[MyAppleMenu] Jun 21, 2005

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Apple Courting Core Meltdown
<http://www.thestreet.com/stocks/troywolverton/10228802.html>
Troy Wolverton, TheStreet.com

*** Apple Xsan Update Improves Reliability
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=11905>
Macworld UK

Apple has posted an update to Xsan its storage area network file system that lets multiple computers concurrently access terabytes of storage on Xserve RAID over high-speed Fibre Channel.

*** Music Lovers Prefer To Download From Computers
<http://news.ft.com/cms/s/17d271d4-e127-11d9-a3fb-00000e2511c8.html>
Emiko Terazono, Financial Times

Music downloads to mobile phones are unlikely to take off immediately because most music consumers regard their computers as the main tool for music downloads.

*** Music Labels Look TO Corral iPod
<http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=tus&q=macintosh+OR+imac+OR+ibook+OR+ipod+OR+itunes+OR+imovie+OR+iphoto+OR+itunes+OR+isight+OR+ichat+OR+ilife+OR+iwork+OR+powermac+OR+powerbook+OR+powerschool+OR+filemaker+OR+%22final+cut+pro%22+OR+%22steve+Jobs%22&ie=UTF-8&scoring=d>
Ben Fritz, Variety.com

By launching the copy-protected CDs without iPod compatibility, the labels are raising the stakes in an ongoing conflict between Apple and the rest of the music business, which wants the tech company to open its proprietary iPod and let others sell antipiracy-protected songs that work on the device.

*** Apple Sued Over iTunes Software Interface
<http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=1143>
AppleInsider

Contois Music Technology last week asked a Federal COurt to stop the iPod maker from distributing its iTunes jukebox software and is seeking damages over an alleged patent violation by the iTunes software.

*** Apple Dropping Support For Virex As Part Of .Mac
<http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=2005062008475429>
MacFixIt

It appears that Apple will not provide support for the newly released Virex 7.6, after years of offering the virus protection software as a benefit of .Mac membership.

*** Apple Design Awards Winners 2005
<http://www.tuaw.com/2005/06/20/apple-design-awards-winners-05/>
Dave Caolo, Unofficial Apple Weblog

*** Knit Your Own iPod Sock
<http://www.tuaw.com/2005/06/20/knit-your-own-ipod-sock/>
Scott McNulty, Unofficial Apple Weblog

One intrepid knitter is trying to get people to cover up their iPods.

[Opinion]

*** Apple Preparing For A Microsoft Free Future?
<http://applematters.com/index.php/section/comments/apple_preparing_for_a_microsoft_free_future/>
Chris Seibold, Apple Matters

Reliance on a competitor for the supposed life of your company is not something that most corporations would find comforting.

*** A Mysterious Link To Apple's Mac Mini As A Set Top Box
<http://www.macsimumnews.com/index.php/archive/5467/>
Macsimum

*** What Can Apple's iPod Teach Us About Marketing?
<http://www.selfseo.com/story-2563.php>
Hook Ng, Self SEO

*** Macs In The Attic
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/2005/06/recycle/index.php?lsrc=editorsblog>
Scholle Sawyer McFarland, Macworld

[Wintel]

*** Judge Change Proposed In MS-EU Case
<http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/06/20/HNjudgechange_1.html>
Simon Taylor, IDG News Service

Plan to have a 13-judge team hear the case could delay the final ruling until the end of 2006.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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<http://www.myapplemenu.com/tomorrow/>
Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Blog Wars
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2005/06/21/BL2005062100356.html?nav=rss_technology>
Howard Kurtz, Washington Post

Every day, it seems, there are more blogs, more compilations of blogs and more chatter about blogs, as online debate comes in more flavors.

*** How Safe Are The New Contactless Payment Systems?
<http://www.cioinsight.com/article2/0,1397,1829512,00.asp?kc=CTRSS02129TX1K0000534>
Evan Schuman, Ziff Davis Internet

One key argument is how easily the card's data could be read by a thief, who could then presumably use the information to either steal the customer's identity or create a bogus duplicate of the card to make fraudulent purchases.

*** Google Vs. Yahoo: Clash Of Cultures
<http://news.com.com/Google+vs.+Yahoo+Clash+of+cultures/2100-1024_3-5752928.html?part=rss&tag=5752928&subj=news>
Stefanie Olsen, CNET News.com

As the two giants tussle for domination of online advertising dollars, it's increasingly clear that this tug-of-war is really a test of what kind of corportate culture an internet company needs.

*** Canada Proposes Tightening Copyright Law
<http://news.com.com/2061-10796_3-5754580.html?part=rss&tag=5754580&subj=news>
John Borland, CNET News.com

MyAppleMenu Reader
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The other things in life

[Tech & Science]

*** Plain, Simple, Primitive? Not The Jellyfish
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/21/science/21jell.html?ex=1277006400&en=1786c69cbe0f5314&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
Carl Zimmer, New York Times

New research has made scientists realize that they have underestimated the jellyfish and its relatives. Beneath their seemingly simple exterior lies a remarkably sophisticated collection of genes, including many that give rise to humans' complex anatomy.

*** Orgasms: A Real "Turn-Off" For Women
<http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7548>
Michael Le Page, New Scientist

For women, it seems, sex is a big turn-off, reveals a brain scanning study. It shows that many areas of the brain switch off during the female orgasm -- including those involved with emotion.

[Life]

*** Consumer Vertigo
<http://www.reason.com/0506/cr.vp.consumer.shtml>
Virginia Postrel, Reason

A new wave of social critics claim that freedom's just another word for way too much to choose. Here's why they're wrong.

[Expressions]

*** Anger
<http://slate.msn.com/id/2118599/fr/rss/>
Aliki Barnstone, Slate

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[News]

*** Singapore Banks To Replace Credit Cards Affected By Security Breach
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/153929/1/.html>
Joanne Leow, Channel NewsAsia

Major banks in Singapore have been scrambling to assure their credit card customers that they will not be held liable for fraudulent card transactions.

*** Singapore Eyes Islamic Financial Services
<http://www.forbes.com/work/feeds/ap/2005/06/21/ap2102875.html>
Associated Press

Singapore wants to enter the Islamic financial services market and local companies could soon be offering Islamic bonds to global investors, a senior government official said Tuesday.

*** Western Media Chastised For Negative Reporting Of Asia, Middle East
<http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=7&id=340994>
Japan Today

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

[Tunes]

*** What A Wonderful World
<http://www.archive.org/audio/etree-details-db.php?id=20991>
Pete Thurston
<http://ia201121.eu.archive.org/hdd1/audio/pthurston2004-11-04.DCR-HC40.shnf/pthurston2004-11-04d2t08_64kb.mp3>

*** What A Wonderful World
<http://www.archive.org/audio/etree-details-db.php?id=26184>
Agents Of Good Roots
<http://audio46.archive.org/0/audio/agr1998-03-07.flac16/agr1998-03-07d2t08_64kb.mp3>