

Talaq Still In Limbo (Project Eyeball)
<http://eyeball.asia1.com.sg/Eyeball/Story/1,1381,6251,00.html?>
It is a face-off in the best tradition of a John Woo movie. The fate of controversial play Talaq is still in limbo because all parties involved in deciding whether it will staged again are playing taiqi.

Taxi, Taxi, Who's The Cheapest (Project Eyeball)
<http://eyeball.asia1.com.sg/Eyeball/Story/1,1381,6267,00.html?>
All the journeys were taken on different routes and different days at different times. The Tibs taxis turned out to be most expensive on four of the 10 routes.

Singapore: Further Evidence That Services Will Be The Savior (Global Economic Forum)
<http://www.msdw.com/GEFdata/digests/latest-digest.html#anchor0>

More Leeway In Restoring Shophouses (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/sin6_1020.html>
"The buildings and the area must be given the chance of evolution," said first vice-president of SIA, Mr Richard Ho.

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

Mac OS X: New Finder Makes Life Easier (Project Eyeball)
<http://eyeball.asia1.com.sg/Eyeball/Story/1,1381,6280,00.html?>

HK Top Earners Match Singapore's In Computer Use: Survey (Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/5/news/nsing04.html>
Hongkong's elite have caught up with their Singaporean counterparts in computer ownership and are rapidly closing the gap on Internet penetration. The latest Asian Target Markets Survey by AC Nielsen found that Singapore no longer has the comfortable lead it had in using technology.

"SPH AsiaOne One Of The Few" That Will Survive Net Shakeout (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/money/sinb9_1020.html>
When the dust settles on the Singapore Internet scene, only a few major players will be left standing, says ING Barings regional Internet analyst Douglas Kim.

X's Coolest Feature: A Unix Heart (Project Eyeball)
<http://eyeball.asia1.com.sg/Eyeball/Story/1,1381,6181,00.html?>
After a day testing Mac OS X, the only thing to be said is: "What the hell took Apple so long?"

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

Nothin' On The Radio (Project Eyeball)
<http://eyeball.asia1.com.sg/Eyeball/Story/1,1381,6276,00.html?>
Call it a case of ''mixed frequencies''. Many Singaporeans feel that radio stations here are not hearing their pleas for more varied radio programming.

No Listing On Taekwondo, Says SportsCity (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/for4_1020.html>
Hass Aminian, Assistant Vice-Preisdent SportsCity: We did a thorough check after Mr Wong's letter. Our press listings sent to the various press agencies did not reflect "taekwondo" at 4 am on Sept 30. Neither did our website list "taekwondo" on Sept 30.

Lan Kwai Fong Club Folds (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/life/life14_1020.html>
The disco-winebar, which drew in the party-goers when chinoiserie was popular, has closed permanently due to poor business.

Chicken Rice On Movie Menu (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/life/life1_1020.html>
Chicken Rice War, which cost $880,000, is set to open on Nov 16. The stakes are high. It is Raintree Pictures' first English movie and the Singapore Film Commission's long-awaited debut project.

Singapore's East Side Becomes A Night-Life Haven (Project Eyeball)
<http://eyeball.asia1.com.sg/Eyeball/Story/1,1381,6187,00.html?>
Food and beverage operators are heading down to Siglap like prospectors on a gold rush.