[MyAppleMenu] Apr 11, 2001
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== AppleSurf (Top Stories) ===============
Bob Sarles: TV Producer, Documentary Filmmaker, Final Cut Editor Extraordinaire (Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/hotnews/articles/2001/04/bobsarles/>
"The advent of Final Cut Pro means that there is finally an affordable editing system that really works."
Apple Takes Hit With Buzzle Debt Debacle (Sydney Morning Hearld)
<http://www.smh.com.au/news/0104/11/bizcom/bizcom1.html>
The Apple Computer brand has taken another bruising this week following a move by KPMG, the receiver appointed to failed Australian Apple reseller group Buzzle, to send letters to many paid-up retail customers accusing them of owing Buzzle money.
Charts Point To Short-Term Gains For Apple (Worldlyinvestor.com)
<http://www.worldlyinvestor.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=19121>
If you can live with criticism of management, the sector, and a few other issues, Apple looks rewarding in the very near-term—but only a week or two, after which you have to re-visit the chart.
Torvalds Claims He Was Misquoted About Mac OS X (IT World)
<http://www.idg.net/crd_idgsearch_1.html?url=http://www.itworld.com/News/2001/4/LWD010410maccomments/>
Linus Torvalds said April 8 that reports of him trashing the new Mac OS X are simply misquotes, as he has "never commented on OS X."
== AppleSurf (News) ===============
Eudora Beta For OS X Updated (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0104/11.eudora.shtml>
PowerSchool Wins Two Awards (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0104/11.powerschool.shtml>
OpenOffice Code Comes To Mac OS X (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0104/11.openoffice.shtml>
OpenOffice.org, an open source community project building the next generation of office-productivity software, has announced the availability of the Mac OS X port of the OpenOffice.org code.
Hardware Updates From Apple (Applelinks.com)
<http://www.applelinks.com/articles/2001/04/20010411103804.shtml>
Bob Sarles: TV Producer, Documentary Filmmaker, Final Cut Editor Extraordinaire (Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/hotnews/articles/2001/04/bobsarles/>
"The advent of Final Cut Pro means that there is finally an affordable editing system that really works."
Sony Using Apple Technology In Next Vaio (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=5392>
Apple Makes Good On Its Mac OS X Deadline (CanadaComputes.com)
<http://www.canadacomputes.com/v3/story/1,1017,6345,00.html?tag=81&sb=124>
Mac Acrobat For Palm 'In Pipeline' (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=2755>
Although Windows-only at present, Adobe promises a Mac version of the beta will follow "at a later date".
Apple Releases International Updates (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=2758>
Microsoft Picks FireWire Over USB (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5080924,00.html?chkpt=zdnn_rt_latest>
Microsoft will not support a budding peripheral-connection standard in its forthcoming Windows XP operating system, instead favoring a technology developed by Apple Computer.
Adobe CEO Reaffirms Revenue Estimates (Reuters)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-5567451.html?tag=owv>
Apple Takes Hit With Buzzle Debt Debacle (Sydney Morning Hearld)
<http://www.smh.com.au/news/0104/11/bizcom/bizcom1.html>
The Apple Computer brand has taken another bruising this week following a move by KPMG, the receiver appointed to failed Australian Apple reseller group Buzzle, to send letters to many paid-up retail customers accusing them of owing Buzzle money.
Old Computer Tool Has New Vulnerability (UPI)
<http://www.vny.com/cf/News/upidetail.cfm?QID=175890>
The problem was uncovered by researchers at PGP Security, a division of Santa Clara-based Network Associates. It involves servers that use File Transfer Protocol, created 16 years ago as a standard for moving information across networks.
Charts Point To Short-Term Gains For Apple (Worldlyinvestor.com)
<http://www.worldlyinvestor.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=19121>
If you can live with criticism of management, the sector, and a few other issues, Apple looks rewarding in the very near-term—but only a week or two, after which you have to re-visit the chart.
Mac OS X Server 2.0 Beta Ships To Developers (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0104/10.macosxbeta.shtml>
Mac OS X Server is designed to combine the strengths of AppleShare IP with the power of Mac OS X, integrating services for file sharing, Internet and Web serving, networking, client management, email -- and more.
Sharity For Mac OS X Now 'Stable' (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0104/10.sharity.shtml>
Sharity is a client for the CIFS (Common Internet FileSystem) protocol, formerly known as SMB (Server Message Block). This is the file-sharing protocol used by Windows NT, 95, 98, 2000, ME, Windows for Workgroups, OS/2, Samba and others.
Torvalds Claims He Was Misquoted About Mac OS X (IT World)
<http://www.idg.net/crd_idgsearch_1.html?url=http://www.itworld.com/News/2001/4/LWD010410maccomments/>
Linus Torvalds said April 8 that reports of him trashing the new Mac OS X are simply misquotes, as he has "never commented on OS X."
A Newspaper Moves Beyond The Printed Page (Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/creative/stories/sacbee/>
"For the cost of outsourcing one video to an independent company, we've now got an office full of great gear that we can use to produce as many videos as we want. Essentially, I can do video on call, for any department -- without anyone worrying about juggling their budget to make it happen."
We Don't Need No Stinking Aqua! ResEx Posts OS X Theme (The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/article/2001/04/10.11.shtml>
The new theme, called Pastel Blue for OS X, was created by Michael Rabe and serves, if nothing else, as an example of what can be done to the OS X interface.
Registration Opens For Macworld Expo NYC (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=5343>
== AppleSurf (Opinions) ===============
The Myth Of Megahertz, Part II (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0104/11.myth.shtml>
The processor is only one part of a whole computer system.
Personal Computing (Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/musings/personal.html>
A few will find the Macintosh way on their own, but unless we advocate for the Mac, the rest will think blue screens of death, 63,000 bugs, and system reinstalls are the way computing has to be.
Macs Follow The Microsoft Way (Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/myturn/010411.html>
Getting What You Pay For (MacAddict)
<http://www.macaddict.com/content/news/opinions/2001/04/09/29760>
Call me an optimist, or a koolaid-addled zealot, but I've had it with the continued whining over Apple's RAM-killing firmware update.
Top 10 Items On Apple's To Do List (osOpinion)
<http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/8861.html>
== AppleSurf (Reviews) ===============
Tax-Preparation Software (Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2001/04/reviews/tax.html>
Both Kiplinger TaxCut Macintosh Deluxe and Quicken TurboTax Home and Business have become so refined over the years that neither is a bad choice. However, because Kiplinger TaxCut has the tax-help and interface edge -- and costs less, to boot -- it's the package we recommend.
How About An Apple 30" Flat Panel For $1318? (Bare Feats)
<http://www.barefeats.com/dvi2adc.html>
So since the dual gigahertz G4 is still a dream and the 22" display is out of my price range (even at $3000), I did the next best thing. I ordered a Dual G4/533 with two refurbished Apple 15" flat panel Studio Displays.
Things I Don't Like About Mac OS X (Mac Night Owl)
<http://www.macnightowl.com/index.htm>
The problem is that it's slow, slow to copy files, slow to display large directories, slow to resize large windows, and forgetful about whether it should be in icon view, list view or column view.
== The Wintel Empire (Top Stories) ===============
Advertising: Humor is At Center Of Mikcrosoft's New Campaign (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/11/technology/11ADCO.html>
Although the campaign is likely to be greeted warmly by many white- collar office workers who have long grumbled about the paper clip, it has worried at least one Microsoft researcher who is most closely credited with being the father of the technology underlying the paper clip.
Microsoft Declares A "War On Hostile Code" (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5567520.html?tag=owv>
Can Microsoft beat the security bugs? That's the intent of a multi-pronged strategy that the software giant unveiled Tuesday at the RSA Data Security Conference.
== The Wintel Empire (News) ===============
Sony Using Apple Technology In Next Vaio (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=5392>
Macs Follow The Microsoft Way (Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/myturn/010411.html>
Microsoft Picks FireWire Over USB (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5080924,00.html?chkpt=zdnn_rt_latest>
Microsoft will not support a budding peripheral-connection standard in its forthcoming Windows XP operating system, instead favoring a technology developed by Apple Computer.
Advertising: Humor is At Center Of Mikcrosoft's New Campaign (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/11/technology/11ADCO.html>
Although the campaign is likely to be greeted warmly by many white- collar office workers who have long grumbled about the paper clip, it has worried at least one Microsoft researcher who is most closely credited with being the father of the technology underlying the paper clip.
Microsoft Declares A "War On Hostile Code" (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5567520.html?tag=owv>
Can Microsoft beat the security bugs? That's the intent of a multi-pronged strategy that the software giant unveiled Tuesday at the RSA Data Security Conference.
== Breaking Barriers (Top Stories) ===============
Old Computer Tool Has New Vulnerability (UPI)
<http://www.vny.com/cf/News/upidetail.cfm?QID=175890>
The problem was uncovered by researchers at PGP Security, a division of Santa Clara-based Network Associates. It involves servers that use File Transfer Protocol, created 16 years ago as a standard for moving information across networks.
== Breaking Barriers (News) ===============
Eudora Beta For OS X Updated (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0104/11.eudora.shtml>
Judge: Napster Filtering Efforts "Disgraceful" (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-5567384.html?tag=lh>
"I think this is disgraceful," she said, noting that if a song could be found by people on the service, Napster ought to be able to block it.
Shakeout Continues In Magazines For Internet (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/11/technology/11MAG.html>
Amazon, Borders May Be Close To Deal (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-5567674.html?tag=owv>
Is Google Ogling Yahoo's Crown? (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-5561996.html?tag=owv>
Google vehemently disputes that it has designs on its portal customers' turf. Thus far, its reputation as a search specialist with no wider ambitions has helped it maintain good relations with the portals, who provide its primary revenue.
Industry Standard Folds In Europe (Reuters)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-5567302.html?tag=owv>
A representative for The Industry Standard Europe said Tuesday that the weekly Pan-European Internet industry magazine will suspend publication with its April 16 issue.
Old Computer Tool Has New Vulnerability (UPI)
<http://www.vny.com/cf/News/upidetail.cfm?QID=175890>
The problem was uncovered by researchers at PGP Security, a division of Santa Clara-based Network Associates. It involves servers that use File Transfer Protocol, created 16 years ago as a standard for moving information across networks.
== PenguinSurf (Top Stories) ===============
IBM Takes Linux Push To Asia (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5561684.html?tag=owv>
IBM is stepping up its efforts to grow the Linux market in the Asia-Pacific region following earlier plans to support demand for the open-source software.
== PenguinSurf (News) ===============
Java's Future Lies With Linux (LinuxWorld.com)
<http://www.idg.net/crd_idgsearch_2.html?url=http://www.itworld.com/Comp/2384/lw-01-penguin_4/>
IBM Takes Linux Push To Asia (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5561684.html?tag=owv>
IBM is stepping up its efforts to grow the Linux market in the Asia-Pacific region following earlier plans to support demand for the open-source software.
Torvalds Claims He Was Misquoted About Mac OS X (IT World)
<http://www.idg.net/crd_idgsearch_1.html?url=http://www.itworld.com/News/2001/4/LWD010410maccomments/>
Linus Torvalds said April 8 that reports of him trashing the new Mac OS X are simply misquotes, as he has "never commented on OS X."
== SingaporeSurf (Top Stories) ===============
Why Open Singapore Centre Changed Owner (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,36035,00.html?>
He said it will reveal its sources on several conditions, including opening the books of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation.
== SingaporeSurf (News) ===============
Dao Heng Statement Likely Wednesday As DBS Bid Talk Swirls (Reuters)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/010411/3/mimx.html>
Hong Kong's Dao Heng Bank, widely believed to be a takeover target of Singapore's cash-rich DBS Group, will likely make an announcement later on Wednesday, a spokeswoman for the local bank said.
Why Open Singapore Centre Changed Owner (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,36035,00.html?>
He said it will reveal its sources on several conditions, including opening the books of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation.
No Time Like The Present For A GE (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,36046,00.html?>
Have an election soon, get it over and done with, so that the Government will be freed to concentrate on the bigger task - getting the country safely through the tough times ahead.
== SingaporeSurf (Technology) ===============
Singapore Awards 3G Licences Without Auction (Reuters)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/010411/3/mmkw.html>
Singapore has awarded third generation (3G) mobile licences to each of the three eligible bidders, negating the need for an auction, the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) said on Wednesday.
KK Fong To give Up i-One.Net (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/money/story/0,1870,36079,00.html?>
IBM Takes Linux Push To Asia (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5561684.html?tag=owv>
IBM is stepping up its efforts to grow the Linux market in the Asia-Pacific region following earlier plans to support demand for the open-source software.
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