[MyAppleMenu] Jun 2, 2005

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** iPledge Allegiance To My iPod...
<http://www.dailycardinal.com/media/paper439/news/2005/06/03/Opinion/Ipledge.Allegiance.To.My.Ipod-955248.shtml>
Jill Klosterman, Daily Cardinal

iPod advertisements represent an ideal synthesis of the economic principle of product differentiation with the American principle of independence.

*** Apple's iPod May Show Litte Sequential Growth
<http://www.forbes.com/markets/2005/06/02/0602automarketscan03.html?partner=yahootix&referrer=>
Forbes

Goldman Sachs said Apple's second-quarter upside shouw be less than it has been and will have to be driven more by the Mac.

*** Apple Adds Third-Party iTMS Pay Service In Europe
<http://www.macobserver.com/article/2005/06/02.5.shtml>
Mac Observer

*** Apple, Intel Looking To WiMAX?
<http://www.macobserver.com/article/2005/06/01.5.shtml>
Brad Cook, Mac Observer

*** Apple iPod Mini From HP Debuts In US
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=11735>
Macworld UK

Apple partner HP has confirmed speculation and added iPod minis to its range of digital music players in the US.

*** French Consumers In Love With Apple
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=11728>
Macworld UK

*** Lawsuit Filed To Stop Cobb County's Laptop Program
<http://www.macon.com/mld/macon/news/local/states/georgia/counties/houston_peach/11788411.htm>
Associated Press

Former Commissioner Butch Thompson filed a lawsuit Tuesday claiming that voters were not informed that a 1 percent sales tax would be used to start the program.

*** Tiger Named The Best OS
<http://www.tuaw.com/2005/06/01/tiger-named-the-best-os/>
C.K. Sample, III, Unofficial Apple Weblog

PC World today named Mac OS X Tiger the "Best Operating System" in its 100 Best Products of 2005.

*** Rob Griffiths, MacOSXHints.com Join Mac Publishing
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/2005/06/griffiths/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Jason Snell, Macworld

[Opinion]

*** Coming Soon: iCulture
<http://www.newslinkindiana.com/opinion/00000008406.html>
Sean O'Key, NewsLink Indiana

I love technology.

*** First Apple. Now, Here Comes Microsoft
<http://www.corante.com/podcasting/2005/06/01/first_apple_now_here_comes_microsoft.php>
Alex Williams, Corante

Apple has turned the iPod and iTunes into mythic weapons that people see as hip. And in the process, they have aligned themselves with DIY youth culture, who live in the remix world.

*** Microsoft Office Open XML Formats
<http://blogs.msdn.com/rick_schaut/archive/2005/06/01/424086.aspx>
Rick Schaut, Buggin' My Life Away

For us in Microsoft Mac BU, this represents an enormous undertaking on two fronts. Win Office is already well ahead of Mac Office in terms of support for XML, and the state of XML parsing on Panther is, well, less than desirable. The other is that, for the first time in the history of Office, we're attempting to ship a major architectural change that's being simultaneously implemented by both the Windows and Maicnotsh groups ass separate business units.

[Review]

*** Apple Power Mac G5 Dual (2.7GHz)
<http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1822034,00.asp>
Joel Santo Domingo, PC Magazine

The latest Power Mac represents the pinnacle of Mac computing.

[Sidetrack]

*** No April Fool: MacTech April 2005 Is Out On Newsstand
Heng-Cheong Leong

I haven't read this magazine for years, but it is still going strong.

Except that, for reasons unknown to me, the April issue is just hitting the newsstand <http://www.radiotope.com/writing/?p=6> only now in June.

*** What Do You Mean It's "My Computer"?
Heng-Cheong Leong

Preston Gralla <http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/7173>: Microsoft has announced it will finally get rid of those annoying "My" names it tacks in front of folders.

They are annoying all right. The "My" prefix implies that there are something in this computer -- bought by my hard-earned money -- is not mine.

[Wintel]

*** Microsoft Adding XML Files To Office 12
<http://news.com.com/Microsoft+adding+XML+files+to+Office+12/2100-7344_3-5728536.html?tag=nefd.top>
Matt Hines, CNET News.com

Microsoft said the move to replace traditional binary file formats with open-standards-based XML versions will allow companies using Office 12 to more easily access data across XML's various applications.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Loosing Google's Lock On The Past
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/02/fashion/thursdaystyles/02GOOGLE.html?8hpib>
Stephanie Rosenbloom, New York Times

First, you must give up the quest to erase all unflattering content. It is almost impossible.

*** TV's Future Is Here, But It Needs Work
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/02/technology/circuits/02pogue.html?ex=1275364800&en=34508e679dbfab68&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
David Pogue, New York Times

What if you had a TiVo-like set-top box, complete with a hard drive that could hold 200 hours of video -- but instead of recording live broadcasts, you could tap into an enormous library of shows, stored on the internet, and watch them whenever you liked?

[Internet]

*** Porn-Friendly '.xxx' Domains Approved
<http://news.com.com/Porn-friendly+.xxx+domains+approved/2100-1030_3-5728713.html?part=rss&tag=5728713&subj=news>
Declan McCullagh, CNET News.com

ICANN on Wednesday approved ".xxx" domains, a move that reverses the group's earlier position and heads off a potential political spat with conservative U.S. politicians.

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The other things in life

[Tech & Science]

*** How Do Space Pictures Get So Pretty?
<http://slate.msn.com/id/2120008/fr/rss/>
Daniel Engber, Slate

Photoshop, of course.

[Life]

*** Seasoned Collector
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/31/AR2005053100378.html>
Julia Watson, Washington Post

Some people collect antiques. Some collect restaurant matchbooks or anything decorated with cows. Janet Cam collects salt.

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Life in the city

[News]

*** Straits Times Seeks Legal Advice For Detained Journalist In China: Wife
<http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2005/June/theworld_June51.xml&section=theworld&col=>
AFP

The wife of a Hong Kong journalist detained in China on spy charges said Thursday the newspaper her husband works for is seeking legal advice to secure his safe return.

*** HK, Singapore Have Best Judicial Systems In Asia: PERC Survey
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/150694/1/.html>
AFP

The business executives gave weight to how lgal systems are used to enforce contracts, resolve disputes, fight intellectual piracy and enforce securities and exchange regulations.

*** Singapore Air To Talk With Airbux About A380 Delay Compensation
<http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000100&sid=avTKv0DO9rXA&refer=germany>
Bloomberg

*** T-Factor Clouds Ching's Arrest
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/53899.asp>
Clement Mesenas, Today

The mystery surrounding the detention of Hong Kong-based journalist Ching Cheong took another twist yesterday when his wife said that Beijing probably suspected he had been spying for Taiwan.

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

[Tunes]

*** Tourists
<http://www.lifeanddeath.org/holocaustmp3/index.htm>
Life And Death Orchestra and Yehuda Amichai
<http://www.lifeanddeath.org/newmp3/tourists.mp3>