[MyAppleMenu] Sep 11, 2000

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

An iMac Supercomputer Cluster You Can Carry Home (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/1/13137.html>
So we wondered if this could qualify as the world's quietest supercomputer cluster.

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

An iMac Supercomputer Cluster You Can Carry Home (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/1/13137.html>
So we wondered if this could qualify as the world's quietest supercomputer cluster.

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

Upgrading A PowerBook G3 (Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/macdan/2k0911cl.html>
Whether is an efficient use of your money is obviously a personal choice, but for anyone who has a PowerBook running faster than 266 MHz, the upgrade probably won't make enough difference to be worthwhile.

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

Technology Cases Raises Issues Of Competence (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/11/business/11JUDG.html>
Are today's technology issues too complex for the typical judge to judge That is a question implicity raised by Microsoft, which in its federal antitrust appeal has contended that the trial it lost was so technical and esoteric that the presiding judge was unable to comprehend the facts.

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

Technology Cases Raises Issues Of Competence (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/11/business/11JUDG.html>
Are today's technology issues too complex for the typical judge to judge That is a question implicity raised by Microsoft, which in its federal antitrust appeal has contended that the trial it lost was so technical and esoteric that the presiding judge was unable to comprehend the facts.

Millennium Relieves Some Of The Nightmare (San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/indepth/docs/protct091000.htm>
A first step on the way to making Windows easier for the typical civilian.

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

Asiacontent Hit With Cityline Writ (ZDNetAsia)
<http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/dailynews/story/0,2000010021,20068654-1,00.htm>

Coming Of Age (Inter at ctive Week)
<http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2626029,00.html>
With stock options in the tank and get-rich-quick dreams dashed, Internet companies are finding yet another heralded dot-com tradition in question: the culture of mandatory fun.

Counting Web Site Visitors Still Not An Exact Science (Associated Press)
<http://www.techserver.com/noframes/story/0,2294,500249131-500371195-502222550-0,00.html>
But while parties are all about levity, the number of visitors to a Web site is a serious matter. Stock prices rise and fall on visitor counts as dot-coms fight for the Internet audience.

Online Advertising Slows Amid Dot-com Meltdown (Associated Press)
<http://www.techserver.com/noframes/story/0,2294,500249128-500371189-502222493-0,00.html>
A slowdown in online advertising is translating into a painful comedown for the Internet's glamour stock, Yahoo! Corp., and other popular Web sites that sell ads to pay their bills.

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

Linux Getting Its Game Face On (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,38573,00.html>
As Linux's popularity has grown over the past couple of years, companies are working to make Linux gaming a comparable -- if complicated -- alternative to Windows. And, in the process, Linux gamers are equipping the fledgling OSS with the tools needed to take on the Microsoft hegemony.

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

Cruel Summer For The 24-Hour TV News Execs (Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/09/11/slow_news/index.html>
What's a newshound to do? Limping out of one of the slowest news summers in memory, one in which a rash of wildfires and blown car tires passed as Big Events, television's 24-hour news channels are hoping for the dam to burst and unleash a torrent of must-see stroies.

What Ever Happend To The Fall TV Season? (Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/ent/col/mill/2000/09/11/fall_season/index.html>
This fall, though, it seems as if the networks are at least making an effort at quality control <i>before</i> they let the dogs out. Hollywood is in a tinerking frenzy.

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

Potong Pasir Set For A Tough Tussle (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/sin1_0911.html>
Four elections and three PAP rivals later, Potong Pasir remains in Mr Chiam's hands. But how much longer can the status quo last?

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

Speaking Out In Singapore (Newsweek)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/457812.asp>
Could freedom of speech be coming to Singapore? Not exactly.

Potong Pasir Set For A Tough Tussle (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/sin1_0911.html>
Four elections and three PAP rivals later, Potong Pasir remains in Mr Chiam's hands. But how much longer can the status quo last?

SMRT Spared Fines For Breakdown (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/pri4_0911.html>
Three breakdowns in train service last month but LTA found there was "no basis' to impose fines, says minister.

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

Software Pirates Cleaned Out From Sim Lim Square Seek Refuge In HDB Heartland (Project Eyeball)
<http://eyeball.asia1.com.sg/Eyeball/Story/1,1381,2711,00.html?>
Since the old haven Sim Lim Square was cleaned up, pirates have started bringing "the goods" to the customers instead.

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

Star-Studded Affair At Upcoming Singapore Hits Awards (Asia E!Online)
<http://asia.eonline.com/newsgossip/stories/content/0,2591,4704,00.html>