[MyAppleMenu] Jul 5, 2001

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

Cube Route (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/opinion/opinion_july01/jonny_july01.cfm>
Apple's ill-fated product may have died. But respect is due to the company that created it - because it chose risk above complacency, gambling corporate security to push the personal computer's envelope a little further. Again.

Adobe Freezing Out Apple's Mac OS X? (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/39/20206.html>
While talk of Adobe walking away from the Mac simply doesn't ring true, we suspect the current spat is calculated to give Apple food for thought in the quality control department.

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

Richard Kerris On 3D, OS X And Apple (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/top_news_item.cfm?NewsID=3130>
I think that Apple, Mac OS X and OpenGL is set to be the platform of choice for professional 3D animation.

Apple's iPicture/iPhoto Is "Number-One" Wish (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=3129>
Macworld readers would like Apple to follow-up it successful iMovie video editor and iTunes music jukebox with a free consumer-level digital-photo editor, according to the latest Macworld online poll.

Fearless Captured (Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/hotnews/articles/2001/07/courage/>
Do you have the courage to test out a never-before-tested mock up of Leonardo Da Vinci's original parachute design? If your answer is “Yes.” or even “Maybe…” then chances are that you are a risk taker.

Microsoft Readies Word Bundle For Macs (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-6464719.html?tag=lh>
Microsoft on Thursday said that next week it will begin offering a word-processing and e-mail bundle for Mac users.

== AppleSurf (Opinion) ===============

Can Apple, Adobe Take It To The Bridge? (Interactive Week)
<http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/columns/0,4164,2782226,00.html>

Why Adobe Hates Apple (Low End Mac)
<http://lowendmac.com/rumormill/01/0705.html>
Adobe is scared. Product by product, Apple seems to be encroaching on Adobe's markets.

Cube Route (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/opinion/opinion_july01/jonny_july01.cfm>
Apple's ill-fated product may have died. But respect is due to the company that created it - because it chose risk above complacency, gambling corporate security to push the personal computer's envelope a little further. Again.

75 Mac Advantages: Part 6 (Low End Mac)
<http://lowendmac.com/lab/01/0705.html>

Adobe Freezing Out Apple's Mac OS X? (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/39/20206.html>
While talk of Adobe walking away from the Mac simply doesn't ring true, we suspect the current spat is calculated to give Apple food for thought in the quality control department.

Discussion: Apple Dumps The Cube (Slashdot)
<http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/07/04/201248>

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

Itanic Prices Emerge (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/3/20215.html>
Intel has revealed at last what it charges for its Itanic processor, and like First Class tickets on the chip's ocean-going namesake, it's not what you'd call cheap.

Microsoft Cracks Down On Sharing Windows Among Home Users (Wall Street Journal)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2001/07/05/financial1103EDT0061.DTL&type=tech>
Bear all this in mind when you consider whether to upgrade your home PC to Windows XP, especially if you have more than one computer. The upgrade may cost more than you expected, both in dollars and in lost privacy.

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

Itanic Prices Emerge (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/3/20215.html>
Intel has revealed at last what it charges for its Itanic processor, and like First Class tickets on the chip's ocean-going namesake, it's not what you'd call cheap.

hacker Posts Code To Exploit MS Bug (ZDNet UK)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2782723,00.html?chkpt=zdnn_rt_latest>
A Japanese hacker has surreptitiously posted a program on the Net which gives remote attackers complete control of vulnerable servers running Microsoft's popular Web server software.

Microsoft Cracks Down On Sharing Windows Among Home Users (Wall Street Journal)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2001/07/05/financial1103EDT0061.DTL&type=tech>
Bear all this in mind when you consider whether to upgrade your home PC to Windows XP, especially if you have more than one computer. The upgrade may cost more than you expected, both in dollars and in lost privacy.

Sporadic Outages Hit MSN Messenger (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5093696,00.html>
Microsoft on Thursday said that one-third of MSN Messenger customers were continuing to experience sporadic access problems and disappearing "buddy lists.".

IBM Says Microsoft Arrogant On Open Source (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6464360.html?tag=ch_mh>
IBM has called Microsoft's recent attacks on the open-source business model "arrogance," blasting them as futile and counterproductive.

Microsoft Readies Word Bundle For Macs (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-6464719.html?tag=lh>
Microsoft on Thursday said that next week it will begin offering a word-processing and e-mail bundle for Mac users.

Compaq Pushes Into New Services Business (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6465658.html?tag=cd_mh>
Compaq Computer, suffering from falling prices for PCs, is reshaping its huge global-services division to mimic IBM, the world's largest technology-services company.

Microsoft - Still In Denial (CW360)
<http://www.cw360.com/bin/bladerunner?REQSESS=oJ7098Q2&690REQEVENT=&CARTI=103729&CARTT=6&CCAT=2&CCHAN=28&CFLAV=1&CPAGEN=ArticlePage&CPAGET=-99999&CSEARCH=&CSESS=-99999&CTOPIC=>
Users are on the case. Microsoft must avoid anti-competitive behaviour in future.

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

Teachers Mull Ways To Fight Web Plagiarism (Associated Press)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-6465557.html?tag=owv>
At a time when most schools and public libraries are wired to the Internet, students of all ages are being tempted more than ever to cut-and-paste others' work and pass it off as their own.

Measuring Web Audiences Still A Challenge (E&P)
<http://www.mediainfo.com/ephome/news/newshtm/stories/070301n7.htm>
When it comes to reaching their local audiences, newspaper Web sites in some of America's largest markets get mixed reviews.

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

hacker Posts Code To Exploit MS Bug (ZDNet UK)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2782723,00.html?chkpt=zdnn_rt_latest>
A Japanese hacker has surreptitiously posted a program on the Net which gives remote attackers complete control of vulnerable servers running Microsoft's popular Web server software.

Looking For The Next Napster (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-201-6455436-0.html?tag=owv>
As Napster collapses slowly into a musical black hole, millions of people who once searched painlessly for free music on the Web are hunting for the next online file-swapping utopia.

Sporadic Outages Hit MSN Messenger (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5093696,00.html>
Microsoft on Thursday said that one-third of MSN Messenger customers were continuing to experience sporadic access problems and disappearing "buddy lists.".

Teachers Mull Ways To Fight Web Plagiarism (Associated Press)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-6465557.html?tag=owv>
At a time when most schools and public libraries are wired to the Internet, students of all ages are being tempted more than ever to cut-and-paste others' work and pass it off as their own.

Napster's Requiem (Motley Fool)
<http://www.fool.com/news/foolplate/2001/foolplate010705.htm>
While the site is readying its return as a pay service anchored by big-time talent, it will be free of the bootleg and rare tracks that made Napster so alluring in the first place. Unfortunately, there is little growing in Napster's shadow.

Measuring Web Audiences Still A Challenge (E&P)
<http://www.mediainfo.com/ephome/news/newshtm/stories/070301n7.htm>
When it comes to reaching their local audiences, newspaper Web sites in some of America's largest markets get mixed reviews.

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

IBM Says Microsoft Arrogant On Open Source (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6464360.html?tag=ch_mh>
IBM has called Microsoft's recent attacks on the open-source business model "arrogance," blasting them as futile and counterproductive.

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

IBM Says Microsoft Arrogant On Open Source (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6464360.html?tag=ch_mh>
IBM has called Microsoft's recent attacks on the open-source business model "arrogance," blasting them as futile and counterproductive.

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

BSA Singapore Says "No Snitches": Report (IDG)
<http://www.idg.com.sg/dev/idgnew.nsf/UNID/B2225EF3C5B4477448256A7E003270C9!opendocument>
The Singapore arm of anti-piracy industry group, the Business Software Alliance (BSA), said it does not urge employees to report software copyright violations by their employers, as is done by its U.S. chapter.