[MyAppleMenu] Sep 11, 2001

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

PowerBook Earns High Praise (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=3490>
Mobile Computing magazine has selected Apple as one of its "mobile innovators of 2001", in recognition of the company's G4 PowerBook.

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

PowerBook Earns High Praise (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=3490>
Mobile Computing magazine has selected Apple as one of its "mobile innovators of 2001", in recognition of the company's G4 PowerBook.

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

Timing System Upgrades, And Is This Upgrade Really Necessary? (MacOPINION)
<http://www.macopinion.com/columns/roadwarrior/01/09/11/index.html>
As a general rule, unless money is no object, I suggest holding off upgrading until you have a compelling reason to do so.

Some Mindless Entertainment (Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/practical/01/0911.html>
There are some who would say that a Mac has no place in the office. These same people, by their statements, must also say that productivity and efficiency have no place in the office.

OS X: To PC or Not To PC (osOpinion)
<http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/13444.html>
If there ever was a time when Apple could broaden its market share through licensing agreements with other PC manufacturers, it is now. 

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

Apple iBook (vnunet.com)
<http://www.vnunet.com/Products/Hardware/1125285>
At this price, Apple has finally got a laptop that can go head-to-head with its PC rivals.

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

MS Loses Front Page Trademark Fight (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/23/21601.html>
Glasgow Web designers Front Page Design have defeated Microsoft in a legal battle to register the firm's name as a trademark.

Some Mindless Entertainment (Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/practical/01/0911.html>
There are some who would say that a Mac has no place in the office. These same people, by their statements, must also say that productivity and efficiency have no place in the office.

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

News Web Sites Endure Overload (CBS MarketWatch)
<http://www.ftmarketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7B4994600C%2D3ACC%2D4A3A%2DAF5B%2D1F91B6BC0067%7D&siteid=mktw&source=moreover1>
Millions turn to e-mail, instant messaging to communicate.

Internet Slow After Terror Attacks (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Attacks-Internet.html?ex=1000872000&en=4de968a6b44d398f&ei=5040&partner=MOREOVER>
Internet traffic slowed Tuesday and major news Web sites were sometimes difficult to reach as people craving details on the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks went online.

News Sites Reel From Air Attacks (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-7129241.html?tag=owv>
Major Web news outlets have been left unaccessible or slow to respond.

Reading Your Mouse Movements (BBC News)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1528000/1528426.stm>
A website that can read your body language and know what you want before you have even clicked on anything may sound like science fiction. But this is what researchers are working on.

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

Web Acts As Hub For Info On Attacks (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-7129241.html?tag=owv>
Moments after airplanes separately crashed into both towers of the World Trade Center, and then later the Pentagon, Web sites for the major news outlets were swamped by an overflow of traffic.

News Web Sites Endure Overload (CBS MarketWatch)
<http://www.ftmarketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7B4994600C%2D3ACC%2D4A3A%2DAF5B%2D1F91B6BC0067%7D&siteid=mktw&source=moreover1>
Millions turn to e-mail, instant messaging to communicate.

Internet Slow After Terror Attacks (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Attacks-Internet.html?ex=1000872000&en=4de968a6b44d398f&ei=5040&partner=MOREOVER>
Internet traffic slowed Tuesday and major news Web sites were sometimes difficult to reach as people craving details on the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks went online.

News Sites Reel From Air Attacks (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-7129241.html?tag=owv>
Major Web news outlets have been left unaccessible or slow to respond.

Reading Your Mouse Movements (BBC News)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1528000/1528426.stm>
A website that can read your body language and know what you want before you have even clicked on anything may sound like science fiction. But this is what researchers are working on.

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

A Linux Development Call To Arms (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2811809,00.html>
A golden window of opportunity is going to be lost if the Linux community doesn't stay true to its revolutionary ideas and avoid capitulating to the status quo.

Linux: The Tragic Flaw? (Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/backnforth/01/0911.html>
Linux's greatest strength -- open source licensing -- may also be its tragic flaw.

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

Lines Run Hot As News Of Loved Ones Is Sought (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,69931,00.html?>
Word of sons, daughters, fiancees and friends who live and work in terror-stricken New York is now the most important thing.

Base Fares On Zones Travelled (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,1870,69720,00.html?>
Fares should not be calculated by the distance travelled, but by the number of zones one passes through.