[MyAppleMenu] Dec 5, 2004

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MyAppleMenu
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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Preaching Beyond The Mac Faithful
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/12/05/BUGUNA46SB48.DTL>
Benny Evangelista, San Franciso Chronicle

iPod phenomenon could have halo effect on Apple's Mac products.

*** Let Buyers Be Wherever
<http://www.iht.com/articles/2004/12/03/business/ptend04.html>
Victoria Shannon, International Herald Tribune

The G5 iMacs sold in the United States and Japan are one voltage only. Those sold in Europe and elsewhere can run on either 100-110 volt or 220-240 volt electricity.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Generation Raised With Internet Grows Up
<http://www.latimes.com/technology/ats-ap_technology10dec04,1,7498969.story?coll=sns-ap-toptechnology>
Martha Irvine, Associated Press

*** College Life 2.0
<http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6596310/site/newsweek/>
Alexander Rafael and Emily Anderson, Newsweek

The rapidly accelerating pace of technological innovation has transformed life on college campuses from one generation to the next. Universities in 2005 will operate in a radically different way than they did just five years ago.

MyAppleMenu Reader
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The other things in life

[World]

*** A Long March From Maoism To Microsoft
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/05/business/yourmoney/05mao.html?ex=1259902800&#38;en=2e750688611938ac&%2338;ei=5088&%2338;partner=rssnyt>
Gary Rivlin, New York Times

The metamorphosis of a Communist Party expatriate to business consultant mirrors China's shift from a closed-door state to a freewheeling money-making society.

[Life]

*** Lift Every Voice: PoliCasting On The Rise
<http://www.personaldemocracy.com/node/178>
David Weinberger, Personal Democracy Forum

Podcasting rocks. Podcasting is fun. Podcasting is important enough that it will affect politics and democracy in unexpected ways. It could, in fact, turn out to be huge... but first it needs one more genius.

*** The King And I
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/05/opinion/05martin.html?oref=login&ex=1259989200&>
Steve Martin, New York Times

It is fitting that so many major news organizations have asked me to herald the coming to the United States of the artifacts from King Tut's tomb. After all, I'm the one who wrote the silly song about him.

*** The Supreme Beginner
<http://www.latimes.com/features/printedition/magazine/la-tm-fisher49dec05,1,3374889.story?coll=la-headlines-magazine>
David Feige, Los Angeles Times

Most attorneys work their entire careers without appearing before the U.S. Supreme Court. Jeffrey Fisher won two cases before the high court this year at the unheard-of age of 33.

*** In Search Of Lost Time
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/05/magazine/05MEMORY.html>
Cathryn Jakobson Ramin, New York Times

Why, as I edge toward the end of my 40's, has so much of what I know become impssobile to access on demand? Where are the thoughts that spring forth in the shower but evanesce before they can be recorded, the mental lists that shed items on the way to the supermarket?

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[News]

*** Singapore Moots Pre-Marriage HIV Test
<http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=633060>
Reuters

Couples in Singapore may face mandatory HIV tests before marrying, Singapore media report, a week after the government said all pregnant women would be screened for HIV/AIDS to stem a rise in new infections.

*** 2-Year-Delay For Stage 1 Of Circle Line
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/sub/news/story/0,5562,288848,00.html?>
Li Xueying, Straits Times

Transport Minister Yeo Cheow Tong announced the delay when he spoke to the media yesterday at the reopening of the Nicoll Highway.