[MyAppleMenu] Nov 11, 2001

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

iPod Available Today (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0111/10.ipod.php>
Apple's iPod is available beginning today from Apple's retail stores and authorized resellers.

iPod Draws Customers To Apple Store Opening (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0111/10.fashion.php>
The local customer anticipation and the large turnouts continue unabated, months after the first opening.

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

Mac OS X 10.1: The Real Mac OS X (O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2001/11/09/missingmanual.html>
David Pogue explains why Mac OS X is unlike anything Mac users have ever seen before.

iPod Available Today (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0111/10.ipod.php>
Apple's iPod is available beginning today from Apple's retail stores and authorized resellers.

Valley Fair Apple Store Coming Next Week (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0111/10.applestore.php>

iPod Draws Customers To Apple Store Opening (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0111/10.fashion.php>
The local customer anticipation and the large turnouts continue unabated, months after the first opening.

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

Long Odds For States Battling Microsoft (Washington Post)
<http://www.washtech.com/news/software/13632-1.html>
The 10 attorneys general who continue to challenge Microsoft are hardly the monolithic front they might seem.

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

Long Odds For States Battling Microsoft (Washington Post)
<http://www.washtech.com/news/software/13632-1.html>
The 10 attorneys general who continue to challenge Microsoft are hardly the monolithic front they might seem.

Can Xbox Electrify Microsoft Suppliers? (New York Times)
<http://nytimes.com/2001/11/11/technology/11XBOX.html>
Some investors are placing their bets on allied companies like Flextronics and Nvidia.

Compaq Could Find Going Solo Difficult (San Francisco Chronicle)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/11/10/BU115080.DTL&type=business>
It will be tough to crawl back to the top should the merger falls apart.

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

Seeking Privacy Online, Even As Security Tightens (New York Times)
<http://nytimes.com/2001/11/11/technology/11SOFT.html>
Consumer privacy is getting a squeeze on all sides these days.

Researchers: Email Ads To Lead Rebound (CNET News.com)
<No issue with me at all.  But you should get clearance from IDA to be retained as our Tech Dir and also whether you can accept our honorarium of $1000.>
Email marketing spending will nearly triple this year, finds a new report.

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

Seeking Privacy Online, Even As Security Tightens (New York Times)
<http://nytimes.com/2001/11/11/technology/11SOFT.html>
Consumer privacy is getting a squeeze on all sides these days.

Researchers: Email Ads To Lead Rebound (CNET News.com)
<No issue with me at all.  But you should get clearance from IDA to be retained as our Tech Dir and also whether you can accept our honorarium of $1000.>
Email marketing spending will nearly triple this year, finds a new report.

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

Hungry Ghost 'Forced Donations' All A Misunderstanding: Ho Peng Kee (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com.sg/articles/2001/11/11/singaporenews11086.htm>
Did not believe officials had deliberately delayed giving out festival permits.

Call For By-Elections In Walkover GRCs 'Mere Theory': SM Lee (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/011111/5/1r318.html>
Singapore's system also tests if candidates can deliver, with MPs running town councils.

Singapore To Be Divided Into 5 Regional CDCs: PM Goh (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/011111/5/1qqfq.html>
CDCs were formed to take care of community issues.

Why Some Singaporeans Cashed In their Shares (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,83488,00.html?>

Opposition Alliance Still Intact: Chiam (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,83462,00.html?>
SDA's first tasks will be to strengthen the organisation to make it more efficient.

NCMP-To-Be To Continue Meeting the People (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,83491,00.html?>

NWC To Look At Severe Wage Restraint Measures (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,83545,00.html?>
But the council is unlikely to focus on CPF cuts.