[MyAppleMenu] Mar 20, 2007

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Bracing For The iPhone
<http://www.forbes.com/2007/03/09/iphone-google-palm-tech-wireless-cx_bc_0309phone.html&partner=rss>
Brian Caulfield, Forbes

Everyone from Palm to Google looks to stock up on ammo before the new iPod/cellphone combination hits the market in June.

*** Apple TV Ships In US/UK
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&newsID=17541>
Jonny Evans, Macworld

Apple has begun shipping the Apple TV in the US, with UK orders seemingly ready to roll.

*** MYOB To Focus More Resources On The Mac
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/03/19/myob/index.php>
Jim Darlymple, Macworld

"We are putting specific resources on the Mac and seeing how we can expand our Mac user base and how we can utilize new Mac OS technologies."

*** Apple Opens Doors By Running Windows
<http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB117434305484541932-Qk6u_iqhGAYZyULm_idLGj3jL5k_20070418.html?mod=tff_main_tff_top>
Nick Wingfield, Wall Street Journal

Helping Macs gain a bit of ground within the workplace are a growing aray of programs that let the machines run Windows or Windows applications on Macs with little loss of performance.

*** Apple Gives Glimpse Inside Leopard With WWDC Sessions
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/03/19/wwdc/index.php>
Jim Dalrymple, Macworld

As with past developer conferences the sessions are presented by Aple engineers that work on the technologies, so developers get first hand experience in making the technology work with their applications.

*** New QuickTime Exploit Hits MySpace, Steals Passwords
<http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9013702&source=macintouch>
Gregg Keizer, Computerworld

It exploits a flaw patched by Apple two weeks ago.

*** iPhone Generates $400 Million In Free Publicity For Apple
<http://www.psionplace.com/articles/2007/3/2007-3-19-iPhone-Generates-400.html>
James Alan Miller, Psionplace.com

With the iPhone Apple used all the weapons in its buzz-generating arsenal.

*** Apple TV Could Extend iPod Dominance: Analysts
<http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/story.aspx?guid=%7B734C94A3%2D71DC%2D4F2E%2D8F24%2D09CF5839966E%7D&dist=rss>
Rex Crum, MarketWatch

Because the iTunes customer base is nearly 10 times larger than the estimated 12 million active users of Media Center PCs, the Apple TV could be "a Trojan horse" that Apple can use to extend its dominance from portable digital players into the market for home media centers.

*** Power Manager 3.6 Improves AppleScript, Automator Support
<http://www.macobserver.com/article/2007/03/19.7.shtml>
Jeff Gamet, Mac Observer

*** SpamSieve 2.6 Adds Thunderbird Support
<http://www.macobserver.com/article/2007/03/19.9.shtml>
John Martellaro, Mac Observer

*** Spinning With DJ Scotty Boy
<http://www.apple.com/hotnews/articles/2006/12/djscottyboy/?sr=hotnews.rss>
Dustin Driver, Apple

"It's all real exciting and I'm looking forward to making more and more music with my Mac."

[Opinion]

*** How Apple Orchestrated Web Attack On Researchers
<http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=451>
George Ou, ZDNet

*** Managing The Podosphere
<http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/03/20/managing-the-podosphere/>
Dave Slusher, Evil Genius Chronicles

Our days are already full of legitimate things to worry about, so why find worries in your recreation?

*** One Size Aggregator Doesn't Fit All
<http://www.longtail.com/the_long_tail/2007/03/one_size_aggreg.html>
Chris Anderson, The Long Tail

Amazon's listing is customized for classical music, while iTunes isn't. However, neigther of them does a very good job with Jazz.

*** Apple Of Our Eye: Macs Save Money
<http://www.wired.com/news/columns/0,73005-0.html?tw=rss.index>
Leander Kahney, Wired News

Recently, people have been saying the stragnest things about Apple and the Mac. Everything is topsy-turvy. Pundits aren't trotting out the old conventional wisdoms any more. They're saying odd stuff, like Macs are good for business; Macs can save money; and that Apple's stock -- at $90 a share -- is a bargain.

*** You're Too Late: Hideous iPhone Painting Sells For $410
<http://blog.wired.com/cultofmac/2007/03/youre_too_late_.html>
Pete Mortensen, Wired News

*** Why Apple Should Acquire Adobe
<http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/03/19/why-apple-should-acquire-adobe/>
Jeff Nolan

If there are two companies that beter make "a couple" than Adobe and Apple I sure can't think of them.

*** Why Apple Should Not Acquire Adobe
<http://baron.vc/why-apple-should-not-acquire-adobe/>
Baron VC

If Apple acquires Adobe or any large software company, they're in for a nasty surprise and a rocky road ahead.

*** The Ultimate Mac Setups
<http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/feature-the-ultimate-mac-setups>
TechEBlog

If you've got the gear, why not flaunt it? These setups range from beautiful to ust flat out crazy -- as in money spent.

*** MacBook It Is
<http://www.jonholato.com/blog/2007/03/19/macbook-it-is/>
Jon Holato

Apple kept the store open for us, showed exemplary customer service while we were in the store, and had a quick and easy checkout process. It was nice to actually be trated decently at a retailer, any retailer.

*** How Apple TV Differentiates Itself From Other Players
<http://weblogs.jupiterresearch.com/analysts/gartenberg/archives/2007/03/how_apple_tv_di.html>
Michael Gartenberg, Jupiter Research

No doubt, Apple didn't invent this category of device but they did focus on five areas that makes what they've done stand out among the other players on the market.

*** Prediction: Apple TV Will Never Be A DVR
<http://www.applegazette.com/appletv/prediction-appletv-will-never-be-a-dvr/>
AppleGazette

It seems very clear to me that the point of Apple TV is to sell more iTunes content. Nothing more, nothing less.

*** Maybe $500 Isn't Too Much For A Phone, After All
<http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2007/03/maybe_500_isnt.html>
Eric Zeman, InformationWeek

When full retail prices are considered, suddenly that $500 price tag on the iPhone isn't all that high.

*** Sort Fields In iTunes 7.1
<http://blech.vox.com/library/post/sort-fields-in-itunes-71.html>
Paul Mison

One of the key new features in iTunes 7.1, which came out earlier this week, is "enhanced sort options." What does that mean? Why would you want such a thing? How do you use them?

*** Updating Prebinding Is Dangerous
<http://www.macuser.com/troubleshooting/updating_prebinding_is_dangero.php?lsrc=murss>
Derik DeLong, MacUser

In fact, just to be safe, I'll do you one better, don't do anything while the update is running.

[Review]

*** DoorStop X Security Suite 2.0: Firewall Applications Secure Your Mac And Enhance Your Knowledge
<http://www.macworld.com/2007/03/reviews/doorstop2/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Jeffery Battersby, Macworld

The efficient software, coupled with the suite's educational components, make DoorStop X Security Suite an excellent way to secure your Mac -- and learn valuable information at the same time.

[Sidetrack]

*** What's In Common?
Heng-Cheong Leong

We are not a monopoly! Some kid in a garage can re-create an entire operating system that is much better than ours, and we'd be out of business in a heartbeat!

1 Billion Dollars! That's how much we are losing money on. If this has never happened, all the people deprived of our daily comedy schtick will sign up for cable television and pay us one billion dollars!

You know, terrorists can do anything and everything just to win! Therefore, we should ban anything <http://www.boingboing.net/2007/03/19/fbi_terrorists_might.html> and everything!

*** Breakout 2!
Heng-Cheong Leong

Let's see Woz and Steve program this game <http://www.boingboing.net/2007/03/19/fbi_terrorists_might.html>. :-)

[Wintel]

*** Windows Vista: More Than Just A Pretty Face
<http://arstechnica.com/reviews/os/pretty-vista.ars>
Peter Bright, Ars Technica

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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Magazine Publishers See Future, But No Profit, In Shift To Internet
<http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/03/18/yourmoney/mags.php>
Kevin J. O'Brien, International Herald Tribune

After years of denying that online rivals posed a threat, some publishers said they were now following strategies to transform or defend their traditional print businesses.

*** Gosling Looks Down Sun's Open Road
<http://news.com.com/2008-7344_3-6168505.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news>
Sylvia Carr, CNET News.com

Openness breeds trust -- and more secure software.

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The other things in life

[World]

*** What The Bard And Lear Can Tell A Leader About Yes Men
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/18/AR2007031801236.html?nav=most_emailed>
Shankar Vedantam, Washington Post

Psychological experiments show that nearly everyone is susceptible to the lure of ignoring criticism. We are innately drawn to those who admire us and agree with us, and inclined to dislike the people who criticize us. There are two important differences, however, between ordinary people and the powerful.

[Life]

*** Hear Me Breathe
<http://www.slate.com/id/2162178/fr/rss/>
Thomas Beller, Slate

The peculiar pleasure of earplugs.

*** Turns Out 2007's The Year Of The Writer-Director
<http://www.calendarlive.com/printedition/calendar/cl-ca-writers18mar18,0,136016.story?coll=cl-calendar>
Rachel Abramowitz, Los Angeles Times

Almost since the beginning of Hollywood have written themselves into becoming directors. What's changed is the number of opportunities available in the form of billionaires and quasi-billionaires eager to take a chance on proven names who want to direct.

[Expressions]

*** Second Coming
<http://www.slate.com/id/2158516/fr/rss/>
Ellen Wehle, Slate

*** The Death Of The Painter
<http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/poetry/2007/03/26/070326po_poem_arthur>
James Arthur, New Yorker

*** The Museum Of Stones
<http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/poetry/2007/03/26/070326po_poem_forche>
Carolyn Forche, New Yorker

*** Playdate
<http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/features/2007/03/26/070326fi_fiction_walbert>
Kate Walbert, New Yorker

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Life in the city

[Ramblings]

*** Singapore Dreaming In U.S.
Heng-Cheong Leong

Colin Goh and Yen Yen Woo <http://www.colinandyenyen.com/wordpress/2007/03/19/confirmed-dates-for-singapore-dreaming-us-premieres/> tell us that their film, Singapore Dreaming, will be playing at both the Philadelphia International Film Festival and San Francisco International Film Festival in April. If you are there, you might want to consider catching the film that had made waves on the Singapore's blogosphere.

[News]

*** S$400m To Be Spent To Transform Old Buildings Into National Art Gallery
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/265184/1/.html>
Hasnita A Majid, Channel NewsAsia

Up to S$400 million will be spent to transform two of Singapore's oldest buidlings -- the former Supreme Court and City Hall -- into the National Art Gallery.

*** Singapore's Caning Effective But Spoils Country's Image
<http://news.chinatimes.com/2007Cti/2007Cti-News/2007Cti-News-Content/0,4521,130504+132007032001496,00.html>
China Times

*** Singapore To Scrap Anti-Obesity Program
<http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070320/ap_on_he_me/singapore_obese_kids_1>
Associated Press

Singapore plans to end its anti-obesity program in schools, the education ministry said, after parents complained that overneight children were being singled out and teased by classmates.

*** Online Squatters Kicked Off .sg Sites
<http://asiamedia.ucla.edu/article-southeastasia.asp?parentid=66049>
Melissa Sim, Straits Times

*** You Litter You Pay-Big-Time
<http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/070318/26litter.htm>
Elizabeth Weiss Green, US News

When Singaproe residents call their hometown a "fine city," they're not bragging about their looks.

*** Bearding The Lion City
<http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=425&Itemid=31>
John Berthelsen, Asia Sentinel

Not willing to be deterred, Chee Soon Juan, the oft-jailed head of the beleaguered opposition Singapore Democratic Party, is daring the International Bar Association to take on the Singapore government in its own country when the association holds its annual conference in Singapore in October.

[Opinion]

*** My First POSB
<http://timesofmylife.wordpress.com/2007/03/09/my-first-posb/>
Times Of My Life

We students in the primary school were encouraged to start a Saving Account by "Buying and Pasting Stamps."

*** Toronto Singapore Film Festival
<http://www.motherwarrior.org/viogger/wordpress/?p=110>
Motherwarrior.com

Most of the films were either a Hollywood or a Wong Ka Wai wannabe film and failed to bring out the "Singapore" essence.

*** Statistics Don't Back Library Closures
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/178319.asp>
Irving Tjin, Today

Why shut down Community Children's Libraries when National Library Board's annual reports show a rising trend in their usage?

*** Changi Must Learn To Excite
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/178315.asp>
Liang Dingzi, Today

The danger of living in past glory is in taking the future for granted.

*** Quality Of Life Is More Than Material Wellbeing: GDP As An Incomplete Measure Of Singapore's Development
<http://kukupopz.blogspot.com/2007/03/quality-of-life-is-more-than-material.html>
KuKu PoPz

Just because the economy is doing well, doesn't mean the quality of your life is improving.