[MyAppleMenu] Jul 25, 2001

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

AAPL Shares: Great Expectations (Workingmac.com)
<http://www.workingmac.com/article/14.shtml>
Apple is using the economic slowdown to prepare for eventual blue skies and rainbows.

Mac Mystique (Gannett News Service)
<http://www.gannettonline.com/e/trends/10001339.html>
There is something about Macs that sets them apart from the rest of the crowd and something about those who love Macs that separates them from the legions content to live under the Wintel (Windows/Intel) empire.

MW Expo Attendance A Record (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=3246>
Macworld Expo New York has become the largest hi-tech Expo in New York, attracting more visitors than both PC Expo and Internet World.

OS X For The Masses (BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/jul2001/nf20010725_763.htm>
The latest version of Apple's new operating system is impressive -- and so is the fact that the company actually heeded users' suggestions.

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

Apple Offers To Pay For Adobe Expo Expenses (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=8383>

Marathon: Resurrection Public Beta Released (Inside Mac Games)
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/news/story.php?ArticleID=3381>
The project is an attempt to recreate the experience of Bungie's classic shooter Marathon using all the modern features found in the Unreal Tournament engine.

LaCie DVD/CD-RW Now Supported By DVD Studio Pro (Insanely Great Mac)
<http://www.insanely-great.com/news/01/945.html>
The support allows customers to use Apple's professional DVD authoring program.

Mac Mystique (Gannett News Service)
<http://www.gannettonline.com/e/trends/10001339.html>
There is something about Macs that sets them apart from the rest of the crowd and something about those who love Macs that separates them from the legions content to live under the Wintel (Windows/Intel) empire.

Eww, Is Apple Web Site Offering Commentary On Windows XP? (The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/article/2001/07/25.5.shtml>
A coincidence? Inquiring minds want to know. ;-)

MW Expo Attendance A Record (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=3246>
Macworld Expo New York has become the largest hi-tech Expo in New York, attracting more visitors than both PC Expo and Internet World.

Apple Backs 12.8GB I/O Technology (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=3243>
HyperTransport technology is a high-speed, high-performance, point-to-point link for integrated circuits. It provides a universal connection designed to reduce the number of buses within the system, provide a high-performance link for embedded applications, and enable highly scalable multiprocessing-systems.

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

AAPL Shares: Great Expectations (Workingmac.com)
<http://www.workingmac.com/article/14.shtml>
Apple is using the economic slowdown to prepare for eventual blue skies and rainbows.

Megahertz Madness (MacOPINION)
<http://www.macopinion.com/columns/engine/01/07/25/index.html>
Simply aping the megahertz cry of people who don't know any better is not an option, for that way lies a world of empty marketing jargon and poor design disguised as innovation.

No Mac OS X Myst III: Exile = Apple's Fault? (Inside Mac Games)
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/news/story.php?ArticleID=3389>
While this explanation isn't exactly crystal-clear, it is known among developers that there are still several outstanding issues having to do with OS X OpenGL.

I'm Not Paying $20 For My OS X Upgrade (Low End Mac)
<http://lowendmac.com/things/01/0725.html>
Are you listening, Apple? Are you listening, Steve?

The Curse Of Being Apple (Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/scope/01/0725.html>
It really kind of sucks to be Apple these days. No matter what they do, their adoring fans will likely clobber them.

OS X For The Masses (BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/jul2001/nf20010725_763.htm>
The latest version of Apple's new operating system is impressive -- and so is the fact that the company actually heeded users' suggestions.

Why SGI Should Be In Apple's Eye (osOpinion)
<http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/12240.html>
Acquiring SGI would allow Apple to cover all the bases, ranging from e-mail and word processing through 3D artists, developers, all the way to enterprise servers.

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

MacLink Plus 13 (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/feature.php?id=295>
Performance is sufficient in MacLink Plus 13, although it falls victim to the slow menu re-draws, long launch time, and window opening stagger problems that plague most Carbonized apps.

Guide To Rare & Collectible Macs (Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/tf/01/0725.html>
This is my guide to Macs that you probably don't see every day and that might be worth more than the average Mac a few decades from now.

Expo Wrapup And A New WallStreet Processor Upgrade (MacOPINION)
<http://www.macopinion.com/columns/roadwarrior/01/07/25/index.html>

Font Management In Mac OS X (O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2001/07/24/osx_fonts1.html>
In 1984, the original Macintosh brought the world a visually integrated computer, and initiated what I've been calling the "Font Decade," where CEOs and homemakers alike learned the difference between Times and Helvetica.

Choices Of All-In-One Machines Starting To Add Up (Knight Ridder Newspaper)
<http://www.modbee.com/technology/story/0,1161,284662,00.html>
All-in-one printer-copier-scanners are becoming so inexpensive that there's almost no reason to buy a plain old printer.

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

MS, AOL Want Your E-Wallet (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5094703,00.html>
AOL Time Warner's $100 million investment in e-tailer Amazon.com this week highlights an emerging, high-stakes battle between the media giant and Microsoft.

Intel Set To Launch New Mobile Processors (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6672140.html?tag=lh>
One of the worst-kept secrets in the tech world will be unveiled Monday, when Intel launches its new Pentium III-M mobile processors.

Microsoft Backs Down To Kids Charity (ZDNet Australia)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2798037,00.html?chkpt=zdnn_nbs_hl>
Microsoft Australia has given some ground in its spat with a non-profit organization which uses its operating system on recycled computers donated to kids.

Microsoft To Spend $5.3 Billion For R&D (Seattle Times)
<http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/134321839_microresearch25m.html>

MS, Borland Go On A Youth Movement (eWEEK)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2797341,00.html?chkpt=zdnn_nbs_hl>
In separate announcements this week, Microsoft and Borland are seeking to engage the loyalty of future software developers with new versions of their respective programming tools.

The Mysteries Of Windows XP (Tornado Insider)
<http://www.tornado-insider.com/news/Article.asp?id=11017>
The general suspicion was that through the new Windows system, Microsoft’s aim was to gather personal data to be used for reasons other than the official ones.

Open-Source Brouhaha: Missing The Point (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2798014,00.html>
Something strange is happening in San Diego this week.

MS Welcomed With Open-Source Arms (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,45523,00.html>
OK, that's exaggerating things a bit.

Eww, Is Apple Web Site Offering Commentary On Windows XP? (The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/article/2001/07/25.5.shtml>
A coincidence? Inquiring minds want to know. ;-)

Microsoft Hints At Japanese Xbox Delay (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/20632.html>

Even When MS Apes Unix The Bugs Keep Cropping Up (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/20630.html>
Microsoft makes security mistakes even when the software giant tries to emulate the approach to delivering services that Unix vendors take.

Save Java! (Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/07/24/java/index.html>
Can computer makers and rebel programmers stop Microsoft from cutting off the programming language's air supply?

Microsoft Wrestles With New OS (eWEEK)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2797222,00.html>
Microsoft has deviated from its initial plans to have the operating system code-named Blackcomb succeed Windows XP, instead adding a new release to its product rollout strategy currently code-named Longhorn.

Famous Photos Frozen Forever (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,45379,00.html>
Talk about creepy. Bill Gates' minions are currently laying the floor for a 10,000 square foot, tomblike facility in rural Pennsylvania to preserve, in part, an image of Albert Einstein's tongue.

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

ISPs' Free Ride Over In Sweden? (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/ebiz/0,1272,45195,00.html?tw=wn20010717>
Internet service providers would be worthless without the online media they distribute, figures the 26-year-old Swede, yet content providers aren't getting a fair slice of the revenue pie they help bake.

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

MS, AOL Want Your E-Wallet (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5094703,00.html>
AOL Time Warner's $100 million investment in e-tailer Amazon.com this week highlights an emerging, high-stakes battle between the media giant and Microsoft.

AT&T, AOL Discuss Cable Merger (Reuters)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1004-200-6666169.html?tag=owv>
AT&T, looking to fend off an unsolicited suitor for its cable business, is in preliminary talks with AOL Time Warner about a friendly deal to merge the two companies' cable-systems operations, The Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition on Wednesday.

The Axe Falls At CNET (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/23/20624.html>
CNET Networks is to reduce its headcount by a further 15 per cent, on the back of a deteriorating sales outlook for the rest of the year.The layoffs will take place by mid-September.

Amazon: AOL Can Make Buyout Bid (Associated Press)
<http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20010724/ts/amazon_aol_1.html>
AOL Time Warner would be allowed to propose a takeover bid for Amazon.com - as long as it did so quietly - under the terms of a $100 million investment AOL made in Amazon Monday.

ISPs' Free Ride Over In Sweden? (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/ebiz/0,1272,45195,00.html?tw=wn20010717>
Internet service providers would be worthless without the online media they distribute, figures the 26-year-old Swede, yet content providers aren't getting a fair slice of the revenue pie they help bake.

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

Open-Source Brouhaha: Missing The Point (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2798014,00.html>
Something strange is happening in San Diego this week.

MS Welcomed With Open-Source Arms (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,45523,00.html>
OK, that's exaggerating things a bit.

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

Singapore Opposition MP Says Lee Wanted Him Out Of Politics (AFP)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/010725/1/19pqi.html>
Jeyaretnam accused Lee of deliberately holding back the case, which was ready for court in September 1997, as part of a plot to drag him into court close to a general election.

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

Amended Elections Act To Regulate Political Campaigning On Internet (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.cna.mediacorpnews.com/articles/2001/07/25/singaporenews67483.htm>
Under the amendment Bill, political parties, candidates and third parties have to register with the Singapore Broadcasting Authority if they want to carry out Internet Election Advertising.

Singapore Opposition MP Says Lee Wanted Him Out Of Politics (AFP)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/010725/1/19pqi.html>
Jeyaretnam accused Lee of deliberately holding back the case, which was ready for court in September 1997, as part of a plot to drag him into court close to a general election.

Singapore Unveils S$2.2 Billion Boost For Economy (Reuters)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/010725/3/19pa6.html>
Trade Minister George Yeo said the measures included the acceleration of certain infrastructure projects to inject S$204 million this year and no change to employer contributions to the state pension scheme.

Off-Budget Moves Likely To Focus On Jobs (Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,2276,15643,00.html?>
Package expected to ease burden, since it's hard to revive external demand.

Consuerms' Outlook: Gloomy Days Ahead (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,59434,00.html?>
Straits Times Consumer Confidence Index hits all-time low in the wakeof dim outlook on the job market.

Singapore Paper Barred From Manchester United Event (Bloomberg)
<http://quote.bloomberg.com/fgcgi.cgi?mnu=sports&ptitle=UK%20Football%20News&tp=ad_sports&T=news_storypage99.ht&s=AO11JYRX8U2luZ2Fw>
Today, Singapore's newest tabloid, said it was barred from the full coverage of a Manchester United soccer event to which rival Singapore Press Holdings Ltd. was given access.