[MyAppleMenu] Dec 19, 2004

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MyAppleMenu
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Mac news for Mac people

[Top Stories]

*** An iPod With Your Slurpee?
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/sub/gizmos/story/0,5562,291392,00.html?>
Jeremy Au Yong, Straits Times

7-Eleven stores in Singapore start selling Apple's MP3 players as well as Gameboy and N-Gage games.

[News]

*** People Who Mattered 2004: Steve Jobs
<http://www.time.com/time/personoftheyear/2004/people/14.html>
Time

It was a year of challenge and triumph for the man behind the iPod, who learned hhe had a rare form of pancreatic cancer and had surgery to remove a tumor.

[Opinion]

*** The iPod Platform
<http://weblogs.jupiterresearch.com/analysts/wilcox/archives/005528.html>
Joe Wilcox, Jupiter Research

Apple's iPod is moving toward its own kind of platform status.

[Review]

*** Apple DVD Studio Pro 3
<http://www.macnewsworld.com/story/38976.html>
Frank McMahon, Video Systems

Not many programs can strike the balance of putting the gears behind the scene so that the palette of creation and expression is in front and easy to use and experiment with. Now with version 3.0 of DVD Studio Pro, Apple has reached that plateau.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Digitized And Brought To Life
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9679-2004Dec18.html?nav=rss_technology>
Leslie Walker, Washington Post

New imaging allows miracles detailed and deeply personal.

*** The War Against Retail Return Abuses
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1743671,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594>
Evan Schuman, eWeek

Using databases to prevent return abuses pits a U.S. Senator against a database vendor, with national retailers caught in the middle.

MyAppleMenu Reader
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The other things in life

[World]

*** The Wounds Of War
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5450-2004Dec16.html>
Monte Reel, Washington Post

Fewer American soldiers are dying by gunfire in Iraq than in previous wars, but more are battling serious injuries after they arrive home. Alan Babin would tell you how tough it is, if he could.

[Life]

*** Recipe For A Miracle
<http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2004/12/19/recipe_for_a_miracle/>
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Boston Globe

Mix impassioned fans with a baseball team that believes in itself as never before, and suddenly a club's strength is redoubled.

*** Your Blog Or Mine?
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/19/magazine/19PHENOM.html?oref=login>
Jeffrey Rosen, New York Times

As Web logs proliferate, the boundaries between public and private are being transformed. Unconstrained by journalistic conventions, bloggers are blurring the lines between public events and ordinary social interactions and changing the way we date, work, teach and live. And as blogs continue to proliferate, citizens will have to develop new understandings about what parts of our lives are on and off the record.

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[News]

*** Singapore To Impose Mosquito Fine
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4106953.stm>
BBC News

Singapore is to fine people who allow mosquitoes to breed in their homes, as the city state attempts to curb cases of dengue fever.

*** Gay Party No-Go 'A Signal Not To Push Limits'
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/sub/news/story/0,5562,291424,00.html?>
Tracy Quek, Straits Times

Socilogists and MPs contacted said events where homosexuals engage in public displays of affection may have taken the opening up of Singapore a bit further than what the authorities are prepared for.