[MyAppleMenu] Oct 25, 2006

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Apple's Intel Xserves Slip To Mid-Nov
<http://www.macnn.com/articles/06/10/25/intel.xserves.delayed/>
MacNN

*** Apple To Double OpenGL Performance On A Mac
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&newsID=16267>
Jonny Evans, Macworld UK

Apple seems set to unleash much-improved OpenGL performance within Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.

*** Adobe Launches Flex Builder 2 For Mac
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/10/25/flexbuilder2/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Peter Cohen, Macworld

Flex 2 is an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) used to create "Rich Internet Applications" based on the ubiquitous Flash technology.

*** More Thievery At Apple's Company Store
<http://www.aberdeennews.com/mld/siliconvalley/rss/15837598.htm?source=rss&channel=siliconvalley_rss>
Yomi S. Wronge, San Jose Mercury News

The fleecing at the Apple corporate store continued Monday with the theft of two more iPods and 10 software packages from the employee store inside the headquarters at 1 Infinite Loop in Cupertino.

*** With Firefox 2, Mozilla Touts Security And Speed
<http://news.com.com/2100-1032_3-6129141.html?part=rss&tag=6129141&subj=news>
Candace Lombardi, CNET News.com

Mozilla officially released Firefox 2 on Tuesday afternon, adding security features and a new interface.

*** MacBooks Driving Apple's Computer Sales
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/10/24/macbooksales/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Jim Dalrymple, Macworld

With its highest ever quarter for Mac shipments on the books and a rising computer market share, Apple executives said its portable computers are responsible for over 60 percent of the reported shipments.

*** New And Improved
Heng-Cheong Leong

Firefox 2 <http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/>: Faster, more secure, and fully customizable to your online life.

PDFpen <http://www.smileonmymac.com/PDFpen/>: Fill out forms, split, combine, sign and search PDFs with ease.

Jotz 1.3 <http://www.thinkertons.com/>: Fully featured notepad, light-duty database.

[Opinion]

*** Paul Vs Apple
<http://www.internet-nexus.com/2006/10/paul-vs-apple.htm>
Paul Thurrott, Internet Nexus

Sigh.

*** The Role Of Accessories In The iPod's Success
<http://playlistmag.com/weblogs/ipodblog/2006/10/accessories/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Dan Frakes, Playlist

*** My TV Has Its Own Computer
<http://www.scripting.com/2006/10/24.html#myTvHasItsOwnComputer>
Dave Winer, Scripting News

HD and Macs and cable, Bluteooth, RSS and TCP/IP. All these technologies come together in my home entertainment center.

*** Apple Upgrades Spoiled By Intel Roadmap
<http://www.macuser.com/intel-macs/apples_upgrades_spoiled_by_int.php?lsrc=murss>
Dan Moren, MacUser

The times, they are a'changin'.

*** In Retrospect: Reflections On 5 Years Of iPod
<http://www.macuser.com/ipod/in_retrospect_some_reflections.php?lsrc=murss>
Scott Silverman, MacUser

[Review]

*** REALbasic 2006 Release 4 - Review
<http://www.mymac.com/showarticle.php?id=2706>
Neale Monks, MyMac.com

[Sidetrack]

*** This iPod User Rocks
<http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/this-ipod-user-rocks/2006/10/25/1161743788326.html>
Stephen Hutcheon, Sydney Morning Herald

Google Earth spotters have discovered a strange rock formation in the prairies of central Canada that resembles a native American in headdress listening to an iPod.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Not Sure How To Tie A Tie? Peel An Apple? Fold Your Clothes?
<http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB116174111059602858-eX2Y8cH_zQoeKYsYneYNGMsy0VU_20071024.html?mod=rss_free>
John Jurgensen, Wall Street Journal

The answers are on the web, as a rash of new sites offer advice on the basics.

*** Intel Pushing New Environmental PC Standards
<http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061024-8067.html>
Jeremy Reimer, Ars Technica

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The other things in life

[Tech & Science]

*** Marketing And Mind Control
<http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15391587/site/newsweek/>
Wray Herbert, Newsweek

How the emotional parts of our brains can be manipulated.

[Life]

*** Breakfast Is Served, Never Mind The Hour
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/24/AR2006102400261.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/foodanddining>
Lou Elliott Jones, Washington Post

It's growing dark, and there's a hungry person on the sofa. He's got the look: "Come up with something interesting for dinner."

*** These Dark October Mornings
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/25/opinion/25wed4.html?ex=1319428800&en=0ecac750f612d42e&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
Verlyn Klinkenborg, New York Times

I barely notice the morning darkness in the country, where we really do rise with the roosters, who rise with the sun, and everything seems just the way it's supposed to be, only a little later by the clock. But in the city, where life moves at an inorganic pace, the effect is powerful.

*** Dinner, With Dawn As A Chaser
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/18/dining/18late.html?ex=1318824000&en=32d9a65a1d5e6a36&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss>
Peter Meehan, New York Times

It was 4:30 in the morning, and customers were clamoring for the kimchi hot dogs, kalbi burgers and other Korean-accented bits that Sam talbot, the cart jockey, was dishing out on the Lower East Side.

[Expressions]

*** 'There's Just One Little Thing: A Ring. I Don't Mean On The Phone' - Eartha Kitt
<http://www.slate.com/id/2150393/>
Kathy Fagan, Slate

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Life in the city

[News]

*** Singapore Economic Growth May Moderate
<http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/061025/singapore_economy.html?.v=1>
Associated Press

Singapore's economy will likely expand at a slightly slower pace in 2007 compared to this year as it feels the effects of high oil prices and weaker external demand, the central bank said Wednesday.

*** Press Digest - Singapore Newspapers - Oct 25
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/061024/3/449yd.html>
Reuters

Singapore's air pollution index hit one of its lowest levels in three weeks.

*** Singapore Faces Moral Tangle In Drive To Curb Spread Of Aids
<http://www.ft.com/cms/s/815443d6-9fef-11d9-b355-00000e2511c8.html>
John Burton, Financial Times

Proposed tough laws on curbing the spread of Aids threatens to throw Singapore into a moral tangle over its contrasting views on homosexuality and prostitution.

*** WP Youth Chief Files Police Report For Fake Net Posting
<http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=56060>
Straits Times

*** Workers' Party Netiquette Comes Under Fire
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/150569.asp>
Tor Ching Li, Today

[Opinion]

*** Cable TV Fined Over Lesbian Sex
<http://www.yawningbread.org/arch_2006/yax-669.htm>
Yawningbread.org

Essentially SCV was saying to the MDA: You may have the power but that does not make you right.

*** Wee Shu Min, Globlsation, Singapore And America
<http://commentarysingapore.blogspot.com/2006/10/wee-shu-min-globalisation-singapore.html>
Mr Wang Bakes Good Karma

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Life is random. More tunes, less talk.

[Tunes]

*** Happy Birthday
<http://www.bagpipersforhire.com/funmusic.html>
Bagpipe For Hire
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