[MyAppleMenu] Mar 28, 2005

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** OtterBox Allows You To Take iPod Mini For A Swim
<http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/technology/personal_technology/11248384.htm>
San Jose Mercury News

The OtterBox for iPod mini is a waterproof, transparent case that protects the iPod mini from water, dust or a hard fall.

*** Could iPod Be Your Next Best Friend?
<http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/living/11242354.htm>
Heather Svokos, Knight Ridder News Service

It's called anthropomorphizing, giving an inaminate object a human personality.

*** How Do You Like 'Dem Apples?
<http://www.integratedmar.com/ECL.cfm?item=DLY032705-5>
Liam Lahey, eChannelLine Canada

At a time when Apple seems to be enjoying a rising tide of popularity with consumers and business users alike, the computer maker is facing a lawsuit from three former U.S. Mac resellers that alleges Apple is cheating its reseller partners and its customers.

*** Where Is Motorola's New Cell Phone With iTunes?
<http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/217724_cellphonecontrol28.html>
Bruce Meyerson, Associated Press

Many industry players suspect that a wireless service provider intervened, essentially telling Motorola, "I'll be darned if I'll sell your phones to my customers if it means they can buy songs through Apple and Motorola without giving me a piece of the pie."

*** iTubes For Your iPod
<http://www.stereophile.com/news/032805itube/>
Jon Iverson, Stereophile

*** Behind The Red Shed, With Jonathan "The Wolf" Rentzsch
<http://www.drunkenblog.com/drunkenblog-archives/000513.html>
DrunkenBlog

[Opinion]

*** Apple Vs. Hewlett-Packard
<http://www.forbes.com/businesstech/2005/03/28/cx_el_0328mondaymatchup.html>
Ed Lin, Forbes

Without Hewlett-Packard, there might not have been an Apple Computer.

*** Macintosh Paternity Woven In Web
<http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2002221772_paul28.html>
Paul Andrews, Seattle Times

No matter who deserves the distinction, the lesson of the Raskin case is that the Internet -- and the truth -- are still precariously susceptible to popular opinion.

[Review]

*** This Shark Is Missing Some Teeth
<http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/mar2005/tc20050328_5522_tc117.htm>
Stephen Baker, BusinessWeek

Griffin's gizmo records and downloads audio broadcasts. But it can't handle Internet radio, so you're limited to local fare.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Long Life Promised For Laptop PCs
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4378807.stm>
BBC News

Scientists are working on ways to ensure laptops can stay powered for an entire working day.

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The other things in life

[World]

*** Phuket Traders Sell Tsunami Souvenirs
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/tsunami/story/0,15671,1446625,00.html>
Duncan Campbell, The Guardian

Three months after the tsunami, entrepreneurs in the Thai resort of Patong, on the island of Phuket, have found a new source of income: selling graphic photographs of the after-effects of the storm including explicit shots of dead bodies.

[Tech & Science]

*** Secrets Of The Shy
<http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1042458,00.html>
Jeffrey Kluger, Time

Why so bashful? Science finds something complex -- and cunning -- behind the curtain.

[Life]

*** Piecework
<http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/050404fa_fact>
Atul Gawande, New Yorker

Medicine's money problem.

[Expressions]

*** Solace
<http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/content/articles/050404fi_fiction>
Donald Antrim, New Yorker

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Life in the city

[News]

*** Singapore's Manufacturing Unexpectedly Shrinks
<http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=axdNG22ZYf5A&refer=asia>
Bloomberg

Singapore's manufacturers, including makers of electronics goods and pharmaceuticals, unexpectedly cut production in February for a second month, curbing economic growth in the Southeast Asian city-state.

*** Parental Maintenance: Some Ab use Process
<http://www.asia1.com.sg/st/st_20050328_308024.html>
K. C. Vijayan, Straits Times

Small rise in number of claims but abuse worries tribunal in charge.

*** MRT Tunnelling In Downtown Area Ends
<http://www.asia1.com.sg/st/st_20050328_308027.html>
Goh Chin Lian, Straits Times

MRT Circle Line engineers are through with tunnelling in the downtown area, and hope to put back the roads and take down the hoardings next year.

*** Singapore Drops Private Pensions Plan
<http://news.ft.com/cms/s/8c9a986e-9e53-11d9-9d14-00000e2511c8,dwp_uuid=65bdd284-25a9-11d8-81c6-0820abe49a01.html>
John Burton, Financial Times

Singapore has decided to shelve plans to introduce private pension plans because of fears that the schemes are too small to offset high management fees.

*** Singapore Not To Ink Bilateral Pact On Flights
<http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=86364>
Neelasri Barman, India Financial Express

Singapore has refused to sign the bilateral agreement for flights with India. This means the hoped-for increase in the number of flights between the two countries is unlikely to happen.

[Opinion]

*** Resident Pressured To Vote For Lift Upgrading
<http://www.asia1.com.sg/st/st_20050328_308064.html>
Sundram Muthiah, Straits Times

*** Respect Our Constitution
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/42248.asp>
Chia Boon Teck, Today

A lawyer's mere presence without him having to utter a single word throughout the interrogation process, would be suffficient to deter police investigators and interrogators from making any threats against, or inducements or promises to the accused.

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Life is random. More tunes, less talk.

[Tunes]

*** Chim Chim Cheree / Supercalifrajalistic
<http://singinglions.org/aig/vault.htm>
Singing Lions
<http://singinglions.org/aig/media/Chim%20Chim%20Cheree%20&%20Supercal%20-%20April%201990.mp3>

*** The Rainbow Connection
<http://singinglions.org/aig/vault.htm?>
Singing Lions
<http://singinglions.org/aig/media/Solos/The%20Rainbow%20Connection%20(Dave)%20-%20April%201990.mp3>