[MyAppleMenu] Feb 5, 2001

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

 Hackers Poised To Land At Wireless AirPort (Wall Street Journal)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2681947,00.html>
A group of respected security researchers has found vulnerabilities in one of the most popular data-networking technologies that could expose corporate computer networks to eavesdropping and unauthorized access.

Advertisement: Naked Lunch, and William S. Burroughs (The Applesurf Reader)
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/reader/>
Plus, sexual difference in human, saving buildings we once hate, and why ER, the NBC show, is doomed. Catch all the great reads this week.

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

 UK Price Set For OS X (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/top_news_item.cfm?NewsID=2443>

 Hackers Poised To Land At Wireless AirPort (Wall Street Journal)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2681947,00.html>
A group of respected security researchers has found vulnerabilities in one of the most popular data-networking technologies that could expose corporate computer networks to eavesdropping and unauthorized access.

 Apple Co-Founder Wozniak Receives Heinz Award (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=3033>

 DVD Taking Over Living Rooms, PCs (CNET News.com)
<http://yahoofin.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-4696059.html?tag=pt.yahoofin.financefeed..ne>
As sales continue at a rapid pace, analysts expect DVD players to eclipse VCRs in worldwide shipments within three years.

 OS X Requirements Page Added (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=3027>

== AppleSurf (Opinions) ==============

 Has Apple Gone Too Far (Macinstein)
<http://www.macinstein.com/pressrelease.cfm?ID=772>
Flimsy stretches like this, or deciding to offer e-cards, thereby knocking out existing competition, MacCards, are all in the bogus category.

 Mac OS X Server 2.0 Preview (Wild Tofu)
<http://wildtofu.com/resources/osx/osxs2-preview.php>
OSXS2 builds on that foundation, and is shaping up to be the most accessible and intuitive Unix-based server OS I've seen yet. I'm extremely excited about this software, and think others will have reason to be as well. It's the first release that I believe has a compelling enough story to give the Linux distros and Windows 2000 a run for their money, especially in the low-end and mid-range markets.

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

 Clean-Install Assistant (Low End Mac)
<http://lowendmac.com/wares/cia.html>
When you have to do a clean install to replace a damaged System, C-IA could save you hours by having the computer do all the tedious work of moving system additions from the old System Folder to the new one.

 TiBook Report #4 (Low End Mac)
<http://lowendmac.com/ibook/ti4.html>
The most common suggestion to attack the heat problem is the CoolPad from Road Tools.

 Formac ProTV (MacAddict)
<http://www.macaddict.com/news/reviews/2001_02_10.shtml>
The ProTV is an amazing value - you'll get lots of bang for your buck. Besides, it's just plain cool to have a full-featured TV or radio available at the click of the mouse.

 Apple iDVD Gives You A Good Excuse To Buy A New Computer (Star Tribune)
<http://www.startribune.com/viewers/qview/cgi/qview.cgi?template=tech_a&slug=tech04>
Men, rejoice: Finally, a computer purchase that comes with a built-in rationale. But it's for the children, honey! Don't you want movies of them to last forever?

 PowerBook G4 Titanium: First Impressions (Go2Mac.com)
<http://www.go2mac.com/displaynews.cfm?newsid=7770>

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

 MS Confirms Whistler Is Windows XP (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/16641.html>
Microsoft has confirmed the official name of Whistler will be Windows XP, and the next version of Office, code-named Office 10, will be known as Office XP.

Advertisement: Naked Lunch, and William S. Burroughs (The Applesurf Reader)
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/reader/>
Plus, sexual difference in human, saving buildings we once hate, and why ER, the NBC show, is doomed. Catch all the great reads this week.

 Trademark Dispute May Delay Xbox Debut (Bloomberg News)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-4709644.html?tag=owv>
Microsoft may be forced to delay the introduction of its Xbox game console because of a trademark dispute over the Xbox brand with a small Florida company, according to published reports.

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

 Microsoft To Christen Windows, Office With New Name (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-201-4716181-0.html?tag=owv>
"The XP name is short for 'experience,' symbolizing the rich and extended user experiences Windows and Office can offer by embracing Web services that span a broad range of devices," according to a press release issued by Microsoft this morning.

 Intel CTO: Chip Heat Becoming Critical Issue (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-4700396.html?tag=owv>
Heat is becoming one of the most critical issues in computer and semiconductor design, according to Intel CTO Pat Gelsinger, who will discuss the issue in a keynote Monday at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference.

 Microsoft Launching New Product Versions Later In 2001 (Associated Press)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/526445.asp?cp1=1>
Windows XP will include the capacity for real-time voice, video and application sharing and greater mobility. Office XP is designed as “an information hub that will enable people to harness information from multiple locations,” a Microsoft news release said.

 Why Microsoft's MSN PC Give Away Didn't Work (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/16636.html>
Mobile phone sales seem to have established a two to three year replacement cycle driven by new features, fashion, and a free or next to free price tag whenever the customer comes to the end of a contract. This clearly does not apply to the PC business, and does not apply - yet - to the MSN Web Companion/appliance business.

 Why You Should Quit Your Job And Work For Microsoft (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/7/16637.html>
No matter what job you currently have, you should quit and sign up with the Beast of Redmond because it's the second-best company to work for in the UK.

 MS Confirms Whistler Is Windows XP (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/16641.html>
Microsoft has confirmed the official name of Whistler will be Windows XP, and the next version of Office, code-named Office 10, will be known as Office XP.

 I See A Nobel Peace Prize In Bill Gates' Future. Do You? (ZDNet AnchorDesk)
<http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2681866,00.html>

 Microsoft's MSN Gears Up To Battle New AOL Time Warner (Reuters)
<http://www0.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/breaking/merc/docs/009688.htm>
Microsoft Network, the Internet service owned by software giant Microsoft Corp., is gearing up for battle with the newly merged AOL Time Warner Inc., hoping that its strength abroad and technical savvy will win the day.

 Windows 2000 As A Webhosting Platform? (ISP Watch)
<http://www.ispwatch.com.au/r/article/jsp/sid/801450>
Windows 2000 provides an excellent platform for webhosting. The folks at Microsoft have paid attention to the needs of our marketplace and have delivered a product that fully supports hosting multiple sites on a server or cluster of servers. This is particularly true when the client will be using the Frontpage/Interdev development tools or the like.

 'Not A Recall' -- Dell To Replace Some Biz-PC Motherboards (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2681837,00.html>
Dell Computer on Monday will start contacting some commercial PC owners about replacing their PC's motherboard.

 Trademark Dispute May Delay Xbox Debut (Bloomberg News)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-4709644.html?tag=owv>
Microsoft may be forced to delay the introduction of its Xbox game console because of a trademark dispute over the Xbox brand with a small Florida company, according to published reports.

 DVD Taking Over Living Rooms, PCs (CNET News.com)
<http://yahoofin.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-4696059.html?tag=pt.yahoofin.financefeed..ne>
As sales continue at a rapid pace, analysts expect DVD players to eclipse VCRs in worldwide shipments within three years.

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

 Web Publishers Don't Give It Away (Media Survey)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/16628.html>
In August 1999, ZDNet hired iCopyright.com to review all online reprint requests and to grant all permissions for reuse of print and online content. As Goldstein explains, iCopyright manages "a very large number of things that a [small] number of people [at ZDNet] took care of." Before the partnership was established, ZDNet was unable to respond to requests for reprints as quickly or efficiently as they are now, Goldstein says.

 End Of An Era At Amazon.com (The Industry Standard)
<http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,21907,00.html>
It used to irk investors by avoiding talk of profits. Now it says it will be profitable – and investors are still irked.

 Counting Web Traffic (Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21473-2001Feb3.html>
Trying to measure who goes where on the Web remains more art than science in the Internet world these days. The top three ratings firms all have their own way of counting Web traffic, and as a result, all routinely report different numbers when they attempt to judge the popularity of Web sites.

Advertisement: Naked Lunch, and William S. Burroughs (The Applesurf Reader)
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/reader/>
Plus, sexual difference in human, saving buildings we once hate, and why ER, the NBC show, is doomed. Catch all the great reads this week.

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

 Why Microsoft's MSN PC Give Away Didn't Work (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/16636.html>
Mobile phone sales seem to have established a two to three year replacement cycle driven by new features, fashion, and a free or next to free price tag whenever the customer comes to the end of a contract. This clearly does not apply to the PC business, and does not apply - yet - to the MSN Web Companion/appliance business.

 Web Publishers Don't Give It Away (Media Survey)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/16628.html>
In August 1999, ZDNet hired iCopyright.com to review all online reprint requests and to grant all permissions for reuse of print and online content. As Goldstein explains, iCopyright manages "a very large number of things that a [small] number of people [at ZDNet] took care of." Before the partnership was established, ZDNet was unable to respond to requests for reprints as quickly or efficiently as they are now, Goldstein says.

 A New Trick Gives Snoops Easy Access To E-Mail (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/05/technology/05JAVA.html>
For those still harboring the illusion that e-mail exchanges are private, a watchdog group has uncovered a new trick that enables someone to essentially bug an e-mail message so that the spy would be privy to any comments that a recipient might add as the message is forwarded to others or sent back and forth.

 Microsoft's MSN Gears Up To Battle New AOL Time Warner (Reuters)
<http://www0.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/breaking/merc/docs/009688.htm>
Microsoft Network, the Internet service owned by software giant Microsoft Corp., is gearing up for battle with the newly merged AOL Time Warner Inc., hoping that its strength abroad and technical savvy will win the day.

 End Of An Era At Amazon.com (The Industry Standard)
<http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,21907,00.html>
It used to irk investors by avoiding talk of profits. Now it says it will be profitable – and investors are still irked.

 NBC Internet Delays Report Of Earnings (Reuters)
<http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,21930,00.html>

 Where's Napster's Pay Service? Don't Ask (The Industry Standard)
<http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,21904,00.html>
The song-swapping service's tight-lipped response is, 'We haven't decided on a time schedule at all.'

 Counting Web Traffic (Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21473-2001Feb3.html>
Trying to measure who goes where on the Web remains more art than science in the Internet world these days. The top three ratings firms all have their own way of counting Web traffic, and as a result, all routinely report different numbers when they attempt to judge the popularity of Web sites.

== PenguinSurf (Top Stories) ==============

Advertisement: Naked Lunch, and William S. Burroughs (The Applesurf Reader)
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/reader/>
Plus, sexual difference in human, saving buildings we once hate, and why ER, the NBC show, is doomed. Catch all the great reads this week.

 IBM: Linux Ready For 'Real Business' (Reuters)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2681927,00.html>
IBM, the most traditional of technology companies, is betting that the decidedly non-traditional Linux software system can give it an edge in the market for computers that carry out the most mainstream and strenuous business workloads.

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

 IBM: Linux Ready For 'Real Business' (Reuters)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2681927,00.html>
IBM, the most traditional of technology companies, is betting that the decidedly non-traditional Linux software system can give it an edge in the market for computers that carry out the most mainstream and strenuous business workloads.

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

 Time Government Pulled Out Of GLCs? (Project Eyeball)
<http://eyeball.asia1.com.sg/Eyeball/Story/1,1381,12901,00.html?>
Dominant at home, these companies - in industries ranging from telecommunications and banking to shipyards and airlines - seem to have trouble replicating their domestic success abroad.

Advertisement: Naked Lunch, and William S. Burroughs (The Applesurf Reader)
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/reader/>
Plus, sexual difference in human, saving buildings we once hate, and why ER, the NBC show, is doomed. Catch all the great reads this week.

 Upgrading Won't Sway These Voters (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,1870,21557,00.html?>
Kelvin Tan Tuan Wei: It is not too difficult to understand the reluctance of the Government to extend voting to Singaporeans living overseas, simply because they are not as influenced by 'goodies' such as HDB upgrading.

 PAP's Jalan Besar Choice? (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,21484,00.html?>
Minister for Manpower Lee Boon Yang yesterday named NTUC deputy secretary-general Line is overdrawn Heng Chee How as a likely People's Action Party candidate for Jalan Besar GRC in the next General Election.

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

 Compulsory For Singapore Students To Learn History Of Republic (AFP)
<http://www.lanka.net/lakehouse/2001/02/04/for01.html>

 Singapore Promises Generious Budget To Offset Lean Year (AFP)
<http://sg.dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/singapore/afp/article.html?s=singapore/headlines/010205/singapore/afp/Singapore_promises_generous_budget_to_offset_lean_year.html>

 Night Buses Drive Cabbies Mad (Project Eyeball)
<http://eyeball.asia1.com.sg/Eyeball/Story/1,1381,12885,00.html?>
10 out of the 19 cabbies Eyeball spoke to said their incomes dipped some 15 per cent since the buses entered the scene.

 Time Government Pulled Out Of GLCs? (Project Eyeball)
<http://eyeball.asia1.com.sg/Eyeball/Story/1,1381,12901,00.html?>
Dominant at home, these companies - in industries ranging from telecommunications and banking to shipyards and airlines - seem to have trouble replicating their domestic success abroad.

 Upgrading Won't Sway These Voters (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,1870,21557,00.html?>
Kelvin Tan Tuan Wei: It is not too difficult to understand the reluctance of the Government to extend voting to Singaporeans living overseas, simply because they are not as influenced by 'goodies' such as HDB upgrading.

 PAP's Jalan Besar Choice? (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,21484,00.html?>
Minister for Manpower Lee Boon Yang yesterday named NTUC deputy secretary-general Line is overdrawn Heng Chee How as a likely People's Action Party candidate for Jalan Besar GRC in the next General Election.

 Downturn Will Affect Lower-Skilled Workers More (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,21512,00.html?>
But government will help them improve their skills so they are ready for jobs in the new economy, says Manpower Minister.

 Tax Collections Hit $17.6b Record High (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/money/story/0,1870,21564,00.html?>
Income-tax revenue records biggest jump and now accounts for about two-thirds of the taxman's haul.

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

 Singapore Web Traffic To Entertainment Sites Triples During Festive Season (Singapore.Internet.com)
<http://singapore.internet.com/r/article/jsp/sid/585>
Singapore Web surfers were busy sending online greeting cards and downloading music last December, helping the entertainment category of sites record the highest growth during the festive season, according to Nielsen//NetRatings.

 SCV Meets Minimum QoS Standards: IDA (ZDNet Asia)
<http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/dailynews/story/0,2000010021,20178423-1,00.htm>
IDA will look at setting up minimum speeds for broadband access to meet higher expectations of surfers.

 Online Banking In Singapore Short On Features: Survey (Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/1/news/nfrnt01.html>
Despite all the claims made by Singapore banks and investments poured into electronic banking, customers are still not convinced.

 Update On Apple's Latest Products And Prices (MacSingapore)
<http://www.macsingapore.com/archive/news200102a.html#update>
While we await the first reported sighting of the Apple Titanium PowerBook on local shores, its come to our attention that the PowerMac Cube is now going on sale (as in SALE!) at a price of about S$2,688.

== SingaporeSurf (Entertainment) ==============

 Singapore Musical On Siamese Twins Aims For Broadway (Reuters)
<http://www.lanka.net/lakehouse/2001/02/04/for04.html>

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