[MyAppleMenu] Jul 8, 2001

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

OS X Survives 'Death Match' (Gannett News Service)
<http://technology.cincinnati.com/cgi-bin/technology/techwrapper.pl?URL=http://www.gannettonline.com/e/newproducts/10001264.html&AFFIL=CIN>
It's official — at least as far as the editors at CNET are concerned — Apple's OS X operating system beats Microsoft's Windows 2000.

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

MSN Messenger Outage Enters Sixth Day (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-6473003.html?tag=owv>
The MSN Messenger outage spilled over into a sixth day Sunday, with many users of the free service complaining of inaccessible accounts, despite Microsoft's claims most had been restored.

Managing The Windows Mixed-Mode Monster (NetworkWorld Fusion)
<http://www.nwfusion.com/research/2001/0709feat.html>
Third-party utilities make it easier to run Windows 2000 when you haven't yet migrated everything to Active Directory.

Microsoft Exec Betting On His Staff (Miami Herald)
<http://www.miami.com/herald/content/business/yourmoney/digdocs/087029.htm>
Ayala prepares sales team for Internet-based strategy.

Microsoft Encarta Dictionary Defined By Usage Notes, Inconsistencies (Associated Press)
<http://www.nandotimes.com/business/story/38748p-620400c.html>

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

Web radio Signals A Comeback (Industry Standard)
<http://www.thestandard.com/article/0,1902,27564,00.html>
The silence of Web radio is about to end. A deal announced late last month promises to bring hundreds of radio-station streams back online this summer.

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

MSN Messenger Outage Enters Sixth Day (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-6473003.html?tag=owv>
The MSN Messenger outage spilled over into a sixth day Sunday, with many users of the free service complaining of inaccessible accounts, despite Microsoft's claims most had been restored.

Web radio Signals A Comeback (Industry Standard)
<http://www.thestandard.com/article/0,1902,27564,00.html>
The silence of Web radio is about to end. A deal announced late last month promises to bring hundreds of radio-station streams back online this summer.

Saying Bye-Byte To Napster (Industry Standard)
<http://www.thestandard.com/article/0,1902,27748,00.html>
Napster's legally challenged song-swap service went dark last week and sentiment among many former users grew even darker.

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

Singapore Deports Falun Gong Four, But Not To China (Reuters)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/010707/3/18wxr.html>
Four Chinese followers of the Falun Gong spiritual group banned by Beijing have been deported to a country of their choice after being released from a Singapore jail, a local Falun Gong spokeswoman said on Saturday.