[MyAppleMenu] Jul 26, 2001

Thu Jul 26 21:05:04 EDT 2001

MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

Mac OS X Gaming Explodes At Macworld (Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/enews/2001/features/macworldgames.html>
As Apple CEO Steve Jobs highlighted in his Macworld New York keynote address, games will be a big part of the transition to Mac OS X, and several companies are ready with titles you can load on your Mac and play in either Mac OS 9 or Mac OS X.

Time For Apple To Decide About .Net (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1273-210-6661244-1.html?tag=bt_pr>
The best way to make sure Mac users remain full Web citizens is for either Microsoft or Apple to port Microsoft's .Net Framework Common Language Runtime (CLR) to the Mac. The problem is who is going to do it.

Fun At The Apple Store (Los Angeles Times)
<http://24hour.modbee.com/24hour/technology/story/639078p-684754c.html>
The Apple Store stood out as a unique experience, which is understandable given its mission.

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

World Book 2002 (Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/enews/2001/features/worldbook.html>
World Book 2002—which will be on store shelves shortly—had its coming out party at the recent Macworld Expo in New York, where it was one of the “Ten on X” applications shown during Apple CEO Steve Jobs' keynote address.

Mac OS X Gaming Explodes At Macworld (Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/enews/2001/features/macworldgames.html>
As Apple CEO Steve Jobs highlighted in his Macworld New York keynote address, games will be a big part of the transition to Mac OS X, and several companies are ready with titles you can load on your Mac and play in either Mac OS 9 or Mac OS X.

Older iMacs Get Faster G3 Plus Firewire! (TheiMac.com)
<http://www.theimac.com/articles/categories/features/story476.shtml>

Be Revenues Rise 615% To $715,000 (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/7/20647.html>
For "customers" read 'customer' - Sony to be precise.

Apple Cuts G4 Prices - Official (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=3253>
Apple is cutting the price of older Power Macs to its sales channel, in a bid to clear the machines from its distribution channels.

Apple Squares Off With Dell In Education Market (Computer Reseller News)
<http://www.crn.com/sections/BreakingNews/breakingnews.asp?ArticleID=28485>
Apple Computer holds the largest share of the installed computer base in U.S. public schools, but Dell Computer is shipping more new units, according to research firm IDC.

Magician Jobs Runs Out Of Tricks - For Now (Sydney Morning Hearld)
<http://it.mycareer.com.au/news/2001/07/26/FFXF3WPZJPC.html>
Steve Jobs had just three hours of sleep before he took the stage at New York's Macworld Expo and, frankly, it showed.

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

There Is A Gap In Apple's Product Line And It Is Not The PDA (Business Mac)
<http://www.thebusinessmac.com/editorials/product_hole.shtml>
As much as I would like to see an LCD iMac, I think such a mid-range portable would be even more popular and significantly more profitable.

Sour Cider In Apple's X? Dissension In Developer Land? (Insanely Great Mac)
<http://www.insanely-great.com/news/01/949.html>
I'm sceptical that Jobs and Tevanian are stupid enough to annoy developers in the way that Amelio did with Copland or, before that, QuickDraw GX and OpenDoc which no one wanted to develop for.

Think The Glass Is Half Empty? (MacOPINION)
<http://www.macopinion.com/columns/tangible/01/07/26/index.html>
So does Apple have anything new coming up or not? That's what everyone is wondering.

Time For Apple To Decide About .Net (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1273-210-6661244-1.html?tag=bt_pr>
The best way to make sure Mac users remain full Web citizens is for either Microsoft or Apple to port Microsoft's .Net Framework Common Language Runtime (CLR) to the Mac. The problem is who is going to do it.

Apple Critics Got One Thing Wrong (The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/article/2001/07/26.9.shtml>
The bottom line is that Apple did have the new models available, but seems to have run out of available units almost immediately.

Fun At The Apple Store (Los Angeles Times)
<http://24hour.modbee.com/24hour/technology/story/639078p-684754c.html>
The Apple Store stood out as a unique experience, which is understandable given its mission.

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

Installing Mac OS X Is Quick And Easy (Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/myturn/01/0726.html>
The new OS was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen.

Eliminator Gamepad Pro (Inside Mac Games)
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/reviews/view.php?ID=172>

American McGee's Alice (MacNN)
<http://osx.macnn.com/feature.php?id=296>
Although the delivery is skewed by uninteresting combat encounters and unique but unsatisfying weapons, the game has undeniable appeal for its mind-boggling environments, wacky characters, and a story befitting of the Lewis Carroll classic.

Apple iMac (CNET)
<http://cnet.com/hardware/0-1017-8-6650763-1.html?tag=sd>
With more CPU horsepower and a few extra features, Apple clearly hopes to stretch the life cycle of the iMac.

What To Do With Your Old Power Mac (Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/pom/01/0726.html>
What can you do with a first-generation Power Mac?

Rock With Your Dock Out (MacEdition)
<http://www.macedition.com/aquascaping/aquascaping_20010727.php>
There are now a couple dozen Docklings and Dock-aware applications, whose icons display dynamic information in the Dock.

Finding The Right Flat-Panel Display (Los Angeles Times)
<http://24hour.modbee.com/24hour/technology/story/638915p-684620c.html>
Besides the obvious desktop fashion advantages, you'll get the benefits of the single-cable ADC connection scheme and the all-digital signal path.

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

Gates Says .Net On Track (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6686085.html?tag=lh>
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates on Thursday told financial analysts that the software giant is on course to deliver key pieces of its strategy to make its software available as a Web-based service.

Privacy Advocates Take Aim At Windows XP (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-6676181.html?tag=owv>
Several privacy groups are set to file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission on Thursday regarding Microsoft's imminent release of Windows XP, alleging unfair and deceptive trade practices.

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

Gates Says .Net On Track (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6686085.html?tag=lh>
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates on Thursday told financial analysts that the software giant is on course to deliver key pieces of its strategy to make its software available as a Web-based service.

MSN Reaches 6.5 Million Subscribers (Reuters)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-6685875.html?tag=owv>
Microsoft Thursday said subscribers to its MSN Internet access business rose 30 percent from April to total 6.5 million, the result of absorbing its WebTV operations and of an aggressive campaign to convince people to switch from rival service AOL.

Time For Apple To Decide About .Net (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1273-210-6661244-1.html?tag=bt_pr>
The best way to make sure Mac users remain full Web citizens is for either Microsoft or Apple to port Microsoft's .Net Framework Common Language Runtime (CLR) to the Mac. The problem is who is going to do it.

Microsoft Users Told Not To Miss Deadline (ComputerWeekly)
<http://www.cw360.com/bin/bladerunner?REQSESS=oJ91DDR&690REQEVENT=&CARTI=104413&CARTT=1&CCAT=2&CCHAN=19&CFLAV=1&CPAGEN=ArticlePage&CPAGET=-99999&CSEARCH=&CSESS=-99999&CTOPIC=>
The Federation Against Software Theft (Fast) has begun a campaign to urge companies not to use Microsoft's recent extension to the deadline on licensing changes as a cue to ignore them.

Microsoft's .Net Etymology (eWEEK)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2798050,00.html>
Just call me a kid in a candy store.

AOL To Offer Bounty For Space On New PCs (Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51103-2001Jul25.html>
AOL Time Warner Inc. is moving aggressively to take advantage of Microsoft Corp.'s tenuous legal standing, seeking deals with computer makers to target consumers with subtle and direct marketing pitches that would help AOL grab more control of the computer desktop.

Swiss Microsoft Site Pulls Racy Ad (Associated Press)
<http://investor.cnet.com/investor/news/newsitem/0-9900-1028-6679466-0.html?tag=ats>
When it comes to racy Microsoft advertisements, perhaps the motto should be: Now you see it, now you don't.

Windows XP Is Good, But Don't Fall For The Hype (San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/opinion/techtest/ml072601.htm>
Windows XP, for all it's glitter and shine, doesn't fundamentally change the nature of computing and you don't have to feel guilty for ignoring the huge wave of marketing hype Microsoft is about to send crashing around us.

Apple Squares Off With Dell In Education Market (Computer Reseller News)
<http://www.crn.com/sections/BreakingNews/breakingnews.asp?ArticleID=28485>
Apple Computer holds the largest share of the installed computer base in U.S. public schools, but Dell Computer is shipping more new units, according to research firm IDC.

Privacy Advocates Take Aim At Windows XP (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-6676181.html?tag=owv>
Several privacy groups are set to file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission on Thursday regarding Microsoft's imminent release of Windows XP, alleging unfair and deceptive trade practices.

SirCam Worm Snatches FBI Documents (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6671080.html?tag=owv>
A cybercrime researcher at the FBI slipped up while handling a virulent Internet worm, allowing it to e-mail official documents to outsiders, the agency said Wednesday.

Intel At Odds With Rivals Over Standard (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2798186,00.html?chkpt=zdnn_nbs_hl>
A group of Intel rivals is gaining steam in backing a new standard for connecting various chips inside computers, but Intel is plotting a major counterattack to solidify support for its competing standard.

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

MSN Reaches 6.5 Million Subscribers (Reuters)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-6685875.html?tag=owv>
Microsoft Thursday said subscribers to its MSN Internet access business rose 30 percent from April to total 6.5 million, the result of absorbing its WebTV operations and of an aggressive campaign to convince people to switch from rival service AOL.

Time For Apple To Decide About .Net (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1273-210-6661244-1.html?tag=bt_pr>
The best way to make sure Mac users remain full Web citizens is for either Microsoft or Apple to port Microsoft's .Net Framework Common Language Runtime (CLR) to the Mac. The problem is who is going to do it.

AOL To Offer Bounty For Space On New PCs (Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51103-2001Jul25.html>
AOL Time Warner Inc. is moving aggressively to take advantage of Microsoft Corp.'s tenuous legal standing, seeking deals with computer makers to target consumers with subtle and direct marketing pitches that would help AOL grab more control of the computer desktop.

GoTo.com To See Profit Sooner Than Expected (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-6675663.html?tag=owv>
GoTo.com easily hurdled expectations in the second quarter and expects to become profitable two quarters ahead of schedule.

Is RealNetworks The Next Netscape? (SmartMoney.com)
<http://www.smartmoney.com/stockwatch/index.cfm?story=200107241>

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

Amnesty Observer Has Concerns About Singapore Court Hearings (AFP)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/010726/1/19r6y.html>
An Amnesty International legal observer said Thursday he had serious concerns after viewing two court appeals this week involving former Singapore opposition leader J.B. Jeyaretnam.

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

Raintree Picture's Chicken Rice War Making Waves Overseas (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/010725/5/19pwl.html>
A Singapore Film Commission statement said the movie was well-received in Los Angeles and was sold-out for all two screenings at the Shanghai International Film Festival.