[MyAppleMenu] Nov 16, 2004

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Greek Music Fans, Too, Can Now Get It On The Internet
<http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/news/civ__3108724KathiLev&xml/&aspKath/civ.asp?fdate=16/11/2004>
Nikos G. Xydakis, Kathimerini

Launched in Greece late last month, Apple's iTunes Music Store has, despite the lack of publicity, already drawn a considerable number of local customers for online music purchases at a cost of 0.99 euros per song.

*** Steve Jobs To Keynote Macworld Expo San Francisco
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/11/16/mwsfkeynote/>
MacMinute

*** AirPort 4.1 Fixes Encryption Irritation
<http://emperor.tidbits.com/webx?14@316.1UPAattOQ9q.0@.3c4f5c5c!discloc=.3c542d5c>
Glenn Fleishman, TidBITS

Apple has released AirPort 4.1 software for Mac OS X 10.3, and this update includes a feature that's been in great need: the ability to use more modern and secure WPA encryption when you're also linking base stations wirelessly through WDS.

*** PortalPlayer Rides Popularity Of The iPod
<http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/national/10187235.htm?1c>
Raymond Hennessey, Associated Press

PortalPlayer, based in Santa Calra, Calif., is a chip maker for personal media players. But its business is highly concentrated: 93 percent of its sales go to Shanghai's Inventec Appliances Co., which assembles iPods.

*** Apple's Computer Sales Could harmonize With iPod's Success
<http://www.investors.com/editorial/tech.asp?v=11/14>
Patrick Seitz, Investor's Business Daily

*** Shop Till You're Cool
<http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6478690/site/newsweek>
Jennifer Ordonez, Newsweek

Checkout lines and stocked shelves? Not at these stores, where the point is hanging around.

[Opinion]

*** iPod And Corporate America
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/5933>
John Sequeira, O'Reilly Network

My brother's employer, BIG BANK Inc., has decided to get every employee above call center and administrative staff an iPod so they can listen to things like earnigns calls on their way to work.

*** iPod In The Sky?
<http://playlistmag.com/weblogs/todayatplaylist/2004/11/ipodsky/index.php>
Christopher Breen, Playlist

Get music-on-demand for a monthly fee.

[Review]

*** Blast! No Infraread
<http://emperor.tidbits.com/webx?14@656.gTEha5ebQIh.0@.3c4f5c5c!discloc=.3c5424cd>
Glenn Fleishman, TidBITS

If El Gato added an IR blaster, I would immediately turn my G4 Cube into a home entertainment center.

*** Safari -> Firefox
<http://www.mrbarrett.com/archives/2004/11/safari_firefox.html>
Damien Barrett, mrbarrett.com

Firefox is faster, cleaner, more extensible, and user-friendly than Safari.

[Sidetrack]

*** There's No Such Thing As Native Speakers of Traditional/Simplified Chinese
Heng-Cheong Leong

The whole deal with traditional and simplified Chinese is in the writing, not the speaking <http://www.google.com/googleblog/2004/11/blogging-around-world.html>. Even though a resident from Beijing writes in simplified Chinese, while a resident from Taipei writes in traditional Chinese, so long as they are using the same dialet (most likely Mandarin), they will pronounce their words in exactly the same way.

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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Half-Life 2's Real Battle
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52849-2004Nov15.html?nav=rss_technology>
Mike Musgrove, Washington Post

If the video game industry is beginning to rake in revenue that rivals the movie industry, it's also beginning to accumulate Hollywood-like headaches.

*** Firefox -- The Flag Bearer Of Free Software
<http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/11/16/firefox/index_np.html>
Sam Williams, Salon

Mozilla's browser is taking market share away from Microsoft. Sometimes, slow and steady really does win the race.

*** Drug Bottles To Carry Tracking Chips
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51346-2004Nov15.html?nav=rss_technology>
Maggie Fox, Reuters

Viagra, Oxycontin and some AIDS drugs will be among the first to carry radio chip tracking devices under a new Food and Drug Administration initiative to prevent theft and counterfeiting.

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The other things in life

[World]

*** Colin Powell's Redeeming Failures
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/16/opinion/16isaacson.html?ex=1258347600&#38;en=adb8551b4b0779d0&%2338;ei=5088&%2338;partner=rssnyt>
Walter Isaacson, New York Times

There should be an honored place in history's pantheon for statesmen whose idea and instincts turned out to be right -- even though they were ignored.

[Tech & Science]

*** Why Tom Hanks Is Less Than Human
<http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6471871/site/newsweek/>
Steven Levy, Newsweek

While sensors can't capture how humans act, humans can give life to digital characters.

[Life]

*** An Audience Finally Catches Up To 'The Amazing Race'
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/16/arts/television/16race.html?oref=login&ex=1258347600&>
Joe Rhodes, New York Times

In the relatively short history of reality television there seems to have been on inescapable pattern: a show is either successful right out of the gate or it sputters and quickly dies. Slow starts are rarely allowed. That makes CBS's late-blooming "Amazing Race" a notable survivor.

[Expressions]

*** Holy
<http://slate.msn.com/id/2109754/fr/rss/>
Sophie Cabot Black, Slate

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Life in the city

[Top Stories]

*** Singapore A Matured Society And Ready For A Casino: Dr Vivian
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/117405/1/.html>
Derek Cher, Channel NewsAsia

He revealed that a majority of Singaporeans do not have a problem with having a casino here.

[News]

*** No Public Transport Fare Hike For Now, Despite High Oil Prices
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/117379/1/.html>
Farah Abdul Rahim, Channel NewsAsia

*** Singapore Welcomes Open Skies Review
<http://www.theage.com.au/news/Business/Singapore-welcomes-open-skies-reviews/2004/11/16/1100574470244.html>
AFP

*** Singapore Commits To Punctuality
<http://www.thestar.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=329&fArticleId=2300836>
Martin Abbugao, The Star

If there is a social problem in Singapore, expect the government to mount a campaign to fix it.

*** Massive Overhaul Of Chinese Teaching
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/sub/topstories/story/0,5562,285212,00.html?>
Sandra Davie and Ho Ai Li, Straits Times

The teaching of Chinese language is in for its biggest overhaul in decades, with a new focus on getting children to speak read the language confidently, and to use it even after they leave school.