[MyAppleMenu] Aug 14, 2001

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

Apple Spending $85 Million On 25 New Stores (Bloomberg)
<http://seattlep-i.nwsource.com/business/35050_apple14.shtml>
Apple has entered operating leases for its retail expansion resulting in commitments that amount to about $203 million, with terms ranging from five to 12 years, according to the company's quarterly filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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

Hey Mac, The Moose Is Loose (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,45915,00.html>
A cultural icon from the early days of personal computing is making a comeback.

Old Monitors Fading Out (Associated Press)
<http://www.ocregister.com/business/trash14cci.shtml>
Flat-panel screens may send truckloads of old-style ones to landfills, raising toxic concerns.

Apple Spending $85 Million On 25 New Stores (Bloomberg)
<http://seattlep-i.nwsource.com/business/35050_apple14.shtml>
Apple has entered operating leases for its retail expansion resulting in commitments that amount to about $203 million, with terms ranging from five to 12 years, according to the company's quarterly filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Perl on your Mac part 2 (MacMerc)
<http://www.macmerc.com/2001_08_12_archives.html#5050656>
Part two of our Perl how-to has been posted. You can read it here. Scalar Variables, the Print Function, Standard Input and Comments are all taught in this installment. 

Apple Nominations In Wired's Rave Awards (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=8809>

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

Our Debt To The IBM PC (Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/musings/01/0813.html>
For better or worse, our biggest debt to the IBM PC was creating a set of standards that would shape the personal computing industry.

Apple Store Is No Threat To Mac Retailers: A Quick Note To The 'Mo Mom & Pops' (The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/editorial/2001/08/13.1.shtml>
The one thing I heard from the First Tech contingent was that the Apple Store isn't a competitor for business but a complement.

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

Nine Months To Birth: From Conception To Birth (Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2001/09/reviews/ninemonths.html>
Appealing interface and visuals can't mask dry, stilted writing.

Picking A G3 Or G4 Upgrade (Low End Mac)
<http://lowendmac.com/macdan/01/0813hj.html>

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

Brass-Knuckle Marketing Vs. The Pirates (BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/aug2001/nf20010813_790.htm>
Tired of being ripped off, companies like Microsoft and DirecTV are using in-your-face tactics against intellectual property thieves.

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

Brass-Knuckle Marketing Vs. The Pirates (BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/aug2001/nf20010813_790.htm>
Tired of being ripped off, companies like Microsoft and DirecTV are using in-your-face tactics against intellectual property thieves.

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

Government Version Of My Bankruptcy Contained Half-Truths: JBJ (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,63928,00.html?>
Mr Jeyaretnam said he was made a bankrupt because of the action of Professor S. Jayakumar, the Minister for Law and Foreign Affairs.

MPs Split Over Net Campaigning Rules (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,63998,00.html?>
Libersalisation or restriction? MPs were divided yesterday over their reading of the amendments to the Parliamentary Elections Act.