[MyAppleMenu] Jan 6, 2005

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Mac news for Mac people

[Top Stories]

*** Inside The Channel's Battle With Apple
<http://www.varbusiness.com/sections/news/breakingnews.jhtml%3Bjsessionid=MQUXZJGQEYSAAQSNDBCCKHSCJUMEKJVN?articleId=56900633>
T. C. Doyle, VARBusiness

Steve Jobs can smile over recent success, but Apple's practices are killing loyal resellers.

*** Apple Suit Foreshadows Coming Products
<http://news.com.com/Apple+suit+foreshadows+coming+products/2100-1047_3-5513582.html?tag=wdyjc.top>
Ina Fried, CNET News.com

Apple on Tuesday sued the publisher of Mac enthusiast site Think Secret and other unnamed individuals, alleging that recent postings on the site contain Apple trade secrets. In filing the suit, Apple identifies specific articles that contain trade secrets, indicating that at least parts of those reports are on the mark.

[News]

*** Ambrosia To Show Off New Utilities, Games
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2005/01/06/ambrosia/index.php?lsrc=mcrss-0105>
Peter Cohen, MacCentral

*** Survey: Apple Products 'Better' Than Microsoft's
<http://www.macsimumnews.com/index.php/archive/survey_apple_products_better_than_microsofts/>
Dennis Sellers, Macsimum

*** Apple Bites Into Storage
<http://www.byteandswitch.com/document.asp?doc_id=65364>
Dave Raffo, Byte And Switch

Apple and networked storage are rarely mentioned in the same breath without drawing a puzzled look. The folks at Apple hope to change that with a new SAN file system geared mostly toward digital video applications and low-cost storage.

*** Lawsuit Claims Apple Violates Law With iTunes
<http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=7249174>
Duncan martell, Reuters

An unhappy iTunes online music store customer is suing Apple, alleging the company broke antitrust laws by only allowing iTunes to work with its own music player, the iPod, freezing out competitors, court filings showed.

*** Apple Offers Free iTunes Music Sampler
<http://www.macnn.com/news/27483>
MacNN

*** Are iPod Minis Actually Maxi?
<http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/portable-media/ipod/are-ipod-minis-actually-maxi-028942.php>
Gizmodo

Ipoditude and Apple Insider float a rumor that people who are now ordering the 4 gig mini are actually getting 5 gigs.

*** Bringing Video Playback To The iPod
<http://www.infosyncworld.com/news/n/5668.html>
Jorgen Sundgot, InfoSync World

Beating Apple to the punch, little-known peripheral manufacturer Nyko has unveiled an iPod accessory which enables the popular audio player to play back videos on a 3.5" display.

*** iPod Driving 'Vast Majority' Of Apple Q1 Upside
<http://www.forbes.com/technology/personaltech/2005/01/05/0105automarketscan05.html>
Forbes

Goldman Sachs raised estimates on Apple, citing an expectation for strong fiscal first-quarter earnings and stronger iPod shipments.

[Opinion]

*** Steve Jobs: Loose Lips Must Be Eradicated
<http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/index.php?p=891>
Dan Farber, ZDNet

Taking the press to court for doing its job legitimately is going too far.

*** Arrogance At Apple
<http://dangillmor.typepad.com/dan_gillmor_on_grassroots/2005/01/arrogance_at_ap.html>
Dan Gillmor, Grassroots Journalism

I'm fairly sure of this: If the party leaking information to Think Secret had sent it, say, to the San Jose Mercury News or New York Times, and had those publications run the news, Apple wouldn't be suing them. Both have deep enough pockets to defend themselves.

*** Plugging Leaks
<http://daringfireball.net/2005/01/plugging_leaks>
John Gruber, Daring Fireball

By making harsh examples out of whoever leaked these rumors, Apple stands a good chance of discouraging other would-be leakers from unsealing their lips in the future.

*** Apple Biting The VAR Hands That Fed It
<http://www.varbusiness.com/sections/columns/columns.jhtml%3Bjsessionid=PJW4QHEG1SXVGQSNDBCCKH0CJUMEKJVN?articleId=56700060>
Robert C. DeMarzo, VARBusiness

At some point, Apple will find it difficult to sustain current growth rates without a sound channel strategy. Every company -- perhaps with the exception of Dell -- has found that out, and Apple is no Dell.

[Sidetrack]

*** The Future Of Your Television...
Heng-Cheong Leong

... as envisioned by Microsoft. Or, help, my Internet Explorer has crashed <http://blogs.pcworld.com/techlog/archives/000372.html> and I cannot watch "Desperate Housewives."

[Wintel]

*** Gate's Computer Crashes At CES
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/6159>
Steve Mallett, O'Reilly Network

*** Gates Taking A SEat In Your Den
<http://news.com.com/Gates+taking+a+seat+in+your+den/2008-1041_3-5514121.html>
Michael Kanellos, CNET News.com

Bill Gates is coming to your living room, whether you like it or not.

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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[Top Stories]

*** Search Looks At The Big Picture
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,66185,00.html?tw=rss.TOP>
John Gartner, Wired News

Researchers are developing visualization technologies that can "see" inside images, reducing search engines' reliance on text-based image tags that are easily manipulated.

[News]

*** Take It Anywhere, Even If You Never Wanted To
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51742-2005Jan5.html?nav=rss_technology>
Leslie Walker, Washington Post

As if on cue, start-ups are rolling out new services to deliver video and audio programming to still-experimental portable media players.

*** Who'll Conquer The Digital Home?
<http://news.com.com/Commentary+Wholl+conquer+the+digital+home/2030-1069_3-5514795.html?part=rss&tag=5514795&subj=news.1069.20>
Ted Schadler, Forrester Research

Over the next three years, 10 industries will fight an epic battle to control the digital home.

*** Making New Energy Sources An Easier 'Cell'
<http://www.techreview.com/articles/05/01/wo/wo_hoffman010305.asp>
Karen Epper Hoffman, MIT Technology Review

*** Digital Dandies
<http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/01/issue/megascope0105.asp>
Ed Tenner, MIT Technology Review

Some technologies are tools, others are toys, and still others are attitudes.

[Linux]

*** Linux Sneaks Into The Small Business Marketplace
<http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/04/12/wo_miller122804.asp?trk=top>
Robin Miller, MIT Technology Review

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The other things in life

[Tech & Science]

*** Power Users, Ready For A Refill
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/06/technology/circuits/06powe.html?ex=1262754000&en=8af2b2360976af9c&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt>
Michel Marriott, New York Times

With Starbucks and other public venues increasingly serving as impormptu offices, the jockeying for electrical outlets can be brutal.

[Life]

*** Hiphop Turns 30
<http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0501,tate,59766,2.html>
Greg Tate, Village Voice

Whatcha celebratin' for?

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Life in the city

[News]

*** One More Singaporean Confirmed Dead In Tsunami; 15 Missing
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/125971/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia