[MyAppleMenu] Dec 8, 2004

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Mac news for Mac people

[Top Stories]

*** Macs Find Way Onto University Roll Calls
<http://www.asahi.com/english/business/TKY200412080123.html>
Asahi Shimbun

One after another, schools are switching to Macs from Windows-based computers, including the University of Tokyo, which did so in spring.

[News]

*** Indie Execs In Own 'Band'
<http://www.nypost.com/business/21125.htm>
Tim Arango, New York Post

The largest U.S. independent record labels are banding together to form a trade association that will help them get better prices from online music services, The Post has learned.

*** One Day iPod Will Save A Life
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=10357&Page=1&pagePos=3>
Neil Versel, Macworld UK

Apple's iPod continues its travels as plat-de-jour in multiple industries, with a combined US and Swiss radiologists demonstrating how their Mac-based open-source medical imaging software, OsinX, can merge information from multiple imaging modalities into a single presentation.

*** eBay Negative On Negativland iPod
<http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,65959,00.html?tw=rss.TOP>
Katie Dean, Wired News

eBay removed a modified U2 iPod frm its auctions Monday after Apple compalined of copyright violations, to the wonder of several intellectual-property attorneys.

*** The Picture Of Devotion
<http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,65957,00.html?tw=rss.TOP>
Leander Kahney, Wired News

John Charlton is a Newton fanatic and a fanatic photographer who has combined his passions to produce a series of fantastic Newton photographs.

*** Could Apple Blow Its iPod Lead?
<http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/dec2004/tc2004127_7607_tc185.htm>
Sarah Lacy, BusinessWeek

Rivals are stalking its consumer-electronics star, and history shows its strategy still has old weaknesses. But catching Apple won't be easy.

*** Hardware Today: Apple Server Snapshot
<http://www.serverwatch.com/hreviews/article.php/3444191>
Drew Robb, Server Watch

In terms of usability, Xserve is the easiest Unix-based server to get up and running.

*** iPod My Photo
<http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000240022831/>
Peter Rojas, Engadget

Send them in a photo and for twenty bucks, pick the background color and caption, and they'll photoshop it or something or other to make it look like one of those iconic, ubiquitous iPod ads.

*** Apple Macintosh Installed Base Set To Grow Again
<http://www.forbes.com/technology/2004/12/07/1207automarketscan05.html>
Forbes

*** Demand For Apple's iPod Brisk, But Forecasts Vary
<http://www.smartmoney.com/bn/ON/index.cfm?story=ON-20041207-000449-0847>
Mark Boslet, Dow Jones

The online music market is changing so rapidly that it is difficult to gauge whether today's devices will be in use three years from now -- or whether they will command even a quarter of the price they do today.

*** Sony To Take On iPod With PSP
<http://www.macminute.com/2004/12/07/sony-psp/>
MacMinute

Sony plans to take on Apple's iPod by getting the Playstation Portable in the hands of consumers as a gaming device and then use it to market music and video.

*** Parisian Hipsters Adore Le iMac
<http://wiredblogs.tripod.com/cultofmac/index.blog?entry_id=550980>
Leander Kahney, Cult Of Mac

A swanky Parisian boutique has devoted almost its entire window display to the iMac G5.

[Opinion]

*** Mac Enthusiast Sites Hosted On Linux, FreeBSD
<http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2004/12/07/mac_enthusiast_sites_hosted_on_linux_freebsd.html>
Netcraft

*** iPods Everywhere
<http://www.corante.com/apple/archives/2004/12/07/ipods_everywhere.php>
Sandy McMurray, Corante

The clever ad campaign that focuses on those white wires makes people see iPods everywhere, even when they're not there.

*** An Apple Rumor A Day
<http://news.com.com/An+Apple+rumor+a+day/2061-1016_3-5482136.html?part=rss&tag=5482136&subj=news.1016.20>
Scott Ard, CNET News.com

It' sinteresting to note that the reason Apple is apparently attractive is because it's hot. Conversely, in 1997, while in the throws of what appeared to be a death spiral, numerous reports had the company being acquired by an investor group cobbled together by Larry Ellison, Sun, or even IBM.

*** Will Analysts Stick With Apple This Time?
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2004/12/07/analysts/index.php/?lsrc=mcrss-1204>
MacJournals.com

[Review]

*** Homemade Dot-Mac: Remote Control
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/12/07/homemade_mac.html>
Alan Graham, O'Reilly Network

In this article I'll show you a free way to control your home computer from any location in the world, and I promise it is easy and painless.

*** Apple iBook G4
<http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=2123>
Jerry Cheung, Notebook Review

It's clear that Apple has done its homework and provided an affordable laptop with everything a student needs.

*** iPod And The Spoken Word
<http://blog.fastcompany.com/archives/2004/12/07/ipod_and_the_spoken_word.html>
Scott Kirsner, Fast Company

Some of the programs I've been enjoying [on the iPod] the most lately are free.

*** iPod Gift Week: Headphones & Speakers
<http://playlistmag.com/weblogs/todayatplaylist/2004/12/giftweekheadspeaks/index.php>
Dan Frakes, Playlist

[Sidetrack]

*** Attention, Photographers
Heng-Cheong Leong

Landis Bennett is looking for VR photographers <http://wiredblogs.tripod.com/cultofmac/index.blog?entry_id=550962> to participate in the World Wide Panorama project on the winter solstice.

*** FlashPod
Heng-Cheong Leong

I predict that as long as Apple still don't have a Flash-based iPod -- because the cost is too high and/or the capacity is too small -- there will always be Flash-based iPod rumors.

Anyhoo, here's the latest <http://www.i.themacmind.com/> -- with CG images.

[Wintel]

*** IBM Sells PC Group To Lenovo
<http://news.com.com/IBM+sells+PC+group+to+Lenovo/2100-1042_3-5482284.html?part=rss&tag=5482284&subj=news.1042.20>
Jon G Spooner and Michael Kanellos, CNET News.com

IBM will sell its PC division to China-based Lenovo and take a minority stake in the former rival in a deal valued at $1.75 billion, the companies announced Tuesday.

*** Michael Dell: IBM Deal A Dud
<http://news.com.com/Michael+Dell+IBM+deal+a+dud/2100-1042_3-5481714.html?part=rss&tag=5481714&subj=news.1042.20>
Stephen Shankland and Michael Kanellos, CNET News.com

A deal that would let China's Lenovo acquire IBM's PC unit would work about as well as other mergers in the industry, Michael Dell said -- that is, not well.

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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** What's Wrong With RSS Is Also What's Right With It
<http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-5482204.html>
David Berlind, ZDNet

This story is about us users just trying to get something to work.

*** Epson Eyes Electronic Paper
<http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,118850,00.asp>
Paul Kallender, IDG News Service

*** Young Consumers Pose Tech Challenges For Retailers
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1736647,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594>
Evan Schuman, eWeek

Running the technology operations for a billion-dollar retail clothing chain is difficult enough during the holidays, let alone if most of your customers are too young to get their own credit cards, or even drive.

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The other things in life

[Life]

*** A Feast For A Holiday, Or Everyday Exulting
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/08/dining/08NIGE.html?oref=login>
Nigella Lawson, New York Times

What I love about cooking is that we can share in other people's festivals.

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Life in the city

[News]

*** Two Prime Orchard Road Plots To Go On Market
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/sub/topstories/story/0,5562,289275,00.html?>
Tan Hui Yee, Straits Times

On eplot is at the junction of Orchard and Paterson Roads, the other next to the Specialists' Shopping Centre.