[MyAppleMenu] Sep 16, 2005

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** The Resurrection Of Steve Jobs
<http://www.economist.com/people/displaystory.cfm?story_id=4400796>
The Economist

That which does not kill the boss of Apple seems to make him stronger.

*** We Got The iBeat
<http://www.sacbee.com/content/business/story/13567475p-14407951c.html>
Clint Swett, Sacramento Bee

Accessory plugs in to hot iPod market.

*** BBC To Go Digital With Production
<http://www.vnunet.com/computing/news/2142353/bbc-digital-production>
Daniel Thomas, vnunet.com

The BBC will start digitising its creative production process next month after awarding deals to vendors Apple and Avid to provide desktop editing software.

*** iPod Owners Are Most Switched On To Music
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=12636>
Jonny Evans, Macworld UK

*** Microsoft Offers Devvelopment Tools For Mac, Web
<http://news.com.com/Microsoft+offers+development+tools+for+Mac%2C+Web/2100-1007_3-5867417.html?part=rss&tag=5867417&subj=news>
Martin LaMonica, CNET News.com

Until this week, it was thought that Microsoft's Windows Presentation Foundation, formerly code-named Avalon, could be used only to build graphics-rich applicatins on Windows. But because JavaScript runs on many operating systems, developers could, in theory, use WPF/E tooling to target several operating systems.

[Opinion]

*** Apple: A Pocket Full Of Movies?
<http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/sep2005/tc20050915_4709_tc056.htm>
Arik Hesseldahl, BusinessWeek

A video iPod would be more about storage than portability, but the device could have a significant impact on the entertainment business.

*** Apple Share Of MP3 Player Market To Shrink... Sort Of
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/09/15/apple_nano_analysis/>
Charles Arthur, The Register

The trick is this: Apple's putative loss of market share is going to be in the market for MP3 players with hard drives.

*** CNN Curiously Cuts AP Writer's Swipe At Microsoft WMA-Based Music Services From Syndicated Article
<http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/cnn_curiously_cuts_ap_writers_swipe_at_microsoft_wma_based_music_services/>
MacDailyNews

*** It's Nice To Share
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2005/09/15/bmipod15.xml&sSheet=/arts/2005/09/15/ixartleft.html>
Gervase de Wilde, Telegraph

The new iTunes phone will make people play music out loud again.

*** Why Apple Picked Intel Over AMD
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2005/09/15/intelvsamd/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Laurieanne McLaughlin, Macworld

[Review]

*** Music-Playing Cellphones Hit A Flat Note
<http://ptech.wsj.com/solution.html>
Walter S. Mossberg, Wall Street Journal

As a music player, the Motorola ROKR is OK, as are the two other music phones we tested. But none of them approaches either the style or the functionality of the iPod, and none lives up to the full potential of what a combined cellphone and music player could be.

[Wintel]

*** Developers Cautiously Welcome Vista
<http://uk.builder.com/programming/windows/0,39026618,39265677,00.htm>
Ingrid Marson, Builder UK

Many developers are keen on Vista's features, but warn that their employers are unlikely to migrate for years.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Identity Federation: Is It Time To Move Now?
<http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/09/15/HNidfederation_1.html>
Jeremy Kirk, IDG News Service

Businesses need a strong case to justify investing now, Gartner VP says.

*** COW-ing The Public With A Broadcast Flag
<http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=YL51TLPQXWNT0QSNDBESKHA?articleID=170703433>
David Benjamin, EE Times

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[Tunes]

*** Boxcars
<http://griddle.cc/>
Griddle
<http://www.griddle.cc/Griddle-01-Boxcars.mp3.mp3>