[MyAppleMenu] Jan 10, 2001
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== AppleSurf (Top Stories) ==============
Mixed Reaction To Apple Announcements (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2001/01/07/0110analysts.html>
Possibly as no surprise to some, analysts who watch Apple stock and the personal computer industry for a living were pleased with the announcements, but have concerns about Apple's potential for dramatically improving the bottom line in the wake of a softening PC industry and an apparent slowing economy.
Mac Lovers Of The World, United (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,40492,00.html>
It's blasphemy, really: walking into the Macworld Expo -- the last place in the world where Apple fans might expect to be harassed -- and asking them, "Can your favorite company be saved?"
Has 'Desktop' Metaphor Outlived Its Usefulness? (Los Angeles Time Syndicate)
<http://www.nandotimes.com/24hour/modbee/technology/story/0,1660,500297728-500474840-503226682-0,00.html>
Some computer scientists and interface experts think that the desktop metaphor has lived long past its usefulness and that this year we may have an ideal opportunity to make a leap as significant as the Mac interface was in 1984 - or we could pass that up.
Apple's DVD-, CD-Burning Out Of Consumer's Reach (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-4424786.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Although Mac fans are applauding Apple's new DVD- and CD-burning software, some will be dismayed to learn that they don't have the hardware required to take full advantage of the programs.
== AppleSurf (News) ==============
Apple Bruises, As PC Stocks Rise (CBS MarketWatch)
<http://cbs.marketwatch.com/archive/20010110/news/current/hard.htx?source=htx/http2_mw>
Shares of Apple Computer needed polishing Wednesday following the company's product announcements Tuesday, while other hardware stocks moved higher in trading.
Nvidia Comes To The Mac (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2001/01/07/0110nvidia.html>
Nvidia has hemmed and hawed and issued its share of "No comments," but the company widely regarded as the current speed leader in PC graphics has finally come to the Mac--and in a big way--as its GeForce2MX AGP graphics card is now standard in Apple's new 533MHz, 667MHz and 733MHz Power Mac G4 systems.
Microsoft Keynote Highlights Outlook And Office (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2001/01/07/0110microsoft.html>
Kevin Browne, general manager of Microsoft's Macintosh Business Unit, used a keynote presentation Wednesday at Macworld Expo to offer demonstrations of the new Outlook e-mail client and a Carbonized version of Office for OS X.
Mixed Reaction To Apple Announcements (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2001/01/07/0110analysts.html>
Possibly as no surprise to some, analysts who watch Apple stock and the personal computer industry for a living were pleased with the announcements, but have concerns about Apple's potential for dramatically improving the bottom line in the wake of a softening PC industry and an apparent slowing economy.
Corel On The OS X Bandwagon (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2001/01/07/0110corel.html>
Corel may be struggling with financial woes, but the company has a big presence at this week's Macworld Expo San Francisco as it demonstrates the software it acquired last year from MetaCreations: Painter, Bryce and Kai's Power Tools (KPT). Corel has released Painter 6.1, a free update to the natural-media painting software, and is also previewing OS X versions of Bryce and KnockOut. In addition, Ian LeGrow, executive vice-president for creative products, offered MacWEEK a sneak preview of an OS X version of CorelDraw, and laid out a roadmap for introducing new versions of Painter, Bryce and KPT in 2001.
Mac Lovers Of The World, United (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,40492,00.html>
It's blasphemy, really: walking into the Macworld Expo -- the last place in the world where Apple fans might expect to be harassed -- and asking them, "Can your favorite company be saved?"
Will New Apple Wares Hold Pro Users? (Pfeiifer Report)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2673080,00.html>
Apple's fast new crop of Power Mac G4s and high-end DVD software are designed to retain the loyalties of content creators, a pitch not lost on Macworld Expo attendees.
Apple's Digital Dreams Waft Past Consumers (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/39/15954.html>
Apple CEO Steve Jobs may have been standing in front on thousands of MacWorld Expo San Francisco attendees when he outlined his vision for the company yesterday, but his real audience was over on the East Coast, in Wall Street.
Apple Trumpets New Audio, Video Features (San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www0.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/front/docs/mac011001.htm>
Has 'Desktop' Metaphor Outlived Its Usefulness? (Los Angeles Time Syndicate)
<http://www.nandotimes.com/24hour/modbee/technology/story/0,1660,500297728-500474840-503226682-0,00.html>
Some computer scientists and interface experts think that the desktop metaphor has lived long past its usefulness and that this year we may have an ideal opportunity to make a leap as significant as the Mac interface was in 1984 - or we could pass that up.
Apple's DVD-, CD-Burning Out Of Consumer's Reach (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-4424786.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Although Mac fans are applauding Apple's new DVD- and CD-burning software, some will be dismayed to learn that they don't have the hardware required to take full advantage of the programs.
Apple Putting Hopes On New Macintosh Line (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/10/technology/10APPL.html>
Proclaiming the onset of a third "golden age" of personal computing, Steven P. Jobs today offered Apple Computer's latest bid to regain its luster: a revamped Macintosh line and an ultra-thin, titanium-clad portable model.
PowerBook G4 Titanium Vs. Sony Vaio (The Macjunkie)
<http://www.themacjunkie.com/cgi-bin/newspro/fullnews.cgi?newsid979072645,9379,>
Apple Still Thinking Differently (Internet.com)
<http://siliconvalley.internet.com/news/article/0,2198,3531_555621,00.html>
"We believe the Mac will become a digital hub of our new digital lifestyle," says Jobs.
== AppleSurf (Opinions) ==============
Apple Still Too Slow With New Features (Gartner Viewpoint)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-201-4434538-0.html?tag=st.ne.1006.thed.sf>
The recent announcements by CEO Steve Jobs may not be enough for Apple Computer to overcome the problems that led to its earnings warning in September.
Mac Vs. PC: What War? (The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/columns/flipside/2001/20010110.shtml>
Why do people tell each other that their respective computer choices stink? Why do people try to convince their colleagues and friends that they chose the right option, and that anything else is wrong? Why do people even bother to engage in such battles when we know that the only result is that nothing will come out of it?
New PowerBook's Aesthetics Hit The Sweet Spot (Applelinks.com)
<http://www.applelinks.com/articles/2001/01/20010109191548.shtml>
I really want one of these.
Apple Listens: OS X Much Improved Over Beta (Applelinks.com)
<http://www.applelinks.com/articles/2001/01/20010109224058.shtml>
For long-time Macintosh users, at least some of the interface complaints have been dealt with.
Apple's Steve Jobs Admits 'Late To The Party' (CNN)
<http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/computing/01/09/lefevre.macworld/index.html>
== The Wintel Empire (Top Stories) ==============
Microsoft Keynote Highlights Outlook And Office (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2001/01/07/0110microsoft.html>
Kevin Browne, general manager of Microsoft's Macintosh Business Unit, used a keynote presentation Wednesday at Macworld Expo to offer demonstrations of the new Outlook e-mail client and a Carbonized version of Office for OS X.
Microsoft Cuts Windows 9x Bug Fixes Too Early: Analysis (CanadaComputers.com)
<http://www.canadacomputes.com/v3/story/1,1017,5319,00.html?tag=81&sb=121>
Windows 95 users take note: it's nearly the end of the road for your beloved operating system. Microsoft Corp. plans to cut support for this ageing OS in 2001.
== The Wintel Empire (News) ==============
Microsoft Keynote Highlights Outlook And Office (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2001/01/07/0110microsoft.html>
Kevin Browne, general manager of Microsoft's Macintosh Business Unit, used a keynote presentation Wednesday at Macworld Expo to offer demonstrations of the new Outlook e-mail client and a Carbonized version of Office for OS X.
Yahoo Climbs Microsoft Mountain (Upside)
<http://www.upside.com/DigitalMedia/3a5a23ff61c.html>
Eager to wring profits from its Web-based software systems, digital media don Yahoo increasingly finds it is bumping up against an old technology leviathan, Microsoft.
Microsoft Cuts Windows 9x Bug Fixes Too Early: Analysis (CanadaComputers.com)
<http://www.canadacomputes.com/v3/story/1,1017,5319,00.html?tag=81&sb=121>
Windows 95 users take note: it's nearly the end of the road for your beloved operating system. Microsoft Corp. plans to cut support for this ageing OS in 2001.
Has 'Desktop' Metaphor Outlived Its Usefulness? (Los Angeles Time Syndicate)
<http://www.nandotimes.com/24hour/modbee/technology/story/0,1660,500297728-500474840-503226682-0,00.html>
Some computer scientists and interface experts think that the desktop metaphor has lived long past its usefulness and that this year we may have an ideal opportunity to make a leap as significant as the Mac interface was in 1984 - or we could pass that up.
Microsoft's MSN Enlists Lego To Create Content (Reuters)
<http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010109/tc/microsoft_lego_dc_1.html>
The deal marks another step in Microsoft's drive to build its MSN Internet business into a serious contender with America Online Inc.'s industry-leading service.
== Breaking Barriers (News) ==============
AOL-Time Warner Deal On Verge Of Approval (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-4428894.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
The megamerger between Internet giant America Online and media goliath Time Warner could win final approval by the Federal Communications Commission as early as Wednesday, according to reports.
Yahoo Climbs Microsoft Mountain (Upside)
<http://www.upside.com/DigitalMedia/3a5a23ff61c.html>
Eager to wring profits from its Web-based software systems, digital media don Yahoo increasingly finds it is bumping up against an old technology leviathan, Microsoft.
New Onlne Investors Say Tools Aren't Cutting It (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-4424739.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Online traders say they are dissatisfied with the quality of the financial information found on the Web. Too much of it is "irrelevant," according to a survey from Internet study company cPulse.
The Care And Keeping Of Online Customers (Computerworld)
<http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO55917,00.html>
Today's Web retailers are increasingly wise to the fickleness of online shoppers. Numerous studies report shopping-cart abandonment rates of 20% to 60% per transaction.
AOL Launching Instant Messenger Ads (InternetNews)
<http://www.internetnews.com/IAR/article/0,,12_555671,00.html>
America Online has quietly begun displaying third-party ad banners on its popular AOL Instant Messenger and ICQ messaging clients.
Microsoft's MSN Enlists Lego To Create Content (Reuters)
<http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010109/tc/microsoft_lego_dc_1.html>
The deal marks another step in Microsoft's drive to build its MSN Internet business into a serious contender with America Online Inc.'s industry-leading service.
== SingaporeSurf (Top Stories) ==============
Sharp Rise In Child Viral Disease (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,16509,00.html?>
A total of 126 new cases of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) were seen here last week, a significant change that is being monitored closely.
We Pay Good $ For Bad TV? (Project Eyeball)
<http://eyeball.asia1.com.sg/Eyeball/Story/1,1381,11710,00.html?>
Viewers divided over SBA using $110 licence fee to fund weak programmes.
Wanted: More Women In Cabinet (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,16258,00.html?>
More women Cabinet ministers, please - that was what participants at a feedback session on women's issues in the new economy wanted.
== SingaporeSurf (News) ==============
Sharp Rise In Child Viral Disease (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,16509,00.html?>
A total of 126 new cases of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) were seen here last week, a significant change that is being monitored closely.
Inform Public On TV Funding (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,1870,16571,00.html?>
Alex Tan Tuan Loy: I believe that the SBA should not be in the business to fund programmes, social values notwithstanding, that can solicit the necessary funding themselves.
LTA Reviewing Penalties For Breaches In Performance Standards By SLRT (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/singapore/cna/article.html?s=singapore/headlines/010110/singapore/cna/LTA_reviewing_penalties_for_breaches_in_performance_standards_by_SLRT.html>
Speaking to the media after the opening of the Expo MRT station, Minister for Communication and Information Technology Yeo Cheow Tong said he agrees with public sentiment that the S$10,000 fine slapped on the Singapore Light Rapid Transit for last November's accident, was too light.
Wanted: More Women In Cabinet (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,16258,00.html?>
More women Cabinet ministers, please - that was what participants at a feedback session on women's issues in the new economy wanted.
Why Are So Many Wet Markets Catching Fire? (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,16266,00.html?>
Ang Mo Kio blaze is fifth market fire in 18 months; serial arsonist or careless stallholders to blame?
== SingaporeSurf (Technology) ==============
Singapore Says Incentives, Not Sweeteners For Foreign 3G Bidders (AFP)
<http://sg.dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/singapore/afp/article.html?s=singapore/headlines/010110/singapore/afp/Singapore_says_incentives__not_sweeteners_for_foreign_3G_bidders.html>
Singapore has ruled out specific sweeteners to ignite lacklustre interest in its third-generation (3G) mobile phone licence auction but is pointing potential foreign bidders towards existing incentives.
Copycat Site Could Be Sued (Project Eyeball)
<http://eyeball.asia1.com.sg/Eyeball/Story/1,1381,11689,00.html?>
For the second time in less than a year, a Singapore-based website has found itself being in the centre of a copycat controversy.
Here's A Useful Tip To Cut Down On MaxOnline Bills (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,1870,16374,00.html?>
== SingaporeSurf (Entertainment) ==============
TV Sitcom Under One Roof 'Kills' Character Rosnah (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/singapore/cna/article.html?s=singapore/headlines/010110/singapore/cna/TV_sitcom_Under_One_Roof__kills__character_Rosnah.html>
We Pay Good $ For Bad TV? (Project Eyeball)
<http://eyeball.asia1.com.sg/Eyeball/Story/1,1381,11710,00.html?>
Viewers divided over SBA using $110 licence fee to fund weak programmes.
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