[MyAppleMenu] Aug 18, 2001

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

Apple' Cubist Epoch Entered The Museum As It Exited Stores (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/16/technology/circuits/16GEE1.html?searchpv=day01>
The Cube was acquired for the Modern's design collection, along with six other Apple products, shortly before Apple announced the Cube's demise.

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

Apple Expands Hot Deals Section (The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/article/2001/08/17.5.shtml>

Apple To Open Store In Kenwood (Cincinnati Post)
<http://www.cincypost.com/2001/aug/16/apple081601.html>
Cincinnati's most exclusive shopping center will soon be home to one of the country's most exclusive retail shops: an Apple Computer store.

Dual Processor Quicksilvers Starting To Arrive (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0108/17.dual.shtml>
The much-anticipated dual processor "Quicksilver" Power Mac G4s are starting to arrive.

Apple' Cubist Epoch Entered The Museum As It Exited Stores (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/16/technology/circuits/16GEE1.html?searchpv=day01>
The Cube was acquired for the Modern's design collection, along with six other Apple products, shortly before Apple announced the Cube's demise.

Jobs Responds To Fortune Article (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0108/17.jobs.shtml>
Jobs said that he's sure the Fortune staff knows how stock options work and so "bent" the truth in order to sell magazines.

New Beta Of AOL For Mac OS X Out (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0108/17.aol.shtml>
There's a new beta build (OS X 14b) of the AOL for Mac OS X software that "brings us closer to the final version."

Code Red Affecting Now Up-To-Date Users (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=8916>
Power On Software has acknowledged that some users are experiencing crashes with the Now Up-to-Date Public Event Server due to attacks from the Code Red worm.

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

Why Puma Is Not The Answer, Part 1: The Platform Civil War (Applelust.com)
<http://www.applelust.com/oped/Editorials/Archives/andras_puma01.html>

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

Expandability Is Key For Any PC (Scripps Howard News Service)
<http://augustachronicle.com/stories/081801/tec_124-6019.shtml>
Expandability is the key to usefulness, especially if you don't want to replace your PC every six months. And I've come across several companies that will help you keep that old clunker up and running.

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

Court Rejects Microsoft Bid For Delay (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6904587.html?tag=owv>
A federal appeals court on Friday delivered Microsoft a blow in its antitrust battle with the government, denying a request that could have indefinitely delayed further proceedings in the case.

Making Lemonade (PBS)
<http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20010816.html>
How Microsoft is using its own legal defeat to hurt Java.

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

Does XP Have Firewall Or Not? (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,46144,00.html>
Croft said Microsoft's plan to add firewall software, designed to protect Internet surfers from hackers, "is a good step from having nothing" but it is not the full-fledged protection found in firewall products sold separately.

Wall Street: Dell Playing It Safe (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6904760.html?tag=owv>
Analysts took Dell Computer's third-quarter profit warning as good news Friday--evidence that the company is maintaining the cautious stance that has enabled it to continue to meet estimates while its competitors buckle.

Court Rejects Microsoft Bid For Delay (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6904587.html?tag=owv>
A federal appeals court on Friday delivered Microsoft a blow in its antitrust battle with the government, denying a request that could have indefinitely delayed further proceedings in the case.

Making Lemonade (PBS)
<http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20010816.html>
How Microsoft is using its own legal defeat to hurt Java.

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

New Uses For Internet Address System Could Strain It (Associated Press)
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/svfront/025550.htm>
As the Internet expands, plans to add new features and languages to Web site addresses are stretching the domain name system beyond its original capabilities.

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

New Uses For Internet Address System Could Strain It (Associated Press)
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/svfront/025550.htm>
As the Internet expands, plans to add new features and languages to Web site addresses are stretching the domain name system beyond its original capabilities.

Industry Standard Failed To Practise What It Preached (The Guardian)
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/internetnews/story/0,7369,538445,00.html>
The magazine that chronicled the excesses of the dot.com revolution did not spot the extravagances that led to its own downfall.

New Beta Of AOL For Mac OS X Out (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0108/17.aol.shtml>
There's a new beta build (OS X 14b) of the AOL for Mac OS X software that "brings us closer to the final version."

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

Minister's Remark On Saving Hairdo Money For Breast Screening 'Insensitive' (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/010818/5/1cc6b.html>
Health Minister Lim Hng Kiang's remark about saving on a hairdo and using the money for breast screening was uncalled for and insensitive, say AWARE and the Singapore Nurses Association.