[MyAppleMenu] Oct 3, 2001

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

It's Time To Get Ready For OS X (BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/oct2001/nf2001103_3971.htm>
No more endless delays, promises unfulfilled, and strategic U-turns. Users can bank on OS X powering the Mac far into the future.

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

FireWire 'Making Strides,' Says Research Firm (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0110/03.cahners.php>
Digital video editing is the number one reason behind the growth.

Apple Offers Retail Promo: 128MB For Free (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=9734>

Germantown, Albany Apple Stores Coming Oct 13 (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0110/03.stores.php>
With the store opening being rescheduled, it appears the two sides, Apple and the Germantown Design Review Commission, have reached an agreement.

Encyclopaedia Britannnica Intros OS X-Friendly 2002 Line (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0110/03.britannica.php>
For the first time in recent years, its line includes support for the Macintosh.

Apple Posts X Developer Tools (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=3604>

Apple's 10.1 Update Distribution Poorly Planned, Some Resellers Say (Think Secret)
<http://www.thinksecret.com/features/osx101distribution.html>
Som resellers blame the delays and limited quantities on poor planning on Apple's part.

Buffalo, New York, Apple Store To Open This Weekend (MacMinute.com)
<http://www.macminute.com/lib/011002retail.shtml>

Darwin 1.4.1 Gets 10.1 Improvements (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0110/02.darwin.php>
Apple has released an update to Drawin, the open-source core to Mac OS X. The new version, 1.4.1, corresponds to Apple's recently released Mac OS X 10.1.

== AppleSurf (Opinion) ===============

It's Time To Get Ready For OS X (BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/oct2001/nf2001103_3971.htm>
No more endless delays, promises unfulfilled, and strategic U-turns. Users can bank on OS X powering the Mac far into the future.

Evangelists Unite! (Low End Mac)
<http://lowendmac.com/scope/01/1003.html>
Now, more than ever, effective marketing coupled with strong, informed, and measured evangelism can do nothing but good for the Mac platform.

Counting Down To The Day When Apple Kills 'Classic' (The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/editorial/2001/10/03.1.shtml>
OS 10.1 is proof that we should start making some closure to our love affairs with Classic and all that it entails.

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

Dell Expected To Trim Outlook (Reuters)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-7398918.html?tag=lh>
Dell Computer will likely cut profit expectations during a business updated planned for Thursday, analysts said, with the top computer maker facing weakening demand and fallout fromt he Sept. 11 attacks.

The Trouble With Internet Explorer (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2815783,00.html>
Removing worms such as Nimda with antivirus software updates or antivirus tools doesn't remove the underlying vulnerabilities that allowed the worm to exist.

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

Discussion: Microsoft Attempts To Secure IIS (SlashDot)
<http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/10/03/2026206>

Dell Expected To Trim Outlook (Reuters)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-7398918.html?tag=lh>
Dell Computer will likely cut profit expectations during a business updated planned for Thursday, analysts said, with the top computer maker facing weakening demand and fallout fromt he Sept. 11 attacks.

Students, Teachers Get Office XP Deal (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2816143,00.html?chkpt=zdnn_rt_latest>
Hoping to further entrench its Office business software suite in the marketplace, Microsoft on Wednesday said it will offer discounted version through mainstream retailers of Office XP to students and teachers to use at home.

Microsoft Tried To Address Novell (Reuters)
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/636834.asp?cp1=1>
"Microsoft hasn't acknowledged that the statements were false and they haven't said they would not use them any more."

Microsoft Confronts Security Fears (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5097789,00.html?chkpt=zdnn_rt_latest>
On Tuesday, Microsoft contacted about 1,000 of its largest customers to outline its program, called the Strategic Technology Protection Program, and address their concerns about recent worm attacks.

WinXP Doesn't Work With Money 2001 (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/22008.html>
"How can you sell XP when the WorksSuite doesn't work."

Microsoft Phasing Out Windows NT Sales (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5097753,00.html>
Microsoft on Monday discontinued the server version of NT because of increased demand for its newer replacement, Windows 2000, and because of the forthcoming release of Windows XP.

Michael Dell Tries To Give Stock A Lift (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-7391838.html?tag=lh>
Dell Computer Chief Executive Michael Dell bought more than 4 million shares of the company for about $72 million after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in an effort to prop up the stock.

The Trouble With Internet Explorer (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2815783,00.html>
Removing worms such as Nimda with antivirus software updates or antivirus tools doesn't remove the underlying vulnerabilities that allowed the worm to exist.

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

Don't Trust Any E-Mail Over 30 (Reuters)
<http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,47239,00.html>

Record Industry Sues Napster Clones (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5097762,00.html>
The new lawsuit marks the first overseas defendants, as well the first legal test of a new generation of technology, which may prove a harder beast to pen than have the previous file-swapping services.

Amazon, eBay In Turf War Over Exec (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5097757,00.html>
The attempted defection of a relatively obscure Amazon.com executive has sparked a legal squabble between the giant e-tailer and eBay - a case that protends larger battles for the e-commerce archrivals.

.Info Registry Stuck In Traffic (ZDNet Asia)
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2096491,00.html>
The demand for real-time registration shuts down the system temporarily on the second day.

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

Singapore Expects heightened Security Threats: DPM Tan (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/011003/5/1jshm.html>
"This may cause inconvenience to Singaporeans; I think it is necessary for all Singaporeans to realise that security against terrorist attacks is something we all have to take very serously from now on."

Government Expected To Give Out More Taxi Licences Soon (Business Times)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,2276,23368,00.html?>
Recent complaints compared Singapore's taxi situation with that of Hong Kong's. The latter has about the same number of cabs, but residents claim it's never difficult to get a taxi there.

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

Posh Toilets, But Coin-Operated Turnstiles A Bane To Some (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/011003/5/1jso7.html>

Switch To 8-Digit Phone Numbers To Be Made By July 2002 (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.cna.mediacorpnews.com/articles/2001/10/03/singaporenews6160.htm>
Today, mainly because of technology, 30,000 numbers are taken up each month.

DBS Shares Rally On Speculation Of CEO Resignation (Reuters)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/011003/3/1jryy.html>
Analysts said the action suggested the city state's largest lender by assets might have to rethink whether any further top management changes were needed, given a recent string of missteps by the bank.

Singapore Expects heightened Security Threats: DPM Tan (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/011003/5/1jshm.html>
"This may cause inconvenience to Singaporeans; I think it is necessary for all Singaporeans to realise that security against terrorist attacks is something we all have to take very serously from now on."

Government Expected To Give Out More Taxi Licences Soon (Business Times)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,2276,23368,00.html?>
Recent complaints compared Singapore's taxi situation with that of Hong Kong's. The latter has about the same number of cabs, but residents claim it's never difficult to get a taxi there.

Hawker Centres Upgraded To Go Family-Friendly (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,74234,00.html?>
Besides new amenities, architects are planning to make the hawker centres breezier, brighter and cleaner.

Singaporeans See Australia, NZ As Safe Travel Havens (Reuters)
<http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,955655a13,FF.html>
Singaporeans are placing forward flight bookings for Australia and New Zealand ahead of the traditional peak year-end tourist season as they see these destinations as safer havens, travel agents said on Friday.

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

SPH To Take AsiaOne Private (Retuers)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/011003/3/1jsnh.html>
"It would be easier for SPH to manage its businesses as a fully integrated part of SPH business, with greater flexibility to streamline resources and consolidate operations where appropriate."

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

SPH's New Radio Station is Launched (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/life/story/0,1870,74218,00.html?>
The station is SPH MediaWorks' first Mandarin radio arm and starts broadcasting 24 hours daily today.