[MyAppleMenu] Jun 4, 2001

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

Mac OS X Crashes: Radeon Not Guilty (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/39/19403.html>
Fellow Mac OS X adopters who have bought - or are thinking of buying - ATI's retail Radeon graphics card can rest assured: Radeon Mac Edition is supported by Mac OS X - despite all my curmudgeonly complaints that it wasn't.

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

Z-Write Word Processor Goes OS X-native (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=2988>
The company calls Z-Write a "non-linear word processor", as it allows an unlimited number of documents to be stored as a single file. This makes project organization, editing and revision easier, according to Stone Table.

== AppleSurf (Opinions) ===============

Crunch Time, Part 2 (Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/musings/01/crunch2.html>
Your generous donations and the sale of the Cube will let us pay our writers for April, cover our current bills, pay the June taxes, and keep me from falling further behind on payroll.

Apple Tips Its Hand: LCD iMacs On The Way (Right On Mac!)
<http://www.rightonmac.com/articles/01/06/04-lcdimac.html>
If Apple truly wants to live up to this statement, it has no choice but to can the CRT iMac. As it stands, Apple's claim to have an all LCD flat panel display lineup is really reaching, since it obviously excludes its flagship consumer product, the iMac.

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

Picking A Used Mac (Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/macdan/01/0604cr.html>

Two Weeks With An iBook (View From The Classroom)
<http://www.mathdittos2.com/columns/view/v010604.html>
I think the new iBook could be a great $999 educational laptop. Apple unfortunately chose to introduce it at an educational price of $1199.

Mac OS X Diary: The Progress Report (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0106/04.diary.shtml>
Print this checklist out and see how many of these issues get resolved by the July Macworld Expo in New York. After all, that's supposed to be the next generation's "coming out" party in many regards.

Mac OS X Crashes: Radeon Not Guilty (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/39/19403.html>
Fellow Mac OS X adopters who have bought - or are thinking of buying - ATI's retail Radeon graphics card can rest assured: Radeon Mac Edition is supported by Mac OS X - despite all my curmudgeonly complaints that it wasn't.

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

What Can Bill Gates XPect Next? (BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jun2001/tc2001064_488.htm>
His big plans for Microsoft's new operating system could hit a major snag if the courts, urged on by his enemies, decide to get involved.

What Can Bill Gates XPect Next? (BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jun2001/tc2001064_488.htm>
His big plans for Microsoft's new operating system could hit a major snag if the courts, urged on by his enemies, decide to get involved.

Microsoft And AOL Discuss Linking Products (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/04/technology/04SOFT.html>
The companies are trying to agree on how to include each other's software in each's own products and services. But a significant and unresolved area of dispute is Microsoft's demand that AOL agree not to challenge Microsoft in court over antitrust matters, according to people close to both sides of the talks.

Some Guidance From Microsoft (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/04/technology/04GOAD.html>
This is the second time that Microsoft has offered questions to journalists in the course of trying to shape public debate.

Bill Gates's Saving Grace (Independent)
<http://news.independent.co.uk/digital/features/story.jsp?story=75989>
At last, Microsoft has found a way to stop documents disappearing in a crash.

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

HP PC Biz To 'Lose $100m' In 2001 (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/7/19406.html>

What Can Bill Gates XPect Next? (BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jun2001/tc2001064_488.htm>
His big plans for Microsoft's new operating system could hit a major snag if the courts, urged on by his enemies, decide to get involved.

What Can Bill Gates XPect Next? (BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jun2001/tc2001064_488.htm>
His big plans for Microsoft's new operating system could hit a major snag if the courts, urged on by his enemies, decide to get involved.

Microsoft And AOL Discuss Linking Products (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/04/technology/04SOFT.html>
The companies are trying to agree on how to include each other's software in each's own products and services. But a significant and unresolved area of dispute is Microsoft's demand that AOL agree not to challenge Microsoft in court over antitrust matters, according to people close to both sides of the talks.

New Microsoft Messenger Takes Aim At AOL (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6176378.html?tag=lh>
Microsoft this week will introduce a test version of Windows XP that significantly boosts the abilities of instant messaging software to provide text, chat, video, audio and telephony services.

Some Guidance From Microsoft (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/04/technology/04GOAD.html>
This is the second time that Microsoft has offered questions to journalists in the course of trying to shape public debate.

Microsoft, AOL Are Back In Talks (Reuters)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/581590.asp>
AOL Time Warner and Microsoft Corp. are back at the bargaining table over whether AOL's software will be included in the soon-to-be released Windows XP operating system, after talks broke down late last week.

Bill Gates's Saving Grace (Independent)
<http://news.independent.co.uk/digital/features/story.jsp?story=75989>
At last, Microsoft has found a way to stop documents disappearing in a crash.

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

New Microsoft Messenger Takes Aim At AOL (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6176378.html?tag=lh>
Microsoft this week will introduce a test version of Windows XP that significantly boosts the abilities of instant messaging software to provide text, chat, video, audio and telephony services.

Microsoft, AOL Are Back In Talks (Reuters)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/581590.asp>
AOL Time Warner and Microsoft Corp. are back at the bargaining table over whether AOL's software will be included in the soon-to-be released Windows XP operating system, after talks broke down late last week.

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

Paid Placement Is Catching On In Web Searches (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/04/technology/04GOTO.html>
The GoTo concept quickly proved that it appealed to the advertisers — the owners of Web sites, who pay for placement — especially small businesses.

Microsoft And AOL Discuss Linking Products (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/04/technology/04SOFT.html>
The companies are trying to agree on how to include each other's software in each's own products and services. But a significant and unresolved area of dispute is Microsoft's demand that AOL agree not to challenge Microsoft in court over antitrust matters, according to people close to both sides of the talks.

New Microsoft Messenger Takes Aim At AOL (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6176378.html?tag=lh>
Microsoft this week will introduce a test version of Windows XP that significantly boosts the abilities of instant messaging software to provide text, chat, video, audio and telephony services.

Microsoft, AOL Are Back In Talks (Reuters)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/581590.asp>
AOL Time Warner and Microsoft Corp. are back at the bargaining table over whether AOL's software will be included in the soon-to-be released Windows XP operating system, after talks broke down late last week.

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

Some Guidance From Microsoft (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/04/technology/04GOAD.html>
This is the second time that Microsoft has offered questions to journalists in the course of trying to shape public debate.

Readers: "<i>MS</i> Is The Cancer" (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/19397.html>

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

No 'Local' Names Please, We're Condos (Project Eyeball)
<http://eyeball.asia1.com.sg/Eyeball/Story/0,1381,17856,00.html?>
They sound idyllic, yes, but look at what they really are: The usual condo building with manicured flowerbeds, dust-free pavements and amoeba-shaped swimming pools.

View Traffic Offences Gravely (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,1870,48828,00.html?>
The idea of relying on 'social grace' to stop the carnage on the roads here is as funny as that of taking out an advertisement to discourage thieves from stealing.

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

Fair Promotes IT For Education (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/010603/5/rhv8.html>
The self-help groups under the Joint Social Service Centre have come together to promote the use of information technology in education with a two-day IT Fair targetted at primary and secondary schools students.

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

HK Drama For Rent On DVDs (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/life/story/0,1870,48742,00.html?>
No more long wait as TVB serials will be released simultaneously for home viewing in Singapore and Hongkong.