[MyAppleMenu] Nov 23, 2004

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Solar Powered iPod Backup
<http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/portable-media/ipod/solar-powered-ipod-backup-026156.php>
Gizmodo

*** Engineering, Support Executives Leave Apple
<http://news.com.com/Engineering%2C+support+executives+leave+Apple/2100-1047_3-5462873.html?part=rss&tag=5462873&subj=news.1047.5>
Ina Fried, CNET News.com

Two Apple Computer executives have quietly left the company in recent weeks, including the Macintosh unit's head of engineering.

*** Apple Posts iCal 1.5.4 Security Update
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2004/11/22/ical/index.php/?lsrc=mcrss-1104>
Brad Cook, MacCentral

*** Xserve Shipments Soar 119 Percent; Trend Likely To Continue
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2004/11/22/xserve/index.php/?lsrc=mcrss-1104>
Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral

Analysts expect triple digit growth for the Xserve could continue into 2006 before it levels off.

*** Apple Stocks End sDay Up 11 Percent
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/11/22/aapl-2/>
MacMinute

This is after Piper Jaffray raised its price target on the stock to $100.

[Opinion]

*** Six Percent Of Windows iPod Users Have Already Switched To The Mac, But This Is Just The Beginning
<http://www.ipodgarage.com/ipod000198.html>
iPod Garage

Windows users who buy an iPod for use with their PC, are in fact coming back later and replacing that PC with a Macintosh.

[Wintel]

*** Microsoft Notebook: Top Exec Shares Business Lessons
<http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/200538_msftnotebook22.html>
Todd Bishop, Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Jeff Raikes shared a series of business lessons, explaining each using inside stories from his more than two decades at Microsoft.

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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Doubts About School Computer Use
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/4032737.stm>
BBC News

Students who use computers a lot at school have worse maths and reading performance, research suggests.

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The other things in life

[Tech & Science]

*** New Tools To Help Patients Reclaim Damaged Senses
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/23/science/23sens.html?oref=login&8hpib>
Sandra Blakeslee, New York Times

Until recently sensory substitution was confined to the laboratory. But electronic miniaturization and more powerful computer algorithms are making the technology less cumbersome.

[Life]

*** Old Faithful
<http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?041129fa_fact1>
David Sedaris, New Yorker

Testing the limits of love.

[Expressions]

*** The Joke
<http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/content/?041129fi_fiction>
Roddy Doyle, New Yorker

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Life in the city

[News]

*** Civil Servants Get Call-Up For Polls Training
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/sub/singapore/story/0,5562,286519,00.html?>
Sue-Ann Chia, Straits Times

The Elections Department confirmed letters are being sent to about 20,000 civil servants, informing them of election duty and training. However, the department denies that general election could be around the corner.

[Opinion]

*** Not Feasible To Build Viaduct Above CTE
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/sub/forum/story/0,5562,286487,00.html?>
Han Liang Yuan, Land Transport Authority, Straits Times

LTA rejected the suggestion as this will involves extensive acquisition of private land, as well as the presense of city tunnels.