[MyAppleMenu] Jul 17, 2001

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

'90s Pointers About Apple's Future Proved Prescient (SignOn San Diego)
<http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/computing/20010717-9999_1u17mactrack.html>
Gathering a cadre of "hardcore Mac fans," editor James Daly suggested "101 Ways to Save Apple." Reading through the lengthy list, it's remarkable how many of the suggestions have been adopted, either knowingly or unknowingly, by the team in Cupertino.

Apple's Weaker Earnings Beat Estimates (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-6592508.html?tag=owv>
Apple Computer beat analyst expectations for its fiscal third quarter, despite a dramatic drop in earnings.

PC Fan has A Mac Attack (Birmingham Business Journal)
<http://birmingham.bcentral.com/birmingham/stories/2001/07/16/editorial1.html>
PCs are made in factories where huge robot arms pour molten lead. Macs are gently folded together by elves and gnomes in some tropical blueberry fairyland.

Apple's iMac: Over The Hill At Age 3? (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-6582608.html?tag=cd_mh>
The graying iMac should take center stage this week, but will the appearance be its swan song?

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

'90s Pointers About Apple's Future Proved Prescient (SignOn San Diego)
<http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/computing/20010717-9999_1u17mactrack.html>
Gathering a cadre of "hardcore Mac fans," editor James Daly suggested "101 Ways to Save Apple." Reading through the lengthy list, it's remarkable how many of the suggestions have been adopted, either knowingly or unknowingly, by the team in Cupertino.

Bare Bones Offering 'Not-At-The-Show' Special (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0107/17.barebones.shtml>
Although Bare Bones Software isn't exhibiting at Macworld New York, they're offering a special deal on new purchases of BBEdit 6.1.

Apple's Weaker Earnings Beat Estimates (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-6592508.html?tag=owv>
Apple Computer beat analyst expectations for its fiscal third quarter, despite a dramatic drop in earnings.

ODBC SDK Update Out For Mac OS Classic, Mac OS X (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0107/17.odbc.shtml>

Apple Reports $61 Million Profit (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0107/17.profit.shtml>
The company also reported they shipped 827 thousand Macintosh units during the quarter.

The Omni Group To Demo New Products At Macworld (The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/article/2001/07/17.14.shtml>

Thursby Releases DAVE For OS X For Free (MacNN)
<http://osx.macnn.com/news.php?id=8078>

Corel Buys Micrografx (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/20418.html>
A merger of these two Windows survivors - they were writing for the DOS shell in the 1980s, when almost everyone else was following the advice of Microsoft and IBM and writing for OS/2 - has the melancholy air of a reunion of two ancient war veterans.

Apple To Webcast Analysts' Meeting (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/top_news_item.cfm?NewsID=3187>
Members of the public will be able to tune into a live-audio webcast of the meeting using Apple's multimedia software QuickTime 5.

Crystal-Gazing Into Macworld Expo (eWEEK)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2787102,00.html?chkpt=zdnn_nbs_hl>
In what has become a semiannual tradition, this week's Macworld Expo/New York has sparked a round of speculation about the Mac wares Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs will unveil at his Wednesday morning keynote.

Analysts Brace For Quarter's Results (San Francisco Chronicle)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/07/16/BU183633.DTL&type=business>

Value-Finding Method Leads Investment Chief To Buy Apple By Bushel (Chicago Tribune)
<http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/business/967445>
Even if the company imploded and someone came in to buy it, Apple's rich brand name and unusually loyal customers would draw at least a decent takeover premium.

A Big Week For Apple Computer (Forbes)
<http://dailynews.yahoo.com/htx/fo/20010716/bs/a_big_week_for_apple_computer_1.html>
If there's one thing that Apple Computer needs right now, it's a heavy dose of new buzz, the kind of buzz that only a brilliant new product can produce.

Sony's Clie Handheld Can Color Your World (PioneerPlanet)
<http://www.pioneerplanet.com/tech/ptk_docs/79490.htm>
Could Newton the Sequel be on deck for this summer? The chances don't look good, for a few reasons.

Apple's iMac: Over The Hill At Age 3? (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-6582608.html?tag=cd_mh>
The graying iMac should take center stage this week, but will the appearance be its swan song?

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

The Beauty Of A Beast: Cubes Were From Mars, iBooks Are From Earth (Applelust.com)
<http://www.applelust.com/oped/Editorials/Archives/andraz_cube.html>
What killed the Cube, first and foremost, was idiocy: mainly Apple's idiocy for pricing it $500 higher than what most customers would have paid for it, and then the sheepish idiocy of the press.

Reporter's Notebook: In New York And Ready To Go (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0107/17.notebook.shtml>
No, I don't know what Apple CEO Steve Jobs is going to announce at tomorrow's keynote, but just the sheer number of Mac OS X related announcements will make for an exciting week.

Is The Web Leaving OS X Behind? (The Business Mac)
<http://www.thebusinessmac.com/editorials/browsers.shtml>
Apple's support of browser development is critical because at this point most consumers expect web browsers to be a free, fundamental component of the OS.

PC Fan has A Mac Attack (Birmingham Business Journal)
<http://birmingham.bcentral.com/birmingham/stories/2001/07/16/editorial1.html>
PCs are made in factories where huge robot arms pour molten lead. Macs are gently folded together by elves and gnomes in some tropical blueberry fairyland.

Re: $70 G4 LCD iMac... (PioneerPlanet)
<http://www.pioneerplanet.com/tech/ptk_docs/82338.htm>
Boy did we catch hell from the Macintosh faithful when we blithely suggested last week that Apple Computer should release an iMac consumer computer for $700.

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

Timely Software Can Sync PC To Atomic Clock (Knight Ridder Newspapers)
<http://www.modbee.com/technology/story/0,1161,282792,00.html>
All I need is the right software to periodically check my clock against the atomic timer and make any necessary adjustments.

Toast 5 Titanium (Applelust.com)
<http://www.applelust.com/resources/Reviews/Archives/rev_toast5.html>
Toast 5 does still offer compelling reasons to look beyond Apple’s own CD burning software — such as reliable disk-at-once audio recording and multi-session data recording.

Magic School Bus Takes Children An Edcuation Trip (Wasington Times)
<http://www.washtimes.com/technology/20010712-462978.htm>
Magic School Bus Whales & Dolphins provides a surface look at these unique animals but still serves its purpose to educate and entertain.

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

Microsoft To Settle License Tiff With Charity (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6590889.html?tag=owv>
Microsoft is trying to solve a licensing dispute with a children's charity that it last week threatened with legal action for distributing recycled computers to disadvantaged communities without paying the Windows license fee.

Intel Surpasses Estimates In Rough Quarter (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6592663.html?tag=owv>
Intel beat analyst expectations in what was an otherwise dismal second quarter, with net income down 76 percent from a year ago.

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

Microsoft To Settle License Tiff With Charity (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6590889.html?tag=owv>
Microsoft is trying to solve a licensing dispute with a children's charity that it last week threatened with legal action for distributing recycled computers to disadvantaged communities without paying the Windows license fee.

Intel Surpasses Estimates In Rough Quarter (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6592663.html?tag=owv>
Intel beat analyst expectations in what was an otherwise dismal second quarter, with net income down 76 percent from a year ago.

Microsoft Changing Corporate Sales Strategy (Computerworld)
<http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO62318,00.html.html>
Charles Stevens, vice president of Microsoft's enterprise and partner group, said at the company's Fusion 2001 business partner conference here over the weekend that it will now focus more on selling combined bundles of software packages and services to enterprise users.

Wall Street Wary Ahead Of Intel Results (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6588014.html?tag=owv>
Analysts and investors will be keeping a close eye on Intel, which reports results after the bell Tuesday, amid more discouraging news regarding the chip sector.

Thursby Releases DAVE For OS X For Free (MacNN)
<http://osx.macnn.com/news.php?id=8078>

Microsoft Adds Business Analysis To Office XP (IT Week)
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2091379,00.html>
Data Analyzer will help users pot sales and marketing opportunities, as the business intelligence market goes mainstream.

Buying Windows 98? Try A Linux For Idiots Guide Too (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/51/20423.html>
Catalogue reseller Action Computers has decided that people thinking about purchasing Windows 98 from it would do well to consider Linux instead.

Oops! Leaked WinXP Code Contains Valid Product Key (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/20419.html>
The latest WinXP RC1 leak makes the security of Microsoft's preview program download look feeble enough, but it turns out there's more - somebody seems to have left a working product key not very deeply buried in the iso.

PC Fan has A Mac Attack (Birmingham Business Journal)
<http://birmingham.bcentral.com/birmingham/stories/2001/07/16/editorial1.html>
PCs are made in factories where huge robot arms pour molten lead. Macs are gently folded together by elves and gnomes in some tropical blueberry fairyland.

Lazy Users Gave IE The Advantage (Baltimore Sun)
<http://www.sunspot.net/technology/pluggedin/bal-pl.himowitz16jul16.column?coll=bal%2Dhome%2Dcolumnists>
They're betting on our collective laziness, complacency or ignorance to keep business going as usual.

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

A Standard For E-Comments (Technology Review)
<http://www.techreview.com/web/mcdonald/mcdonald071601.asp>
Got a few choice thoughts about what you see on the Web? Enter Annotea, a new technology that lets you annotate existing Web documents with commentary of your own.

Search Engines Accused Of Deceptive Results (Associated Press)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-6583156.html?tag=owv>
Attacking an increasingly popular Internet business practice, a consumer watchdog group Monday filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission, asserting that many online search engines are concealing the impact special fees have on search results by Internet users.

Pop! Go The Web Ads (Dallas Morning News)
<http://www.inlandempireonline.com/technology/reviews/062801/trendpopups.shtml>
As screens fill up with sales pitches, users shouldn't expect trend to die down.

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

On paper, Webvan Doesn't Look Bankrupt (San Francisco Chronicle)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/07/17/BU168196.DTL&type=business>

Survey: Internet Use Holding Steady (Associated Press)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-6586400.html?tag=owv>
Despite the growing pile of failed dot-com companies, Internet usage has remained steady, a survey found.

The Times They Are A Chargin' (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/23/20430.html>
The Times and Sunday Times are planning to charge for content on their Web sites, making them the first UK newspapers to attempt a subscription model.

Napster Ditches MP3 File Format (Computerwire.com)
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2091394,00.html>

A Standard For E-Comments (Technology Review)
<http://www.techreview.com/web/mcdonald/mcdonald071601.asp>
Got a few choice thoughts about what you see on the Web? Enter Annotea, a new technology that lets you annotate existing Web documents with commentary of your own.

Is The Web Leaving OS X Behind? (The Business Mac)
<http://www.thebusinessmac.com/editorials/browsers.shtml>
Apple's support of browser development is critical because at this point most consumers expect web browsers to be a free, fundamental component of the OS.

Software Download Patent Refuses To Die (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-6582781.html?tag=owv>
A federal appeals court has for the second time breathed life into a patent that could force software vendors to pay licensing fees to sell their products directly over the Internet.

Search Engines Accused Of Deceptive Results (Associated Press)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-6583156.html?tag=owv>
Attacking an increasingly popular Internet business practice, a consumer watchdog group Monday filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission, asserting that many online search engines are concealing the impact special fees have on search results by Internet users.

Pop! Go The Web Ads (Dallas Morning News)
<http://www.inlandempireonline.com/technology/reviews/062801/trendpopups.shtml>
As screens fill up with sales pitches, users shouldn't expect trend to die down.

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

Buying Windows 98? Try A Linux For Idiots Guide Too (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/51/20423.html>
Catalogue reseller Action Computers has decided that people thinking about purchasing Windows 98 from it would do well to consider Linux instead.

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

Firms Not Hiring, Rather Than Laying Off (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,57780,00.html?>
Human resource consultant Watson Wyatt Worldwide found that 61 per cent of companies here shut their doors to new workers, while 14 per cent opted for lay-offs, in order to keep wage costs down.

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

Police Probe Hacking Of New COE System (Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,2276,14776,00.html?>
In a shocking discovery, the authorities have uncovered mass attempts to hack into the online open-bidding system for vehicle COEs - a finding that could lead to a landmark criminal case here.