[MyAppleMenu] Aug 12, 2004

Thu Aug 12 13:15:00 EDT 2004

MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Thursday, August 12, 2004

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Mac News for Mac Users

[News]

*** Apple Posts Compressor Update 1.2.1
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/08/12/compressor>
by MacMinute

*** Apple Store Gets New Search Engine Features
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/08/11/search>
by MacMinute

*** Johansen Breaks AirPort Express Encryption
<http://www.macnn.com/news/25830>
by MacNN
Jon Lech Johnasen, author of DeCSS, has discovered the public key that the AirPort Express users to allow software to play audio through it. "This is a huge step forward in giving standard applications the ability to use an Express for audio output," according to one developer.

*** OmniWeb 5.0 Now Available
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/08/11/omniweb>
by MacMinute

[Opinion]

*** Memos From The Parking Lot
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/archives/000291.php>
by Philip Michaels, Macworld
To walk outside my apartment and essentially cross a street, all without losing my connection to a network, where I could keep working without sacrificing any productivity -- I'm not sure I could have even comprehended a scenario like that back in 1999.

[Sidetrack]

*** iTunes And Windows XP SP 2 
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/2004/08/12/#20040812bg000001>
by Heng-Cheong Leong
Conspiracy theory<http://www.macdailynews.com/comments.php?id=P3232_0_1_0> from a MacDailyNews reader: Microsoft is starting an online music service. Microsoft releases an update to Windows. Their largest competitor's software no longer works. Raise your hand if this is a shock to you.

iTunes didn't "no longer works." What happened is that the firewall in Windows is warning the user that, hey, iTunes is sending out and receiving data into your computer. If you trust iTunes and Apple, then just press this "OK" button to allow the network traffic.

Which is precisely the correct behavior of a firewall. If Microsoft's firewall didn't do this, I'd say that Microsoft has failed in SP2.

One have to remember that there are quite a bit of network traffic for iTunes: Rendezvous. (This is what iTunes is using to share music, and find other users that are sharing music.)

Sorry, but if you are going to post in a forum accusing Microsoft (or any other companies) of doing illegal things, firstly, get your facts straight.

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Emerging Technology. Innovative Applications. New Economy.

[News]

*** User Interfaces: The Next Generation
<http://www.computerworld.com/hardwaretopics/hardware/story/0,10801,95055,00.html?SKC=home95055>
by Jaikumar Vijayan, Computerworld
Keyboards and mice will face competition from motion-sensing, gesture recognition and haptic technologies.

*** 'Push To Talk' Meets Wi-Fi
<http://news.com.com/%27Push+to+talk%27+meets+Wi-Fi/2100-1039_3-5305894.html?part=rss&tag=5305894&subj=news.1039.20>
by Ben Charny, CNET News.com
Celluar carriers are creating "push to talk" services that travel over Wi-Fi networks, federal regulators say -- a move that could expand the one-push cell phone calls to VoIP systems.

[Linux]

*** An Alternative To Windows
<http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/04/09/roush0904.asp?trk=nl>
by Wade Roush, MIT Technology Review
With its low cost, growing catalogue of desktop software, and backing from business, Linux could finally pry the PC market from Microsoft's grasp.

*** Torvalds Asked To Step Into Linux Trademark Fight
<http://news.com.com/Torvalds+steps+into+Linux+trademark+fight/2100-7344_3-5305663.html?part=rss&tag=5305663&subj=news.7344.20>
by Andrew Colley, CNET News.com
Linus torvalds has been called on to help an Australian open-source advocate in a battle to stop local companies from trying to trademark the word "Linux."

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The other things in life

[Life]

*** Gardens In The Air Where The Rail Once Ran
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/12/arts/design/12high.html?ex=1250049600&#38;en=02deea6984b64a12&#38;ei=5088&#38;partner=rssnyt>
by Nicolai Ouroussoff, New York Times
A team of New York-based architects has been selected to design a master plan that would transform an abanonded section of elevated freight track into a public park that would weave its way north from the meatpacking district to Hell's Kicthen, two stories above the city.

*** Racist Like Me
<http://slate.msn.com/id/2104994/fr/rss/>
by Debra Dickerson, Slate
Why am I the only honest bigot?

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Life in the city

[News]

*** Singapore Looks To Its New Leader To Restore Old Economic Glow
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/12/international/asia/12singapore.html>
by Jane Perlez, New York Times
The question now, Singaporeans ask, is whether Singapore's heyday is over or whether the Cambridge- and Havard-educated son of the modern state's founder can bring back some of the old glow. THe answer, according to The Business Times, is that the first act will be hard to follow.

*** Singapore's Philosopher-Prince
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3556982.stm>
by Andrew Wood, BBC News
Lee Hsien Loong is perhaps the closest the modern world has to the ancient thinker Plato's idea of a philosopher-prince.

*** Singapore's Economy: Has It Passed Its Peak?
<http://www.iht.com/articles/533516.html>
by Jane Perlez, New York Times
Counrty struggles to sustain its growth.

[Opinion]

*** Guessing Singapore's Wild Cards Under Lee Junior's Leadership
<http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaileditorial.asp?fileid=20040812.E04&irec=6>
by Hanys Salmi, Jarkarta Post
It is safe to assume that Goh's trip to Iran and the high-profile visit to Taiwan by Lee fitted in well with Washington's strategic interests in Asia and the Gulf. With support from U.S., Singapore is no longer a tiny republic politically. It is rapidly growing -- in the words of a European diplomat here -- to be "the superpower in a little showcase."