[MyAppleMenu] Apr 2, 2005

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MyAppleMenu
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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Apple Computer Fans Flock To Expo
<http://www.masslive.com/business/republican/index.ssf?/base/business-2/1112431744307050.xml&coll=1>
William Freebairn, The Republican

Photographers, teachers and other fans of Apple Macintosh computers flocked to an exposition of new products yesterday.

[Opinion]

*** OS War? OS War!? Ahahahaaa
<http://www.windowsitpro.com/windowspaulthurrott/Article/ArticleID/45916/windowspaulthurrott_45916.html>
Paul Thurrott, WinInfo

Anyone who tries to turn the releases of these two systems into some sort of market competition just doesn't get it.

[Review]

*** Before Selling That Old Mac, Clean It Out
<http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2002228368_ptmacc02.html>
Glenn Fleishman, Seattle Times

Follow these steps and you won't find yourself shipping off your precious data along with your formerly precious computer.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Living Will Software Sales Surge
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18250-2005Apr1.html?nav=rss_technology>
Matt Sedensky, Associated Press

Sales of computer software to create living wills are surging amid the high-profile debate over Terri Schiavo, the severely brain-damaged Florida woman who died Thursday.

*** Every Market That Rises Must Converge
<http://www.techcentralstation.com/040105D.html>
Chris Nosko, Anne Layne-Farrar, and Daniel Garcia Swartz, Tech Central Station

While open-source code can be found practically everywhere these days, the companies dedicated to bringing it into the mainstream have had a rough time staying afloat.

MyAppleMenu Reader
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The other things in life

[Life]

*** Watching The Detective
<http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0513,block,62469,6.html>
Lawrence Block, Village Voice

Sherlock Holmes lives on -- in fan societies, annotated versions, and new adventures.

*** Born To Be A Foreigner In Her Motherland
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/02/international/asia/02gyun.html?>
Norimitsu Onishi, New York Times

Chung Hyang Gung is a "Zainichi," a child of Japanese and Korean ancestry who is considered an outsider in Japan and on the Korean peninsula.

*** The Man Who Shot Sin City
<http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.04/sincity.html>
Brian Ashcraft, Wired

How Robert Rodriguez, the one-man digital army behind El Mariachi and Spy Kids, brought an "unfilmable" cult comic to the big screen.

*** Paint By Numbers
<http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.04/pension.html>
Jeff Howe, Wired

It's high art meets high finance. It's social security for starving artists. How a tech whiz kid launched the first museum-quality pension fund.

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[News]

*** Singapore Must Sign China FTA Ahead Of Asean: MM Lee
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/sub/news/story/0,4574,150790,00.html?>
Chuang Peck Ming, Business Times

*** Asian Airports Best In The World
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/main.jhtml?xml=/travel/2005/04/02/etnairport02.xml&sSheet=/travel/2005/04/02/ixtrvhome.html>
Charles Starmer-Smith, Telegraph

Hong Kong International was named the world's best airport, with Seoul's Incheon the runner--up and Singapore's Changi third.

*** Non-Urgent Ops Off After SGH Is Hit By Superbug
<http://www.asia1.com.sg/st/st_20050402_309055.html>
Salma Khalik, Straits Times

Singapore General Hospital has cancelled all non-urgent surgery for the next two weeks after it was hit by a drug-resistant strain of bacteria.

[Opinion]

*** Singapore And Indonesian Corrupters
<http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaileditorial.asp?fileid=20050402.F06&irec=6>
Kari Saukkonen, Jakarta Post

Singapore must share responsibility for the harm caused by this illegal business.