[MyAppleMenu] Oct 27, 2000

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

Mac OS X-cellent (SD Times)
<http://www.sdtimes.com/cols/webwatch_016.htm>
OS X combines the favored development environments of the two central worker groups for the New EconomyÑdevelopers who love *nix and creative staff who love GUIs.

Islands In The Video Stream (Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/hotnews/articles/2000/10/racerocks/>
Fletcher had just used his AirPort-equipped PowerBook G3 to remotely control a video camera on an island 1500 feet away so that it pointed directly at the boat. As the new web site came up, he watched in awe as his boat chugged across the screen in live, streaming QuickTime.

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

Mac OS X-cellent (SD Times)
<http://www.sdtimes.com/cols/webwatch_016.htm>
OS X combines the favored development environments of the two central worker groups for the New EconomyÑdevelopers who love *nix and creative staff who love GUIs.

Islands In The Video Stream (Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/hotnews/articles/2000/10/racerocks/>
Fletcher had just used his AirPort-equipped PowerBook G3 to remotely control a video camera on an island 1500 feet away so that it pointed directly at the boat. As the new web site came up, he watched in awe as his boat chugged across the screen in live, streaming QuickTime.

Merged Apple Centres To List As Buzzle (AFR)
<http://www.afr.com.au/information/20001027/A12054-2000Oct27.html>
Six of Australia's largest Apple centres have completed their operational merger into a single business entity now known as Buzzle and are preparing for a public listing on the ASX in December or January.

Getting OS X To Speak Windows (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2000/10/22/1027jcwosxwin.html>

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

Not Everyone Hates Aqua (The Mac Night Owl)
<http://www.macnightowl.com/index.htm#aqua>

Where's My Perfect Laptop? (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2000/10/22/1027everylaptop.html>
I need a portable equivalent of the Cube: stylish, smaller, not quite as expandable (internally), and mid-line. I don't think Apple is stupid; the folks at Infinite Loop have to know they are giving up a big chunk of the market by not having a sub-laptop. I figure they are hard at work in a lab somewhere, trying to bring my perfect machine to life. And I know if that I can hold out long enough, I will get a "best-of-breed" type of product, and it will be worth the wait. But I'm growing impatient.

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

Netscae 4.7.6 Now Supports Mac OS Runtime For Java But Is it Worth Using? (MacSpeedZone)
<http://macspeedzone.com/articles/theperformanceedge/Net476Java223.shtml>

Classic Mac OS Vs Mac-On-Linux (ResExcellence)
<http://www.ResExcellence.com/linux_icebox/10-27-00.shtml>

Microsoft Earns Points With Office 2001 (Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/business/cutting/20001026/t000102154.html>
Say what you will about Microsoft--watch your language!--but the software giant has been good to the Macintosh lately.

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

Microsoft Can't Spin This Worm (Sm at rt Partner)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2646049,00.html>
Oh yeah, this really makes me want to put all my business eggs into a Microsoft basket.

MS Hack: Welcome To The Paper House (eWEEK)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2646203,00.html>
Every link in that chain must be trustworthy if enterprise users want to trust the end result.

Pentium 4 Will Debut In A Month, Intel Chief Says (Reuters)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-3309417.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
The chief executive officer of chip titan Intel said Friday the U.S. company's long-awaited Pentium 4 microprocessor will be launched in about one month, just ahead of its original year-end target.

Microsoft Confirms Hackers Saw Code For Upcoming Software (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-3310071.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Microsoft acknowledged Friday that hackers had accessed source code to programs in development, but company representatives said the intruders did not see code for existing products.

Microsoft Chief: Hack "Not Very" Damaging (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-3310071.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer said Friday a break-in by hackers into the company's computer system was not very damaging.

WinME Sales Surged In First Week - Then Crashed Horribly (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/1/14258.html>
Onechannel reports that online sales jumped over nineteenfold, to more than $1,000,000, in the first week, but promptly fell back to almost pre-launch levels.

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

Microsoft Can't Spin This Worm (Sm at rt Partner)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2646049,00.html>
Oh yeah, this really makes me want to put all my business eggs into a Microsoft basket.

MS Hack: Welcome To The Paper House (eWEEK)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2646203,00.html>
Every link in that chain must be trustworthy if enterprise users want to trust the end result.

Microsoft -- Burned By Anti-Virus Tools? (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2646200,00.html>
Security software makers Symantec, Trend Micro or Computer Associates may have missed the QAZ Trojan horse that struck the Redmond giant.

How MS Helped With Own Hack (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,39805,00.html>
Qaz is the name of the worm that was used to penetrate Microsoft's computer system, during which hackers were able to view Windows source code. Ironically, Qaz was written with a Microsoft program.

Pentium 4 Will Debut In A Month, Intel Chief Says (Reuters)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-3309417.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
The chief executive officer of chip titan Intel said Friday the U.S. company's long-awaited Pentium 4 microprocessor will be launched in about one month, just ahead of its original year-end target.

Jackson Considers Removing Himself From Microsoft Case (Bloomberg News)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-3314493.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
The judge who ordered Microsoft split in two said he would "think very seriously" about taking himself off the case if an appeals court found his decision was "egregiously wrong."

Microsoft Confirms Hackers Saw Code For Upcoming Software (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-3310071.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Microsoft acknowledged Friday that hackers had accessed source code to programs in development, but company representatives said the intruders did not see code for existing products.

Microsoft Chief: Hack "Not Very" Damaging (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-3310071.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer said Friday a break-in by hackers into the company's computer system was not very damaging.

WinME Sales Surged In First Week - Then Crashed Horribly (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/1/14258.html>
Onechannel reports that online sales jumped over nineteenfold, to more than $1,000,000, in the first week, but promptly fell back to almost pre-launch levels.

Ballmer: MSN.com In The Black Soon (Reuters)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2645707,00.html>
Microsoft's president and CEO says the Internet portal will be profitable 'in the not-too-distant future.'

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

Copyright Office Backs Content Holders (Wall Street Journal)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2646075,00.html>
In a decision that helps lay the groundwork for intellectual-property rules in a digital world, the U.S. Copyright Office has backed the right of companies to limit access to their content when it is offered on the Internet.

Browser Wars, The Sequel (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,39732,00.html>
Talk about role reversal. AOL's new 6.0 browser is more sophisticated than ever. Microsoft's new MSN Explorer is the easiest to use Microsoft browser yet.

Assessing The Virtual Newsroom (Boston Globe)
<http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/300/living/Assessing_the_virtual_newsroom+.shtml>
The online culture, though not monolithic, is freer, faster, and feistier. Traditional journalism, though evolving, is more tethered to newsroom standards, structure, and stodginess. Yet, with suprising speed, the twain are beginning to meet as established news organizations increasingly press their reporters into action as online writers.

Internet Firms Cope With Cash Drought (MSNBC)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/481660.asp>
For Internet companies living off money raised before the dot-com crash or subsisting on smaller rounds of recent financing, hitting it big at trade shows like this week’s Internet World in New York City is more critical than ever. So is living on a shoestring.

Ballmer: MSN.com In The Black Soon (Reuters)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2645707,00.html>
Microsoft's president and CEO says the Internet portal will be profitable 'in the not-too-distant future.'

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

Copyright Office Backs Content Holders (Wall Street Journal)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2646075,00.html>
In a decision that helps lay the groundwork for intellectual-property rules in a digital world, the U.S. Copyright Office has backed the right of companies to limit access to their content when it is offered on the Internet.

Browser Wars, The Sequel (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,39732,00.html>
Talk about role reversal. AOL's new 6.0 browser is more sophisticated than ever. Microsoft's new MSN Explorer is the easiest to use Microsoft browser yet.

Dot-Com Down (New York Press)
<http://www.nypress.com/content.cfm?content_id=2953&now=10/26/2000&content_section=1>
"You know, the beautiful part about a print magazine–this is what Inside.com has done, and TheStreet.com should have done it too–when you do a print magazine, you get a completely different business model, because it’s based on historical precedents. Nobody expects you to make money in the first two years. Period."

Assessing The Virtual Newsroom (Boston Globe)
<http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/300/living/Assessing_the_virtual_newsroom+.shtml>
The online culture, though not monolithic, is freer, faster, and feistier. Traditional journalism, though evolving, is more tethered to newsroom standards, structure, and stodginess. Yet, with suprising speed, the twain are beginning to meet as established news organizations increasingly press their reporters into action as online writers.

Amazon's Jeff Bezos: "The New Business Are Gaining Traction" (BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/oct2000/nf20001026_676.htm>
The CEO talks about how ventures into toys and consumer electronics have resulted in a stronger-than-expected quarter.

Internet Firms Cope With Cash Drought (MSNBC)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/481660.asp>
For Internet companies living off money raised before the dot-com crash or subsisting on smaller rounds of recent financing, hitting it big at trade shows like this week’s Internet World in New York City is more critical than ever. So is living on a shoestring.

Ballmer: MSN.com In The Black Soon (Reuters)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2645707,00.html>
Microsoft's president and CEO says the Internet portal will be profitable 'in the not-too-distant future.'

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

Arts Council Respects Decision To Call Off Play (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/sin6_1028.html>
The NAC noted that it supported the staging of the play subject to some changes being made.

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

Don't Blame Oil Crisis For Bigger Power Bills: PUB (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/sin15_1028.html>
Consumers here may blame the recent oil crisis for rising electricity bills, but the Public Utilities Board (PUB) says the main culprit is increased consumption.

Arts Council Respects Decision To Call Off Play (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/sin6_1028.html>
The NAC noted that it supported the staging of the play subject to some changes being made.

Private Singapore Showing Of Publicly Banned Play About Indian Muslim Women (AFP)
<http://sg.dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/singapore/afp/article.html?s=singapore/headlines/001027/singapore/afp/Private_Singapore_showing_of_publicly_banned_play_about_Indian_Muslim_women.html>
A play depicting marital violence within Indian Muslim society is to be staged privately in Singapore after authorities refused a public performance licence for the work.

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

Government To Pump $200m Into Wireless Services, Products (Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/6/news/nsing01.html>
To be administered by the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore, the three-year programme called "Wired With Wireless" will focus on three key areas: location-based services, wireless multimedia and mobile commerce.

Travel Woes (Time)
<http://www.cnn.com/ASIANOW/time/asiabuzz/2000/10/26/>
Don't look to the Web for your next holiday.

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

Jamal's Set To Shake Up TV Scene (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/sin7_1028.html>
After successes in Malaysia, head of English media & entertainment unit is looking to grab eyeballs, ad revenue.