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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Google Plans Desktop Search Tool For Apple PCs
<http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh69240_2004-10-29_22-40-09_n29367200_newsml>
Retuers

"We intend to do it."

*** Apple Secures iPod Design Patent
<http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=714>
Andy Barnes, AppleInsider

Apple has successfully secured a design patent for its ubiquitous iPod digital music player.

*** iPod Photo: Attributes And Accessories
<http://playlistmag.com/weblogs/todayatplaylist/2004/10/ipodphotoattr/index.php>
Dan Frakes, Playlist

Over the next few months, you can expect to see many new accesories as vendors revise their product lines to fit the new [thicker] iPod Photo.

*** iTunes Ireland Sees 'Pot Of Gold'?
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=10017>
Jonny Evans, Macworld UK

It appears Apple originally planned to open for busines in Ireland this Tuesday. These plans, however, were stymied at the last minute by a disagreement with the Irish Music Rights Organization.

*** iPod Photo Manifests Audio Defect
<http://www.ipodlounge.com/ipodnews_comments.php?id=5378_0_7_0_C>
Jeremy Horwitz, iPodlounge

It has the same audio defect widely reported in the fourth-generation iPod shortly after its release.

[Opinion]

*** You Broke It. Who Fixes It?
<http://news.com.com/2061-1003-5432596.html?tag=rsspr.5432599>
Jennifer Guevin, CNET News.com

Apple's service sounds promising if you're at all technically inclined. But anyone who's tried to talk a parent or grandparent through the steps of tweaking settings in their e-mail client or -- gasp! -- scan for and rid a system of spyware and viruses can tell you that over-the-phone consultations can be horrible torture for those on both ends of the line.

*** iPod Mania
<http://daringfireball.net/2004/10/ipod_mania>
John Gruber, Daring Fireball

*** Today Music, Tomorrow Our Lives
<http://www.forbes.com/technology/personaltech/2004/10/29/cx_ah_1029tentech.html>
Arik Hesseldahl, Forbes

Could the iPod and similar devices be the start of something bigger in the area of personal data storage?

[Review]

*** New To iTunes
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/mac911/2004/10/new2itunes/index.php>
Christopher Breen, Macworld

Lost among all the new iPod Photo hoopla are a couple of new iTunes features that I find extremely helpful.

[Sidetrack]

*** iPod Costume
Heng-Cheong Leong

Where <http://www.gizmodo.com/archives/ipod-costume-024555.php> are the white ear-phones, eh?

[Wintel]

*** Concerns Over Windows Cashpoints
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3962573.stm>
Mark Ward, BBC News

Cash machine networks could soon be more susceptible to computer viruses, a security firm has warned.

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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[Top Stories]

*** We Pledge Allegiance To The Penguin
<http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.11/linux.html>
Julian Dibbell, Wired

We pledge allegiance to the penguin, and the intellectual property regime for which he stands. One nation, under Linux, with free music and open source software for all. Welcome to Brazil!

[News]

*** Porn Is Going Mobile
<http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,65509,00.html?tw=rss.TOP>
Gina Lynn, Wired News

[Linux]

*** Chinese Vendor Offers Linux Mobile Platform
<http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/10/29/HNchineselinux_1.html>
John Biau, IDG News Service

After launching two of the world's first Linux smart phones, China's E28 Ltd. is now offering handset manufacturers the opportunity to license its software and hardware designs based on the increasingly popular open-source operating system.

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The other things in life

[World]

*** You Must Vote. It's The Law.
<http://slate.msn.com/id/2108832/fr/rss/>
Eric Weiner, Slate

Australia requires citizens to vote. Should the U.S.?

[Life]

*** Defacing The Skyline, A Heartless Act In The Heart Of Chicago
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/30/opinion/30sat4.html?ex=1256875200&#38;en=abd885f50a13ca9f&%2338;ei=5088&%2338;partner=rssnyt>
Lawrence Downes, New York Times

I do not doubt Mr. Trump's sincerity. But I hate his building. It may be sleek and shiny, but it's also a soaring monstrosity, a vertical S.U.V., a McMansion in the sky.

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Life in the city

[Opinion]

*** Huge MRT Profits Question Fare Hikes
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/28584.asp>
Leong Sze Hian, Today

Its latest results for the six months ended Sept 30 show that net profit rose 68 percent to $48.6 million for the interim.

*** Sufficient Avenues For MPs To Ask Questions
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/sub/forum/story/0,5562,282226,00.html?>
P. O. Ram, Clerk of Parliament, Straits Times

MPs can [also] ask supplementary questions during Question Time. MPs can also raise issues in the House by filing a substantive motion or an adjournment motion.

*** Don't Redraw Electroal Boundaries Before Polls
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/sub/forum/story/0,5562,282230,00.html?>
Joseph Wong Kok Sen, Straits Times

The PAP is entitled to desire parliamentary dominance. It is not obliged to be magnanimous to the opposition but it should be obliged to be fair.