[MyAppleMenu] Oct 10, 2001

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

Apple Sells Style, Community At New Stores (Reuters)
<http://biz.yahoo.com/rf/011009/n09348963_1.html>
Apple, which changed the face of computing, is now taking a novel approach to selling computers with a chain of highly visible stores.

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

Macworld Returns To IDG As A Wholly Owned Subsidiary (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0110/10.macworld.php>
International Data Group today announced that it has become sole owner of Mac Publishing, LLC. Until now, Mac Publishing, LLC was a joint venture between IDG and Ziff Davis Media Inc.

Apple Looks Good To A.G. Edwards Analyst (Applelinks.com)
<http://www.applelinks.com/articles/2001/10/20011009154656.shtml>

Hawkish On The Mac: Q&A With Tony Hawk (Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2001/11/macbeat/profile.html>

Apple Sells Style, Community At New Stores (Reuters)
<http://biz.yahoo.com/rf/011009/n09348963_1.html>
Apple, which changed the face of computing, is now taking a novel approach to selling computers with a chain of highly visible stores.

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

OS X - A Computer For The Rest Of Us (osOpinion)
<http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/14044.html>
OS X will help us get to the point where PC users are just PC users - without any knowledge of the system's inner workings.

Why Apple Can't Pull The Plug On OS 9 (BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/oct2001/nf2001110_8648.htm>
The new OS X operating system is a triumph, but Jobs & cCo. need to keep its predecessor on life support until Mac heads get the message.

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

Wireless IntelliMouse Explorer (Inside Mac Games)
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/reviews/view.php?ID=190>
With the added freedom of being cordless, the mouse shines with its sleek design, snazzy optical technology, modern features, and ease of use.

New X: What The Old X Should Have Been In The First Place (CanadaComputes.com)
<http://www.canadacomputes.com/v3/story/1,1017,7458,00.html?tag=81&sb=121>
It's up to Mac Heads to really have a good look at the OS that should have been X in the first place.

MP3 Players: Alternatives To iTunes (Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2001/11/reviews/mp3players.html>
Audion's compatibility with everything from OS 8.1 to OS X, hundreds of skins, ability to encode MP3s, and built-in equalizer put it a step ahead of the pack.

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

EU Says Microsoft Obstructed Probe (Reuters)
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2096997,00.html>
Microsoft is accused of having sought to obstruct the Commission's investigation by misleading those looking into the situtation.

Microsoft Could Face Massive EU Fine (Reuters)
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2096951,00.html>
European antitrust enforcers may seek a massive fine from Microsoft and demand that it drop some features from its dominant Windows software, according to a published report citing a confidential European Commission document outlining its case.

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

MS Confirms Xbox Disk Downgrade (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/22146.html>
The machine, due to go on sale next month will ship with a 8GB hard drive, rather than 10GB.

AMD's Athlon XP Numbering Scheme Misses The (Bench)mark (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/3/22145.html>
Our concern is simple: we're not sure that slapping '1800+' on a CPU enough to convince punters that it's faster than a 1.8GHz Pentium 4.

Microsoft's Ballmer Dismisses Rival Project (Reuters)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2817147,00.html?chkpt=zdnn_nbs_hl>
Steve ballmer dismissed rival Sun Microsofts Inc.'s efforts to compete with his company's Passport identity service as "craziness" built on a "weak foundation".

EU Says Microsoft Obstructed Probe (Reuters)
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2096997,00.html>
Microsoft is accused of having sought to obstruct the Commission's investigation by misleading those looking into the situtation.

Microsoft Closes Window To Customer Data (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-7475010.html?tag=owv>
Microsoft moved switftly this week to close a security gap in its customer service Web site that let anyone with a browser view customers' sales records and other confidential information.

Microsoft Could Face Massive EU Fine (Reuters)
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2096951,00.html>
European antitrust enforcers may seek a massive fine from Microsoft and demand that it drop some features from its dominant Windows software, according to a published report citing a confidential European Commission document outlining its case.

Can IIS Flourish Post-Gartner? (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/22132.html>

Gates Cautiously Optimistic On Future Of IT (InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/10/09/011009hngatesrome.xml>

Microsoft Charts New Course Round Java (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5098031,00.html>
The new tool, Visual J#.Net, won't allow programmers to build standalone Java applications. Instead, it will let programmers use the Java language to write code that works only with Microsoft's forthcoming .Net plan.

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

Web Sites Pull Intelligence Data (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Attacks-Net-Censorship.html?ex=1002859200&en=2a2421a66c7cdb0f&ei=5040&partner=MOREOVER>
Concerned they could be aiding terrorists, some government and private Web sites have decided to stop sharing quite so much potentially sensitive data.

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

Singapore Cuts 2001 GDP Forecast, Outlook Grim (Reuters)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/011010/3/1k2yx.html>
Singapore posted a grim but expected fall of 5.6 percent in advance third quarter gross domestic product (GDP) on Wednesday as the global technology downturn hit manufacturing of its key exports.

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

Singapore Cuts 2001 GDP Forecast, Outlook Grim (Reuters)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/011010/3/1k2yx.html>
Singapore posted a grim but expected fall of 5.6 percent in advance third quarter gross domestic product (GDP) on Wednesday as the global technology downturn hit manufacturing of its key exports.

Singapore To Be More Flexible In Exchange Rate (Reuters)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/011010/3/1k2wq.html>
The Monetary Authority of Singapore said on Wednesday that it has widened its policy band for the Singapore dollar to allow greater flexibility in managing the exchange rate.

IDA Reviewing SingTel's Controversial 50% Discount Offer (Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,2276,24119,00.html?>

WP: Campaign Will Focus On Society's 'New Poor' (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,75814,00.html?>
Party will target, among others, middle class struggling with expenses and fresh grads unhappy with foreign-talent policy.

Thrust Of KL Water Article Illogical (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,1870,75846,00.html?>
I am disappointed that a high-ranking officer of the Malaysian armed forces would publicly discuss the use of chemical and biological pollutants.

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

Hear The African Heartbeat (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/life/story/0,1870,75764,00.html?>
The classical world has caught on to the African beat finally. And master guitarist John Williams is the man to watch here.