[MyAppleMenu] Feb 23, 2005

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Mac news for Mac people

[Top Stories]

*** 4GB iPod Mini Now $199; 6GB Available For $249
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2005/02/23/ipodmini/index.php?lsrc=mcrss-0205>
Peter Cohen, MacCentral

Steve Jobs called the 4GB model's new $199 price tag "the magic price point."

*** iPod Photo Adds 30GB Model, Lowers Price By $150
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2005/02/23/ipodphoto/index.php?lsrc=mcrss-0205>
Peter Cohen, MacCentral

The 30GB iPod photo debuts at US$349, $150 less than its 40GB predecessor. Apple has also reduced the price of the 60GB iPod photo from $599 to $449.

[News]

*** Adam Curry Wants To Make You An iPod Radio Star
<http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.03/curry.html>
Annalee Newitz, Wired

He's gone from MTV to MP3, and now he's leading a grassroots rebellion called podcasting. Why amateurs may soon rule the airwaves (begin download now).

*** Public Library Lends Out Book-Filled iPod Shuffles
<http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000953032902/>
marc Perton, Engadget

*** Cameras, iPods Need To Talk To Each Other
<http://marketwatch-cnet.com.com/Cameras%252C+iPods+need+to+talk+to+each+other/2100-1041_3-5585795.html?type=pt&part=marketwatch-cnet&tag=feed>
Ina Fried, CNET News.com

Soon, we are likely to see music devices that can download and display pictures directly from cameras, without using a comptuer as a go-between. That's what Gary Johnson, the CEO of PortalPlayer, says.

*** Jobs' Satisfaction
<http://www.nydailynews.com/news/gossip/story/282320p-241963c.html>
New York Daily News

Who was that man in jeans and sneakers at the Apple store on Thursday? Why, it was founder and CEO Steve Jobs.

*** New Book Teaches You To Build An Apple I
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2005/02/22/replica/index.php?lsrc=mcrss-0205>
Peter Cohen, MacCentral

*** Apple iTunes To Have 'Notable' Earnings Impact
<http://www.forbes.com/markets/2005/02/22/0222automarketscan01.html>
Forbes

Piper Jaffray maintained an "outperform" rating, saying the company's iTunes music-download service could begin to have a "notable" earnings impact in calendar 2005 and 2006.

*** Apple Releases Security Update 2005-002
<http://www.macnn.com/articles/05/02/22/security.update.2005.002/>
MacNN

Apple says the update addresses an issue where an untrusted applet coudl gain elevated privileges and potentially execute arbitrary code.

[Opinion]

*** An Old Lesson On Target Audience... The iPod Way
<http://www.marketingprofs.com/5/dsouza40.asp>
Sean D'Souza, MarketingProfs.com

Find out how the iPod looked at "target audience" in a different way. And how you can do not just the same, but actually do one better.

*** Dell CEO Still Doesn't Get It
<http://apple.weblogsinc.com/entry/1234000650032850/>
Barb Dybwad, Unofficial Apple Weblog

Regardless of whether you happen to prefer an MP3 player from iRiver or Creative, there is no disputing that the iPod delivered this particular innovation to the general public in a way that finally made sense.

[Review]

*** Select Your Shield
<http://www.macworld.com/2005/02/reviews/antivirussoftware/index.php>
Mark Anbinder, Macworld

Norton AntiVirus is a reasonable contender for personal or group use. Businesses should keep an eye on Sophos Anti-Virus.

*** The Incredibles: Game Version Of Big-Screen Blockbuster Is Fun But Flawed
<http://www.macworld.com/2005/02/reviews/incredibles/index.php>
Peter Cohen, Macworld

Limited save and graphics features mar the experience a bit, but the game offers plenty of fun for fans of the movie.

*** Raise The Wall
<http://www.macworld.com/2005/02/reviews/osxfirewallroundup/index.php>
Jeffery Battersby, Macworld

NetBarrier X3 offers a more user-friendly interface, significantly more intelligent intrusion detection, and better overall protection than any of the other firewall applications currently being offered.

*** SecuriKey Professional Edition
<http://www.macworld.com/2005/02/reviews/securikey/index.php>
Kirk McElhearn, Macworld

The SecuriKey adds another layer of protection that's particularly useful for publicly accessible Macs or for people who take their PowerBooks or iBooks on the road.

*** 8 Ways To Protect Your Mac Right Now
<http://www.macworld.com/2005/02/features/8macsecuritytips/index.php>
Kirk McElhearn, Macworld

While most people worry about hackers accessing their Macs over a network, it's much easier for someone to just walk up to a computer and browse its files. Here are eight ways to protect your Mac.

*** Griffin iCurve
<http://www.theappleblog.com/2005/02/22/griffin-icurve/>
MC Brown, The Apple Blog

[Sidetrack]

*** It's Panther-Wombat
Heng-Cheong Leong

Scott McNulty <http://apple.weblogsinc.com/entry/1234000380032904/> suggests that Apple starts to name its security updates individually with animal names.

I say, anything is better than Apple's current naming convention, which will bring attention to the number of security updates that Apple has to publish to fix shortcomings.

*** American Goodwill Tour Endangered As President Snacks On Doritos During Chirac Speech
Heng-Cheong Leong

Andy Borowitz <http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7012170/site/newsweek/>: [Also], during a speech by Javier Solana, the chief foreign policy official for the European Union, Bush, wearing dark sunglasses and an iPod, was heard singing along loudly to a song from Pink Floyd's classic album, "Dark Side of the Moon."

Contacted during his current Asian tour, Bush's father, the former president George H.W. Bush, said that he was "disappointed" to hear of his son's behavior, telling reporters," His mother and I will have a word with him when he gets home."

[Wintel]

*** Why I Love The Tablet PC
<http://www.twodesk.com/learningcenter/business/tabletpc.html>
Jacob Thurman, TwoDesk

In a nutshell, because it's so amazingly portable!

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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Quit Your Job To Blog, Blog, Blog
<http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,66679,00.html?tw=rss.TOP>
Joanna Glasner, Wired News

*** Bloggers' Internet Obsession
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/10961508.htm>
K. Oanh Ha, San Jose Mercury News

For most people, blogs are a healthy means of self-expression and validation. But blogging can become so all-consuming that it overshadows reality.

*** Technology Firms Betting Heavily On Pay-Per-Use IT
<http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/02/21/BUGM0BBHCR1.DTL&type=tech>
Benjamin Pimentel, San Francisco Chronicle

The supposed next big thing in technology is so new, there's disagreement on what to call it.

[Internet]

*** China Joins Forum On Curbing Spam
<http://news.com.com/China+joins+forum+on+curbing+spam/2100-7348_3-5586304.html?part=rss&tag=5575731>
Will Sturgeon, CNET News.com

[Linux]

*** With Fedora, Red Hat Recreates Its Lost Community
<http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/02/22/HNredhatfedora_1.html>
Johan Bostrom, IDG News Service

With the open-source Fedora project, Red Hat is aiming to rebuild its links to the open source community and regain that community's input for its innovation process.

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The other things in life

[World]

*** Starving Amtrak To Save It
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/23/opinion/23mineta.html?ex=1266901200&en=45d29e7fd0cf2b6a&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt>
Norman Y. Mineta, New York Times

The only way to improve our passenger rail is to put it on the same footing as other types of transportation -- a federal-state partnership to plan, build and maintain the physical aspects of the system while allowing Amtrak and other train operators to do what they do best: operate trains.

[Tech & Science]

*** Mysteries Of The Mind
<http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/050228/health/28think.htm>
Marianne Szegedy-Maszak, U.S. News

Your unconscious is making your everyday decisions.

[Life]

*** The Resurrection Of Indie Radio
<http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.03/radio.html>
Charles C. Mann, Wired

FM never sounded so freaking good. How the coming digital boom -- and Big Radio's bottom line -- is driving the new golden age of multichannel, microniche broadcasting.

[Expressions]

*** The Situation Is Dangerous
<http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml%3Fi%3D20050228%26s%3Dpoem022805>
Yehuda Amichai, The New Republic

*** Draft
<http://slate.msn.com/id/2113861/fr/rss/>
James Hoch, Slate

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Life in the city

[News]

*** Asia's Tigers Hang Tough
<http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_09/b3922071.htm>
Assif Shameen, BusinessWeek

Pressure from CHina is forcing Southeast Asian factories to shape up.

*** Anti-Crime Cameras To Go Up In More Areas
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/sub/topstories/story/0,5562,302155,00.html?>
Tanya Fong, Straits Times

The use of close-circuit television cameras to fight crime has proven so effective in several parts of Singapore that police will extend their use to other areas. For a start, several parts of Geylang will be added to a list that already includes Boat Quay, Little India and Newton Food Centre.

[Technology]

*** Singapore Unveils Plan To Battle 'Cyber Terror'
<http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=7698536>
Reuters

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[Tunes]

*** Thank You My Angel
<http://www.overtherhine.com/music/mp3attic/index.html>
Over The Rhine, The Darkest Night Of The Year
<http://www.overtherhine.com/music/mp3attic/ThankYouMyAngel.mp3>

*** Seventh And Trade
<http://www.clarefader.com/listen.html>
Clare Fader & The Vaudevillains
<http://206.130.97.180/mk/pod/seventh.mp3>