[MyAppleMenu] May 26, 2005

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** iPod Snatchers Fuel 26 Percent Rise In Robberies
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/05/26/uipod.xml&sSheet=/portal/2005/05/26/ixportaltop.html>
Telegraph

The popularity of iPods and new mobile phones has fuelled a sharp rise in street robbery int he capital, according to Britain's most senior police officer.

*** Apple's Ive, iPod, Cinema Display Receive Awards
<http://www.macnn.com/articles/05/05/26/design.and.art.direction/>
MacNN

*** Apple Fixes Hole In Keynote
<http://news.com.com/Apple+fixes+hole+in+Keynote/2110-1002_3-5720639.html?part=rss&tag=5720639&subj=news>
Joris Evers, CNET News.com

The Keynote 2.0.2 update fixes a flaw that could allow an attacker to access files on a Mac by crafting a malicious Keynote presentation.

*** iMuffs For The Headphone-Challenged
<http://news.com.com/2061-10801_3-5720436.html?part=rss&tag=5720436&subj=news>
Michael Singer, CNET News.com

Love your iPod but hate getting tangled up with headphone wires? San Francisco start up Wi-Gear is coming out with a Bluetooth adaptor called iMuffs that helps cut the cord.

*** ABC, NBC News Launch News Podcasts
<http://news.com.com/ABC%2C+NBC+News+launch+news+podcasts/2100-1025_3-5720500.html?part=rss&tag=5720500&subj=news>
Alorie Gilbert, CNET News.com

ABC News and NBC News each plunged into the world of podcasting on Wednesday with plans to offer TV newscasts as on-demand audio programs over the web.

*** Cobb Schools Receiving Laptops
<http://www.11alive.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=63605>
Donna Lowry, WXIA-TV Atlanta

Cobb County's $70 million laptop program is scheduled to roll out this week. Lassiter High School is one of the four that have already received Apple iBooks.

*** Apple #1 In June 2005 Consumer Reports
<http://www.macminute.com/2005/05/25/consumer-reports/>
MacMinute

[Opinion]

*** Should Apple Applications Be Movable?
<http://www.robservatory.com/archives/2005/05/24/should-apple-applications-be-movable/>
Robservatory

Why do we still have this problem?

*** iPod Killers?
<http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2005/05/ipod_killers.html>
Heather Green, BusinessWeek

If cell phone companies want to be competitive with Apple, they will have to accept that they must charge the same price 99 cents that iTunes charges. And they have to have the same flexibility that people are accustomed to with their music.

*** OK Computer?
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/2005/05/computerlove/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Jennifer Berger, Macworld

If more of us used current Macs as our first computers, and every day in our jobs, would we collectively like computers more?

[Review]

*** Burning Monkey Solitaire 2005
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/reviews/view.php?ID=578>
Michael Phillips, Inside Mac Games

The game is funny, visually appealing, aurally enjoyable and chocked full of the world's best Solitaire variations.

*** Klipsch iFi: iPod-Based Home Speaker System
<http://playlistmag.com/reviews/2005/05/ifi/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Dan Frakes, Playlist

Those shopping for speakers for their desktop should look elsewhere, but for a home stereo setting, the iFi is the best sounding iPod speaker system we've heard, by a significant margin.

[Sidetrack]

*** We Own This Space
Heng-Cheong Leong

Quick, before Microsoft finally release Longhorn, let's create a new verb "Spotlight" to mean searching on a computer <http://nootropic.blogspot.com/2005/05/prediction-use-of-word-spotlight-as.html>...

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Measuring The Impact Of Blogs Requires More Than Counting
<http://online.wsj.com/public/article/0,,SB111685593903640572-DoCm_P_b1HHSoXRla2QEob6bw8w_20060525,00.html?mod=rss_free>
Carl Bialik, Wall Street Journal

*** Behold The Internet Tablet
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,67633,00.html?tw=rss.TOP>
Wired News

Nokia is trying its first non-phone mobile device, a handheld internet tablet for accessing the web around the home over a wireless broadband connection.

*** Iomega Aiming For 800GB DVDs
<http://news.com.com/Iomega+aiming+for+800GB+DVDs/2100-1041_3-5720359.html?part=rss&tag=5720359&subj=news>
Richard Shim, CNET News.com

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The other things in life

[Life]

*** Salon's Balancing Act
<http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,67642,00.html?tw=rss.TOP>
Adam L. Penenberg, Wired News

By combining subscriptions with rich advertising, the opinionated news site finds a way to cut through the clutter of online ads,and is even closing in on profitability.

*** Loud, Proud, Unabridged: It Is Too Reading!
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/26/fashion/thursdaystyles/26audio.html?ex=1274760000&en=e53139c0eb2886c1&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
Amy Harmon, New York Times

Fewer Americans are reading books than a decade ago, but almost a third more are listening to them on tapes, CD's and iPods.

*** It's All In How The Dog Is Served
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/25/dining/25dogs.html>
Ed Levine, New York Times

So what constitutes a great hot dog?

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[News]

*** City Government To Investigate Singapore Investment Agency On Alleged Tax Evasion
<http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2005/05/27/200505270004.asp>
Korea Herald

The Seoul metropolitan government said it will investigate whether the government-run Singaporean investment agency evaded taxes in the course of acquiring an office building from U.S.-based Lone Star investment fund.

*** Singapore Banks Look Abroad Despite Setbacks
<http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=reutersEdge&storyID=8610416>
Doreen Siow, Reuters

Undaunted by a string of mistakes over the timing and execution of overseas ventures. SIngapore banks are determined to push ahead, humbled but possibly wiser after their initial costly lessons.

*** Singapore, Indonesia Reach In-Principle Agreement To Expand Air Rights
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/149355/1/.html>
Johnson Choo, Channel NewsAsia

*** Austrlia's Anderson Expects Singapore Air Decision In 6 Weeks
<http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000081&sid=akr_drC_kQJg&refer=australia>
Bloomberg

Australia's government will decide whether to grant Singapore Airlines access to the Australia-U.S. route in the next four to six weeks, Transport Minister John Anderson said.

[Opinion]

*** Abortions: It's Time To Change Adoption Rule
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/52599.asp>
Eillen Tan, Today

Allowing grandparents to adopt may alleviate problem.

[Entertainment]

*** Ya Kun Kaya Toast
<http://www.aromacookery.com/aromacookery/2005/05/ya_kun_kaya_toa.html>
AromaCookery

Who would have thought that the simple pairing of bread and kaya would become such an everyday favorite?

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Life is random. More tunes, less talk.

[Tunes]

*** Cut Me Dead
<http://www.fifthhourhero.com/news.htm>
Fifth Hour Hero
<http://www.noidearecords.com/mp3s/fifthhourhero-cut%20me%20dead.mp3>