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

 Shipping Issues Delay G4 PowerBook (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2001/01/21/0125powerbooks.html>
Customers eyeing Apple's new G4 PowerBooks face an extended wait of 30 days or so due to the laptop's popularity and shipping issues, sources close to the company said. To be safe, Apple and its distributors are telling customers to be patient for around 40 days, maybe more, depending on when the order was placed. Supplies of high-end Power Mac G4 systems are backed up as well, and are now expected around the end of March.

 Latest Apple Laptop Offers Travelers A New Look, Feel (Wall Street Journal)
<http://public.wsj.com/sn/y/SB980371782991139733.html>
Like everything else from Apple under the second reign of founder Steve Jobs, it exudes a nice combination of style and power, in this case provided by the top-of-the-line PowerPC G4 processor. But it also has a few little lapses.

 Call Me Crazy: Mac Fans Are Just Like Everybody Else (Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/business/cutting/20010125/t000007119.html>
When it comes to technology, it's seemingly more comforting to belittle people who fail to subscribe to a particular product flavor--to paint them as being a bit zany, or worse.

 OS Wars: My Way Or The Highway (ZDNet Enterprise)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2677506,00.html>
Certain proponents of particular operating systems are like adherents to some religions -- their way is the right way, and don't you dare attack it. Or, similarly, someone else's way is wrong and offensive, and they feel compelled to tell you so -- and why -- at great length.

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

 Shipping Issues Delay G4 PowerBook (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2001/01/21/0125powerbooks.html>
Customers eyeing Apple's new G4 PowerBooks face an extended wait of 30 days or so due to the laptop's popularity and shipping issues, sources close to the company said. To be safe, Apple and its distributors are telling customers to be patient for around 40 days, maybe more, depending on when the order was placed. Supplies of high-end Power Mac G4 systems are backed up as well, and are now expected around the end of March.

 OS Has A Face You Can Love (Wired News)
<http://www.wirednews.com/news/technology/0,1282,41231,00.html>
People frustrated by the way Windows uses windows or the Mac's menus may soon have an alternative operating system that lets you custom-build the interface.

 LinuxPPC To Go Non-Profit (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/16352.html>
We'd like to say that LinuxPPC, one of the pioneers of the open source operating system on the PowerPC platform, has made the move for philanthropic reasons, but the reason appear entirely pragmatic.

 Corel's Strategy Draws A Blank (The Ottawa Citizen)
<http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/010124/5051384.html>
Shares plunge after long-awaited turnaround plan fails to excite investors.

 Exploratorium Uses 200 Macs (MacCentral)
<http://www.maccentral.com/news/0101/24.explore.shtml>
The computer of choice at the hands-on, participatory science museum, the Exploratorium, is the Macintosh.

 iMacs In Full Bloom At Belgium Car Show (MacCentral)
<http://www.maccentral.com/news/0101/24.imacs.shtml>

 Traveling Tips For Macworld Expo Tokyo (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=2603>

 Browser Software Caches In (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=2390>

 Traffic To Apple.com Continues To Decrease (The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/article/2001/01/24.1.shtml>

 Problem With 17-Inch Studio Display? (MacCentral)
<http://www.maccentral.com/news/0101/24.studio.shtml>
Is there a problem with Apple's 17-inch Studio Display? Some Mac users are reporting problems and the situation is being discussed on Apple's display discussion list.

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

 Call Me Crazy: Mac Fans Are Just Like Everybody Else (Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/business/cutting/20010125/t000007119.html>
When it comes to technology, it's seemingly more comforting to belittle people who fail to subscribe to a particular product flavor--to paint them as being a bit zany, or worse.

 Story Had Nothing New (Upside)
<http://www.upside.com/Letters/3a6f63fc1.html>
How can you seriously publish market shares comparing any free-standing product to a component of the dominant PC operating system? Is this a joke? Are we supposed to think that a refurbished interface might be the reason for "Windows Media's newfound popularity?"

 Apple Retail Stores Could Work (MacCentral)
<MICROSOFT SAID LATE Wednesday that it was to blame for a fault that resulted in many of its web sites being inaccessible to millions of Internet users.>
There's a persistent rumor that Apple plans on opening its own line of retail stores -- whether it will happen or not is sheer speculation. But if it does happen, it could be a good thing if Apple does it right. But there are a few things I hope my favorite computer company keeps in mind if and when it undertakes such a step.

 OS Wars: My Way Or The Highway (ZDNet Enterprise)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2677506,00.html>
Certain proponents of particular operating systems are like adherents to some religions -- their way is the right way, and don't you dare attack it. Or, similarly, someone else's way is wrong and offensive, and they feel compelled to tell you so -- and why -- at great length.

 Nasty New Windows Feature Will Create Mac Conerts (Right On Mac!)
<http://www.rightonmac.com/articles/01/01/25-microsoft.html>

 iAm Annoyed (MacMonkey.com)
<http://www.macmonkey.com/editorials.php?task=view&articleID=120>
Yes, it’s true. iM annoyed. Steve has truly lost control with this “i” thing.

 No Middle Ground (MacOPINION)
<http://www.macopinion.com/columns/tangible/01/01/24/index.html>
Perhaps they'll lower the cost of the Ti or up the specs a bit in a few months, once demand's down and the PowerBook G3 inventory is gone, or maybe they'll update the iBook line to make it more useful to professionals. But for now, there's a noticeable gap in Apple's middle.

 And The Winners Are... (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2001/01/21/0124jcwtopten.html>
Now that Macworld Expo and 2000 are both done, it's time to announce the first Network Manager Top Ten Administrator Tools of the year. This is not a survey of anyone other than myself, so if a favorite product is not here, it probably means I just didn't use it much. Readers are welcome to post their own suggestions for top administrator tools.

 Dialogue On Ti Powerbook: Are You Kidding Me? (Applelust.com)
<http://www.applelust.com/HTML/MacinThoughts/html/Archives/ceolaf007_powerbook.shtml>
If you need to find something to complain about with the new PowerBook, say that adding width is a really cheap way for Apple to claim that its screens are bigger than anyone else's. Or than it requires a 28W AC adaptor, rather than the 26W which Apple has used for so many years, for absolutely no good reason. Other than that, just stop your whining.

== AppleSurf (Reviews) ==============

 Apple iTunes (CNET)
<http://www.cnet.com/internet/0-4004-8-4577468-2.html?tag=st.int.4004-8-4577468-1.arrow.4004-8-4577468-2>
Even if Apple charged for iTunes, it would be worth buying. As a free download, it's a downright steal. While it's not perfect, iTunes still has a feature set that's head and shoulders above the Mac edition of MusicMatch. Download a copy and give it a whirl.

 Latest Apple Laptop Offers Travelers A New Look, Feel (Wall Street Journal)
<http://public.wsj.com/sn/y/SB980371782991139733.html>
Like everything else from Apple under the second reign of founder Steve Jobs, it exudes a nice combination of style and power, in this case provided by the top-of-the-line PowerPC G4 processor. But it also has a few little lapses.

 Connectix Virtual PC 4.0 (CNET)
<http://home.cnet.com/software/0-3717-8-4513685-2.html?tag=st.sw.3717-8-4513685-1.arrow.3717-8-4513685-2>
Virtual PC 4.0 creates the near-perfect illusion of using a real PC within the Mac environment. For Internet surfing and running business productivity software, Virtual PC is the next best thing to being there. But it can't perform miracles, and its performance limitations are too much to bear for certain applications.

 OrangeLink FireWire USB Card (Low End Mac)
<http://lowendmac.com/lab/010125.html>

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

 Developers May Be Real Losers In Java Case (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-201-4591145-0.html?tag=owv>
Just because Microsoft ended up paying Sun Microsystems $20 million to settle their 4-year-old suit over the Java programming language doesn't mean Microsoft was the real loser in the spat.

 Microsoft Customers Sound Off On Outage (CNET News.com)
<Media Metrix reports that Microsoft sites are some of the most popular destinations on the Web in the U.S. Not being able to connect visitors instantly to these sites makes ISPs &quot;redial&quot; the site number, which causes great congestion on most networks. >
Managers of technology departments around the world united in anger Wednesday against Microsoft, their enemy of the moment.

 Top Secret! New MS Whistler (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdii.com/industry_list.asp?mode=news&doc_id=ZD2678102>
On Tuesday, Microsoft privately alerted Whistler testers that it is making substantial changes to the look and feel of the desktop versions of Whistler, according to tester reports. But Microsoft is taking unusually high security precautions to make sure that testers, the press and the public don't get to see the interface changes before the product--the successor to Windows 2000--goes to Beta 2, which is expected to occur the week of Feb. 12.

 Microsoft Fingers Technicians For Crippling Site Outages (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2677896,00.html>
In a statement issued late Wednesday, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) explained that a "router configuration error" had caused requests for access to the company’s Web sites to go unanswered. Routers are critical pieces of the Internet that direct data between a company's network and the Internet.

 A Bad Day For Microsoft Sites (Wired News)
<http://www.wirednews.com/news/business/0,1367,41387,00.html>
Microsoft technicians have been struggling since early Wednesday morning to return service to the company's main websites: Microsoft.com, MSN.com, MSNBC.com, WindowsMedia.com, Encarta.com and Carpoint.com.

 Microsoft Confirms Web Site Blackout (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/16321.html>
Since the early hours of this morning www.microsoft.com, msn.com, hotmail.com and msnbc.com have all been unavailable. A company spokeswoman said the company was working hard to resolve the issue and that, as yet, there was no time available when a fix will be in place.

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

 Open-Source Penalty For Microsoft (Linux.com)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2678078,00.html>
The damage that counts is already done. Microsoft has been judged to be an outlaw corporation; what's up for debate now is the nature of the punishment.

 MS Blames Lowly Techie For Web Blackout (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/16354.html>
Microsoft has blamed a lowly technician for a cock-up which almost completely blocked access to its Web sites for most users yesterday.

 OS Has A Face You Can Love (Wired News)
<http://www.wirednews.com/news/technology/0,1282,41231,00.html>
People frustrated by the way Windows uses windows or the Mac's menus may soon have an alternative operating system that lets you custom-build the interface.

 Microsoft Admits Blame For Inaccessible Web Sites (InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/01/25/010125hnadmit.xml>
Microsoft said late Wednesday that it was to blame for a fault that resulted in many of its web sites being inaccessible to millions of Internet users.

 AMD To Ship 1.3GHz Athlon Monday? (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/3/16326.html>

 Nasty New Windows Feature Will Create Mac Conerts (Right On Mac!)
<http://www.rightonmac.com/articles/01/01/25-microsoft.html>

 Analyst: RealNetworks Could Fall Victim To Microsoft (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-201-4587903-0.html?tag=owv>
RealNetworks shares dropped 8 percent Wednesday after Merrill Lynch analyst Henry Blodget downgraded the stock on valuation concerns and on recent data suggesting the company is losing market share to Microsoft.

 Hotmail Users Inured To Frequent Outages (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-4592048.html?tag=owv>
Inconvenienced, yet again. That was a prevailing attitude Wednesday among users of Hotmail, Microsoft's Web-based service that boasts 84 million free e-mail accounts.

 Java, .Net Rivalry Still On (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-201-4590474-0.html?tag=owv>
Microsoft's .Net vision has given the company a direction in which to focus its efforts at driving the future of software development and deployment.

 Developers May Be Real Losers In Java Case (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-201-4591145-0.html?tag=owv>
Just because Microsoft ended up paying Sun Microsystems $20 million to settle their 4-year-old suit over the Java programming language doesn't mean Microsoft was the real loser in the spat.

 Microsoft Web Sites Return To Life (MSNBC)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/520922.asp>
Microsoft’s major Web sites appeared to be returning to normal Wednesday evening after nearly 24 hours of intermittent outages. The company says it still doesn’t know what caused the interruptions at Microsoft Web sites such as MSN.com, Microsoft.com, Expedia.com, and MSNBC.com.

 Microsoft Customers Sound Off On Outage (CNET News.com)
<Media Metrix reports that Microsoft sites are some of the most popular destinations on the Web in the U.S. Not being able to connect visitors instantly to these sites makes ISPs &quot;redial&quot; the site number, which causes great congestion on most networks. >
Managers of technology departments around the world united in anger Wednesday against Microsoft, their enemy of the moment.

 Microsoft Outages Causes ISP Headaches (Interactive Week)
<http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2678178,00.html>
Media Metrix reports that Microsoft sites are some of the most popular destinations on the Web in the U.S. Not being able to connect visitors instantly to these sites makes ISPs "redial" the site number, which causes great congestion on most networks.

 Experts Criticize Microsoft Network Design (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-201-4591473-0.html?tag=unkn>
Microsoft managed to get its Web sites back online after a lengthy outage Wednesday, but some security experts say one aspect of the software giant's network design could lead to similar interruptions in the future.

 MS Failure: Geeks Lose Their Site (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,41398,00.html>
If one wanted evidence that Microsoft's monopoly power stifles software development, look what happened Wednesday when the company's main website went down: Tech people who work with Windows found themselves without answers to the many questions that plague their daily lives.

 Top Secret! New MS Whistler (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdii.com/industry_list.asp?mode=news&doc_id=ZD2678102>
On Tuesday, Microsoft privately alerted Whistler testers that it is making substantial changes to the look and feel of the desktop versions of Whistler, according to tester reports. But Microsoft is taking unusually high security precautions to make sure that testers, the press and the public don't get to see the interface changes before the product--the successor to Windows 2000--goes to Beta 2, which is expected to occur the week of Feb. 12.

 Microsoft Brings Web Sites Back Into Play (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/16340.html>
A company spokeswoman said the sites were now available and confirmed the diagnosis supplied by Register readers, that domain name server problems were responsible for the blackout, was correct.

 Intel's Future Focus (Fool.com)
<http://www.fool.com/portfolios/rulemaker/2001/rulemaker010124.htm>
2000 was a tough year for Intel. The current economic situation has also made it more difficult for the company to be able to predict its short-term future. However, Intel is not letting the tenuous economic situation inhibit its investment in the future, as it will increase its investment in both research and development and its manufacturing process in the year ahead. This focus on the long term is encouraging news for Intel shareholders.

 Microsoft Fingers Technicians For Crippling Site Outages (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2677896,00.html>
In a statement issued late Wednesday, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) explained that a "router configuration error" had caused requests for access to the company’s Web sites to go unanswered. Routers are critical pieces of the Internet that direct data between a company's network and the Internet.

 Microsoft To Boost Windows 2000 With Campaign (Reuters)
<http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/2001/3/ns-20441.html>
MS tries to offset decline in Office sales with major ad campaign.

 A Bad Day For Microsoft Sites (Wired News)
<http://www.wirednews.com/news/business/0,1367,41387,00.html>
Microsoft technicians have been struggling since early Wednesday morning to return service to the company's main websites: Microsoft.com, MSN.com, MSNBC.com, WindowsMedia.com, Encarta.com and Carpoint.com.

 Microsoft Confirms Web Site Blackout (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/16321.html>
Since the early hours of this morning www.microsoft.com, msn.com, hotmail.com and msnbc.com have all been unavailable. A company spokeswoman said the company was working hard to resolve the issue and that, as yet, there was no time available when a fix will be in place.

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

 Mining The 'Deep Web' With Specialized Drills (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/25/technology/25SEAR.html?pagewanted=all>
To dig deeper into the Web, a new breed of search engine has cropped up that takes a different approach to Web page retrieval. Instead of broadly scanning the Web by indexing pages from any links they can find, these search engines are devoted to drilling further into specialty areas — medical sites, legal documents, even Web pages dedicated to jokes and parody.

 Hotmail Users Inured To Frequent Outages (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-4592048.html?tag=owv>
Inconvenienced, yet again. That was a prevailing attitude Wednesday among users of Hotmail, Microsoft's Web-based service that boasts 84 million free e-mail accounts.

 The Internet Is Dead? Puh-Leeze (Fortune)
<http://www.fortune.com/fortune/technology/alsop/0,5238,96349,00.html>
The hype pendulum has swung from euphoria to disaster. But just pause for a minute and look at your everyday life—that's where the Web has staying power.

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

 Bush Scrubs Clinton From Web (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/16351.html>
We at El Reg would like to offer our congratulations to the Bush Web designers who managed to put the new site together despite all the W keys being missing from the White House computers.

 MS Blames Lowly Techie For Web Blackout (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/16354.html>
Microsoft has blamed a lowly technician for a cock-up which almost completely blocked access to its Web sites for most users yesterday.

 With AOLTV, It's Lonely At The Set Top (Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/business/cutting/20010125/t000007113.html>
Sluggishness, quirky operations and a steep price ($249.95 for the set-top box, plus $14.95 a month) outweigh the current benefits of AOLTV, which amount to little more than a comprehensive program guide and the ability to chat while watching TV.

 Story Had Nothing New (Upside)
<http://www.upside.com/Letters/3a6f63fc1.html>
How can you seriously publish market shares comparing any free-standing product to a component of the dominant PC operating system? Is this a joke? Are we supposed to think that a refurbished interface might be the reason for "Windows Media's newfound popularity?"

 Microsoft Admits Blame For Inaccessible Web Sites (InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/01/25/010125hnadmit.xml>
Microsoft said late Wednesday that it was to blame for a fault that resulted in many of its web sites being inaccessible to millions of Internet users.

 Conde Nast Puts Brakes On Mags' Web Debut (New York Post)
<http://www.nypost.com/technology/conde012401.htm>
Conde Nast Publications' go-slow approach to the Internet just got a whole lot slower. The company is delaying by six months the debut of Web sites for its individual magazines.

 Will Cyberspace Look Like France Or America? (osOpinion)
<http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/6974.html>

 School Board Authorizes Development Of Web Site (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/25/technology/25LAPT.html>
The New York City Board of Education yesterday authorized Chancellor Harold O. Levy to solicit bids to build and manage what could be the Internet's largest education site and to supply teachers and every student above the fourth grade with an Internet device or computer for use at school and at home.

 Mining The 'Deep Web' With Specialized Drills (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/25/technology/25SEAR.html?pagewanted=all>
To dig deeper into the Web, a new breed of search engine has cropped up that takes a different approach to Web page retrieval. Instead of broadly scanning the Web by indexing pages from any links they can find, these search engines are devoted to drilling further into specialty areas — medical sites, legal documents, even Web pages dedicated to jokes and parody.

 Analyst: RealNetworks Could Fall Victim To Microsoft (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-201-4587903-0.html?tag=owv>
RealNetworks shares dropped 8 percent Wednesday after Merrill Lynch analyst Henry Blodget downgraded the stock on valuation concerns and on recent data suggesting the company is losing market share to Microsoft.

 Hotmail Users Inured To Frequent Outages (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-4592048.html?tag=owv>
Inconvenienced, yet again. That was a prevailing attitude Wednesday among users of Hotmail, Microsoft's Web-based service that boasts 84 million free e-mail accounts.

 Java, .Net Rivalry Still On (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-201-4590474-0.html?tag=owv>
Microsoft's .Net vision has given the company a direction in which to focus its efforts at driving the future of software development and deployment.

 Microsoft Web Sites Return To Life (MSNBC)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/520922.asp>
Microsoft’s major Web sites appeared to be returning to normal Wednesday evening after nearly 24 hours of intermittent outages. The company says it still doesn’t know what caused the interruptions at Microsoft Web sites such as MSN.com, Microsoft.com, Expedia.com, and MSNBC.com.

 Microsoft Outages Causes ISP Headaches (Interactive Week)
<http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2678178,00.html>
Media Metrix reports that Microsoft sites are some of the most popular destinations on the Web in the U.S. Not being able to connect visitors instantly to these sites makes ISPs "redial" the site number, which causes great congestion on most networks.

 Experts Criticize Microsoft Network Design (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-201-4591473-0.html?tag=unkn>
Microsoft managed to get its Web sites back online after a lengthy outage Wednesday, but some security experts say one aspect of the software giant's network design could lead to similar interruptions in the future.

 Stop Signs On The Web (Economist)
<http://www.economist.com/world/displayStory.cfm?story_id=471742&CFID=882770&CFTOKEN=82052087>
The Internet was supposed to be all about freedom. That is why governments want to regulate it. It is far from certain whether freedom, or government control, will win the day.

 The Internet Is Dead? Puh-Leeze (Fortune)
<http://www.fortune.com/fortune/technology/alsop/0,5238,96349,00.html>
The hype pendulum has swung from euphoria to disaster. But just pause for a minute and look at your everyday life—that's where the Web has staying power.

 Microsoft Brings Web Sites Back Into Play (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/16340.html>
A company spokeswoman said the sites were now available and confirmed the diagnosis supplied by Register readers, that domain name server problems were responsible for the blackout, was correct.

 Microsoft Fingers Technicians For Crippling Site Outages (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2677896,00.html>
In a statement issued late Wednesday, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) explained that a "router configuration error" had caused requests for access to the company’s Web sites to go unanswered. Routers are critical pieces of the Internet that direct data between a company's network and the Internet.

 Sina.com To Quit Silicon Valley For Hong Kong (Computer User)
<http://www.computeruser.com/news/01/01/24/news19.html>
One of China's top Web portal networks, Sina.com, said last week it would close its Sunnyvale financial headquarters and relocate it to Hong Kong, losing Chief Financial Officer, Victor Lee, along the way.

 California Turns To Web Auctions For Energy (CNET News.com)
<http://yahoofin.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-4574238.html?tag=owv>
The e could stand for energy in a high-stakes bidding game that takes its cues from online-auction giant eBay.

 Microsoft Confirms Web Site Blackout (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/16321.html>
Since the early hours of this morning www.microsoft.com, msn.com, hotmail.com and msnbc.com have all been unavailable. A company spokeswoman said the company was working hard to resolve the issue and that, as yet, there was no time available when a fix will be in place.

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

 LinuxPPC To Go Non-Profit (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/16352.html>
We'd like to say that LinuxPPC, one of the pioneers of the open source operating system on the PowerPC platform, has made the move for philanthropic reasons, but the reason appear entirely pragmatic.

 Skinny VA Linux Servers Cheaper Than Predecessors (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-4591503.html?tag=owv>
VA Linux Systems has introduced two new slim servers, which will compete against new models from Sun Microsystems, Dell Computer and others.

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

 Open-Source Penalty For Microsoft (Linux.com)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2678078,00.html>
The damage that counts is already done. Microsoft has been judged to be an outlaw corporation; what's up for debate now is the nature of the punishment.

 LinuxPPC To Go Non-Profit (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/16352.html>
We'd like to say that LinuxPPC, one of the pioneers of the open source operating system on the PowerPC platform, has made the move for philanthropic reasons, but the reason appear entirely pragmatic.

 Corel's Strategy Draws A Blank (The Ottawa Citizen)
<http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/010124/5051384.html>
Shares plunge after long-awaited turnaround plan fails to excite investors.

 OS Wars: My Way Or The Highway (ZDNet Enterprise)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2677506,00.html>
Certain proponents of particular operating systems are like adherents to some religions -- their way is the right way, and don't you dare attack it. Or, similarly, someone else's way is wrong and offensive, and they feel compelled to tell you so -- and why -- at great length.

 Skinny VA Linux Servers Cheaper Than Predecessors (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-4591503.html?tag=owv>
VA Linux Systems has introduced two new slim servers, which will compete against new models from Sun Microsystems, Dell Computer and others.

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

 Conde Nast Puts Brakes On Mags' Web Debut (New York Post)
<http://www.nypost.com/technology/conde012401.htm>
Conde Nast Publications' go-slow approach to the Internet just got a whole lot slower. The company is delaying by six months the debut of Web sites for its individual magazines.

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

 Singapore Founder's Son To Be New Leader (The Times)
<http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,3-73292,00.html>
Singapore thus joins North Korea in keeping its leadership in the family and marks itself out from the rest of South East Asia, where the trend is towards rapid democratisation.

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

 SBS Changi Airport Midnight Bus Receives Poor Response (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/singapore/cna/article.html?s=singapore/headlines/010125/singapore/cna/SBS_Changi_Airport_midnight_bus_receives_poor_response.html>
Apart from the airport employees have been using the bus service, it has been running empty most of the time. However, many interviewed at the airport said they were unaware of the bus service.

 Growing Trend Of People Going To The Airport For Coffee Session (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/singapore/cna/article.html?s=singapore/headlines/010125/singapore/cna/Growing_trend_of_people_going_to_the_Airport_for_coffee_session.html>
When asked why people chose to hangout at Changi Airport, most cited the spacious, clean and safe environment as the pull factor. And they are hoping that more facilities will be added so that it can become a social hub.

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