[MyAppleMenu] Sep 16, 2001

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

Learning To Be Wired (Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/style/postmagazine/A19640-2001Sep12.html>
Throwing technology at educational problems may do more harm than good. It takes careful planning -- and a healthy dose of skepticism -- to make computers work in the classroom.

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

Learning To Be Wired (Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/style/postmagazine/A19640-2001Sep12.html>
Throwing technology at educational problems may do more harm than good. It takes careful planning -- and a healthy dose of skepticism -- to make computers work in the classroom.

Hot Digital Dogs And Cool Cyber Cats (San Francisco Chronicle)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/09/14/WB142759.DTL&type=tech>
John Lund's work combines cameras, critters, computers and creativity.

Apple, Dell Locked In Battle For Schools (Associated Press)
<http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/orl-subizapple16091601sep16.story?coll=orl%2Dbusiness%2Dheadlines>
Apple has had trouble fighting Dell's knack for keeping prices low and shipping supplies fast -- the same advantages that give Dell the overall crown in worldwide PC sales.

Mouse House (Sydney Morning Herald)
<http://www.smh.com.au/icon/0109/15/news1.html>
Wiring the family home so that mum, dad and the kids can access the Net is easier and cheaper than ever.

Mozilla 0.94: Browser Gets Updated (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=9389>
The new version brings the ability to disable pop-up ads, experimental support for LDAP protocols, and improved off-line IMAP support.

Id's Devine Says Castle Wolfenstein Test Ready For OS X (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0109/15.devine.php>
Return to Castle Wolfenstein is a new game currently in development at Id Software and Gray Matter Interactive.

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

Apple's Newest Features May Take It Mainstream (Contra Costa Times)
<http://www.contracostatimes.com/biztech/stories_business/o16mossberg_20010916.htm>
OS X is now much improved and the new programs will make it a realistic choice for regular users who don't rely on too many older programs that haven't yet been upgraded.

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

How To Make HP-Compaq Work (Knowledge at Wharton)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-201-7164588-0.html?tag=lh>
The consensus is that, as things stand, the companies will have a difficult time making a merger work.

Apple, Dell Locked In Battle For Schools (Associated Press)
<http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/orl-subizapple16091601sep16.story?coll=orl%2Dbusiness%2Dheadlines>
Apple has had trouble fighting Dell's knack for keeping prices low and shipping supplies fast -- the same advantages that give Dell the overall crown in worldwide PC sales.

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

Glitch Closes Amazon Auctions, Donations (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-7196204.html?tag=owv>
Amazon.com suffered a "hardware failure" that crashed several of its departments for more than 12 hours, including the area where Amazon was accepting donations to help victims of Tuesday's terrorist attacks, the e-tailer said Sunday.

Mozilla 0.94: Browser Gets Updated (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=9389>
The new version brings the ability to disable pop-up ads, experimental support for LDAP protocols, and improved off-line IMAP support.

Attacks Spur Canada Web Concern (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,46861,00.html>
The Jewish group B'nai Brith Canada is calling for stricter regulation of hate-related material on the Internet following Tuesday's terrorist attacks in New York and Washington.

Yahoo Turns From Sun-Netscape Technology (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-7168063.html?tag=lh>
Internet company Yahoo tightened its relationship with software maker Novell this week, agreeing to promote the company's directory-services technology as the default in its corporate portal service.

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

Blast! What Was That Warning Signal? (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,70799,00.html?>
A Sunday Times poll found that hardly anyone knew what the serious of continuous blasts meant. The Public Warning System uses three separate and distinct tones to convey different messages.

Stranded Singaporeans Return From America (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/010915/5/1gkrb.html>
Emotions flowed freely as families and friends welcomed back those who have been stranded in America since Tuesday.