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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Apple.com: 1GB iPod Shuffle 'Unavailable, Sold Out For Holiday, Expected Availability Mid-January'
<http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/applecom_1gb_ipod_shuffle_unavailable_sold_out_for_holiday_expected/>
MacDailyNews

*** Music School To Begin Using PowerBooks
<http://newsok.com/article/1706957/?template=business/main>
Jim Stafford, The Oklahoman

Oklahoma City Unversity has become an Apple Digital Campus, embracing the Windows computing alternative with a pilot program in its Wanda L. Bass School of Music.

*** How Much Money Lies In Downloads?
<http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7B4A0CED4C%2DBE85%2D43A6%2DA246%2D9C46ABCFC2D5%7D&dist=rss&siteid=mktw>
Frank Barnako, MarketWatch

Nielsen Entertainment Research reports that music labels keep about 34 cents from each 99-cent music track sold through a-la-carte music services.

*** Analyst Raises AAPL Target To $90
<http://www.macnn.com/articles/05/12/16/aapl.target.at.90/>
MacNN

*** Morgan Stanley Predicts Apple Mobile Phone
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=13390>
Macworld UK

*** David Phipps: PowerBook As Live Instrument
<http://www.apple.com/pro/music/sts9/>
Dustin Driver, Apple

"Right now, everyone on the stage except the drummer has a PowerBook. They have really become live instruments for us, a way to do new things and improvise in ways we never thought possible before."

*** Kevin Rhoades & Digital Arts: Capturing Bluephoria
<http://www.apple.com/pro/video/rhoades/>
Barbara Gibson, Apple

"The beauty of Final Cut Pro is that, as you're editing, you're looking at 12 HD clips running simultaneously and you're editing live, physically, in HD."

*** Belkin Says iPod Accessory Lawsuit 'Has No Merit'
<http://playlistmag.com/news/2005/12/16/belkin/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Peter Cohen, Playlist

Netalog claims that Belkin is infringing Netalog's patent for an "FM transmitter and power supply/charging assembly for MP3 player."

*** Technology Strikes A Chord In Music Education
<http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=6002>
eSchool News

Electronic music software allows teachers to take music education to a whole new level of interactivity. These programs are opening new possibilities for music educators and transforming music education at all levels of schooling, making instruction more hands-on and targeted to individual students' needs.

*** Some PowerBook Customers Unhappy With New Screen
<http://news.com.com/Some+PowerBook+customers+unhappy+with+new+screen/2100-1044_3-5999088.html?part=rss&tag=5999088&subj=news>
Ina Fried, CNET News.com

Some Apple users are complaining that, although the new 15-inch PowerBook packs in more pixels, the screen also displays unwanted horizontal lines.

[Opinion]

*** Will Apple Push "Intel Inside"?
<http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/dec2005/tc20051216_504092.htm>
Arik Hesseldahl, BusinessWeek

It sure is hard to image Apple putting the chipmaker's ubiquitous logo on their gleaming machines -- or in their ads.

*** If Apple Buys Adobe, Is The Operating System Market Up For Grabs?
<http://www.macobserver.com/columns/devilsadvocate/2005/20051216.shtml>
John Kheit, Mac Observer

[Review]

*** A Look At Keychair Access (And Why You Should Care)
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/12/16/what-is-keychain-access.html?CMP=OTC-13IV03560550&ATT=A+Look+at+Keychain+Access+(and+Why+You+Should+Care)>
Giles Turnbull, O'Reilly Network

*** All About Broadband Tuner
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2005/12/16/brdbndtuner/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
MacJournals.com

Let's make one thing clear about Broadband Tuner 1.0, the uitility released by Apple in late November: it's for people with broad band connections.

[Sidetrack]

*** Rumor Today: Apple Axes 'iRingTones' Project
Heng-Cheong Leong

The Register <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/12/16/apple_iringtones_axed/>: Apple has canned a software project that would have seen Apple move into the ringtone retail business in direct confrontation with cellular carriers.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Psst, Don't Tell Anyone, But The Internet Is Over
<http://weblogs.jupiterresearch.com/analysts/card/archives/012581.html>
David Card, Jupiter Research

Well, not really. But the reach of core internet functions is down. People seem to be settling on what they use the internet for, and doing fewer things overall.

*** Time Warner Plans To Sell 5% Of AOL To Google
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/16/technology/16cnd-aol.html?ex=1292389200&en=77cff3d09eccbf1a&ei=5089&partner=rssyahoo&emc=rss>
Saul Hansell, New York Times

*** Microsoft, Mozilla Make Deal On RSS
<http://news.com.com/2061-10805_3-5998530.html?part=rss&tag=5998530&subj=news>
Colin Barker, ZDNet UK

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The other things in life

[Tech & Science]

*** Unwed Numbers
<http://www.americanscientist.org/template/AssetDetail/assetid/48550>
Brian Hayes, American Scientist

The mathematics of Sudoku, a puzzle that boasts "No math required!"

[Life]

*** Pursuing The Scarcer Moviegoers
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/17/movies/MoviesFeatures/17thea.html?ex=1292475600&en=320c2862e7c922be&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
Sharon Waxman, New York Times

With evidence increasing that the American moviegoing habit is in decline, theater owners are undertaking a concerted campaign to bring it back.

*** The Tannenbaum Equation
<http://www.slate.com/id/2132540/>
Daniel Gross, Slate

Are holiday tree sales a leading economic indicator?

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Life in the city

[Ramblings]

*** Looking Beyond The Gold Tap
Heng-Cheong Leong

Denyse Tessensohn <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/90695.asp>, in Today: Business guru Peter Drucker, whose clients included the American Red Cross, had warned charitable institutions that their donors would judge them increasingly by their results, rather than their good intentions.

Good salary, comfortable working environment, and high-profile charitable events are all okay. But whatever results or good intentions are wiped out by a board that is dishonest.

[News]

*** Singapore Paper Attacks Australian Media
<http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=77905>
AAP

Singapore's main English-language newspaper has taken a wide swing at the Australian media, contrasting its treatment of this month's hanging in Singapore of drug trafficker Nguyen Tuong Van and Sydney's race-related violence.

*** Drive: $ingapore $wing
<http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Saturday/Features/20051216170401/Article/indexb_html>
Sam Cheong, New Straits Times

Planning to drive down to Singapore? How does 10 days of free road usage there sound?

*** Appalling Conditions For Singapore's Live-In Maids
<http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2005/s1532374.htm>
Peter Lloyd, ABC