[MyAppleMenu] Dec 7, 2006

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MyAppleMenu
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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** iPod Owners Not So Fussed On iTunes
<http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/7822/52/>
Angus Kidman, ITWire

Apple is selling just 20 tracks from its iTune sstore for each iPod, and the relatively low value of each transaction risks rendering its entire business model unprofitable, a new analysis of the company's business model claims.

*** Microsoft Word Vulnerability Affects Office v.X, 2004 For Mac OS X
<http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20061206123816792>
MacFixIt

The only current solution is to not open or save Word files received from un-trusted sources.

*** First Look: A Guided Tour Of Apple's Leopard Server OS
<http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=macintosh&articleId=9005730&taxonomyId=123&intsrc=kc_feat>
Yuval Kossovsky, Computerworld

Leopard server promises to be an exciting release with many new features for both the enterprise and small business environments.

*** Universal Acrobat Reader 8.0 Out For The Mac
<http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2006/12/6/6187>
Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica

*** Buy Mac Software On Dec. 7 For Charity
<http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2006/12/6/6194>
Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica

A bunch of Mac developers have teamed up and have decided to donate all of the proceeds from their software sales made on Dec 7th to Child's Play.

*** MySpace Gets Into Apple Patch Pickle
<http://news.com.com/2061-10789_3-6141407.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news>
Joris Evers, CNET News.com

MySpace.com and Apple are demonstrating how not to deliver security fixes.

*** Apple Gets Low Score In Greenpeace E-Waste Report
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/12/06/greenpeace/index.php>
Jim Dalrymple, Macworld

*** Mac Games: What To Look For In 2007
<http://www.macworld.com/2006/12/firstlooks/gamesfl/index.php>
Peter Cohen, Macworld

Stars Wars, World of Worldcraft expansion, ports via Cider highlight 2007 releases.

[Opinion]

*** The Apple Phone Flop
<http://news.com.com/The+Apple+phone+flop/2010-1041_3-6141607.html?tag=newsmap>
Michael Kanellos, CNET News.com

The iPod looks like it may turn out to be a non-repeatable experience.

*** How I Outsmarted Apple, Microsoft And (Probably) Myself: Or, My Awesome New Music Setup
<http://seabendy.blogspot.com/2006/12/how-i-outsmarted-apple-microsoft-and.html>
I Can't Believe It's Not Better!

*** Apple Needs To Do More: Thomas Hawk Will You Help?
<http://www.phototainable.com/blog/?p=12>
Everything Photoainable

*** The Difference Between Trying Something And Using Something
<http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/147-the-difference-between-trying-something-and-using-something>
37 Signals

Trying something is more common than using something. That's why most products are optimized for trying.

*** Calling iTunes, Part 3
<http://www.slate.com/id/2154994/>
Timothy Noah, Slate

Wherein we finally locate a customer-service telephone number.

*** A Windows Expert Opts For A Mac Life, Part 2
<http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9005712&intsrc=hm_list>
Scot Finnie, Computerworld

The transition was a little rocky, but once over that hump, the Mac experience has been superb.

*** the End Of Office For Macintosh?
<http://www.macopinion.com/index.php/site/more/the_end_of_office_for_macintosh/>
Marc Zeedar, MacOpinion

*** Deconstruting Larry: Mac Lawyer Bites Back
<http://www.law.com/jsp/legaltechnology/pubArticleLT.jsp?id=1165320498675>
Joseph Edgell, Law.com

Apple advocate responds to Larry Bodine's Macintosh G5-trashing article.

*** An iPhone In Your Pocket?
<http://www.macuser.com/ihnatko/ihnatko_an_iphone_in_your_pock.php>
Andy Ihnatko, MacUser

Why is it so important to have a music player and a cellphone in one package, anyway?

[Review]

*** Apple's Backup 3 - Hopeless Junk
<http://chriswjohnson.blogspot.com/2006/11/apples-backup-3-hopeless-junk.html>
Chris Johnson, Partial Perspective Vortex

What good is backup software that can't perform a restore?

*** Browser Smackdown: Firefox Vs. IE Vs. Opera Vs. Safari
<http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch_feeds?hl=en&q=apple+or+mac&scoring=d&ie=utf-8&num=100&output=atom>
Scot Finnie Dennis Fowler, Preston Gralla and Ken Mingis, Comptuerworld

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** More Trouble With Programming
<http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=17868&ch=infotech>
Jason Pontin, MIT Technology Review

*** The Last Of A Dying Breed
<http://www.wired.com/news/columns/0,72229-0.html?tw=rss.index>
Tony Long, Wired News

*** Testing DRM-Free Waters: EMI Selling A Few MP3s Through Yahoo Music
<http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061206-8368.html>
Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica

MyAppleMenu Reader
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The other things in life

[Life]

*** What's Wrong With Our Food?
<http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/12/07/pollan_bad_food/index_np.html?source=rss>
Alex Koppelman, Salon

E. coli at Taco Bell, Listeria in our Thanksgiving turkey, a report of unprecedented contamination in our chicken. Michael Pollan, author of "The Omnivore's Dilemma," explains why.

*** Seat-Of-The-Pants Tourism Without Belt Or Suspenders
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/05/business/worldbusiness/05flier.html?ex=1322974800&en=69533be3331e0a7b&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
Amir D. Aczel, New York Times

I often take my wife, Debra, on business trips with me. She believes in something she calls "travel by serendipity" -- no reservations, and let's see what wonderful things we find. But every year I get more worried that our luck will run out and we'll be stuck somewhere with no place to sleep.

[Expressions]

*** Update
<http://www.slate.com/id/2152063/>
Cody Walker, Slate

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[News]

*** SBY, Lee To Discuss Extradition Treaty
<http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailnational.asp?fileid=20061207.H07&irec=6>
Jarkarta Post

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong are scheduled to discuss signing a extradition treaty when they meet at the ASEAN summit in Cebu, the Philippines.

*** Credit/Debit Cards Can Now Be Used For MRT And Bus Rides
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/245877/1/.html>
Asha Popatlal, Channel NewsAsia

*** LTA To Extend Barrier-Free Acessibility Beyond MRT/LRT Stations
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/245812/1/.html>
Noor Mohd Aziz, Channel NewsAsia

*** Press Digest - Singapore Newspapers - Dec 7
<http://asia.news.yahoo.com/061207/3/2u04o.html>
Reuters

Temasek Holdings has replaced its chief investment officer; Tiger Airways said it expects to get 20 percent of seats to be offered between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur within two years.

*** Top Up Retirement Accounts: NTUC
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/159255.asp>
Channel NewsAsia

[Opinion]

*** A Look At Singapore's Miracle
<http://magazine.sina.com/wealth/297/2006-11-29/ba24422.shtml>
Xie Jinhe, Sina

*** God And The Gay
<http://blog.joeypolkadots.com/?p=623>
Hyphenated

Just live life whatever way you want in your bedroom. Nobody cares. The government doesn't for sure.

*** Screens Or Strictures -- Which Will Work To Stop Jumpers?
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/159240.asp>
Lim Boon Hee and Joshua Chua, Today

*** Put Off By Data Needed For Free Wireless Account
<http://straitstimes.asiaone.com/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=7532758920e39010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:75a660533385f010VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD>
Andy Foo Jong Kiem, Straits Times

I am puzzled as to why the operators require so much information. The online registration pages also do not carry any privacy clause on the use of the user-registration information.

*** Self-Regulation By The Blogging Community: Why Not?
<http://aaron-ng.info/blog/self-regulation-by-the-blogging-community-why-not.html>
Aaorn Ng, Hear Ye! Hear Ye!