[MyAppleMenu] Oct 28, 2000

[applesurf at myapplemenu.comapplesurf]

MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

Mac OS X Delivers Clean, Refreshing Aqua (Infoworld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/00/10/30/001030tcosx.xml>
Aqua provides better use of screen real estate and a more pleasant user experience than any of its predecessors. This is crucial in terms of user productivity and workflow. Come early next year, Mac-heavy companies should get ready for a real treat: Their employees won't want to go home.

Cube: A Work Of Art. An Expensive Art (themestream)
<http://www.themestream.com/gspd_browse/browse/view_article.gsp?c_id=219231&id_list=&cookied=T>
The real feature of the Cube, however, is the machine itself, not what the machine does.

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

Mac OS X Delivers Clean, Refreshing Aqua (Infoworld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/00/10/30/001030tcosx.xml>
Aqua provides better use of screen real estate and a more pleasant user experience than any of its predecessors. This is crucial in terms of user productivity and workflow. Come early next year, Mac-heavy companies should get ready for a real treat: Their employees won't want to go home.

Diablo II (Inside Mac Games)
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/reviews/00/diablo2/>
As it stands, even with the graphics bug and online resource shortage, Diablo II is a must-have for all Mac gamers. It is only a matter of time before these issues are resolved and then this game can truly shine.

Cube: A Work Of Art. An Expensive Art (themestream)
<http://www.themestream.com/gspd_browse/browse/view_article.gsp?c_id=219231&id_list=&cookied=T>
The real feature of the Cube, however, is the machine itself, not what the machine does.

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

Who Cracked Microsoft? (Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/10/27/microsoft_crack/index.html>
Many free-software hackers make no attempt to hide their hatred of Bill Gates -- could they be the culprits?

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

Who Cracked Microsoft? (Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/10/27/microsoft_crack/index.html>
Many free-software hackers make no attempt to hide their hatred of Bill Gates -- could they be the culprits?

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

Questions Regarding Controversial Cartoon (Minnesota Daily)
<http://www.mndaily.com/daily/2000/10/27/editorial_opinions/o1027/>
Given all of the complexities of race, fairness and editorializing, it is a small miracle that any event, idea or picture is ever sufficiently relayed to the public at large through a newspaper.

What Global Language? (The Atlantic Monthly)
<http://www.theatlantic.com/cgi-bin/o/issues/2000/11/wallraff.htm>
English isn't managing to sweep all else before it -- and if it ever does become the universal language, many of those who speak it won't understand one another.

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

COE Open Bidding To Be Launched, Despite Low Support From Banks (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/singapore/cna/article.html?s=singapore/headlines/001028/singapore/cna/COE_open_bidding_to_be_launched__despite_low_support_from_banks.html>
The government will introduce the open bidding system for Certificates of Entitlement (COEs) during the second quarter of next year, even if some major banks have chosen not to take part in the scheme.