[MyAppleMenu] Jun 1, 2004

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Tuesday, June 1, 2004

MyAppleMenu
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Mac News for Mac Users

[News]

*** .Mac Subscribers Top Half A Million
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=8795>
by Macworld UK
Apple's subscriber-only UK .Mac page reveals Apple now boasts over half a million subscribers.

*** Wave Of Attention Rushes Back To Stephen Shore's Photography
<http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/05/31/DDGUP6TKLP1.DTL&type=art>
by Kenneth Baker, San Francisco Chronicle
New technology has brought Shore almost full circle, back to the kind of small book Ruscha made.

*** Pepsi Australia Giving Away An iPod Every Hour
<http://www.ipodlounge.com/ipodnews_comments.php?id=4038_0_7_0_C>
by iPodlounge

[Review]

*** Big Bang Chess
<http://www.applelinks.com/pm/more.php?id=1484_0_1_0_M>
by Erica Marceau, Applelinks
Download Big Bang Chess if you want a good free chess game. Just don't expect too much, yet.

*** Making Macintosh More Corporate
<http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/04_23/b3886028.htm>
by Stephen H. Wildstrom, BusinessWeek
With Office 2004, Mac users for the first time in years have an office suite that is at least the equal of its Windows equivalent.

*** More Personal iTunes Sharing
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/mac911/archives/2004/05/000206.php>
by Christopher Breen, Macworld
One of the more impressive developments in iTunes 4.5 is its ability to share iTunes libraries between users on the same computer.

[Sidetrack]

*** Music Rental: Another POV 
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/2004/06/01/#20040601bg000002>
by Heng-Cheong Leong
People don't want to rent music, observed Steve Jobs, which is why there isn't a subscription-based service over at the iTunes Music Store. And I tend to agree on this point.

But, one of the "advantage" of the old Napster, a lot of people have also observed, is the ability to sample and discover new music. And sampling and discovering new music on the iTunes Music Store, currently, is too much work. A lot of clicks. A lot of waiting.

Maybe the new iPod division should invent something like a personalized radio station, which can be listened via iTunes or iPod. The tunes selection will be partly based on what the user have on his iTunes library. And, oh, a 30-second preview is simply not enough for discovering new music.

Simply choose the option, "Include iTunes Music Store samples", and iTunes/iPod will selected previews into your current playlist. Perhaps even with a text-to-speech announcement. Oh, of course, make it easy for the user to then buy the tune.

*** Chicken a la The King 
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/2004/06/01/#20040601bg000001>
by Heng-Cheong Leong
Fried Chicken<http://www.google.com/googleblog/2004/05/chicken-la-king.html>, the way Elvis used to love.

[Wintel]

*** Microsoft Slows To Support Customers' Pace
<http://news.com.com/Microsoft+slows+to+support+customers'+pace/2100-7343_3-5222852.html>
by David Becker and Mike Ricciuti, CNET News.com
Microsoft's decision to extend support for many of its products reflects a new reality: Customers are increasingly reluctant to update major software compoents every few years just to keep up with Microsoft's shipment schedules.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technology. Innovative Applications. New Economy.

[News]

*** Simple Passwords Not Enough As Perils Of Online World Grow
<http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/tech/news/2601983>
by Anick Jesdanun, Associated Press
Scandinavian countries are among the leaders as many online businesses abandon static passwords in favor of so-called two-factor authentication.

*** Programming Is Like Songwriting
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/4984>
by Derek Sivers, O'Reilly Network

*** New Wireless TV Offers Freedom -- At A High Price
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/8803303.htm>
by Mike Langberg, San Jose Mercury News
For the first time, you can pick up a TV screen and move it to a place that's convenient for you.

*** Something In The Air
<http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5092820/site/newsweek/>
by Steven Levy, Newsweek
Here's what we're learning with our cell phones, sensors and Wi-Fi: losing the wires is only the beginning. What happens next is unpredictable, empowering and sometimes a bit unnerving.

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The other things in life

[Life]

*** Bushido: The Way Of The Armchair Warrior
<http://www.newyorker.com/shouts/content/?040607sh_shouts>
by Evan Eisenberg, New Yorker
Knowledge is not important. The armchair warrior strives to attain a state beyond knowledge, a state of deep, non-knowing connection to the universe: in particular, to that portion of the universe which is rich, powerful, or related to him by blood.

*** New Yorker Fiction, By The Numbers
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/01/books/01YORK.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1086064431-oPeXHj7kjP5DfSnY8l2X5Q>
by David Carr, New York Times
Katherine L. Milkman decided to turn rigorous mathematical analystics on an even more mystical topic: the selection of short fiction for The New Yorker.

*** Black Writers Seize Glamorous Ground Around 'Chick-Lit'
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/31/books/31CHIC.html>
by Lola Ogunnaike, New York Times
For a few African-American women, HBO's series "Sex and the City" had a more profound and wholly unexpected effect: it motivated them to write fiction.

[Expressions]

*** Suckers
<http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/content/?040607fi_fiction>
by V. S. Naipaul, New Yorker

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[Top Stories]

*** Singapore Party Endorses Next PM
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3763397.stm>
by BBC News
Singapore's ruling party has endorsed the Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, as the next head of government.

[News]

*** Stat Board, Or Business Enterprise?
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/20107.asp>
by Siew Kum Hong, Today
Public should know why SLF is involved in business and why it cannot be a charity.

*** Singapore Touts Gains Of Immigration
<http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,8903-1129364,00.html>
by The Times
Singapore has trumpeted the benefits of immigration, crediting foreign workers for spurring economic growth.

*** CPF Funds Can't Be Passed On By Will
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/topstories/story/0,4386,253850,00.html?>
by K.C. Vijayan, Straits Times
CPF Board nomination forms must be used.