[MyAppleMenu] Nov 17, 2005

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MyAppleMenu
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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** iTunes To Stop Going For A Song?
<http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/story/366387p-311928c.html>
Phyllis Furman, New York Daily News

The 99-cents-per-song model could be history within the next year, execs at music giant EMI said yesterday.

*** Apple Offers Xsan 1.2 Updates
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2005/11/16/xsan/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Peter Cohen, Macworld

*** Indie High Street iPod Retail Chain Revealed
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=13147>
Jonny Evans, Macworld UK

*** Apple iPod & iTunes Music Store Both Number One In Japan; iPod Market Share Nears 60-Percent
<http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/apple_ipod_itunes_music_store_both_number_one_in_japan/>
MacDailyNews

*** Fresh Filmmakers Go Hollywood
<http://www.apple.com/hotnews/articles/2005/11/fresh_films/>
Apple

*** Report Studies The iPod Halo Effect
<http://playlistmag.com/news/2005/11/16/haloeffect/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Jim Dalrymple, Playlist

[Opinion]

*** iPod Porn Pains Parents, Employers
<http://news.com.com/iPod+porn+pains+parents%2C+employers/2010-1041_3-5953150.html?part=rss&tag=5953150&subj=news>
Eric J. Sinrod, CNET News.com

iPods are becoming so ubiquitous and are so small, they are an easy vehicle for bringing pornography into the workplace.

[Review]

*** Full Metal Jacket Addenda
<http://daringfireball.net/2005/11/fmj_addenda>
John Gruber, Daring Fireball

*** Latest iMac Lets You Control It From Sofa
<http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/edwardbaig/2005-11-16-imac-g5_x.htm?csp=34>
Edward C. Baig, USA Today

If you can live without TV tuners, these latest computers look mighty attractive -- from virtually any seat.

*** The Power Mac G5 Quad: Seat Belt Not Included!
<http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/os/macos/story/0,10801,106263,00.html>
Yuval Kossovsky, Computerworld

The improvements in speed in the new hardware are dramatic.

*** Digital Photographers: Macworld Gear Guide
<http://www.macworld.com/2005/11/features/gearguide_photo/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Jennifer Berger and Kelly Turner, Macworld

*** VoIP And Me
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/2005/11/voip/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Scholle Sawyer McFarland, Macworld

[Sidetrack]

*** Rumor Today: Intel-based iBook In January
Heng-Cheong Leong

Think Secret <http://www.thinksecret.com/news/0511intelibook.html>: Apple is planning to release its first entry-level iBook laptops with Intel processors next January... Apple will expand the iBook line with one additional model and will lower prices to entice current Windows users.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** The Pen Gets A Whole Lot Mightier
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/17/technology/circuits/17pogue.html?ex=1289883600&en=2390bb27ff7876fd&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
David Pogue, New York Times

It's encouraging to see a company spend $100 million -- and refine numerous new technologies along the way -- to create an educational tool for children.

*** W3C Embrace Web 2.0
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/8481>
Dan Zambonini, O'Reilly Network

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[News]

*** Howard Flies SIA-Qantas Vision With Singapore Leader
<http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,17281087%255E3122,00.html>
Michael Harvey, The Courier-Mail

Prime Minister John Howard has taken his vision of a merger between Qantas and Singapore Airlines direct to the Singapore government.

*** Singapore Raises 2005 Growth Target
<http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/11/17/bloomberg/sxsing.php>
Shamim Adam and Stephanie Phang, Bloomberg News

The Singapore economy expanded at a 7.1 percent annual pace in the third quarter, the government said Thursday, led by drug and finance companies, causing the groverment to raise its 2005 growth forecast.

*** Smart Cards For Travellers To Singapore
<http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Thursday/National/20051117075846/Article/indexb_html>
New Straits Times

Malaysia and Singapore have agreed in principle to introduce a smart card system for frequent travellers.

*** $160 Million Plan To Transform East Coast Park
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/free/story/0,6418,353192,00.html?>
Daryl Loo, Straits Times

*** Lee Apologies To PM Over Hanging Date
<http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=72469>
AAP

Singpaore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has apologised to Prime Minister John Howard for not personally informing him of the date for an Australian man's execution in Singapore. And the Singapore government has revelaed that the letter it sent to Nguyen Tuong Van's family had been delivered a day earlier than planned.

*** Date Set For Nguyen's Hanging
<http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/hanging-set-for-december-2/2005/11/17/1132016909772.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1>
AAP

Kim Nguyen now knows exactly when her son will die. On December 2, at dawn, Melbourne man Nguyen Tuong Van will be led from his cell on death row to a nearby gallows, where a hangman will be waiting.

[Opinion]

*** The $10,000 Price Tag Is Prohibitive
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/84834.asp>
Gary Lee, Today

The IR request for proposal kits should be made available to the public too.

The Shuffle by MyAppleMenu
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Life is random. More tunes, less talk.

[Tunes]

*** Call The Cops
<http://www.jellohat.com/>
JelloHat
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