[MyAppleMenu] May 5, 2001

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

Advertisement : Dumb Show, Moral Exemplar (The Applesurf Reader)
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/reader/>
Survivor! Plus why the state of privacy on the Internet is worse than the state of online copyright, why Indians have to sue to fly their flags, and why dinos and birds are really the closest of kin.  Great reads around the web, updated daily.

QuickTime 5.0 (CNET)
<http://www.cnet.com/software/0-3227895-8-5726522-10.html?tag=st.sw.3227895-8-5726522-9.arrow.3227895-8-5726522-10>
As a player, QuickTime is so far behind the times that it's virtually prehistoric. Its inability to play audio CDs without some file conversion monkey business should steer you to WMP instead. Mac heads, look to RealPlayer.

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

Digital Gadgets The Answer To Computer Slump (NewsFactor)
<http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nf/20010504/tc/9431_1.html>
Sony and its main competitor for video supremacy, Apple, both market themselves as niche products aimed at a more polished crowd than average PC users.

Creative Labs Back In 3D Card Market (Inside Mac Games)
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/news/story.php?ArticleID=2746>

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

Creative Labs Blindly Marches Forward Into Macintosh Arena (MacRocks.com)
<http://www.macrocks.com/0105/blasted.html>
They need to understand the Mac market is wholly unlike the one they've been leading in the PC arena. Apple needs to bend over backwards to assist Creative in making sure SoundBlaster Live! works with their computers or beef up the built in capabilities themselves to satisfy that niche.

And The Children Shall Lead Them... (Arizona Central)
<http://www.azcentral.com/computing/steinberg/0503steinberg.html>
Apple's market share is stagnant, and it's clear they are betting that their educational initiatives will boost market share. They are evidently hoping that our children will lead the way to the Mac's resurgence in the years to come.

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

QuickTime 5.0 (CNET)
<http://www.cnet.com/software/0-3227895-8-5726522-10.html?tag=st.sw.3227895-8-5726522-9.arrow.3227895-8-5726522-10>
As a player, QuickTime is so far behind the times that it's virtually prehistoric. Its inability to play audio CDs without some file conversion monkey business should steer you to WMP instead. Mac heads, look to RealPlayer.

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

Advertisement : Dumb Show, Moral Exemplar (The Applesurf Reader)
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Survivor! Plus why the state of privacy on the Internet is worse than the state of online copyright, why Indians have to sue to fly their flags, and why dinos and birds are really the closest of kin.  Great reads around the web, updated daily.

Windows XP To Ship In October (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5828509.html?tag=owv>
Sources familiar with Microsoft's plans said in setting the Oct. 29 retail release date, the company also pushed back the delivery of gold code again--for the third time in about a month.

Intel, AMD Sign New Licensing Deal (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-5825136.html?tag=owv>
A source familiar with the deal said it is essentially similar to the last one, which calls for Intel to receive royalties from AMD. Intel has patents covering aspects of the x86 instruction set used in processors for Windows-based PCs.

Floppy Drive: Vestigial Organ Of The PC (Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41923-2001May3.html>
While many folks in the computer business will tell you that the floppy is either dying, dead or outright buried, some old standards die hard.

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

Windows XP To Ship In October (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5828509.html?tag=owv>
Sources familiar with Microsoft's plans said in setting the Oct. 29 retail release date, the company also pushed back the delivery of gold code again--for the third time in about a month.

Lessons Of "Love" Virus Still Sinking In (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5828578.html?tag=owv>

Intel, AMD Sign New Licensing Deal (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-5825136.html?tag=owv>
A source familiar with the deal said it is essentially similar to the last one, which calls for Intel to receive royalties from AMD. Intel has patents covering aspects of the x86 instruction set used in processors for Windows-based PCs.

Digital Gadgets The Answer To Computer Slump (NewsFactor)
<http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nf/20010504/tc/9431_1.html>
Sony and its main competitor for video supremacy, Apple, both market themselves as niche products aimed at a more polished crowd than average PC users.

Floppy Drive: Vestigial Organ Of The PC (Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41923-2001May3.html>
While many folks in the computer business will tell you that the floppy is either dying, dead or outright buried, some old standards die hard.

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

Advertisement : Dumb Show, Moral Exemplar (The Applesurf Reader)
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/reader/>
Survivor! Plus why the state of privacy on the Internet is worse than the state of online copyright, why Indians have to sue to fly their flags, and why dinos and birds are really the closest of kin.  Great reads around the web, updated daily.

Pigeon-Powered Internet Takes Flight (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5825807.html?tag=owv>
One of the Internet's most obscure technologies came to life last weekend: transmitting network information by carrier pigeon.

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

Pigeon-Powered Internet Takes Flight (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5825807.html?tag=owv>
One of the Internet's most obscure technologies came to life last weekend: transmitting network information by carrier pigeon.

eBay Shoppers: Read It And Bid (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-5822336.html?tag=owv>
Online auctioneer eBay on Friday launched a new service that will connect local newspaper readers to its Internet marketplace, in an effort to further expand the company's reach.

Napster Talks Security With Microsoft (Reuters)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-5826161.html?tag=owv>
Embattled song-swapping company Napster is talking with many technology companies, including Microsoft , as part of its efforts to design a fee-charging service that pays royalties to artists and record labels, a spokeswoman said Friday.

Sony's Trip To eVilla Extended (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-5827989.html?tag=owv>
Sony now expects to have the unit on store shelves by mid-June, eVilla General Manager Rob Bartels said Friday.

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

Advertisement : Dumb Show, Moral Exemplar (The Applesurf Reader)
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/reader/>
Survivor! Plus why the state of privacy on the Internet is worse than the state of online copyright, why Indians have to sue to fly their flags, and why dinos and birds are really the closest of kin.  Great reads around the web, updated daily.

Linux Makes A Move Into Handhelds (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-5827919.html?tag=owv>
Linux is finding another inroad into the computing world besides PCs and servers.

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

Linux Makes A Move Into Handhelds (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-5827919.html?tag=owv>
Linux is finding another inroad into the computing world besides PCs and servers.

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

Advertisement : Dumb Show, Moral Exemplar (The Applesurf Reader)
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/reader/>
Survivor! Plus why the state of privacy on the Internet is worse than the state of online copyright, why Indians have to sue to fly their flags, and why dinos and birds are really the closest of kin.  Great reads around the web, updated daily.

Creative Labs Blindly Marches Forward Into Macintosh Arena (MacRocks.com)
<http://www.macrocks.com/0105/blasted.html>
They need to understand the Mac market is wholly unlike the one they've been leading in the PC arena. Apple needs to bend over backwards to assist Creative in making sure SoundBlaster Live! works with their computers or beef up the built in capabilities themselves to satisfy that niche.

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

Parents Unhappy With IC Registration (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,41547,00.html?>
Policy change means some 40,000 students must visit SIR each year to register in person, instead of at school.

No Foreign Funds For Think Centre (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,1870,41607,00.html?>
Casting Think Centre as a case for tolerance will not help the blossoming of ideas that are daring and different. Again, we exist legitimately and with the support of the people who like the work we do.

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

SingNet Router Not Affecting SCV Service (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,1870,41685,00.html?>
Our investigation with Singapore Cable Vision, Mr Foo and his online financial-data provider shows that Mr Foo's access problem was not related to SingNet's router or its infrastructure.

Creative Labs Blindly Marches Forward Into Macintosh Arena (MacRocks.com)
<http://www.macrocks.com/0105/blasted.html>
They need to understand the Mac market is wholly unlike the one they've been leading in the PC arena. Apple needs to bend over backwards to assist Creative in making sure SoundBlaster Live! works with their computers or beef up the built in capabilities themselves to satisfy that niche.

Creative Labs Back In 3D Card Market (Inside Mac Games)
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/news/story.php?ArticleID=2746>

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

Singapore Bans Janet's Latest Album (Associated Press)
<http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44888-2001May4.html>
Government censors imposed the ban because the song "Would You Mind" has "sexually explicit lyrics," the Films and Publications Department said in a statement.

Window On The World (Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/thearts/story/0,2276,6669,00.html?>
Swiss artist Luca Gansser explores human spirituality in his visionary work.