[MyAppleMenu] Sep 27, 2006

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** How Long Will The iPod Be The Core Of Apple's Busines?
<http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1547444792;fp;2;fpid;3>
Howard Dahdah, Computerworld

*** Wozniak Tells His Apple Story In New Book
<http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0%2C1895%2C2021187%2C00.asp>
Reuters

*** Apple Previews New Look .Mac Mail
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=15984>
Macworld UK

*** FileMaker Unveils Two K-12 Resources
<http://www.macnn.com/articles/06/09/26/filemaker.k.12.resources/>
MacNN

*** iPod Puts Books In Palm Of Hand
<http://www.azcentral.com/community/phoenix/articles/0927edipod0913Z3.html>
Laura Houston, Arizona Republic

A Philadelphia-based company called IPREPpress LLC has been transferring boks to a format that can bemoved to an iPod, compressed so they don't put too much of a squeeze on your kid's favorite tunes.

*** Apple, Disney In A Bind On Movie Downloads?
<http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-apple25sep25,1,4765743.story?track=rss>
Joseph Menn, Los Angeles Times

Bob Iger is the only mogul backing Steve Jobs' iTunes project. Given the Pixar tie, that could work against both.

*** Europe Makes Progress In iTunes Negotiations
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/26/technology/26cnd-apple.html?_r=2&ref=technology&oref=login&oref=slogin>
Thomas Carmpton, New York Times

European negotiators said they made "surprising progress" in talks today with Apple over easing the restrictions it imposed on users of its iTunes service, by far the dominant seller of downloaded music. But a full resolution of the dispute could require Apple to make major changes in the iTunes business model.

[Opinion]

*** Why Apple Isn't Biting China
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/09/27/applechina/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Steven Schwankert, IDG News Service

Apple is asking too much of Chinese consumers.

*** Could Apple Solidfy GSM In The US?
<http://www.tnl.net/blog/2006/09/26/could-apple-solidify-gsm-in-the-us/>
TNL.net

*** iWant Apple
<http://newmaryjane.blogspot.com/2006/09/iwant-apple.html>
The New Mary Jane

I'm writing this blog at a Mac store, gawk-eyed at how gorgous Apple products are. I can't even call them products. THey're creatures -- you don't like them, you love them.

*** Podcast Trademark Conroversy
<http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2006/09/20060925232535.shtml>
Mac Rumors

Apple explicitly states that it is not asking Podcast Ready to stop using its company name.

*** What iTunes Can Learn From Aperture 1.5
<http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/index.php?p=293>
Jason D. O'Grady, ZDNet

Apple took a step in the right direction by adding multiple library support in iTunes 7, but households with multiple Macs and iPods need more.

*** Apple Moves In On Movies
<http://money.cnn.com/2006/09/26/technology/Apple_itv.fortune/index.htm>
Peter Lewis, Fortune

Why is notoriously secretive Apple giving sneak peaks at its new movie gadget? Apple may be trying to show Hollywood that it intends to dominate movie downloads -- and the studios better cooperate.

*** Jackass Of The Week: Kieren McCarthy
<http://daringfireball.net/2006/09/jackass_kieren_mccarthy>
John Gruber, Daring Fireball

Not only does every single paragraph of this article contain at least one factual error, but even the errors reported within the article itself contradict each other.

[Review]

*** Apple's Airport Express
<http://consumeroo.com/articles/2006/09/26/apples-airport-express>
Travis Bell, Consumeroo

*** Pac-Mac For iPod
<http://playlistmag.com/reviews/2006/09/pacman/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Peter Cohen, Playlist

Pac-Man is fun to see on the iPod, but with click wheel control leaving something to be desired, this is one arcade experience that probably ougt to remain a nostalgic memory.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Intel Pledges 80 Cores In Five Years
<http://news.com.com/2100-1006_3-6119618.html>
Tom Krazit, CNET News.com

Intel has built a prototype of a processor with 80 cores that can perform a trillion floating-point operations per second.

*** Lime Wire, Squeezed, Files Countersuit
<http://news.com.com/2100-1030_3-6119646.html?part=rss&tag=6119646&subj=news>
Dawn Kawamoto, CNET News.com

Lime Wire alleges in court filings that the record companies have engaged in unfair business practices to scare away its users.

MyAppleMenu Reader
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The other things in life

[Tech & Science]

*** Moving Beyond String Theory
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,71828-0.html?tw=wn_index_1>
Mark Anderson, Wired News

Strings are far from the only game in town. There are other, potentially equally promising approaches to unifying physics' two seemingly incompatible visions of the cosmos: general relativity and quantum mechanics.

[Life]

*** Teens' T-Shirts Make Educators Squirm
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/26/AR2006092601489.html?nav=rss_email/components>
Ian Shapira, Washington Post

Sexually suggestive T-shirts often fall into a gray area that requires officials to evaluate one shirt at a time.

*** The Race To Satisfy Caviar Craving
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/27/dining/27caviar.html?ex=1317009600&en=a47fd84471af5bc0&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
Jane Black, New York Times

Caviar from farmed sturgeon used to be a tough sell. Now it's tough to fill the orders.

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[Ramblings]

*** Hungarian Ghost Festival
Heng-Cheong Leong

The Singapore Tourism Board should be happy that it doesn't have the worldwide exclusive right to mis-translation in their marketing material. From Jerusalem, a slogan that should have read "Jerusalem -- there's no city like it!" has been mistranslated <http://www.politicalgateway.com/news/read/37633> into "Jerusalem -- there's no such city!"

[News]

*** Jakarta Wants Singapore To Clairfy Lee Race Comments
<http://in.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-09-27T113502Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_India-269504-1.xml&archived=False>
Reuters

Indonesia's foreign ministry has summoned Singapore's ambassador over statements from the city state's founding father Lee Kuan Yew that Indonesia had "systematically marginalised" its ethnic Chinese minority.

*** Singapore Likes Courteous Tourists
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/145062.asp>
Derrick A Paulo, Today

Singapore has voted. Its tourist idols are the Japanese, while the least-favoured vistors hail from mainland China.

*** Feer Has Till Oct 9 To File Defence In Defamation Suit
<http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=53852>
Aaron Low, Straits Times

[Opinion]

*** Johor UMNO Fails Economics
<http://shianux.jiyuuu.org/2006/09/27/236/johor-umno-fails-economics/>
The Legal Janitor

Johor UMNO are willing to sacrifice the mutually beneficial interests of Singapore and Malaysia out of spite and jealousy. They are willing to sacrifice the interests of the people of Kuala Lumpur and Singapore because they wish to protect the business interests of their lobbies.

*** The Cleanest Country In Asia
<http://uncletravellinmatt.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!56C798A04682E02E!210.entry>
Uncle Travellin' Matt

*** Lee Kuan Yew: Why Did He Say It?
<http://www.malaysia-today.net/Blog-n/2006/09/lee-kuan-yew-why-did-he-say-it.htm>
Seah Chiang Nee, Malaysia Today

I am one of those who believe that some of Mr Lee's ideas have become outdated for today's Singapore, but on the current controversy, I am fully behind him. In fact, the reaction of Dr Mahathir Mohamad explains the validity fo Mr. Lee's concern about the vulnerability of Singapore's small size.

*** Chinese Malaysian Must Accept Their Lot
<http://www.malaysiakini.com/letters/57334>
Malaysiakini

Whether the Chinese are being marginalised or not is not important. The Chinese just have to accept the fact that living in Malayisa means they have to be subordinate to the 'sons of the soil'.

*** LKY's Right And Anwar Confirms It
<http://www.malaysiakini.com/letters/57333>
Luk, Malaysiakini

It took non-Chinese like Anwar and a foreigner like Lee to do their job. The Chinese leaders in the Barisan Nasional coalition have no shame for their own failures even when the facts are bared for them to see.

*** Apologise? But LKY Was Defending His Race...
<http://www.malaysiakini.com/letters/57337>
Amar AA, Malaysiakini

In essense, PAP's structure forces it to address issues from a broader perspective and not just from a single ethnic viewpoint.

*** MM Lee Is Right About The Chinese In Malaysia
<http://straitstimes.asiaone.com/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=7532758920e39010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:c92a53af43bed010VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD>
Steve Kesmond Ngo, Straits Times

[Entertainment]

*** 'Be With Me'
<http://villagevoice.com/film/0639,atkinson,74583,20.html>
Michael Atkinson, Village Voice

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[Tunes]

*** Sinking Ship (The Sorry Plea)
<http://www.songs.myvirtualband.com/index.php/archives/2006/08/18/sinking-ship-the-sorry-plea/>
Gary, Luke Stephenson, Peter Ward, Thorsten Huber, Nathan Trapp, Oliver Juster
<http://www.files.myvirtualband.com//sinking-ship/sinkingmmix2.5.mp3>