[MyAppleMenu] Mar 16, 2007

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Muscling In On The Mobile Market
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6455965.stm>
Mark Ward, BBC News

Competition in the mobile world suggests that may be a tough act to follow.

*** Apple Releases iPod Reset Utility 1.0... Again?
<http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20070315151152708>
MacFixIt

Though it is not explicitly stated, this 1.0 release apparently supersedes the original 1.0 and 1.0.1 iPod shuffle reset utility versions.

*** Can't Get Out Of Your Wireless Contract In Time For The iPhone? Consider Transferring It To Someone Else
<http://www.computerworld.com/blogs/node/5189>
Ryan Faas, Computerworld

Web-based services Cell Swapper and Celltrade offer match-making services for transferring service agreements.

*** Apple's Hard Drive
<http://www.newtimesslo.com/index.php?p=showarticle&id=2340>
Patrick Howe, San Luis Obispo County New Times

As san Luis Obispo's downtown continues a morph into malldom, a local business girds for change.

*** Solution Providers Pumped Up About Apple TV
<http://www.crn.com/digital-home/198001055>
Steven Burke, CRN

Solution providers say they expect Apple TV, which is set to ship next week, to be a hot seller in the burgeoning digital home market.

*** A Chat With Nobi
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2007/03/13/a-chat-with-nobi.html>
MacDevCenter.com

For insights on current Macintosh and other high-tech goings-on in Japan, who better to talk to than a journalist covering the scene there? At this year's Macworld Expo in San Francisco, I sat down with Nobuyuki Hayashi, known to friends and colleagues as "Nobi," to do just that.

*** iTunes 7.1: Finally Supports Full Keyboard Access
<http://www.betalogue.com/2007/03/15/itunes-71-finally-supports-full-keyboard-access/>
Pierre Igot, Betalogue

As of version 7.1, you can now use the Tab key to cycle through all available UI controls in iTunes's dialog boxes.

*** Pennsylvania University Pulls PC Plug, Goes All-Mac
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/03/15/wilkes/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Gregg Keizer, Computerworld

Wilkes University announced Wednesday that it has pulled the plug on PCs in favor of Macs, saying the move -- which actually began last year -- will save the Pennsylvania liberal arts college more than US$150,000 while still letting students and faculty continue to run Windows applications.

[Opinion]

*** Notebook Screens: Matte Vs Glossy And MacBook Pro Vs MacBook Screen
<http://thejavajive.com/blog/?p=605>
Javajive

When you spend absurd amounts of time with computers and photo editing software, things like screens become paramount in importance.

*** Apple Keeps Its Shine
<http://www.thestreet.com/_googlen/newsanalysis/investing/10344789.html?cm_ven=GOOGLEN&cm_cat=FREE&cm_ite=NA>
Jon D. Markman, TheStreet.com

If you have ever kicked yourself for not buying Apple four years ago when you bought your first iPod, you should go for it now during this market weakness.

*** Macintosh Surge: Three Reasons More People Are Moving To Macs
<http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/sbt/2007/0312smbtech1.html>
James E. Gaskin, Network World

I've identified three primary reasons for the surge in Mac deployments: lower costs, Intel chips, and web applications.

*** iTunes And Artwork
<http://playlistmag.com/weblogs/ipodblog/2007/03/itunesartwork/index.php>
Christopher Breen, Playlist

Album artwork is no longer embedded in files but, instead, placed in a labyrinth of artwork folders.

*** Apple Rolls Out A Bright iFuture
<http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/SuperModels/AppleRollsOutABrightiFuture.aspx>
Jon Markman, MSN Money

The company's amazing transformation continues with a series of big surprises beginning in the next 30 days. They could make it the tech world's undisputed leader. I think shares will double again by 2010.

[Sidetrack]

*** Rumor Today: Shuffle In A New Season
Heng-Cheong Leong

From Gizmodo <http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/portable-media/rumor-spring-color-ipod-shuffles-coming-244551.php>, more colors coming soon for your iPod shuffle.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** SCO Chairman Wants Congress To Make Port 80 Porn-Free
<http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070315-sco-chairman-wants-congress-to-make-port-80-porn-free.html>
Nate Anderson, Ars Technica

*** Can 'Visits' Replace Pageviews?
<http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3625246>
Kevin Newcomb, ClickZ

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The other things in life

[World]

*** The Trouble With Loyalty
<http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/pnoonan/?id=110009790>
Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal

In politics, ideas are more important than people -- or at least they should be.

[Life]

*** You've Read The Novels (Now Read The Footnotes)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/16/books/16anno.html?_r=2&ref=arts&oref=slogin&oref=slogin>
William Grimes, New York Times

Annotated editions and period guides are not necessary to grasp the drama of classic literature, but they can enrich one's reading.

*** Scrap The Greenback!
<http://www.slate.com/id/2161901/fr/rss/>
Christopher Bonanos, Slate

It's time to get rid of the dollar bill.

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[Ramblings]

*** Paging For Station Control. Paging For Station Control.
Heng-Cheong Leong

Can someone kindly inform those folks at Raffles Place MRT <http://blog.codefront.net/2007/03/16/a-singapore-mrt-wtf/> that they have to press "Y" for the reboot to succeed?

Thank you.

[News]

*** Singapore, Indonesia To Step Up Extradition Talks
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/264395/1/.html>
AFP

Singapore and Indonesia have agreed to set a date for ministers and military officials to discuss an exradition treaty and defence cooperation pact, the Singapore ministry of foreign affairs said.

*** Film Teachers In Singapore May Soon Be Able To Copy Movie Clips
<http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/40838.html>
Earth Times

Teachers of media and film studies are likely to receive approval to lift video clips from VCDs and DVDs for their lessons without breaking Singapore's copyright laws, the Intellectual Property Office said in a published report on Friday.

*** 52% Of Jobs For Singaporeans, PRs
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/177640.asp>
Loh Chee Kong, Today

A record number of jobs -- exceeding earlier estimates -- were created last year, with slightly less than half of the new positions going to foreigners.

*** Keep The Noise Down!
<http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=8&theme=&usrsess=1&id=149871>
Straits Times

Throbbing nightclub music and noisy crowds are keeping non-revellers seething and sleepless, from inner-city dwellers to people escaping for what they thought would be a quiet weekend at a Sentosa hotel.

*** Outgoing A*Star Chief Philip Yeo Defends Biomedical Focus
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/264252/1/.html>
Daryl Loo, Channel NewsAsia

Quoting minister mentor Lee Kuan Yew, Mr Yeo said that Singapore has to get the most out of the significant investments -- in time and resources -- put into biomedical sciences.

[Opinion]

*** Singapore And Its Causeway
<http://erikblg.blogspot.com/2006/12/first-blog-singapore-and-its-causeway.html>
Erik

Singapore would lose much of the heavy-handed control over its residents, native or foreign, if these residents decided to take advantage of hte cheap housing across the causeway.

*** The Smart Aleck City
<http://twostepsfromtwilight.wordpress.com/2007/03/16/the-smart-aleck-city/>
Two Steps From Twilight

Why everybody likes to hate Singapore.

*** Let Temasek Act Like Singapore Inc, Without Apology
<http://www.straitstimes.com/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=6fadbe120b93a010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:709c5c988c651110VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD>
Janadas Devan, Straits Times

If Temasek is going to be perceived as Singapore Inc whatever it does, why not act like Singapore Inc? Forget what foreign critics say, and use without apology all the Singapore Government's resources before embarking on politically sensitive deals.

*** There Is No Point For Singapore To Stay In Asean If It Is Unappreciated
<http://www.straitstimes.com/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=f832758920e39010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:f392614681451110VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD>
Cyrus Mok, Straits Times

Asean solidarity is a misnomer.