[MyAppleMenu] Jun 24, 2001

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

MacSoft Releases Rogue Spear 1.1b1 (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0106/24.roguespear.shtml>
The new patch fixes most of the known crashing and sound bugs, according to MacSoft product coordinator Nate Birkholz, and also allows cross-platform networking.

McCyber Success Story (Arizona Central)
<http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/breaking/0623McAdventure.html>
A Gilbert McDonald's is driving up business and getting rave reviews from parents, children and McDonald's corporate officials with an interactive computer ride.

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

Microsoft Reboots And Waits (Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36455-2001Jun23.html>
Although legal analysts expect the appeals court to throw out the order to break the company in two, how it rules on the three antitrust counts on which Microsoft was convicted will chart a new course for the company, which could run the gamut from quick settlement to protracted legal battles to severe restrictions on how it does business.

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

Is There Life After AOL? (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/21/technology/21AOLL.html>
Led by Microsoft, whose tensions with AOL have recently risen in part because of Microsoft's efforts to include consumer features that rival AOL's in its new Windows XP operating system, competitors sense a few chinks in AOL's armor.

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

Is There Life After AOL? (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/21/technology/21AOLL.html>
Led by Microsoft, whose tensions with AOL have recently risen in part because of Microsoft's efforts to include consumer features that rival AOL's in its new Windows XP operating system, competitors sense a few chinks in AOL's armor.

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

Singapore To Emerge As Regional Military Powerhouse: Report (AFP)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/010624/1/15j6w.html>
In its latest weekly report, [Jane's Defence Weekly] said plans to acquire new military hardware and an emphasis on technology would transform Singapore into a major expeditionary force over the next decade.

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

Singapore To Emerge As Regional Military Powerhouse: Report (AFP)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/010624/1/15j6w.html>
In its latest weekly report, [Jane's Defence Weekly] said plans to acquire new military hardware and an emphasis on technology would transform Singapore into a major expeditionary force over the next decade.

Service Fears In Bank Takeover Bid (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,53113,00.html?>
The level of service quality was uppermost in most customers' minds yesterday, given the stories they had heard about queues at POSBank branches following its takeover by DBS in 1998.