[MyAppleMenu] Mar 4, 2006

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Illegal iPod Use Under Review
<http://www.webuser.co.uk/news/81219.html>
Quentin Reade, Web User

A law that bans people from using plug-in FM transmitters with their iPod slooks set to change.

*** Tom DeLay Ally Finds Home At Apple
<http://news.com.com/2061-10793_3-6045945.html?part=rss&tag=6045945&subj=news>
Michael Kanellos, CNET News.com

Apple doesn't seem to be the first company you'd think of it if you were looking for Republican lawyers well versed in redrawing congressional districts, but the job market makes for novel combinations.

*** iPod Accessory Stores Go Brick-And-Mortar
<http://news.com.com/2100-1041_3-6045837.html?part=rss&tag=6045837&subj=news>
Michelle Meyers, CNET News.com

*** Vatican Radio Employees Present Pope With Specially Loaded iPod Nano
<http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0601282.htm>
Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service

A group of Vatican Radio employees gave Pope Benedict XVI a brand new iPod nano loaded with special Vatican Radio programming and classical music.

*** PCs Not Dull, Admits Apple UK
<http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/03/03/apple_pc_not_dull_claim/>
Tony Smith, Reg Hardware

In the original, US-oriented ad, Apple takes a dig at "dull" PCs, but in the version cleared for UK audiences the d-word is perculiarly absent.

[Opinion]

*** Are We Ready to Viiv?
<http://us.gizmodo.com/gadgets/home-entertainment/tuning-fork-158329.php>
Brian L. Clark, Gizmodo

Personally, I'm still banking on the King of Cupertino to release his own, full-fledged media center.

*** Airport Lines And Mac Laptops
<http://www.oreillynet.com/mac/blog/2006/03/airport_lines_and_mac_laptops.html?CMP=OTC-13IV03560550&ATT=Airport+Lines+and+Mac+Laptops>
Derrick Story, O'Reilly Network

What I noticed going out and returning home is a higher proportion of sleek Apple laptops in those dull gray plastic trays at security checkpoints.

*** Still More Evidence Of Apple iPod Popularity
<http://yourtech.typepad.com/main/2006/03/further_evidenc.html>
Julio Ojeda-Zapata, Your Tech Weblog

[Review]

*** Benchmarks: Intel Mac Mini Scores A Mixed Bag
<http://www.macworld.com/2006/03/firstlooks/minibenchmarks/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
James Gaibraith, Macworld

*** Apple iPod Hi-Fi: Apple's First Big-Ticket iPod Accessory Offers Big sound, Unique Features
<http://playlistmag.com/reviews/2006/03/ipodhifireview/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Dan Frakes, Playlist

It really is in this context -- compact systems -- that you should consider the Hi-Fi. I don't see people with true high-end stereo systems trading them in. Rathern, the Hi-Fi is going to be an attractive option for people lookign for good, room-filling sound in a compact package: It's a bookshelf system for the iPod generation, and one that that can even be taken with you in a pinch.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** BlackBerry Service To Continue
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/04/technology/04rim.html?ex=1299128400&en=6d1015564a08c156&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
Ian Austen, New York Times

Just days before a judge was expected to issue an injunction shutting the popular e-mail service, the patent holder, NTP, dropped its infringement lawsuit against the device maker, Research In Motion, in exchange for $612.5 milion.

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The other things in life

[Life]

*** Oscar Nominees You Didn't See
<http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB114142265463188961-1bbl0ZpxlDLURineOAAmQuxTVzI_20070303.html?mod=rss_free>
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal

In watching a film before the hype, critics get a very differnet picture.

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Life in the city

[News]

*** Singapore Clarifies George Yeo's Remarks On Bridge Issue
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/196203/1/.html>
Dominique Loh, Channel NewsAsia

Singapore's Foreign Ministry says Minister George Yeo has not taken any new position on the bridge issue.

*** Singapore should Not Issue Intimidating Statements - Shahrir
<http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news.php?id=183772>
Bernama

*** A Battle For Aljunied Could Be Brewing
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/free/story/0,6418,375252,00.html?>
Laurel Teo, Straits Times

*** Opposition's Mixed Feelings
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/104593.asp>
Loh Chee Kong, Today

*** Battle-Lines Redrawn... But Only Just
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/104598.asp>
Val Chua, Today

The redrawn electoral map of Singapore was unveiled on friday -- and it looked surprisingly like the old one.

[Opinion]

*** PAP MPs Take Parliament Sittings Seriously, Says Deputy Govt Whip
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/104571.asp>
Lim Swee Say, Deputy Government Whip, Today

PAP MPs should not be judged by how long they remained seated in the Chamber.

[Technology]

*** Singapore Releases Details Of Ultra-Fast Broadband Network
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/196025/1/.html>
Farah Abdul Rahim, Channel NewsAsia

By 2015 Singapore will be transformed into the first totally wireless and wired country in the world.