[MyAppleMenu] Nov 13, 2004

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** FileMaker Takes Major K12 Award
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=10139&Page=1&pagePos=4>
Macworld UK

*** Students Cash In On iPod Giveaway
<http://www.thecrimson.com/today/article504434.html>
Illeana Ojeda, Harvard Crimson

*** Rumors Of Apple iPod Deal Lift Digital River Stock
<http://www.startribune.com/stories/535/5083556.html>
Neal St. Anthony, Star Tribune

Shares of Digital River rose to a four-year high driven on what analysts said were rumors that its technology might be used to download games onto the next version of Apple's popular iPod.

*** Staples: Brand Warriors
<http://www.apple.com/pro/design/staples/>
David Levy, Apple

"Staples is all about easy, and the Apple platform just makes it easy for my team to be creative. That freedom lets up push the limits, test more options, and produce more compelling communications."

[Opinion]

*** Microsoft Biting The Apple
<http://www.fool.com/News/mft/2004/mft04111220.htm>
Kelvin Taylor, Motley Fool

One fact is clear: Microsoft is looking long term and has the cash to stay the course. At some point, portable media players will become commodity items, and Apple won't be able to charge customers the high prices it does now. Then the equation will change, perhaps to Bill Gates' advantage.

[Review]

*** Getting In Tune With AirPort Express
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/11/12/airport_express.html>
Michael Brewer, O'Reilly Network

AirPort [Express] is by no means the perfect solution for streaming music on a local network. But it's darn good.

*** Build Your Own Blogging Application, Part 2
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/11/12/weblog.html>
Matthew Russell, O'Reilly Network

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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Wiki Goes To Work
<http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/11/12/46OPconnection_1.html>
Chad Dickerson, InfoWorld

Here's how Wiki can provide a collaborative staging area for solving IT problems.

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The other things in life

[Life]

*** Building A One-Man Magazine, One Impossible Feat At A Time
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/13/books/13esop.html?oref=login&ex=1258088400&>
David Carr, New York Times

Pull back the cover of Esopus and you will find only Tod Lippy, designer, editor, conjuurer. Just Tod Lippy, with his one d and his conceit that he can make the magazine he wants and that people will give him $10 for each one and that then he can make another one.

*** Granddaddy Of Piano Teachers Steps Out
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/12/arts/music/12czer.html?oref=login&8hpib>
Anthony Tommasini, New York Times

Say the name Carl Czerny to most pianists, and you will probably see their fingers start to twitch from motor memory.

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Life in the city

[News]

*** Singapore, Indonesia Meet, Greet And Run
<http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/FK13Ae06.html>
Bill Guerin, Asia Times

Security characterized the bilateral relationship between Indonesia and Singapore in the 1980s. But Singapore now lives in constant fear of the terror threat emanating from its two biggest neighbors.

*** The Singapore Connection
<http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaileditorial.asp?fileid=20041113.E02&irec=2>
Jakarta Post

It is no exaggeration to say that a new historical era has dawned in this region with the emergence of new leadership in Jarkarta, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur.

[Opinion]

*** Greens Anything But 'Real Nature Sanctuary'
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/sub/forum/story/0,5562,284741,00.html?>
Dr Ho Hua Chew, Conservation Committee and Lim Kim Keang, Bird Group Nature Society Singapore, Straits Times

We are concerned about the misleading picture of the state of the wildlife/biodiversity presented.