[MyAppleMenu] Nov 7, 2004

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Creative's Offering A Free Zen Micro For Your Old iPod -- If You Live In Singapore
<http://www.engadget.com/entry/5447891688155434/>
Peter Rojas, Engadget

If you live in Singapore and are one of the first five people to get in line at the Creative Fest they're holding there later this month.

*** iPods At The Gate
<http://www.campus-technology.com/article.asp?id=10201>
Mikael Blaisdell, Campus Technology

Like little armies dragging their downloadable ammunition behind them, Apple's iPod are poised at the juncture of teenworld and your campus, just waiting to invade. Can this be a good thing?

*** Apple Dashboard Widget Contest
<http://apple.weblogsinc.com/entry/5585826482525672/>
Laurie Duncan, Unofficial Apple Weblog

Members of Apple's Developer Connection who hold an active software seed key are eligible to enter Apple's new Dashboard Widget Contest to win a new iPod.

[Review]

*** Minimalist-Looking iMac G5 Is A Powerful Desktop Computer
<http://www.mysanantonio.com/business/stories/MYSA110704.2R.macguy.2537d5a3.html>
Paul Vaughn, San Antonio Express-News

*** Photo Plus Music Equals An Expensive iPod
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29927-2004Nov6.html>
Rob Pegoraro, Washington Post

iPod Photo's biggest obstacle isn't other products, it's human nature. It's a lot harder to gawk at pictures while walking, running or driving than it is to listen to music; none of Apple's engineering wizardry can change that.

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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** They Won't Take No For Answer
<http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-phones6nov06,1,3497638.story?coll=la-headlines-technology>
James S. Granelli, Los Angeles Times

Call for gizmo-packed cellphones is low in the U.S., but firms still push for a connection.

*** The State Of Rich Web Apps
<http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/11/05/45OPstrategic_1.html>
Jon Udell, InfoWorld

The drive for GUI ease runs counter to easily shareable state information.

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The other things in life

[World]

*** Spend $150 Billion Per Year To Cure World Poverty
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/07/magazine/07SACHS.html>
Daphne Eviatar, New York Times

So the economist Jeffrey Sachs is telling the developed world. But can money really change everything?

[Life]

*** My Hands Are Tied
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/07/magazine/07LIVES.html>
Bryan Lonegan as told to Paige Williams, New York Times

As an immigration lawyer in the wake of 9/11, I find people's fate are too often sealed by the time I meet them.

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Life in the city

[News]

*** Singapore Opposition Leader Loses Appeal
<http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=616302&section=news>
Reuters

Singapore's opposition leader, Chee Soon Juan, has lost a bid to protect himself from bankruptcy as the court dismissed his appeal to reconvene an earlier hearing scheduled to reassess libel damages he has to pay.

*** Singapore Deploys More Cameras On Streets
<http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20041106-105507-2418r.htm>
UPI

Singapore, already one of the world's safest big cities, is installing more closed-circuit television cameras in public areas to combat terrorism and crime.

*** Cosmopolitan All Snapped Up
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/sub/news/story/0,5562,283662,00.html?>
Debbie Swee, Straits Times

Racy women's magazine Cosmopolitan is flying off the shelves here, after a 22-year ban on it was lifted.