[MyAppleMenu] Nov 4, 2005

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Video And The Podcasting Star
<http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,69462,00.html?tw=rss.TOP>
Steve Friess, Wired News

A podospheric migration to video has begun, but it's been hardly at the breaknect pace seen in June when Apple released the podcasting-capable iTunes 4.9 software.

*** Xbox 360 And iPod Interoperability? Sort Of
<http://news.com.com/Xbox+360+and+iPod+interoperability+Sort+of/2100-1041_3-5931847.html?part=rss&tag=5931847&subj=news>
Daniel Terdiman, CNET News.com

Microsoft built its iPod connection without the support of the folks at Apple.

*** Stanford Using iTunes To Take Lectures Global
<http://news.com.com/Stanford+using+iTunes+to+take+lectures+global/2100-1041_3-5931232.html>
Daniel Terdiman, CNET News.com

Stanford is the first university to use iTunes as a tool for the public distribution of content.

*** iPod Steps Up Its Game
<http://www.hofstrachronicle.com/media/paper222/news/2005/11/03/Features/Ipod-Steps.Up.Its.Game-1043559.shtml?norewrite&sourcedomain=www.hofstrachronicle.com>
Ronald Diemicke, Hofstra Chronicle

*** Playboy, Penthouse May Make Adult Movies For Apple's Video iPod
<http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/chi-051103adultvideos,0,2427186.story?coll=orl-business-headlines>
Rebecca Barr, Bloomberg

*** Is Apple Moving Away From Its Computer Roots?
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2005/11/03/appleroots/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Jim Dalrymple, Macworld

Despite restructuring and iPod's role in boosting Apple's fortunes, analysts still see the Mac as an important part of the company's offerings.

[Opinion]

*** A Few Things To Say
<http://personaldevelopment.ca/weblog/?p=25>
Personal Development

I'll never be going back to PC.

*** iPod Video Plugged Into Your TV: Is It Good Enough?
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/8318?CMP=OTC-13IV03560550>
Derrick Story, O'Reilly Network

The answer: It is amazingly good.

*** Whither Widgets?
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/8324?CMP=OTC-13IV03560550>
Robert Daeley, O'Reilly Network

[Review]

*** Swift Publisher 1.0: Inexpensive, Easy-To-Use Application Makes Desktop Publishing A Breeze
<http://www.macworld.com/2005/11/reviews/swiftpublisher103/index.php>
Jeffery Battersby, Macworld

While it lacks a certain amount of polish, Swift Publisher is nonetheless an excellent choice for your basic desktop publishing needs.

*** PowerBook G4s Boost Screen Resolution, Battery Life
<http://www.macworld.com/2005/11/reviews/powerbookg4rev/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Henry Norr, Macworld

The latest imporvements to the PowerBook line are hardly revolutionary, but they're all welcome.

*** Finding Nemo: Learning With Nemo
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/gameroom/2005/11/findingnemo/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Peter Cohen, Macworld

[Sidetrack]

*** Speculation Of The Day
Heng-Cheong Leong

Is Microsoft's Xbox 360 <http://news.com.com/Xbox+360+and+iPod+interoperability+Sort+of/2100-1041_3-5931847.html?tag=st.prev> the real target of Apple's "Made for iPod" tax?

*** .Mac Competition Finally Here
Heng-Cheong Leong

Some of the features may be old wine (in new AJAX) bottle, while other features are still in vaporwave status today, but make no mistake: Microsoft's Windows Live <http://www.live.com/> is going to compete with Apple's .Mac service.

Apple, wake up. The competition is here. Time to shape up .Mac.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Want 'War And Peace' Online? How About 20 Pages At A Time?
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/04/technology/04publish.html?hp&ex=1131080400&en=5e8719d4ca339929&ei=5094&partner=homepage>
Edward Wyatt, New York Times

In a race to become the iTunes of the publishing world, Amazon.com and Google are both developing systems to allow consumers to purchase online access to any page, section or chapter of a book.

*** Is Sony Trying To Kill The CD Format For Music?
<http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;1577606101;fp;2;fpid;3>
Andrew Brandt, PC World

Sony was crucial in creating the CD format more than 25 years ago. In this age where every purchasing choice we make affects the level of control we have over our PCs, they seem to be committed to killing it.

MyAppleMenu Reader
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The other things in life

[Tech & Science]

*** Einstein's Mistakes
<http://www.physicstoday.org/vol-58/iss-11/p31.html>
Steven Weinberg, Physics Today

Science sets itself apart from other paths to truth by recognizing that even its greatest practitioners sometimes err.

[Life]

*** Divine Destruction
<http://www.seattleweekly.com/features/0544/051102_news_divine.php>
Stephenie Hendricks, Seattle Weekly

'Wise use,' dominion theology, and the making of American enviornmental policy.

*** Glass Menagerie
<http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/cover/2005/cover1028.html>
Dave Jamieson, Washington City Paper

Ditch it to court yuppies and armed robbers, or maintain their low-risk but cramped existence? At least for now, the degradation seems to be worth it. In D.C., plexiglass will be the last relic of riot architecture to go.

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[News]

*** Singapore's Government To Fix Land Price For Casinos
<http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=aROyic.SpVaM&refer=asia>
Bloomberg

Singapore said companies competing for the right to build the country's first casinos will pay a fixed price for land, a move aimed at averting a bidding war that would sap funds available for developing the projects.

*** Austrlia Says Execution Won't Hurt Singapore Ties
<http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2005/November/theworld_November94.xml&section=theworld>
Reuters

Singapore's decision to hang an Austrlaian drug smuggler will not hurt the long-term relationship between the two countries, Australian Prime Minister John Howard said on Friday.

*** Singapore Averts Its Gay
<http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/singapore-averts-its-gays/2005/11/03/1130823342514.html>
Connie Levett, The Age

When South-east Asia's largest gay party, Nation '05, kicks off today in Phuket, Thailand, it will officially mark the end of Singapore's flirtation with the pink dollar.

*** No Personal Plea For Nguyen: PM
<http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/no-personal-plea-for-nguyen-pm/2005/11/04/1130823373896.html>
The Age

Prime Minister John Howard has ruled out making a personal plea to the Singapore government to save the life of an Australian drug trafficker on death row.

[Opinion]

*** Press Freedom, Singapore-Style
<http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/04Nov2005_news99.php>
Cha-Am Jamal, Bangkok Post

Mr Goh should consider that it is quite possible that Singapore has achieved its economic successes not as a result of its government, but in spite of it.

*** Singapore-Malaysia Ties: When Words Get In The Way
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/free/story/0,6418,350765,00.html?>
Huzir Sulaiman, Straits Times

My pet theory on cross-straits tensions is that while the actual issues are no doubt inherently complex, things are made additionally irksome because the leaders of SIngapore and Malaysia use language in very different ways, and each party finds the other's style alien and offensive.

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Life is random. More tunes, less talk.

[Tunes]

*** Dazed And Confused
<http://www.cavein.net/>
Cave In
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