[MyAppleMenu] Jun 10, 2001

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

Apple Padlocks UI Decor (Infoworld)
<http://iwsun4.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/06/11/010611opfoster.xml>
Why on earth would Apple harass a small group of developers whose only sin seems to be the desire to make a contribution to the computing platform they love? The only explanation seems to be that, far from being afraid that theme developers will copy elements of the Mac user interface, somebody at Apple fears that the developers will create a better UI than Aqua.

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

New Wireless Standards Challenge 802.11b (O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/wireless/2001/05/08/standards.html>
Some of these standards have been kicking around for a year or more and are about to be commercially deployed; others are new, and may supplant 802.11b entirely.

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

Apple Padlocks UI Decor (Infoworld)
<http://iwsun4.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/06/11/010611opfoster.xml>
Why on earth would Apple harass a small group of developers whose only sin seems to be the desire to make a contribution to the computing platform they love? The only explanation seems to be that, far from being afraid that theme developers will copy elements of the Mac user interface, somebody at Apple fears that the developers will create a better UI than Aqua.

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

Office XP Cracked, Say Bootleggers (vnunet.com)
<http://webserv.vnunet.com/News/1123052>
There is increasing evidence on the internet that Microsoft's flagship Office XP has been cracked, despite Microsoft's denials.

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

Intel: Is No News Good News? (SmartMoney.com)
<http://www.smartmoney.com/stockwatch/index.cfm?story=200106081>
So despite all the giddiness this week, there still may be some hand-wringing to come for Intel.

Office XP Cracked, Say Bootleggers (vnunet.com)
<http://webserv.vnunet.com/News/1123052>
There is increasing evidence on the internet that Microsoft's flagship Office XP has been cracked, despite Microsoft's denials.

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

Media Situation Improved (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,50124,00.html?>
The media competition had been swerving down an unhealthy path, but has since improved slightly, said Minister for Information and the Arts Lee Yock Suan.

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

SCV Programmes Disrupted (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,50112,00.html?>
An SCV spokesman blamed the disruption on an external interference but the company has still not pinpointed the source of the problem.