[MyAppleMenu] Feb 22, 2005

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Apple Offer Businesses Two Months Free
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=10909>
Macworld UK

Apple UK is offering an incentive to UK-based businesses and educational institutions wishing to lease a PowerMac, PowerBook or Cinema Display.

*** iPod Craze Is Music To The Ears Of Investors
<http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050220/REPOSITORY/502200398/1003/BUSINESS>
Anne Ruderman, Concord Monitor

Every Apple stockholder has a different story.

*** Moto Exec Drops AirPod Hint
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/02/21/moto_wireless_ipod_hint/>
Andrew Orlowski, The Register

A Motorola executive has hinted that Apple will deliver a wireless iPod.

*** Surprise! Young Adults Biggest iPod Fans
<http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2002185792_ipod21.html>
Associated Press

*** Apple Computer Founder And Community Speak On Tiger Leak Defendants
<http://www.drunkenblog.com/drunkenblog-archives/000473.html>
DrunkenBlog

"Everything fits into place that this is an unintentional oversight... I wish that Apple could find some way to drop the matter."

*** iPod People
<http://www.dmregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050221/BUSINESS05/502210302/1034>
Kyle Munson, Des Monies Register

The popular digital players are popping up in unexpected corners of everyday life, from the pub to the classroom.

*** Apple Job Posting Suggests Better iPod Games To Come
<http://www.thinksecret.com/news/0502ipodgames.html>
Ryan Katz, Think Secret

A recent job posting from APple on Gamasutra, a recruiting site for the game industry, seeks a programmer with "experience working with embedded systems" who would in part be "responsible for rapidly developing memory and performance optimized software solutions to complex problems."

*** Apple Claims iPod Halo Effect Brightens Mac Sales
<http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,12301131%5E15385%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html>
David Frith, The Australian

Apple Computer Australia is on a roll -- and not just because of the amazing iPod music player. The company increased its Down Under sales of Macintosh computers by a massive 49.1 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2004, according to IDC market research.

[Opinion]

*** Ruminating On Rumors
<http://playlistmag.com/weblogs/todayatplaylist/2005/02/rumorruminating/index.php>
Chirstopher Breen, Playlist

*** My iPod Fights For Right To Rock Out
<http://www.abqjournal.com/news/yes/307726yes02-22-05.htm>
Damian Garde, Albuquerque Journal

To test this, I devise an experiemnt: I would selet Shuffle Songs and scroll through the 1,671 songs on [my iPod]. If, within the first 10 songs of each shuffling, [my iPod] chose a Beastie tune, my hypothesis would be correct.

[Review]

*** Curing Clutter WIth Curio
<http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=07994>
Matt Neuburg, TidBITS

If you can imagine slicing through the soup of chaos -- the chaos of your hard disk or hte chaos of your mind -- with a few bright, simple drawings, then Curio beckons like a lighthouse in the darkness.

*** Mac Mini Stylish At Good Price
<http://www.insidebayarea.com/businessnews/ci_2579577>
Richard McKeethen, Inside Bay Area

If you're interested in dabbling in Mac land, it's hard to beat the price. The Mac mini might well convince PC geeks like me to switch, and it sre looks a lot better on my dining room table than any PC ever has.

[Sidetrack]

*** Rumor Today: New iPod Photo
Heng-Cheong Leong

Just because wait time has increased, claimed AppleInsider <http://www.appleinsider.com/news.php?id=897>.

Update: Oh, and now AppleInsider <http://www.appleinsider.com/news.php?id=899> is further reporting that "sources say Apple has requested that some dealers return their stock of iPod photo players to the company's supply bases."

[Wintel]

*** 64-Bit Chips To Be Unveiled By Intel
<http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-intel21feb21,1,2930710.story?coll=la-headlines-technology>
Terril Yue Jones, Los Angeles Times

Intel is expected to introduce today its first desktop computer processors capable of powerful 64-bit computing.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[Top Stories]

*** Shorter Hours In Software
<http://news.com.com/Shorter+hours+in+software/2100-1022_3-5582885.html?part=rss&tag=5575731>
Ed Frauenheim, CNET News.com

Production workers in software publishing -- most are computer specialists -- worked an average of 36.4 hours a week last year, down from 41.4 hours in 2001, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.

*** Are Gadget Makers Shortsighted To Ignore Older Buyers?
<http://www.investors.com/breakingnews.asp?journalid=26060463&brk=1>
Andrea Coombes, MarketWatch

Despite the much-ballyhooed graying of America, tech gadgets seem to be going in a direction that's bound to make the situation worse, with tiny keyboards and dimly lit screens.

[News]

*** The Web Not The Death Of Language
<http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,66671,00.html?tw=rss.TOP>
Kristen Philipkoski, Wired News

Traditional linguists fear the internet damages our ability to articulate properly. But some researchers believe we have entered a new era of expression.

*** High-Tech Tension Over Illegal Uses
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42401-2005Feb21.html?nav=rss_technology>
Jonathan Krim, Washington Post

Supreme Court will consider devices that help users copy, share and steal.

*** BT Demands Open Standards In Telecoms
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/networks/0,39020345,39188730,00.htm>
Graeme Wearden, ZDNet UK

The UK's incumbent telco claims to be embracing open standards and getting access to vendor source code as part of its push to IP-enable its network.

*** He Paved The Way For The PC Revolution
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/10953789.htm>
K. Oanh Ha, San Jose Mercury News

More than a decade before there were personal computers, Douglas Engelbart showed the world the future.

*** Storage Solutions Of The Future
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/4276509.stm>
Spencer Kelly, BBC News

We just cannot get enough storage space.

[Internet]

*** At Restaurant Sites, Food Is Just A Start
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/22/business/businessspecial/22tede.html?ei=5088&en=27b69e81d686701e&ex=1266728400&adxnnl=1&partner=rssnyt&adxnnlx=1109046278-eLYNxC9AoUzSXKF/g7b4oA>
Bob Tedeschi, New York Times

Small restauranteurs are increasingly using the Internet to sell goods that go far beyond the usual array of branded T-shirts and hats, in hopes of not just building the bottom line, but also cultivating possible new markets for expansion.

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The other things in life

[Tech & Science]

*** Tiny Is Beautiful: Translating 'Nano' Into Practical
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/22/science/22nano.html?ex=1266814800&en=0ea37d7fd265083f&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt>
Kenneth Chang, New York Times

In the hip science of ultrasmall nanotechnology, fantastical future possibilities like rampaging nanorobots captured the most atention, but the first fruits of the field have been more mudane: tiny bits of mostly ordinary stuff that just sit there. Yet these bits -- nanoparticles -- gain wondrous new capabilities simply because they are so small.

[Life]

*** The Thompson Style: A Sense Of Self, And Outrage
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/22/books/22appr.html?ex=1266814800&en=d53057a4fc06ee9b&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt>
David Carr, New York Times

Of all of the so-called parctitioners of New Journalism, Mr. Thompson was the one who was willing to insert himself and his capacious reserve of outrage into the middle of every story.

*** Why Stevie Can't Spell
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27074-2005Feb15.html>
Steve Hendrix, Washington Post

After more than three decades of mangling words, a mortified writer sets out to get some answers.

*** From Here To Eternity
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27099-2005Feb15.html>
Joel Achenbach, Washington Post

If we never grow old, tilld eath do us part could take a very long time.

*** Gonzo Gone
<http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2005/02/21/thompson/>
Dana Cook, Salon

Sonny Barger, Rosalynn Carter, Ben Fong-Torres and others remember the wild life and times of Hunter S. Thompson.

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Life in the city

[Ramblings]

*** Rumor Today: Why Singapore Finally Signed The Extradition Treaty With Indonesia
Heng-Cheong Leong

MIWallergy <http://forums.delphiforums.com/sammyboymod/messages?msg=66454.1>: From beginning of this year, there was literally an embargo of goods imported from Singapore. The customs department in Indonesia just went slow in clearing the shipping cargo from SIngapore and used all sorts of delay tactics and red tape measures.

[News]

*** Singaproe Sweats To Make Fat Students Thin
<http://sify.com/news/offbeat/fullstory.php?id=13676286>
Sify.com

Singapore's "Trim and Fit" programme [is a] sterling example of the government's famous habit for micro-managing the lives of its citizens -- in this case youths accustomed to an unhealthy urban lifestyle of fast food and video games.

*** Incentives Pale Next To Model Singapore
<http://www.thestandard.com.hk/stdn/std/Metro/GB22Ak02.html>
Colum Murphy, Hong Kong Standard

Judging from the Singapore experience, it will take a lot more than tax relief to jump-start the territory's dwindling birth rate.

*** Singapore Is Asia's Best For Expats, Dhaka Worst
<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1027912.cms>
AFP

Singapore had edged out Tokyo and Hong Kong as the best city in Asia for expatriates to live, according to a survey by a human resource group released on Monday.

*** Big Squeeze At Tan Tock Seng Hospital
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/sub/topstories/story/0,5562,301990,00.html?>
Salma Khalik, Straits Times

The main reason so many more patients pour into TTSH than any other hospital is simply that people from several parts of Singapore can get there faster via two major highways -- the Central and Pan Island expressways. Because emergency ambulances have to take patients to the nearest public hospital, many times TTSH is it.

[Opinion]

*** Singapore's Islam Diluted
<http://www.malaysiakini.com/letters/33740>
Syed Alwi Ahmad, Malaysiakini

The Islam that is practiced in Singapore is somewhat diluted when compared to Malaysia's. Singapore Muslims have to grapple with what I call the 'different aspirations problem.'

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[Tunes]

*** Inaction
<http://www.wearescientists.com/>
We Are Scientists, The Wolf's Hour
<http://www.wearescientists.com/songs/thewolfshour/inaction.mp3>