[MyAppleMenu] Jun 5, 2001

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

Apple's Moviemaking Revolution (Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/06/05/final_cut/index.html>
Its cheap, fast Final Cut Pro software makes film editing affordable -- and threatens industry leader Avid.

A Sundae Kind Of Love (Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/hotnews/articles/2001/06/kroger/>
When's the last time you dug into a heaping bowl of ice cream and thought, “You know, this pistachio isn't quite as green as it looks on the box.” If your ice cream is produced by Kroger Food Company, it's likely that you'll never be traumatized by an aberrant shade of your favorite frozen confection.

Apple Spots Turn 180&deg; From '1984' (AdReview)
<http://www.adreview.com/article.cms?articleId=841>
Selling the product on its merits, and not as a conscientious objection. An interesting concept. From a marketing point of view, that’s not thinking differently, it’s just thinking ahead. Although, for Apple, that’s different.

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

Poll: 'Apple Needs OS X Handheld' (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/top_news_item.cfm?NewsID=2996>
Most readers didn’t want Apple to manufacture and sell a Palm OS handheld – with 28 per cent instead in favour of the company developing a totally new PDA operating system based on Mac OS X.

Apple Offers New iMac Purchase Promo (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=6881>
Customers may chooses a "No payment, no interest for 6 months financing or a free Rio 600 32MB MP3 player from Apple via mail-in fulfillment."

Apple's Moviemaking Revolution (Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/06/05/final_cut/index.html>
Its cheap, fast Final Cut Pro software makes film editing affordable -- and threatens industry leader Avid.

Mobile Computers Raise Academic Bar (Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/education/k12/imagine/wildwood/>
"We believe that Apple provides tools that inspire creativity and critical thinking."

A Sundae Kind Of Love (Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/hotnews/articles/2001/06/kroger/>
When's the last time you dug into a heaping bowl of ice cream and thought, “You know, this pistachio isn't quite as green as it looks on the box.” If your ice cream is produced by Kroger Food Company, it's likely that you'll never be traumatized by an aberrant shade of your favorite frozen confection.

Hardware Adapters That Support Things Apple Should But Doesn't (Applelinks.com)
<http://www.applelinks.com/articles/2001/06/20010604115244.shtml>

Metrowerks Intros CodeWarrior For Wireless Java Tools (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0106/04.metrowerks.shtml>
The new programming tools have been created to help software developers create wireless applications using Java technology. The new development tools are built from the ground up support Sun's Java 2 Micro Edition (J2ME), according to Metrowerks.

OmniWeb Wins Two OS X Apple Design Awards (The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/article/2001/06/04.6.shtml>

Apple Releases MySQL Update (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0106/04.mysql.shtml>
If you're using a Mac configured with Mac OS X Server and MySQL, you should be aware of a new update in circulation.

Missing Some OS 9 Features In OS X? Try X-Assist (The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/columns/macgadget/2001/20010604.shtml>
The most notable feature of X-Assist is the reintroduction of an Application menu in the upper right-hand corner of your screen.

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

New Polish On The Old Apple (The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/columns/nameofthegame/2001/20010605.shtml>
Apple has aggressively moved from the colorful rounded styles that defined the Macintosh machine of yesterday, to a new sexy style that packs all of the features consumers have been asking for into the slickest, tiniest and most eye-poppingest cases to ever wrap a computer.

OS X Not NeXT (Macinstein)
<http://www.macinstein.com/pressrelease.cfm?ID=963>
Those who are throwing the concerns about OS X turning into NeXT have a lot more dreaming to do.

Apple Spots Turn 180&deg; From '1984' (AdReview)
<http://www.adreview.com/article.cms?articleId=841>
Selling the product on its merits, and not as a conscientious objection. An interesting concept. From a marketing point of view, that’s not thinking differently, it’s just thinking ahead. Although, for Apple, that’s different.

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

Final Cut Pro 2 (Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2001/07/reviews/finalcutpro.html>
Final Cut Pro 2 isn't a slam-dunk winner over Adobe Premiere 6, due to Premiere's lower price, audio mixer, and ties to other Adobe products. Still, it's a superb sequel. Its enhancements address the needs of video professionals, and its performance on a G4 Mac is stunning. Final Cut Pro's unmatched depth of features has made it the editor of choice for video pros, and version 2 will only strengthen that position.

Que M2 10GB FireWire Drive (MacAddict)
<http://www.macaddict.com/issues/0106/rev.quem2.html>
This is the ideal drive to accompany any PowerBook with a FireWire port.

SPY Fox Computer Game Praised (Associated Press)
<http://seattlep-i.nwsource.com/business/25942_game04ww.shtml>
In a world where children's software is often relentlessly educational or toothache-sweet, Humongous creates original characters and casts them in entertaining adventures that amuse kids and adults.

Mac Publisher Pro 1.5 (Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2001/06/reviews/macpub.html>
You could probably design a basic flyer using Mac Publisher Pro, but with no decent templates, you'd have to work hard to make it attractive -- and that's assuming you could get past the bugs, import limitations, and clunky interface. Aspiring desktop publishers on a budget should look elsewhere.

Who's There Firewall Advisor 1.0 (Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2001/06/reviews/firewall.html>
If you're a home DSL or cable-modem user, Who's There Firewall Advisor is an invaluable tool for following through on intrusion attempts -- as long as you're running one of the two firewalls it supports.

Mac OS X Diary: The Readers Speak (Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2001/06/04/osxdiary_4.html>
Some say the train has left the station, but I think it just pulled away from the platform to show us all that it can run. By looking the other way, we only allow that train to stay where it is, and not move forward.

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

Microsoft's Mattress Fund (Fortune)
<http://www.fortune.com/indexw.jhtml;jsessionid=12VHEUI3UZHRUQAMEHSSFFKABQQ4MIV2?channel=artcol.jhtml&doc_id=202707>
As corporate headaches go, this is the one to have: What to do with $30 billion in cash?

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

MS Enterprise Resellers Should Adapt Or Die (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/51/19459.html>
IDC has warned Microsoft's enterprise resellers they will need to change their business model if they want to survive the upcoming software licensing changes.

Office.Net Not Quite User-Friendly (Interactive Week)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2767647,00.html>
My greatest fear of Office.Net arises not from the enormity of the coding challenge so much as from a very precarious dependence on the network.

Real Virus Piggybacks On E-Mail Hoax (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6185693.html?tag=owv>
It sounds like the newest twist in a second-rate thriller: Just when you were lulled into thinking it was a harmless prank, the killer virus attacks!

Microsoft In Net Voice Patent Spat (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1004-200-6187397.html?tag=owv>
AT&T filed a lawsuit against Microsoft on Monday, claiming the software giant infringed on its patent for a technology that allows high-speed transmission of phone calls and video over the Internet.

Will AOL Miss The Window For Windows XP? (CNET News.com)
<http://investor.cnet.com/investor/news/newsitem/0-9900-1028-6186992-0.html?tag=ats>
AOL Time Warner may miss the chance to bundle its online service software with Windows XP, according to sources close to negotiations between the media giant and Microsoft.

Microsoft's Mattress Fund (Fortune)
<http://www.fortune.com/indexw.jhtml;jsessionid=12VHEUI3UZHRUQAMEHSSFFKABQQ4MIV2?channel=artcol.jhtml&doc_id=202707>
As corporate headaches go, this is the one to have: What to do with $30 billion in cash?

Watch The Skies For Mothership Microsoft (IT-Director.com)
<http://www.it-director.com/article.asp?id=1865>
The essential dilemma of the innovator is that, if they truly hit the motherload, they will be too busy mining to see when another innovator is just about to seal up the entrance.

Wall Street Preps For Intel Outlook (CNET News.com)
<http://investor.cnet.com/investor/news/newsitem/0-9900-1028-6182088-0.html?tag=ats>
Intel will host its first midquarter update with analysts Thursday, and Wall Street analysts aren't expecting much.

Microsoft Aims At Couch Potatoes With TV Software Launch (Reuters)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/582538.asp>
U.S. software powerhouse Microsoft Corp. takes aim at the couch potato market this week with the high-stakes launch of its top interactive TV product on a Portuguese cable network.

Best Of Enemies (Industry Standard)
<http://www.thestandard.com/article/0,1902,26852,00.html>
America Online and Microsoft compete in almost every sphere. Except where the 2 new-economy giants actually cooperate.

Analyst Pares Estimates For Compaq (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6179438.html?tag=owv>
Citing weakness in the PC market, J.P. Morgan Chase analyst Walter Winnitzki cut estimates on Compaq Computer, saying it could be difficult for the company to meet earnings forecasts for its June quarter.

Services Battle To Heat Up (eWEEK)
<http://www8.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2767986,00.html>

Rivals Talks On Online Deal Falter; Windows XP May Lack Link To AOL (Wall Street Journal)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/582292.asp>
Many of those issues came to a head last week in Denver, where representatives of Microsoft and AOL were trying to meet a deadline to strike a new deal to include America Online software in Windows XP. The talks broke down Friday without the two sides reaching an agreement. Though the discussions resumed over the weekend, the companies remain far apart, and there is a good possibility that Windows XP won't offer a direct link to America Online when it makes its debut Oct. 25.

Java Still Sun's Way To Minimize Microsoft (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6162035.html?tag=owv>
This week, Palo Alto, Calif.-based Sun will trumpet the latest improvements to its ambitious software project at its JavaOne conference in San Francisco. And Sun will update its strategy to undermine Microsoft with the latest technologies to make their way into the Java universe.

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

DoubleClick Seeks Input On New Policy (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-6187175.html?tag=owv>
DoubleClick is seeking public feedback for a newly revised privacy policy as the company tries to ease concerns over its ambitious plans to track consumer habits.

Decline Of New Economy Will Make Everyone Pay (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-201-5995337-0.html?tag=owv>
The idealistic dream of a digital Camelot where everything is free is giving way to cold fiscal reality. Companies and Web sites are beginning to charge for content and services to survive the New Economy's 2000 crash.

Chances Are, You've Only Surfed A Few Sites today (Newsweek)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/582461.asp>
A study released Monday by market researcher Jupiter Media Maxtrix finds that just four companies-AOL Time Warner, Microsoft, Yahoo! and Napster-control roughly half of the time Internet users spend online.

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

DoubleClick Seeks Input On New Policy (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-6187175.html?tag=owv>
DoubleClick is seeking public feedback for a newly revised privacy policy as the company tries to ease concerns over its ambitious plans to track consumer habits.

Decline Of New Economy Will Make Everyone Pay (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-201-5995337-0.html?tag=owv>
The idealistic dream of a digital Camelot where everything is free is giving way to cold fiscal reality. Companies and Web sites are beginning to charge for content and services to survive the New Economy's 2000 crash.

OmniWeb Wins Two OS X Apple Design Awards (The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/article/2001/06/04.6.shtml>

Will AOL Miss The Window For Windows XP? (CNET News.com)
<http://investor.cnet.com/investor/news/newsitem/0-9900-1028-6186992-0.html?tag=ats>
AOL Time Warner may miss the chance to bundle its online service software with Windows XP, according to sources close to negotiations between the media giant and Microsoft.

Government Unveils Copyright-Search Web Tool (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5092116,00.html>
The U.S. Copyright Office has launched a Web tool to help identify who owns copyrights to movies, books and other works.

E-Books Out Of Print Already? (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,44277,00.html>
But while traffic was brisk in the print-book areas, it was a different scene in the area referred to by many conference goers as the Internet Ghetto.

Best Of Enemies (Industry Standard)
<http://www.thestandard.com/article/0,1902,26852,00.html>
America Online and Microsoft compete in almost every sphere. Except where the 2 new-economy giants actually cooperate.

Chances Are, You've Only Surfed A Few Sites today (Newsweek)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/582461.asp>
A study released Monday by market researcher Jupiter Media Maxtrix finds that just four companies-AOL Time Warner, Microsoft, Yahoo! and Napster-control roughly half of the time Internet users spend online.

Rivals Talks On Online Deal Falter; Windows XP May Lack Link To AOL (Wall Street Journal)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/582292.asp>
Many of those issues came to a head last week in Denver, where representatives of Microsoft and AOL were trying to meet a deadline to strike a new deal to include America Online software in Windows XP. The talks broke down Friday without the two sides reaching an agreement. Though the discussions resumed over the weekend, the companies remain far apart, and there is a good possibility that Windows XP won't offer a direct link to America Online when it makes its debut Oct. 25.

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

Just Call It 'GNU/Linux,' Insists Sun Founder (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/19451.html>
Richard Stallman's singular crusade to have Linux christened GNU/Linux got praise from an unexpected quarter yesterday.

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

London Masterplanner Found For Singapore Science Park (AFP)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/010605/1/s7fb.html>
Award-winning London architect Zaha Hadid was Tuesday appointed the master planner for Singapore's multi-billion dollar Science Hub.

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

Asian Surfers Found To Cast A Wide 'Net (Reuters)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/010605/3/s54t.html>

SCV Extends Broadband Internet Discounts (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,48951,00.html?>
The extension, announced yesterday, means that instead of paying $96 per month for the service, cable-television subscribers will continue to pay $66 per month, while others pay $76 monthly.

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

30 hours Without Food: We Made It! (MediaCorp Singapore)
<http://www.mediacorpsingapore.com/entertainment/feature/2001060401.htm>
What's it like to go without food for 30 hours? Been there, done that, say MediaCorp stars and some 500 youths who starve for a worthy cause.

Goodness Gracious, It's Just Fun (Project Eyeball)
<http://eyeball.asia1.com.sg/Eyeball/Story/0,1381,17887,00.html>
To some of my Singaporean Indian friends who worry about the image of the Indian community being tarnished, I'd say don't worry, they can't really make it any worse than it actually is.

No To janet's Explicit Lyrics (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/life/story/0,1870,48930,00.html?>
Like her previous album, Janet Jackson's newest, All For You, has also been banned here, but her label is not giving up yet.