[MyAppleMenu] Oct 8, 2005

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** From iPod To Ourpod: Will It Become A More Social Machine?
<http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/entertainment/12848273.htm>
Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, San Jose Mercury News

If the digital music player, with its ubiquitous earbuds, seems like a device that isolates, just wait. It may well bring us closer together.

*** Analysts Doubt Video iPod Rumor
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1868607,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03129TX1K0000611>
Daniel Drew Turner, eWeek

Analysts, though refraining from making predictions, displayed strong skepticism about a video-playing iPod.

*** Samsung, Apple Face Potential Antitrust Probe
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=12831>
Macworld UK

Samsung and Apple may be investigated by South Korean anti-trust authorities.

*** Daniel Toussaint: Music For A Miracle Planet
<http://www.apple.com/pro/music/toussaint/>
Barbara Gibson, Apple

With the Mac, you experience the music as you're composing it rather than hearing it in your mind and playing it later -- or waiting to assemble an orchestra.

*** Clay Weiner and ALan vladusic: Workstyles Of The Clio FutureGold Winners
<http://www.apple.com/pro/design/weiner-vladusic/>
David Levy, Apple

*** HP Discounts Leftover iPods
<http://www.tuaw.com/2005/10/07/hp-discounts-leftover-ipods/>
Dave Caolo, Unofficial Apple Weblog

[Opinion]

*** Windows XP Mac Edition
<http://www.jasoco.net/2005/06/21/xp-mac/>
Jasoco.net

I can totally see Microsoft jumping at the chance to make more money.

*** Model-View-Controller In Web 2.0
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/8032?CMP=OTC-13IV03560550>
Fraser Speirs, O'Reilly Network

[Review]

*** Mac Security: Identifying Changes To The File System
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/10/07/mac-security.html>
Peter Hickman, O'Reilly Network

It is a mistake to equate "more secure" with "invulnerable."

[Sidetrack]

*** Advice From The Internet
Heng-Cheong Leong

Don't llisten to everything on the internet -- and neither from this guy. But, hey, sometimes some random shaking do fixes things <http://pkellypr.com/blog/2005/1008/broken-powerbook-or-ipod-give-it-a-squeeze-and-shake/>. :-)

*** Rumor Today: iPod Video
Heng-Cheong Leong

Yes Sir, Apple leaked this rumor.

Somebody found a web page on Apple's web site that featured the all new iPod Video <http://www.macitynet.it/macity/aA22724/index.shtml>. Of course, the offending web page has since been taken down.

I hope Steve is not too mad.

*** 10 Years Ago, Plan B Was Borned
Heng-Cheong Leong

BeBox Zone <http://www.bebox.nu/news.php?lookat=61>: 10 years ago today, the BeBox was launchd with great fanfare at Agenda 95.

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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** No Ties, No Business Plans And Wi-Fi In Every Laptop
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/10/07/BUG5FF3HRK14.DTL&type=tech>
John Koopman, San Francisco Chronicle

Web 2.0? That means back for a second stab at the pie.

*** Content Is King No More: Web 2.0 Is About Interaction
<http://www.knemeyer.com/dk.cfm?a=cms,c,323>
knemeyer.com

We are entering into a very new and exciting time where the web is more powerful, usable, and enjoyable.

*** Google Tests Personalized News Feed Service
<http://news.com.com/Google+tests+personalized+news+feed+service/2100-1038_3-5891166.html?part=rss&tag=5891166&subj=news>
Alorie Gilbert, CNET News.com

Google launched a test version of a new service on Friday that gathers reports from syndicated news site and blogs across the web.

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The other things in life

[World]

*** The Man Who Took On George Bush And Won (The Nobel Peace Prize, That Is)
<http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/article318053.ece>
Anne Penkethm, Independent

In a dramatic rebuff to President George Bush, the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the man who dared to tell the Americans that the main plank of the US argument for waging war on Iraq was based on a lie.

*** Welcome To The Hackocracy
<http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=20051017&s=hacks101705>
The New Republic

If there's an underappreciated corner of the bureaucracy to fill, the administration has found just the crony (or college roommate of a crony), party operative (or cousin of a party operative) to fill it.

[Life]

*** In A Perfectionist City, A Gritty Neighborhood Beckons
<http://travel2.nytimes.com/2005/10/09/travel/09hamburg.html>
Gisela Williams, New York Times

Imagine, if you will, a neighborhood that combines Times Square and the Meatpacking District in Manhattan, circa early 90's, before "The Lion King" chased the porn theaters from 42nd Street and the Meatpacking District traded in its butchers and transvestites for stretch limos and stores that sell $500 shoes.

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Life in the city

[News]

*** Overhaul Of Charity Sector Within The Next 6 Months: Dr Balakrishnan
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/172379/1/.html>
Farah Abdul Rahim, Channel NewsAsia

*** Saturday ERP For Orchard Road Begin, Traffic Eases Slightly
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/172380/1/.html>
May Wong, Channel NewsAsia

*** Telcos Oppose Number Portability Plan
<http://sg.biz.yahoo.com/051008/15/3vi9r.html>
Dow Jones

Singapore's three mobile phone operators have filed separate submission sopposing plans for a system that will make it possible for phone users to keep their numbers when they switch service providers, the Straits Times reports.

*** Not Many Choice Sites Left On Orchard Road
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/free/story/0,6418,345564,00.html?>
Fiona Chan, Straits Times

Other options are redeveloping older buildings or looking at surrounding area.

*** Convicted For Sedition, Blogger Insists: 'I'm No Racist'
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/76987.asp>
Ansley Ng, Today

Koh Song Huat maintained during a 40-minute phone interview that he was not a racist.

*** Roof Gutters To Be Banned From New Developments
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/172249/1/.html>
Margaret Perry, Channel NewsAsia

*** Singapore Jail Bloggers For Racist Speech
<http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Singapore%20Bloggers%20Jailed>
Gillian Wong, Associated Press

A Singapore court Friday sentenced two ethnic Chinese to prison for posting racist remarks about ethnic Malays on the internet, in what is considered a landmark case underscoring the government's attempts to crack down on racial intolerance and regulate online expression.

[Opinion]

*** 8 Accidents In 3 Days: Shouldn't LTA Have Been Alarmed?
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/76966.asp>
Lim Boon Hee, Today

You do not need an expert to tell us that the situation is alarming.

*** The Blogopolis at Singapore
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/76943.asp>
Tor Ching Li, Today

Does Singapore suffer from Jekyll-and-Hyde syndrome when it comes to online vs offline persona?