[MyAppleMenu] Oct 16, 2005

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** To 'Pod Or Not To 'Pod
<http://www.thetimesonline.com/articles/2005/10/16/entertainment/entertainment/0affdc9e80f7f4e786257099005742a8.txt>
Tim Shellberg, Northwest Indiana Times

That is the question for region music lovers who can't let go of traditional formats.

*** Apple Drops Samsung Joint Investment Plan
<http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051015/wr_nm/samsung_apple_dc>
Reuters

"As the anti-Samsung sentiment has recently deepened among some political and civic groups, Apple ended the talks, complaining about the sentiment."

*** Digital Content Is The Next Big Thing For PCs
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1871705,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594>
John G. Spooner, eWeek

Where price and design remain key factors in new products' successes, the battle for the hearts, minds and wallets of today's consumers is increasingly being waged with content.

*** Apple Of Our Eyes
<http://business.scotsman.com/technology.cfm?id=2094682005>
Graham Stewart, The Scotsman

Apple knows there's a cutthroat battle for dominance of the meerging digital future and, keen to play on its innovative credentials, it has decided to make its first move.

*** Apple And Napster Pull Ads From P2P Sites
<http://www.tuaw.com/2005/10/15/apple-and-napster-pull-ads-from-p2p-sites/>
David Chartier, Unofficial Apple Weblog

After the UK record industry threatened Apple and Napster with legal action, the two have pulled ads for their music services from P2P sites.

[Opinion]

*** The Ultimate Digital Experience!
<http://theheadlemur.typepad.com/ravinglunacy/2005/10/the_ultimate_di.html>
Raving Lunacy

Apple, besides having its lovemarkian fanatics, and saving the music industry from ruin, has demonstrated that people will believe anything.

*** A New Era For Screens Big And Small
<http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/101605dnbustechessay.2d9bd61.html>
Crayton Harrison, Dallas Morning News

Apple's venture reflects how TV and movies may never be the same.

*** With 'vingle,' Apple Looks To Branch Way Out
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/15/AR2005101500175.html?nav=rss_technology>
Frank Ahrens, Washington Post

What is Steve Jobs going to pull out of the sleeve of that black turtleneck next?

*** Apple iPod Already In Tune
<http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051016/BUSINESS/510160376>
Erika D. Smith, Indiana Star

Music capabilities, more so than video, are what will continue to draw consumers.

*** Perhaps Samsung Should Move Overseas
<http://english.ohmynews.com/TALK_BACK/bbs_view.asp?ba_code=63&bb_code=318255>
OhmyNews

[Review]

*** The iPod Shuffle: Long Term Test
<http://www.hdtvbuyer.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=34680>
Ella Turner, HD Issues

For the music buff who can't spend $250 for a music player but still wants to be in style, the iPod shuffle is a dream come true.

[Wintel]

*** The Microsoft Protection Racket
<http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0%2C1895%2C1869377%2C00.asp>
John C. Dvorak, PC Magazine

Why protect the users when you can fix the code?

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Tracking Down A Website's Home Can Be A Tricky Business
<http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-tr-internet16oct16,1,875130.story?coll=la-headlines-technology>
James Gilden, Los Angeles Times

Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive!

*** A Social Revolution By Modeling Human Behavior
<http://bokardo.com/archives/a-social-revolution-by-modeling-human-behavior/>
Joshua Porter, Bokardo

The real revolution isn't technological, it's people-based. Web 2.0 is a social revolution.

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The other things in life

[Tech & Science]

*** Measuring The World: From Material To Ethereal
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/16/weekinreview/16chang.html>
Kenneth Chang, New York Times

As science measures ever tinier bits of the universe, measurement must become more precise.

[Life]

*** 'They Said You've A Call From The Nobel Committee. I Said, Why?'
<http://books.guardian.co.uk/nobelprize/story/0,14969,1592185,00.html>
Harold Pinter, The Guardian

In his own words.

*** Literature, More Than Ever
<http://www.calendarlive.com/books/cl-ca-literature16oct16,0,4546134.story?coll=cl-books-top-right>
David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times

In a fractured, traumatized time, it's the power of fiction to alter our interior world, and connect at deep levels, that keeps it vital.

*** The Accidental Nudist
<http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/10/16/CMGM9DDNU91.DTL>
Spud Hilton, San Francisco Chronicle

Shedding years of programming in one weekend.

*** Meet The Life Hackers
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/16/magazine/16guru.html>
Clive Thompson, New York Times

Lots of people complain that office multitasking drives them nuts. But Gloria Mark is a scientist of "human-computer interactions" who studies how high-tech devices affect our behavior, so she was able to do more than complain: she set out to measure precisely how nuts we've all become.

*** Italy's Arrivederci To Cafe Culture
<http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1593249,00.html>
Barbara McMahon, The Observer

The tradition of going for a cappuccino or an espresso is under threat from a new menace -- the coffee machine.

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Life in the city

[News]

*** 2007 NDP To Be Held On Floating Platform At Marina Bay
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/173754/1/.html>
Patwant Singh, Channel NewsAsia

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Life is random. More tunes, less talk.

[Tunes]

*** Baby Got Back
<http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2005/10/14/thing-a-week-5-baby-got-back/>
Jonathan Coulton
<http://www.jonathancoulton.com/music/thingaweek/BabyGotBack.mp3>