[MyAppleMenu] Oct 20, 2000

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

Apple Hardware Exclusive No More (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2000/10/15/1019dealers.html>
The 500MHz G4 Cube, Key Lime iBook, Pro Mouse and Pro Keyboard, previously sold only through the Apple Store, could be heading to a Mac dealer near you.

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

Apple's Cube-For-Cash Deal Comes To Britain (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/1/14117.html>

Eight Bucks For An Apple (Morningstar.com)
<http://biz.yahoo.com/ms/001020/3809.html>

Resellers Welcome Apple Moves (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2000/10/15/1019cubereax.html>
Mac resellers said they welcomed the company's new Cube and PowerBook rebates, as well as Apple's decision to allow dealer sales of the 500MHz Cube and Key Lime iBook. But they said it's too early to see an impact on sales.

Apple Hardware Exclusive No More (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2000/10/15/1019dealers.html>
The 500MHz G4 Cube, Key Lime iBook, Pro Mouse and Pro Keyboard, previously sold only through the Apple Store, could be heading to a Mac dealer near you.

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

X Marks The Problem (MacOPINION)
<http://www.macopinion.com/columns/tangible/00/10/20/index.html>
Still, this is not to say that X is bad, nor that X is slow. It's just that my expectations were wrong. With so much buildup to X -- after years of heavenly Copland and Rhapsody dreams being shattered -- we came to expect X as the solution to every problem.

What Is The Cube? (Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/musings/the-cube.html>
Sorry, Steve, but no matter how I try to spin it, the Cube certainly looks overpriced.

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

Beta Mac OS X Has Beauty, Brawn, Bumps (Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/business/cutting/features/lat_tt-mac001019.htm>
Beauty and brawn--what more could you want?

Nisus Writer 6 (Applelinks.com)
<http://www.applelinks.com/mooresviews/NW.shtml>
It retains all the goodness of the previous versions and adds cool new stuff. What's not to like?

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

Bush: Innovation, Not Litigation (Reuters)
<http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2642895,00.html>
Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush said Thursday he preferred "innovation over litigation," his strongest comment in months on the Clinton administration's antitrust case against Microsoft Corp.

Plugging And Praying With WinMe (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2642115,00.html>
Microsoft has a long way to go before it offers an operating system that is easy enough for the everyday computer user to purchase and install effortlessly.

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

Bush: Innovation, Not Litigation (Reuters)
<http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2642895,00.html>
Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush said Thursday he preferred "innovation over litigation," his strongest comment in months on the Clinton administration's antitrust case against Microsoft Corp.

A Kinder, Humbier Microsoft? (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2642246,00.html>
"Microsoft is no longer feared or awed in the Valley."

Plugging And Praying With WinMe (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2642115,00.html>
Microsoft has a long way to go before it offers an operating system that is easy enough for the everyday computer user to purchase and install effortlessly.

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

Asiacontent.com Dons New Clothes (CBS MarketWatch)
<http://cbs.marketwatch.com/archive/20001018/news/current/iasia.htx?source=blq/yhoo&dist=yhoo>
If content is king, how come some media-focused dot-com emperors are scrambling to wrap themselves in the cloak of technical Web solutions companies?

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

Is NSI Hoarding Domain Names? (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2642661,00.html>
Suit claims it is planning to make a fortune selling expired domain names during an auction, instead of sending them back to the public pool.

Coming Soon: Pay-Per-Game (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,39505,00.html>
ollowing the lead of movies and TV, a new service will let broadband users rent popular games that can be downloaded to their PCs.

Human Rights Gr4oup Uses Email To Fight Torture (Associated Press)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-3245297.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>

Asiacontent.com Dons New Clothes (CBS MarketWatch)
<http://cbs.marketwatch.com/archive/20001018/news/current/iasia.htx?source=blq/yhoo&dist=yhoo>
If content is king, how come some media-focused dot-com emperors are scrambling to wrap themselves in the cloak of technical Web solutions companies?

Online Advertisers In The Hot Seat (Upside)
<http://www.upside.com/News/39ef68b50.html>
It's earnings season, and Wall Street is eagerly waiting to see if there is any upside to be had by Internet companies.

Support Grows For Internet Filters In Schools (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/20/technology/20NET.html>
Provisions of an appropriations bill expected to be approved in the next few days would make filtering software a condition for grants under the E-rate program, which subsidizes Internet connections for schools and libraries.

Detector Vans Can't Tell You're Watching TV Streamed To Your PC (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/1/14104.html>
Licensing authority admits the obvious.

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

Get Your Red-Hot Linux Apps (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2642917,00.html>
Hoping to warm up the chilly Linux desktop market, Chilliware says it is launching the first of more than 100 desktop Linux apps.

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

Get Your Red-Hot Linux Apps (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2642917,00.html>
Hoping to warm up the chilly Linux desktop market, Chilliware says it is launching the first of more than 100 desktop Linux apps.

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

Transcendental Money (DaveNet)
<http://davenet.userland.com/2000/10/19/transcendentalMoney>
OK, indulge me, play a little game, dream of having your perfect amount of money. Now, in theory, you feel secure.

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

SilkAir MI 185 Crash Draft Report Ready: MCIT (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/singapore/cna/article.html?s=singapore/headlines/001020/singapore/cna/SilkAir_MI_185_crash_draft_report_ready__MCIT.html>
Under international civil aviation practices, Indonesia, which conducted the investigation, is required to extend a copy of the draft report to Singapore, the state where the aircraft had been registered, as well as the United States, where the plane was manufactured. Both Singapore and the US have up to 60 days to revert to the Indonesian authorities with the specific technical comments.

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

SilkAir MI 185 Crash Draft Report Ready: MCIT (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/singapore/cna/article.html?s=singapore/headlines/001020/singapore/cna/SilkAir_MI_185_crash_draft_report_ready__MCIT.html>
Under international civil aviation practices, Indonesia, which conducted the investigation, is required to extend a copy of the draft report to Singapore, the state where the aircraft had been registered, as well as the United States, where the plane was manufactured. Both Singapore and the US have up to 60 days to revert to the Indonesian authorities with the specific technical comments.

Singaporean Playwright Receives Death Threat Over Muslim WOrk (AFP)
<http://sg.dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/singapore/afp/article.html?s=singapore/headlines/001020/singapore/afp/Singaporean_playwright_receives_death_threat_over_Muslim_work.html>
A Singaporean playwright said Friday he had received a death threat over attempts to stage an English production of his work "Talaq" about marital violence and rape in the Muslim Indian community.

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

Singapore To issue Four 3G Licenses (Dow Jones)
<http://asia.biz.yahoo.com/news/asian_markets/article.html?s=asiafinance/news/001020/asian_markets/dowjones/CORRECTION__Singapore_To_Issue_Four_3G_Licenses.html>
Singapore will issue up to four third-generation mobile licenses through an auction that will be held in February 2001, the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore said Friday.

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

High Hopes For "Chicken Rice War" (Asia E!Online)
<http://asia.eonline.com/newsgossip/stories/content/0,2591,5308,00.html>
Hopes are pinned on the upcoming Singapore film Chicken Rice War to be the breakthrough hit for the English-speaking market here and abroad.

Co-Productions To Help Boost Singapore's Film Industry (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/singapore/cna/article.html?s=singapore/headlines/001020/singapore/cna/Co-productions_to_help_boost_Singapore_s_film_industry.html>
The Singapore Film Commission, which has been helping to fund local projects, now wants to help local filmmakers work with experienced filmmakers from other countries.