[MyAppleMenu] Apr 13, 2001

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

QuickTime 5 Preview 3 Expiring Soon (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=5457>

Macworld Easter Egg Special (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=2767>
If anyone's got a Mac OS X easter egg tucked away, Macworld would love to know about it.

PowerBooks Score With Ilse Of Man Educators (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0104/13.powerbook.shtml>
What's most impressive is that only one engineer is required to service more than 2,000 Macs in 40 different institutions.

AOL Releases AOL 5 Beta For OS X To Testers (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=5447>

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

Can You Beat Them And Join them? Microsoft Finally Feels Insecure (The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/editorial/2001/04/13.1.shtml>
In converging the fundamental differences between the platforms, Windows and the Intel boxes it resides on will seemingly try to out-Mac the Mac.

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

PowerBook G4 Titanium V. Wintel (Insanely Great Mac)
<http://www.insanely-great.com/features/010413.html>
Put it this way: it's always been true that Macs and PowerBooks represent value for money.

Videodiscs With You As Director (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/12/technology/12STAT.html>
For now, though, the Pioneer drive, especially when operated by the smooth, pretty Apple software, is an exciting invention.

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

Moore's Departure From Intel's Board Marks End Of Era (San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/svtop/moore041201.htm>
His May retirement signals the end of an era. A major architect of the Silicon Valley technology success story is stepping down from an official leadership role at Intel, the company that introduced the world's first microprocessor and became the leading company in the $200 billion chip industry. Yet the scientist, a quiet but generous philanthropist, is taking on another role with the start of his multibillion dollar Gordon E. and Betty I. Moore Foundation in San Francisco.

Microsoft Trims Hiring Plans (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5587637.html?tag=owv>
Microsoft said it plans to hire 5,000 to 6,000 workers in the fiscal year beginning in July, fewer than the number projected for the current year, as the software giant cuts costs.

Dell Boasts Of Education Sales (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-5586630.html?tag=cdshrt>
Dell Computer says it has picked up more than 50 multimillion dollar deals in the K-12 and higher-education markets within the last 12 months.

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

MSN Opts For Brightmail Anti-Spam Defence (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/18284.html>
The ISP will offer its five million email users in the US the option of Brightmail's Anti-Spam Solution. MSN users need to opt-in for the service, which splits unwanted and legitimate emails - the spam is put in a separate area where the account holder can view them when they choose.

Closed Source Is More Secure -- MS (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/8/18286.html>
The head of Microsoft's security response team argued here Thursday that closed source software is more secure than open source projects, in part because nobody's reviewing open source code for security flaws.

Can You Beat Them And Join them? Microsoft Finally Feels Insecure (The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/editorial/2001/04/13.1.shtml>
In converging the fundamental differences between the platforms, Windows and the Intel boxes it resides on will seemingly try to out-Mac the Mac.

Microsoft's Campaign To Help Linux On The Desktop (Linux.com)
<http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/stories/main/0,10228,2707056,00.html>
The native file format of Office XP is based on XML, a high-level superset of HTML that should be, practically by definition, open enough for anyone to create the tools necessary to accurately read and write Office files.

Moore's Departure From Intel's Board Marks End Of Era (San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/svtop/moore041201.htm>
His May retirement signals the end of an era. A major architect of the Silicon Valley technology success story is stepping down from an official leadership role at Intel, the company that introduced the world's first microprocessor and became the leading company in the $200 billion chip industry. Yet the scientist, a quiet but generous philanthropist, is taking on another role with the start of his multibillion dollar Gordon E. and Betty I. Moore Foundation in San Francisco.

Microsoft Retools MSN Explorer (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-5584317.html?tag=owv>
Microsoft said Thursday that it will introduce a new version of MSN Explorer, its Web client software, in the latest attempt by the software giant to unseat AOL Time Warner for new media dominance.

Microsoft Trims Hiring Plans (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5587637.html?tag=owv>
Microsoft said it plans to hire 5,000 to 6,000 workers in the fiscal year beginning in July, fewer than the number projected for the current year, as the software giant cuts costs.

Compaq, Dell Feeling Un-Conventional (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5588752.html?tag=owv>
Compaq Computer and Dell Computer have decided to cut costs by postponing customer gatherings originally slated for later this year.

Dell Boasts Of Education Sales (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-5586630.html?tag=cdshrt>
Dell Computer says it has picked up more than 50 multimillion dollar deals in the K-12 and higher-education markets within the last 12 months.

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

Looking For Fresh Net Ad Gains (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-5586551.html?tag=owv>
The severe downturn in online advertising has affected just about every ad-reliant business in the dot-com world, but is online advertising really drawing close to its expiration date?

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

MSN Opts For Brightmail Anti-Spam Defence (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/18284.html>
The ISP will offer its five million email users in the US the option of Brightmail's Anti-Spam Solution. MSN users need to opt-in for the service, which splits unwanted and legitimate emails - the spam is put in a separate area where the account holder can view them when they choose.

AOL Changes Its Tunes About Ad Privacy (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/newsbursts/0,7407,2707567,00.html?chkpt=p1bn>
Leading Internet service America Online said Thursday that it has agreed to modify its advertising to clarify that it cannot vouch for its customers' privacy when they venture out onto the Web.

AOL Releases AOL 5 Beta For OS X To Testers (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=5447>

Education Moves Into Its Own Domain (Reuters)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2707457,00.html>
The U.S. government plans to hand over control of the ".edu" Internet suffix to an educational group, allowing more community colleges to sign up for simplified Web-site addresses.

Microsoft Retools MSN Explorer (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-5584317.html?tag=owv>
Microsoft said Thursday that it will introduce a new version of MSN Explorer, its Web client software, in the latest attempt by the software giant to unseat AOL Time Warner for new media dominance.

Looking For Fresh Net Ad Gains (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-5586551.html?tag=owv>
The severe downturn in online advertising has affected just about every ad-reliant business in the dot-com world, but is online advertising really drawing close to its expiration date?

Yahoo Struggles Back (Reuters)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-5589727.html?tag=owv>
Shares of Internet media giant Yahoo ended higher Thursday, a day after the company beat first-quarter earnings expectations but lowered its second-quarter earnings guidance.

DoubleClick Loss Lower Than Expected (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-5589845.html?tag=owv>

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

Linux Squeezes Into Embedded Devices (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-5587483.html?tag=owv>
Linux newcomers are becoming part of the mainstream effort to create software for non-PC "embedded" computing devices, as indicated by a host of trade show announcements.

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

Microsoft's Campaign To Help Linux On The Desktop (Linux.com)
<http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/stories/main/0,10228,2707056,00.html>
The native file format of Office XP is based on XML, a high-level superset of HTML that should be, practically by definition, open enough for anyone to create the tools necessary to accurately read and write Office files.

Linux Squeezes Into Embedded Devices (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-5587483.html?tag=owv>
Linux newcomers are becoming part of the mainstream effort to create software for non-PC "embedded" computing devices, as indicated by a host of trade show announcements.

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

DPM Tan: 2001 Very Uncertain Year For Singapore Economy (Business Times)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,2276,3961,00.html?>
Attributing the revision to two major unforeseen developments this year - the 'sharp slowdown' in the US, as well as the global electronics industry - Dr Tan said the second and third quarters would be a critical period for the world economy.

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

DPM Tan: 2001 Very Uncertain Year For Singapore Economy (Business Times)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,2276,3961,00.html?>
Attributing the revision to two major unforeseen developments this year - the 'sharp slowdown' in the US, as well as the global electronics industry - Dr Tan said the second and third quarters would be a critical period for the world economy.

Seamless MRT Transfer (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,36522,00.html?>
The 200 m-long station, the largest and deepest in the country so far, will connect the existing North-South line, the North-East line being built, and the Marina Line which is expected to be ready in 2006.

Check-in At Dhoby Ghaut (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,36523,00.html?>