[MyAppleMenu] Feb 27, 2001

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

Pioneer To Spin Off DVD-R Drives (CNET News.com)
<http://yahoofin.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-4952541.html?tag=pt.yahoofin.financefeed..ne>
Pioneer plans to start selling around May an add-on version of its drive that can play and record both DVDs and CDs.

Revelations From Tokyo (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2001/02/25/0226wgtokyo.html>
That "limited audience" of 8 to 17 year-olds, perhaps heavily female, just happens to be the future. And the future of the PC is what Apple seems to be wisely staying focused on.

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

Macworld Tokyo Attracts 181,000 (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/top_news_item.cfm?NewsID=2547>
The figure matches the attendance at the Conference last year.

The G4 iMac Is Here! (Thanks To PowerLogix) (TheiMac.com)
<http://www.theimac.com/articles/categories/features/story411.shtml>
Way to go, PowerLogix, for taking up where Newer left off.

Apple Reveals Environment For Next-Generation Application Development (Nikkei BP)
<http://www.nikkeibp.asiabiztech.com/wcs/leaf?CID=onair/asabt/cover/124223>
Especially notable in the lecture was that developers will be able to develop and operate such next-generation applications using Mac OS X, Mac OS Server and Windows 2000.

Pioneer To Spin Off DVD-R Drives (CNET News.com)
<http://yahoofin.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-4952541.html?tag=pt.yahoofin.financefeed..ne>
Pioneer plans to start selling around May an add-on version of its drive that can play and record both DVDs and CDs.

Carmack Confirms Slashdot Comments, Talks Altivec (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0102/26.carmack.shtml>
"The position hasn't changed in years -- PPC CPUs are as good as, or slightly better than, x86 on a clock for clock basis, but they can't overcome the large MHz gap that exists."

Apple Files For 'AppleSeed' And 'EdView' Trademarks (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0102/26.trademark.shtml>

iMac Ship Time Backed Up For Customers, Dealers (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2001/02/25/0226imacship.html>
Less than a week after their formal debut, Apple has changed its estimated shipping status on all iMac configurations through the U.S. online Apple Store to seven days from three.

SoundBlaster Live Ship Date (Inside Mac Games)
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/news/story.php?ArticleID=2201>

Final Cut Bundles On Hold; Cinewave Seminars Postponed (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0102/26.final.shtml>
Apple's Final Cut Pro Studio solutions have been put into "Temporarily unavailable" status.

PowerPC 750 Vs. 750cx: Differences Explained (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/feature.php?id=209>

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

Live Nude Macintosh! (Applelinks.com)
<http://www.applelinks.com/absurd/livenude.shtml>
What is it about a computer design that causes so many "professionals" to respond so immaturely?

Bigger Ads, Better Ads? (Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/musings/ads.html>
Ads are essential to the "free" Web. If current advertising methods are not paying off, we need to find new methods that will pay off -- while at the same time not driving visitors away.

Apple's Internet Strategy: Reorganization In Progress (Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/itc/010227.html>
Although Apple's navigation system is far easier to comprehend then that of its competitors, its many tabs may seem somewhat overwhelming to the first time visitor.

Revelations From Tokyo (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2001/02/25/0226wgtokyo.html>
That "limited audience" of 8 to 17 year-olds, perhaps heavily female, just happens to be the future. And the future of the PC is what Apple seems to be wisely staying focused on.

Get Your Spray Paint iMac Analysis Here (The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/columns/flipside/2001/20010226.shtml>
I have a hard time believing that the Flower Power and Blue Dalmatian iMac units will boost Apple's sales and dig it out of its slump.

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

PGP Desktop Security 7.0.3 (Macworld)
<http://macworld.zdnet.com/2001/02/24/reviews/pgpsecurity.html>
Even individual users with simple security requirements will benefit from features such as PGPdisk that don't add security-related hassle to the Mac's ease-of-use.

Apple's New Laptop Is A Peach (BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/2001/01_10/b3722059.htm>
The new PowerBook G4 Titanium notebook offers brains, beauty, and brawn in one slick package. At up to $3,500, the Titanium is, like other Apple products, pricey, but this one gives good value. Apple has once again launched a powerful innovation--and could literally reshape the laptop.

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

Appellate Judges Split Over Jackson's MS Findings (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-4954339.html?tag=owv>
The appellate judges overseeing the latest phase of the Microsoft antitrust case are divided over the findings of fact from U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson, an indication that the court may revisit some issues in the case in a hearing Tuesday.

Microsoft Lawyer Hectored By Appellate Judges (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/17187.html>
"I don't see how you can get a reversal," Judge David Tatel flatly told Microsoft lawyer Richard Urowsky, early in Monday's round of oral arguments before the federal appeals bench. It was not an auspicious start.

Microsoft: We Did Not Stifle Competition (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-4947625.html?tag=ch_mh>
Microsoft told a U.S. appeals court Monday that it did not illegally stifle competitors as the judges peppered lawyers for the software giant and the government with pointed questions about practices that led to the company's court-ordered breakup.

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

IE Won The Browser War Because Navigator Sucks (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/17192.html>
We'd never heard such a load of bollocks, and judging by Edwards' reaction, neither had he.

Intriguing Questions In MS Appeal (Wired News)
<http://www.wirednews.com/news/politics/0,1283,42033,00.html>
U.S. government lawyers may have spent four years girding for this week's Microsoft hearing before an appeals panel, but on Monday they were the ones facing the most pointed questions.

Microsoft Shareholders Rolling The Dice (TheDeal.com)
<http://www.thedeal.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename=FutureTense/Apps/Xcelerate/Render&c=TDDArticle&cid=TDDGVO6ZNJC&preview=true>
nvestors are betting on a set of on-off options keyed to a single decision: Will the software giant be broken up, as Federal Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson ordered a few months ago, or will it wriggle off the hook, as it is currently attempting in a federal appeals court?

The Greatest Antitrust Show On Earth. Again! (Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/02/26/appeals_court/index.html?CP=RDF&#38;DN=310>
Top five reasons we should care about the appellate court hearings on Microsoft -- even though we really don't want to.

Microsoft Puts More Heat On Open Source (eWEEK)
<http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2689522,00.html>
Microsoft Corp. is showing no signs of softening its stance on the open-source software movement. In fact, executives with the Redmond, Wash., company have turned up the rhetoric in recent weeks about the Linux operating system and the open-source movement in general.

Judges Grill U.S. Lawyer In Microsoft Antitrust Appeal (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-4950711.html?tag=owv>
During a hearing Monday that could determine Microsoft's ultimate fate, an appellate court judge questioned whether the U.S. government has gone too far in trying to restrict the software company.

Appellate Judges Split Over Jackson's MS Findings (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-4954339.html?tag=owv>
The appellate judges overseeing the latest phase of the Microsoft antitrust case are divided over the findings of fact from U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson, an indication that the court may revisit some issues in the case in a hearing Tuesday.

Microsoft: Down With Linux (Wired News)
<http://www.wirednews.com/news/business/0,1367,42023,00.html>
Redmond goes yet again to Washington D.C. to plead that a united Microsoft is good for technology and America.

Microsoft Lawyer Hectored By Appellate Judges (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/17187.html>
"I don't see how you can get a reversal," Judge David Tatel flatly told Microsoft lawyer Richard Urowsky, early in Monday's round of oral arguments before the federal appeals bench. It was not an auspicious start.

Microsoft: We Did Not Stifle Competition (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-4947625.html?tag=ch_mh>
Microsoft told a U.S. appeals court Monday that it did not illegally stifle competitors as the judges peppered lawyers for the software giant and the government with pointed questions about practices that led to the company's court-ordered breakup.

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

Bigger Ads, Better Ads? (Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/musings/ads.html>
Ads are essential to the "free" Web. If current advertising methods are not paying off, we need to find new methods that will pay off -- while at the same time not driving visitors away.

Apple's Internet Strategy: Reorganization In Progress (Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/itc/010227.html>
Although Apple's navigation system is far easier to comprehend then that of its competitors, its many tabs may seem somewhat overwhelming to the first time visitor.

IE Won The Browser War Because Navigator Sucks (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/17192.html>
We'd never heard such a load of bollocks, and judging by Edwards' reaction, neither had he.

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

Bigger Ads, Better Ads? (Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/musings/ads.html>
Ads are essential to the "free" Web. If current advertising methods are not paying off, we need to find new methods that will pay off -- while at the same time not driving visitors away.

Apple's Internet Strategy: Reorganization In Progress (Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/itc/010227.html>
Although Apple's navigation system is far easier to comprehend then that of its competitors, its many tabs may seem somewhat overwhelming to the first time visitor.

IE Won The Browser War Because Navigator Sucks (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/17192.html>
We'd never heard such a load of bollocks, and judging by Edwards' reaction, neither had he.

Napster Knock-Offs A No Go (Wired News)
<http://www.wirednews.com/news/business/0,1367,42034,00.html>
File-trading companies looking to capitalize on a potential Napster shut down can expect to be greeted with a cold shoulder from the recording industry.

AOL Accounts For One Third Of Online Time (Reuters)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-4956238.html?tag=lh>
AOL Time Warner Internet sites accounted for nearly one third of all time spent online in January in the United States, with most Web users spending more time on AOL properties than Time Warner's properties, according to a report to be released by Jupiter Media Metrix on Tuesday.

Instant Ad: AOL Tests Banners On ICQ Chat Service (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2689983,00.html?chkpt=zdnn_rt_latest>
ICQ, the popular instant messaging service owned by AOL Time Warner's America Online, has quietly begun testing ways to add advertising banners onto its software.

The Billion-Dollar Gambit (The Industry Standard)
<http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,22442,00.html>
Napster offers to go legit and launches a PR campaign aimed at pressuring Big Music to end its legal assault. Is it too little, too late?

Why 90 Percent Of XML Standards Will Fail (Upstream Consulting)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2689765,00.html>
There's too much noise, too much hype, too many promises--too much risk. Shouldn't we know better by now?

Search Project Prepares To Challenge Google (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-4950537.html?tag=owv>
A company in the business of reviving abandoned technologies is preparing a peer-to-peer search engine aimed straight at the heart of Google.

Stephen King To Preview Novel Online (Reuters)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-4953547.html?tag=owv>

Asia Poised To Take Wireless Web Phone Lead (Associated Press)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1004-200-4946636.html?tag=owv>
In Asia--where speedy Web phones are about to make their world debut--there is little talk of impending disaster.

Web Sites Turned To Larger, Snazzier Ads To Jazz Up Profit (Wall Street Journal)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2689767,00.html>
The new formats include the "skyscraper," a tall, skinny oblong at the side of a Web page, and the "rectangle"--a box that's much larger than a banner.

Napster Ruling No Substitute For Competitive Pricing (osOpinion)
<http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/7734.html>

Apple Captures Three New Web Domains (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0102/26.domain.shtml>

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

The Struggle For The Future Of Linux (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-201-4951322-0.html?tag=lh>
Like a handful of other programmers who have vaulted from obscurity to near-celebrity status within the computer industry thanks to Linux, Miguel de Icaza is enjoying his new fame.

Microsoft: Down With Linux (Wired News)
<http://www.wirednews.com/news/business/0,1367,42023,00.html>
Redmond goes yet again to Washington D.C. to plead that a united Microsoft is good for technology and America.

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

IT Managers Looking To Blame (osOpinion)
<http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/7763.html>

Microsoft Puts More Heat On Open Source (eWEEK)
<http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2689522,00.html>
Microsoft Corp. is showing no signs of softening its stance on the open-source software movement. In fact, executives with the Redmond, Wash., company have turned up the rhetoric in recent weeks about the Linux operating system and the open-source movement in general.

Red Hat CEO: Tired Of Microsoft's Linux Whining (Sm at rt Partner)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2689856,00.html>

The Struggle For The Future Of Linux (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-201-4951322-0.html?tag=lh>
Like a handful of other programmers who have vaulted from obscurity to near-celebrity status within the computer industry thanks to Linux, Miguel de Icaza is enjoying his new fame.

Microsoft: Down With Linux (Wired News)
<http://www.wirednews.com/news/business/0,1367,42023,00.html>
Redmond goes yet again to Washington D.C. to plead that a united Microsoft is good for technology and America.

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

Crash Victims Suing Singapore Airlines, Boeing, Taiwan Airport (Associated Press)
<http://www.nj.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/cgi-free/getstory_ssf.cgi?f0008_BC_SingaporeAirlines-Cra&&news&newsflash-financial>
At least 40 victims of a Singapore Airlines plane crash last October in Taipei are suing the airline, Boeing Co. and Taiwan airport authorities with the help of an American lawyer, a report said Tuesday.

E-Filing Helps Keep Tax-Collection Costs Low (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,1870,26242,00.html?>
Chia-Mao Kawn Hwa, Manager, Public Relations, Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore: Without these initiatives, and in the light of an increasing taxpayer base, Iras would not have been able to keep operational costs low.

Real Competition Needed In Oil Industry: Case (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,1870,26292,00.html?>
Teo Ho Pin, President, Consumers Association of Singapore: Regrettably, Case has found that oil companies did not appear sincere in their efforts to stimulate such competition among themselves; instead, they offered token responses only to keep pace with, and to counter-balance, moves made by rivals.

Singapore's FTA Move Worrisome: Mahathir (AFP)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/2/news/nfrnt05.html>

Lack Of Reliable Info Contributed To 97/98 Regional Crisis: SM (Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/2/news/nfrnt07.html>

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

Improve SCV's Network Services (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,1870,26288,00.html?>
Perhaps it is because SCV charges a flat rate that it does not think it is required to monitor its level of network service?

56-kbps Modem As Fast As SCV (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,1870,26286,00.html?>
Lim Chun Yaw: The difference was so insignificant, yet I am paying $30 more.

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

Ditching The ROM - For Romance (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,26200,00.html?>
More couples are exchanging marriage vows away from the Registry of Marriage, opting for more 'exotic' locations like the Botanic Gardens.