[MyAppleMenu] Feb 11, 2006

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Apple To (Big) Apple And Boston
<http://www.informationweek.com/industries/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=179103447>
W. David Gardner, TechWeb

The New York mega-store will be opened this year. Apple has been expanding its chain of retail stores as its iPod family takes off.

*** Thank You From Apple!
<http://webkit.opendarwin.org/blog/?p=44>
Surfin' Safari

As a thank you, we are giving MacBook Pro computers to twelve of our top contributors.

*** For Middle Schools, Still Apples
<http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD%2FMGArticle%2FRTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1137834000888&path=%21news&s=1045855934842>
Holly Prestidge, Richmond Times-Dispatch

Henrico School Board decides to keep same provider for laptops.

[Opinion]

*** It's A Groovy Kind Of Love
<http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/CityandRegion/2006/02/11/1436675-sun.html>
Ian Gillespie, London Free Press

Are thse isolated iPoders really listening? Or are they just consuming some kind of background aural wallpaper?

[Review]

*** Taking Google Earth For Antoher Spin
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/macgems/2006/02/googleearth2/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Philip Michaels, Macworld

[Sidetrack]

*** Rumor Today: Apple Spinning Off iTunes Music Store?
Heng-Cheong Leong

MacDailyNews <http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/rumor_disney_to_buy_stake_in_apples_itunes_store_could_be_preface_to_itunes/> picked up a story in briefing.com that Apple is rumored to be spinning off the iTunes Music Store as a separate entity, which would mean that this is the first company from Apple after the FileMaker-Claris-Newton era.

My feel is that this is unlikely, as iTunes Music Store exists to sell iPods, not to make huge profits. Same idea as ClarisWork.

[Wintel]

*** A Microsoft iPod Rival? Gates Weighs In
<http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/259114_msftgates10ww.html>
Todd Bishop, Seattle Post-Intelligencer

He smiled at the question and proceeded to give the students a lesson in the art of the indirect answer.

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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Media And Technology 'Won't Merge'
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/business/0,39020645,39251719,00.htm>
Ingrid Marson, ZDNet UK

Takeovers are back in fashion but, as MTV's president points out, it is very tough for technology companies to turn themselves into media companies.

*** ID Cards Campaigners Aren't Giving Up
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/business/0,39020645,39251739,00.htm>
Graeme Wearden, ZDNet UK

*** Google Desktop 3 Criticized
<http://news.com.com/2100-1032_3-6038197.html?part=rss&tag=6038197&subj=news>
Elinor Mills, CNET News.com

A new feature in Google Desktop 3 that allows people to search for documents across multiple computers poses privacy risks and should not be used, a consumer digital rights nonprofit and a security company are warning.

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The other things in life

[Life]

*** The Coffee Trail
<http://travel2.nytimes.com/2006/02/12/travel/12coffee.html?ei=5088&en=cde9e8b7b366170f&ex=1297400400&adxnnl=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1139670338-EFMn6QdmvwKM4KCfgsqSgg>
Juan Forero, New York Times

now, local businessmen and hacienda owners -- who for the last decade have made the region a vibrant tourism destination for colombia's middle class -- are trying to lure visitors from abroad by touting the beauty of its rolling hills, venerable coffee farms and row after row of shimmering coffee bushes.

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Life in the city

[News]

*** Singapore's Opposition Leader Bankrupt On Libel Payments
<http://www.chinapost.com.tw/asiapacific/detail.asp?ID=76790&GRP=C>
Reuters

Chee told reporters outside the court that he would remain politically active, despite not being able to contest elections.

*** Singapore Walks Away From P&O
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2006/02/11/cnpno11.xml&menuId=242&sSheet=/money/2006/02/11/ixcitytop.html>
Alistair Osborne, Telegraph

The Port of Singapore Authority is expected to turn its attentions to US terminals operator Stevedoring Services of America after yesterday pulling out of the &pound;3.92 billion bid battle for Britain's P&O.

*** Ministers Right to Challenge Opposition's Ideas: MM
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/100477.asp>
Channel NewsAsia

Lee Kuan Yew said that, otherwise, some people might be misled into believing that these are possible solutions for Singapore.

*** Singaproe Democratic Party Secretary-General Chee Soon Juan Declared Bankrupt
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/100459.asp>
Today

*** PSA Drops Out Of Fight For P&O
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/100467.asp>
Today