[MyAppleMenu] Dec 31, 2004

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** You, Too, Can Be A Podcaster
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,66133,00.html?tw=rss.TOP>
Daniel Terdiman, Wired News

Fans of the burgeoning technology, which let users broadcast and download audio content feeds to MP3 players, say it represents audio broadcasting's future. But podcasting still has a long way to go.

[Opinion]

*** Goodbye Safari
<http://www.johnathonwilliams.com/johnathon/2004/12/goodbye_safari.html>
Johnathon Williams

That Mac users are also switching to Firefox says something very good about the experience it offers.

[Review]

*** Random Noise
<http://emperor.tidbits.com/webx?14@302.7kQ2ai8SSJq.0@.3c4f5c5c!discloc=.3c560699>
Matt Neuburg, TidBITS

SonicMood might not be everyone's cup of tea, but surely I can't be the only person in the world who occasionally wants this sort of sound to emanate from the computer, and in any case it has certainly been helpful to me in my work.

[Sidetrack]

*** $100 iPod
Heng-Cheong Leong

Rumor Last Year: $100 iPod <http://news.com.com/2100-1041_3-5134102.html>.

*** Rumor Today: Apple To Increase .Mac Storage To 1Gb
Heng-Cheong Leong

According to "reliable sources" from MacOSXRumors.com <http://www.macosxrumors.com/articles/2004/12/30/apple-to-increase-mac-storage-to-1gb/>, Apple is going to increase storage size and add new services sometime in 2005.

[Wintel]

*** No-Go Zone For Passport
<http://news.com.com/No-go+zone+for+Passport/2100-7345_3-5507991.html>
Robert Lemos, CNET News.com

Microsoft's Passport authentication technology lost a prominent partner this week when eBay announced that it would stop supporting customer logins through Microsoft's Passport and .Net services.

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The other things in life

[World]

*** Our Planet, And Our Duty
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/31/opinion/31herbert.html?ex=1262235600&en=10571c475a39027e&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt>
Bob Herbert, New York Times

This catastrophe would at least have a silver lining if it moved the people of the United States and other nations toward a wiser, more genuinely cooperative international posture.

[Tech & Science]

*** Gauging Disaster: How Scientists And Victims Watched Helplessly
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/31/international/worldspecial4/31wave.html?hp&ex=1104555600&en=41eeabf20494d0e5&ei=5094&partner=homepage>
Andrew C. Revkin, New York Times

"Part of me said I wish it had occured in the Pacific, because we could have saved an awful lot of people."

*** Miraculous Visions
<http://www.economist.com/science/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3518580>
The Economist

A century after Einstein's miracle year, most people still do not understand exactly what it was he did. Here, we attempt to elucidate.

[Life]

*** Abridge This!
<http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0452/essay.php>
Lawrence Block, Village Voice

Audioshave: What sort of book could be cut in half without losing a certain something?

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Life in the city

[News]

*** Singapore's Economic Growth Hit 8.1% This Year: PM Lee
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/125048/1/.html>
Debra Soon, Channel NewsAsia

*** Casino Operators Grasp Singapore Concept
<http://www.lvbusinesspress.com/articles/2004/12/30/news/news02.txt>
Steven Mihailovich, Las Vegas Business Press

*** Singapore Hopeful Of Open Skies Talks
<http://www.cidi.org/incident/tsunami/>
The Age

Singapore was hopeful progress could be made on an "open skies" agreement with Australia giving the island state access to lucrative airline routes into the Pacific region, Transport Minister Yeo Cheow Tong said.