[MyAppleMenu] Mar 21, 2007

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Robbers Relish iPod Craze
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/03/21/MNGRUOOVAA1.DTL>
John Cote, San Francisco Chronicles

The iPod is seemingly everywhere, signature white cords dangling from the ears of riders on buses, students at schools and people walking down the sidewalk. The digital music players' appeal has also spread among a less desirable element -- thieves.

*** Google Joins Apple In Race To Launch Mobiles In Europe
<http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,2038761,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=12>
Richard Wray, The Guardian

Several leading European mobile phone companies are being courted by Apple and Google as the American technology giants look to bring their own mobile phones to European consumers.

*** Apple's Safari Team Works For Future Of The Web
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&newsID=17559>
Jonny Evans, Macworld UK

Apple has joined leading Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C) standards body, the HTML Working Gruop.

*** Renee Mancino: What Happens In Vegas Stays On Her Mac
<http://www.apple.com/business/profiles/mancino/?sr=hotnews.rss>
Nancy Eaton, Apple

For her casework, Mancino says the number of hours she saves using Macs instead of a traditional manual legal system -- and the productivity gained as a result -- is staggering.

*** Myst Online: Uru Live Launches For Mac
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/news/story.php?ID=14832>
Tuncer Deniz, Inside Mac Games

*** Apple Finally Gets Around To Sending NAB Invitations
<http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2007/03/20/apple-finally-gets-around-to-sending-nab-invitations>
Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica

The invite text doesn't present any new information, and confirms most of what we already know: "Lights Camera. *Apple Logo*"

*** Analyst: Mac Sales Down, But Above Estimates
<http://www.macobserver.com/stockwatch/2007/03/20.1.shtml>
Jeff Gamet, Mac Observer

Based on information provided by 20 Apple Specialist Resellers, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster estimates that Mac sales are down only slightly compared to the December 2006 quarter. THose numbers mean that Apple may beat analyst estimates of 1.45 million Macs sales for the quarter.

[Opinion]

*** Ten Reasons Why You Should Buy A Mac
<http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/03/21/ten_reasons_to_buy_a_mac/>
Tony Smith, Reg Hardware

Time to reconsider the once expensive, always stylish, now Unix-based Mac platform? We say yes.

*** Revisiting My Leopard Speculation
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/2007/03/leopardredux/index.php>
Philip Michaels, Macworld

Me, I'm sticking with my June prediction.

*** George Ou Goes All-In On Dave Maynor's WiFi Findings
<http://www.matasano.com/log/730/george-ou-goes-all-in-on-dave-maynors-wifi-findings/>
Matasano Chargen

George, you've directly accused Apple of unethical behavior. You might be right. But making this accusation ups the stakes. I call. Show your cards.

*** QuickTime And Apple TV
<http://playlistmag.com/weblogs/ipodblog/2007/03/atatv/index.php>
Christopher Breen, Playlist

Cool, yes? Yesss... but it's no speed demon.

*** 5 Reasons Why Apple TV Rules, 5 Reasons Why It Sucks
<http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/03/so_apple_tv_is_.html>
Rob Beschizza, Wired News

[Review]

*** Struggling Between Firefox And Safari
<http://www.jaanuskase.com/en/2007/03/struggling_between_firefox_and.html>
Jaanus On The Internet

*** Frenzic: Casual Puzzle Game Is Beguilingly Simple, Addictive
<http://www.macworld.com/2007/03/reviews/frenzic/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Peter Cohen, Macworld

A well-presented and addictive puzzle action game, Frenzic will have you twitching spasmodically in no time.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Google's Next-Gen Of Sneakernet
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,73007-0.html>
Cyrus Farivar, Wired News

How do you get 120 terabytes of data -- the equivalent of 123,000 iPod shuffles (roughly 30 million songs) -- from A to B?

*** Does Everything Have To Be Web 2.0?
<http://gigaom.com/2007/03/20/does-everything-have-to-be-web-20/>
Om Malik, GigaOM

Web 2.0 might have jumped the shark -- that is not exctly what Peter Rip says, but that is the essence of his argument: Web 2.0 has gone mainstream, and the innovation around it is scuffling.

*** Looking Bacdk At Three Years Of Web 2.0 Investing
<http://blog.softtechvc.com/2007/03/looking_back_at.html>
Jeff Calvier, Software Only

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The other things in life

[World]

*** A Well Of Pain
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/19/AR2007031901559.html?nav=most_emailed>
Lynne Duke, Washington Post

Their water was poisoned by chemicals. Was their treatment poisoned by racism?

[Tech & Science]

*** Scientists Finds The Beginning Of Morality In Primate Behavior
<http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/20/science/20moral.html?ex=1332043200&en=84f902d5855a9173&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
Nicholas Wade, New York Times

Dr Frans de Waal argues that human morality would be impossible without certain emotional building blocks that are clearly at work in chimp and monkey societies.

*** Snowflakes As Big As Frisbees?
<http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/20/science/20snow.html?ei=5090&en=e4ff464e8a459338&ex=1332043200&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=all>
William J. Broad, New York Times

Now,t heorists, weather historians and field observers are concluding that most of the reports ar etrue and that unusually large snowflakes two to six inches wide and perhaps wider fall regularly around the globe, suprisingly big and fluffy, if seldom witnessed or celebrated.

[Life]

*** Queens Of The Stone Age
<http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2007/03/21/cavewoman/>
Laura Miller, Salon

Have scholars given the cavewoman a more passive image than she deserves?

*** Inside Japan's Puzzle Palace
<http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/21/business/worldbusiness/21sudoku.html?ex=1332129600&en=cbaf49416c2aa52c&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
Martin Fackler, New York Times

Will there be another puzzle craze after sudoku? If so, chances are it will spring from a Japanese company called Nikoli, run by the self-proclaimed godfather of sudoku, Maki Kaji.

*** Sing Bodies Eclectic
<http://www.bookforum.com/Warn.html>
Emily Warn, BookForum

How do poets write in a culture enamored of both media spectacle (the Super Bowl, American Idol, a televised war) and unmediated individual expression -- YouTube, MySpace, and blogs?

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[News]

*** Singapore's Raffles Hotel Hits 120 Years
<http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=255992>
Associated Press

Traditions stand strong at Singapore's legendary Raffles Hotel, which began a year of celebrations on Wednesday to mark its 120th anniversary with a tour by the resident historian and the cutting of a large white birthday cake.

*** Thai Police Chief Says Shin Sale Broke Law
<http://news.asiaone.com.sg/st/st_20070321_102713.html>
Nirmal Ghosh, Straits Times

Thai police believe they have enough evidence to show that Singapore investment company Temasek Holdings broke the law when it acquired telco giant Shin Corp. They expect to have the case wrapped up and sent to the prosecutors within two months, police chief Sereepisut Taemeeyaves said yesterday.

*** Singapore And Malaysia's Johor - So Near, Yet So Far
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/20/AR2007032001287.html>
Clarence Fernandez, Washington Post

Like rival sisters embittered because one has good looks and money while the other lost out, wealthy Sinapore and Malaysia's underdeveloped state of Johor jostle in an uneasy relationship.

*** Singapore's Shocking Tobacco Ads
<http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=117570>
DPA

A diseased tongue fills the television screen before the camera depicts decaying teeth and sore lips in a new drive launched on Wednesday to shock smokers in Singapore into quitting.

*** Singapore Shrinking
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/178572.asp>
Jasmine Yin, Today

With alarmingly fewer babies and more elderly, UN paints a stark picture for Singapore.

[Opinion]

*** Of Scholars And Bonds
<http://aaron-ng.info/blog/of-scholars-and-bonds.html>
Aaron Ng, Hear Ye! Hear Ye!

Barring extenuating circumstances, I don't think it is right for a scholar to break a bond.

*** Evaluating Reliability
<http://jeffyen.blogspot.com/2007/03/evaluating-reliability.html>
Jeffrey Yen

Seriously, the unnecessary editing boggles my mind!

*** Trying To Gross Us Out Some More
<http://singapore.metblogs.com/archives/2007/03/trying_to_gross_us_out_some_mo.phtml>
Metroblogging Singapore

I'm not surprised that the anti-smoking campaign is sticking with the scare tactic, but does it work with the 12 per cent or so of Singaporeans who smoke?

*** Things That I Thought About
<http://underthelaureltree.blogspot.com/2007_03_01_archive.html#1340517993712266822>
Under The Laurel Tree

The person on the line scoffed and said that this was the way things go. If I'm not happy, someone else will be willing to lie about being a top-grade A level student.

*** Save Our Heritage
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/178558.asp>
Tan Swee Huang, Today

Are these buildings less precious than trees?

*** Shame That Government Does Not Provide Alternative Land For Foreign Workers To Hang Out
<http://www.straitstimes.com/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=f832758920e39010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:0434a1ca83e61110VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD>
Denis Distant, Straits Times