[MyAppleMenu] Feb 1, 2005

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Mac news for Mac people

[Top Stories]

*** Apple Adds Bluetooth 2.0
<http://wifinetnews.com/archives/004760.html>
Glenn Fleishman, Wi-Fi Networking News

Apple jumps out in front, as is typical, and adds Bluetooth 2.0 to its laptop, which adds a 3 Mbps flavor, making it possible for the highest-quality music streaming to Bleutooth headphones.

[News]

*** In iPod America, Legions In Tune
<http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/gear/entertainment/2005-01-31-ipod_x.htm?csp=34>
Marco R. Della Cava, USA Today

With its high-tech decor and clubby feel, Apple's flagship store here doesn't look like a creepy cult headquarters. But there's some kind of mind-noodling going on: Everyone exiting its glass doors is ready to spout the gospel of iPod.

*** Apple: Video's Future Is Tiger, QuickTime 7, H.264
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2005/01/31/h264/index.php>
Jim Darlymple, MacCentral

Apple says that because H.264 is a standard and has been adopted by standards organizations and many other companies the battle for the successor to the current MPEG-2 video standard is basically over.

*** Skype 1.0 For Mac OS X And Linux Now Available
<http://www.macminute.com/2005/02/01/skype/>
MacMinute

*** My Very Own Radio Station Has Transformed My Listening Habits
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/10778784.htm>
Michael Bazeley, San Jose Mercury News

The name of this eclectic radio station? Call it iPod radio.

*** Podcasting Power
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/10778777.htm>
Dawn C. Chmielewski, San Jose Mercury News

It's hard to imagine giant radio conglomerates like Clear Channel fretting over such harmless-sounding podcasts as "The Dawn and Drew Show." But technology cna pounce on unsuspecting, entrenched businesses. And podcasting seems to hold the same disruptive potential as TiVo, giving everyone the power to listen to the radio shows they want, whenever they want.

*** Wal-Mart Has An Ear For iPod Market
<http://news.com.com/Wal-Mart+has+an+ear+for+iPod+market/2100-1041_3-5558041.html>
Alorie Gilbert and Ina Fried, CNET News.com

Wal-Mart Stores has quietly begun selling APple's popular iPod Minis in select stores, the mega retailer's first big move into the market for the enormously popular digital music players.

*** Begin The March Of Mac Mini Accessories
<http://apple.weblogsinc.com/entry/1234000937029806/>
Barb Dybwad, Unofficial Apple Weblog

We didn't have to wait terribly long to see the birth of the market for Mac mini accessories, thanks to The Plasticsmith.

*** America's Premier Guru Of Gadgets Is Doing It Again
<http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0131/p01s04-ussc.html>
Patrick Dillon, Christian Science Monitor

Surely, some time down the road a film biography of Steve Jobs -- who... put his stamp not only on an industry but a culture -- will be made. The only unknown at the point is the ending.

*** .Mac Members Get Freefall Screen Saver, New Tutorials
<http://www.macminute.com/2005/01/31/mac/>
MacMinute

[Opinion]

*** 4 Wishes For The Gen 5 iPod
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/6350>
Hadley Stern, O'Reilly Network

*** The iPod People
<http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/WEBONLY/resource/feb05/0205tech.html>
Paul McFedries, Spectrum

Proof that the iPod obsession has gone from fad to phenomenon is the abundance of new words and phrases that have sprung up around this digital doodad.

*** Rethinking The Small Form Factor
<http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1757582,00.asp>
John C. Dvorak, PC Magazine

[Review]

*** Mac Mini
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41787-2005Jan27.html>
Rob Pegoraro, Washington Post

*** Dialing For Less
<http://www.macworld.com/2005/01/secrets/febworkingmac/index.php>
Jason O'Grady, Macworld

In this article, I'll look at how softphone technology works. Then I'll walk through a setup with Skype, a popular application now available for Mac OS X.

*** Two-Way Street: Moving Music Off The iPod
<http://playlistmag.com/help/2005/01/2waystreet/index.php?lsrc=mcrss-0105>
Christopher Breen, Playlist

Rescuing your music when your hard drive goes phht.

[Sidetrack]

*** No, That's Not Cool
Heng-Cheong Leong

David Pogue <http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/31/technology/poguesposts/31pogues-posts.html?ex=1264914000&en=e6aea55c6e863efb&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt>: At least three readers... track[ed] me down and call me at home... Sometimes, it's best to leave the columnist alone.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Law Barring Junk E-Mail Allows A Flood Instead
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/01/technology/01spam.html?ex=1265000400&en=7f39918007d9ca0f&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt>
Tom Zeller Jr., New York Times

A year after a sweeping federal antispam law went into effect, there is more junk e-mail on the Internet than ever, and Levon Gillespie, according to Microsoft, is one reason.

*** Teaching Computers To Read
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,66446-2,00.html?tw=wn_story_page_next1>
Associated Press

Narrowing that cognitive gap between humans and machines -- creating a computer that can read and learn at a sophisticated level -- is a big goal of artificial intelligence researchers.

*** The Open-Source Patent Conundrum
<http://news.com.com/The+open-source+patent+conundrum/2010-1071_3-5557340.html?part=rss&tag=5557340&subj=news.1071.20>
Bruce Parens, CNET News.com

The latest tatic in the software-patenting battle is the granting of patent rights to open-source developers. But are the grants really the equivalent of wolves in sheep's clothing?

MyAppleMenu Reader
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The other things in life

[Tech & Science]

*** After Tomorrow
<http://www.oriononline.org/pages/om/05-1om/deMenocal.html>
Peter DeMenocal, Orion

Ignoring global warming doesn't change the science; it just leaves us unprepared for the consequences.

[Life]

*** Blue Oyster Cult, Playing Along With 'More Cowbell'
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A46074-2005Jan28?language=printer>
Paul Farhi, Washington Post

"Guess what? I got a FE-ver, and the only prescription... is more cowbell!"

*** Doubting Darwin
<http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6884904/site/newsweek/>
Jerry Adler, Newsweek

How did life, in its infinite complexity, come to be? A controversial new theory called 'intelligent design' asserts a supernatural agent was at work.

[Expressions]

*** Suspension Bridge
<http://slate.msn.com/id/2112943/fr/rss/>
Alan Shapiro, Slate

*** The Roads Of Home
<http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/content/?050207fi_fiction>
John Updike, New Yorker

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[News]

*** Cabinet Is Spilt Over Casino Proposal
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/sub/topstories/story/0,5562,298687,00.html?>
Li Xueying, Straits Times

The cabinet is divided on the casino issue, revealed Lee Kuan Yew yestereday.

[Opinion]

*** Secret To Better Hospitality
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/33727.asp>
Percy Naval Khambatta, Today

Higher wages, shorter working hours would improve service culture here.

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

[Tunes]

*** Big City Waltz
<http://www.archive.org/audio/audio-details-db.php?collection=opensource_audio&collectionid=bigcitywaltz&from=collectionSpotlight>
Big City Waltz, The Belvederes
<http://ia200042.eu.archive.org/hda6/audio/bigcitywaltz/bigcitywaltz.mp3>