[MyAppleMenu] Sep 23, 2000

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

Apple Stock Falls In Tech Selloff (Reuters)
<http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000922/tc/apple_stock_dc_1.html>

Persistence Pays Off In New G4 Cube (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2000/09/17/0922cube.html>
Kevin Pedraja has become the "poster child" for the concept that persistence pays off. Three weeks' worth of efforts to get a replacement for his visually marred G4 Cube netted him a personal call from Apple CEO Steve Jobs, and a new machine. His new Cube has the same cracks as the old one, but this time, he said he'll keep it.

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

Contracts: Company Insurance (Artifical Cheese)
<http://www.artificialcheese.com/articles/september00/contracts/>
So why should you be concerned with signing a little contract to get the newest and greatest thing?

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

Special Edition iBook (MacAddict)
<http://www.macaddict.com/content//news//2000/09/22/19643>
It's a great choice for those who don't want the highest end portable available.

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

Pentium 4 to Debut Next Month (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2842552.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Intel will release the Pentium 4 on Oct. 30, according to sources close to the company--not a moment too soon for the battered chipmaker.

Data Loss Threatens Fast Windows Systems (PCWorld)
<http://www.pcworld.com/pcwtoday/article/0,1510,18578,00.html>
A mysterious problem affecting certain high-speed systems running Windows Me and possibly Windows 98 could cause data loss at shutdown, PC World has learned. Microsoft insists that the problem doesn't relate to its operating systems but has nonetheless released patches to address the problem.

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

Getting Personal With Windows Me (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2631078,00.html>
"Other than some better performance, the nicer look, and the better help, I'm just not real impressed... Sorry, MS, but you guys fell flat with this one."

J Allard Speaks On XBox (GameSpot PC)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2631155,00.html>
Microsoft's general manager for the Xbox talks to us extensively about the console's marketing, technology, and future games.

Microsoft Issues New Patch For Windows 2000 Telnet Security Hole (InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/00/09/22/000922hntelnet.xml>
In an advisory that was posted on the company's Web site, Microsoft urged Windows 2000 users, including those who applied the original patch released on Sept. 14, to install the updated version. According to the advisory, the old patch eliminated the security hole but also prevented legitimate Telnet connections from working in some cases.

Worry About The Worm (PC World)
<http://www.pcworld.com/pcwtoday/article/0,1510,18628,00.html>
Cousins to computer viruses, worms can cause more problems.

Rival AMD Wins Contracts As Intel Struggles (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2842569.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Two more computer manufacturers have agreed to incorporate processors from Advanced Micro Devices in their PCs, and the timing couldn't be better for the chipmaker.

Pentium 4 to Debut Next Month (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2842552.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Intel will release the Pentium 4 on Oct. 30, according to sources close to the company--not a moment too soon for the battered chipmaker.

Data Loss Threatens Fast Windows Systems (PCWorld)
<http://www.pcworld.com/pcwtoday/article/0,1510,18578,00.html>
A mysterious problem affecting certain high-speed systems running Windows Me and possibly Windows 98 could cause data loss at shutdown, PC World has learned. Microsoft insists that the problem doesn't relate to its operating systems but has nonetheless released patches to address the problem.

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

More Online Stores Trying 'Dynamic Pricing' (Contra Costa Times)
<http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/indepth/docs/070856.htm>
Is the day just around the corner when Internet retailers change their prices based on how badly you want something?

Ho-Ho A No-Go For E-Tailers At Christmas (Wall Street Journal)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2631670,00.html>
Cash-strapped dotcoms forego lavish holiday ad campaigns. They simply can't afford them, some analysts say.

Europe Reviewing Revisions On AOL-Time Warner Deal (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/23/technology/23ONLI.html>
Time Warner and America Online have proposed remedies to allay concerns of European antitrust regulators about their proposed $165 billion merger.

Online-Ad Service Feeling The Pinch (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-2840170.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
ValueClick, which provides online-advertising services, said today that it will not meet analysts' third-quarter revenue estimates, joining several companies that have said a slowdown in Internet ad spending is hurting their results.

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

All Wired Up, But Nowhere To Go (Far Eastern Economic Review)
<http://www.feer.com/_0009_28/p44money.html>
Pacific Century CyberWorks has disappointed investors hoping to cash in on Richard Li's vision of an Asia-wide broadband network. What they have got is a telecoms company with Internet ambitions.

More Online Stores Trying 'Dynamic Pricing' (Contra Costa Times)
<http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/indepth/docs/070856.htm>
Is the day just around the corner when Internet retailers change their prices based on how badly you want something?

Ho-Ho A No-Go For E-Tailers At Christmas (Wall Street Journal)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2631670,00.html>
Cash-strapped dotcoms forego lavish holiday ad campaigns. They simply can't afford them, some analysts say.

Contracts: Company Insurance (Artifical Cheese)
<http://www.artificialcheese.com/articles/september00/contracts/>
So why should you be concerned with signing a little contract to get the newest and greatest thing?

China's Distressed Dot-Coms (San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/indepth/docs/china092300.htm>
In a government-supported scheme, Lu is preparing to put to rest the doomed hopes and dreams of some of China's ambitious high-tech entrepreneurs. Next week he will preside over an online auction of some of the country's many distressed dot-com companies, an event that symbolizes the state of China's Internet industry.

Europe Reviewing Revisions On AOL-Time Warner Deal (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/23/technology/23ONLI.html>
Time Warner and America Online have proposed remedies to allay concerns of European antitrust regulators about their proposed $165 billion merger.

NBCOlympics.com Traffic Vaults And Tumbles (Reuters)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-2840172.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
NBC, already feeling the heat from disappointing TV ratings for its Olympics coverage, suffered another blow yesterday, when traffic to its Olympics Web site fell 35 percent among home users in one day.

Online-Ad Service Feeling The Pinch (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-2840170.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
ValueClick, which provides online-advertising services, said today that it will not meet analysts' third-quarter revenue estimates, joining several companies that have said a slowdown in Internet ad spending is hurting their results.

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

Africa: The Linux Continent? (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,38749,00.html>
Linux users, passionate as always, believe the operating system is a must in Africa, where the per capita income is less than the cost of a Windows Office program.

Red Hat To Offer Subscription Service, New Linux Release (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2841538.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Red Hat will release a new version of its Linux product Monday along with a new way to make money from the free operating system.

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

Africa: The Linux Continent? (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,38749,00.html>
Linux users, passionate as always, believe the operating system is a must in Africa, where the per capita income is less than the cost of a Windows Office program.

Red Hat To Offer Subscription Service, New Linux Release (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2841538.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Red Hat will release a new version of its Linux product Monday along with a new way to make money from the free operating system.

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

Make Better Use Of Teachers' Time (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/sin19_0924.html>
It calls for bold and imaginative ways to manage this precious resource and free up teachers' time for more productive work.

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

Make Better Use Of Teachers' Time (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/sin19_0924.html>
It calls for bold and imaginative ways to manage this precious resource and free up teachers' time for more productive work.

Decision Over Single Session Primary Schools To Be Made In 2-3 Years Time: Adm Teo (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com.sg/articles/2000/09/23/singaporenews17470.htm>
Education Minister Teo Chee Hean says his Ministry is studying if primary schools should go single session. Speaking at his Ministry's workplan seminar, he says it will be a decision which the Ministry expects to make in 2 to 3 years time. With the programme to upgrade primary schools scheduled to complete in 2005, the ministry is now considering the possibility of implementing single session primary schools to allow students to make full use of the improved school environment.

ATM Ads Waste Users' Time (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/for6_0923.html>
Ng Soon Kuan: I find that one can make transactions through POSB/DBS machines only after more than 10 seconds of unwarranted and unrelated ads, such as those by insurance companies.

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

Singapore Power's Billing System "Not Good" (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/for3_0923.html>
Lim Cheek Yong: As an IT professional myself, I find it simply unacceptable that the new SP system could not even perform basic functions properly.

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

Olympic Letdown On TV (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/life/life7_0924.html>
Blast, TV channel switches to a dud shot, just seconds before the gymnastics results are announced.

Is Phyllis The New Face Of Lux? (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/life/life5_0923.html>
Actress Phyllis Quek, rumoured hotly to be the next Lux girl as well as the six-movie-deal star, is keeping mum on whether she really is The One.