[MyAppleMenu] Jun 15, 2001

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

Apple Begins PowerBook G4/CD-RW Promo (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0106/15.powerbook.shtml>
Apple today unveiled a new promotion that provides anyone who buys a new PowerBook G4 with a VST CD-RW drive.

My Old Flame: The Macintosh (Fortune)
<http://www.fortune.com/indexw.jhtml?co_id=114&doc_id=202973&channel=artcol.jhtml&_DARGS=%2Ffragments%2Ffrg_top_story_body.jhtml.1_A&_DAV=artcol.jhtml>
I'm rethinking the Mac as a factor in computing. One simple reason: The Macintosh seems to work.

Apple To Shine Through PC Market Gloom - Analyst (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/39/19699.html>
Apple will defy the PC industry downturn, market analysis firm Goldman Sachs has claimed.

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

PowerMac G4 533 MHz End-Of-Lifed (Go2Mac.com)
<http://www.go2mac.com/story.lasso?newsID=1119>
In a move that traditionally signifies that a new product is due, Apple has urged resellers to book their Dual 533 orders by today Friday 15 June 2001.

Office 2001 For Mac Wins Packaging Award (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=7198>
Microsoft today announced that Mac Office 2001 is a Gold winner in the 2001 Industrial Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) for the package's "exceptional form, usability features and interactive qualities."

iBook Ad Campaign Going Strong In London (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=7195>

Apple Begins PowerBook G4/CD-RW Promo (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0106/15.powerbook.shtml>
Apple today unveiled a new promotion that provides anyone who buys a new PowerBook G4 with a VST CD-RW drive.

Mastering Digital Media With Final Cut Pro (Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/hotnews/articles/2001/06/helmintoller/>
"Final Cut Pro is like a Swiss Army knife; it lets you do anything you want."

OS X Compatible Internet Scheduling Software Updated (The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/article/2001/06/14.6.shtml>

Apple Releases Developer Tools 10.0.1 For OS X (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0106/14.tools.shtml>
Apple ships a disc full of developer tools with the retail version of Mac OS X, and now the company is offering an updated suite of tools. Developer Tools 10.0.1 is available for download from Apple's Web site.

PowerBook G4 Nabs Top Design Award (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=7187>
Among the gold-winners is Apple's PowerBook G4.

OS X For Traditional, Simplified Chinese (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=7182>

Dell Education GM Talks About Apple (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0106/14.dell.shtml>
Rodriguez said that Dell has working in its favor its status as a Windows-compatible product.

Apple To Shine Through PC Market Gloom - Analyst (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/39/19699.html>
Apple will defy the PC industry downturn, market analysis firm Goldman Sachs has claimed.

Mac OS X Web Server Handbook Published (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0106/14.handbook.shtml>
In the new Prentice Hall PRT publication, "The Mac OS X Web Server Handbook," author David Hart, a long-time Web server columnist, covers everything from basic Web server setup through database integration, XHTML, XML and e-commerce.

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

Apple And Linux: We Need Each Other (Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/musings/01/0615.html>

My Old Flame: The Macintosh (Fortune)
<http://www.fortune.com/indexw.jhtml?co_id=114&doc_id=202973&channel=artcol.jhtml&_DARGS=%2Ffragments%2Ffrg_top_story_body.jhtml.1_A&_DAV=artcol.jhtml>
I'm rethinking the Mac as a factor in computing. One simple reason: The Macintosh seems to work.

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

IE 6 Beta Pushes Ad Networks On Privacy (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-6285910.html?tag=owv>
As Microsoft puts the finishing touches on an upgrade to its popular browser, Internet advertising companies are racing to ensure that their ads and cookies are compatible with it.

Office 2001 For Mac Wins Packaging Award (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=7198>
Microsoft today announced that Mac Office 2001 is a Gold winner in the 2001 Industrial Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) for the package's "exceptional form, usability features and interactive qualities."

Will Record Labels Carry Microsoft's Tune? (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-6282563.html?tag=owv>
As the major record labels try to remake online music in their own image, Microsoft's presence is looming powerfully enough to influence the biggest alliances in the business--even if the software giant hasn't struck the big deals itself.

Trojan Horse Exploits Microsoft Word (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6280162.html?tag=cd_mh>
A month-old flaw in Microsoft Word has opened up PCs to attack by a new Trojan horse, antivirus researchers said Thursday.

My Old Flame: The Macintosh (Fortune)
<http://www.fortune.com/indexw.jhtml?co_id=114&doc_id=202973&channel=artcol.jhtml&_DARGS=%2Ffragments%2Ffrg_top_story_body.jhtml.1_A&_DAV=artcol.jhtml>
I'm rethinking the Mac as a factor in computing. One simple reason: The Macintosh seems to work.

Microsoft, RealNames Push New Directory Search (Reuters)
<http://news.cnet.com/investor/news/newsitem/0-9900-1028-6281794-0.html?tag=ats>
While Internet users have learned to live with awkward terms like HTTP and WWW and other acronym gobbledygook as they navigate the Web, hopes for a simpler means of online searching have proved elusive.

Dell Education GM Talks About Apple (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0106/14.dell.shtml>
Rodriguez said that Dell has working in its favor its status as a Windows-compatible product.

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

Salon: Last One Standing (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/exec/0,1370,44464,00.html>
Salon is now the last one standing: the only original online mag that's still alive and isn't owned by a multinational corporation. And Talbot thinks that despite the company's financial problems, Salon's uniqueness engenders a certain must-keep-it-alive ardor among its readers, who will make sure the site doesn't become the next dot-com casualty.

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

IE 6 Beta Pushes Ad Networks On Privacy (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-6285910.html?tag=owv>
As Microsoft puts the finishing touches on an upgrade to its popular browser, Internet advertising companies are racing to ensure that their ads and cookies are compatible with it.

Salon: Last One Standing (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/exec/0,1370,44464,00.html>
Salon is now the last one standing: the only original online mag that's still alive and isn't owned by a multinational corporation. And Talbot thinks that despite the company's financial problems, Salon's uniqueness engenders a certain must-keep-it-alive ardor among its readers, who will make sure the site doesn't become the next dot-com casualty.

Plan To Post Singapore's Banned Art Online Hits The Wall (Reuters)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/010615/3/xw5h.html>
Despite blessings from the government, plans by Singapore artists to set up an online archive of literature and artworks snipped and banned by censors have stalled due to the lack of volunteers.

No Welcome Mat For Sony's eVilla (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5092707,00.html>
One way of looking at Sony's launch of the eVilla is that the consumer electronics giant is late to a party that everyone else left because they weren't having fun.

Microsoft, RealNames Push New Directory Search (Reuters)
<http://news.cnet.com/investor/news/newsitem/0-9900-1028-6281794-0.html?tag=ats>
While Internet users have learned to live with awkward terms like HTTP and WWW and other acronym gobbledygook as they navigate the Web, hopes for a simpler means of online searching have proved elusive.

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

Opening Closed Minds To Open Source (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2775783,00.html>

Apple And Linux: We Need Each Other (Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/musings/01/0615.html>

Linux Winning The War Of Perception (IT-Director)
<http://www.it-director.com/article.asp?id=1903>
A recent IBM analyst conference in Stamford Connecticut last week, saw a confident IBM parading some of its successes. One of these, although it has to be said, only one of several, is its continuing success with Linux.

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

Plan To Post Singapore's Banned Art Online Hits The Wall (Reuters)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/010615/3/xw5h.html>
Despite blessings from the government, plans by Singapore artists to set up an online archive of literature and artworks snipped and banned by censors have stalled due to the lack of volunteers.

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

More 40-Storey HDB Blocks In The Pipeline: Mah (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/010615/5/y06q.html>
Ang Mo Kio, Bishan and the city area have been identified as possible sites for 40-storey HDB blocks, National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan has said.

Plan To Post Singapore's Banned Art Online Hits The Wall (Reuters)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/010615/3/xw5h.html>
Despite blessings from the government, plans by Singapore artists to set up an online archive of literature and artworks snipped and banned by censors have stalled due to the lack of volunteers.

Foreigners Mistake Singapore Media As Government-Controlled: PM (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/010615/5/xr93.html>
"They have to learn that's not Singapore, that's not the way we work."

Progress In Solving Outstanding Singapore-Malaysian Issues: PM Goh (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/010615/5/xmkz.html>
He added both sides were talking and that things were on track, but there is no "tearing hurry."

StarHub, SCV Agree To Merge, Rivalling SingTel (Business Times)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,2276,11510,00.html?>

View Unfit For The Queens (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,51210,00.html?>
Buyers of units in the 38-storey condominium are upset their prized view will be blocked once 40-storey HDB flats are built directly opposite.

Association Petitions To Run Feeder Services (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,51207,00.html?>
Any new operator must also be willing to invest in technology, such as farecard and contactless card machines, so commuters could enjoy rebates.

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

SCV-Starhub Merger Is Not A Threat To SingTel's Interactive TV (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.cna.mediacorpnews.com/articles/2001/06/15/business63168.htm>
SingTel Multimedia Group chief executive officer, Andrew Buay, says this is because iTV is based on a superior technology called Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line or ADSL.

Breakfast Powwow (Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/life/story/0,2276,11526,00.html?>
Suits who populate Shenton Way can now adjourn to the Fullerton Hotel's Jade restaurant which has started serving what they call a 'bumper business breakfast' from 7am to 9.30am on weekdays.

Satisfying HK Fare From New Treasure (Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/life/story/0,2276,11606,00.html?>
Service was inexcusably slow when we were there, but we were quite pleased with the food once it did come.