[MyAppleMenu] Jul 11, 2001

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

Mac Fans Chase Down Remaining Cubes (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-6546964.html?tag=lh>
Apple Computer's Power Mac G4 Cube has achieved in death what eluded it in life: demand.

How Apple is Reclaiming The Classroom (BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/jul2001/nf20010711_074.htm>
AirPort has become the No. 1 wireless technology used in schools. And that, in turn, has helped drive sales of iBooks as well as PowerSchool's software. In less than six months under Apple, PowerSchool has expanded its customer base 50%, to 3,000 schools.

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

DVD Studio Pro Updated To Version 1.1 (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0107/11.dvd.shtml>
The update of DVD Studio Pro also offers improved detection and handling of Final Cut Pro unrendered sequences and beefs up optimization of the encoding process to more efficiently allocate the specified bit rate.

AAPL Moves On Rumors That Company Will Meet Or Beat Expecatations (The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/stockwatch/2001/07/11.1.shtml>

Mac Fans Chase Down Remaining Cubes (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-6546964.html?tag=lh>
Apple Computer's Power Mac G4 Cube has achieved in death what eluded it in life: demand.

How Apple is Reclaiming The Classroom (BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/jul2001/nf20010711_074.htm>
AirPort has become the No. 1 wireless technology used in schools. And that, in turn, has helped drive sales of iBooks as well as PowerSchool's software. In less than six months under Apple, PowerSchool has expanded its customer base 50%, to 3,000 schools.

MacLinkPlus Deluxe Optimized For Mac OS X (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0107/11.maclinkplus.shtml>
MacLinkPlus Deluxe 13 for the Macintosh is now available from DataViz -- and it's been optimized for Mac OS X. It includes support for the latest versions of Microsoft Word and Excel, as found in Office 2001 and Office XP.

CarbonLib 1.3.1 May Cause Drag & Drop Errors (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=7887>

OS X Music And Audio: When Will It Be Ready To Rock? (Go2Mac.com)
<http://www.go2mac.com/story.lasso?newsID=8029>
Sure, you can load up iTunes and listen to music on OS X. But when will OS X be a tool for writing and recording your own music and audio on your Mac? I polled major music and audio developers, and word is, it's still too soon to say

High-Definition Dinosaurs Roam America (Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/hotnews/articles/2001/07/dinosaur/>
"HD and Final Cut Pro have changed everything for us, for the better."

New Group Is Dedicated To QuickTime Developers (The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/article/2001/07/10.8.shtml>
The new group aims to provide a resource for all type of QuickTime development, including Web, film, and video.

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

Appearance Themes: A Sledgehammer For Your 1984 Interface (osOpinion)
<http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/11912.html>
Quite an ironic stance for a company that is supposed to "think different."

The Marketshare Expo (MacOPINION)
<http://www.macopinion.com/columns/engine/01/07/11/index.html>
The most important message from MacWorld New York will be Apple's all-out attack on marketshare.

Difference Engine: The Macintosh Expo (MacOPINION)
<http://macopinion.com/columns/engine/01/07/11/index.html>
The most important message from MacWorld New York will be Apple's all-out attack on marketshare.

X On X (O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2001/07/10/mac_dev.html>
Mac OS X has built-in advantages that no other OS currently offers. It will keep the advanced users because of open-source developments that will ultimately take computing beyond anything that even Apple has imagined.

Adobe Has Apple In A Noose? (Macinstein)
<http://www.macinstein.com/pressrelease.cfm?ID=989>
Either way, Apple needs Adobe.

A $1600 Titanium PowerBook Hinge? (The PowerBook Source)
<http://www.pbsource.com/contributions/readers/1600_Titanium_Hinge.shtml>
I intend to take this up with Watchdog (a BBC Consumer Affairs TV programme), and my local trading standards office. How can Apple possibly be so arrogant that they are prepared to lose a customer for the sake of a plastic hinge!!!!

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

Two Cheers For Mac OS X (SmartMoney.com)
<http://www.smartmoney.com/techmarket/index.cfm?Story=20010711>
Despite many bugs, and despite some of its warmed-over hacks, Mac OS X is a fine consumer product.

Great Classroom Computer Buys (View From The Classroom)
<http://www.mathdittos2.com/columns/view/v010711.html>
It's one of the easiest things in the world to buy a used computer on eBay. It's also about the last place, other than the used resellers, you should look.

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

Microsoft Changes Windows License Terms (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6547460.html?tag=owv>
In a dramatic shift, Microsoft will allow PC makers to remove Internet Explorer icons and entries from the Start menu, and to provide the ability to remove user access to Internet Explorer in the new Windows XP. The company also will extend this to Windows 98, Windows Me and Windows 2000.

Intel Confirms Flaw In Xeon Chip (eWEEK)
<http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2784036,00.html>
Intel Corp. confirmed this week it has discovered a flaw in its high-end 900MHz Pentium III Xeon chip that could cause workstations and servers to freeze.

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

Microsoft Whinges About "Naked" Computers (Applelinks.com)
<http://www.applelinks.com/articles/2001/07/20010711115625.shtml>

Microsoft Changes Windows License Terms (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6547460.html?tag=owv>
In a dramatic shift, Microsoft will allow PC makers to remove Internet Explorer icons and entries from the Start menu, and to provide the ability to remove user access to Internet Explorer in the new Windows XP. The company also will extend this to Windows 98, Windows Me and Windows 2000.

Intel Confirms Flaw In Xeon Chip (eWEEK)
<http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2784036,00.html>
Intel Corp. confirmed this week it has discovered a flaw in its high-end 900MHz Pentium III Xeon chip that could cause workstations and servers to freeze.

WinXP Pricing Leaks Again? SA Bids $286 For Pro (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/20323.html>
If Amazon did make up prices for XP, this reckless behaviour would seem to be catching.

More Layoffs At Compaq (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/11/technology/ebusiness/11PLAC.html>
Despite progress in cutting costs, Compaq said a sharper-than-expected slump in the European business market caused worldwide sales to decline 9 percent from the first quarter, to about $8.4 billion from $9.2 billion.

Intel Halts Sales Of Defective Server Chip (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6539683.html?tag=owv>
Intel has stopped shipping its top-end server chip because of a bug that could cause servers to crash.

Microsoft Enlists VeriSign For .Net Security (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6528869.html?tag=owv>
Microsoft said on Tuesday that it has signed up VeriSign, a leading provider of Internet security services and technology, to help build defenses for its .Net array of Web services.

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

The Day The Brands Died (Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/07/11/brands/index.html>
For their customers, the demise of the dot-coms has proved strangely painful.

Internet2: The Once And Future Net (Technology Review)
<http://www.techreview.com/web/tynan/tynan071001.asp>
On academia's high-powered Internet2, researchers are redefining what computer networks can do.

DoubleClick: Web Ad Market Isn't Improving (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-6538116.html?tag=owv>
The online advertising market won't get better this year, DoubleClick executives said Tuesday after reporting second-quarter results.

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

The Prblems Of Protecting Privacy (BBC News)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1434000/1434131.stm>
Case studies in the report show that fears that the growth of the internet would lead to a serious erosion in privacy have yet to be realised.

Americans Say Yes To Net Taxes (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,45144,00.html>
The survey found that 60 percent of the American public do not believe that Web purchases should be free of taxation.

The Day The Brands Died (Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/07/11/brands/index.html>
For their customers, the demise of the dot-coms has proved strangely painful.

Internet2: The Once And Future Net (Technology Review)
<http://www.techreview.com/web/tynan/tynan071001.asp>
On academia's high-powered Internet2, researchers are redefining what computer networks can do.

DoubleClick: Web Ad Market Isn't Improving (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-6538116.html?tag=owv>
The online advertising market won't get better this year, DoubleClick executives said Tuesday after reporting second-quarter results.

Box Office Hits Pirated Over Web (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-6539202.html?tag=owv>
Three current box office hits--"Lara Croft: Tomb Raider," "Shrek" and "Pearl Harbor"--are among the most-pirated movies over the Web for the month of June, researchers said Tuesday.

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

Who Gains In MRT-Bus Merger? (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,56469,00.html?>
Some question the need for operators to run both trains and buses so as to provide world-class transport system.

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

Singapore To Announce Off-Budget Measures End July (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/010711/5/193fu.html>
Speaking in Parliament, Trade and Industry Minister George Yeo said the package will include speeding up development projects.

No Need For Knee-Jerk Reaction, Says BG Lee (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,56489,00.html?>
BG Lee's comments yesterday came ahead of today's parliamentary sitting, dampening emerging expectations of a fresh set of off-Budget measures to address the current economic slowdown.

Who Gains In MRT-Bus Merger? (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,56469,00.html?>
Some question the need for operators to run both trains and buses so as to provide world-class transport system.

Merger May Not Improve Bus Service (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,1870,56545,00.html?>
With the merger, there is bound to be some reduction in bus services. It is inevitable.

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

PacNet, Catcha Settle Out Of Court (CNET Singapore)
<http://singapore.cnet.com/news/singapore/story/0,2000027481,20096323,00.htm>
The two parties are said to have settled their case amicably with a decision to set up a "mutually beneficial" strategic alliance, a source close to the two companies told Singapore.CNET.com last evening.

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

Lab903 Brands Singapore's TV Works (DesignInMotion)
<http://www.designinmotion.com/article/mainv/0,7220,28712,00.html>