[MyAppleMenu] Jan 14, 2001

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

 Apple Bets New, Easy Video Editing Programs Will Catch On (CNN)
<http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/computing/01/13/video.processing/index.html>
Just as word processing made it easy to edit our printed thoughts a decade ago, the new generation of computers will make it just as easy to construct our video images -- personal statements, class projects, family events.

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

 Reality Distoration Is Optional (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2001/01/14/0114jcwkeynote.html>
As a business-oriented Mac user, the important part of the keynote was what Steve said besides the "new toy" announcements. He acknowledged that Apple has made some mistakes, and what it's doing to fix them. He wore the hair shirt, and took the arrows for it. Basically, he was an adult in charge of a company, and for Apple, this is perhaps more important than for other companies.

 Apple Gets Down To Business And The Mac Faithful Exhale (San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www0.mercurycenter.com/svtech/columns/front/docs/dp011401.htm>
If I'd known Jobs planned to get to the real deal so promptly, I probably would've skipped the garage and just double parked outside the hall.

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

 Microsoft's Hard Fall (Chicago Tribune)
<http://chicagotribune.com/leisure/books/article/0,2669,SAV-0101140446,FF.html>
With countless high-level interviews, keen insight and a just-the-facts journalistic style, Auletta explores Microsoft's decline from a world-conquering software giant to an isolated, embittered and enfeebled also-ran in the age of information explosion. It's not a pretty sight.

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

 CES: Microsoft's Xbox Is A Gaming Force (San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www0.mercurycenter.com/svtech/computing/docs/xbox011401.htm>
What's arresting about this game machine is its power to convey emotion; its ability to captivate and transport, to achieve what nirvana that gamers refer to as an "immersive" experience.

 Microsoft's Hard Fall (Chicago Tribune)
<http://chicagotribune.com/leisure/books/article/0,2669,SAV-0101140446,FF.html>
With countless high-level interviews, keen insight and a just-the-facts journalistic style, Auletta explores Microsoft's decline from a world-conquering software giant to an isolated, embittered and enfeebled also-ran in the age of information explosion. It's not a pretty sight.

 Microsoft's Master Plan Puts Its Future In Your Hand-Helds (Chicago Tribune)
<http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/printedition/article/0,2669,SAV-0101140271,FF.html>
America's richest man plans to get richer still by moving Microsoft from its roots as a creator of software for personal computers into a new role as the leading producer of software and hardware for all of the gadgets that already are worming their ways into our lives.

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

 TV News Websites: The Myth Of Convergence (Online Journalism Review)
<http://ojr.usc.edu/content/story.cfm?request=521>
There is plenty of evidence to suggest that most TV stations have neither ignored nor embraced the challenge of delivering meaningful local news coverage on their Web sites. They just don't get it.

 Invaasion Of The Usability Experts (Web Techniques)
<http://www.webtechniques.com/archives/2001/02/redi/>
What worries me is that Nielsen's remarks are being translated by others into a ready-made Web design doctrine. Armed with such catch phrases, the one-minute manager begins to lock down what designers do. Nielsen's work is important, but please use his conclusions sparingly.

 A Comeback For Short Films Is Linked To The Web (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/14/technology/14HART.html>
In the last couple of years, however, this neglected genre has begun getting its due once again, thanks to the explosion of entertainment sites on the World Wide Web and the Internet's technical constraints.

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

 TV News Websites: The Myth Of Convergence (Online Journalism Review)
<http://ojr.usc.edu/content/story.cfm?request=521>
There is plenty of evidence to suggest that most TV stations have neither ignored nor embraced the challenge of delivering meaningful local news coverage on their Web sites. They just don't get it.

 AOL Time Warner Consent Burns IM Rivals (TechWeb)
<http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20010112S0013>
Rivals of AOL Time Warner's instant messaging service were dismayed Friday that federal regulators did not demand that the Internet giant open its network right away.

 Sun Readies A Web Framework (InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/01/15/010115hnbrazil.xml?p=br&s=2>
Late to the web services game, Sun Microsystems is preparing a development framework that will enable programmers to build applications accessible via the Internet.

 Listener Choice: Pay To Play, Or Not (Associated Press)
<http://abcnews.go.com/sections/scitech/DailyNews/napster010112.html>
Napster users now have the option of paying for music downloaded from the Internet thanks to a partnership the song-sharing company established with retailer CDNOW.

 Invaasion Of The Usability Experts (Web Techniques)
<http://www.webtechniques.com/archives/2001/02/redi/>
What worries me is that Nielsen's remarks are being translated by others into a ready-made Web design doctrine. Armed with such catch phrases, the one-minute manager begins to lock down what designers do. Nielsen's work is important, but please use his conclusions sparingly.

 A Comeback For Short Films Is Linked To The Web (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/14/technology/14HART.html>
In the last couple of years, however, this neglected genre has begun getting its due once again, thanks to the explosion of entertainment sites on the World Wide Web and the Internet's technical constraints.

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

 VA Linux Investors Sue (Business 2.0)
<http://www.business2.com/content/channels/investing/2001/01/12/24675>
The complaint filed as a class action suit by Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach, alleges that VA Linux Systems and its lead underwriter, Credit Suisse First Boston, didn't reveal that certain investors were given excessive shares in the IPO in exchange for agreeing to purchase more shares in the after market at a predetermined price.

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

 VA Linux Investors Sue (Business 2.0)
<http://www.business2.com/content/channels/investing/2001/01/12/24675>
The complaint filed as a class action suit by Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach, alleges that VA Linux Systems and its lead underwriter, Credit Suisse First Boston, didn't reveal that certain investors were given excessive shares in the IPO in exchange for agreeing to purchase more shares in the after market at a predetermined price.

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

 Free For All (Project Eyeball)
<http://eyeball.asia1.com.sg/Eyeball/Story/1,1381,11914,00.html?>
Don’t want to be alone in a cafe? The solution is simple — head for that stack in a stand near the door. Our reporter looks at the thriving industry of free magazines in Singapore.

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

 ECs Won't Be Scraped: Mah (Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/1/news/nsing01.html>
He notes there is still a demand for such housing; price gap situation may change in the future.

 HDB May Help Those Who Get Flats Early (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,17420,00.html?>
Minister for National Development says Housing Board may also review policies to shorten the queue for others waiting to receive their keys.

 Singapore Minister Tells Muslims To Portray Right Image (AFP)
<http://sg.dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/singapore/afp/article.html?s=singapore/headlines/010114/singapore/afp/Singapore_minister_tells_Muslims_to_portray_right_image.html>
Singapore's Minister of Muslim Affairs, Abdullah Tarmugi, has called on Muslims to correct "negative perceptions" of Islam, but added Muslims are also to blame for media stereotyping.

 Singapore Steps Up Anti-Immigrant Measures (Associated Press)
<http://www.independent.co.uk/news/World/Asia_China/2001-01/singapore130101.shtml>
Singapore will start using mobile x-ray machines to hunt for people hiding in cars and trucks on their way into the wealthy city-state from neighboring Malaysia, Singapore's Parliament said today.

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

 Telecoms Liberalisation Has Benefited Consumers (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,1870,17456,00.html?>
Dulcie Chan, Corporate Communications Infocomm, Development Authority of Singapore (IDA): In order not to stifle competition, IDA does not restrict nor dictate the types of service packages that can be offered, so long as terms and conditions of contracts are made known upfront.

 HDB Flats - Let Your Fingers Do The Walking (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,17432,00.html?>
HDB launches online tour of Jurong West and Sengkang showflats, with detailed information on apartments.

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

 Free For All (Project Eyeball)
<http://eyeball.asia1.com.sg/Eyeball/Story/1,1381,11914,00.html?>
Don’t want to be alone in a cafe? The solution is simple — head for that stack in a stand near the door. Our reporter looks at the thriving industry of free magazines in Singapore.