[MyAppleMenu] Aug 13, 2001

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

Apple: Is Quality Job #2? (WorkingMac.com)
<http://www.workingmac.com/igeek/28.wm>
Now that Mac OS X 10.0 is out, and the company's going to triage it with OS 10.1, it's time for the NeXT culture to start learning more about quality from the Apple side.

Cheering Crowd Welcomes Apple To The Mall Of America (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0108/11.mallofamerica.shtml>
It's hard to tell who was more excited, the Apple Store employees or the crowd attending the opening of the company's newest retail store at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota. As the doors opened, cheers reverberated through the halls of the Mall of America.

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

Aspyr Posts Monkey Island Game Demo (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=3336>

Security Experts Warn On Wireless (Associated Press)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1004-200-6853688.html?tag=owv>
Business travelers eager to plug their laptop computers into wireless Internet networks cropping up at hotels, airports and coffee shops need to be on guard: their e-mail and Web browsing can be easily intercepted, security experts warn.

Apple Computer Sparks Desktop Revolution (Associated Press)
<http://www.ljworld.com/section/busnews/story/62646>

Cheering Crowd Welcomes Apple To The Mall Of America (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0108/11.mallofamerica.shtml>
It's hard to tell who was more excited, the Apple Store employees or the crowd attending the opening of the company's newest retail store at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota. As the doors opened, cheers reverberated through the halls of the Mall of America.

== AppleSurf (Opinion) ===============

Apple: Is Quality Job #2? (WorkingMac.com)
<http://www.workingmac.com/igeek/28.wm>
Now that Mac OS X 10.0 is out, and the company's going to triage it with OS 10.1, it's time for the NeXT culture to start learning more about quality from the Apple side.

To Innovate Or Not To Innovate (Macinstein)
<http://www.macinstein.com/pressrelease.cfm?ID=1015>
Apple is still working out the kinks to OS X, but the ease-of-use with the power of Unix is a tech-head's wet dream.

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

DOJ Tries To Block MS Antitrust Delay (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=3341>
In a filing with the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, the government argued that Microsoft has "little prospect" of reversing the rulings against it.

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

Microsoft To Catch Less Personal Data In .Net (Computerwire.com)
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2093008,00.html>
As consumer-rights hostility toward Passport grows, Microsoft says it will now demand less personal data from people who access services based on .Net.

DOJ Tries To Block MS Antitrust Delay (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=3341>
In a filing with the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, the government argued that Microsoft has "little prospect" of reversing the rulings against it.

Microsoft: A Round Of Talisker For Everyone (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-6832804.html?tag=owv>
Microsoft plans to announce on Monday a new, more widely available test version of "Talisker," the code name for the next version of its Windows CE operating system.

Microsoft Agrees To Change Windows XP Photo Features - WSJ (Reuters)
<http://news.cnet.com/investor/news/newsitem/0-9900-1028-6853327-0.html?tag=ats>
Microsoft Corp. is expected on Monday to unveil some changes to its upcoming Windows XP operating system, allowing users to see multiple third-party online photo-finishing services instead of just those affiliated to the software maker, the Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition on Sunday.

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

Dot-Coms Already Collector's Items (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/13/technology/ebusiness/13ECOM.html>
When life is paced in Internet time, even nostalgia arrives faster than it did in the good old days.

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

Dot-Coms Already Collector's Items (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/13/technology/ebusiness/13ECOM.html>
When life is paced in Internet time, even nostalgia arrives faster than it did in the good old days.

Security Experts Warn On Wireless (Associated Press)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1004-200-6853688.html?tag=owv>
Business travelers eager to plug their laptop computers into wireless Internet networks cropping up at hotels, airports and coffee shops need to be on guard: their e-mail and Web browsing can be easily intercepted, security experts warn.

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

SDA Formed To Help Strike Balance In Government: Chiam See Tong (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/010812/5/1bdcq.html>
Opposition MP Chiam See Tong has said the Singapore Democratic Alliance was formed to meet the wishes of the people for more opposition representation in Parliament.

NLB Has Embraced Change Wonderfully (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,1870,63775,00.html?>
Within about five years, it has become an institution deserving of the respect of all Singaporeans.

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

Buy Movie Tickets Online, Sans Credit Cards (CNET Singapore)
<http://singapore.cnet.com/news/singapore/story/0,2000027481,38005103,00.htm>