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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Market Growing For Refurbished, Used iPods
<http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051105/wr_nm/ipod_dc>
Antony Bruno, Billboard

Consumers are capitalizing on the growing iPod phenomenon by selling their used iPods for cash or as a trade-in toward a new device.

*** New iPods May Put Shine On Apple
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1882068,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594>
Matt Hines, eWeek

Apple's latest crop of iPod portable media players is finding favor with buyers, as retailers and industry watchers report that both the video-capable iPod and diminutive nano are moving off the shelves at an impressive clip.

*** Lugz To Apple: 'Cease And Desist'
<http://www.brandweek.com/bw/news/recent_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001434592>
Brand Week

Lugz footwear said it has sent a cease-and-desist letter to both Apple and its agency over similarities between a commercial, "Arrow," which the company aired in 2002, and a spot with Eminem that launched earlier this month for Apple's iPod and iTunes.

*** Rivals Say iTunes Is Helping Their Sales
<http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/rivals-say-itunes-is-helping-their-sales/2005/11/02/1130823280413.html>
Julian Lee, Sydney Morning Herald

*** Evolution Of The iPod
<http://www.cm-life.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/11/04/436af8cd171ae>
Nicole Weston, Cnetral Michigan Life

Whatever the case may be, the iPod -- once used solely for storing music -- now has many different functions.

*** Searching For The Pod Of Gold
<http://yahoo.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_46/b3959131.htm>
Heather Green, BusinessWeek

As podcasting's popularity grows, companies are seeing dollar signs.

*** Accessorizing The iPod "With Video"
<http://playlistmag.com/features/2005/11/ipodvideoaccessories/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Dan Frakes, Playlist

Thinking of buying the latest iPod? Here's what you can expect on the accessories front.

*** Walter Murch: Apocalypse Then: A Second Look At The First Gulf War
<http://www.apple.com/pro/film/murch2/>
Joe Cellini, Apple

Leveraging Final Cut Pro's new HD editing capabilities, Murch was able to edit "Jarhead" in DVCPRO HD at 720p, something he was unable to do while editing his last feature, "Cold Mountin," on an earlier version of Final Cut Pro.

*** Alan Bell: First Love, Final Cut
<http://www.apple.com/pro/film/bell/>
Joe Cellini, Apple

To ensure that the filmic quality would carry through post-production, Mark Levin hired film editor Alan Bell, who'd suggested that they become the first crew to cut a feature film in HD on Final Cut Pro.

*** Apple Sounds Alarm Over QuickTime Flaws
<http://news.com.com/Apple+patches+critical+QuickTime+flaws/2100-1002_3-5933117.html?part=rss&tag=5933117&subj=news>
Dawn Kawamoto, CNET News.com

Apple late Thursday issued an alert about flaws in its QuickTime media player that could allow a malicious attacker to launch a denial-of-service attack or remote code execution.

[Opinion]

*** MacTel Strategy Includes Windows And Linux
<http://www.corante.com/apple/archives/2005/11/04/mactel_strategy_includes_windows_and_linux.php>
Sandy McMurray, Corante

Apple's U.S. patent application 0050246554 describes scenarios in which the user would choose a "first operating system" and a "second operating system" from a set that includes Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, and Linux.

*** Perceived Competition
<http://blog.secondinitial.com/archives/2005/11/perceived_competition.html>
Second Initial

There are a thousand reasons someone might choose Windows over Macintosh, and .Mac competition is not one of them.

*** Will Apple Send In The Clones?
<http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9584_22-5933419.html>
Seb Janacek, Silicon.com

*** Dell Has Its Apple Moment
<http://news.com.com/2061-10787_3-5933629.html?part=rss&tag=5933629&subj=news>
Charles Cooper, CNET News.com

If Jobs would ever consent to weigh in on the reversal of fortune, I'd love to ask what he'd do to fix Dell. Wonder if he'd say, "Shut it down."

[Review]

*** Just For You And Me
<http://playlistmag.com/weblogs/ipodblog/2005/11/justforme/index.php?lsrc=todayatpl>
Christopher Breen, Playlist

*** iMac G5s Solid, Despite Front Row Quirks
<http://www.macworld.com/2005/11/reviews/imacg5rev/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Jason Snell, Macworld

Home-entertainment features show promise, but have significant rough edges.

*** Apple iMac G5 (iSight)
<http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1881533,00.asp>
Joel Santo Domingo, PC Magazine

[Wintel]

*** Mocrosoft's Other OS
<http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,1995,1882174,00.asp?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535>
Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Watch

Microsofft Research has developed a prototype of a microkernel operating system, code-named: 'Singularity.' Its most surprising feature: It has nothing to do with Windows.

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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Why Do You Have So Much Junk?
<http://www.sfgate.com/columnists/morford/>
Mark Morford, SF Gate

This is what you do: You throw stuff out. You go through your closets and you fill up garbage bags and you even grab stuff you've clung to for years for no apparent reason, and you haul it all down to Goodwill or Salvation Army. It is one of the healthiest things you can do.

*** Singin' The Blus
<http://www.economist.com/printedition/displaystory.cfm?story_id=5120914>
The Economist

Sony's high-capacity DVD technology is likely to trump Toshiba's.

*** Electronic Paper Moves From Sci-Fi To Marketplace
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1882000,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594>
Niclas Mika, Reuters

*** 'Chicken Little' Gives Peek At Digital 3D
<http://news.com.com/Chicken+Little+provides+peek+at+digital+3D/2100-1026_3-5933692.html?part=rss&tag=5933692&subj=news>
John Borland, CNET News.com

Today, big-screen TVs, DVD players and booming home theater speakers (as well as $10 movie-theater ticket prices) are again persuading people to stay home, and Hollywood is again looking for ways to keep audiences in their seats.

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The other things in life

[World]

*** Watching Al-Jazeera
<http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=wq.essay&essay_id=135776>
Marc Lynch, Wilson Quarterly

Al-jazeera is at the forefront of a revolution in Arab political culture, one whose effects have barely begun to be appreciated.

[Life]

*** Singled Out For Special Treatment
<http://news.ft.com/cms/s/696e61d0-4d1d-11da-ba44-0000779e2340.html>
Toby Moore, Financial Times

A while after the Schism of 2002 (the end of my most recent relationship), I decided to try the once unthinkable -- I would join an introduction agency. There, I've said it. But most middle-aged single men apparently won't.

*** Iraq's Lethal Traffic: Warning! Anarchy Ahead
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/05/international/middleeast/05traffic.html?hp>
Sabrina Tavernise, New York Times

For all the frustration they cause, the sea of idling cars are also a sign of progress.

*** Does that F-16 Come With A Warranty?
<http://www.slate.com/id/2129390/>
Daniel Engber, Slate

What happens if the U.S. government sells you a lemon.

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Life in the city

[News]

*** FAM Consider Malaysia Cup Invite For Singapore
<http://thestar.com.my/sports/story.asp?file=/2005/11/5/sports/12514745>
Bernama

The FA of Malaysia are proposing to invite Singapore for next year's Malaysia Cup competition.

*** Singapore's Bird Park Turns Chickens Into Flu Police
<http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/11/5/worldupdates/2005-11-05t072732z_01_nootr_rtrjonc_0_-222260-1&sec=worldupdates>
Fayen Wong, Reuters

Singapore's Jurong Bird Park has put 19 chickens, known as "sentinel chickens," in all its aviaries to help detect the presence of any infectious disease.

*** Keeping The Squatters Away
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/82425.asp>
Loh Chee Kong, Today

New scheme calls for weekday campers to be registered.

[Opinion]

*** Press-Freedom Ranking: Why Need For Concern
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,5562,351023,00.html?>
Leong Chee Tung, Straits Times

Perhaps it is time to rethink the tired old official partyline of OB markers and social expediency as a rationale for ignoring the non-economic aspects of development.