[MyAppleMenu] Sep 15, 2001

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

WSJ: 10.1 Update To Be Free From Some Stores (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0109/14.mossberg.php>
"People who currently use OS X can get the 10.1 upgrade free on CDs that will be available in some stores."

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

What's Next For Apple? (CanadaComputes.com)
<http://www.canadacomputes.com/v3/story/1,1017,7349,00.html?tag=81&sb=121>
MacHeads trying to figure out Apple's next product move will rightfully point to the fact that the company recently reduced prices on its G4 PowerBooks.

Computer Giants Up The Ante (Washington Post)
<http://www.washtech.com/news/software/12478-1.html>
Adversaries in the computing world, Microsoft and Apple find themselves in similar positions this season.

Microsoft To Make Office 10 Announcements (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=9370>
Microsoft next week plans to make major announcements regarding the development status and delivery time frame for Office 10.

Opera 5.0 For Mac Beta 3 Released (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0109/14.opera.php>
Opera 5.0 for Mac Beta 3 purportedly is more stable and introduces the ability to search bookmarks, autofill forms, and upload files.

Apple DVD Settlement Details Online (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0109/14.dvd.php>

WSJ: 10.1 Update To Be Free From Some Stores (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0109/14.mossberg.php>
"People who currently use OS X can get the 10.1 upgrade free on CDs that will be available in some stores."

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

Is Mac OS X Still Mac OS? (MacWrite)
<http://www.macwrite.com/criticalmass/is-mac-os-x-mac-os.php>
What should the measure of the true Mac OS be?

Five 'Dirty Words That Should Be Banned From Mac Users' (The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/editorial/2001/09/13.1.shtml>

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

Microsoft 1, Justice Department 0 (Ziff Davis Smart Business)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2812420,00.html>
The entire case against Microsoft was bogus from the start.

Prices Sliding For Pentium III PCs (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-7165673.html?tag=owv>
With Intel beginning to phase out the Pentium III, good deals on desktops with the chip are cropping up.

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

Microsoft 1, Justice Department 0 (Ziff Davis Smart Business)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2812420,00.html>
The entire case against Microsoft was bogus from the start.

Prices Sliding For Pentium III PCs (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-7165673.html?tag=owv>
With Intel beginning to phase out the Pentium III, good deals on desktops with the chip are cropping up.

Computer Giants Up The Ante (Washington Post)
<http://www.washtech.com/news/software/12478-1.html>
Adversaries in the computing world, Microsoft and Apple find themselves in similar positions this season.

Microsoft To Make Office 10 Announcements (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=9370>
Microsoft next week plans to make major announcements regarding the development status and delivery time frame for Office 10.

Microsoft To Remove Twin Towers From Flight Game (Reuters)
<http://www.iwon.com/home/technology/tech_article/0,2109,165169%7Ctechnology%7C09-14-2001::16:23%7Creuters,00.html>
Microsoft said on Friday it would remove the World Trade Center from the New York landscape in its upcoming Flight Simulator game after the twin towers were destroyed this week.

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

Senate OKs FBI Net Spying (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,46852,00.html>
On Thursday evening, two days after the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history, the Senate approved the "Combating Terrorism Act of 2001," which enhances police wiretap powers and permits monitoring in more situations.

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

Senate OKs FBI Net Spying (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,46852,00.html>
On Thursday evening, two days after the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history, the Senate approved the "Combating Terrorism Act of 2001," which enhances police wiretap powers and permits monitoring in more situations.

Websites Give Casualty Clues (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,46808,00.html>
Enough pieces of information can now be mined from the Web and news reports to piece together a rough sketch of Tuesday's terrorist attack's human toll.

Opera 5.0 For Mac Beta 3 Released (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0109/14.opera.php>
Opera 5.0 for Mac Beta 3 purportedly is more stable and introduces the ability to search bookmarks, autofill forms, and upload files.

Air Travelers Face Tangled Web (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,46813,00.html>
If confusion had a voice, it might sound like the automated message on the customer service line at airline ticketing company Orbitz.com.

Travel Sites Struggle With Air Delays (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/newsbursts/0,7407,2812427,00.html?chkpt=p1bn>
Orbitz and rivals Expedia and Travelocity said they were focusing on helping customers whose flights had been diverted on Tuesday as authorities rushed to clear the skies.

The Napster Legacy Could Be A Problem (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2812423,00.html>
Folks were willing to deal with sub-CD quality and a tricky interface mostly because the music was free. Now that companies need to grow a loyal base of paying customers, the road back to 70 million users is going to be long and painful.

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

More C-Class Hospital Beds In Six Months (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,70531,00.html?>
Move is result of higher demand for such beds and the decision that SGH and NUH provide them for almost all treatments.