[MyAppleMenu] Jun 14, 2001

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

Interview With A Cartoon Superstar (Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/creative/stories/leonardi/>
"The beauty of using a program like Toon Boom and the Mac is that we can just go straight ahead and create."

Diving For DV: Blowing Bubbles For The Final Cut (Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/hotnews/articles/2001/06/dvdiving/>
"As a producer, I want to create, not configure. The Mac allows me that freedom in a compact, extremely powerful and robust system."

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

Netscape 6.1 Preview Released (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=3041>
Netscape 6.1 Preview Release 1 applies a number of usability improvements demanded by users of the previous version.

Interview With A Cartoon Superstar (Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/creative/stories/leonardi/>
"The beauty of using a program like Toon Boom and the Mac is that we can just go straight ahead and create."

Diving For DV: Blowing Bubbles For The Final Cut (Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/hotnews/articles/2001/06/dvdiving/>
"As a producer, I want to create, not configure. The Mac allows me that freedom in a compact, extremely powerful and robust system."

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

Why The Cube Failed (Low End Mac)
<http://lowendmac.com/lab/01/0614.html>
To a novice user, a $1,200 Cube without monitor can seem more expensive than an $1,600 computer which includes a monitor because deciding on a monitor and listening to salesmen make their pitches is a hassle and a pain.

Why I Use A Mac (Low End Mac)
<http://lowendmac.com/pom/01/0614.html>

Apple Wins With Me, But... (Macinstein)
<http://www.macinstein.com/pressrelease.cfm?ID=976>
As a current Mac-fanatic, these commercials are a lot of fun. From the outside, I am afraid they might be tossed aside as Apple rhetoric.

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

A Sturdy Travel Buddy In The iBook (Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/business/cutting/20010614/t000049358.html>
Students and frequent fliers looking for a durable and compact laptop will find the new iBook a capable companion.

Making A Man Out Of A Mac: Adding Gigabytes To An iBook (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/14/technology/14GEE4.html>
With iMovie being shipped with every Macintosh iBook and promoted in television advertisements, the 10-gigabyte hard drive that comes as standard equipment with the unit will quickly prove inadequate for anyone trying to edit even a short digital movie.

The Final Frontier (Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2001/06/11/osxdiary_final.html>
Just for kicks, I decided to install Mac OS X on my grandmother's iMac this past week.

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

Have You Been Smart Tagged? WinXP IE6 Has A Little List (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/19675.html>
The list seems to go through from 3Com to Zions Bancorporation, with many, many improbable companies in between.

Microsoft: We Messed Up (ZDNet)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/587085.asp>
Rather than fix the problem—and the security hole—the company's second attempt at a software patch included a catastrophic bug that caused many servers to hang. The company was not aware of the problem until alerted by reporters.

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

Windows XP Requires More Horsepower (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6268101.html?tag=owv>
Microsoft will deliver the first preview version of Windows XP by early July, but early adopters could find that their PCs lack enough memory and processor speed to run the new operating system.

MS Poised For Music Domination (Wired News)
<http://www.wirednews.com/news/mp3/0,1285,44463,00.html>
But what looks like Microsoft's muted attempt to compete with other music services appears to be a red herring. While other companies are focusing on getting music from retailer to customer, Microsoft appears well on the way to making its media delivery system indispensable.

Microsoft 'Smart Tags' Require IQ Test (osOpinion)
<http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/11215.html>
Microsoft somehow believes that by offering Smart Tag technology to others, that it is creating a level playing field.

Have You Been Smart Tagged? WinXP IE6 Has A Little List (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/19675.html>
The list seems to go through from 3Com to Zions Bancorporation, with many, many improbable companies in between.

The Campaign Against Linux Is Uphill Battle For Microsoft (Wall Street Journal)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/587140.asp>
A Microsoft Corp. campaign to vilify Linux and other “open source” software appears to be backfiring, with the campaign drawing criticism from legal experts as well as serving to unify the movement's often-fractious group of leaders.

Microsoft: We Messed Up (ZDNet)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/587085.asp>
Rather than fix the problem—and the security hole—the company's second attempt at a software patch included a catastrophic bug that caused many servers to hang. The company was not aware of the problem until alerted by reporters.

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

Study: Only 6 Percent Of World Online (Reuters)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2775031,00.html>
The Internet may seem all pervasive, but billions of people around the world are not surfing the Web due to lack of interest, need, money and equipment, according to a survey done in 30 countries by research firm Ipsos-Reid to be released on Thursday.

Airline Internet Service Ready For Takeoff (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1004-200-6267016.html?tag=owv>
Boeing announced Wednesday a venture with three major airlines to launch a high-speed in-flight Web-surfing service, indicating that the in-flight Internet market is taxiing for takeoff.

Netscape 6.1 Preview Released (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=3041>
Netscape 6.1 Preview Release 1 applies a number of usability improvements demanded by users of the previous version.

Creative Accused Of 'Spyware' (ZDNet UK)
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,s2088941,00.html>
The idea of automatically checking for upgrades is nothing new, but the difference appears to be that Creative's product designers did not think to alert users about what was happening.

Microsoft 'Smart Tags' Require IQ Test (osOpinion)
<http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/11215.html>
Microsoft somehow believes that by offering Smart Tag technology to others, that it is creating a level playing field.

Have You Been Smart Tagged? WinXP IE6 Has A Little List (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/19675.html>
The list seems to go through from 3Com to Zions Bancorporation, with many, many improbable companies in between.

== PenguinSurf (Top Stories) ===============

The Campaign Against Linux Is Uphill Battle For Microsoft (Wall Street Journal)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/587140.asp>
A Microsoft Corp. campaign to vilify Linux and other “open source” software appears to be backfiring, with the campaign drawing criticism from legal experts as well as serving to unify the movement's often-fractious group of leaders.

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

The Campaign Against Linux Is Uphill Battle For Microsoft (Wall Street Journal)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/587140.asp>
A Microsoft Corp. campaign to vilify Linux and other “open source” software appears to be backfiring, with the campaign drawing criticism from legal experts as well as serving to unify the movement's often-fractious group of leaders.

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

Singapore TV Station Offends Filipinos With Hostage Remark (Reuters)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/010613/3/wlik.html>
A Singapore television station angered the city state's Filipino community on Wednesday when the announcer on its flagship newscast said it was fortunate two beheaded bodies found in the Philippines were not Americans.

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

Singapore Cable Vision And StarHub Agree To Merge (Reuters)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/010614/3/xd8c.html>
The two companies also gained approval from Singapore's telecoms regulator, the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA), to go ahead with their merger.

Singapore TV Station Offends Filipinos With Hostage Remark (Reuters)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/010613/3/wlik.html>
A Singapore television station angered the city state's Filipino community on Wednesday when the announcer on its flagship newscast said it was fortunate two beheaded bodies found in the Philippines were not Americans.

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

Creative Accused Of 'Spyware' (ZDNet UK)
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,s2088941,00.html>
The idea of automatically checking for upgrades is nothing new, but the difference appears to be that Creative's product designers did not think to alert users about what was happening.