[MyAppleMenu] Mar 16, 2006

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** iTunes Is Most-Used Media Player
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=14119&Page=1&pagePos=5>
Macworld UK

iTunes is becoming the new standard for online media content, a new report revelas.

*** iTunes U User Group Grows
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=14115&Page=1&pagePos=5>
Macworld UK

Yet another US university has joined Apple's iTunes U scheme, san Jose State University.

*** The Free Press
<http://www.sfweekly.com/Issues/2006-03-15/news/smith.html>
Matt Smith, SF Weekly

When do gifts to journalists turn into a conflict of interest? When a New York Times writer gets his computer repaired.

[Opinion]

*** Microsoft's EFI Pullback Is Apple's Gain
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1937900,00.asp>
David Morgenstern, eWeek

As Mac users gain the benefits of EFI over the next couple of years, Windows XP and Vista users won't. That is a simple equation, and one that Mac customers can cheer about.

*** The Apple Effect
<http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1937796,00.asp>
Lance Ulanoff, PC Magazine

Apple may be the best thing that's ever happened to the tech industry, or should I say quite a number of industries.

*** iPod Can't Shuffle
<http://okiboy.blogspot.com/2006/03/ipod-cant-shuffle.html>
Daryl Burns, Don't Cry Over Split Water

I like this new way of doing smart playlists because while I get to hear stuff I really, really like and listen to over and over I'm also able to hear stuff that I haven't heard in a while.

*** Why Apple Has Not Advertised Mac OS X
<http://www.macobserver.com/columns/hiddendimensions/2006/20060315.shtml>
John Martellaro, Mac Observer

*** Intel Core Duo Changing The Face Of Mobile And Desktop Computing
<http://www.connectedhomemag.com/HomeOffice/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=49686>
Paul Thurrott, Connected Home Magazine

This, then, is the future of computing: Power and performance, with great battery life for mobile users.

*** Apple: Frugal To A Fault?
<http://www.thestreet.com/_mktwrm/tech/gamesandgadgets/10273658.html>
Troy Wolverton, TheStreet.com

Even while Apple's revenue has skyrocketed in recent years, what the company has spend on R&D has risen only modestly.

*** Sometimes I'm SO-DIMM!
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/2006/03/sodimm/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Rob Griffiths, Macworld

Lessons learned, for all you future do-it-yourselfers: Small computers take SO-DIMMs, not DIMMs. Even if you know this, remember it when shopping!

[Review]

*** A Maximum Look At A Mini Mac, Part Three
<http://www.macworld.com/2006/03/firstlooks/minitome3/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Rob Griffiths, Macworld

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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** The Shape Of Robots To Come
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/16/technology/circuits/16robot.html?ex=1300165200&en=9d5fb7425bbcece0&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
Michel Marriott, New York Times

*** Some Help For The Color Blind
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/15/technology/poguesposts/15pogues-posts.html?ei=5088&en=6ca8ee330d7c446e&ex=1300078800&adxnnl=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1142470840-e3w4rhJDeMHwV/xJElRwwA>
David Pogue, New York Times

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The other things in life

[Life]

*** Was It Good For You, Too?
<http://www.wired.com/news/columns/0,70364-0.html?tw=wn_culture_3>
Tony Long, Wired News

Because, in the end, it's the warmth of human contact that makes the sex so pleasurable. In the end, it's about using all your senses.

*** Mao's Lost Children
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,,1731887,00.html>
Sun Shuyun, The Guardian

In 1934, hundreds of thousands of communists were driven from southern China by nationalists fighting against a socialist state. Only a fifth of them survived the 8,000-mile 'Long March.'

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Life in the city

[News]

*** NCMP Steve Chia Says Traffic Charge To Be Reduced
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/198130/1/.html>
Julia Ng, Channel NewsAsia

Non-Constituency MP Steve Chia says the deputy public prosecutor has agreed to reduce his traffic offence from "dangerous driving" to "driving without due care."

*** Singapore's Consumer Prices For General Households Up 0.5% In 2005
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/198086/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia

Households in the lowest 20 percent income group were the hardest hit with inflation rising 1.3 percent.

*** Half Of Singapore Households Change Residences In Past Decade
<http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-03/16/content_4307464.htm>
Xinhua

*** Stalemate Over TV Ratings Payment Could Hurt All Parties
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/free/story/0,6418,378172,00.html?>
Gabriel Chen, Straits Times

Tussle drags on as MediaCorp, TNS and ad group 4As refuse to give way on issue.

*** Advertisers In The Loop: Ratings Agency
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/106997.asp>
Jane Chiapoco, Today

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[Tunes]

*** Insomnia
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