[MyAppleMenu] Jul 17, 2006

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Filmmakers Use iPods To Educate Gallery-Goers At Exhibit
<http://msnbc.msn.com/id/13898348/>
Cindy Barth, Orlando Business Journal

Local filmmakers using new technique to educate gallery-goers at exhibit.

*** Shift To Computers Could Boost Apple Shares - Barron's
<http://today.reuters.com/business/newsArticle.aspx?type=technology&storyID=nN16454078>
Reuters

Shares of Apple could rebound over the next year as interest in the company's Macintosh computers picks up, Barron's financial newspaper reproted on Sunday.

*** Why Your Boss May Fear iPods
<http://www.hamiltonspectator.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=hamilton/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1153087815951&call_pageid=1020420665036&col=1112101662835>
Canadian Press

A new survey by Ipsos-Reid suggests if you work for a mid-sized to large Canadian business, there's almost a one-in-three chance your boss is telling you to leave your iPod at home.

*** Digital Surge Sees Jobs Overtake Murdoch In Media League
<http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,,1822262,00.html>
Owen Gibson, The Guardian

Steve Jobs is shaking up the established order in the media industry, with the annual MediaGuardian 100 power list today showing him leapfrogging News Corp mogul Rupert Murdoch into second place.

*** Player Upgrades, New Devices On Music Horizon
<http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=technologyNews&storyid=2006-07-17T001739Z_01_N16173040_RTRUKOC_0_US-WIFI.xml&src=rss>
Anotny Bruno, Billboard

If the rampant speculation over the digital music plans of Microsoft and Apple are to be believed, the digital music landscape is about to change radically in the very near future.

*** For Apple, Europe Becoming A Tougher Customer
<http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/07/16/yourmoney/music17.php>
Thomas Crampton, International Herald Tribune

[Opinion]

*** Peering Inside The Aluminum Ball: Woodcrest, Conroe, And The "Pro" Macs
<http://arstechnica.com/articles/paedia/hardware/promacs.ars/1>
Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica

I think Apple's CPU choice is clear cut. Strange as it sounds, the Xeon 5100 series is the best fit for the Mac. If Apple wants to keep the Quad name alive, it's the only option.

*** Killing Podcasting One VC Dollar At A Time
<http://www.podcastnyc.net/blog/2006/07/killing-podcasting-one-vc-dollar-at.html>
Podcast NYC

It's the individual connection between the producer and the subscriber that makes podcasats different from other forms of media. So diminishing that ability diminishes the medium as a whole.

*** Apple: Set .Mac Free (You'll Make More Money!)
<http://www.sparkplug9.com/bizhack/index.php/2006/07/13/apple-set-mac-free-youll-make-more-money/>
John Koetsier, Sparkplug 9

*** Hard Knock Life For Apple: iPod Killer Is Only The Tip Of The Iceberg
<http://www.playfuls.com/news_03460_Hard_knock_life_for_Apple_iPod_killer_is_only_the_tip_of_the_iceberg.html>
Dan Nicolae Alexa, Playful.com

Let's not forget what happened to Microsoft this month, after their refusal to reveal the source code for Windows: they were fined with a record sum by the European Union and other fines are already on track to being applied. This is what you get for messing with the EU and Apple should fear that or at least take into consideration.

[Sidetrack]

*** Use Different
Heng-Cheong Leong

It's How-To Monday here in Mac news land! Here're three things you can do with your Mac tonight.

1. Use Apple iSight camera to take pictures through a telescope <http://www.aaronadams.net/2006/07/05/isight-telescope-mount-and-jupiter/>, and see the moon.

2. Turn your old Mac into speakers for your iPod <http://www.flickr.com/photos/92132055@N00/sets/72157594196704275/>, and fall asleep with a podcast or two.

3. Read a book with your PowerBook as a lamp <http://www.macmegasite.com/node/3075> for those nights where PDF books don't cut it.

I'll have to ask this question though: Where are the iMac-fish-tanks? Granted, you'll need some very thin fishes nowadays...

[Wintel]

*** Argo & Microsoft's Portable Dreams
<http://gigaom.com/2006/07/16/argo-microsoft%E2%80%99s-portable-dreams/>
Michael Wolf, GigaOM

Microsoft knows Apple's model of tying a seamless experience of hardware, software and services has proven to be a winning combination in this market, and more importantly, they can't afford to let Apple have unrivaled dominance in an area that will be crucial in the connected home of the future.

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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Fears Of Dot-Com Crash, Version 2.0
<http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-overheat16jul16,0,3474574.story?coll=la-home-headlines>
Chris Gaither and Dawn C. Chmielewski, Los Angeles Times

*** What's Hot, What's Not: IT Skills You'll Need In 2010
<http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleTOC&specialReportId=9000100&articleId=112360>
Stacy Collett, Computerworld

*** 340,282,366,920,938,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 New Web Addresses Created By Internet Chief... So We Won't Run Out Of Space Soon, Then
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2270472,00.html>
Joanathan Richards, The Times

The answer is IPv6.

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The other things in life

[Tech & Science]

*** A Medical Crisis Of Conscience
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/15/AR2006071500846.html>
Rob Stein, Washington Post

Around the United States health workers and patients are clashing when providers balk at giving care that they feel violates their beliefs, sparking an intense, complex and often bitter debate over religious freedom vs. patients' rights.

[Life]

*** Views From The Viaduct
<http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/pacificnw07162006/2003125192_pacificpviaduct16.html>
Gary Sutto, Seattle Times

I've been drawn back, captivated by the size of the thing, its presence in the way it hides the sky, divides the city and, of course, carries on its business.

*** Confident Crisis
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/16/magazine/16wwln_lede.html?_r=1&oref=slogin>
Ann Hulbert, New York Times

Before rushing to conclude that Americans have simply gotten lonelier and more insular, why not consider another possibility? Perhaps, we've also gotten better at demarcating what constitutes truly intimate cmmuning -- expecting more of our confidants, we have, ineffect, defined intimacy up.

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Life in the city

[News]

*** GST Hurted Singapore For More Than 10 Years
<http://hk.news.yahoo.com/060716/10/1q59d.html>
Oriental Daily News

*** New Faces In WP CEC
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/131054.asp>
Lee U-Wen, Today

New blod has been infused into the Workers' Party, with seven new faces -- most of them in their 30s -- elected into its Central Executive Committee.

[Opinion]

*** And For The Umpteenth Time...
<http://xumdeo.blogspot.com/2006/07/chief-executite-donald-tsang-is-at.html>
Xumdeo

*** Need To Tamper Compassion With A Dose Of Reality
<http://kwayteowman.blogspot.com/2006/07/need-to-tamper-compassion-with-dose-of.html>
The Kway Teow Man

It makes no sense for us to allow Chinese nationals to use their sons and daughters as work permits in Singapore.

*** What Is Age? Or What Is Old?
<http://mysingaporenews.blogspot.com/2006/07/what-is-age-or-what-is-old.html>
My Singapore News

With the length of time one is required to pursue an education to be highly skilled or specialised in a profession, to fade away at 55 is just not justifiable.

*** It's Not About The Causeway
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/131047.asp>
Lim Boon Hee, Today

Time to tread carefully, as a political battle royale is brewing in Malaysia.