[MyAppleMenu] Dec 16, 2004

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Inside The Mac Revolution
<http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,66045,00.html?tw=rss.TOP>
Leander Kahney, Wired News

Running 320 full-color pages, the book, Revolution in the Valley: The insanely Great Story of How the Mac Was made, is a collection of insider anecdotes, right from the horse's mouth. Well, horses' mouths.

*** And Now For Something Slightly Different
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/16/technology/circuits/16musi.html?oref=login>
Michel Marriott, New York Times

Enter practically any electronics store and you're likely to find a digital music player from Apple. It's called the iPod and it weighs only a few ounces, but to its competitors it's the 800-pound white gorilla.

*** iTunes Music Store Tops 200 Million Downloads
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2004/12/16/itunes/index.php?lsrc=mcrss-1204>
Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral

The 200 millionth song was part of "The Complete U2," according to Apple.

*** Adobe Smotthes Kinks In Acrobat
<http://news.com.com/Adobe+smoothes+kinks+in+Acrobat/2100-1002_3-5492700.html?part=rss&tag=5492700&subj=news.1002.20>
Robert Lemos, CNET News.com

Adobe issued an updated version of Acrobat for the Windows and Macintosh OS X platforms this week, fixing three security holes that could be used to compromise a user's system.

*** Jobs Gets OK To Tear Down Historic House
<http://news.com.com/Jobs+gets+OK+to+tear+down+historic+house/2100-1016_3-5492596.html>
Dawn Kawamoto, CNET News.com

Steve Jobs received the green light from local government officials Tuesday to demolish a historic building on his property in Woodside, Calif.

*** RealNetworks Promises iPod Lockout Fix
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2004/12/15/harmony/index.php>
Peter Cohen, MacCentral

"Any time there are changes made to FairPlay we have to evaluate it to see how Harmony works with it."

*** Apple Computer To Open 'Mini Store' At St. Louis Galleria
<http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2004/12/13/daily35.html>
St. Louis Business Journal

*** Start With Fruit, Add iTunes, Season To Taste
<http://apple.weblogsinc.com/entry/1234000427023856/>
Barb Dybwad, Unofficial Apple Weblog

California produce sellers will be giving away free tracks at the iTunes Music Store.

*** Apple Releases Mac OS X v10.3.7
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2004/12/15/1037/index.php/?lsrc=mcrss-1204>
Peter Cohen, MacCentral

The update "delivers enhanced functionality and improved reliability."

[Opinion]

*** Are There Ways To Make Money From The iPod Phenomenon?
<http://www.usatoday.com/tech/techinvestor/columnist/mattkrantz/2004-12-14-ask-matt_x.htm>
Matt Krantz, USA Today

The catch is that the device is so new, it's unclear what the future holds.

*** Apple Changes The iPod Locks
<http://www.forbes.com/technology/2004/12/15/cx_ah_1215tentech.html>
Arik Hesseldahl, Forbes

There's a bigger question at stake here, and eventually Apple is going to have to address it. The music industry wants a unified digital standard.

[Review]

*** Cool Mac Stuff: What To Give For The Holidays
<http://www.computerworld.com/mobiletopics/mobile/laptops/story/0,10801,98297,00.html>
Ryan Faas, Computerworld

*** Making The Most Of Season's Big Gift: iPod
<http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/1215mossberg15-ON.html>
Walter S. Mossberg, Wall Street Journal

*** Dealing With iPhoto Duplicates
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/mac911/2004/12/iphotodups/index.php>
Christopher Breen, Macworld

If you're serious about managing your photos, use a different utility.

*** CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/reviews/view.php?ID=539>
Jonathan Lowrie, Inside Mac Games

Replay ability is a serious factor.

*** iCal 1.5.5: Problems With Installation
<http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=2004121508134253>
MacFixIt

In most cases, users receive the message that iCal is already running and must be quit before the update process can take place -- though iCal is not active at the time. Some have been able to resolve this problem by checking the option "Turn off alarms when iCal is not open" in the Preferences pane of iCal.

*** Queen Of Hearts
<http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/12/14/1102787083553.html>
Garry Barker, The Age

You buy a Mac because it works and is a pleasure to use.

[Sidetrack]

*** Slow News Day?
Heng-Cheong Leong

Apple broke Harmony. Anyone surprised? No.

Real promises fixes soon. Anyone surprised? No.

Anyone care? Probably not. :-)

[Wintel]

*** Evaluating The Rivals To iPod Mini
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/16/technology/circuits/16stat.html?oref=login>
David Pogue, New York Times

On something that's as personal and frequently used as a music player, little things make a big difference, and it's in the Little Things department that the iPod mini really shines.

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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[Top Stories]

*** Camels And Rubber Duckies
<http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/CamelsandRubberDuckies.html>
Joel Spolsky, Joel On Software

The more you learn about pricing, the less you seem to know.

[News]

*** Flexible Plastic Book Scanner
<http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets//flexible-plastic-book-scanner-027731.php>
Gizmodo

This will allow archivers to get into the cracks of old and fragile books without cutting apart the spine.

*** Ten Years Later, The Web Gets A Blueprint
<http://news.com.com/Ten+years+later%2C+the+Web+gets+a+blueprint/2100-1038_3-5492502.html?part=rss&tag=5492502&subj=news.1038.20>
Paul Festa, CNET News.com

Celebrating its 10th anniversary this month, the Web's leading standards group published what it called a seminal document on first principles.

[Internet]

*** Is The Internet Truly Global?
<http://news.com.com/Is+the+Internet+truly+global/2010-1038_3-5491681.html?part=rss&tag=5491681&subj=news.1038.20>
Winston Chai, CNET News.com

The Internet is home to a walth of multilingual content, but are its doors still locked by an English key?

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The other things in life

[Life]

*** When A Knife Is The Gleam In A Cook's Eye
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/15/dining/15KNIF.html?ex=1260853200&en=1642923fe13c16f3&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland>
Matt Lee and Ted Lee, New York Times

So we immersed ourselves in the knife culture, enrolling in skills classes and trolling cutlery stores. We browsed online knife forums and talked to apssionate home cooks and professional chefs to find out what qualities in a blade might make chopping onions a sublime experience.

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Life in the city

[News]

*** Newater To Cost Less From Next Year
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/sub/topstories/story/0,5562,290739,00.html?>
Alexis Hooi and Radha Baasu, Straits Times

The announcement came as the PUB awarded the contract to built and run Singapore's fourth and largest Newater plant. The improved membranc etechnology that helped keppel clinch the 20-year contract to supply Newater also allows the PUB to sell the water more cheaply.