[MyAppleMenu] Jan 6, 2006

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** The Steve Jobs Show
<http://www.technologyreview.com/InfoTech/wtr_16112,294,p1.html>
Daniel Turner, MIT Technology Review

A look at the speculation running up to next week's Macworld Expo -- where CEO Steve Jobs usually has a few surprises up his sleeve.

*** 1GB iPod Shuffle Back In Stock
<http://ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/1gb-ipod-shuffle-back-in-stock/>
Larry Angell, iLounge

*** Apple In Legal Dispute With Burst Over Digital Media Patents
<http://ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/apple-in-legal-dispute-with-burst-over-digital-media-patents/>
Larry Angell, iLounge

*** Macworld Expo Promises iPod Gear Galore
<http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,124204,00.asp>
Rebecca Freed, PC World

The trade show for the Apple faithful caps off an extraordinarily eventful year and should yield some intriguing new products.

*** Google To Sell Video, Take On Apple; Announces Google Pack
<http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060105-5902.html>
Ken "Caesar" Fisher, Ars Technica

*** Behind The Magic Curtain
<http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,16376,1677772,00.html>
Mike Evangelist, The Guardian

To a casual observer it is just a guy in a black shirt and jeans talking about some new technology products. But it is in fact an incredibly complexa nd sophisticated blend of sales pitch, product demonstration and corporate cheerleading, with a dash of religious revival thrown in for good measure. It represents weeks of work, precise orchestration and intense pressure for the scores of people who collectively make up the "man behind the curtain."

*** 'Apple Will Prevail' - Analysts
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=13506>
Jonny Evans, Macworld UK

Despite the growing competition ranged against the company within the digital media markets, Apple may be a tough beast to tame, analysts believe.

*** Apple May Be Readying iLife Update
<http://news.com.com/Apple+may+be+readying+iLife+update/2100-1046_3-6019908.html?part=rss&tag=6019908&subj=news>
Ina Fried, CNET News.com

Information that was apparently posted to Apple's web site suggests the company is planning an update to its iLife suite of consumer software and is also planning a product called iWeb.

*** CES: Portable Device Makes iPod A Video Recorder
<http://playlistmag.com/news/2006/01/05/isee/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Peter Cohen, Playlist

Users of iPods, iPod minis and iPod nanos can record video directly from any analog source.

[Opinion]

*** The iPod Kids Aren't Alright
<http://www.fool.com/News/mft/2006/mft06010504.htm?ref=foolwatch>
Rick Aristotie Munarriz, Motley Fool

Apple should react to Townshend's remarks one way or the other.

[Review]

*** iChat Options
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/macgems/2006/01/chax/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Dan Frakes, Macworld

*** iWatermark 3.0: Program Makes It Easy To Add Text And Graphic Watermarks To Images
<http://www.macworld.com/2006/01/reviews/iwatermark3/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Jay Nelson, Macworld

[Sidetrack]

*** Five! Five! Five! It's Five! I Tell 'Ya
Heng-Cheong Leong

Intel is copying Apple with a product name that will definitely be mispronounced through the ages, if we define "mispronounced" as pronoucing in a manner that is not consistent with what the marketing folks want you to pronounce.

Mac OS X (Ten, not Ex), meet Viiv <http://blogs.salon.com/0000014/2006/01/05.html#a965> (Five, not Veeve.)

*** A Modest Proposal About PBS
Heng-Cheong Leong

Jackwhispers <http://jackwhispers.blogspot.com/2006/01/modest-proposal-about-pbs-sell-it-to.html>: Sell it to Apple.

PBS' schedule will now not be available in advance for TV Guide. Instead, you'll only hear about new programmings and schedule just the day before, with Saturday and Sunday's schedule typically thrown in as "one more thing.' :-)

[Wintel]

*** New Windows Live Services On The Microsoft Drawing Board
<http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,1995,1908373,00.asp?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535>
Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Watch

Microsoft is slowly but surely showing more of its planned software-as-a-service add-ons for Windows, most of which will be ad-supported.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Microsoft Shuts Blog's Site After Complaints By Beijing
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/06/technology/06blog.html?ex=1294203600&en=f9bbde4e2f29fa77&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
David Barboza and Tom Zeller Jr, New York Times

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The other things in life

[Life]

*** Indie Record Stores Doing Slow Fade Out
<http://www.calendarlive.com/cl-et-rhino06jan06,0,6818617.story?coll=cl-home-top-blurb-right>
Geoff Boucher, Los Angeles Times

It'd be harsh exaggeration to say independent record stores are going the way of typewriter repair shops, but in Southern California it's been painfully evident of late that grand, eccentric music merchants are wheezing badly in the modern marketplace.

*** Bar Car
<http://www.citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=11323>
Gadi Dechter, Baltimore City Paper

Thousands of Baltimoreans practically live on the MARC train -- some of them live it up.

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Life in the city

[News]

*** NTU Hostelites Stay Put To Protest Fee Hike
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/93630.asp>
Loh Chee Kong, Today

*** Tried Twice For The Same Crime?
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/93656.asp>
Derrick A Paulo, Today

Has a long-practised procedure of the Court of Appeals violated the Singapore Constitution?

[Opinion]

*** Singapore: Learning In The Lion's Den
<http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/125163/1/>
Bill Gunyon, OneWorld UK

Singapore is well known for its shortcomings in human rights, freedom of speech and democracy. It's also well known for creating a stable, safe and prosperous multi-racial society. Maybe it's time for students of human development to take a closer look.

*** Noisy Works: Police, NEA Gave Different Answers
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,5562,363281,00.html?>
David Heng Tze Leng, Straits Times