[MyAppleMenu] Aug 25, 2001

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

Apple Confirms Titanium Price Cuts (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-6961931.html?tag=lh>
Apple Computer confirmed Friday that it will drop prices by up to $500 on its Titanium PowerBook G4 laptops.

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

Apple Retail Store Opens In Schaumburg, IL (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0108/25.schaumburg.shtml>
It's not often that hundreds of people line up hours before a retail store opening. It's even less likely those people will immediately begin chatting about the store's strategy, the company's products, tech support questions, experiences with the products, sharing tips and tricks or how family, friends and co-workers have benefited from using the products; but when the company in question is named Apple, you get all this and more.

Apple Retail Store Opens In Schaumburg, IL (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0108/25.schaumburg.shtml>
It's not often that hundreds of people line up hours before a retail store opening. It's even less likely those people will immediately begin chatting about the store's strategy, the company's products, tech support questions, experiences with the products, sharing tips and tricks or how family, friends and co-workers have benefited from using the products; but when the company in question is named Apple, you get all this and more.

Microsoft's Browser Update Riles Critics (San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/depth/ms082401.htm>
Microsoft said it made the decision a few weeks ago for "security and technical reasons," but critics called it the latest example of the software giant promoting its own technology to the exclusion of others.

Thin Screens The Trendy Choice, But Not For Everyone (Dallas Morning News)
<http://www.amarillonet.com/stories/082301/tec_thinscreens.shtml>
Signs of a coming desktop display revolution are abundant.

CRT Finally Showing Its Age (Associated Press)
<http://www.canoe.ca/LondonBusiness/lf.lf-08-24-0115.html>
Flat-panel computer monitors pushing toxic predecessors into trash.

Grand Opening Of Apple Store In Boston (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=9036>

Apple Confirms Titanium Price Cuts (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-6961931.html?tag=lh>
Apple Computer confirmed Friday that it will drop prices by up to $500 on its Titanium PowerBook G4 laptops.

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

Is Classic Really Worth All That Much? (Business Mac)
<http://www.thebusinessmac.com/editorials/classic.shtml>
Here's hoping that Apple will stop wasting money on Classic development and focus more on making OS X the best operating system possible.

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

Opera Web Browser (WFAA.com)
<http://www.inlandempireonline.com/technology/reviews/010301/opera.shtml>

Mac OS 9.2.1 (MacXcess)
<http://www.macxcess.com/commentary/23082001_os921firstrun.html>

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

New Microsoft Judge In The Spotlight (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6964621.html?tag=owv>
The newest judge to preside over the fortunes of the world's largest software company may be best known for her decision to spare thousands of Canada geese from government-orchestrated slaughter.

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

Bill Gates' Way Or No Way (Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/la-082401balzar.story>
Microsoft is where free enterprise goes if left to its own devices: a tyranny as absolute as could be envisioned by Lenin.

New Microsoft Judge In The Spotlight (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6964621.html?tag=owv>
The newest judge to preside over the fortunes of the world's largest software company may be best known for her decision to spare thousands of Canada geese from government-orchestrated slaughter.

New Worm Poses As Helpful Program (Reuters)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6962764.html?tag=owv>
A destructive new worm that purports to rid computers of malicious viruses actually leaves the viruses intact and chews up files instead, security experts said Friday.

Microsoft's Browser Update Riles Critics (San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/depth/ms082401.htm>
Microsoft said it made the decision a few weeks ago for "security and technical reasons," but critics called it the latest example of the software giant promoting its own technology to the exclusion of others.

Moving On From Windows 98 (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-201-6963268-0.html?tag=lh>
We expect some upturn in PC sales driven by Windows XP and rock-bottom prices, but not the huge volumes that Microsoft and PC makers are hoping for.

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

Opera Web Browser (WFAA.com)
<http://www.inlandempireonline.com/technology/reviews/010301/opera.shtml>