[MyAppleMenu] Apr 23, 2001

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

Macs Put Motion Theory In Motion (Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/hotnews/articles/2001/04/motiontheory/>
"What Apple has done, is allow people who wouldn't normally be able to open up a company to do so. As long as you have the talent, the finances don't get in the way."

Apple Powerbook 'Bomb' Shuts Airport (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/2/18438.html>
Let's hope this mix-up had something to do with the x-ray machine, rather than some magical shielding properties possessed by the Titanium PowerMac G4.

Mac Show Is The Apple (Vancouver Sun)
<http://www.vancouversun.com/newsite/networks/5032998.html>
When Shawn King talks, Mac users listen -- and they do it intently and loyally.

Getting Your Feet Wet With Aqua (O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2001/04/20/aqua_intro.html>
I think the hardest aspect of adapting to Aqua isn't for the users, but for the developers. Apple is asking them to rethink how they conceive and build software. They've asked them to stop thinking of image and size restrictions. They've asked them to break from the idea of what an icon represents and what it can do. Software developers can no longer view themselves as just code-cutters. Apple is asking developers to evolve with Aqua.

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

Macs Put Motion Theory In Motion (Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/hotnews/articles/2001/04/motiontheory/>
"What Apple has done, is allow people who wouldn't normally be able to open up a company to do so. As long as you have the talent, the finances don't get in the way."

Time To Buy A New Computer -- But Why? (Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/col/rose/2001/04/23/buying_pcs/index.html>
To the dismay of PC makers, the old knee-jerk desktop upgrade has lost its allure.

Apple Powerbook 'Bomb' Shuts Airport (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/2/18438.html>
Let's hope this mix-up had something to do with the x-ray machine, rather than some magical shielding properties possessed by the Titanium PowerMac G4.

Sonnet Brings Mac OS X Solution To Unsupported System (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0104/23.sonnet.shtml>
Effective immediately, the Sonnet Encore/ZIF and Encore/ST G3/G4 processor upgrade product lines are completely Mac OS X compatible in all Power Mac G3 and G4 desktops and minitowers, she said. Those who are running a Sonnet Encore G4 upgrade in a beige Power Mac G3 will need a software update, which is now available free from Sonnet's download site.

Mac Show Is The Apple (Vancouver Sun)
<http://www.vancouversun.com/newsite/networks/5032998.html>
When Shawn King talks, Mac users listen -- and they do it intently and loyally.

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

Earth Day And The Mac (Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/macdan/010423mm.html>

User Interface: Mac Vs. Be OS (Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/backnforth/010423.html>
While that focus on geeks helps with buzzwords like a journaling file system and pervasive multithreading, it hurts the interface by patching together disparate interface features.

Spring This! (Applesurf)
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/applesurf/sidetrack/?20010423>
You have to remember that OS X evolved from NeXTStep, and not the Mac OS we've came to love.

Getting Your Feet Wet With Aqua (O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2001/04/20/aqua_intro.html>
I think the hardest aspect of adapting to Aqua isn't for the users, but for the developers. Apple is asking them to rethink how they conceive and build software. They've asked them to stop thinking of image and size restrictions. They've asked them to break from the idea of what an icon represents and what it can do. Software developers can no longer view themselves as just code-cutters. Apple is asking developers to evolve with Aqua.

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

Oxford 911 FireWire Bridge (Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/usb/oxford.html>

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

Why Windows XP Really Was Worth The Wait (PC Magazine)
<http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2710551,00.html>
As news of Windows XP gets out, I wouldn't be surprised to see PC sales slow as people wait for systems they can buy preloaded with Win XP.

Time To Buy A New Computer -- But Why? (Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/col/rose/2001/04/23/buying_pcs/index.html>
To the dismay of PC makers, the old knee-jerk desktop upgrade has lost its allure.

New Pentium 4 Portends PC Price Fracas (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5682485.html?tag=owv>
Intel will release a 1.7GHz Pentium 4 processor on Monday and with it a scorched-earth approach to the PC market.

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

CNBC.com To Merge With MSN MoneyCentral (The Industry Standard)
<http://www.thestandard.com/article/0,1902,23881,00.html>
Its new approach stems from a hard lesson that NBC execs learned in the NBCi debacle: Stick with what you know. For NBC, that means providing content and doing the marketing.

Why Windows XP Really Was Worth The Wait (PC Magazine)
<http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2710551,00.html>
As news of Windows XP gets out, I wouldn't be surprised to see PC sales slow as people wait for systems they can buy preloaded with Win XP.

Time To Buy A New Computer -- But Why? (Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/col/rose/2001/04/23/buying_pcs/index.html>
To the dismay of PC makers, the old knee-jerk desktop upgrade has lost its allure.

New Pentium 4 Portends PC Price Fracas (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5682485.html?tag=owv>
Intel will release a 1.7GHz Pentium 4 processor on Monday and with it a scorched-earth approach to the PC market.

Microsoft Allies With Taco Bell For Xbox Launch Promotion (USA Today)
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/svfront/002489.htm>
As part of the biggest consumer launch in the 26-year history of the company, Microsoft is forming an alliance with Taco Bell to promote the fall launch of its Xbox video-game system.

Bill Gates Says, Take This Tablet (Newsweek)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/562422.asp>
The quest for an easy-to-use, do-it-all computer that goes anywhere has been a 30-year struggle littered with expensive failures. Now someone thinks he finally has the answer. And he runs a company called Microsoft.

WinXP Activation: What Happens Under The Covers? (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/18431.html>

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

Can't We All Just Chat Along? (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,43166,00.html>
Don't be fooled by the saccharine emoticons and the pretty colors.

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

.xxx May Mark New Net Address (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-5695487.html?tag=owv>
New.net, an Internet start-up that is trying to speed up the domain-name registration process, got a step closer to achieving its goal Monday.

CNBC.com To Merge With MSN MoneyCentral (The Industry Standard)
<http://www.thestandard.com/article/0,1902,23881,00.html>
Its new approach stems from a hard lesson that NBC execs learned in the NBCi debacle: Stick with what you know. For NBC, that means providing content and doing the marketing.

Preserving Culture On The Net (Wired News)
<http://www.wirednews.com/news/culture/0,1284,43217,00.html>

Keeping The Web Anonymous (PC Direct UK)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2710801,00.html>

Can't We All Just Chat Along? (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,43166,00.html>
Don't be fooled by the saccharine emoticons and the pretty colors.

Yahoo To Unveil New Broadcast Site (Reuters)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-5690694.html?tag=owv>
Yahoo on Monday will unveil a new broadcast site offering an increased selection of audio, video and multimedia content in an effort to attract more visitors as well as advertisers.

Singapore Airlines Starts In-Flight E-Mail, Internet (Associated Press)
<http://asia.biz.yahoo.com/news/asian_markets/article.html?s=asiafinance/news/010422/asian_markets/dowjones/Singapore_Airlines_Starts_In-Flight_E-Mail__Internet.html>
Passengers will be able to plug their laptop computers into portals at their seats and surf selected Web sites or send and receive e-mail.

Internet Studies: New Kid On Campus (Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/business/cutting/techwr/20010422/tCB00V0942.html>

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

IBM Looks To Outcool Sun (MSNBC)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/562368.asp>
You might call it high-tech’s odd couple — IBM’s white shirts, ties and pocket protectors paired with the ripped T-shirts of Birkenstock-wearing, free-software-loving Linux programmers. But IBM has embraced the open-source movement, and there’s evidence it’s more than just a mid-life crisis.

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

IBM Looks To Outcool Sun (MSNBC)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/562368.asp>
You might call it high-tech’s odd couple — IBM’s white shirts, ties and pocket protectors paired with the ripped T-shirts of Birkenstock-wearing, free-software-loving Linux programmers. But IBM has embraced the open-source movement, and there’s evidence it’s more than just a mid-life crisis.

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

Mixed Response To Trial Cash-Back Service (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,38798,00.html?>
Over 2,000 people use scheme to withdraw cash with Nets at NTUC-run stores, but few takers elsewhere.

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

Singapore Technology Proved Vital In Separating Twins (Reuters)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/010423/3/nj2y.html>
The models were created at Nanyang Polytechnic with the help of commercially available software which local engineers optimised, and rapid prototyping machines normally used to create telecommunication devices, Teddy Ong, manager of the polytechnic's Rapid Prototyping Centre said.

Wireless Net Access To Shoot Up In Singapore (Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/bizit/story/0,2276,4959,00.html?>
Singapore may have up to 30 per cent of its population accessing the Internet via wireless devices by 2007, compared to less than 2 per cent currently, according to Washington DC-based telecom researcher, The Strategis Group.

Singapore Airlines Starts In-Flight E-Mail, Internet (Associated Press)
<http://asia.biz.yahoo.com/news/asian_markets/article.html?s=asiafinance/news/010422/asian_markets/dowjones/Singapore_Airlines_Starts_In-Flight_E-Mail__Internet.html>
Passengers will be able to plug their laptop computers into portals at their seats and surf selected Web sites or send and receive e-mail.

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

Big Win For French Restaurants (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,38799,00.html?>
The French restaurants run by Singaporeans - Les Amis and its younger sister, Au Jardin Les Amis - were the big winners at Singapore's inaugural World Gourmet Summit Awards of Excellence yesterday.