[MyAppleMenu] Apr 18, 2001

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

Mac OS X: Another View (O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2001/04/17/mac_dev.html>
No more playing "Where's Waldo" with the Extension Manager trying to find the extension that is crashing your Mac.

TidBITS Goes to Eleven (TidBITS)
<http://www.tidbits.com/database-cache/tbart06397.html>
What I was most curious about is how things have both changed and stayed the same over the last ten years, and as I read, the names of people, products, and companies came flooding back. Here then are some of the high points of that year for both TidBITS and the Macintosh industry, with some thoughts about how these changes have rippled forward to affect today's world.

The Next Marketing Revolution Is Here... Now! (Video, DVD & CD-ROM Magazine)
<http://www.digitalmediamarketing.org/articles/nextrev.html>
With the recent announcement by Apple that their new high-performance G4 Macintosh will be bundled with Pioneer’s new SuperDrive and Apple’s iDVD software, we are on the verge of a marketing revolution even more powerful than desktop publishing was 20 years ago.

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

Operating System Firm Be Looks For Another Chance (San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/opinion/dgillmor/dg041801.htm>
Gassee said Be has turned down several financing offers that made no sense for the company. But the company has been close to the edge before, he said, and has always pulled through.

Adobe Releases Acrobat 5 Reader (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0104/17.acrobat.shtml>
Although the installer runs in Classic, the application is Carbonized to run natively in OS X.

Steve Jobs To Kick Off WWDC 2001 (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=5543>

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

David And Goliath (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/opinion/opinion_may01/david_may01.cfm>
The intervening months are a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for aspiring software developers to grab some users that want OS X software now.

Do Macs Cost Too Much? (Low End Mac)
<http://lowendmac.com/imac/toomuch.html>
The real problem is the cost of entry.

The Computer For The Best Of Us (Low End Mac)
<http://lowendmac.com/scope/010418.html>
Fighting the price war would be a damaging one to Apple and would probably win few converts.

BeOS Or NeXT: The Right Choice (Low End Mac)
<http://lowendmac.com/myturn/010418.html>
Sure, Be designed it on a clean sheet of paper -- the same paper they could use to list every application ever written for Be and still have room to doodle.

TidBITS Goes to Eleven (TidBITS)
<http://www.tidbits.com/database-cache/tbart06397.html>
What I was most curious about is how things have both changed and stayed the same over the last ten years, and as I read, the names of people, products, and companies came flooding back. Here then are some of the high points of that year for both TidBITS and the Macintosh industry, with some thoughts about how these changes have rippled forward to affect today's world.

The Myth Of Megahertz, Part III (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0104/17.myth.shtml>

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

Weighing The Hassles Of An OS X Upgrade (Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1002,37%257E23105,00.html>
If I wanted to spend that much time tweaking my computer, I'd buy a PC.

Mac OS X: Another View (O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2001/04/17/mac_dev.html>
No more playing "Where's Waldo" with the Extension Manager trying to find the extension that is crashing your Mac.

The Next Marketing Revolution Is Here... Now! (Video, DVD & CD-ROM Magazine)
<http://www.digitalmediamarketing.org/articles/nextrev.html>
With the recent announcement by Apple that their new high-performance G4 Macintosh will be bundled with Pioneer’s new SuperDrive and Apple’s iDVD software, we are on the verge of a marketing revolution even more powerful than desktop publishing was 20 years ago.

Mimio (MacNN)
<http://reviews.macnn.com/reviews/mimio/mimio.phtml>
If you yearn for an electronic white board but can't stomach the price tag that they carry, mimio may be just your ticket. And with Virtual Ink's commitment to the Mac, future enhancements are only a given.

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

HP Hints Intel's Itanic Is Ahead Of Schedule (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/3/18342.html>
Hewlett-Packard reckons Intel's 64-bit Itanium CPU is sufficiently ready for market that it has canned a plan to buy and rebadge Unisys servers based on the 32-bit Pentium III Xeon and will instead offer its own IA-64-based hardware.

Intel Faces Fast Chip Drought (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5081265,00.html>
Less than a month after releasing the 1GHz mobile Pentium III processor, Intel has told PC makers it cannot meet demand.

Intel Hits Mark In Dismal Quarter (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5642398.html?tag=owv>
In its worst quarter in years, Intel on Tuesday edged past lowered earnings expectations for the first quarter but said it's still going to be a tough year.

Microsoft Not Planning Layoffs, Ballmer Says (Reuters)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5641592.html?tag=owv>
Microsoft will grow more slowly in the face of current U.S. economic weakness, but it does not plan layoffs or cutbacks and will continue to invest for the long term, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said Tuesday.

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

HP To Miss Estimates, Lay Off 3,000 (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5647831.html?tag=owv>
Blaming a "rapid deterioration" in consumer IT spending, Hewlett-Packard on Wednesday said its second-quarter earnings and revenue will fall short of estimates.

HP Hints Intel's Itanic Is Ahead Of Schedule (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/3/18342.html>
Hewlett-Packard reckons Intel's 64-bit Itanium CPU is sufficiently ready for market that it has canned a plan to buy and rebadge Unisys servers based on the 32-bit Pentium III Xeon and will instead offer its own IA-64-based hardware.

WinXP: Product Activation, Updates And Control Freakery (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/18343.html>
The bad news is what it says in the licence agreement.

Leave Everything To Me... Not! (Linux.com)
<http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/stories/linux/0,12249,2708911,00.html>
Should OS vendors limit your choices?

Intel Unveils Fast DSP Chip For Wireless (Reuters)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2708691,00.html>
Intel Corp. on Tuesday demonstrated for the first time a fast digital signal processor (DSP) chip designed jointly with Analog Devices Inc that will play a key role in its strategy for wireless devices.

Intel Faces Fast Chip Drought (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5081265,00.html>
Less than a month after releasing the 1GHz mobile Pentium III processor, Intel has told PC makers it cannot meet demand.

Intel Hits Mark In Dismal Quarter (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5642398.html?tag=owv>
In its worst quarter in years, Intel on Tuesday edged past lowered earnings expectations for the first quarter but said it's still going to be a tough year.

Microsoft Not Planning Layoffs, Ballmer Says (Reuters)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5641592.html?tag=owv>
Microsoft will grow more slowly in the face of current U.S. economic weakness, but it does not plan layoffs or cutbacks and will continue to invest for the long term, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said Tuesday.

Office 95 Doesn't Make The Upgrade (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5640103.html?tag=owv>
Microsoft Office 95 users will not be able to take the upgrade route to Office XP and will instead have to buy the new software outright.

Microsoft Steps Up Small-Business Push (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-5641047.html?tag=owv>
Microsoft on Tuesday released new Web-based services geared toward small companies as part of the software giant's effort to bolster its small-business push.

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

Wireless Web Portals Duke It Out (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1004-201-5643476-0.html?tag=owv>
Mobile portals are set for battle, and the stakes are high indeed.

Yahoo Names Warner Exec As CEO (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-5635814.html?tag=owv>
Net giant Yahoo on Tuesday appointed former Warner Bros. executive Terry Semel as its new chairman and chief executive, just a little over a month after Tim Koogle decided to step down from the top spot.

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

VA Linux Woos Top Programmer (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5641424.html?tag=owv>
VA Linux Systems has lured a prominent programmer away from rival Linuxcare, while releasing a new higher-capacity storage server.

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

Leave Everything To Me... Not! (Linux.com)
<http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/stories/linux/0,12249,2708911,00.html>
Should OS vendors limit your choices?

VA Linux Woos Top Programmer (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5641424.html?tag=owv>
VA Linux Systems has lured a prominent programmer away from rival Linuxcare, while releasing a new higher-capacity storage server.

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

Open Singapore Centre To PAP: Let's Both Disclose Donors (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,37633,00.html?>
It is a policy that the centre's funds cannot be used for personal payments, and trips to speak at conferences abroad had been sponsored.

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

Open Singapore Centre To PAP: Let's Both Disclose Donors (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,37633,00.html?>
It is a policy that the centre's funds cannot be used for personal payments, and trips to speak at conferences abroad had been sponsored.

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

Iras' E-File Site Has Security Features (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,1870,37772,00.html?>
Iras' e-filing system uses a high-end, proprietary 128-bit triple Data Encryption Standard (DES) security software.