[MyAppleMenu] May 28, 2001

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

There's No Middle Ground When It Comes To A Mac (Deseret News)
<http://www.deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,275007200,00.html?>
Users of Apple Macintosh computers are a loyal and devoted bunch. But because the company caters to a small, specialized market, Macs may not be for everyone.

Pearl Jam Shoots From The Pit (Boston Globe)
<http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/140/living/Pearl_Jam_shoots_from_the_pit%2B.shtml>
"We taught ourselves basically the whole procedure."

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

There's No Middle Ground When It Comes To A Mac (Deseret News)
<http://www.deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,275007200,00.html?>
Users of Apple Macintosh computers are a loyal and devoted bunch. But because the company caters to a small, specialized market, Macs may not be for everyone.

Pearl Jam Shoots From The Pit (Boston Globe)
<http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/140/living/Pearl_Jam_shoots_from_the_pit%2B.shtml>
"We taught ourselves basically the whole procedure."

Adobe Readies Type On Call Shutdown In North America (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0105/27.typeoncall.shtml>

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

Apple Of His Eye (San Jose Business Journal)
<http://sanjose.bcentral.com/sanjose/stories/2001/05/28/editorial4.html>
What a treat -- like a day at Disneyland.

The Mac & Interesting Times (Macinstein)
<http://www.macinstein.com/pressrelease.cfm?ID=950>

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

Microsoft's New Office Software May Not Be An Immediate Hit (Bloomberg News)
<http://news.cnet.com/investor/news/newsitem/0-9900-1028-6062351-0.html?tag=ats>
Businesses will consider upgrading to Office XP someday or get it when they buy new PCs, yet won't jump on the product as soon as it's released because older versions already have many of the key features they need.

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

AOL And Microsoft In Talks Over Browser; No Deal Yet (Reuters)
<http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/technology/tech-tech-aol-microso.html>
The sources said a deal to renew the five-year pact that made Microsoft's Internet Explorer the default browser on America Online's flagship service has not yet been reached, even though the original deal expired on Jan. 1 of this year.

Microsoft's New Office Software May Not Be An Immediate Hit (Bloomberg News)
<http://news.cnet.com/investor/news/newsitem/0-9900-1028-6062351-0.html?tag=ats>
Businesses will consider upgrading to Office XP someday or get it when they buy new PCs, yet won't jump on the product as soon as it's released because older versions already have many of the key features they need.

Microsoft's Rick Belluzzo Has Risen From Modest Beginners To High-Tech Royalty (Seattle Times)
<http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/134299891_belluzzo27.html>
While others build the software and hone the strategy, Belluzzo, who oversees the entire sales and marketing division, is responsible for selling the stuff and turning it into revenue for Microsoft's fabled moneymaking machine.

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

Schmoozing The Reds: AOL's Secret China Plans Revealed (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/19237.html>

AOL And Microsoft In Talks Over Browser; No Deal Yet (Reuters)
<http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/technology/tech-tech-aol-microso.html>
The sources said a deal to renew the five-year pact that made Microsoft's Internet Explorer the default browser on America Online's flagship service has not yet been reached, even though the original deal expired on Jan. 1 of this year.

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

HP Exec: Linux Will Be Desktop Champ (ZDNet UK)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2765377,00.html?chkpt=zdnn_rt_latest>
Dell Computer and other industry giants may be pessimistic about Linux's chances on the desktop, but HP executive and Linux veteran Bruce Perens believes the open source OS will still triumph in the end.

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

HP Exec: Linux Will Be Desktop Champ (ZDNet UK)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2765377,00.html?chkpt=zdnn_rt_latest>
Dell Computer and other industry giants may be pessimistic about Linux's chances on the desktop, but HP executive and Linux veteran Bruce Perens believes the open source OS will still triumph in the end.

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

Parties Active But Government Silent On Singapore Election (AFP)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/010528/1/q8ac.html>
Singapore's political parties have begun jockeying for position ahead of a general election campaign, but the government Monday continued to remain silent on a polling date.

No Laughing Matter (Economist)
<http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=634418>
Despite talk of an opening-up, politics on the island remains a one-sided affair.

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

Singapore's M1 Sets Price, Vodafone Seen Ahead (Telecom.paper)
<http://www.telecom.paper.nl/site/news_TA.asp?type=abstract&id=5055>

Singapore Power Retailers Struggle To Sign Customers (Reuters)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/010528/3/q8bt.html>
Independent power retailers are jostling for market share in Singapore's deregulating electricity market, but none so far have managed to tempt a customer away from the traditional state supplier.

Parties Active But Government Silent On Singapore Election (AFP)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/010528/1/q8ac.html>
Singapore's political parties have begun jockeying for position ahead of a general election campaign, but the government Monday continued to remain silent on a polling date.

No Laughing Matter (Economist)
<http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=634418>
Despite talk of an opening-up, politics on the island remains a one-sided affair.

PAP Manifesto Promises Something For Everyone (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,47169,00.html?>
BG Lee says heartland concerns will be addressed along with those of special interest groups, in a broad 'vision'.

WP To Continue To be The 'Alternative Voice' (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,47167,00.html?>
Don't blame the opposition, as we are part and parcel of Singapore. The kind of opposition we have reflects on the kind of Singapore we have.

PTC Should Reject Proposed SMRT, Tibs Fare Hike (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,1870,47185,00.html?>
There is no justification, at this time, to seek fare increases.

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

Singapore Airlines Offers Ticket Sales On New Website (Reuters)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/010528/3/q9c7.html>
The company gave no revenue estimates for online ticket sales but downplayed the impact the site would have on travel agents at a press conference to launch the site.

Glut In Market Drags RAM Prices Down (Project Eyeball)
<http://eyeball.asia1.com.sg/Eyeball/Story/0,1381,17641,00.html?>
Average prices at Sim Lim Square shops are now $35 for 64 MB of SDRAM, $60 for 128 MB and $120 for 256 MB.

Wireless 'Hot Spots' In UOB Plaza, Shaw House (Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/bizit/story/0,2276,9494,00.html?>
A new end-to-end solution lets users connect to their corporate networks at up to 11 megabits per second from open areas.

Dennis Lee Episode An Eye Opener (Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/views/story/0,2276,9471,00.html?>
I think this is an eye opener to all on the need to verify information before acknowledging it.

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

Singapore Sci-Fi Film To Tell Cautionary 21st Century Tale (Reuters)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/010528/3/q817.html>
Singapore's first science fiction movie, "Avatar", takes a sneak peak into the future from a Utopian Asian city-state where privacy no longer exists.