[MyAppleMenu] Mar 4, 2005

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Finidng God On Your iPod
<http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/entertainment/11042977.htm>
Kathleen Murphy, South Carolina's The State

Godcasting is the latest advancement in online religion, in which preachers convert their sermons to audio to be heard on portable digital audio devices.

*** Drexel Gives iPod Photos To Education Grads
<http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/03/04/42283c0b2ed6e>
Danielle Perlman, Daily Pennsylvanian

The Drexel University School of Education, following in Duke University's footsteps, will distribute free Apple iPods to incoming students next fall in an attempt to integrate technology into teaching.

*** Students Get Hip To iPod Trend
<http://www.thefamuan.com/news/2005/03/04/Lifestyles/Students.Get.Hip.To.Ipod.Trend-885637.shtml>
A. Omar Sharpe, The Famuan

No matter if you're walking from the General Classroom Building or walking on the treadmillin the fitness center, the iPod's little gray earpieces can be seen hanging from the ears of several students on campus.

*** Mobile Music Challenges 'IPod Age'
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4315481.stm>
Darren Waters, BBC News

Can mobile phones replace the MP3 player in your pocket?

*** Hand-Cranked iPod Shuffle Charger
<http://www.boingboing.net/2005/03/04/handcranked_ipod_shu.html>
Cory Doctorow, Boing Bong

*** iPod Owners Spend Millions On Accessories
<http://www.nola.com/business/t-p/index.ssf?/base/money-2/1109860982101481.xml>
Allan Hoffman, Newhouse News Service

The "iPod economy," as it has been dubbed is unusual because of the "emotional attachment" people feel toward their iPods.

*** Official Star Wars iPod Cover To Ship In April
<http://www.macnn.com/articles/05/03/04/star.wars.ipod.cover/>
MacNN

*** Apple Wins Initial Ruling
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/04/technology/04apple.html>
Bloomberg

Apple can force three online publishers to disclose where they got confidential information about new Apple products, a judge tentatively ruled.

*** Apple Resellers Monitor Class Action
<http://www.arnnet.com.au/index.php/id;671151205;fp;2;fpid;1>
Tim Lohman, ARN

Local APple resellers are watching with interest after their US counterparts, in conjunction with consumers, filed a class action suit against the vendor.

*** Apple Has Intel Inside -- Sort Of
<http://news.com.com/Apple+has+Intel+inside--sort+of/2100-1042_3-5598783.html?part=rss&tag=5598782>
Ina Fried, CNET News.com

According to Intel marketing materials, the Xserve RAID uses Intel's IOP 331 chip, a derivative of the XScale processor. The IOP chip, which is used in many storage systems, is designed to speed the task of shuttling data in and out of a computer system.

*** Repurposing The Powerbook Motion Sensor
<http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/laptops-pcs/apple/repurposing-the-powerbook-motion-sensor-034878.php>
Gizmodo

It's enough to make a man lie to himself that he needs a shiny new Powerbook.

*** New PortalPlayer Chips Cut Power And Size; Future iPods To Benefit?
<http://www.ipodlounge.com/ipodnews.php?id=P6594>
Larry Angell, iPodlounge

It should be noted, however, that many factors such as LCDs, hard disks, and other integrated components will have a significant impact on battery life.

[Review]

*** Apple iPod Mini 6GB
<http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1772484,00.asp>
Bill Machrone, PC Magazine

The newest mini is a worthy upgrade to a wildly popular player.

[Sidetrack]

*** Don't Wear White. Nor Mini.
Heng-Cheong Leong

Somehow, New York University's campaign to "warn its students against sporting iPod earbud headphones while venturing on and off campus <http://www.appleinsider.com/news.php?id=930>" reminds me of the warning that girls shouldn't be sexy in order not to be raped. Many of us rejected the latter warning -- so how should we deal with the former?

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[Top Stories]

*** Google AutoLink Pits Convenience, Ownership Issues
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A660-2005Mar2.html?nav=rss_technology>
Leslie Walker, Washington Post

There must be limits to Google's power to steer us around the Internet, but today those limits seem fuzzy as a Siamese kitten.

[News]

*** Start-Ups Blur Lines Between Radio, Music Swapping
<http://news.com.com/Start-ups+blur+lines+between+radio%2C+music+swapping/2100-1027_3-5598987.html?part=rss&tag=5598782>
John Borland, CNET News.com

A new generation of start-ups is taking a page from Apple's iTunes playbook, allowing Net radio listeners to draw their programming at will from one another's hard drives.

*** As Jobs Are Outsourced, Honest Debate Is Needed
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/11032590.htm>
Miguel Helft, San Jose Mercury News

*** Sowing The Seeds Of Open Source Advocacy
<http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2005/03/03/advocacy.html>
Jono Bacon, O'Reilly Network

*** Intel Rethinking The Living Room PC
<http://news.com.com/2100-1042_3-5598948.html>
Michael Kanellos, CNET News.com

*** Short-Circuit For Newspaper Tech Coverage?
<http://news.com.com/Short-circuit+for+newspaper+tech+coverage/2061-1025_3-5598976.html?part=rss&tag=5598782>
Evan Hansen, CNET News.com

New technology has created billions of dollars in advertising revenues for Google and Yahoo. Unfortunately, technology has delivered little wealth to newspapers chasing after the trend the old-fashioned way -- that is, by writing about it.

[Internet]

*** Meet The New Town Crier: The City Website
<http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-me-etown3mar03,1,2198359.story?coll=la-headlines-technology>
Daniel Yi, Los Angeles Times

Feeling ignored by traditional media, local governments are using the Intenret to post news and e-mail updates to residents.

MyAppleMenu Reader
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The other things in life

[World]

*** God Is A Centrist Democrat
<http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0509,lombardi1,61604,6.html>
Kirsten Lombardi, Village Voice

Hillary Clinton moves self, whole party into the religious middle.

[Life]

*** Waitstaff Confidential
<http://www.citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=9717>
Richard Gorelick, Baltimore City Paper

You know how you leave a restaurant and talk about the servers? The server talk about you, too.

*** What Martha Really Ate In Prison
<http://slate.msn.com/id/2114313/fr/rss/>
Daniel Engber, Slate

The incarceration diet explained.

[EOF]

*** Portable Peeing For The PC-Bound
<http://news.com.com/Portable+peeing+for+the+PC-bound/2061-1043_3-5598828.html?part=rss&tag=5598782>
Leslie Katz, CNET News.com

You're in the middle of a frenzied fragfest when it hits: You gotta pee -- bad. Whatcha gonna do?

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[News]

*** Deadline For E-Filing Submission Of Tax Returns Extended
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/135580/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia

The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore has extended the deadline for the submission of income tax returns via e-filing till end-April.

*** You're A Pain, But Let's Get Married Anyway
<http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=29&art_id=qw1109932201394B232>
Reuters

Couples may not be happy with their partners but they will still marry them anyway, a global survey on relationshiops shows.

*** MPs Ask For Another Malay Language TV Channel, Captioning TV Programmes
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/135649/1/.html>
Joanne Leow, Channel NewsAsia

*** Maxtor To Cut 5,500 Jobs In Singapore; Half By Firing
<http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=a7xmXkI6ImAM&refer=news_index>
Bloomberg

Maxtor, the world's No. 2 disk-drive maker, is cutting 5,500 jobs in Singapore factories, or about 42 percent of its total workforce, as sales slow.

*** Biometric Passports For Singaporeans By October
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/135397/1/.html>
Asha Popatlal and Debra Soon, Channel NewsAsia

Singaproeans will get a new biometric passport by October, and passport numbers will be changed so that they are different from those for the identity card.

[Opinion]

*** Effectiveness Of Online Admissions Exercise Being Questioned
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/38122.asp>
Chua Kim Choo, Today

Since the release of the O-level results, students and parents have gone through much frustruation and stress.

*** Some Things Are Still Free... If Not Reading A Certain Newspaper Online
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/lifestylenews/view/135568/1/.html>
Mr Brown, Today

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[Tunes]

*** Negative Kid
<http://www.kiddakota.com/music.html?>
Kid Dakota, Unreleased
<http://www.kiddakota.com/mp3s/negative_kid.mp3>

*** 10,000 Lakes
<http://www.kiddakota.com/music.html>
Kid Dakota, The West Is The Future
<http://www.kiddakota.com/mp3s/10,000_lakes.mp3>