[MyAppleMenu] Aug 20, 2001

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

Wireless Networks Have Computer Users Awash In Options (Lawrence Journal-World)
<http://www.ljworld.com/section/livinglead/story/63446>
That will probably spell the end of needing to run Ethernet cables through your house — including up the laundry chute.

Apple: Dual Processor Power Mac G4s Shipping (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0108/20.dual.shtml>
Today Apple officially announced their availability.

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

Wireless Networks Have Computer Users Awash In Options (Lawrence Journal-World)
<http://www.ljworld.com/section/livinglead/story/63446>
That will probably spell the end of needing to run Ethernet cables through your house — including up the laundry chute.

The Macintosh (Knight Ridder News Service)
<http://www.pioneerplanet.com/tech/ctk_docs/109089.htm>
There's always a better computer system right around the corner. But now is a particularly risky time, strategically, to buy a Mac.

Sony Offers New CD-RW Drives (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=8940>

Apple: Dual Processor Power Mac G4s Shipping (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0108/20.dual.shtml>
Today Apple officially announced their availability.

Apple Leaks iPhoto Details (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=8946>
Discover iPhoto Studio, the perfect solution for the high volume requirements of professional photographers.

iBooks At Home In School System's New Mobile Computer Lab (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0108/20.sweetwater.shtml>
The Sweetwater Union High School District in Chula Vista, CA, revved up for the 2001-2002 school year over the summer by implementing their Mobile Computer Lab, a van with 40 new iBooks, 10 mini-DV cameras, and 10 digital still cameras.


More SuperDrives Demand Mac Users (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/top_news_item.cfm?NewsID=3375>
In our recent reader poll, Macworld readers have demanded Apple bring out more models featuring the DVD-R SuperDrive.

Apple Confirmed For MacFest Show (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=3373>

Danny Goodman Talks About HyperCard (O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2001/08/17/goodman.html>
If anyone today believes that Steve Jobs even hears any syllable past "Hy" before his imaginary stab wound scar starts burning, they're dreaming.

Sign Rules In G'town Bring Out Apple Ire (GoMemphis.com)
<http://www.gomemphis.com/mca/germantown_collierville_neighbors/article/0,1426,MCA_447_800088,00.html>
Don't mess with Apple computer fans.

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

MacLinkPlus Deluxe (Applelust.com)
<http://www.applelust.com/resources/Reviews/Archives/maclinkplus/rev_MLPlus.shtml>
Apart from very minor interface quibbles, it’s hard to find anything at fault in MacLinkPlus Deluxe.

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

MS On Bundling XP: What's The Big Deal? (Interactive Week)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2805398,00.html?chkpt=zdnnp1tp02>
The bundling controversy over Windows XP has been blown "way out of proportion" by a few prominent companies that don't like Microsoft adding to its operating system technologies that compete with their applications, the company says.

HP Unveils First DVD+RW Drive (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-6909288.html?tag=owv>
The war over DVD recording standards will escalate Monday when Hewlett-Packard unwraps the details on its first DVD drive for PCs that lets people repeatedly record on discs.

Is Microsoft Ready To Make A Deal? (Wall Street Journal)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2805680,00.html>
A harshly worded federal appeals-court order and uncertain prospects before a lower court here could nudge Microsoft toward making a deal with the Justice Department in its antitrust case.

Windows XP? No Point (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=3372>
IT industry analysts at Gartner Group have hit out at Microsoft, saying there is no good reason to update to Windows XP, Microsoft's new operating system scheduled for release on 25 October.

Microsoft's Ballmer's Antics Raise Eyebrows, Spawn One-Liners (New York Times)
<http://www.startribune.com/viewers/qview/cgi/qview.cgi?story=84739373&template=business_a_cache>
"Microsoft employees love how excited Steve is about the company and the software industry. We're glad he's leading Microsoft."

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

MS On Bundling XP: What's The Big Deal? (Interactive Week)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2805398,00.html?chkpt=zdnnp1tp02>
The bundling controversy over Windows XP has been blown "way out of proportion" by a few prominent companies that don't like Microsoft adding to its operating system technologies that compete with their applications, the company says.

Microsoft Plugs Hole In outlook (IDG)
<http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/08/20/Ms.outlook.hole.idg/>
Five weeks after first warning of a hole in its Outlook e-mail program, Microsoft released a patch to fix a flaw in an ActiveX control that could allow attackers to run destructive code on a user's computer.

HP Unveils First DVD+RW Drive (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-6909288.html?tag=owv>
The war over DVD recording standards will escalate Monday when Hewlett-Packard unwraps the details on its first DVD drive for PCs that lets people repeatedly record on discs.

Is Microsoft Ready To Make A Deal? (Wall Street Journal)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2805680,00.html>
A harshly worded federal appeals-court order and uncertain prospects before a lower court here could nudge Microsoft toward making a deal with the Justice Department in its antitrust case.

MS Firewall Is Holier Than The Pope (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/21134.html>
Microsoft's much vaunted first security product has become the subject of three separate security problems.

Intel Warns PC Makers Over Via Chipset (eWEEK)
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2093331,00.html>
Intel, in its ongoing dispute with Via Technologies of Taiwan, is warning computer makers to steer clear of a new chip set from Via that could enable the manufacturers to build cheaper Pentium 4-based PCs by enabling them to use a less costly high-speed memory technology.

Windows XP? No Point (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=3372>
IT industry analysts at Gartner Group have hit out at Microsoft, saying there is no good reason to update to Windows XP, Microsoft's new operating system scheduled for release on 25 October.

Microsoft's Ballmer's Antics Raise Eyebrows, Spawn One-Liners (New York Times)
<http://www.startribune.com/viewers/qview/cgi/qview.cgi?story=84739373&template=business_a_cache>
"Microsoft employees love how excited Steve is about the company and the software industry. We're glad he's leading Microsoft."

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

AOL Likely To Cut 1,000 Jobs This Week (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-6930892.html?tag=owv>
AOL Time Warner is likely to lay off around 1,000 employees from its online division this week, according to sources familiar with the plans.

Toilet Paper Pokes Fun At Dot-Com Bottom (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-6908350.html?tag=owv>
Two entrepreneurs have created a line of novelty toilet paper printed to look like ticker tape spewing the stock prices of struggling dot-coms.

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

Singapore To Share Budget Surplus With Citizens (Reuters)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/010820/3/1ci6b.html>
The government planned to pay a guaranteed dividend on the shares for a fixed number of years and also to give bonus payments when the economy performed well.

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

NightRider Buses Affect Taxi Drivers' Earnings (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.cna.mediacorpnews.com/articles/2001/08/20/singaporenews1263.htm>

Asia's Stem Cell Savant (Asiaweek)
<http://www.asiaweek.com/asiaweek/magazine/Enterprise/0,8782,171449,00.html>
Singapore scientist Ariff Bongso toiled in obscurity for years. Now he finds himself caught in a burgeoning controversy - whether potentially life-saving research justifies the destruction of human embryos.

Singapore To Share Budget Surplus With Citizens (Reuters)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/010820/3/1ci6b.html>
The government planned to pay a guaranteed dividend on the shares for a fixed number of years and also to give bonus payments when the economy performed well.

DBS And OCBC Should Sell OUB Stakes (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/money/story/0,1870,65313,00.html?>
Surrendering its OUB stake to UOB will therefore be a relatively small sacrifice given the mileage the bank could get from what most Singaporeans would perceive as a magnanimous move.

Don't Make GLCs The Whipping Boys (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,1870,65279,00.html?>

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

Can NUS Produce A Bill Gates? (Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/bizit/story/0,2276,18469,00.html?>
Some 700 undergrads will be groomed to become 'future leaders'. But is the effort worth the money?