[MyAppleMenu] May 25, 2005

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** High Marks For Student Computers: 'The iBook Makes It Cool'
<http://www.al.com/search/index.ssf?/base/news/1116926352232061.xml?birminghamnews?nmet_tech&coll=2>
Troy Goodman, Birmingham News

Administrators are happy with the result of a pilot program that puts laptops in the hands of sixth-graders for a year.

*** Apple Notebook Battery Recall May Benefit Taiwan Makers
<http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20050525A6031.html>
Huang Kung Tien and Jessie Shen, DigiTimes

Taiwan-based lithium-battery specialists may benefit from Apple's recent recall of notebook-use batteries manufactured by LG Chem of South Korea, as the recall should affect LG Chem's ability to secure more Apple orders, according to market sources.

*** Tit For Tat: Apple Vs Yahoo! Betting Pools
<http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2005/05/tit_for_tat_app.html>
Tim O'Reilly, O'Reilly Radar

"Well, we have a pool at Yahoo! about how long it is before Apple introduces a subscription service."

*** Apple Stores Coming to Rhode Island, South Africa
<http://www.tuaw.com/2005/05/24/apple-stores-coming-to-rhode-island-south-africa/>
Laurie Duncan, Unofficial Apple Weblog

*** Apple Computer Debuts Two-Page Mac OS X Tiger Print Ad In Time Magazine
<http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/5852/>
MacDailyNews

The ad shows two cinema displays, one on each page on a light blue background, showing a screenshot of Spotlight in action on the left page and a screenshot of Dashboard widgets on the right.

[Opinion]

*** Standing Alone Against Apple
<http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2005/05/24/standing_alone_against_apple/>
Alex Beam, Boston Globe

Maybe it's time for the Niemans to stop playing footsie with the butchers of Beijing and start standing up to the control freaks of Cupertino.

*** Mad As Hell, Switching To Mac
<http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2005/052305schwartau.html?vo&code=nlvoice1982>
Winn Schwartau, Network World

This is my first column written on a Mac -- ever. Maybe I should have done it a long time ago, but I never said I was smart, just obstinate. I was a PC bigot.

*** Podcash: Follow The Money
<http://playlistmag.com/weblogs/todayatplaylist/2005/05/podcash/index.php?lsrc=plrss>
Christopher Breen, Playlist

*** That Feeling Of Quality
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/7147>
Francois Joseph de Kermadec, O'Reilly Network

Seeing an IBM boot screen followed by an Intel Inside one, then a DOS prompt and finally a Windows logo didn't giv a feeling of high consistency -- kinda like when you buy a jacket and realize that all the pieces are sewn together in different ways that won't last past cocktail hour.

[Review]

*** Tennis Titans
<http://www.macworld.com/2005/05/reviews/tennistitans/index.php>
Peter Cohen, Macworld

*** A Closer Look At Spotlight
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/05/24/spotlight.html>
Matthew Russell, O'Reilly Network

We'll look at how Spotlight works and how it can revolutionize your workflow in a variety of ways.

*** Widgets Are Wonders In Little Windows
<http://www.freep.com/money/tech/mwendland24e_20050524.htm>
Mike Wendland, Detroit Free Press

[Wintel]

*** A Front-Runner At Microsoft, But There's No Race Yet
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/25/technology/25soft.html?hp&ex=1117080000&en=4ff7e02ce6f10000&ei=5094&partner=homepage>
Steve Lohr, New York Times

There is no heir apparent at Microsoft. Yet by putting Eric Rudder in charge of a business earmarked for near-term growth, Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer singled him out as the likely front-runner among the next generation of leaders.

*** Microsoft/Creative Labs "Plays For Sure..."
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/7150>
The Fat Man, O'Reilly Network

Is it just me, or have I just now bought something very expensive that might not work?

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** A Matter Of Public Record
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/24/AR2005052401347.html>
Jonathan Krim, Washington Post

Activist aims to scare officials into protecting personal data.

*** Google's Books Online Under Fire
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4576827.stm>
Mark Gregory, BBC News

A US publishing organisation has accused Google of breaching copyright rules through a plan to put university libraries online.

MyAppleMenu Reader
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The other things in life

[Tech & Science]

*** Natural-Born Liars
<http://www.sciammind.com/article.cfm?articleID=0007B7A0-49D6-128A-89D683414B7F0000>
David Livingstone Smith, Scientific American Mind

Why do we lie, and why are we so good at it? Because it works.

[Life]

*** China, New Land Of Shoppers, Builds Malls On Gigantic Scale
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/25/business/worldbusiness/25mall.html?hp>
David Barboza, New York Times

Chinese have started to embrace America's modern "shop till you drop" ethos and are int he midst of a buy-at-the-mall frenzy.

[Expressions]

*** Satyr WIthout Desire
<http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=20050530&s=poem053005>
Lee Upton, The New Republic

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[News]

*** Lee: Futile To Resist China's Growing Clout
<http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-05/25/content_445642.htm>
China Daily

Japan and China must tone down the nationalism that has fuelled rising bilateral tensions, while the world must adapt to China's surging growth or be left behind, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said.

*** Consumer Prices In Singapore Climb 0.4%
<http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/05/24/bloomberg/sxsingcon.php>
Amit Prakash, Bloomberg

Consumer prices in Singapore gained 0.4 percent in April over the year-earlier period as the cost of food and education rose, according to government data released Tuesday.

[Opinion]

*** Singapore Embassy Responds
<http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaileditorial.asp?fileid=20050525.F06&irec=6>
Shang Thong Chie, Singapore Embassy, Jakarta, Jakarta Post

The number of Foreign Domestic Workers (FDWs) that encounter problems in Singapore is a very small percentage of the 150,000 total FDWs in Singapore.

*** Making A Desert Bloom: Singapore And Political Engagement
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/52379.asp>
Siew Kum Hong, Today

If opening up is necessary for Singapore's continued survival and success, then this must extend to politics to succeed.

[Technology]

*** Broadband Market Opens Up
<http://www.asia1.com.sg/st/st_20050525_318737.html>
Alfred Siew, Straits Times

Prices look set to fall as four new players join existing ISPs to offer wireless services.

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[Tunes]

*** Lock Stock
<http://www.buffygirl.com/index/music>
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