[MyAppleMenu] Nov 9, 2004

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** iPod Nation?
<http://www.tuftsdaily.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2004/11/09/41906c8135b6d>
Arianne Baker, Tufts Daily

Tufts Associate Professor of Anthropology David Guss said that the iPod is so successful because it "empower[s] people to become more than simply passive consumers. iPod and other systems create new circuiltires in which consumers are also producers."

*** The Apple Of Their Eye
<http://news.newstimes.com/story.php?id=66497>
Heather Barr, News-Times

Store offers comptuers, tech help for Mac users.

*** Making The Cut
<http://www.jsonline.com/bym/tech/news/nov04/273361.asp>
Knight Ridder News Service

Apple's GarageBand, Sony's ACID and other powerful yet easy-to-use software programs let professional musicians write and record music whenever and wherever the muse strikes.

*** Here Comes The Sun -- Get Out The iPod!
<http://apple.weblogsinc.com/entry/3353604370424571/>
Barb Dybwad, Unofficial Apple Weblog

*** MyPower Adds Up To 32 Hours Of Playback Time To Your iPod
<http://apple.weblogsinc.com/entry/5292100332243966/>
Barb Dybwad, Unofficial Apple Weblog

The new iPod case is rechargeable battery and portable dock, all in one.

*** Apple, Jobs Snare Two Billboard Awards
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2004/11/08/billboard/index.php/?lsrc=mcrss-1104>
Brad Cook, MacCentral

Apple won Brand of the Year while Jobs secured Visionary of the Year for his dual roles as CEO of Apple and Pixar.

[Opinion]

*** U2 Is Smart To Bite Into This Apple
<http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2004/11/09/u2_is_smart_to_bite_into_this_apple/?rss_id=Boston%20Globe%20--%20Living%20/%20Arts%20News>
Renee Graham, Boston Globe

What U2 has done is adopt the new playbook for pop-music success.

*** Google Search On Mac Not Needed
<http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,11302670%5E15423%5E%5Enbv%5E15309,00.html>
David Frith, The Australian

*** Video iPod: Wrong Time, Wrong Place
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/2004/11/videoipod/index.php>
Jason Snell, Macworld

With its iPod success and Steve Jobs' Hollywood ties, I sure wouldn't bet against Apple. But only when the time is right. And that time isn't now.

*** Tasty Fruit
<http://www.investor.reuters.com/Article.aspx?docid=6604&target=companyoftheday>
Erik Dellith, Reuters

Product upgrades and strong demand are driving growth at Apple.

[Review]

*** Singing With The Sonnet Encore/ST G4 Duet
<http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=07884>
Geoff Duncan, TidBITS

For those of us who still aren't at ease with Mac OS X, a processor upgrade is a great way to extend the viability of an existing Mac without the trouble and expense of buying a whole new system.

*** New iMac Delivers Value For Windows Users
<http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041108/NEWS05/411080327/1064>
Leonard Fischer, Gannett News Service

Style, performance and security make Appel's new iMac G5 computers one of the best values for home and small-business users -- especailly for Windows users shopping for their next PC.

*** The New iMac Is Beautiful
<http://www.canada.com/technology/story.html?id=d392f04b-5b54-40a4-9c8a-1f1427fca6d0>
Murray Hill, Sasktaoon Sun

Simply put, the new iMac is beautiful.

*** Apple Has Surprises Tucked Into Panther
<http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/computing/personaltech/20041108-9999-mz1b8techno.html>
Al Fasoldt, San Diego Union-Tribune

Here's how to bring out a few of the hidden features of the application with the simple name, Mail.

*** Apple iPod Photo
<http://www.cameratown.com/reviews/ipodphoto.cfm>
Ron Risman, CameraTown.com

*** Apple iPod Photo
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/08/preview_ipod_photo/>
Pocket Lint, The Register

What's stopping us getting over-excited? One, to view the images properly you really need to view them on a television and two, to view images ont he television you need to carry around a long cable with three phono plugs in your pocket.

[Wintel]

*** Microsoft Moves Closer To Wiping Its Antitrust Slate Clean
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1721057,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594>
Caron Carlson, eWeek

By reaching antitrust settlements with two additional litigants -- Novell and Comptuer & Communications Industry Association -- Microsoft has broguht its cost of persuading rivals to drop lawsuits to roughly $3 billion.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Supercomputer Mastery At Risk
<http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/technology/10136099.htm>
Glennda Chui and Therese Poletti, San Jose Mercury News

No. 1 U.S. must app

*** Taking Media In Our Hands
<http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/04/11/wo_jenkins110904.asp?trk=top>
Henry Jenkins, MIT Technology Review

Grassroots creative communities are creating new forms of digital expression that are influencing both the art world and commercial culture.

*** Is Gap Growing Between Security Haves And Have-Nots?
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1721494,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594>
Wayne Rash, eWeek

Some security professionals worried about a new digital divide: large enterprises that can afford security and small companies that can't.

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The other things in life

[World]

*** Cruel And Unusual
<http://bostonreview.net/BR29.5/dayan.html>
Joan Dayan, Boston Review

The end of the Eigth Amendment.

*** Out Of Beijing
<http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=20041115&s=giry111504>
Stephanie Giry, New Republic

The Bush administration is getting more blame for Darfur than it deserves -- and Beijing is not getting enough.

[Tech & Science]

*** Miniature People Add Extra Pieces To Evolutionary Puzzle
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/09/science/09tiny.html?oref=login&ex=1257656400&>
Nicholas Wade, New York Times

The Floresians, whoese existence was reported late last month, have shaken up existing views of the human past for three reasons: they are so recent, so small and apparently so smart.

[Expressions]

*** To A Cheetah In The Moscow Zoo
<http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=20041115&s=poem111504>
Durs Grunbein, New Republic

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Life in the city

[News]

*** Lee Seen Leading Singapore Until 2020
<http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/Swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=5323275>
Reuters

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will likely lead Singapore for 10-15 years, about as long as his predecessor's term but half of his father's rule, local media reports, quoting a senior ruling party official.

*** Singapore, KL Get Reports On Work Impact
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/sub/singapore/story/0,5562,283934,00.html?>
Straits Times

A group of independent experts appointed to study the impact of Singapore's reclamatioin works around Pulau Tekong has submitted its final reports to the governments of Singapore and Malaysia.