[MyAppleMenu] Jun 17, 2005

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Cell Phones Face The Music
<http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,67863,00.html?tw=rss.TOP>
Katie Dean, Wired News

Napster's recently revealed plan to extend its music service to mobile phones has a long way to go before cells become iPod killers.

*** Apple Store Opening In Grand Rapids June 25th
<http://www.macminute.com/2005/06/17/apple-store-woodland/>
MacMinute

*** Queen Buys Apple
<http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=24011>
Nick Farrell, The Inquirer

Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great britain and Northern Ireland and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the COmmonwealth, and Defender of the Faith, has bought a nice looking and reassuringly expensive iPod.

*** Keep Your Crap Out Of My iPod, Say Users
<http://www.canada.com/entertainment/story.html?id=cfa4f8e1-8960-4778-bb86-0b6c857ae042>
Judy Monchuk, Canadian Press

Owners of Apple's popular digital music player love being able to shut out the world's distractions, hate their cellphones and would prefer not to talk to anyone.

*** The 'Blobject' Comes Of Age
<http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0617/p12s01-alar.html>
Gregory M. Lamb, Christian Science Monitor

1998 was the year that blobjects burst into consumer consciousness: that's when the Apple iMac, the new Volkswagen Beetle, and the Nike Triax watch arrived. "The iMac was the first huggable computer."

*** Apples For Sale. Cheap.
<http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD%2FMGArticle%2FRTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031783339354&path=!news&s=1045855934842>
Olympia Meola, Richmond Times-Dispatch

With Henrico's schools shifting to Dells, iBooks are becoming available.

*** Macs' Popularity Draws Opera, Real Software
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1828907,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594>
Elizabeth Millard, eWeek

*** Mac OS On A Dell? Dell In Favor, Apple Opposed
<http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/06/16/HNmacdell_1.html>
Tom Krazit, IDG News Service

In the end, it's hard to really get a sense of Dell's true interest in Apple.

*** Another Apple Trademark: Numbers
<http://news.com.com/2061-10793_3-5749800.html>
Ina Fried, CNET News.com

*** Shareholder Sues Adobe Over Macromedia Buy
<http://news.com.com/Shareholder+sues+Adobe+over+Macromedia+buy/2100-1012_3-5750168.html?tag=nefd.top>
Reuters

A disgruntled Adobe shareholder has sued the company's board of directors to try to stop the software maker from buying Macromedia after that company recently restated earnings results.

*** Dell Founder Thinks Different About Apple
<http://news.com.com/Dell+founder+thinks+different+about+Apple/2100-1016_3-5749940.html?tag=nefd.top>
Michael Singer, CNET News.com

Michael Dell told Fortune magazine that he would be interested in becoming a switcher himself if the opportunity ever came up. "If Apple decides to open the Mac OS to others, we would be happy to offer it to our customers."

[Opinion]

*** Apple Vs. Creative: The War After Less Than 6 Months
<http://www.livejournal.com/users/andretan/224351.html>
Andre Tan, Live Journal

Look who's laughing now.

*** More On iTunes
<http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2005/06/17/more-on-itunes/>
Dave Slusher, Evil Genius Chronicles

Everything I've seen has unquestionaly been on the side that this is good for podcasting, but I'm not sure that it will be.

*** NYPL Snubs iPod Users
<http://www.tuaw.com/2005/06/16/nypl-snubs-ipod-users/>
Jay Savage, Unofficial Apple Weblog

*** Mobiles As iPod-Killer? Think 99 Problems
<http://www.netimperative.com/2005/06/16/music_mobile_problems/view>
Charles Arthur, Netimperative

There's only one thing truly holding mobile phones back from trampling the iPod shuffle. The trouble is, they might never overcome it.

*** Apple And Pentium 4: I Stand Corrected
<http://weblog.infoworld.com/yager/2005/06/16.html>
Tom Yager, InfoWorld

Hyper Threading makes little differences on benchmarks, but it makes a considerable difference in user experience.

*** The Jobs Amendment
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/2005/06/morepower/index.php?lsrc=editorsblog>
Dan Miller, Macworld

Power management, as much as megahertz, will be the new frontier of CPU design.

[Review]

*** 5 Mac Security Tips You Can't Live Without
<http://www.selfseo.com/story-2415.php>
Paulo Fretowski, Self Seo

*** Final Cut Pro 5: Upgrade Worth The Price
<http://www.dmnforums.com/cgi-bin/viewarticle.cgi?id=33006>
Stephen Schleicher, DMN Forums

With all of these new features, Final Cut Pro further proves why it is one of the top non-linear editing applications. Final Cut Pro 5 is so versatile it can be used by anyone, and on any content from event videos to major motion pictures.

*** Perfecting The Patio 'Pod
<http://playlistmag.com/weblogs/todayatplaylist/2005/06/patiopod/index.php>
Christopher Breen, Playlist

[Sidetrack]

*** Long Live The Queen
Heng-Cheong Leong

Do you want to peek into the Queen's iPod playlist, or do you want to see the Queen dancing in Apple's iPod advertisement? Doesn't matter, cause the Untangled Wibrary <http://www.untangledlife.com/wibrary/2005/06/17/the-queens-ipod-playlist/> has them both.

*** Wild Speculations Gone Intel I
Heng-Cheong Leong

What's going to be Apple's product naming convention once your favorite Macintosh-es move to Intel? Continue with the "Power" monikers, or are there going to be XMacs and XBooks <http://techgoesboom.com/archives/2005/06/14/naming_conventions.php> running along side XServes, as speculated by Joe Mullins?

*** Wild Speculations Gone Intel II
Heng-Cheong Leong

We all know that AOpen have a Mac mini clone that is running on Intel chip. We all know that Apple is moving to Intel. Put the two together, and what do you get <http://weblog.bluedonkey.org/?p=302>?

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** 'Teleporting' Over The Internet
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4102018.stm>
BBC News

Computer scientists in the US are developing a system which would allow people to "teleport" a solid 3D recreation of themselves over the internet.

*** Marketers Seek To Make Cookies More Palatable
<http://online.wsj.com/public/article/0,,SB111896105917661957-CnY_WkjgYkrL6ky6y9Idi079ZPE_20060617,00.html>
David Kesmodel, Wall Street Journal

Online marketers are scrambling to protect one of the key tools of their trade: the cookie.

*** Workin' 9 To 9
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/16/AR2005061600801.html>
Robert MacMillan, Washington Post

*** Drug Companies Won't Swallow The Grid Pill
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1828943,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594>
Lisa Vaas, eWeek

*** Microsoft Readies BitTorrent Alternative
<http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/06/16/HNmsbittorrent_1.html>
James Niccolai, IDG News Service

Avalanche technology could make it easier to distribute big files over the internet.

*** Video And Management For Mobile Seen As Next Big Things
<http://www.computerworld.com/mobiletopics/mobile/story/0,10801,102556,00.html>
Matt Hamblen, Computerworld

IT managers tell vendors what they're looking for in wireless tools.

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The other things in life

[Life]

*** Separation Of Church And Hate
<http://www.citypaper.com/special/story.asp?id=10074>
Christina Royster-Hemby, Baltimore City Paper

Local clergy discuss religion and homosexuality.

*** Disneyland In China Offers A Soup And Lands In A Stew
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/17/business/worldbusiness/17shark.html>
Keith Bradsher, New York Times

It all began when Hong Kong Disneyland, a new theme park scheduled to open on Sept 12, announced that it would serve shark's fin soup -- a chewy, sinewy, stringy dish that has been a Chinese favorite for two centuries.

[Expressions]

*** In Dreams She Is Permitted To Return To A Room
<http://www.poetrymagazine.com/archives/2005/Summer005/Features/behn.htm>
Robin Behn, Poetry Magazine

*** The Lover Of Maps
<http://www.poetrymagazine.com/archives/2005/Summer005/Features/alexie.htm>
Sherman Alexie, Poetry Magazine

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Life in the city

[News]

*** Singapore May Be At risk Of Recession On Surprise Fall In Exports
<http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/afx/2005/06/17/afx2098179.html>
AFX

Singapore's non-oil domestic exports surprisingly fell for the first time in nearly three years in May on weak global demand for electronics, sparking concern the economy may contract for a second straight quarter and slip into a technical recession, economists said.

*** Singapore To Delay Casino Tender Until Third Quarter
<http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7B079C1B7F-89F2-454B-ABAE-D90097E2FB6E%7D>
MarketWatch

Singapore will defer issuing formal requests for proposals for its two casino resorts till the third quarter of 2005 as it wants more time to review feedback from interested parties, a Singapore Tourism Board spokeswoman said Thursday.

*** Government Delayed $80 Million In Payments, Refunds
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/56599.asp>
Christie Loh, Today

When it owes money to others, the government is not quick to repay.

[Opinion]

*** Woe To The Seng Kang Heavy Vehicle Driver
<http://fugs.blogspot.com/2005/06/woe-to-seng-kang-heavy-vehicle-driver.html>
fugs

End of the day gahmen say, gahmen do. What to do?

*** Silencing Qantas' Guns
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/56563.asp>
Prithpal Singh, Today

SIA can regain high ground only by changing approach.

[Entertainment]

*** Singapore Carriage For BBC Prime
<http://www.worldscreen.com/newscurrent.php?filename=prime616.htm>
World Screen News

The BBC's international entertainment channel BBC Prime is set to launch on StarHub Digital Cable in Singapore by the third quarter of this year.

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[Tunes]

*** Grievance
<http://www.sonymusic.com/artists/PearlJam/fanscene/2000/412let1.html>
Pearl Jam
<http://www.sonymusic.com/artists/PearlJam/sound/live/grievanc.mp3>