[MyAppleMenu] May 3, 2005

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Apple Bumps eMac Line To 1.42GHz
<http://www.macminute.com/2005/05/03/emacs/>
MacMinute

*** Oh, My Handsome Prints
<http://www.portlandtribune.com/archview.cgi?id=29258>
Joseph Gallivan, Portland Tribune

the transition from analog to digital is especially hard for visual artists. Musicians and writers went digital long ago, attracted by the ease of input and output. But people who have spent their lives sloshing chemicals in the darkroom seem to find it difficult to embrace Photoshop and inkjet printers. Enter Phil Bard.

*** Tiger Will Boost Apple Over The 4 Percent Threshold
<http://news.softpedia.com/news/Tiger-will-boost-Apple-over-the-4-percent-threshold-1604.shtml>
Softpedia

The merrill Lynch company has declared in a report published a few days ago that it expecs Apple to ensure a four percent market share in the United States for the computer systems.

*** Think Belligerent
<http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.05/apple.html>
Tom McNichol, Wired News

Steve Jobs will do anything to protect his precious secrets. So he's suing Apple's biggest fans. Inside the Mac daddy's battle with the rumor blogs.

*** Tiger Bugs Break Networking Software
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1806371,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594>
John Rizzo, eWeek

Some enterprise networking software developers have discovered that their products are not compatible with Apple's new "Tiger" operating system, and are recommending that their customers hold off on upgrading to Tiger.

*** 'Government Computer News' Picks FileMaker Pro
<http://www.macsimumnews.com/index.php/archive/4400/>
Macsimum

Government Computer News (GCN) has honored FileMaker Pro 7 with its "Reviewer's Choice" award as the top desktop database software in the April 25, 2005 issue, beating Microsoft Access 2003, Alpha Five Version 6 and Corel Paradox 11.

*** iTMS Offers 30 Free Songs With Airport Express Purchase
<http://www.tuaw.com/2005/05/03/itms-offers-30-free-songs-with-airport-express-purchase/>
Laurie Duncan, Unofficial Apple Weblog

Apple wants you to Free your Music and get free songs.

*** iPod Blurs Wall Street's Vision Of Tiger
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=11477>
Macworld UK

While the stock market seems to have iPods in its eyes, some analysts see growth potential in Tiger, however.

*** Apple Enhances Remote Desktop
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=11467>
Macworld UK

*** Apple Delivers 2.0GHz iMac G5
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2005/05/03/imac/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Jim Dalrymple, Macworld

Apple on Tuesday announced an update to its consumer-level imac G5, which includea a 2.0GHz G5 processor, built-in AirPort Extreme and Bluetooth wireless connectivity.

*** Georgia County Outfits Students With iBooks
<http://www.betanews.com/article/Georgia_County_Outfits_Students_with_iBooks/1115072059>
David Worthington, BetaNews

*** Finally, Apple's iTunes Arrives
<http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,15158255%255E643,00.html>
Michael Sainsbury, The Australian

Sometime in the next few weeks, Apple will finally unveil the local version of its hugely successful iTunes store.

*** It's No Party
<http://www.forbes.com/technology/personaltech/2005/05/02/cx_ah_0502aapl.html>
Arik Hesseldahl, Forbes

Apple may have let its Tiger loose from its cage, but its stock price certainly isn't roaring.

*** Apple Tries To Recover In The Classroom
<http://news.com.com/Apple+tries+to+recover+in+the+classroom/2100-7342_3-5692363.html?tag=nefd.top>
Dawn Kawamoto, CNET News.com

As Apple has discovered, school districts treat prospective large-scale purchases ginerly, and sometimes unpredictably.

*** Firm Expects Apple To Grab 4% US Market Share
<http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=1048>
Katie Marsal, AppleInsider

Merrill Lynch believes Tiger sales could top $100 million in its first quarter of release, consistent with an earlier analyst report that suggested first quarter Tiger sales could possibly double that of Panther.

*** Apple Releases QuickTime Broadcaster 1.5
<http://www.macminute.com/2005/05/02/quicktime-broadcaster/>
MacMinute

[Opinion]

*** Mr. Jobs' Wild Ride
<http://blog.ziffdavis.com/rothenberg/archive/2005/05/01/6841.aspx>
Matthew Rothenberg, eWeek

Apple's passion for control can devolve rapidly into behavior that threatens the user-friendly image it's labored so long to construct.

*** Extra! Extra! Tiger Headlines Roar!
<http://www.kottke.org/05/05/apple-tiger-headlines>
Jason Kottke

Apple's codename for the new version of OS X clearly inspired headline writers to dust off a few of their favorite cat expressions.

*** A Bruise For Apple's Reputation
<http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=85827&ran=11305>
Virginian-Pilot

Apple's recent and clumsy attempts to control what people write about it is a startling corporate misstep, and already is eording much of its considerable good will.

*** Apple Vs Dell Monitor
<http://lowmag.net/archive/2005/05/02/apple-vs-dell-monitor/>
lowmag.net

Apple hardware win awards, and Dell wonder why nobody likes their DJ player.

*** How To Stay Organized (Without Really Trying)
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/2005/05/organized/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Jennifer Berger, Macworld

A chaotic mass of files in our Documents folders may scare us, until we're really up and running with Spotlight, and we stop even needing to look in our Documents folders. Can you imagine that? I'm willing to try it. How about you?

[Review]

*** Meet Automator
<http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=08089>
Matt Neuburg, TidBITS

At long last, anyone can program the Mac.

*** Introducing Dashboard
<http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=08088>
Matt Neuburg, TidBITS

*** Spotlight On Spotlight
<http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=08087>
Glenn Fleishman, TidBITS

Spotlight works so well that the idea of filing email, files, and other data will eventually disappear -- but not quite yet.

*** Evaluating The Tiger Installation Process
<http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=08086>
Joe Kissell, TidBITS

*** Looking Into The Eye Of The Tiger
<http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=08085>
Adam C. Engst, TidBITS

Should you upgrade, and if so, when?

*** Apple's Fastest Power Mac Yet Is A Barnburner
<http://www.computerworld.com/hardwaretopics/hardware/desktops/story/0,10801,101495,00.html?source=x243>
Ken Mingis, Computerworld

In a world: Awesome.

*** Reindexing Spotlight
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/mac911/2005/05/reindexspot/index.php?lsrc=mac911blog>
Christopher Breen, Macworld

Open the Spotlight system preference, click the Privacy tab, click the plus button, and add the volume you want to reindex. Wait five minutes, select the volume in the pirvacy area, and click the minus button to remove it.

*** Implementing CSS (Part 1)
<http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/hyatt/archives/2005_05.html#007507>
Dave Hyatt, Surfin' Safari

One of the most interesting problems (to me at least) in browser layout engines is how to implement a style system that can determine the style information for elements on a page efficiently.

*** Tiger Bits: Safari's Private Browsing
<http://www.tuaw.com/2005/05/02/tiger-bits-safaris-private-browsing/>
C.K. Sample, III, Unofficial Apple Weblog

My take: Porn mode.

[Sidetrack]

*** Early Warning System: MyAppleMenu Going On Hiatus... Again
Heng-Cheong Leong

Next week, I'll be visiting Guangzhou, China, for work. This site will have minimal updates then, if at all.

Reasons/excuses: I may not have the free time to maintain this web site. Even if I have free time, I may not have internet access. Even if I have the access, I may not have access to tools such as Google News and Bloglines.

*** G3 Beer Server
Heng-Cheong Leong

Since it is using the out-dated but yet so-cool G3 processor, the beer <http://www.richardcassidy.com/tigersprout/2005/04/27/beer-server/> stays cold. :-)

*** Rumor Of The Day: iPods By HP
Heng-Cheong Leong

According to sources sourced by Paul Thurrott <http://www.windowsitpro.com/WindowsSecurity/Article/ArticleID/46242/WindowsSecurity_46242.html>, HP will be selling the entire range of iPods soon, prompting Paul to ask, "why?"

*** Eudora, Cocoa Edition
Heng-Cheong Leong

Everyone's favorite poster-child of Mac-application-with-interesting-user-interface, Eudora <http://www.eudora.com/techsupport/kb/2654hq.html>, is being converted from carbon to cocoa. Tenative release date: fall 05.

[Wintel]

*** Next-Generation Xbox To Be Media Hub
<http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050502/ap_on_hi_te/gates_sabew%3b_ylt=A9FJqZGStXZCVfAAPRCs0NUE%3b_ylu=X3oDMTA2NDg4NWRqBHNlYwN0Yw-->
Frank Bajak, Associated Press

Microsoft's next-generation Xbox gaming console will be more of a digital entertainment hub than its predecessor, making it even more of a PC hybrid than ever, Bill Gates told a meeting of business journalists on Monday.

*** Microsoft Puts IE Enhancements On Fast Track
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1791107,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594>
Peter Galli, eWeek

Microsoft is not waiting for the next version of Windows to ship before it makes changes to improve the security of some key components such as Internet Explorer, which will see a significant security upgrade in its next release.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Bloggers And The Law
<http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/05/03/19OPreality_1.html>
Ephraim Schwartz, InfoWorld

If ignorance is no excuse, then read on before allowing employees free reign over corporate blogs.

*** Life, Liberty And Free WiFi
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/02/AR2005050200449.html>
Robert MacMillan, Washington Post

*** Top Ten 802.11 Myths
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/wireless/2005/05/02/80211myths.html>
Matthew Gast, O'Reilly Network

*** Ad Execs Want To Track Every Move
<http://www.wired.com/news/ebiz/0,1272,67390,00.html?tw=rss.TOP>
Joanna Glasner, Wired News

Marketers are testing new techniques to measure whether advertisers' messages are getting across, and they are prepared to spend vast sums and deploy astonishingly complex technologies to do so.

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The other things in life

[Tech & Science]

*** When Do They Call An Animal Extinct?
<http://slate.msn.com/id/2117899/fr/rss/>
Daniel Engber, Slate

They used to wait 50 years.

[Life]

*** Dwarfs, Little People And The M-Word
<http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050501/COMMENTARY/50429001>
Roger Ebert and Danny Woodburn, Chicago Sun-Times

Words that cause pain should be retired.

*** Ugly Children May Get Parental Short Shrift
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/03/health/03ugly.html?8hpib>
Nicholas Bakalar, New York Times

Parents would certainly deny it, but Canadian researchers have made a startling assertion: parents take better care of pretty children than they do ugly ones.

[Expressions]

*** Water
<http://slate.msn.com/id/2116752/fr/rss/>
Paul Guest, Slate

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Life in the city

[News]

*** Singapore Anti-Terror Minister Visits
<http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,15168494%255E1702,00.html>
The Australian

*** "No Indian Guards" Insists Singapore Condominium
<http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2005/May/theworld_May35.xml&section=theworld>
DPA

A condominium in Singapore has drawn sharp criticism for specifying it did not want Indian security guards, with even residents criticizing the policy on Tuesday.

*** Singapore Leader Sees A China Challenge
<http://washingtontimes.com/world/20050503-120158-1731r.htm>
David R. Sands, Washington Times

China's economic explosion is transforming Asia's political landscape, posing problems and opportunities for its neighbors and for the United States, Singaporean Foreign Minister George Yeo said in an interview yesterday.

*** Government Urged To Boost 'Clean' TV For Young
<http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=23770>
Anjira Assavanonda, Straits Times

Prime time shows seen as unsuitable for children and need change, say academics and producers.

[Opinion]

*** Dictatorship And Autocracy In Singapore
<http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-5-3/28402.html>
Tian Jie, Epoch Times

On the surface, it looks like Singapore has a democratic system and that people are granted the right to chose and vote. However, in actuality, it is a country with complete dictatorship and autocracy.

*** Wannabe Lawyer Says SDP Imbecilic
<http://shianux.jiyuuu.org/2005/05/03/117/wannabe_lawyer_says_sdp_imbecilic/>
Wannabe Lawyer

*** Do Not Allow Pulau Ubin To Become Another East Coast Park
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/48422.asp>
Liana Jeffrey, Today

Why can't Pulau Ubin be preserved? Why must it be turned into an attraction?

[Technology]

*** Buzz Over IDA's Tender Idea
<http://it.asia1.com.sg/newsdaily/news001_20050503.html>
Amit Roy Choudhury, Business Times

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