[MyAppleMenu] Apr 30, 2001

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

Analysts Warm To Apple Stock (Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=2830>
Analysts are optimistic that Apple's May 1 announcements will impact positively on the company's share values.

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

AirPort Lands At Language School (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=2829>

Analysts Warm To Apple Stock (Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=2830>
Analysts are optimistic that Apple's May 1 announcements will impact positively on the company's share values.

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

Sensible Mac Upgrades (Low End Mac)
<http://lowendmac.com/macdan/010430cl.html>
Some people will argue that any money spent upgrading a 68K Mac is money down the drain, and I'm beginning to see this same attitude toward the first-generation Power Macs.

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

WinXP Delayed? How It Could Slip Beyond October (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/18597.html>
The software itself is stable, but here's the gag - it's far too easy to break.

Microsoft Denies XP Delay Rumors (Reuters)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2713535,00.html>
Microsoft on Friday denied it had delayed the latest version of its Windows operating system, rebuffing comments from an analyst that sent shares in the software giant down about 3 percent.

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

Microsoft Issues Bounty For OS-Less PC Buyers (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/2/18589.html>
It's now bribing system builders to turn in anyone who bids on naked boxes, ostensibly so it can harass these poor, twisted madmen directly from Beast Central.

Sony, Microsoft Developing GameBoy-Style Handhelds (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/50/18607.html>
Sony and Microsoft are both working on competing handheld gaming machines, each designed to complement their respective consoles, PlayStation 2 and Xbox.

AMD Cuts Desktop CPU Prices By Up To 47.7% (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/3/18603.html>

WinXP Delayed? How It Could Slip Beyond October (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/18597.html>
The software itself is stable, but here's the gag - it's far too easy to break.

Microsoft Denies XP Delay Rumors (Reuters)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2713535,00.html>
Microsoft on Friday denied it had delayed the latest version of its Windows operating system, rebuffing comments from an analyst that sent shares in the software giant down about 3 percent.

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

Another Chance For Newspapers On The Web? (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-201-5726673-0.html?tag=owv>
Although they are the logical owners of a range of online categories from news to classified advertisements, the top-ranked newspaper online is only 37th among Web sites in visitors each month, according to the market research and analysis firm Jupiter Media Metrix.

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

Web ratings: Numbers Lie Sometimes (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2713541,00.html>
Regardless of who was responsible for the submission, the episode underscores the potential for abuse of the counting system used by Media Metrix.

Another Chance For Newspapers On The Web? (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-201-5726673-0.html?tag=owv>
Although they are the logical owners of a range of online categories from news to classified advertisements, the top-ranked newspaper online is only 37th among Web sites in visitors each month, according to the market research and analysis firm Jupiter Media Metrix.

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

No Tutoring Experience? 'Just Lie To Parents' (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,40445,00.html?>
Some tuition agencies tell tutors to deceive potential employers about their qualifications and teaching experience, a check shows.

SingTel Stops IDD Operators' Free Ride (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/money/story/0,1870,40527,00.html?>
Come June, it will slap a usage-based fee on IDD operators for all calls made via its payphones to their toll-free numbers.