[MyAppleMenu] Apr 12, 2005

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[Top Stories]

*** Mac OS X Tiger To Ship April 29
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2005/04/12/tiger/index.php>
Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral

The operating system, which the company says includes hundreds of enhancements, will be available to customers beginning at 6.00 pm on Friday, April 29, 2005, at special events held at the company's retail locations and authorized retailers. Pre-orders for Tiger are being taken today at the online Apple Store -- Tiger will cost US$129.

[News]

*** Mac OS X Server v10.4 Also To Ship On April 29
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2005/04/12/tigerserver/index.php>
Peter Cohen, MacCentral

Mac OS X Server v10.4 touts a number of additional improvements, such as the integration of more than 100 open source projects and standards-based software applications and 64-bit addressing.

*** Two New Apple iPods From HP Announced
<http://www.macsimumnews.com/index.php/archive/two_new_apple_ipods_from_hp_announced/>
Dennis Sellers, Macsimum

*** iPod Motorbike Wheelies Into View!
<http://www.t3.co.uk/news/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=35313&subsectionid=753>
T3

Get the low-down Yamaha's special edition iPod-modified electric bike...

*** Independent Newspaper Gives Ultimate Approval To iPod
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=11287>
Macworld UK

The UK's Independent newspaper is currently running an advertising campaign in which it seeks to twin itself with the iPod.

*** Open Sourcing On The Grid
<http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3496746>
Jim Wagner, InternetNews.com

*** Best Buy In-Store Mini Displays
<http://htmini.com/2005/04/10/best-buy-in-store-mini-displays/>
HTmini

THe Mini was being displayed as a first-class citizen.

*** Apple Computer: More Than iPod
<http://www.kiplinger.com/columns/picks/archive/2005/pick0411.htm>
Lisa Dixon, Kiplinger.com

There is plenty of disagreement over how long the company can ride the digital music player wave.

*** TVN 24: Xscan Drives 24-Hour News Station
<http://www.apple.com/uk/pro/video/tvn/>
Apple

The speed and flexibility of the Apple solution has contributed immeasurably to the TVN 24 success story. "I wanted a system that could lead in the market, not fall behind. With Apple, I have that."

*** JP Morgan Raises Estimates For Apple Computer, Inc.
<http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/jp_morgan_raises_estimates_for_apple_computer_inc/>
MacDailyNews

*** News Organizations Support Bloggers In Apple Trade Secrets Case
<http://www1.pressdemocrat.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050411/APN/504110934>
Rachel Konrad, Associated Press

More than a half-dozen news organizations are supporting three online journalists who published articles about a top-secret technology product that Apple says was protected by trade secret laws.

*** Pledged To The Mac
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/2005/04/macpledge/index.php?lsrc=mwrss-0405>
Rob Griffiths, Macworld

During a recent volunteer session at Oregon Public Broadcasting, I noticed that things had changed dramatically -- instead of paper and pen, there was a shiny white iBook sitting at each phone station in the studio.

[Opinion]

*** Apple Vs. The Press
<http://blogs.salon.com/0000014/2005/04/11.html#a863>
Scott Rosenberg, Salon

It's important here for people who do journalism at all points along the spectrum from "pro" to "citizens" to step forward and say: If you ask questions with intent to publish, and you publish information someone considers news, you're a journalist, and should be treated as one by the courts.

*** Why Doesn't Apple Advertise Mac OS X On TV?
<http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments_opinion/5445/>
Steve Jack, MacDailyNews

*** Countinuing iPods A Mistake
<http://www.chronicle.duke.edu/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/04/11/425a5f71638e2>
Duke University Chronicle

The university should not try to mask PR intentions under the guise of academic enrichment, and it should not continue a program that has been unsuccessful in the past.

*** Apple Computer Is Coming Off A Blow-Out Xmas Quarter -- What's Next? Stock Buybacks?
<http://www.yeald.com/Yeald/a/34771/apple_computer_is_coming_off_a_blow-out_xmas_quarter___what_s_next__stock_buybacks.html>
Yeald

This year, we will find out whether there really is a "halo effect". If not, we look for the company to adopt the new trend for technology companies -- stock buybacks and/or start paying dividends.

[Review]

*** iPod Remote Rundown
<http://playlistmag.com/reviews/2005/04/remotes/index.php?lsrc=mwrss-0405>
Dan Frakes, Playlist

*** An FM Transmitting Monster
<http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=08060>
Geoffrey V. Bronner, TidBITS

*** Moneydance Eases A Tax Burden
<http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=08059>
Jeff Carlson, TidBITS

*** The Little iPod That Could
<http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/apr2005/tc20050412_6986_tc117.htm>
Cliff Edwards, BusinessWeek

The Shuffle is a cool, cost-attuned way to step into the digital-music world. And for athletes looking to break up the tedium of long runs, this device is for you.

*** Which Online Music Service Is Best?
<http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,1784304,00.asp?kc=ETRSS02129TX1K0000532>
Dave Salvator, ExtremeTech

Apple's download-only iTunes Music Store is the biggest in the business, and a walk through its catalog begins to explain why.

*** X-Plane 8
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/reviews/view.php?ID=574>
Tim Morgan, Inside Mac Games

*** Doom 3: First-Person Shooter Is Dark And Deadly
<http://www.macworld.com/2005/04/reviews/doom3/index.php?lsrc=mwrss-0405>
Peter Cohen, Macworld

Doom 3 is a technical marvel that's challenging fun, and truly scary. But you might just feel left in the dark once too often.

[Sidetrack]

*** Some Day, We May Finally See A Microsoft PC
Heng-Cheong Leong

Yet another example of why it may well be a good thing that Apple controls both the hardware and the operating system: turns out that PCs that are being overclocked <http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2005/04/12/407562.aspx> may be responsible for random hardware failures that will crash Windows. "And it makes Windows look bad."

But Microsoft, being a court-certified monopoly, cannot simply ban or warn users who use overclocked hardware. "It takes only one false positive to get people saying, 'Oh, there goes Microsoft blaming other people for its buggy software again.'"

*** The Pods And The Pods
Heng-Cheong Leong

There's PodShow <http://www.podshow.com/>, and then there're PodShows <http://www.podshows.com/>.

And there's one confused-me.

[Wintel]

*** Samsung Vows To Take A Bite Of Apple's Sales
<http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-ft-samsung11apr11,1,6353651.story?coll=la-headlines-technology>
Song Jung-a, Financial Times

It plans to spend $40 million on overseas marketing for its MP3 players in an effort to unseat the iPod, which controls 70% of the market.

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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Turning A Digital Page: The Move To Mimic Paper
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/11366951.htm>
John Boudreau, San Jose Mercury News

It's print without the ink. But the pages still rustle.

*** Firms Saving Instead Of Hiring
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/11367760.htm>
Chris O'Brien, San Jose Mercury News

Little trickle-down effect from gun-shy tech companies.

*** RSDP: A Really Simple Proposal
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2005/04/11/rsdp.html>
Brian McConnell, O'Reilly Network

What I don't understand is why, in 2005, we are still using proprietary and unnecessarily complicated wire protocols to talk to database servers.

*** Wireless USB Devices May Appear This Year
<http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,120386,00.asp>
Paul Kallender, IDG News Service

Version 1.0 of the Wireless USB specification, which is being promoted as the successor to the USB data transfer method between electronics devices, should be approved by mid-May, according to an Intel representative.

*** True Love: Finding A Second Act On The Internet
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/12/business/retirement/12wilk.html?ex=1270958400&en=26eb1d25989a8a41&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt>
Donna Wilkinson, New York Times

Finding romance on the Internet is hardly new, but it is on the upswing among people 55 and above.

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The other things in life

[Life]

*** Space, The Final Frontier On The Inside Of A Jetliner
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/12/business/12road.html?ex=1270958400&en=5bff3305e89af669&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt>
Joe Sharkey, New York Times

Both Boeing and Airbus are now paying a lot more attention to the coash cabins.

*** The Child Who Would Not Speak A Word
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/12/health/psychology/12mute.html?8hpib>
Harriet Brown, New York Times

Selective mutism, experts say, probably represents one end of a spectrum of social anxieties that includes everything from a fear of eating in public to stage fright and agoraphobia, a fear of open spaces.

[EOF]

*** Bush Playlist Puzzles Pundits
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1457556,00.html>
Dan Glaister, The Guardian

Even the patriots on the Bush iPod are troubled souls.

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Life in the city

[Top Stories]

*** Sands Of Time Running Out For Singapore
<http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=reutersEdge&storyID=2005-04-11T135701Z_01_DOB149345_RTRUKOC_0_SINGAPORE-LAND.xml>
Koh Gui Qing, Reuters

Without sand from its main supplier, two reclamation projects aiming to create 49 square km of new land have stalled since 2003, dealing a setback to Singapore's ambitions to expand its coast by another 14 percent over the next 50 years.

[News]

*** Singapore Keeps Policy For Currency Gain
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/44823.asp>
Bloomberg

Singapore's central bank will maintain its stance for a stronger currency first adopted a year ago to keep inflation in check amid higher crude oil prices.

*** Malaysian Leader Calls For Enhancement Of Ties With Singapore
<http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-04/11/content_2816168.htm>
Xinhua

Malaysia and Singapore should take advantage of the new political environment which is more positive now to enhance bilateral ties, Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak said Monday.

*** Singapore Policy May Stay Tight Even After Weak GDP
<http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=87643>
Reuters

Singapore's central bank is expected to retain its tightening stance at a monetary policy review on Tuesday despite a sharp contraction in the economy in the first quarter, a Reuters poll showed.

*** MUP Rules Revised
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/44766.asp>
Lee U-Wen, Today

Changes to subsidy, levy to benefit flat-owners.

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[Tunes]

*** Cold Cold Water
<http://krecs.com/Mirah/mirah_new.html>
Mirah
<http://www.krecs.com/mp3/Mirah_ColdColdWater.mp3>

*** Sweepstakes Prize
<http://krecs.com/Mirah/mirah_new.html?>
Mirah
<http://krecs.com/mp3/Mirah-YouThinkItsLikeThisButReallyItsLikeThis-Sweepstakes_Prize.mp3>