[MyAppleMenu] Jan 2, 2001

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

 Apple Cuts Prices On Cube, G4 And PowerBook (MacCentral)
<http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/01.pricecut.shtml>
As rebates on many items end for the holiday season, Apple has slashed retail prices today on selected models anywhere from US$300 on the Power Mac G4 400MHz model to over $1000 on a 500MHz G4 Server.

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

 Diablo II Hacked And Cracked (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15750.html>
This is an embarrassing incident for Blizzard, and follows months of petitions and protests about bugs and unbalanced gameplay in what is one of the best-selling titles of recent years.

 Jobs Named A 'Classic Geek' (MacCentral)
<http://www.maccentral.com/news/0101/02.jobs.shtml>

 Apple Cuts Prices On Cube, G4 And PowerBook (MacCentral)
<http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/01.pricecut.shtml>
As rebates on many items end for the holiday season, Apple has slashed retail prices today on selected models anywhere from US$300 on the Power Mac G4 400MHz model to over $1000 on a 500MHz G4 Server.

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

 Apple's Twilight Of The Gods? (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2669455,00.html>
At the end of the day, it's the user base that provides the rationale for the Mac's continued existence--not Apple and certainly not a single Apple executive, be he ever so compelling.

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

 Intel Moves Beyond Chips (Reuters)
<http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,21147,00.html>
As PC sales slow down, the semiconductor giant decides to start selling consumer devices, according to the Wall Street Journal.

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

 Internet Blocking For Blockheads (Chicago Tribune)
<http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chapman/>
What offends parents in Salt Lake City may not raise an eyebrow in San Francisco. Yet Congress thinks the same standards should be enforced in both cities, thus guaranteeing that people in one or the other, if not both, will be unhappy.

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

 Diablo II Hacked And Cracked (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15750.html>
This is an embarrassing incident for Blizzard, and follows months of petitions and protests about bugs and unbalanced gameplay in what is one of the best-selling titles of recent years.

 Internet Blocking For Blockheads (Chicago Tribune)
<http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chapman/>
What offends parents in Salt Lake City may not raise an eyebrow in San Francisco. Yet Congress thinks the same standards should be enforced in both cities, thus guaranteeing that people in one or the other, if not both, will be unhappy.

 Plan B From Cyberspace (Time)
<http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,93312,00.html>
A growing number of websites are going back to the future. The new horizon: old-fashioned print.

 'The Most Hated Man In Web Porn' (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,40829,00.html>
Luke Ford really only wanted to write about the cyberporn industry on his website. Then he started zeroing in on the problems of one of the sector's most controversial proprietors. And now just about everybody seems to hate him.

 Closed Encounters Of The 3G Kind (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,40740,00.html>
If a San Diego researcher's predictions come true, streaming video over wireless devices will be a red herring in the next couple of years.  Why?

== The AppleSurf Reader ==============

 Plan B From Cyberspace (Time)
<http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,93312,00.html>
A growing number of websites are going back to the future. The new horizon: old-fashioned print.

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

 Falungong Members Remain In Detention After Refusing To Post Bail (AFP)
<http://sg.dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/singapore/afp/article.html?s=singapore/headlines/010102/singapore/afp/Falungong_members_remain_in_detention_after_refusing_to_post_bail.html>
Fifteen followers of the Falungong spiritual movement remained in detention in Singapore on Tuesday after refusing to post bail and demanding freedom without conditions, a group spokesman said.

 Pasir Ris To Get Injection Of Town Spirit (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,14465,00.html?>
Pubs, restaurants and commercial outlets along the beach, a nature reserve with mangrove swamps and an exploration canal to Hougang through the Serangoon River could make Pasir Ris the next hot neighbourhood.