[MyAppleMenu] Jan 13, 2001

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

 Jobs Tells It Like It Is (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,41160,00.html>
Jobs gave frank and honest answers to tough questions in this time of trouble for the company and its partners, they said. They were also impressed by his incredible potty mouth.

 Metrowerks Tools Up For OS X (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2673938,00.html>
The tool maker that eased the Mac's transition to PowerPC is working to smooth third parties' move to the new Unix-based OS.

 MP3 Software Developers Welcome Apple iTunes (MacCentral)
<http://www.maccentral.com/news/0101/12.mp3.shtml>
Developers of MP3 player and encoder software at Macworld Expo San Francisco reacted positively to the release of Apples iTunes this week, welcoming the increased awareness of MP3 technology Apple's software will bring to consumers.

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

 Jobs Tells It Like It Is (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,41160,00.html>
Jobs gave frank and honest answers to tough questions in this time of trouble for the company and its partners, they said. They were also impressed by his incredible potty mouth.

 PB G4's Expansion Limits Prompt Debate (Go2Mac.com)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2674065,00.html>
While they applaud its power and portability, some Apple notebook users are concerned about the PowerBook G4's lack of an expansion bay.

 Metrowerks Tools Up For OS X (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2673938,00.html>
The tool maker that eased the Mac's transition to PowerPC is working to smooth third parties' move to the new Unix-based OS.

 Forbes Faces: Steve Jobs (Forbes)
<http://biz.yahoo.com/fo/010112/0112faces.html>
Yep, Jobs is in the pressure cooker again, the place he seems to relish.

 Let Them Play Games: Game Deveopers Focus On Fun For ALternative Audiences (Macworld)
<http://macworld.zdnet.com/2001/01/12/consumer.html>
Button-bedecked, baggy-panted teens in search of the latest blood-and-gore games seemed to be less of a presence at this year's Macworld Expo SF than in Expos past. Judging by the array of offerings in the gaming area, it's easy to see why -- vendors that once focused exclusively on hard-core games are adding card, board, arcade, and quiz-show games to their product lines.

 Playing Nice With Microsoft (Macworld)
<http://macworld.zdnet.com/2001/01/12/business.html>
In the next three months, expect a barrage of promotions and co-marketing aimed at the small business customer. Microsoft sees the changes as means of adding value to its products, as well as demonstrating its commitment not only to the platform, but to serving customers.

 MP3 Software Developers Welcome Apple iTunes (MacCentral)
<http://www.maccentral.com/news/0101/12.mp3.shtml>
Developers of MP3 player and encoder software at Macworld Expo San Francisco reacted positively to the release of Apples iTunes this week, welcoming the increased awareness of MP3 technology Apple's software will bring to consumers.

 Big Shoes To Fill (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2001/01/07/0111chizen.html>
His predecessors will be remembered as two of the most important figures in the history of graphic communications, so you could say that Adobe Systems' Bruce Chizen has the proverbial big shoes to fill. But in an interview with MacWEEK at Macworld Expo, the recently anointed CEO made it clear that he brings his own style to the company founded by John Warnock and Chuck Geschke, who continue to serve as co-chairmen of the board. Warnock gave up his CEO position in December, moving into a new role as chief technology officer. Geschke retired last April.

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

 No CD-R iMac From Apple? Don't Fret (The Macjunkie)
<http://www.themacjunkie.com/cgi-bin/newspro/fullnews.cgi?newsid979417937,78781,>
While this doesn't completely rule out new iMacs or iBooks, it certainly doesn't make them any more likely, and at the very least, means that Apple is still trying to get rid of inventory, and expects to be until March.

 Is PowerBook G4 A Vaio-Killer? (Go2Mac.com)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2673937,00.html>
The similarities between the Vaio and the PowerBook G4 are obvious; in fact, if you painted the new PowerBook G4 a pale hue of purple, it would be hard to tell the two apart -- aside from the sprawling 15.2-inch display, that is.

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

 Microsoft Loses Even If It Wins (The Guardian)
<http://www.guardianunlimited.co.uk/business/story/0,3604,421654,00.html>
Microsoft may be doomed to lose even if it ultimately wins in the courts, for the anti-trust case may rob the company of the drive and the passion that have contributed to its extraordinary success.

 Microsoft And Priacy: Try, Try Again (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2674261,00.html>
If at first you don't succeed...Microsoft says it's learned from past mistakes and its Whistler release will feature 'product activation,' a revised anti-piracy technology that was widely criticized in Office.

 Microsoft Wins Dismissal Of 38 Private Antitrust Suits (Bloomberg News)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-4458949.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Microsoft on Friday won dismissal of damage claims in 38 class-action antitrust suits when a judge held it couldn't be sued by consumers who didn't directly purchase the Windows operating system from the software giant.

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

 Sony Boss - Microsoft Has Lost It (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/7/16043.html>
Sony boss Nobuyki Idei believes that Microsoft doesn't know what its future business model should be, and will be overwhelmed by smaller and more nimble competitors.

 Microsoft Planning Handheld? (Daily Radar)
<http://www.dailyradar.com/news/game_news_6593.html>
Industry-watchers believe that the company will move on to launch a handheld game player in 2002 or 2003, at which time it could leapfrog Game Boy Advance's technology.

 Microsoft Loses Even If It Wins (The Guardian)
<http://www.guardianunlimited.co.uk/business/story/0,3604,421654,00.html>
Microsoft may be doomed to lose even if it ultimately wins in the courts, for the anti-trust case may rob the company of the drive and the passion that have contributed to its extraordinary success.

 Microsoft And Priacy: Try, Try Again (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2674261,00.html>
If at first you don't succeed...Microsoft says it's learned from past mistakes and its Whistler release will feature 'product activation,' a revised anti-piracy technology that was widely criticized in Office.

 Microsoft Wins Dismissal Of 38 Private Antitrust Suits (Bloomberg News)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-4458949.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Microsoft on Friday won dismissal of damage claims in 38 class-action antitrust suits when a judge held it couldn't be sued by consumers who didn't directly purchase the Windows operating system from the software giant.

 Government Urges Court To Uphold Microsoft Split (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-4457372.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
The Justice Department and 19 states filed a legal brief Friday morning urging an appeals court to uphold an earlier decision to split software giant Microsoft.

 Hopes Tempered As Intel Prepares To Report Earnings (Bloomberg News)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-4461870.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Intel may squeak past reduced targets when it reports fourth-quarter sales and earnings Tuesday, as demand for personal computers fizzled at the end of the year, analysts said.

 Playing Nice With Microsoft (Macworld)
<http://macworld.zdnet.com/2001/01/12/business.html>
In the next three months, expect a barrage of promotions and co-marketing aimed at the small business customer. Microsoft sees the changes as means of adding value to its products, as well as demonstrating its commitment not only to the platform, but to serving customers.

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

 Beware Of Content Staff Bloat (Publish)
<http://www.publish.com/features/0012/feature4.html>
What’s really going on here is that Web companies are realizing online content alone can’t support a massive editorial payroll. Instead, content production teams need to start small, growing gradually as online revenues grow.

 Freebies Aren't Forever (Fortune)
<http://www.fortune.com/fortune/technology/daily/>
This isn't the first time a company has turned to users for support, and it surely won't be the last as providers of free services lose their money, or at least their patience.

 Study Shows Continued Internet Economy Growth (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1004-200-4453321.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Despite a bloodbath among dot-coms and related technology companies in recent months, new research suggests adoption of Internet technologies continues to have a positive impact on the increasingly fragile U.S. economy.

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

 Instant Message Still AOL's Deal (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,41161,00.html>
The FCC's apparent edict that AOL make its popular instant-messaging service compatible with messaging applications offered by rivals isn't what it seems. AOL doesn't have to share unless or until it begins offering video conferencing.

 AOL Time Warner Says Dulles Remains As Epicenter (Washington Post)
<http://www.washtech.com/news/merger/6594-1.html>
As AOL Time Warner Inc. opened for business today as a newly merged company, the locus of corporate power formally moved from the Virginia suburbs to Manhattan, but executives stressed that Dulles will remain the epicenter of the company's online operations.

 Web Shrugs Off AOL's Megamerger (San Francisco Chronicle)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/01/12/BU153956.DTL&type=tech_article>
While the combined company will undoubtedly be powerful, analysts and executives have changed their tone on how it will affect the Internet industry.

 Beware Of Content Staff Bloat (Publish)
<http://www.publish.com/features/0012/feature4.html>
What’s really going on here is that Web companies are realizing online content alone can’t support a massive editorial payroll. Instead, content production teams need to start small, growing gradually as online revenues grow.

 AOL Time Warner Sticks To Its Aggressive Goals (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/13/technology/13AOL.html>

 Freebies Aren't Forever (Fortune)
<http://www.fortune.com/fortune/technology/daily/>
This isn't the first time a company has turned to users for support, and it surely won't be the last as providers of free services lose their money, or at least their patience.

 Will AOL Time Warner Keep IM Promises? (Gartner Viewpoint)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-201-4461731-0.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..sf>
Mergers between Internet access providers and content providers--especially those with the size and market position of America Online and Time Warner--inevitably raise concerns about competition in the marketplace.

 AOL Glitch Keeps Old Passwords Alive (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-4463556.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
The problem affects people who have changed their e-mail passwords and then find that their old passwords continue to give them--and potentially others--access to their accounts.

 Study Shows Continued Internet Economy Growth (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1004-200-4453321.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Despite a bloodbath among dot-coms and related technology companies in recent months, new research suggests adoption of Internet technologies continues to have a positive impact on the increasingly fragile U.S. economy.

 Does AOL-Time Warner Deal Still Make Sense? (Meta Group)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1004-201-4462162-0.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..sf>
The AOL-Time Warner merger is being concluded in a very different economic and market environment than when the merger was first announced.

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

 Demystifying Linux (BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/2000/00_41/b3702043.htm>
Thanks to new software, you don't have to be a geek to use the free operating system.

 Embedded Linux Company Lineo Scraps IPO Plans (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-4461102.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Lineo on Friday withdrew its plans for an initial public offering, a sign that investor pessimism has swept into a previously optimistic part of the Linux landscape.

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

 Demystifying Linux (BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/2000/00_41/b3702043.htm>
Thanks to new software, you don't have to be a geek to use the free operating system.

 Linux: Now A Major Motion Picture (TechWeb)
<http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20010112S0002>

 Embedded Linux Company Lineo Scraps IPO Plans (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-4461102.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Lineo on Friday withdrew its plans for an initial public offering, a sign that investor pessimism has swept into a previously optimistic part of the Linux landscape.

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

 Lion City's Not Quite Number One Yet (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/analysis/story/0,1870,17325,00.html?>
Can we hold our heads high each time an international ranking shows up Singapore as Number One when the picture on the ground does not mirror this achievement?

 'Push Community Interests Within Limits' (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,17286,00.html?>
Each community must be circumspect in pushing its agenda or disharmony could result, cautions DPM Tan.

 Firm 'No' To Raiding Reserves (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,16987,00.html?>
A suggestion to use part of the nation's financial reserves to subsidise health-care costs for the elderly moved Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew to make one of his rare speeches in Parliament yesterday.

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

 Lion City's Not Quite Number One Yet (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/analysis/story/0,1870,17325,00.html?>
Can we hold our heads high each time an international ranking shows up Singapore as Number One when the picture on the ground does not mirror this achievement?

 'Push Community Interests Within Limits' (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,17286,00.html?>
Each community must be circumspect in pushing its agenda or disharmony could result, cautions DPM Tan.

 MAS Will Not Object To Cash-Back System At Retail Outlets: DPM Lee (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/singapore/cna/article.html?s=singapore/headlines/010113/singapore/cna/MAS_will_not_object_to_cash-back_system_at_retail_outlets__DPM_Lee.html>
Banks and retailers are free to implement the scheme using NETS or cashcards.

 DPM Lee To Be My Successor: PM Goh (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/singapore/cna/article.html?s=singapore/headlines/010113/singapore/cna/DPM_Lee_to_be_my_successor__PM_Goh_.html>
Mr Goh called Mr Lee Hsien Loong the "obvious" choice as his successor.

 Tomorrow's Supermart? (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,17071,00.html?>
Following the success of similar ventures in Europe, the idea of an ATM kiosk-supermarket-petrol pump rolled into one is being floated here.

 Firm 'No' To Raiding Reserves (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,16987,00.html?>
A suggestion to use part of the nation's financial reserves to subsidise health-care costs for the elderly moved Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew to make one of his rare speeches in Parliament yesterday.

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

 MediaWorks Signs Deal With Taiwan TV Group (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,17007,00.html?>
The two-year alliance will provide Channel U, MediaWorks' Mandarin channel, with 156 episodes of the Taiwanese company's top variety programmes, less than one month after they are shown in Taiwan.