[MyAppleMenu] May 20, 2005

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Mac news for Mac people

[Top Stories]

*** Apple Issues Recall Of iBook, PowerBook Batteries
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2005/05/20/recall/index.php>
Jim Dalrymple, Macworld

Apple has issued a battery recall order with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission for its consumer-level iBook and pro PowerBook line of portable computers. The recall will affect approximately 128,000 units in the United States, according to the organizations.

[News]

*** Apple Releases Mac OS X Server 10.4.1
<http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/apple_releases_mac_os_x_server_1041/>
MacDailyNews

*** iPod Is 'Only Device That Matters'
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=11628>
Macworld UK

Predicting that subscription-style services will have a long battle ahead as they try and win market from Apple, Jupiter Research analyst David Card said: "There's only one device that matters, and you can't use it with Yahoo's music service."

[Opinion]

*** I Suppose It Has To Be OK
<http://daringfireball.net/2005/05/has_to_be_ok>
John Gruber, Daring Fireball

There is a sort of zen perfection to this dialog. Perhaps it wasn't a bug at all, but rather, a life lesson.

[Review]

*** My Favorite Tiger Feature
<http://inessential.com/?comments=1&postid=3091>
Brent Simmons, inessential.com

My favorite Tiger feature is that I can turn off the caps lock key. Yes!

*** Steve Jobs: Smoke And Mirrors Or iCon?
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/05/20/jobs_biography/>
Charles Arthur, The Register

Maybe if Steve actually gets around to reading iCon, he'll realise that it's mostly harmless.

*** Making Allowances
<http://playlistmag.com/weblogs/todayatplaylist/2005/05/makeallow/index.php>
Christopher Breen, Playlist

I'd like to offer a technique I use to keep my iTunes Music Store purchaes in check -- giving yourself an allowance.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Loosen The Reins, Says Google CEO
<http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/05/19/HNloosenreins_1.html>
Robert McMillan, IDG News Service

Focusing resources on activities not directly related to company's core business will lead to new discoveries, Schmidt says.

*** Investors To Commercialize Open Source
<http://news.com.com/Investors+to+commercialize+open+source/2100-7344_3-5714532.html?part=rss&tag=5714532&subj=news>
Martin LaMonica, CNET News.com

An investment venture will try to replicate the model of Gluecode, an open-source start-up acquired by IBM, with a fund dedicated solely to open-source software.

*** Give Your DVD Player The Finger
<http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,67556,00.html?tw=rss.TOP>
Katie Dean, Wired News

Researchers in Los Angeles are developing a new form of piracy protection for DVDs that could make common practices like loaning a movie to a friend impossible.

*** Google Introduces Personalized Home Pages
<http://news.com.com/Google+introduces+personalized+home+pages/2100-1032_3-5714284.html?part=rss&tag=5714284&subj=news>
Charles Cooper and Alorie Gilbert, CNET News.com

IN what appears to be a broadside aimed at MyYahoo, Google rolled out a new feature on Thursday that lets people set up a personalized Google home page.

MyAppleMenu Reader
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The other things in life

[Tech & Science]

*** Definitional Drift: Math Goes Postmodern
<http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-wertheim16may16,0,252151.story>
Margaret Wertheim, Los Angeles Times

A baker knows when a loaf of bread is done and a builder knows when a house is finished. Yogi Berra told us "it ain't over thill it's over," which implies that at some point it is over. But in mathematics things aren't so simple. Increasingly, mathematicians are confronting problems wherein it is not clear whether it will ever be over.

[Life]

*** The Butchers Are Back
<http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la-fo-butcher18may18,1,4947565.story?coll=la-headlines-food>
Charles Perry, Los Angeles Times

In a city that's hungry for premium cuts, old-fashioned, full-service meat counters are ready to take your order.

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[Top Stories]

*** Buses And The Not So Ez-Link
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/51579.asp>
Ansley Ng, Today

After years in operation, card system continues to draw complaints of errors and inconvenience.

[News]

*** HK Partner Seeks To Pull Out Of Golden Village Cinemas
<http://www.asia1.com.sg/st/st_20050520_317853.html>
Vince Chong, Straits Times

Golden Screen, a subsidiary of Hong Kong entertainment giant Golden Harvest, is clearly unhappy with Singapore's managing director Kenneth tan, whom it singled out for criticism in a writ filed at Hong Kong's High Court.

*** Singapore Scraps Ceiling On Gaming Revenue At Integrated Resorts: Sands
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/148438/1/.html>
Thomas Cho, Channel NewsAsia

Singapore appears to have abolished a ceiling on gaming revenue that it originally imposed on casion operators who want to build integrated resorts here, according to one of the remaining bidders.

[Opinion]

*** No Ongoing Probe At LTA
<http://www.asiaone.com/st/st_20050520_317824.html>
Lim Bee Khim, Ministry of Transport, Straits Times

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[Tunes]

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