[MyAppleMenu] Jun 11, 2005

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** iPodLounge Becomes Labor Of Love For Site Founder
<http://www.chicagotribune.com/technology/chi-0506110016jun11,1,3499619.story?coll=chi-technology-hed>
Tamara Chuang, Orange County Register

One glimpse of the sleek, snow-white digital music player and Dennis Lloyd got giddy.

*** iPod's Popularity Fires Apple Back Into FT500 Ranks
<http://news.ft.com/cms/s/f0bfb49e-da14-11d9-b071-00000e2511c8.html>
Philip Coggan, Financial Times

This marks a return of the technology company to the ranks of the world's top companies after falling out of the list in 2001.

*** What's Really Behind The Apple-Intel Alliance
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/11/technology/11apple.html?ex=1276142400&en=90d05ecdff0f14dd&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
John Markoff, New York Times

In an interview, Mr Jobs rejected the notion that Apple might suffer from what is known as the "Obsborne Effect."

*** Forum Goon Visits Apple Store
<http://wiredblogs.tripod.com/cultofmac/index.blog?entry_id=1130165>
Leander Kahney, Wired News

Disguised as an iPod ad silhouette dancer, the goon bopped around the store for a full three minutes.

*** Roomy As An Empty Closet
<http://wiredblogs.tripod.com/cultofmac/index.blog?entry_id=1130537>
Leander Kahney, Wired News

*** Belief: Spot On
<http://www.apple.com/pro/video/belief/>
Joe Cellini, Apple

"Looking back, I wonder how we managed to wait for Mac OS X and how, without it, we were able to do the stuff we did."

[Opinion]

*** DRM And Lock-In: Apple Vs. Microsoft
<http://www.corante.com/importance/archives/2005/06/10/drm_and_lockin_apple_vs_microsoft.php>
Ernest Miller, Corante

Ultimately, we are probably looking at a duopoly for all mass-produced multimedia content.

*** Hell Freezes over; It Must've Been The Liquid Cooling: Hannibal On The Apple-To-Intel Transition
<http://arstechnica.com/columns/mac/mac-20050608.ars>
Jon "Hannibal" Stokes, Ars Technica

The Mac, for good or for ill, is now free to follow the rest of the market and to leave the idea of hte PC behind even as it embraces the "PC' architecture.

*** Together We Can Rule The Galaxy
<http://daringfireball.net/2005/06/rule_the_galaxy>
John Gruber, Daring Fireball

If this week's news proved anything, it's that Apple is unafraid to act boldly. But none of this means it makes sense for Intel to buy Apple.

*** Macintel: The Good Is The Enemy Of The Best
<http://lowendmac.com/musings/05/0610.html>
Dan Knight, Low End Mac

[Review]

*** Ten PowerPoint 2004 Tips To Beat Tight Deadlines
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/06/10/office04forMac.html>
Franklin Tessler, O'Reilly Network

I'll show you ten ways to use PowerPoint to put together slideshows that'll convince your audience that you spent days sweating over your mouse and keyboard.

[Sidetrack]

*** What Is the First Song In Your iTunes For Every Letter Of The Alphabet?
Heng-Cheong Leong

Let's start a new irriating baton <http://nugget.typepad.com/nuggets/2005/06/random_ipod_lis.html>, seeing that I'm bored at this late hour of the night... :-)

What is the First Song in your iTunes/iPod for every letter of the alphabet? Mine are:A Bicycle Built For Two (Disney)Baby (Jungle Book)C U When U Get There (Coolio)Da Funk (The Saint)E Susanna non vien! - dove sono/Mozart:Le Nozze di FigaroFace Like A Frog (Danny Elfman)Galileo (Amy Grant)Hakuna Matana (Lion King)I Am The Very Model Of A Cartoon Individual (Animaniacs)J. Strauss Jr: Tritsch-Tratsch PolkaKill To Know (Amy Miles)L-O-V-E Love (Wynners)Mac The Knife (Frank Sinatra)N.Y.C. (Annie)O Come All Ye Faithful (Bing Crosby)Podcast Star (Jeff Oestreich)Q + A (Jerry Seinfeld)Radiation Boy (The Uptones)Saboteurs (Hot Shots!)T-1000 Terminated (Terminator 2)UHF (Weird Al Yankovic)Vanishing (Bryan Adams)Waiting For Tonight (Jennifer Lopez)Ya Never Know (Little Shop Of Horror)Zat You, Santa Claus?

This probably reveals more about my lack of taste than anything else. :-) (I'm leaving out a whole bunch of songs that are not in English, and all the podcasts.)

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Searching For A Reason To Buy Google
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/11/technology/11values.html?ex=1276142400&en=d1b7e28c2ddd4d79&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
Conrad de Aenlle, New York Times

In this souped-up, high-tech world, everything happens faster, even forgetting.

*** Firefox Keeps Chipping Away At IE's Share
<http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/06/10/HNfirefox_1.html>
Juan Carlos Perez, IDG News Service

Open source browser now used by 8 percent of web users, study says.

*** When Microsoft Thinks Privacy
<http://news.com.com/When+Microsoft+thinks+privacy/2008-1082_3-5740928.html?part=rss&tag=5740928&subj=news>
Eileen Yu, CNET News.com

Peter Cullen, Microsoft's chief privacy, not just for his own sake but that of his customers, too.

*** RFID Goes Open-Source
<http://news.com.com/2061-10790_3-5741287.html?part=rss&tag=5741287&subj=news>
Alorie Gilbert, CNET News.com

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The other things in life

[World]

*** One Nation, With Niches For All
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/11/opinion/11schiff.html?ex=1276142400&en=65748943f28feb2d&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
Stacy Schiff, New York Times

We used to be one nation, undivided, under three networks, three car companies and two brands of toothpaste for all. Today we are the mass niche nation.

[Life]

*** All Embarrassment, No Riches
<http://news.ft.com/cms/s/6e827f64-d98f-11d9-b071-00000e2511c8.html>
Jan Dalley, Financial Times

I have a problem with the meek -- doctrinally.

*** In Russia, A Young Man's Dream Is Dodging The Draft
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/11/international/europe/11russia.html?>
Steven Lee Myers, New York Times

"They say you serve your motherland -- you defend it. Well, it is a difficult question. You have to live here a while to understand it."

*** Conscription Of The Past
<http://education.guardian.co.uk/schools/comment/story/0,9828,1504070,00.html>
Tristram Hunt, The Guardian

Don't try to turn history teaching into a simple-minded morality play.

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Life in the city

[News]

*** Singapore To Launch Special Tests For Aging Drivers
<http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/6/11/latest/20050611123050&sec=Latest>
Associated Press

Singapore will launch a special testing programme for aging drivers, since 82 percent of the country's traffic deaths in the first quarter of 2005 involved people age 60 or older, an official said Saturday.

*** Call For Anderson To Resign
<http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,15580568%255E1702,00.html>
The Australian

Prime Minister John Howard's decision to protect Qantas from competition on the Pacific route was a rebuff to Transport Minister John Anderson, Labor industry spokesman Stephen Smith said today.

*** Singapore's Millionaires Increase At Fastest Pace In World
<http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=aAyXEXQ8IaDo&refer=asia>
Bloomberg

The number of millionaires in Singapore rose at the fastest pace in the world in 2004, according to a report by Cap Gemini & Merrill Lynch & Co.

*** Howard Protects Qantas
<http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,15577028%255E421,00.html>
Dennis Shanahan and Patrick Walters, Courier-Mail

The Howard government will continue to protect Qantas from extra competition on its lucrative Pacific route, as it launches a wholesale review of hte aviation industry.

*** Australia Delays Indefinitely Decision On Giving SIA Access To Pacific Route: Report
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/152161/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia

Australia has delayed granting Singapore Airlines access to the lucrative Australia-US route indefinitely as it prepares for a review of the aviation industry that could remove foreign ownership restrictionson Qantas, the Weekend Australian newspaper reported.

[Opinion]

*** Like A Moth To A Flat
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/55488.asp>
Neil Humphreys, Today

Giant, winged beasts have invaded the HDB heartlands.