[MyAppleMenu] Aug 16, 2005

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Apple Twewaks Executive Compensation
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=12360>
Macworld UK

Apple has tweaked the way it awards shares to executives in order to satisfy tax obligations.

*** Macs 'Much Safer' Online Than Windows, Report Confirms
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=12361>
Jonny Evans, Macworld UK

Macs are much safer online machines than Windows PCs, Consumer Reports confirms.

*** Dave Matthews Band Addresses iTunes Concern
<http://www.macnn.com/articles/05/08/15/dave.matthews.band/>
MacNN

*** Apple Releases Security Update 2005-07
<http://www.macsimumnews.com/index.php/archive/apple_releases_security_update_2005_07/>
Macsimum

*** Piper Jaffray Selects Apple Computer As Top Large Cap Pick
<http://www.newratings.com/analyst_news/article_970008.html>
Dow Jones Newswires

[Opinion]

*** Does Tiger's Burn Folder Char Toast?
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/7603>
Derrick Story, O'Reilly Network

*** A Letter To My Brother
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/7604?CMP=OTC-13IV03560550>
Giles Turnbull, O'Reilly Network

I do think you should buy a Mac. Here's why.

*** That Ol' Consistency Black Magic
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/7600?CMP=OTC-13IV03560550>
Neil Lee, O'Reilly Network

Mac OS X is still leagues beyond any other operating system available in the design and consistency department, but with every release of Mac OS X teeny gaps have started to appear in Apple's, er, armor.

[Review]

*** Mighty Mouse Not A Strong Contender
<http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=08208>
Glenn Fleishman, TidBITS

*** Burning Monkey Solitaire 2005
<http://www.applelinks.com/p5/index.php/more/review_burning_monkey_solitaire_2005/>
Kirk Hiner, Applelinks

*** DeepTrouble 2
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/reviews/view.php?ID=604>
Bryan Clodfelter, Inside Mac Games

Its gameplay is seriously flawed due to its slow and predictable (in other words, boring) nature.

*** Apple's New 12" iBook Blurs Product Line
<http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/TechNews/Gazin/Opinion/2005/08/15/1174098.html>
Greg Gazin, CANOE

*** iBook G4 and Mac Mini: Minor Update, Major Value
<http://www.macworld.com/2005/08/reviews/ibookmini/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Jennifer Berger, Macworld

Value is the key as Apple adds feature, lowers prices on iBook G4s and Mac minis.

[Sidetrack]

*** Geologists Continue To Puzzle Over A Lack of Cooling Of The Earth's Core
Heng-Cheong Leong

I really wasn't expecting this particular punchline while reading today's Foxtrot <http://www.ucomics.com/foxtrot/2005/08/16/>... :-)

[Wintel]

*** Forecast Cloudy For Windows Vista
<http://www.wired.com/news/infostructure/0,1377,68514,00.html?tw=rss.TOP>
Bruce Gain, Wired News

What we found were a lot of attractive graphical interfaces and new search-engine functions, but, so far, not too much in the way of productivity or security enhancements.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Bush Administration Objects To .xxx Domains
<http://news.com.com/Bush+administration+objects+to+.xxx+domains/2100-1028_3-5833764.html?part=rss&tag=5833764&subj=news>
Declan McCullagh, CNET News.com

The Bush administration is objecting to the creation of a .xxx domain, saying it has concerns about a virtual red-light district reserved exclusively for internet pornography.

MyAppleMenu Reader
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The other things in life

[Life]

*** V-J Day Is Replayed, But The Lip-Lock's Tamer This Time
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/15/nyregion/15kiss.html?8hpib>
Andrea Elliott, New York Times

"Who do we have to kiss?"

[Expressions]

*** First Body
<http://slate.msn.com/id/2119885/fr/rss/>
Mark Conway, Slate

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[News]

*** Singapore Minister To Push Open Skies Talk
<http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,16272579%255E23349,00.html>
Steve Creedy, The Australian

Singapore Transport Minister Yeo Cheow Tong is back in Australia.

*** Downer In SingAir Access Talks
<http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,16278144%255E31037,00.html>
Herald Sun

A review of aviation policy considering whether to allow Singapore Airlines to fly the trans-Pacific route was expected to be ready in two or three months, the federal government said today.

*** A Uniquely Singaproe Sex Show
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/66948.asp>
Today

[Opinion]

*** Protecting Privacy Of IC Data
<http://www.asia1.com.sg/st/st_20050816_334797.html>
Ivan Png, Straits Times

It is time that we adopt best practices in the safeguarding of identity cards and IC numbers.

*** Let Us Ride Our Own CPF Bike
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/66957.asp>
Charles Tan Meah Yang, Today

Learn to let go, Singapore.

*** Unknown Areas Of Singapore
<http://taximansingapore.blogspot.com/2005/08/unknown-areas-of-singapore.html>
The Taxi Man Says

The Shuffle by MyAppleMenu
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Life is random. More tunes, less talk.

[Tunes]

*** Trade War
<http://www.babasword.com/index/budgetday.html>
Baba
<http://www.babasword.com/audio/tradewar.mp3>