[MyAppleMenu] Feb 19, 2001

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

You Can Live Without Mac OS X (The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/columns/flipside/2001/20010219.shtml>
Mac OS X is not 100% ready for everybody, and waiting can be beneficial. If you have doubts about switching in March, waiting could be a viable option.

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

Apple Keen To Stay Sharp As PC Sales Fall (The Irish times)
<http://scripts.ireland.com/technology/newsshowall.cfm?ID=1399>
"Because our machines last longer than most other types of personal computers people end up comparing older Macintoshs with modern PCs."

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

You Can Live Without Mac OS X (The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/columns/flipside/2001/20010219.shtml>
Mac OS X is not 100% ready for everybody, and waiting can be beneficial. If you have doubts about switching in March, waiting could be a viable option.

Not The End Of The Mac As We Know It (Low End Mac)
<http://lowendmac.com/musings/end.html>
Mac OS X is not the end of the Mac as we know it. The Mac as we know it has a long life ahead of it.

Is Moto Off The Hook (Macinstein)
<http://www.macinstein.com/pressrelease.cfm?ID=795>

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

Microsoft Invades The Airwaves (MSNBC)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/531909.asp>
Imagine taking a Pocket PC with all the features crammed inside and shrinking it down to a size slightly smaller than a modern-day cellular phone — and then you can begin to have an idea of what Microsoft is previewing at the 3GSM World Congress wireless show in Cannes, France.

Gates Stays The Course On Software Integration (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/19/technology/19SOFT.html?pagewanted=all>
It is perhaps no coincidence, then, that the new operating system, Windows XP, also represents the most highly integrated software product from Microsoft in six years, dating back to Windows 95.

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

Microsoft's End-Game (Business 2.0)
<http://www.business2.com/content/insights/dailyinsights/2001/02/19/26465>

Microsoft Invades The Airwaves (MSNBC)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/531909.asp>
Imagine taking a Pocket PC with all the features crammed inside and shrinking it down to a size slightly smaller than a modern-day cellular phone — and then you can begin to have an idea of what Microsoft is previewing at the 3GSM World Congress wireless show in Cannes, France.

Gates Stays The Course On Software Integration (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/19/technology/19SOFT.html?pagewanted=all>
It is perhaps no coincidence, then, that the new operating system, Windows XP, also represents the most highly integrated software product from Microsoft in six years, dating back to Windows 95.

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

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

Start-Ups Now Ask: What's The Rush (Boston Globe)
<http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/050/business/Start_ups_now_ask_What_s_the_rush+.shtml>

Internet Population Hits 56 Percent (Associated Press)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-4861949.html?tag=owv>
The Internet was used by more than half of the U.S. adult population last year as some 16 million new users ventured online in the last six months, according to a study released Sunday.

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

IBM To Unveil New Linux Moves (TechWeb)
<http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/desktop/news/PIT20010217S0001>
IBM will use its upcoming PartnerWorld, scheduled for Feb. 25-28 in Atlanta, to reinforce its strategy of leveraging mainframe technology and Linux across its eServer line.

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

IBM To Unveil New Linux Moves (TechWeb)
<http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/desktop/news/PIT20010217S0001>
IBM will use its upcoming PartnerWorld, scheduled for Feb. 25-28 in Atlanta, to reinforce its strategy of leveraging mainframe technology and Linux across its eServer line.

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

Banned Books (Project Eyeball)
<http://eyeball.asia1.com.sg/Eyeball/Story/1,1381,13669,00.html?>
Hoping to buy the Marquis de Sade's Justine, or The Philosophy In The Bedroom, after seeing Quills at the cinema? Forget it. The books, reports our reporter remain on Mita's Films and Publications Department's banned publications list.

Government To Allow Overseas Voting (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,24583,00.html?>
Not all of the 200,000 Singaporeans who are overseas now will be eligible to vote because the Government will look at several factors -- including the duration of the stay abroad and the ties which they maintain with Singapore.

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This week's feature: Amy Tan. Plus, boiling an egg scientifically, choosing the sex of your next child, and transforming the publishing industry with electronic paper. Catch all the great reads now!

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

Banned Books (Project Eyeball)
<http://eyeball.asia1.com.sg/Eyeball/Story/1,1381,13669,00.html?>
Hoping to buy the Marquis de Sade's Justine, or The Philosophy In The Bedroom, after seeing Quills at the cinema? Forget it. The books, reports our reporter remain on Mita's Films and Publications Department's banned publications list.

Government To Allow Overseas Voting (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,24583,00.html?>
Not all of the 200,000 Singaporeans who are overseas now will be eligible to vote because the Government will look at several factors -- including the duration of the stay abroad and the ties which they maintain with Singapore.

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

MediaWorks Stars Make HK Debut (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/life/story/0,1870,24460,00.html?>
Bryan Wong and Evelyn Tan are Cantonese-speaking doctors in the 40-episode Healing Hearts, now being shown over the Hongkong channel ATV.