[MyAppleMenu] Aug 22, 2001

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

Apple To Get Emmy Award For Device (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/22/technology/22APPL.html>
Apple Computer is getting an unusual customer endorsement today — an Emmy award from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, for FireWire.

Mac OS 9.2.1 Causes An Overload Of Apple's Servers (The iMac)
<http://www.theimac.com/articles/categories/features/story499.shtml>
"Mac OS 9.2.1 Update improves Classic application compatibility in Mac OS X and additional hardware support for Macs capable of running Mac OS X."

Apple Resolves QuickTime, Explorer Conflict (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-6943401.html?tag=lh>
Apple Computer has fixed a compatibility problem that prevented users of the most recent version of Microsoft's Web browser from viewing movies in the QuickTime format.

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

An Interview With Jordan Hubbard (WorkingMac.com)
<http://www.workingmac.com/article/32.wm>
Jordan Hubbard is one of the founders of the FreeBSD project and is currently working at Apple on the development of their new OS X operating system.

Logitech Updates Mouse Driver (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=3392>

Apple To Get Emmy Award For Device (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/22/technology/22APPL.html>
Apple Computer is getting an unusual customer endorsement today — an Emmy award from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, for FireWire.

metadata, The Mac, And You (ArsTechnica)
<http://arstechnica.com/reviews/01q3/metadata/metadata-1.html>
It's a simple concept, but it's also a surprisingly fertile topic for debate.

Wireless At Home (Gannett News Service)
<http://technology.cincinnati.com/cgi-bin/technology/techwrapper.pl?URL=http://www.gannettonline.com/e/trends/11000031.html&AFFIL=CIN>
Airport wins big points from product reviewers for easy set-up and dependability.

CodeWarrior 7 Due Sept. 10 (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0108/21.codewarrior.shtml>
Everything has been enhanced and improved for Aqua and Mac OS X technologies. Everything has been Carbonized.

Jobs: No New Hardware At Apple Expo 2001 (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0108/21.keynote.shtml>
Apparently, Apple is trying to prevent inflated expectations for the event.

Mac OS 9.2.1 Causes An Overload Of Apple's Servers (The iMac)
<http://www.theimac.com/articles/categories/features/story499.shtml>
"Mac OS 9.2.1 Update improves Classic application compatibility in Mac OS X and additional hardware support for Macs capable of running Mac OS X."

Apple Resolves QuickTime, Explorer Conflict (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-6943401.html?tag=lh>
Apple Computer has fixed a compatibility problem that prevented users of the most recent version of Microsoft's Web browser from viewing movies in the QuickTime format.

Development Ceases On Kaleidoscope (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0108/21.kaleidoscope.shtml>
This perhaps comes as no surprise given Apple's adversity to products that alter the look and feel of the Mac operating system. And it was always doubtful whether Kaleidoscope would come to Mac OS X.

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

Where Apple Harvests Some Of Its Innovations (BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/aug2001/nf20010822_627.htm>
If you want to know where the big guys find inspiration, take a look at this pair of nifty ideas from independent developers.

Why Apple's Unix Approach Is The Right Way (ZDNet AnchorDesk)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2805937,00.html?chkpt=zdnn_nbs_hl>
By focusing on the desktop first, Apple is solving a previously unsolved problem, and it's not hampering Mac OS X's suitability as a Unix server OS one tiny bit.

What Does "Shop Different" Mean? (The iMac)
<http://www.theimac.com/articles/categories/features/story498.shtml>
When one opens in your area, take the opportunity to find out what “Shop Different” means for yourself.

Graphics Guru Analyzes MacGIMP (osOpinion)
<http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/12934.html>
After the recent release of XDarwin, an XWindows port for Mac OS X, and Mac Gimp, I finally had a means of comparative analysis between The GIMP and Adobe's PhotoShop on my OS X machine. Only a few months earlier, my wife had requested that her iBook, with its dual-boot OS 9 and Linux PPC configuration, be limited to only OS 9 as a means of conserving space. Before installation of the open-source graphics software, I admit my skepticism levels were extremely high, but after only an hour of experimentation with the software, I came away extremely impressed. 

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

What To Do With A PowerBook Duo (Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/macdan/01/0822ek.html>

Solar Powered Road Warriors (MacOPINION)
<http://www.macopinion.com/columns/roadwarrior/01/08/21/index.html>

SuSE Linux 7.1 PowerPC Edition (Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2001/09/reviews/suse.html>
A huge collection of packages and a simple setup tool make SuSE Linux a useful alternative to Mac OS for desktop and server apps.

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

Hack Insurer Adds Microsoft Surcharge (Interactive Week)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2805929,00.html?chkpt=zdnnp1tp02>
Insurance broker J.S. Wurzler Underwriting Managers has started charging up to 15 percent more in premiums to clients that use Microsoft's Internet Information Server software, which the Code Red worm feasted on.

Windows XP To Descend On PC Makers (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6942806.html?tag=lh>
Microsoft, under pressure from several sides to get its new operating system out the door, on Friday will deliver final Windows XP code to PC makers in a big way: via airdrop.

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

Hack Insurer Adds Microsoft Surcharge (Interactive Week)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2805929,00.html?chkpt=zdnnp1tp02>
Insurance broker J.S. Wurzler Underwriting Managers has started charging up to 15 percent more in premiums to clients that use Microsoft's Internet Information Server software, which the Code Red worm feasted on.

Intel Tells Rex To Play Dead (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-6941568.html?tag=owv>
The decision marks the end of a long journey for the Rex, which made a splashy debut at the 1997 Comdex trade show but was met with slow sales.

Windows XP To Descend On PC Makers (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6942806.html?tag=lh>
Microsoft, under pressure from several sides to get its new operating system out the door, on Friday will deliver final Windows XP code to PC makers in a big way: via airdrop.

Microsoft Passes Newly Minted Money (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-6942137.html?tag=lh>
Microsoft shipped on Tuesday the latest version of its personal-finance software, Money 2002, as it scrambles to catch up with chief rival Intuit in the money-management market.

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

Online Cash Ain't Worth Squat (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,46180,00.html>
The closures, analysts say, offer fresh evidence of what they've long suspected: Alternative online payment systems are having a rough time competing with the already ubiquitous credit card.

Textbook Cases Of Bankruptcy (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/school/0,1383,45861,00.html>
The dot-com crash forced some online textbook companies to file for bankruptcy and close, but many have re-launched and are surviving despite their initial failure.

AOL Layoffs Slam Sun-Netscape Alliance (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6944064.html?tag=owv>
iPlanet, a much-touted alliance between America Online and Sun Microsystems, will shed 500 employees as part of a painful restructuring at AOL.

Amazon Upgrade May Send Mixed Signals (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-6938619.html?tag=owv>
So this is what passes for good news on Wall Street these days?

MTV To Launch Wireless Promotion (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-6938422.html?tag=owv>
Will wireless kill the TV ad? Not anytime soon, but cable network MTV is hoping to use the new medium to promote its upcoming music-video awards show.

CD Shipments Drop Despite Napster's Fall (Reuters)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-6939131.html?tag=owv>
U.S. music product shipments fell 4.4 percent to $5.9 billion in the first half of 2001, the Recording Industry Association of America said Tuesday, despite the industry's success in stifling its nemesis Napster.

Apple Resolves QuickTime, Explorer Conflict (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-6943401.html?tag=lh>
Apple Computer has fixed a compatibility problem that prevented users of the most recent version of Microsoft's Web browser from viewing movies in the QuickTime format.

AOL To Cut 1,200 From Net Unit (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-6942804.html?tag=owv>
AOL Time Warner said Tuesday that it plans to slash 1,200 positions from its America Online unit, the second round of layoffs in the online unit since its merger with Time Warner.

== PenguinSurf (News) ===============

HP To Sell Secure Version Of Linux (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6943901.html?tag=owv>
Hewlett-Packard will sell a secure version of Linux, a product that marks a departure for computer makers that traditionally have favored partnerships with companies such as Red Hat that sell Linux.

SuSE Linux 7.1 PowerPC Edition (Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2001/09/reviews/suse.html>
A huge collection of packages and a simple setup tool make SuSE Linux a useful alternative to Mac OS for desktop and server apps.

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

SIA Faces Long Battle To Become A Global Player (Reuters)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/010822/3/1crhw.html>
Judging by the rhetoric thus far from Wellington and New Delhi, the chances of the SIA proposals going through are slim, analysts said.

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

US Congressmen To Propose Internet Copyright Clause To Singapore (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/010822/5/1csau.html>
A US congressional team, in Singapore for a visit, will propose the Singapore Government consider a provision in the US new Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

Sintercom Founder Fades Out Of Cyberspace (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,65746,00.html?>
"I needed to know how the SBA would interpret those clauses for such letters. How can you expect anyone to function?"