[MyAppleMenu] Jul 29, 2001

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

Despite Raves For iBook, Tide Still Turns Against Apple (Chronicle Of Higher Education)
<http://chronicle.com/free/v47/i47/47a03301.htm>
Even many of the biggest fans of Apple Computer's new iBook  say they doubt that the company's latest laptop will be enough to revive Apple's fortunes in the college market.

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

Apple Computer Teaching Teachers Technology (Associated Press)
<http://www.al.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/cgi-free/getstory_ssf.cgi?g9572_BC_MI--TeachingTechnolog&&news&newsflash-financial>
Leaving their chalk boards in the dust, about 100 public school teachers from across the country have descended on the University of Texas at Austin to learn lessons on digital cameras and wireless lap top computers.

Despite Raves For iBook, Tide Still Turns Against Apple (Chronicle Of Higher Education)
<http://chronicle.com/free/v47/i47/47a03301.htm>
Even many of the biggest fans of Apple Computer's new iBook  say they doubt that the company's latest laptop will be enough to revive Apple's fortunes in the college market.

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

For Now, Rivals See Microsoft As Savior (Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56188-2001Jul26.html>
Tech firms, needing sales, shelve disputes to root for Windows XP.

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

Windows ME Memory Leak (Bugnet)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/606135.asp?0si=->
Unused RAM gets hoarded, causing slowdowns and crashes.

For Now, Rivals See Microsoft As Savior (Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56188-2001Jul26.html>
Tech firms, needing sales, shelve disputes to root for Windows XP.

Confusion Clouds Microsoft's Plans For Java (RealMoeney.com)
<http://www.thestreet.com/comment/techsavvy/1503987.html>

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

Foreign Buyers Click With Amazon's Style (Seattle Times)
<http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/134323332_amazon29.html>
As Amazon struggles to find the balance to success — its quarterly financial results and lowered revenue projections sent its stock on a downslide last week — it sees its biggest potential for growth abroad, particularly in Japan.

China's Days Of Free Internet Lunch Are Grinding To A Halt (Reuters)
<http://www.thestandard.com/article/0,1902,28334,00.html>
Cash-strapped portals are starting to charge for user services as online ad revenue proves too paltry even to pay the bills.

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

The Serious Business Of Politics In Singapore (AFP)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/010729/1/19ud9.html>
Singapore's miracle-makers, the founding fathers who propelled a resource-starved island from third world to first in one generation, are still not ready to tolerate criticism, say political analysts.

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

The Serious Business Of Politics In Singapore (AFP)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/010729/1/19ud9.html>
Singapore's miracle-makers, the founding fathers who propelled a resource-starved island from third world to first in one generation, are still not ready to tolerate criticism, say political analysts.

Singapore Glued To Reforms In Midst Of Recession (AFP)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/010729/1/19ucn.html>
Singapore is not going to let anything stop its dogged pursuit of painful economic reforms, even as its four million people struggle to cope in a recession induced by a global downturn in electronics, analysts say.

Elections Bill Applies To PAP, Too: Wong Kan Seng (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/010728/5/19u2f.html>

Chiam Says He May Be Forced To Stand In A GRC (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,60443,00.html?>
At SDA's launch, its chief says his single-seat ward, Potong Pasir, may be absorbed into a GRC in the next GE.

WP And SDP 'Did Not Respoind To Alliance' (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,60448,00.html?>
'Maybe they did not respond due to their individual party problems. But we have not closed the door to them.'