[MyAppleMenu] Sep 19, 2000

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

Expectation For Mac OS X (Fool.com)
<http://www.fool.com/community/views/view000918.htm?ref=yhoolnk>
If MacOS X is truly based on a UNIX processing model, then it will be the finest desktop OS out there. If it takes off with third party support, than I would buy a lot of Apple stock right now, because they will dominate the desktop.

Inside The Public Beta (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2000/09/17/0919osxfirst.html>
MacWEEK offers first impressions of Mac OS X Public Beta, including some surprising discoveries about the Classic environment.

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

Warner Bros., Maverick And Apple Bring Madonna's "Music" To The Web (Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2000/sep/19madonna.html>
In a unique Internet event that coincides with the worldwide release of MadonnaÕs eagerly awaited new album, Warner Bros. Records, Maverick Entertainment and Apple today announced that all ten tracks from MadonnaÕs ÒMusicÓ CD are immediately available exclusively at www.madonnamusic.com exclusively in AppleÕs QuickTime format.

Corel Strikes Financing Deal (Reuters)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2815777.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Software developer Corel has struck a complex share-purchase deal that could add $56 million in much-needed cash to its coffers.

OS X "Could Be Big, Really Big" For Apple (MacCentral)
<http://www.maccentral.com/news/0009/19.analyst.shtml>

Electric Image Announces Management Buyout (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2000/09/17/0919electricimage.html>
The 3-D graphics developer is back on its own two years after being acquired by Play. CEO Dwight Parscale told MacWEEK that the long-awaited Electric Image Universe upgrade is close to beta, and a new version of Amorphium awaits.

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

Apple's Controlling Desires (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2629352,00.html>
Considering what a key ingredient marketing has been to the company's success, it's understandable that Apple would take an acute interest in what's being written about it. However, its recent efforts to exert control over independent publications -- and to justify that control in the name of security -- is as disingenuous as it is counterproductive.


Expectation For Mac OS X (Fool.com)
<http://www.fool.com/community/views/view000918.htm?ref=yhoolnk>
If MacOS X is truly based on a UNIX processing model, then it will be the finest desktop OS out there. If it takes off with third party support, than I would buy a lot of Apple stock right now, because they will dominate the desktop.

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

Inside The Public Beta (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2000/09/17/0919osxfirst.html>
MacWEEK offers first impressions of Mac OS X Public Beta, including some surprising discoveries about the Classic environment.

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

Klein's Departure Won't Impact MS Case (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2630046,00.html>
Analysts say the legal wheels are already in motion, so resignation of DOJ's antitrust chief won't affect much.

Microsoft Nemesis Leaving Justice Department (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2815857.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Joel Klein, the head of the Justice Department's antitrust division who led the government's case against Microsoft, plans to resign at the end of the month.

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

Klein's Departure Won't Impact MS Case (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2630046,00.html>
Analysts say the legal wheels are already in motion, so resignation of DOJ's antitrust chief won't affect much.

Microsoft Skeptical Of Office Security Report (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-2813881.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Microsoft is downplaying a report of a security vulnerability in Microsoft Office documents that could theoretically be used by a malicious programmer to gain control of a target computer.

Microsoft Nemesis Leaving Justice Department (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2815857.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Joel Klein, the head of the Justice Department's antitrust division who led the government's case against Microsoft, plans to resign at the end of the month.

Windows Outstuffs Linux In Poll (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,38845,00.html>
The Linux operating system was sailing along with a comfortable lead in an MSNBC poll asking users to rate the "Best OS." Then, all of a sudden, Windows wins and Linux drops to last. Bitterness rages.

Expedia Rewrites Privacy Rules (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,38852,00.html>
Unlike Amazon's policy change last week, Expedia's rewriting of its rules didn't get criticized by privacy advocates. But the ease of policy change and overall variability among sites has them clamoring for a legal standard.

Microsoft, Japanese Firms Drive Deal For Windows CE In Cars (Reuters)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-2813431.html?dtn.head>
A unit of Microsoft and five Japanese companies today said they have agreed to develop software for automobile computers, enhancing the functions of car navigation systems.

Dell Pushes On With Internet Plan (Associated Press)
<http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Dell-Internet.html>
Dell Computer Corp. has created a division to oversee its data storage products and systems businesses and has begun selling two new servers, computer hardware used to host Web sites.

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

Expedia Rewrites Privacy Rules (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,38852,00.html>
Unlike Amazon's policy change last week, Expedia's rewriting of its rules didn't get criticized by privacy advocates. But the ease of policy change and overall variability among sites has them clamoring for a legal standard.

Regulating Privacy: At What Cost? (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,38878,00.html>
As Congress warms to the notion of creating more regulations to protect personal data, groups such as Citizens for a Sound Economy warn that "privacy legislation will only serve to empower government at the expense of liberty."

Dell Pushes On With Internet Plan (Associated Press)
<http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Dell-Internet.html>
Dell Computer Corp. has created a division to oversee its data storage products and systems businesses and has begun selling two new servers, computer hardware used to host Web sites.

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

Linux World Watches Sun, Cobalt Pairing (TechWeb)
<http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20000919S0010>
Sun Microsystems' surprise move to buy Linux power Cobalt Networks has caused jaws to drop in the technology community.

Windows Outstuffs Linux In Poll (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,38845,00.html>
The Linux operating system was sailing along with a comfortable lead in an MSNBC poll asking users to rate the "Best OS." Then, all of a sudden, Windows wins and Linux drops to last. Bitterness rages.

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

Linux World Watches Sun, Cobalt Pairing (TechWeb)
<http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20000919S0010>
Sun Microsystems' surprise move to buy Linux power Cobalt Networks has caused jaws to drop in the technology community.

Corel Strikes Financing Deal (Reuters)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2815777.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Software developer Corel has struck a complex share-purchase deal that could add $56 million in much-needed cash to its coffers.

Windows Outstuffs Linux In Poll (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,38845,00.html>
The Linux operating system was sailing along with a comfortable lead in an MSNBC poll asking users to rate the "Best OS." Then, all of a sudden, Windows wins and Linux drops to last. Bitterness rages.

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

Superbreasts To The Rescue! (Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/09/19/lacey_brazeer/index.html>
With the appearance today of Women.com's new cartoon superhero, Lacey Brazeer, the women's Web has now officially struck rock-bottom. It is not only hard but actually painful to try to imagine something that might be more insulting to the intelligence of a person of any gender than "door-busting, case-cracking, butt-kicking, breast-powered" superhero Lacey Brazeer.

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

Satire Sites Part Of 'New Approach' To Politics (Project Eyeball)
<http://eyeball.asia1.com.sg/Eyeball/Story/1,1381,3564,00.html?>

HDB Reviews Action Against Convicted Killer Litter Offenders (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com.sg/articles/2000/09/19/singaporenews17150.htm>
The three steps are compulsory acquisition; allowing an offender and his family to move out within six months to the lowest floor in a block; and for less serious cases, a final written warning.

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

Two New Broadband Access Providers Expected By Year's End (Project Eyeball)
<http://eyeball.asia1.com.sg/Eyeball/Story/1,1381,3553,00.html?>
If the SingTel-StarHub telephone price war is anything to go buy, prices for broadband Internet access may take a sharp dip when the new competitors arrive.