[MyAppleMenu] Feb 16, 2005

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Mac news for Mac people

[Top Stories]

*** Apple To Revive Switch Campaign?
<http://www.macminute.com/2005/02/15/switch/>
MacMinute

In an apparent attempt to revitalize its Switch ad campaign, Apple has just posted a request on its Web site for "New to Mac" stories.

[News]

*** Motorola E1060 Does Not Have iTunes
<http://www.mobiletracker.net/archives/2005/02/16/Motorola-E1060-itunes>
MobileTracker

It has now been confirmed that the E1060 is *not* the long-awaited iTunes phone.

*** Destroying Rock 'N' Roll
<http://www.smh.com.au/news/Music/Destroying-rock-n-roll/2005/02/15/1108230003376.html?oneclick=true>
Clara Iaccarino, Sydney Morning Herald

Myles MacInnes didn't see the point of playing in a band so he sat at his computer and recorded his acclaimed debut album in his bedroom.

*** Apple Executive Offers Details On WWDC 2005
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2005/02/15/wwdc/index.php?lsrc=mcrss-0205>
Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral

"One of the keys for this year's conference is going to be innovation," said Ron Okamoto, Apple vice president of Worldwide Developer Relations.

*** Who's Buying iPods?
<http://news.com.com/Whos+buying+iPods/2100-1041_3-5577396.html?part=rss&tag=5575731&subj=news.1041.10>
CNET News.com

As many as 22 million American adults, or about 11 percent of the U.S. population, owns iPods or other MP3 players, a new study has found.

*** REALbasic 2005 Makes Mac Development Easier
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2005/02/15/realbasic/index.php?lsrc=mcrss-0205>
Peter Cohen, MacCentral

[Opinion]

*** Calling Plan
<http://playlistmag.com/weblogs/todayatplaylist/2005/02/callingplan/index.php>
Christopher Breen, Playlist

Apple hardly needs to wave the white flag or scramble to put together an ill-conceived alliance to be part of mobile music's future. But Nokia and Microsoft's actions mean that any plans to create an iTunes On The Road service should be firmed up sooner rather than later.

[Review]

*** Apps Of The Year, 2004
<http://daringfireball.net/2005/02/apps_of_the_year_2004>
John Gruber, Daring Fireball

Interarchy 7, Affrus 1.0, SpamSieve 2.2, and BBEdit 8.0.

*** OS X Security Utilities: Programs Keep Internet Activities Private
<http://www.macworld.com/2005/01/reviews/osxsecurityutilities/index.php>
Kirk McElhearn, Macworld

*** iPod Shuffle Tips And Tricks
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/02/15/shuffle.html>
Scott Knaster, O'Reilly Network

The shuffle is so simple to operate that even your 2-year-old might soon be nagging you for one. But there are plenty of fun intricacies and nuances to learn about in iPod shuffle and in its faithful companion, iTunes 4.7.1.

*** Apple iDVD 5: Consumer DVD Authoring System With Pro-Level Features
<http://www.consumerelectronicsnet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=30713>
Dave Nagel, Consumer Electronics Net

iDVD is a tremendous application for both home authoring and certain types of professional work. It's easy to use, flexible and powerful for an application in this space.

*** PowerBook G4s: Even Without Major Innovations, Apple's Pro Laptop Remains State Of The Art
<http://www.macworld.com/2005/02/reviews/powerbookfirstlook/index.php?lsrc=mcrss-0205>
Henry Norr, Macworld

[Wintel]

*** IE 7.0 Leaves Windows 2000 Users Out In The Cold
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1765331,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594>
Ryan Naraine, eWeek

After months of hemming and hawing on plans for a standalone Internet Explorer upgrade before Longhorn, Microsoft now plans to push out a browser refresh by July or August this year.

*** Microsoft Denies Blackmail Accusations
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/business/legal/0,39020651,39187947,00.htm>
Ingrid Marson, ZDNet UK

Allegations that Bill Gates threatened to pull 800 jobs out of Denmark have been rejected.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[Demo]

*** Fast-Moving Tech At Demo
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,66613,00.html?tw=rss.TOP>
Daniel Terdiman, Wired News

*** Demo Provides The Stage For Range Of Enterprice Solutions
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1765446,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594>
Anne Chen, eWeek

A range of enterprise solutions aimed at everything from increasing end user productivity to helping IT managers justify expenditures were brought to the stage here at the Demo conference on Tuesday.

*** Demo at 15 Attracts Wireless Messaging, Voice Protection
<http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/02/15/HNdemotuesday_1.html>
Ephraim Schwartz, InfoWorld

*** Blogging Comes To Demo at 15
<http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/02/15/HNdemoblogs_1.html>
Ephraim Schwartz, InfoWorld

Blogging got its share of attention at Demo at 15, as the conference that highlights future products brought to its tage companies that are taking blogging in new directions.

[News]

*** Source Protection A Blogger's Right?
<http://news.com.com/Source+protection+a+bloggers+right/2061-1028_3-5578084.html?part=rss&tag=5575731&subj=news.1028.20>
Declan McCullagh, CNET News.com

Do Web loggers have a First Amendment right to protect the confidentiality of their sources?

*** HP: Don't Like Software Patents? Learn To Deal
<http://news.com.com/HP+Dont+like+software+patents+Learn+to+deal/2100-7344_3-5577604.html?part=rss&tag=5575731&subj=news.7344.20>
Stephen Shankland, CNET News.com

Open-source programmers might not like the idea of software patents, but those critics would be better off adapting to the fact that they're not going away, HP's top Linux executive said Tuesday.

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The other things in life

[Tech & Science]

*** Freudian Quips
<http://www.nature.com/news/2005/050131/full/050131-18.html>
Philip Ball, Nature.com

Mathematicians' jokes betray a deep-seated anxiety about the size of their proofs.

[Life]

*** The Point Of Miss Gould's Pencil
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/16/opinion/16wed4.html?ex=1266296400&en=8db10795c1da67d2&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt>
Verylyn Klinkenborg, New York Times

I never met Miss Gould. But deep in a box at home are the proofs of articles I once wrote for The New Yorker, and in the margins is the handwriting of Eeanor Gould Packard -- the magazine's venerable arbiter of style, who died on Sunday at 87. I thought I knew a lot about the English language at the time. But it was clear from Miss Gould's annotations -- her very direct strictures -- that a few details of syntax, usage and logic still needed to be fixed.

*** The Real Lincoln
<http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/050221/misc/21lincoln.htm>
Justin Ewers, U.S. News

Who was the man behind the myth? New research delves into Abe's early years.

*** A Whizz With WOrds
<http://www.arts.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2005/02/06/bospeed.xml&sSheet=/arts/2005/02/08/bomain.html>
Helen Brown, Telegraph

For too many of us, reading has become a rushed affair.

[Expressions]

*** I, Robot
<http://infinitematrix.net/stories/shorts/i-robot.html>
Cory Doctorow, Infinite Matrix

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[News]

*** Singapore Official Urges Open Skies Deal
<http://www.forbes.com/technology/ebusiness/feeds/ap/2005/02/15/ap1829775.html>
Associated Press

Yeo told reporters at Sydney airport before heading home Wednesday that there was plenty of scope for expanding the trans-Pacific market.

[Opinion]

*** Force Singaporeans To Pay Parents?
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/35011.asp>
TR Sitra Devi, Today

It will ease the government's problem of looking out for the elderly.

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

[Tunes]

*** Cruel Weather
<http://www.mikechappelear.com/?>
Mike Chapplear, When Push Comes To Shove
<http://www.mikechappelear.com/mp3/Cruel%20Weather.mp3>

*** Working For Love And Cigarettes
<http://www.mikechappelear.com/>
Mike Chappelear, When Push Comes To Shove
<http://www.mikechappelear.com/mp3/Love%20and%20Cigarettes.mp3>

*** Mazurka 2
<http://www.virv.com/mp3s/>
Xoos, Pate
<http://www.virv.com/mp3s/Mazurka2.mp3>