[MyAppleMenu] May 7, 2001

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

Deft Strategy: Apple's Steve Jobs Is Pulling The Company Back From The Brink Again (San Francisco Chronicle)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/05/06/BU10564.DTL&type=tech_article>
Remarkably enough, the Cupertino company has seemingly turned itself around just by getting its own act together, without waiting for renewed growth in the overall economy and any sharp upturn in demand for PCs -- and without huge job cuts or eliminating major projects.

Microsoft Mac Unit Focuses On Profits, Not Politics (Reuters)
<http://www.iwon.com/home/technology/tech_article/0,2109,39604|technology|05-06-2001::13:49|reuters,00.html>
Microsoft Corp. has a message for all those who still see the software giant as a rival to Apple Computer Corp.: Get over it.

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

Deft Strategy: Apple's Steve Jobs Is Pulling The Company Back From The Brink Again (San Francisco Chronicle)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/05/06/BU10564.DTL&type=tech_article>
Remarkably enough, the Cupertino company has seemingly turned itself around just by getting its own act together, without waiting for renewed growth in the overall economy and any sharp upturn in demand for PCs -- and without huge job cuts or eliminating major projects.

Microsoft Mac Unit Focuses On Profits, Not Politics (Reuters)
<http://www.iwon.com/home/technology/tech_article/0,2109,39604|technology|05-06-2001::13:49|reuters,00.html>
Microsoft Corp. has a message for all those who still see the software giant as a rival to Apple Computer Corp.: Get over it.

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

Low End Mac Or OS X? (Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/myturn/010507.html>
I suspect "classic" Mac OS users will band together and keep things working for years to come, but expect to be increasingly marginalized.

NeXT: Apple's Right Choice (Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/backnforth/010507.html>

Of Course It's Apple Fault (Macinstein)
<http://www.macinstein.com/pressrelease.cfm?ID=919>
The only fair thing would have been to warn people of what it could possibly do.

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

Five Pounds Of Genius (Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/ibook/munger.html>
The new iBook is exactly what the Macintosh platform needed.

The Minor Browsers Grow Up (MacEdition)
<http://www.macedition.com/cb/cb_20010507.shtml>
All three of them talk the talk on Web standards, but do they live up to their promises?

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

Intel Key To Compaq's Skinny-Server Diet (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5829012.html?tag=owv>
Intel is a key partner in Compaq Computer's plan to build servers that cram hundreds of CPUs into just a few square feet of floor space, the companies plan to announce Monday.

Microsoft Mac Unit Focuses On Profits, Not Politics (Reuters)
<http://www.iwon.com/home/technology/tech_article/0,2109,39604|technology|05-06-2001::13:49|reuters,00.html>
Microsoft Corp. has a message for all those who still see the software giant as a rival to Apple Computer Corp.: Get over it.

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

The Minor Browsers Grow Up (MacEdition)
<http://www.macedition.com/cb/cb_20010507.shtml>
All three of them talk the talk on Web standards, but do they live up to their promises?

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

The Minor Browsers Grow Up (MacEdition)
<http://www.macedition.com/cb/cb_20010507.shtml>
All three of them talk the talk on Web standards, but do they live up to their promises?

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

New Singapore TV Station Eyes Chinese Audience (Reuters)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/010506/3/ojsy.html>
Singapore television stations are ramping up their efforts to attract trendy, cosmopolitan Chinese-speaking viewers as the island's newest broadcaster kicked off its Mandarin channel on Sunday.

Channel U Hits Its Stride From Start (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,41938,00.html?>
New Mandarin channel launched with stars and stunts; giant video screens spread the glitz to Orchard Road too.