[MyAppleMenu] Feb 20, 2007

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Mac Users 'Still Lax On Security'
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6378541.stm>
BBC News

Apple Mac users are still too lax when it comes to security matters, an independent researcher has said.

*** Sensor Firm Warns Apple Over iPhone
<http://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2007/02/19/40781/Sensor+firm+warns+Apple+over+iPhone++.htm>
David Manners, Electronics Weekly

"We will be looking very carefully at the iPhone," is the warning to Apple from Southampton-based touch sensor specialist Quantum Research, which already has one lawsuit proceeding against Apple for patent infringement, and is prepared to bring another.

*** A Look Inside The iPod Nation
<http://media.www.universitychronicle.com/media/storage/paper231/news/2007/02/19/Intermission/A.Look.Inside.The.Ipod.Nation-2728246.shtml>
Adam Kritzeck, University Chronicle

Apple has revolutionized the portable music industry to the point where it is becoming a rarity to see students on campus without white cords dangling from their ears.

*** How Steve Jobs Played Hardball In iPhone Birth
<http://www.moneyweb.co.za/mw/view/mw/en/page94?oid=71939&sn=Detail>
Amol Sharma, Nick Wingfield and Li Yuan, Wall Street Journal

Behind the scenes in the making of the iPhone, Apple bucked the rules of the cellphone industry by wresting control away from the normally powerful wireless carriers.

[Opinion]

*** Steve Jobs, Proud To Be Non-Union
<http://www.wired.com/news/columns/0,72754-0.html?tw=rss.index>
Leander Kahney, Wired News

Steve Jobs makes a lot of sense when he's talking about music and copyright protection, but when the topic is schools, he seems to be on a different planet.

*** Windows Defections
<http://blog.scottlowe.org/2007/02/19/windows-defections/>
Scott Lowe

Why, when Vista is now available, are Windows experts forsaking the platform?

*** Why I've Switched To Mac
<http://lucafiligheddu.blogspot.com/2007/02/why-i-switched-to-mac.html>
Thoughts On VoIP

After eight months, I'm more than happy. I've discovered a fantastic world made of always-working applications, great user experiences, cool user interfaces and a great improvement of my daily activities.

*** Dock Vs Start/Taskbar
<http://macnoobie.wordpress.com/2007/02/20/dock-vs-starttaskbar/>
Diary Of A Mac Newbie

For the average Joe, the Start button and menu system makes way more sense.

*** Things I Miss On Each OS
<http://www.jacksonfish.com/blog/2007/02/19/things-i-miss-on-each-os/>
Jackson Fish Market

All this switching around has highlighted some small differences between the experiences where I wish one behaved like the other.

*** iPod Recharge Runs On Empty
<http://media.www.stateronline.com/media/storage/paper867/news/2007/02/19/News/Ipod-Recharge.Runs.On.Empty-2727369.shtml>
Kevin Gareau, Stater Online

The Music Listening Center now offers students a chance to charge their iPods for free.

*** I'm In ITunes Store Authorization Hell
<http://blog.wired.com/cultofmac/2007/02/im_in_itunes_st.html>
Pete Mortensen, Wired News

This is why people go crazy. They get tech support responses that read like Get Well Soon cards written by second-graders to a teacher whose malady they don't understand.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Do They Still Want Their MTV?
<http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/19/business/media/19carr.html?_r=1&oref=slogin>
David Carr, New York Times

MTV prospered for decades because it looked like what a network might look like if a 16-year-old were doing the programming. But now the music channel is trying to make its way in a multidevice, multiplatform, multichannel world, most of which is being programmed by a 16-year-old.

MyAppleMenu Reader
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The other things in life

[Tech & Science]

*** Flame First, Think Later: New Clues To E-Mail Misbehavior
<http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/20/health/psychology/20essa.html?ex=1329627600&en=7beb75e82efac12e&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
Daniel Goleman, New York Times

The emerging field of social neuroscience, the study of what goes on in the brains and bodies of two interacting people, offer clues into the neural mechanics behind flaming.

[Life]

*** Outrageous Fortune
<http://www.salon.com/mwt/food/eat_drink/2007/02/20/fortune_cookie/>
Bonnie Tsui, Salon

For five decades the fortune cookie, a true immigrant success story, has been the crunchy, cryptic completion to any Chinese-American restaurant meal.

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[News]

*** Sonthi: Buying Back Satellites Is Best
<http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=116935>
Bangkok Post

The best way for Thailand to get back the satellites was to buy them back, Council for National Security chairman Sonthi Boonyaratkalin said Tuesday.

*** Singapore Queries Indonesia's Reason For Halting Exports Of Sand
<http://www.playfuls.com/news_10_14909-Singapore-Queries-Indonesias-Reason-For-Halting-Exports-Of-Sand.html>
DPA

Singapore expressed disappointment on Monday over reports tying Indonesia's ban on exporting sand to extradition and border disputes between the two countries.

*** Lunar New Year Special On China Brides Through Singapore Agency
<http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070219/lf_afp/afplifestylemarriage_070219142140>
AFP

A Singapore marriage agency is offering a Lunar New Year special on brides from China's Fujian province.

*** Singapore Will Manage Currency, Bank Says
<http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/02/19/bloomberg/sxasia.php>
Bloomberg

Singapore will engineer the strongest currency in almost a decade to limit price gains as economic growth improves and inflation pressures mount, said ING Bank.

*** Thailand Presses Temasek In Satellite Battle
<http://www.ft.com/cms/s/ed735b10-c03b-11db-995a-000b5df10621.html>
Amy Kazmin, Financial Times

Thailand's military-led government on Monday increased pressure on Temasek, Singapore's investment arm, to give up control of satellites acquired during the purchase of Shin Corp, as it threatened to revoke the satellites' operating concessions.