[MyAppleMenu] Oct 30, 2001

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

Sleeping With The Enemy (Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.modbee.com/24hour/technology/story/160360p-1520949c.html>
The best computing platform is a Mac - running Microsoft software.

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

Adobe Trims Jobs, Earnings Forecast (Reuters)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-7721840.html?tag=owv>
Cutting 150 jobs, or 5 percent of work force.

Apple Mania: Computer Retail Store Hopes To Take Bite Out Of market (Phoenix Business Journal)
<http://phoenix.bcentral.com/phoenix/stories/2001/10/29/story7.html>
300 Apple enthusiasts decrying Windows early in the morning.

'Optional' Purchase Of Laptop Irks Parents (Chicago Sun-Times)
<http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-lap30.html>
Steve Weinstein thought his daughter already had everything a techno-adolescent could possibly want.

iDVD 2 Available For Pre-Order From Apple Store (MacCentral)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5098955,00.html>

Paradise Found: Mac Games Galore At The Apple Store (Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/games/articles/2001/10/applestore/>
Looking for more Mac games than you've ever seen in one place before?

Apple Education VP Talks iBook, iPods, ROI (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0110/30.education.php>
iPod does have educational potentials.

Dr Bott Brings Apple LCDs To Windows PCs (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/39/22540.html>
Feeling rich?

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

Portables Replacing Desktops In Users' Plans (Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/misc/01/1030.html>
The portable Mac is the logical Mac.

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

Camera Worthwhile For Novices (Miami Herald)
<http://www.miami.com/herald/content/technology/ptech/digdocs/033148.htm>

Sleeping With The Enemy (Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.modbee.com/24hour/technology/story/160360p-1520949c.html>
The best computing platform is a Mac - running Microsoft software.

iPod: Compact Digital Audio Player Provides Great Mix Of Features And Performance (Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2001/10/29/ipod.html>
A dream come true -- for anyone with a love of music and a Mac with FireWire.

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

Son Of Nimda Worm On THe Attack (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5098988,00.html>
A new variant of the Nimda worm has started spreading slowly throughout Asia-Pacific.

Hackers Bypass Microsoft Copy Protection (ZDNet UK)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2821260,00.html>
Hong Kong hackers routinely break Microsoft's digital media copyright protection system.

Microsoft Exiting Metreon (San Francisco Chronicle)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/10/26/BU173923.DTL>
The world's one and only Microsoft retail space will shut down next week -- after being a ghost town for months.

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

Son Of Nimda Worm On THe Attack (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5098988,00.html>
A new variant of the Nimda worm has started spreading slowly throughout Asia-Pacific.

Intel: Napster, Linux Inspires Us (Reuters)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5098955,00.html>
Napster's technology helped Intel to limit expensive network bills.

Hackers Bypass Microsoft Copy Protection (ZDNet UK)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2821260,00.html>
Hong Kong hackers routinely break Microsoft's digital media copyright protection system.

Microsoft's Next Mobile OS Goes Bluetooth (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-7718789.html?tag=lh>
Already passed cruical test for Bluetooth compatibility.

Tiem To Stop Defending Microsoft Security (Interactive Week)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2821238,00.html?chkpt=zdnn_nbs_hl>
Microsoft's security team apparently has no instinct to own up to its sins.

Microsoft Exiting Metreon (San Francisco Chronicle)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/10/26/BU173923.DTL>
The world's one and only Microsoft retail space will shut down next week -- after being a ghost town for months.

Dr Bott Brings Apple LCDs To Windows PCs (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/39/22540.html>
Feeling rich?

Microsoft's Trick Or Treat (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/22535.html>
To embrace Microsoft technologies is to engage in a bittersweet relationship between functiona nd form, cost and capability, and simplicity and security.

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

FTC Aims To Close Parasitic Web Sites (Gannett News Service)
<http://www.starnews.com/print/articles/mousetrap30.html>
Mousetraps target unsuspecting Net users with variations of domain names.

How The Banks Poured Money Down The Internet Drain (Financial Times)
<http://news.ft.com/ft/gx.cgi/ftc?pagename=View&c=Article&cid=FT3882W96TC&live=true&tagid=FTDDMJNIFEC>
Shareholders are still paying for online ventures many have tried to forget about.

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

24/7 Media To Buy Ad Rival In Survival Bid (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-7719586.html?tag=owv>
Will buy Real Media in a stock deal.

FTC Aims To Close Parasitic Web Sites (Gannett News Service)
<http://www.starnews.com/print/articles/mousetrap30.html>
Mousetraps target unsuspecting Net users with variations of domain names.

Amazon Saves Millions With Linux Switch (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-7720536.html?tag=owv>
Overall cost of ownership significantly less expensive than Unix.

How The Banks Poured Money Down The Internet Drain (Financial Times)
<http://news.ft.com/ft/gx.cgi/ftc?pagename=View&c=Article&cid=FT3882W96TC&live=true&tagid=FTDDMJNIFEC>
Shareholders are still paying for online ventures many have tried to forget about.

US Government Gives .us Domain To Neustar (ZDNet UK)
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2098271,00.html>
Deal means "tens of millions" in annual revenue, at the very least.

Judge Dismisses Amazon Employment Suit (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-7709449.html?tag=owv>
Lawsuit to prevent former executive from taking a job with eBay was tossed out.

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

Amazon Saves Millions With Linux Switch (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-7720536.html?tag=owv>
Overall cost of ownership significantly less expensive than Unix.

Linux Developers Jumps On Bandwagon (eWEEK)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2819942,00.html>
Linux will slip into mainstream Web service development with ease.

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

High Drama As Lawyer's Letters Are Served On Chee (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,80949,00.html?>
Two apologies, two rejections, two letters.

SDP's Chee Withdraws Allegation Against PM Goh (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/011030/5/1m93d.html>
Never any intention to cast any aspersions on anyone.

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

High Drama As Lawyer's Letters Are Served On Chee (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,80949,00.html?>
Two apologies, two rejections, two letters.

SDP Chief Says Sorry To PM Again At Rally (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,80919,00.html?>

Would You Want To Pay $2,00 More In Taxes? (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,80809,00.html?>
SDP's retrenchment plan will also cost much more in the long term as it will lessen people's desire to work, says Lee Hsien Loong.

Incumbenet PAP MP Faces 'Sensible' Opponent (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,80818,00.html?>
Goh Chok Tong had described the SDA Steve Chia as 'more like a PAP candidate'.

Don't Blame PAP For State Of The Opposition (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,1870,80916,00.html?>
Whether opposition should be allowed to grow depends on whether it is serious about wanting to grow up.

PAP Has A Right To Its Advantages (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,1870,80948,00.html?>
It has earned the advantages.

Let's Exercise Politcal Maturity (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,1870,80909,00.html?>
A clean, one-party system with supposed built-in checks and balances is a pseudo-equilibrium, not a natural one in the long run.

New Voters Could Hold Key To Hougang Contest (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/breakingnews/story/0,1895,80779,00.html?>
Many who moved in after 1997 are HDB upgraders with school-going children.

PM Goh Dismisses Protests About His Posters In Other Wards (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com.sg/articles/2001/10/30/singaporenews9545.htm>
A vote for PAP is a vote for Goh Chok Tong.

Jeyaretnam Challenges SM Lee To Public Debate (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com.sg/articles/2001/10/30/singaporenews9621.htm>
Did Jeyaretnam been "downing" Singapore abroad?

SDP's Chee Withdraws Allegation Against PM Goh (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/011030/5/1m93d.html>
Never any intention to cast any aspersions on anyone.

New $200m National Library Opens In 2004 (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/011030/5/1m939.html>
Six times larger than the present Stamford Road library.

PM Goh Rejects Chee's Apology As 'Insincere' (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/011030/5/1m92y.html>
"This is an attack on my integrity... so consult your lawyer."

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

SSO Triumphant (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/life/story/0,1870,80799,00.html?>