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[News]

*** Apple Steps Up Nano Advertising In Tokyo
<http://forevergeek.com/apple/apple_steps_up_nano_advertising_in_tokyo.php>
Forever Geek

In the Tokyo subway system you might find a wall filled with Apple iPod nanos. No, not real ones, but plastic cutouts that you can remove from the wall and take with you.

*** PowerSchool 5.0 Released
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2005/10/25/powerschool/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Peter Cohen, Macworld

*** Apple Launches iTunes Australia Without Sony BMG
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=12968>
Jonny Evans, Macworld UK

As expected, Apple today launched its iTunes Music Store in Australia, though Sony BMG continues to play hardball, exercising its major-label status to hamper Apple's catalogue in multiple countries.

*** Is Imitation Flattery, Theft Or Just Coincidence?
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/25/business/media/25adco.html?ex=1130817600&en=c1db9cb9f6d74b99&ei=5099&partner=TOPIXNEWS>
Stuart Elliott, New York Times

A dispute over the uniqueness of a popular new commercial for the Apple iPod is again raising the issue of what constitutes originality in advertising.

*** Disney Scrambles For More Video iPod Content
<http://www.internetweek.com/news/172303721>
Laurie Sullivan, InternetWeek

The future growth for the division will come from delivering media content on mobile devices, said Albert Chang, executive vice president of digital media for the Disney ABC Television Group.

*** Faster, Wi-Fi! Kill, Kill (The Competition)!
<http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=08301>
Glenn Fleishman, TidBITS

Apple has signed on as part of a broad alliance to push a new proposal for faster Wi-Fi.

*** iTunes Phones Disappoint With High Return Rates
<http://www.macnewsworld.com/rsstory/46912.html>
Keith Regan, MacNewsWorld

Motorola believes the problem may lie in the marketing of the phone, with users expecting to get a device that has the storage capacity of the iPod.

*** Apple Hit With iPod Nano Class-Action Lawsuit
<http://www.crn.com/sections/breakingnews/breakingnews.jhtml?articleId=172303573>
Gregg Keizer, TechWeb

A class-action lawsuit has been filed in a California court accusing Apple of knowing that its new iPod nano could be easily damaged by normal use.

*** Study: Apple iPod Users Among The Internet's Most Prolific Influencers And Advertisers
<http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/study_apple_ipod_users_among_the_internets_most_prolific_influencers/>
MacDailyNews

Consumers who own iPods are significantly more likely to create and spread consumer-generated media on the internet, a trend likely to increase with the incorporation of video content into iPods, says a recent consumer behavior study by buzz analystics firm Intelliseek.

*** iTunes Music Store Is Live In Australia
<http://www.tuaw.com/2005/10/24/itunes-music-store-is-live-in-australia/>
Dave Caolo, Unofficial Apple Weblog

*** Vending Machines Sell iPods To Go
<http://playlistmag.com/news/2005/10/24/vending/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Robert McMillan, IDG News Service

[Opinion]

*** Still Drinking The iPhone Kook-Aid
<http://www.stuntbox.com/blog/2005/10/still-drinking-the-iphone-kool-aid/>
Stuntbox

The real question isn't why the ROKR is so disappointing, it's why the heck were you so excited in the first place.

*** Apple Makes Software For People, Microsoft Identifies A Market
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/8187>
Jeremiah Foster, O'Reilly Network

Since Steve Jobs arrived back at the company, it has renewed its focus -- the customer. Apple makes hardware and software for people, whereas Microsoft and others make software for markets.

[Review]

*** iPod Nano Sounds Larger Than Its Size
<http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/business/3412848>
Bob LeVitus, Houston Chronicle

The bottom line is this: If you don't mind being limited to just 500 or 1,000 songs, the improbably tiny iPod nano is easily the coolest iPod yet.

*** Apple iPod 30GB
<http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1875081,00.asp>
Michael Kobrin, PC Magazine

You have a pretty impressive product.

*** iPod 5G
<http://www.tuaw.com/2005/10/24/review-ipod-5g/>
C.K. Sample, III, Unofficial Apple Weblog

*** Latest iPod Also Has The Look Of A Winner
<http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-0510230270oct23,1,591809.story?ctrack=1&cset=true>
Eric Benderoff, Chicago Tribune

The popular music player adds a color video screen, which works just as well as the other versions have -- and passes the bus test.

[Sidetrack]

*** Yes Sir, Even The Mac's Start-Up Sound Is Better
Heng-Cheong Leong

Not! <http://www.prangstgrup.com/startupsound/popup.php>

[Wintel]

*** Microsoft May Tip Hand On Online Services
<http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/245820_msfthost25.html>
Todd Bishop, Seattle Post-Intelligencer

No, Apple isn't planning to introduce another iPod -- at least not as far as we know. This time around, the mysterious invitation is from Microsoft.

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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** The Next 4,000 Days
<http://www.forbes.com/home/communicating/2005/10/21/internet-history-future-comm05-cz_sw_1024woolley.html>
Scott Woolley, Forbes

*** A Market For Ideas
<http://www.economist.com/printedition/displaystory.cfm?story_id=5014990>
The Economist

Intellectual-property protection can be good for the technology industry as well as for its customers, says Kenneth Cukier. But it requires careful handling.

*** Web 2.0 And The Drive-By Upgrade
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/8176?CMP=OTC-13IV03560550>
Fraser Speirs, O'Reilly Network

Until you can use web applications offline, their appeal and broad application is necessarily limited to those times and locations where bandwidth is readily and reliably available.

*** Ready For A 20-Inch Laptop?
<http://news.com.com/Ready+for+a+20-inch+laptop/2100-1044_3-5911772.html?part=rss&tag=5911772&subj=news>
Michael Singer, CNET News.com

How big is your laptop? Fifteen inches? Seventeen inches? How about a massive 19- or 20-inch wide-screen LCD model?

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The other things in life

[Tech & Science]

*** Y Chromosomes Reveal Founding Father
<http://www.nature.com/news/2005/051024/full/051024-1.html>
Charlotte Schubert, Nature

Did conquest and concubines spread one man's genes across Asia?

[Life]

*** The Lap Of Luxury
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/25/opinion/25eaves.html?ex=1287892800&en=11e43db480ff0b5f&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
Elisabeth Eaves, New York Times

It's acceptable to indulge your James Bond fantasies, but it's not acceptable, when the bill comes due, to remain convinced that you're James Bond.

*** Does Anyone (Under 30) Really Know What Time It Is?
<http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2005/10/24/does_anybody_under_30_really_know_what_time_it_is/>
Sheela Raman, Boston Globe

To most young people, the wristwatch is an obsolete artifact.

*** A Happy Feat
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/21/AR2005102100367.html>
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post

You know what's funny about Twain prize winner Steve Martin? Everything.

*** America's Aquarium, Seen From The Inside
<http://travel2.nytimes.com/2005/10/23/travel/23stjohn.html>
Bonnied DeSimone, New York Times

There are ways to be pampered, but more ways to be adventurous.

*** And Now, A Warning About Labels
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/25/health/policy/25cons.html>
Deborah Franklin, New York Times

Health literacy experts worry that many patients, overwhelmed by a proliferation of paper warnings -- often written in turgid prose -- are relying instead on the stickers to tell them how to take medications.

*** How Do You Fire A New York Times Reporter?
<http://www.slate.com/id/2128633/>
Daniel Engber, Slate

For the msot part, they don't.

[Expressions]

*** The Children
<http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/content/articles/051031fi_fiction>
William Trevor, New Yorker

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Life in the city

[News]

*** Amnesty Launches Internet Clemency Plea
<http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/amnesty-launches-internet-clemency-plea/2005/10/25/1130006098442.html>
Dewi Cooke, The Age

Human rights advocacy group Amnesty International has launched an urgent letter writing campaign urging Singapore's government to commute Melbourne man Nguyen Tuong Van's death sentence for trafficking heroin.

*** Consumer Prices Rise In Singapore
<http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/10/24/bloomberg/sxsingcon.php>
Shamim Adam, Bloomberg News

Consumer prices in Singapore increased in September from a year earlier for a third month, the government said Monday, as higher fuel costs made food and holiday travel more expensive.

*** Durai Fails To Get Costs Cut
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/80214.asp>
Ansley Ng, Today

The High Court yesterday dismissed T T Durai's application to reduce legal costs he owes Singapore Press Holdings and The Straits Times' journalist Susan Long.

*** Downer To Help Aussie On Singapore Death Row
<http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/10/25/world/12418849&sec=world>
Associated Press

Australia's Foreign Minister vowed yesterday to appeal again for Singapore to reconsider its decision to execute an Australian heroin trafficker, saying he deserves mercy because he helped police investigate Asian drug syndicates.

*** Days Off For Maids A Must From Next Year
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/free/story/0,6418,348674,00.html?>
Arlina Arshad, Straits Times

[Opinion]

*** Singapore Media Manipulates Opinion On Subtle Level
<http://singabloodypore.blogspot.com/2005/10/singapore-media-manipulates-opinion-on_24.html>
Singabloodypore

*** Singapore's Deadly Sling
<http://www.theage.com.au/news/opinion/singapores-deadly-sling/2005/10/24/1130006058340.html>
Mark Baker, The Age

The impending execution of Nguyen Tuong Van is a travesty of justice and a failure of diplomacy. In short, Nguyen is to be hanged on a pretext that flouts the principles, if not the letter, of international law, after a flawed trial and after a comprehensive diplomatic snub that makes a mockery of the supposedly close political, defence and business friendship between Singapore and Australia.

*** Collection Time Revised To 5.30pm
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,5562,348288,00.html?>
Kwan Sui Fen, Media Development Authority, Straits Times

*** No Response To Report On Drink-And-Drive SBS Bus Captain
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,5562,348325,00.html?>
Steve Ng Aik Hin, Straits Times

*** He Compiled With 3/4 Tank Rule But Was Fined $50 For Faulty Fuel Gauge
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,5562,348633,00.html?>
Ismail Sabtu, Straits Times

*** The Traffic-Stopping Fun
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/80172.asp>
Hariharan Gangadharan, David Miller, Today

It is clear that the "fun" for the organisers and participants came at the agony of, and an inconvenience to, genuine road users.

*** Gahmen Circular About Blogging
<http://www.mrbrown.com/blog/2005/10/gahmen_circular.html>
mr brown

But "public policy" is a very broad term, isn't it?