User group Newsletter Editors: Utilize this content in your newsletter -- PLEASE ... reference The User Group Network _ / _ UG Network Channel _ / _ NEWS_/ _ Rumor Manager The Rumor Manager is looking for your rumors and tidbits... give him a post! ...or subscribe... see subscription notes below 9912.10 Rumor Manager - 12/10/99 MacLaunch; Pentium Glitch; Time Capsule; Symantec; Apple Japan **** MacLaunch Billing itself as the Mac Portal, MacLaunch has launched and looks pretty good. Plenty of links and what appears to be a decent search engine. To celebrate its launch, MacLaunch is giving away $15,000 worth of prizes to registered MacLaunch users. Check it out at: <http://www.maclaunch.com/> [EDITOR'S NOTE: MacLaunch seems to be a huge spam site... beware: we have been spammed and spammed by them. Joining under a unique new AOL address brought spam within 12 hours. If you plan on using any of their free services use ficticious information unless you want your personal data shared with advertisers.] **** Pentium Glitch ZDNet's AnchorDesk reported on December 2, that the new Pentium III chips using the copper technology called "CopperMine" would require the user to push twice on the power button before they would boot up. This is true of the chips shipped since October 25. For some reason the article picks on Dell as being forced to stop shipping its corporate desktop model. **** Time Capsule While they didn't say what model it was, a Macintosh was buried in a time capsule on December 2nd at SMU in Dallas. The goal is to have the capsule opened in 3000. Besides the Mac other common items were Levis, Barbies, Beanie Babies, Diet Coke, DVDs of Saving Private Ryan and Apocalypse Now. Also making the trip into the future is Doctor Ruth's Sex for Dummies. Wonder what future generations will make of that. **** Symantec Slammed with Fine On December 6, a federal court found Symantec Corp in civil contempt and ordered it to pay $544.581 in its copyright litigation with Network Associates. The law suit involves Network Associates assertion that Symantec used code from CyberMedia Uninstaller in it's Norton Uninstall Deluxe product. The court had ruled that Symantec must stop selling product. However Best Buy continued to sell the product after the court order, thus the fine. Personally, I am glad I never have to use uninstallers. **** Apple doesn't trade fare? Japan's Fair Trade Commission raided the Tokyo offices of Apple Japan on Tuesday Moring, 12/7/99. Reported the raid was in response to Apple's pressure on dealers not to sell iMacs and iBooks below the suggested retail price. According to the Japanese law, that would be price fixing. Sounds like the Japanese could be getting lower prices real soon now. **** Don't forget Any suggestions for topics and reports of rumors are always welcome. Please me know at the address below. Thanks ... the Rumor Manager invites you to use all or part of his column in your user group newsletter. Please let him know at rumormangr@aol.com and if possible send an electronic copy for the old scrapbook. pau Subscribe to Rumors@lists.user-groups.net DIGEST VERSION: rumors-digest@lists.user-groups.net (recommended) rumors-on@lists.user-groups.net for more information go to: http://www.user-groups.net/ugcommunity/subscribe.html The Rumor Manager is a veteran of the UGN (AOL User Groups Forum) and User Group Network. He's been a supporter and volunteer on many, many UGNet and User Group Academy projects. As a long time user group member, he's served as volunteer from Honolulu to Boston and many points in between. Currently working with the Apple Corp of Dallas, the Dallas Mac Pack, Cowtown MUG of Ft. Worth and TUMS (the Tulsa Users of Macintosh Society) doing newsletter articles and the monthly CD-ROM Update. UG Network Channel _ / _ NEWS _ / _ UG Library _ / _ UG Bookshelf To Advertise or become a sponsor -- Contact Jennifer -- Press Releases for publication -- should be directed to: UGNN News Desk at: News-Editor@user-groups.net. Article Reprints -- User Group Network Affiliates may reprint articles as long as full credit is given. Other Non-profit or non-commercial publications should contact us. The UGNN cannot guarantee accuracy or timeliness of articles. Many have been forwarded to us by field correspondents, or press release services. All care is taken to assure the accuracy of URLs and email addresses. Some items may be 30 to 60 days old. The User Group Network is an affiliate of the News-Serve Network - inquiries: Publisher@news-serve.net . . . All commercial names herein, including publication, product, and company names are assumed to be the registered trademarks of their companies. UGN, UGNN, UGNet News, UG Idea Exchange, are all trademarks for The User Group Network, copyright 1997, all rights reserved. Copyright 1999, The User Group Network, http://www.user-groups.net/News-Service.