[MyAppleMenu] Oct 13, 2001

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

Mac Versus Mic (Sydney Morning Hearld)
<http://it.mycareer.com.au/opinion/macman/2001/10/11/FFXA2GBGNSC.html>
Windows XP is an improvement on its predecessors but reamins more intrusive and less intuitive [than Mac OS].

Students Compute Like The Pros (Idaho Statesman)
<http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/daily/20011012/LocalNews/170216.shtml>
"Once you get used to them, they are a lot easier to use."

Sign Of The Times (Memphis Flyer)
<http://www.memphisflyer.com/content/content.asp?articletype=21>
A meditation on Apples, lobsters, and other mind-altering substances.

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

Apple's Portables On The Move (Interactive Week)
<http://www.interactiveweek.com/article/0,3658,s%253D1893%2526a%253D16363,00.asp>
"We in retail are hoping for a PowerBook rev. Sales have sloed down, and in-the-know customers are holding off purchasing until after the next announcement."

IBM To Hit 1GHz With PowerPC Chip (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5098232,00.html>

Resellers Confirm PowerBook G4 Shortage, Update (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/39/22194.html>
Some notes of caution: first, that distributors running out of stock isn't unusual, and second, that supply problems could have resulted from the effects of the recent Taiwanese typhoon.

Students Compute Like The Pros (Idaho Statesman)
<http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/daily/20011012/LocalNews/170216.shtml>
"Once you get used to them, they are a lot easier to use."

Cisco, Sun And Apple Among Firms Teaming Up On Streaming Software (Investor's Business Daily)
<http://my.zacks.com/newsroom/IBD/IBD_comptech2.php3>
This month, 30 technology companies, operating as the Internet Streaming Media Alliance, began selling a recipe for streaming technology.

Apple, HP Oppose W3C Patent Plan (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5098228,00.html?chkpt=zdnnp1tp02>
Apple Computer and Hewlett-Packard have both submitted statements to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) urging the organization not to adopt a policy that would permit the charging of royalties for technologies used in approved standards.

Deneba Ships Canvas 8 For Mac OS X (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0110/12.canvas.php>
Th enew version contains hundreds of enhancements and new features including vector and raster Sequence recording and support for AppleScript, ColorSync and QuickTime.

A Look At OS X's Font Capabilities (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0110/12.fonts.php>
In addition to supporting the Mac standard TrueType font, it also adds support for Type 1 and OpenType fonts without any need for extra software.

More On Blizzard's OS X Support For StarCraft (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0110/12.blizzard.php>
For Blizzard, it's all about providing users with good performance, and oS X 10.1 enables them to offer that.

Apple Computer's Statement On The Draft W3C Patent Policy (Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/about/w3c/>
Apple believes that it is essential to continued interoperability and development of the Web that fundamental W3C standards be available on a royalty-free basis.

Geek Culture In Idyllic Surrounding (Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/hotnews/articles/2001/10/geekculture/>
Are Macs geeky? "But it's a glamorous kind of geeky."

Apple To Update iBook, PowerBook (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5098254,00.html>
Apple Computer on Tuesday will refresh its line of iBook consumer laptops and Titanium PowerBook G4 notebooks aimed at professionals, sources say.

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

Sign Of The Times (Memphis Flyer)
<http://www.memphisflyer.com/content/content.asp?articletype=21>
A meditation on Apples, lobsters, and other mind-altering substances.

One Day, Apple Will Resume Its 'War' With Microsoft (The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/editorial/2001/10/12.1.shtml>
Hey, I can dream. I'm sure Steve and Avie do.

RedHerring Calls Dell An Anti-Technology Company (What's It Mean To Apple) (The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/article/2001/10/12.3.shtml>
Dell's market destroying antics won't matter at all to Apple.

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

Mac OS X Gets Faster, More Versatile In Upgrade (San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/ptech/osx101101.htm>
Jump in, the water's great.

Mac Versus Mic (Sydney Morning Hearld)
<http://it.mycareer.com.au/opinion/macman/2001/10/11/FFXA2GBGNSC.html>
Windows XP is an improvement on its predecessors but reamins more intrusive and less intuitive [than Mac OS].

Ten Reasons To Love Mac OS X (osOpinion)
<http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/14106.html>
Just about anything that can be done on a computer can be done with OS X.

WebMerge 1.6 (Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2001/11/reviews/webmerge.html>
While the static pages WebMerge creates are snapshots of your database rather than a live look at its contents, the program makes it fast and easy to regenerate pages whenever your data changes.

Microsoft Office 2001 (The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/newreviews/2001/20011011office2001/office2001.shtml>
Office 2001 stands as a strong product upgrade, and a must buy if your business productivity depends on its power.

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

Dram Of Clean Desktop Gets Messy (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,47517,00.html>
It's not clear that new users will see the same "big usability gains" in the icon-addled XP systems they'll see in stores.

SirCam Ready To Drop Payload (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,47476,00.html>
SirCam, the annoying e-mail worm that simply won't go away, will turn feral Oct 16.

Microsoft, Government Discuss Mediator (Reuters)
<http://money.iwon.com/jsp/nw/nwdt_rt_top.jsp?cat=TOPBIZ&feed=reu&src=202&section=news&news_id=reu-175654&date=20011012&alias=/alias/money/cm/nw>
Talks about a mediator suggest the two sides have no immediate prospect of settling the three-year-old case.

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

Windows XP Home: Don't Go There (PC Magazine)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2817623,00.html>
Windows XP Home is essentially a downgade from Windows 2000.

Microsoft Judge Set To Name Mediator (Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/business/la-000081737oct13.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dbusiness>
Kollar-Kotelly said Sept 28 that she would name a mediator if no deal was achieved by Friday, and she plans to do so early next week, sources said.

Microsoft To Extend Ties With Sega (Reuters)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-7500693.html?tag=owv>

Microsoft, Government Fail To Settle (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-7506752.html?tag=owv>

Dram Of Clean Desktop Gets Messy (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,47517,00.html>
It's not clear that new users will see the same "big usability gains" in the icon-addled XP systems they'll see in stores.

Emachines Drive A Win XP Bargain (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5098215,00.html>
Emachines is offering Windows XP on the cheap, with Friday's introduction of new desktop PCs.

Microsoft, Yahoo Clash Over Numbers Game (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5098202,00.html>
Microsoft released a Web traffic report Thursday that showed its MSN site beating rival Yahoo in the contest for top search engine, a ranking that was immediately disputed by the Web portal.

Microsoft's "Fly" Ad Campaign Grounded (Reuters)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5098204,00.html>
Microsoft will kick off the advertising campaign for its upcoming Windows XP operating system next week with the slogan, "Yes You Can," after "Prepare to Fly" was scrapped.

Mac Versus Mic (Sydney Morning Hearld)
<http://it.mycareer.com.au/opinion/macman/2001/10/11/FFXA2GBGNSC.html>
Windows XP is an improvement on its predecessors but reamins more intrusive and less intuitive [than Mac OS].

Is Dell The Antitechnology Company? (Red Herring)
<http://www.redherring.com/index.asp?layout=story&channel=20000002&doc_id=1400020340&rh_special_report_id=>
Dell is not a technology company. There, we said it.

SirCam Ready To Drop Payload (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,47476,00.html>
SirCam, the annoying e-mail worm that simply won't go away, will turn feral Oct 16.

Rumor Mill: Microsoft Has Perfect Pitch For MTVi (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1015-205-7505473.html?tag=rmrftr>

HP, Compaq Name New Executives (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-7509417.html?tag=lh>
Hewlett-Packard and Compaq Computer have decided how to divvy up jobs among several top executives as the companies move ahead with their merger plans.

Microsoft, Government Discuss Mediator (Reuters)
<http://money.iwon.com/jsp/nw/nwdt_rt_top.jsp?cat=TOPBIZ&feed=reu&src=202&section=news&news_id=reu-175654&date=20011012&alias=/alias/money/cm/nw>
Talks about a mediator suggest the two sides have no immediate prospect of settling the three-year-old case.

RedHerring Calls Dell An Anti-Technology Company (What's It Mean To Apple) (The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/article/2001/10/12.3.shtml>
Dell's market destroying antics won't matter at all to Apple.

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

Apple, HP Oppose W3C Patent Plan (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5098228,00.html?chkpt=zdnnp1tp02>
Apple Computer and Hewlett-Packard have both submitted statements to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) urging the organization not to adopt a policy that would permit the charging of royalties for technologies used in approved standards.

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

Vignette Sees loss, Job Cuts (Reuters)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-7503759.html?tag=owv>
Software maker Vignette said Friday that it expects to post a third-quarter core loss and will cut 20 percent of its work force after the Sept 11 attacks hurt the timing of sales and service implementation.

Microsoft, Yahoo Clash Over Numbers Game (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5098202,00.html>
Microsoft released a Web traffic report Thursday that showed its MSN site beating rival Yahoo in the contest for top search engine, a ranking that was immediately disputed by the Web portal.

Cisco, Sun And Apple Among Firms Teaming Up On Streaming Software (Investor's Business Daily)
<http://my.zacks.com/newsroom/IBD/IBD_comptech2.php3>
This month, 30 technology companies, operating as the Internet Streaming Media Alliance, began selling a recipe for streaming technology.

Apple, HP Oppose W3C Patent Plan (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5098228,00.html?chkpt=zdnnp1tp02>
Apple Computer and Hewlett-Packard have both submitted statements to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) urging the organization not to adopt a policy that would permit the charging of royalties for technologies used in approved standards.

Rumor Mill: Microsoft Has Perfect Pitch For MTVi (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1015-205-7505473.html?tag=rmrftr>

Apple Computer's Statement On The Draft W3C Patent Policy (Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/about/w3c/>
Apple believes that it is essential to continued interoperability and development of the Web that fundamental W3C standards be available on a royalty-free basis.

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

$11.3b Aid Package: Unexpected Generous (Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,2276,24489,00.html?>
Business leaders hail the measures as responsive, but others worry it will not do enough to save jobs.

Help Across The Board (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,76736,00.html?>
Wide-ranging package provides tax cuts, training grants and help with bills, as well as lifelines to businesses, employers.

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

Singaporeans To Get S$200-S$1700 In New Singapore Shares: Dr Hu (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/011013/5/1kdi5.html>
The scheme is one way of helping those who are worse off through the recession. That is because 70 percent of Singaporeans do not pay taxes and therefore do not enjoy the tax rebates announced Friday.

Government Hopes Top Management Will Follow Pay-Cut Lead: Abdullah (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/011013/5/1kdi7.html>
The government hopes the top management in private sector companies will also take a pay cut to help their companies and workers tide over the recession, Minister for Community Development and Sports Abdullah Tarmugi has said.

$11.3b Aid Package: Unexpected Generous (Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,2276,24489,00.html?>
Business leaders hail the measures as responsive, but others worry it will not do enough to save jobs.

IDA Rejects StarHub, SingTel Mobile Price Plans (Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,2276,24493,00.html?>
The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) said yesterday it will not allow the latest mobile-phone pricing arrangements by Singapore Telecom and StarHub, except as short-term promotional efforts.

Help Across The Board (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,76736,00.html?>
Wide-ranging package provides tax cuts, training grants and help with bills, as well as lifelines to businesses, employers.

New Singaproe Shares From Nov 1 (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,76597,00.html?>
These shares cannot be transferred or traded but they can be cashed in with the government.

Election Ploy Or Economic Aid? (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,76601,00.html?>
Off-budget package to sweeten ground, claims opposition.

Virgin Mobile, SingTel Launch New Mobile Service In Singapore (AFP)
<http://www.modbee.com/24hour/technology/story/135002p-1373544c.html>
The service involves a pay-as-you-use scheme on top of free phone perks such as voice mail, caller identification and call waiting.

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

Shaping Tastes (Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/thearts/story/0,2276,24504,00.html?>
Sculptures may not have enjoyed the popularity of paintings among art lovers, but this is changing with firms and individuals casting a favourable eye.