[MyAppleMenu] Sep 9, 2000

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

Apple Delivers The Facts (Strategy)
<http://www.strategymag.com/articles/20000911/pr-baseline.asp?m>
After however many decades of flogging the Think position, how it must have irked IBM to see the first Apple ad that said Think different. Now that's attitude.

Paris Fuels Up For Apple Expo (Pfeiffer Report)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2626087,00.html>
Next week's event will be France's biggest, but will it be enough to satisfy Europe's Mac veterans?

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

CCSO Addresses iMac Concerns (The Daily Illini)
<http://www.dailyillini.com/sept00/sept08/news/news09.shtml>

Keyboard Grime Analysis (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/1/13128.html>
Ever wondered what makes up the grimy residue that coats your computer keyboard? According to intensive research by AOL, it consists of bits of fingernails, hair, insects, vegetables and the odd cornflake crumb.

Apple Delivers The Facts (Strategy)
<http://www.strategymag.com/articles/20000911/pr-baseline.asp?m>
After however many decades of flogging the Think position, how it must have irked IBM to see the first Apple ad that said Think different. Now that's attitude.

Paris Fuels Up For Apple Expo (Pfeiffer Report)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2626087,00.html>
Next week's event will be France's biggest, but will it be enough to satisfy Europe's Mac veterans?

Virtual Lessons A Reality For Laptop Students (Irish Independent)
<http://www.irishindependent.com/2000/251/d09c.shtml>
The school hopes that in a few years time its students will be doing virtually all their studies through the computers.

No Webcast For Jobs' Paris Keynote (MacCentral)
<http://www.maccentral.com/news/0009/08.keynote.shtml>
With the time difference between, for example, France and North America, a Webcast or satellite broadcast isn't practical, an Apple spokesperson told MacCentral.

Adobe Explains PressReady Move (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2000/09/03/0908pressreadyexpl.html>
Adobe halted further support of the printing software in the wake of disappointing sales and high development costs. The company learned that customers prefer buying PostScript software out of the printer box, an executive told MacWEEK.

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

GrabPac Pro For The iBook: New This September (TheiMac.com)
<http://www.theimac.com/articles/categories/features/story325.shtml>
Responding to the needs of professionals using the iBook, their new case refines the original bag, which offered an alternative to the heavily padded carry case—it gave users a sleek, pad-less bag, with a shoulder strap and a pouch large enough for the power cable and some peripheral devices.

Photoshop 6 (Macworld)
<http://macworld.zdnet.com/2000/09/08/photoshop.html>
Despite all its great new features, Photoshop is still not a perfect product. But Photoshop comes closer to perfection than most software.

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

Microsoft Including TV Software In Windows (Reuters)
<http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000908/tc/microsoft_tv_dc_1.html>
Microsoft Corp. said Friday it would incorporate its enhanced TV software into its Windows operating system to help personal computers and devices such as DVD players benefit from the technology that adds personalization, communication and interactive capabilities to the basic TV experience.

Supreme Court Again Passes On Microsoft Appeal (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2726918.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
The Supreme Court once again passed on whether it will give fast-track consideration to a breakup of the world's largest software company.

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

Keyboard Grime Analysis (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/1/13128.html>
Ever wondered what makes up the grimy residue that coats your computer keyboard? According to intensive research by AOL, it consists of bits of fingernails, hair, insects, vegetables and the odd cornflake crumb.

Microsoft Including TV Software In Windows (Reuters)
<http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000908/tc/microsoft_tv_dc_1.html>
Microsoft Corp. said Friday it would incorporate its enhanced TV software into its Windows operating system to help personal computers and devices such as DVD players benefit from the technology that adds personalization, communication and interactive capabilities to the basic TV experience.

Microsoft Shows Off Cell Phones, PocketPC OSes (TechWeb)
<http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20000908S0012>

Ballmer: .Net 'Our Most Critical Event' (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2626058,00.html>

Microsoft Connects Market Researcher To Hotmail Users (Reuters)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-2727706.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Microsoft said it has settled a lawsuit filed against it by Harris Interactive, promising to let the online market research company reach its Hotmail email service customers.

Supreme Court Again Passes On Microsoft Appeal (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2726918.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
The Supreme Court once again passed on whether it will give fast-track consideration to a breakup of the world's largest software company.

Intel To Offer PC Makers Rebates For Using Rambus (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2729011.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
With the Pentium 4's release just around the corner, Intel is working hard to ensure that cost won't be a barrier to acceptance.

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

Amazon's Loyalty Tax: IE Users Pay More (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/1/13098.html>
DVD shoppers have discovered that Amazon's prices can vary wildly, with loyal registered users paying up to 16 per cent more for the same items than first-time purchasers. It's also emerged that Netscape users can gain discounts over Internet Explorer users when shopping at Amazon.

Government Says Napster Violates Law (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,38692,00.html>
As if the recording industry isn't enough of a thorn in Napster's side, the government has filed a brief -- along with 20 entertainment groups -- defending a federal judge's ruling against the company.

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

Amazon's Loyalty Tax: IE Users Pay More (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/1/13098.html>
DVD shoppers have discovered that Amazon's prices can vary wildly, with loyal registered users paying up to 16 per cent more for the same items than first-time purchasers. It's also emerged that Netscape users can gain discounts over Internet Explorer users when shopping at Amazon.

Government Says Napster Violates Law (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,38692,00.html>
As if the recording industry isn't enough of a thorn in Napster's side, the government has filed a brief -- along with 20 entertainment groups -- defending a federal judge's ruling against the company.

Microsoft Connects Market Researcher To Hotmail Users (Reuters)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-2727706.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Microsoft said it has settled a lawsuit filed against it by Harris Interactive, promising to let the online market research company reach its Hotmail email service customers.

AsiaContent Lays Off 50 (ZDII)
<http://www.zdii.com/industry_list.asp?mode=news&doc_id=ZE505530>
Dot-com layoffs aren't just a U.S. trend. Asiacontent.com said Friday that it was letting go of 50 workers in its eight Asia-Pacific offices.

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

Open Source: KDE Hits Back At GNOME (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2626017,00.html>
The KDE camp doesn't want a corporate-backed foundation taking charge of its desktop environment. But that isn't stopping the group from assembling a body to go head-to-head with the Gnome Foundation.

After SCO Deal, Caldera Needs A LinuxUnix Vision (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2728066.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Caldera Systems' plan to purchase the server and services units of struggling Unix vendor Santa Cruz Operation (SCO) puts a new spin on the evolution of Linux. To succeed, however, Caldera must articulate a coherent road map for OpenLinux and SCO OpenServer.

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

Open Source: KDE Hits Back At GNOME (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2626017,00.html>
The KDE camp doesn't want a corporate-backed foundation taking charge of its desktop environment. But that isn't stopping the group from assembling a body to go head-to-head with the Gnome Foundation.

After SCO Deal, Caldera Needs A LinuxUnix Vision (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2728066.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Caldera Systems' plan to purchase the server and services units of struggling Unix vendor Santa Cruz Operation (SCO) puts a new spin on the evolution of Linux. To succeed, however, Caldera must articulate a coherent road map for OpenLinux and SCO OpenServer.

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

Singapore: Small But Strong (Upside)
<http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b936cf0>
Singapore is unbelievably clean, free from the horrific traffic jams and air pollution that seem omnipresent in large cities.

Put Babies Before Career? We Don't Think So, Say Couples (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/sin1_0909.html>
Can women really have the best of both words, if they marry and have babies in their 20s, then build their careers later? Not likely.

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

Singapore: Small But Strong (Upside)
<http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b936cf0>
Singapore is unbelievably clean, free from the horrific traffic jams and air pollution that seem omnipresent in large cities.

Put Babies Before Career? We Don't Think So, Say Couples (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/sin1_0909.html>
Can women really have the best of both words, if they marry and have babies in their 20s, then build their careers later? Not likely.

Proposal To Track Speakers Not Made (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/for9_0909.html>
Siew Kum Hong: He did not say that Parliament was the most appropriate place for discussing serious issues. He said it was the proper, that is, the only, place.

Power Supply's Errors A Major Systems Disaster (Straits Times)
<Michelle Chia, 25, the dimpled co-host of the Battle Of The Best variety show, tendered her resignation on Thursday. >
Wong Kong Sing: How can we trust a company which has tried to keep such mistakes from the public to manage our key utilities and power installations?

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

MAS Clarifies Rules On Foreign Websites Targetting Singapore Investors (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com.sg/articles/2000/09/09/singaporenews16293.htm>

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

Mexican Fiesta (Project Eyeball)
<http://eyeball.asia1.com.sg/html/Eyeball/WeekendOnline/0909_wknd/food.html>
Buen provecho! That by the way, means 'enjoy your meal' in Mexican, which will likely be your experience at the new riverside Mexican eatery, Cafe Iguana.

TCS Host Joins MediaWorks (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/pri2_0909.html>
Michelle Chia, 25, the dimpled co-host of the Battle Of The Best variety show, tendered her resignation on Thursday.