[MyAppleMenu] Jun 1, 2006

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Once You Go Mac, You Never Go Back
<http://thepost.baker.ohiou.edu/articles/2006/06/01/features/14012.html>
Chris Yonker, The Post

Apple currently ranks highest in terms of brand and repurchase loyalty of any computer manufacturer.

*** Adobe To Drop GoLive, FreeHand
<http://www.macobserver.com/article/2006/05/31.1.shtml>
Jeff Gamet, Mac Observer

*** iPod's Dominance Worsening DRM Plight
<http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2157290/ipod-dominance-worsening-drm>
Tom Sanders, vnunet.com

The market dominance of the iPod is causing ever more restrictive digital rights management technologies, argued Cory Doctorow, a fellow with the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

*** Apple Expands Best Buy Foothold
<http://news.com.com/Apple+expands+Best+Buy+foothold/2100-1041_3-6078784.html>
Tom Krazit, CNET News.com

*** iPod Halo Makes Apple Stock A Winner
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=14799&Page=1&pagePos=1>
Macworld UK

*** iPod People Invade LoHud Classrooms
<http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060531/NEWS08/605310320/1024>
Leah Rae, The Journal

It's one thing to display your latest school project ont he fridge. It's quite another to put iup on the World Wide Web.

*** QuickTime Update Fixes Adobe CS2 Install Issues
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/05/31/quicktime/index.php>
Jim Dalrymple, Macworld

QuickTime 7.1.1 also addresses an issue with third-party start-up items on Intel Macs and it resolves an issue exporting Keynote presentations in iDVD.

[Opinion]

*** Picking A Bone With QuickTime
<http://www.oreillynet.com/mac/blog/2006/06/picking_a_bone_with_quicktime.html>
Francois Joseph de Kermadec, O'Reilly Network

*** MBP: Good And Bad Apples
<http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/138/mbp-good-and-bad-apples>
Red Sweater Blog

*** Apple Needs To Get Its Game On
<http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/may2006/tc20060531_384873.htm>
Arik Hesseldahl, BusinessWeek

It's time for Apple to use some of its superior design skills to come up with a game for the beleaguered Mac loyalist -- like me.

*** All The Lovely Browsers!
<http://www.musingsfrommars.org/2006/05/all-the-lovely-browsers.html>
Musings From Mars

Fortunately for Mac OS X users, there are no real clunkers at the moment. Even OmniWeb, which has such miserable JavaScript performance, has many other unique virtues that presumably entice its users to shell out $30 to use it without annoying registration reminders.

*** Easy Steps To Make The Next iTunes Kick. Sweet. Ass.
<http://www.todmaffin.com/blog/2006/05/31/easy-steps-to-make-the-next-itunes-kick-sweet-ass/>
Tod Maffin

Let's face it, for those of us using iTunes for podcasting, it really has improved since v4.7.

*** Results
<http://www.airbagindustries.com/archives/009346.php>
Airbag

I have yet to see any wear or tear on the black case and I see no evidence of chipping of flaking of any kind.

*** MacBook First Impressions
<http://w0pht.wordpress.com/2006/06/01/macbook-first-impressions/>
My View

*** When Titans Collide
<http://www.bit-tech.net/columns/2006/05/31/when_titans_collide/1.html>
Brett Thomas, bit-tech.net

By combining, Apple and Microsoft can utilize each other's knowledge without burning money away on research, and can instead funnel that into lacing the two OS's together well and adding yet more additional features.

*** Why Apple Should Embrace Windows
<http://blogs.zdnet.com/carroll/index.php?p=1570>
John Carroll, ZDNet

The best chance Apple has to reinvigorate its desktop computer business is for Apple to ship systems that run Windows.

[Review]

*** New MacBook Is Apple Of This Windows User's Eye
<http://www.connectedhomemag.com/HomeOffice/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=50437>
Paul Thurrott, Connected Home Magazine

Apple has a winner on its hands. You might just find your perfect notebook, whether you prefer Windows or Mac OS X.

*** Sonicfire Pro 4: App Gives You Customizable Soundtracks In A Snap
<http://www.macworld.com/2006/05/reviews/sonicfirepro4/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Anton Linecker, Macworld

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Intel's New Strategy: Power Efficiency
<http://www.techreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=16943&ch=biztech>
Kate Greene, MIT Technology Review

Spurred by competitor AMD's rapid success, Intel is shifting its strategy toward more power-eficient microprocessors.

*** The Ten-Year Fallback?
<http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2006/05/the_tenyear_fallback.html>
O'Rilly Radar

MyAppleMenu Reader
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The other things in life

[Life]

*** Welcome To Shangri-La. By Order Of The State Council Of The Chinese Government
<http://travel.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1787134,00.html>
Jonathan Watts, The Guardian

In one of the most audacious rebranding exercises in history, a scruffy but spectacularly located Himalayan town has been renamed after the James Hilton's fictional utopia and designated a tourist paradise by order of the Chinese government.

*** Say What? A Guide To Menu-Speak
<http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/foodwine/2003029124_taste310.html>
Nancy Leson, Seattle Times

Menu-speak: It's a foreign language: literaly and figuratively.

*** For Soldiers' Appetites, Reinforcements
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/31/dining/31care.html?ex=1306728000&en=5063d8c4589c09df&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss>
Kim Severson, New York Times

Familiar food has long comforted troops fighting wars in foreign countries. But the modern care package is different because of the complicated logistics of this war, advancements in technology and the diverse and sophisticated palates of today's troops.

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[News]

*** At Least 9 Banks Bid To Lend Money For Singapore's First Integrated Resort
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/211293/1/.html>
Wong Choon Mei, Channel NewsAsia

*** Singapore "No Threat" To Swiss Foreign Banks
<http://www.swissinfo.org/eng/business/detail/Singapore_no_threat_to_Swiss_foreign_banks.html?siteSect=161&sid=6763881&cKey=1149054493000>
Swiss Business

Singapore's financial market will not drain money away from Swiss banks, Association of Foreign Banks in Switzerland vice-chairman Eduardo Leemann said.

*** Singapore May Allow Use Of MyKad
<http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/6/1/nation/14408584&sec=nation>
The Star

Home Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Radzi Sheikh Ahmad said Malaysians, however, will have to ring along their international passports.

[Opinion]

*** More Than About Gaming
<http://e.sinchew-i.com/content.phtml?sec=2&artid=200606010000>
Sinchew

*** Disney - Singapore Is Pissed Off?
<http://www.myfat4.com/2006/06/01/disney-singapore-is-pissed-off/>
The World Of Fat4

After the Disney's possible Johor venture announcement by the Malaysian government, the Singapore's propaganda machine began taking emergency actions.

*** Ballooning
<http://infidelsonic.blogspot.com/2006/06/ballooning.html>
Scratchpad

What I enjoyed most was when the balloon swayed from one side to another: a smooth sideways movement that's not jerky and helped you move slowly along the panorama that is the Singapore skyline.

*** Protests Before And After September 2006
<http://chemgen.blogspot.com/2006/06/protests-before-and-after-september.html>
Chemical Generation Singapore

Will the government become mature enough to handle peaceful non-disruptive protests in Singapore?

*** Boon Yang's Speech
<http://commentarysingapore.blogspot.com/2006/06/boon-yangs-speech.html>
Mr Wang Bakes Good Karma

Yes, Boon Yang, the issue being parodied was indeed the issue of intention and integrity. And whose intention and integrity was in question then? Don' ask me. Don't ask Mr Brown. Don't even ask James Gomez. If you stil haven't got the point yet, you probably never will.

*** It's Alright To Poke Fun At Opposition Politicians
<http://mysingaporenews.blogspot.com/2006/06/its-alright-to-poke-funs-at-opposition.html>
My Singapore News

*** Chiam Does Not See Beyond His Ward
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/121713.asp>
Abdul Rahim Osman, Today

*** TV Mobile Drops Hot Show For 'Diva'
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=7532758920e39010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:9752c16ef2b8b010VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD>
Kim Wong-Nathan, MediaCorp TV, Straits Times

We have dropped "Desperate Housewives" from our programming schedule.

*** POSB GO Card Can Do More Than ATM Card
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=7532758920e39010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:5842c16ef2b8b010VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD>
Davy Wee, DBS Bank Limited, Straits Times

We have advised our staff to make it clear to customers the difference between a POSB GO card and the standard POSB ATM card.

The Shuffle by MyAppleMenu
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Life is random. More tunes, less talk.

[Tunes]

*** Be Saved
<http://www.zhengjian.org/celestialmelody/articles/9/25590.html>
Qi Xiaochun
<http://media.zhengjian.org/media/2004/03/15/chun-dedu.mp3>