[MyAppleMenu] Jan 28, 2007

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Apple Technology Featured In Big Apple Hotel
<http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2007/01/travel_ipod_big_apple.html>
Dan Schlossberg, ConsumerAffairs.com

Outfitting hotel rooms with 21st century technology is one way to stay ahead of the competition, judging by new developments at the Westin New York at Times Square.

*** Windows Vista On A Mac Now On Sale
<http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Computing/Software?Article=/Computing/Software/U8J9U7H5>
David Richards, Smarthouse

Apple resellers are set to launch a marketing campaign urging consumers to buy a Mac with an Intel Duo Core processor over a traditional PC to run their new Vista operating system.

[Opinion]

*** Apple Is About The Mac
<http://theocacao.com/document.page/416>
Theocacao

Apple would never be content being relegated to specialized devices. Computing is in their blood.

*** iSight. Something I Wish Apple Would Make Again
<http://www.applexnet.com/node/592>
AppleXnet

What is up?

*** Life, MPEG Streamclip, QuickTime And All That...
<http://www.oreillynet.com/mac/blog/2007/01/life_mpeg_streamclip_quicktime.html>
Eric Sadun, O'Reilly Network

I'm really hoping that the upcoming versions of QuickTime and iTunes hinted at in the AppleTV spec offer better video conversion and syncing capabilities to take better advantage of homebrew video resolution.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Can Microsoft Thrive In A New Digital Era?
<http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/28/business/yourmoney/28ballmer.html?ex=1327640400&en=e8d7623d70e72ca8&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
Steve Lohr, New York Times

In the Ballmerian world view, failure is not an option. "If we don't get it right at first, we'll just keep coming and coming and coming and coming," he says.

*** Artificial Intelligence: Winning Ways
<http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=8585017>
The Economist

Computers have started to outperform humans in games they used to lose.

*** Awaiting The Day When Everyone Writes Software
<http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/28/business/yourmoney/28slip.html?ex=1327640400&en=d2d098d765b27104&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
Jason Pontin, New York Times

Charles Simonyi, the chief executive of Intentional Software, a start-up in Bellevue, Washin., believes that there is another way. He wants to overthrow conventional coding for something he calls "intentional programming," in which programmers would talk to machines as little as possible. Instead, they would concentrate on capturing the intentions of computer users.

MyAppleMenu Reader
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The other things in life

[Tech & Science]

*** Too Clever By Half
<http://www.theage.com.au/news/in-depth/too-clever-by-half/2007/01/26/1169594479241.html>
Michael Lallo, The Age

Our minds don't always act in our best interests. Ever wondered why we fret over obscure risks and ignore real dangers? Or why we search for happiness in all the wrong places? Fortunately, researchers are beginning to expose the tricks our brains play on us.

[Life]

*** Unhappy Meals
<http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/28/magazine/28nutritionism.t.html?ex=1327640400&en=7c85a1c254546157&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
Michael Pollan, New York Times

Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants. That, more or less, is the short answer to the supposedly incredibly complicated and confusing questions of what we humans should eat in order to be maximally healthy. I hate to give away the game right here at the beginning of a long essay, and I confess that I'm tempted to complicate matters in the interest of keeping things going for a few thousand more words.

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[News]

*** Singapore Breaks 'ASEAN Code' By Hosting Thaksin
<http://ipsnews.net/print.asp?idnews=36321>
Marwaan Macan-Markar, IPS

By hosting ousted Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, the Singapore government has violated an unwritten code followed by ASEAN countries not to entertain opposition figures or political dissidents from member states.

*** Singapore Zoo Undergoing Change Into A Rainforest Zoo
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/255209/1/.html>
David Teo, Channel NewsAsia

Now, it wants to be the most beautiful rainforest zoo in the world.

*** Nigerians React Angrily To Execution Of Nigerian In Singapore
<http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-01-27-voa21.cfm>
Gilbert da Costa, Voice Of America

Singapore's execution of a Nigerian convicted of a drug trafficking has provoked some angry reactions in Nigeria. Nigerians are particularly upset that even their president's intervnetion could not save the young Nigerian.