[MyAppleMenu] Jan 7, 2001

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

 Maya On Mac OS X (Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/creative/desktopmovies/maya/>
Now, the power of Mac OS X provides the perfect platform for Maya to perform its magic for you. And, the outstanding price-performance of Maya on a Mac now makes it possible for all creatives to express their ideas through 3D imaging.

 Michael Phillips Finds Creative Freedom (Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/applemasters/mphillips/>
A neuromuscular disease may have robbed AppleMaster Michael Phillips of the use of his arms and legs, but it hasnÕt kept him from fulfilling his potential as a straight-A student, digital artist and source of inspiration to people with physical disabilities.

 Desktop Movies Help Busienss Students Strike The Right Notes (Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/education/hed/macsinaction/baruch/>
Mention the word ÒlectureÓ to most college students, and theyÕll invariably experience twinges in both their brains and hands. Even with the most animated professor at the front of the room, a lengthy stint of frenetic note taking typically exhausts the body and mind. Precisely the reason Baruch College Professor of Economics Jeffrey Weiss sought an alternative approach.

 Recording In The Outback... Mixing Via The Internet (Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/hotnews/articles/2001/01/survivor/>
Although the Rocket Network is available to both Macs and PCs, it seems the Mac gives musicians a better user experience for Internet music recording.

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

 Microsoft's Cunning Plan (The Economist)
<http://www.economist.co.uk/business/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=464938>
The firmÕs blueprint for the future of software is technically ambitiousÑand, in the light of its battle with antitrust regulators, rather clever.

 Microsoft Got Game: Xbox Unveiled (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-4391968.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Microsoft's entry into the video game business will no doubt inspire a number of marketing gimmicks, but it will be hard to top Saturday's--Bill Gates sharing a stage with professional wrestler "The Rock."

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

 Microsoft: A Consumer giant? (MSNBC)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/512593.asp>
The lines snaked up, around, over and through the Las Vegas HiltonÕs nearly empty gaming tables. Journalists, VIPs and show attendees queuing up at the crack of dawn to see the worldÕs most famous software architect announce the latest interpretation of the gospel according to Microsoft: products that are fun and entertaining and that create a "digital lifestyle."

 Microsoft's Cunning Plan (The Economist)
<http://www.economist.co.uk/business/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=464938>
The firmÕs blueprint for the future of software is technically ambitiousÑand, in the light of its battle with antitrust regulators, rather clever.

 Windows CE Finds New Digs In Net Devices (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/special/stories/main/0,11415,2671761,00.html>
Looking to show that Windows CE has legs for the consumer electronics market, Microsoft shows off six new devices based on the slimmed-down version of its desktop OS.

 Microsoft Got Game: Xbox Unveiled (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-4391968.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Microsoft's entry into the video game business will no doubt inspire a number of marketing gimmicks, but it will be hard to top Saturday's--Bill Gates sharing a stage with professional wrestler "The Rock."

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

 Hemming In The World Wide Web (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/07/weekinreview/07GLAT.html>
The notion that the internet is a place without boundaries is not appealing to many of the world's governments, which would much prefer to control the flow of information across their national borders.

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

 Was 'Free' Such A Good Idea? (Seattle Union Record)
<http://www.unionrecord.com/biz/display.php?ID=1785>

 Cold Wind Blows Through Game Web Sites (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/15870.html>
Life is tough nowadays for gaming web sites, and the signs are that it's only going to get tougher.

 Layoffs Expected Monday At The Industry Standard, As Deteriorating Market Conditions Force Strategic Retreat (Inside)
<http://www.inside.com/jcs/Story?article_id=19774&pod_id=7>
Internet economy magazine's ambitious parent company had bulked up to 400 employees amid explosive ad page growth; only latest boom-time business book to trim staff.

 More Delays For AOL-Time Warner Deal (Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/business/cutting/20010106/t000001411.html>
America Online Inc. faces further delay in gaining U.S. approval to buy Time Warner Inc. as regulators review access to the combined media and Internet company's cable television lines and other issues.

 Hemming In The World Wide Web (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/07/weekinreview/07GLAT.html>
The notion that the internet is a place without boundaries is not appealing to many of the world's governments, which would much prefer to control the flow of information across their national borders.

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

 Layoffs Expected Monday At The Industry Standard, As Deteriorating Market Conditions Force Strategic Retreat (Inside)
<http://www.inside.com/jcs/Story?article_id=19774&pod_id=7>
Internet economy magazine's ambitious parent company had bulked up to 400 employees amid explosive ad page growth; only latest boom-time business book to trim staff.

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

 CPF Top-Up Not Automatic Entitlement: Lim Hng Kiang (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/singapore/cna/article.html?s=singapore/headlines/010107/singapore/cna/CPF_top-up_not_automatic_entitlement__Lim_Hng_Kiang.html>

 Singapore Urged To Stand Fast Against Gus Dur's Flak (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,15660,00.html?>
Singapore should not be provoked, should behave with dignity and stand fast in responding to Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid's recent allegations about the Republic and its leaders, a veteran regional observer said here yesterday.

 Camera At 100 Junctions (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,15737,00.html?>
The Land Transport Authority (LTA) intends to make images of selected road junctions available online, when surveillance cameras go up at 100 traffic junctions over the next 18 months.