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

Superior Students Get New Computers (Duluth News Tribune)
<http://www.duluthnews.com/today/dnt/local/tech.htm>
State-of-the-art computers are helping students and teachers at Superior's Cathedral School move at the speed of technology into the future. After two years of planning -- with the help of a $25,000 anonymous gift -- students will be working with 25 new iMacs in a newly revamped computer lab.

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

Superior Students Get New Computers (Duluth News Tribune)
<http://www.duluthnews.com/today/dnt/local/tech.htm>
State-of-the-art computers are helping students and teachers at Superior's Cathedral School move at the speed of technology into the future. After two years of planning -- with the help of a $25,000 anonymous gift -- students will be working with 25 new iMacs in a newly revamped computer lab.

Motorola Announces New G4 Chip (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2000/09/24/0927mpc7410.html>
The MPC7410 features low power consumption and CPU speeds ranging from 400MHz to 550MHz. Motorola also published a revised version of its PowerPC roadmap with information about future G4s and G5s.

Mac OS X On Upgraded Macs? (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2000/09/24/0927osxupgrades.html>
Vendors are scrambling to work out which of their G3 and G4 upgrades will be compatible with the public beta--and final version--of Mac OS X.

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

If Microsoft Owned OS X, They Woulda Shipped It Looong Ago (Applelinks.com)
<http://www.applelinks.com/macspirit/OS_X.shtml>
OS X is a fine piece of code. Contrast this with the reports, apocryphal or not, that Microsoft knowingly shipped Windows 2000 with 64,000 known bugs. I doubt if OS X Beta has a fraction of such bugs, "showstoppers" or not.

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

Risk 2 (Inside Mac Games)
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/previews/00/risk2/>
Risk II is shaping up as a real winner. It will satisfy Risk aficionados and casual players. The ability to play over GameRanger will almost guarantee you’ll never lack for a human partner, or several dozen.

Aladdin Turner 3.0 (Macworld)
<http://macworld.zdnet.com/2000/11/reviews/alladin.html>
You don't need Aladdin Tuner 3.0 to enjoy the global racket of streaming media, but this program makes finding live streaming content a lot easier.

The Best New Mac (Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/macdan/2k0927mu.html>
The answer is . . . it depends. It depends on what you want to do with a new Mac.

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

Microsoft Gets What It Wants (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,39066,00.html>
By sending Microsoft's appeal to a lower court first, the Supreme Court not only deals a blow to the Clinton administration, but gives the software giant a solid chance to reverse the decision.

Microsoft Tries To Prove Itself -- Again (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2872240.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Today's release of Windows 2000 and other related products is a reprise of Scalability Day, and it shows that the company has made real progress in addressing the needs of the business market. Although Microsoft software still may not be ready for every workload, real-world references, business model changes and new product announcements show that the company is getting there.

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

IE 5.5 Hole Let Hackers Into Personal Records (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-2872605.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
A veteran bug hunter has detected yet another security hole in Microsoft's software that could potentially give hackers an easy route to personal computer files.

Microsoft Targets High-End Computers WIth New Windows (CNET News.com)
<By sending Microsoft's appeal to a lower court first, the Supreme Court not only deals a blow to the Clinton administration, but gives the software giant a solid chance to reverse the decision. >
The software maker today unveiled a new, high-end version of Windows 2000 and related business software aimed at eroding the dominance of companies such as Sun Microsystems and Oracle in running the largest business computers that power the Internet.

Microsoft Gets What It Wants (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,39066,00.html>
By sending Microsoft's appeal to a lower court first, the Supreme Court not only deals a blow to the Clinton administration, but gives the software giant a solid chance to reverse the decision.

Court Decision Seen Favoring Microsoft (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2871749.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Today's decision by the Supreme Court scores a point for Microsoft in its long-running antitrust contest against government opponents, even though the game is a long way from being over, according to legal experts.

Microsoft Tries To Prove Itself -- Again (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2872240.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Today's release of Windows 2000 and other related products is a reprise of Scalability Day, and it shows that the company has made real progress in addressing the needs of the business market. Although Microsoft software still may not be ready for every workload, real-world references, business model changes and new product announcements show that the company is getting there.

If Microsoft Owned OS X, They Woulda Shipped It Looong Ago (Applelinks.com)
<http://www.applelinks.com/macspirit/OS_X.shtml>
OS X is a fine piece of code. Contrast this with the reports, apocryphal or not, that Microsoft knowingly shipped Windows 2000 with 64,000 known bugs. I doubt if OS X Beta has a fraction of such bugs, "showstoppers" or not.

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

MSN Turns Users Into Spammers (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2633574,00.html>
A change of address notification for new users generates MSN Explorer endorsements to colleagues and friends. Make that former friends.

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

Burn-Rate Casualties Ripe For Big-Company Buyouts (Inside)
<http://www.inside.com/story/Story_Cached/0,2770,10029_13_30_1,00.html>
Media empires can snap up startups' huge audiences for a good deal less than it would cost to build them from scratch.

Software Tracks Web Habits, Click By Click (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-2868768.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
As the online advertising industry prepares a torrent of new technology to keep personal information under wraps, one company is swimming upstream with software aimed at learning about consumers with every click they make.

MSN Turns Users Into Spammers (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2633574,00.html>
A change of address notification for new users generates MSN Explorer endorsements to colleagues and friends. Make that former friends.

IE 5.5 Hole Let Hackers Into Personal Records (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-2872605.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
A veteran bug hunter has detected yet another security hole in Microsoft's software that could potentially give hackers an easy route to personal computer files.

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

The New York Times Apologizes (Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/09/27/lee/index.html>
Carefully crafted and qualified like a lawyer-vetted brief, the story, with its front-page teaser and 1,500-word spread, will certainly be remembered as one of the Times' most dramatic explorations of its own shortcomings. At times a laundry list of coulda, shoulda, wouldas, the appraisal is both candid and defensive, admitting both serious, journalistic blemishes while steadfastly maintaining that the paper's work is, essentially, accurate.

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

China Slams Taiwan Visit By Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew (AFP)
<http://www.chinatimes.com.tw//english/epolitic/89092602.htm>
China on Tuesday slammed a visit to Taiwan by Singapore founding father and Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew, warning Singapore not to stray from the notion that Taiwan is part of the mainland.

Older Flats Grab Buyers' Fancy (Project Eyeball)
<http://eyeball.asia1.com.sg/Eyeball/Story/1,1381,4330,00.html?>
In the age of the new economy, old is still gold - as long it's not workers we are talking about. Agreed, flats in mature estates are generally less spiffy than new ones, but Singaporeans are still snapping them up.

Sogo Goes Out With A Big Bang Of A Sale (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/sin10_0927.html>
Just three days before Sogo closes its doors for the last time, it is showing every sign of a business that has been turned upside down by bargain-hunters.

Partisan Politics Mustn't Colour Government (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/for9_0927.html>
Mark Voon: Partisan politics should stop once the election is over. The elected representatives should work for all Singaporeans.

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

MediaWorks On Star Hunt (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/life/life1_0927.html>
Regional Talent Search The competition for TV talent hots up as newcomer SPH MediaWorks goes on an all-out blitz to court fresh faces.