[MyAppleMenu] Feb 21, 2007

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Jobs, Gates To Share Stage At Digital Conference
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/02/20/dconference/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Philip Michaels, Macworld

Both Jobs and Gates are slated to jointly discuss the digital revolution's history and future at The Wall Street Journal's D; All Things Digital conference. The annual gathering, which will be held May 29-31 in Carlsbad, Calif., brings together executives from the technology and media industries to discuss trend sof the day.

*** Iconfactory Releases Frenzic For Mac OS X
<http://www.macobserver.com/gamingnews/2007/02/20.1.shtml>
Jeff Gamet, Mac Observer

Players work to match wedge shapes to complete circles for points.

*** Virtual Realities: All The World On A Mac
<http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9011577&source=rss_topic123>
Richard Hoffman, Computerworld

Macs that run Windows via virtualization are here to stay.

*** WriteRoom 2.1 Improves Word Count, More
<http://www.macobserver.com/article/2007/02/20.6.shtml>
Jeff Gamet, Mac Observer

[Opinion]

*** Invention Vs. Innovation
<http://www.techliberation.com/archives/042051.php>
TLF

In the computer industry, invention is often the easy step. But those inventions aren't very useful by themselves. What's really needed is the know-how to take inventions and make them understandable and affordable to ordinary consumers. That is not something the patent system does a good job of protecting.

*** Apple's Mac Halo: No Myth
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2096694,00.asp?kc=ZDRSS05089TX1K0001002>
David Morgenstern, eWeek

Industry watchers may be looking in the wrong places -- Apple's halo is shining on all the right people and may soon light up parts of the business market.

[Review]

*** Roxio Toast Titanium 8 For Mac
<http://reviews.cnet.com/Roxio_Toast_Titanium_8_for_Mac/4505-6445_7-32309513.html?subj=fdba&part=rss&tag=MR_Search+Results>
Troy Dreier, CNET

Version 8 keeps the product up to date and delivers important new tools to the advanced Mac user.

*** Mac Virtualization: VMware And Parallels Side By Side
<http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9011579&source=rss_topic123>
Ryan Faas, Computerworld

*** Finesse Your Files: Use Shortcuts, Launchers To Get Things Done
<http://www.macworld.com/2007/02/features/clutter1/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Joe Kissell, Macworld

The first step in reducing clutter is to devise a system for managing the files you create and download. How extensive this system needs to be will depend on your organizational strategy.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Jury Is Still Out On E-Books
<http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070220/NEWS05/702200320/1064/NEWS05>
Gannett News Service

While publishers are making progress, efforts to digitize the book publishing business by offering electronic books and research materials on an even broader scale have been hampered by the lack of an ideal device to display the written word as conveniently as the iPod plays music.

*** Can Local, Vertical Search Get Bigger Than Google?
<http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070220-8889.html>
Nate Anderson, Ars Technica

Every few months, someone wonders aloud whether local and vertical search providers will one day kill off Google. These companies offer specialized searches within sepcific locations or industries; if targeted search results are what you seek, these may provide better answers than a general query.

MyAppleMenu Reader
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The other things in life

[Life]

*** Autumn And The Plot Against Me
<http://www.vanityfair.com/ontheweb/features/2007/02/autumn200702?printable=true&currentPage=all>
Nick Tosches, Vanity Fair

By now I know the name of this particular wallpaper or background or whatever it is: Autumn. Moving to the desk and gazing more closely, I see a vague, dark, summoning something at the end of the path. A cabin? A covered bridge? A barn? I want to be there, for real, on that path, under those maples, moving slowly toward that dark, summoning something.

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[News]

*** Returning Singaporeans Cause Massive Congestion At Causeway
<http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/state_news/news.php?id=247807&cat=st>
Bernama

Singaporeans returning home after spending their Chinese New Year holidays in Malaysia caused the causeway linking here and the island to be heavily congested Tuesday.

[Opinion]

*** Censational!
<http://lastboy2005.blogspot.com/2007/02/censational.html>
Ng Yi-Sheng, The Paradise Of Flowers And Fruit

In 2006, us artists and activists really got shafted.