[MyAppleMenu] Apr 28, 2001

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

Talking About Life With Mac OS X (O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2001/04/27/w_talk.html>
Apple has a way of saying...time to move on...come along or stay behind.

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

Consumer Spending Buoys Markets (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-5751774.html?tag=lh>

Apple Adds Effects To iMovie For Mac OS X (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=5892>

Coming Attraction: Maya Marches On (Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2001/04/27/nab3.html>

Adobe Plans Its OS X Premiere (Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2001/04/27/nab4.html>
If you were looking for OS X-related developments at the National Association of Broadcasters trade show, Adobe had the most exciting news to offer -- a demonstration of Premiere running in OS X.

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

Talking About Life With Mac OS X (O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2001/04/27/w_talk.html>
Apple has a way of saying...time to move on...come along or stay behind.

It's Time For The Personal Server (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2712550,00.html>
It's time now for evolved designs that provide a good general feature set and form-factor that can be used in applications ranging from consumer desktop to inexpensive-yet-plenty-powerful server.

Whither The Cube? (Applelinks.com)
<http://www.applelinks.com/mooresviews/whithercube.shtml>
The irony is that, at least in my estimation, the Cube is the perfect computer for the sort of things that probably the largest proportion of Mac users actually do with computers.

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

Adobe Premiere 6 (Applelust.com)
<http://www.applelust.com/HTML/Reviews/html/Archives/rev_premier01.shtml>

iMac And iMac Special Edition (Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2001/06/reviews/imacs.html>
The new iMacs are spectacular consumer machines -- it would be hard to imagine a better computer for a student.

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

Thin Is In: IBM's New Flat-Panel Displays (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5081976,00.html>

AMD Delays Hammer Release (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5753893.html?tag=owv>
Advanced Micro Devices has pushed back the introduction of a pair of new processor cores by as much as six months.

Microsoft Disputes Media Player Antitrust Allegations (NewsFactor.com)
<http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nf/20010427/tc/9313_1.html>
Spokesperson Jim Cullinan told reporters that these latest charges are "the reverse" of the government's argument with regard to its Internet Explorer Web browser.

Dell Creams Compaq In U.S. Server Sales (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5755923.html?tag=lh>
A week after becoming the world's top PC seller, Dell Computer has for the first time wrenched the U.S. server crown from Compaq Computer.

Consumer Spending Buoys Markets (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-5751774.html?tag=lh>

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

Amazon Yanks "Gates," "Torvalds" Reviews (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-5750932.html?tag=owv>

It's Time For The Personal Server (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2712550,00.html>
It's time now for evolved designs that provide a good general feature set and form-factor that can be used in applications ranging from consumer desktop to inexpensive-yet-plenty-powerful server.

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

The ROCK Linux Pilosophy (O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2001/04/27/rock.html>
Don't misunderstand me -- there are good distributions out there. But none of them gives a seasoned system administrator full control over his system.

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

The ROCK Linux Pilosophy (O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2001/04/27/rock.html>
Don't misunderstand me -- there are good distributions out there. But none of them gives a seasoned system administrator full control over his system.

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

One Small Step For Singapore (The Guardian)
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,479796,00.html>
It is a sign that there is still a long way to go before Singapore is truly democratic that at least one of the organising committee lost his job for his involvement.

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

More Than 1,000 At Rare Political Rally In Singapore (AFP)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/010428/1/nytr.html>
Organisers said the rally -- aimed at raising funds for veteran opposition leader J.B. Jeyaretnam -- was the first legally-sanctioned demonstration outside of an election period in Singapore.

One Small Step For Singapore (The Guardian)
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,479796,00.html>
It is a sign that there is still a long way to go before Singapore is truly democratic that at least one of the organising committee lost his job for his involvement.

MRT, HK's MTR Not Directly Comparable: SMRT (Business Times)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/views/story/0,2276,5860,00.html?>
One notable difference is that Hong Kong's population of about 6.5 million, which is slightly more than 1.5 times of Singapore's four million, has led to considerably higher usage of their public transport services.

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

Weekly Coming To You On May 4 (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,40065,00.html?>