[MyAppleMenu] Oct 24, 2000

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

SkyCorp Signs Agreement With NASA To Fly The First Webserver In Space - And It Will Be A Mac G4 (SpaceRef.com)
<http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewnews.html?id=233>
The company is considering flying a Mac G4 cube since its passive cooling technology has some definite advantages in a microgravity environment.

Time To Bite At Apple's Stock? (CNBC)
<http://www.cnbc.com/commentary/commentary_full_story_Stocks.asp?StoryID=25050>
Already a billionaire, Jobs is there to make waves, not avoid risks, they figure. That [...] will mean a return to "insanely great" products, as well as great design, Apple’s forte of late.

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

The Growing Microsoft Empire (Low End Mac)
<http://lowendmac.com/scope/2k1025.html>

SkyCorp Signs Agreement With NASA To Fly The First Webserver In Space - And It Will Be A Mac G4 (SpaceRef.com)
<http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewnews.html?id=233>
The company is considering flying a Mac G4 cube since its passive cooling technology has some definite advantages in a microgravity environment.

It Is Not A L2Ghz Mac, But Xtreme Ships First Product (The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/article/2000/10/24.9.shtml>

Netscape Communicator 4.76 Improves Stability (MacCentral)
<http://www.maccentral.com/news/0010/24.netscape.shtml>

Napster Releases Mac Beta (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2000/10/22/1024napster.html>
Napster has posted a free public beta of the controversial MP3 file-swapping software, which previously was available only to Windows users.

Mac-To-Mac In OS X (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2000/10/22/1024jcwosxnetwork.html>
Apple has done a decent job of allowing for Mac-to-Mac connections within the public beta. Despite some rough spots, the basics are there, and they work well.

Time To Bite At Apple's Stock? (CNBC)
<http://www.cnbc.com/commentary/commentary_full_story_Stocks.asp?StoryID=25050>
Already a billionaire, Jobs is there to make waves, not avoid risks, they figure. That [...] will mean a return to "insanely great" products, as well as great design, Apple’s forte of late.

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

Bring Back The Desktop Mac (Low End Mac)
<http://lowendmac.com/archive/2k1024.html>

Newer Macs, Less Costly RAM (Low End Mac)
<http://lowendmac.com/musings/ramprice.html>

Will Apple Bounce Back? (The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/columns/flipside/2000/20001024.shtml>

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

CodeWarrior, Learning Edition (Macworld)
<http://macworld.zdnet.com/2000/10/18/reviews/codewarrior.html>
Instructors should know that Learning Edition is the all-time bargain as a programming teaching environment, and you're doing your students a favor by assigning it. For those who want to learn on their own, it's a great deal.

Apple Cinema Display (Macworld)
<http://macworld.zdnet.com/2000/12/reviews/cinema.html>
Truly an engineering and design breakthrough, the Apple Cinema Display offers a huge amount of screen real estate but fits on the most modest desktops. The digital flat panel offers unparalleled sharpness and color saturation, with edge-to-edge focus that analog monitors can't match.

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

Microsoft Delivers Office 10 Beta Early (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2644039,00.html>
The software maker adds new fixes and functionality that were missing from earlier betas in its Office 2000 successor for Windows.

Intel Sets Pentium 4 Path To 2GHz (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2643041,00.html>
The chip maker is counting on the Pentium 4 to pull it into the speed lead again. But, don't hold your breath.

Windows Me Knock Out DSL (Inter at ctive Week)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2643039,00.html>
Some DSL users who upgrade to Windows Me find they lose their superfast connection. The problem? Outdated ISP software.

Compaq Predicts 35 Percent Sales Growth In China Region (Bloomberg News)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-3273778.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Compaq Computer expects to see 35 percent revenue growth in the China region next year as it shifts its focus away from PCs to e-commerce related hardware, the company said Monday.

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

The Growing Microsoft Empire (Low End Mac)
<http://lowendmac.com/scope/2k1025.html>

Microsoft Delivers Office 10 Beta Early (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2644039,00.html>
The software maker adds new fixes and functionality that were missing from earlier betas in its Office 2000 successor for Windows.

Compaq Comeback Rolls On With Earnings Surprise (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-3283571.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Compaq Computer on Tuesday beat third-quarter expectations by a penny a share in another sign the company is on the mend.

In Priase Of Microsoft's PDA Diplomacy (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2643379,00.html>
How did a confirmed non-PDA user -- that'd be me -- find himself in the midst of a fiery showdown between Palm and Pocket PC partisans?

Compaq Looks To Fuel Comeback With Earnings Report (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-3275954.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Compaq Computer is expected to return to double-digit revenue growth for the first time in several quarters, another milestone in the company's comeback efforts.

Intel Sets Pentium 4 Path To 2GHz (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2643041,00.html>
The chip maker is counting on the Pentium 4 to pull it into the speed lead again. But, don't hold your breath.

Windows Me Knock Out DSL (Inter at ctive Week)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2643039,00.html>
Some DSL users who upgrade to Windows Me find they lose their superfast connection. The problem? Outdated ISP software.

MS Attempts To Stomp Office 10 Bugs (eWEEK)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2643292,00.html>
Just one month after releasing Office 10 Beta 1, Microsoft has sent out an updated version containing mostly bug fixes for Outlook.

Compaq Predicts 35 Percent Sales Growth In China Region (Bloomberg News)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-3273778.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Compaq Computer expects to see 35 percent revenue growth in the China region next year as it shifts its focus away from PCs to e-commerce related hardware, the company said Monday.

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

Messaging Group Won't Pick A Favorite (eWEEK)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2642709,00.html>
The industry group charged with picking a standard protocol for instant messaging now is likely to leave that task to others.

Amazon Has A Good Bad Quarter (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,39647,00.html>
In the wake of a troubled quarter for Internet retail stocks, Amazon.com reported earnings that came in well ahead of Wall Street's diminished expectations Tuesday.

Got Content? Think Syndication (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,39531,00.html>
If you think content creation is dead just because DEN, Pseudo, and Pop.com crashed and burned, think differently. New content creation is on the way -- through syndication.

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

Messaging Group Won't Pick A Favorite (eWEEK)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2642709,00.html>
The industry group charged with picking a standard protocol for instant messaging now is likely to leave that task to others.

Amazon Has A Good Bad Quarter (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,39647,00.html>
In the wake of a troubled quarter for Internet retail stocks, Amazon.com reported earnings that came in well ahead of Wall Street's diminished expectations Tuesday.

Netscape Communicator 4.76 Improves Stability (MacCentral)
<http://www.maccentral.com/news/0010/24.netscape.shtml>

Net Standards Group Puts XML To The Test (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-3282875.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
A major Internet standards body has come a step closer to making a key recommendation that promises to greatly enhance Web programming capabilities.

Napster Releases Mac Beta (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2000/10/22/1024napster.html>
Napster has posted a free public beta of the controversial MP3 file-swapping software, which previously was available only to Windows users.

WAP Servers Could Be "Hacker Magnets" (Vnunet.com)
<http://www.allnetdevices.com/developer/news/2000/10/24/wap_servers.html>
The level of security threats will rise as companies link their IT infrastructures into the wireless world, opening themselves up to attacks on Wap gateways from mobile spam and even viruses on mobile phones.

'Works For Hire' On Firing Line (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,39632,00.html>
MP3.com's legal challenge of the validity of music copyrights, which is forcing a U.S. district court to focus on ownership of music, could have serious implications for the music industry.

Report: AOL, Time Warner Extend Merger-Review Deadline (Bloomberg News)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-3279108.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
America Online's planned purchase of Time Warner will be reviewed for at least two more weeks, as a merger-review deadline has been extended while the companies continue negotiations with U.S. antitrust authorities, according to reports.

Windows Me Knock Out DSL (Inter at ctive Week)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2643039,00.html>
Some DSL users who upgrade to Windows Me find they lose their superfast connection. The problem? Outdated ISP software.

Got Content? Think Syndication (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,39531,00.html>
If you think content creation is dead just because DEN, Pseudo, and Pop.com crashed and burned, think differently. New content creation is on the way -- through syndication.

Secure Digital Music Hits A Sour Note (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2643884,00.html>
Team of researchers breaks watermarks on music-protection candidates. But SDMI is still singing praises of identifiable music.

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

Kopernicus: Linux Made Easy (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2644170,00.html>
KDE's latest desktop environment offers browser and tool advancements to Linux and Unix users -- plus a new, integrated open-source office suite.


TurboLinux Chairman Leaves For Storage Start-Up (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-3273793.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
TurboLinux chairman and co-founder Cliff Miller has stepped down to create a start-up focusing on storing other companies' data.

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

Kopernicus: Linux Made Easy (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2644170,00.html>
KDE's latest desktop environment offers browser and tool advancements to Linux and Unix users -- plus a new, integrated open-source office suite.


TurboLinux Chairman Leaves For Storage Start-Up (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-3273793.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
TurboLinux chairman and co-founder Cliff Miller has stepped down to create a start-up focusing on storing other companies' data.

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

Media Should Be Guided "By Values, Not Profits" (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/sin10_1025.html>

SAT Swotting? Save Your Time (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/sin1_1025.html>
Studying and taking courses for the Scholastic Assessment Test will not boost students' results, but it will steal time from other subjects.

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

Overseas Players Cool On Singapore's 3G Auction (AFP)
<http://sg.dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/singapore/afp/article.html?s=singapore/headlines/001024/singapore/afp/Overseas_players_cool_on_Singapore_s_3G_auction.html>
Singapore's plan to auction four third-generation (3G) mobile telecommunications licences has drawn a muted international response, reports said Tuesday and only three local players have shown an immediate interest.