[MyAppleMenu] Apr 18, 2005

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Mouse Pads No More?
<http://www.tuaw.com/2005/04/18/mouse-pads-no-more/>
Scott McNulty, Unofficial Apple Weblog

Apple Store never carried anything as archaic as a mouse pad.

*** Adobe Systems To Buy Macromedia
<http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7B3B04AC26%2DE1ED%2D4FA3%2D8E72%2D9C493CADC469%7D&dist=rss&siteid=mktw>
Emily Church, MarketWatch

Adobe Systems on Monday, seeking to expand in audio and video graphics applications for websites developers and advertisers, announced an agreement to buy Macromedia in a stock-based deal valued at $3.4 billion.

*** Creative Bites Apple's Music Pie
<http://www.arnnet.com.au/index.php/id;992900061;fp;2;fpid;1>
Kate Palmer, New Zealand Reseller News

"Not having an iTunes store in Australiasia has had no impact on sales [of iPods]."

*** USB Keys Can Be Used For Good Or Evil
<http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;193893170;fp;2;fpid;1>
Michael Crawford, Computerworld

*** Apple Goes To Vegas
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/2005/04/nab/index.php?lsrc=mwrss-0405>
Jonathan Seff, Macworld

Apple did put on a pretty good show at its so-called 'customer event' on Sunday morning to kick off Apple's participation in this year's National Association of Broadcasters trade show.

*** Apple Executives Discuss Final Cut Pro Studio
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2005/04/17/fcpexec/index.php?lsrc=mwrss-0405>
Jim Darlymple, MacCentral

Rob Schoeben said that Apple liked to think of 2005 as the year of HD and the company's consumer and professional product strategy is going full force behind this belief. "We are not just talking about HD in Final Cut Pro -- it's a complete solution."

*** Apple Annoucnes Final Cut Studio, Shake 4
<http://www.macminute.com/2005/04/17/final-cut-studio/>
MacMinute

*** Apple Introduces Soundtrack Pro
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2005/04/17/soundtrackpro/index.php?lsrc=mwrss-0405>
Peter Cohen, MacCentral

[Opinion]

*** iPod Goodness And Apple Idiocy
<http://www.redwolf.com.au/column/opinion/2005/04/ipod_goodness_and_apple_idiocy.html>
Red Wolf

*** Major Hangups Over The iPod Phone
<http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_14/b3927044_mz011.htm>
Roger O. Crockett, BusinessWeek

At issue is whether Apple and Motorola leave room for carriers to benefit.

[Review]

*** Sidenote
<http://www.jluster.org/2005/04/os-x-sunday-sidenote/>
Jonas Luster

This slick (and free) utility places a multi-document drawer onto your desktop, which can play host to pretty much anything you want to place into it.

*** In Praise Of Automator
<http://blog.nonlinearmatters.com/?p=1273>
NonlinearMatters

Automator brings back the programming to the masses.

[Sidetrack]

*** Oh, And One Last Thing...
Heng-Cheong Leong

Steve Jobs is finally getting his wish: an user interface that is really good enough to lick <http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/household/edible-user-interfaces-100049.php>

*** You Can Donate All Your Unwanted iPods To Me
Heng-Cheong Leong

Now that George W Bush has, well, sort-of endorsed the iPod, do you have that sick-in-the-stomach feeling so much so that you'd want to "toss your iPod in the Potomac <http://online.wsj.com/public/article/0,,SB111378784308609218-fgBWqt3zQVMNj2HIFqPA4Qrcbfk_20050517,00.html?mod=public_home_us>"?

Either that, or you can write in to get my address on where to send your iPods. :-)

*** Stuff That I Don't Really Understand But Sounds Cool Anyway
Heng-Cheong Leong

RAC on Mac <http://psoug.org/rac_on_mac.html>: In the 64-bit technology space, no company can match the Apple OS X / Darwin technology and price.

*** The More You Know...
Heng-Cheong Leong

Did you know that Apple uses PayPal's system <http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=160900649&tid=5979> to handle iTunes Music Store's payment? Well, now you know.

[Wintel]

*** Microsoft Plans Massive Windows Ad Campaign
<http://news.com.com/Microsoft+plans+massive+Windows+ad+campaign/2100-1016_3-5674137.html?part=rss&tag=5674137&subj=news>
Ina Fried, CNET News.com

Even though Windows XP has been on the market for more than three years, Microsoft is hoping a new advertising campaign will "start something" when it comes to enthusiasm for the operating system.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Tech's China Syndrome
<http://news.com.com/Techs+China+syndrome/2010-1071_3-5672991.html?part=rss&tag=5672991&subj=news>
Declan McCullagh, CNET News.com

Washington's newfound ire toward China is not a good sign for technology companies.

*** The Web's Future Is You
<http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_17/b3930041.htm>
Cliff Edwards, BusinessWeek

Yahoo's Filo and Yang say creative power will shift to the individual.

*** It's Moore's Law, But Another Had the Idea First
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/18/technology/18moore.html?ex=1271476800&en=c53d1404a2005970&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
John Markoff, New York Times

On its 40th anniversary, there is some friendly dispute over the origins of Moore's Law.

*** The Next Frontier: Telephones For Toddlers
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/17/technology/17cnd-mobile.html?ex=1271390400&en=97ecc815472a8ab9&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
Doreen Carvajal, International Herald Tribune

The target customers are children who may be incapable of coherent telephone conversation but will cuddle with a portable phone to watch Ernie deliver an ode to his chubby rubber ducky.

MyAppleMenu Reader
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The other things in life

[World]

*** War Or Peace
<http://www.science-spirit.org/article_detail.php?article_id=474>
John Horgan, Science & Spirit

Neither doomed to violence nor peaceful by nature, we are shaped by the civilizations we create. Modern society spends a good deal of time, effort, and scientific resource on finding better ways to wage war. What if we directed just a fraction of that energy toward finding a better way to wage peace?

[Tech & Science]

*** Where The Waters Are Rising
<http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1050329,00.html>
J. Madeleine Nash, Time

A close-up look at the low-lying Maldives, where global warming hits the seawall.

[Life]

*** The CSI Effect
<http://www.usnews.com/usnews/culture/articles/050425/25csi.htm>
Kit R. Roane, U.S. News

On TV, it's all slam-dunk evidence and quick convictions. Now juries expect the same thing -- and that's a big problem.

*** My Living Will
<http://www.newyorker.com/shouts/content/articles/050425sh_shouts>
Paul Rudnick, New Yorker

I would like someone to turn off the TV.

*** Can We Make Boys And Girls Alike?
<http://www.city-journal.org/html/15_2_boys_girls.html>
Stanley Kurtz, City Journal

In the end, gender won't disappear, but the careers of some bright young men probably will.

[EOF]

*** ATM Feng Shui
<http://newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/news/people/columns/intelligencer/11784/>
Megan Miller, New York

The deep thought behind mini-bank placement.

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[Top Stories]

*** Singapore Says 'Yes' To Two Integrated Resorts With Casinos
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/143186/1/.html>
Debra Soon, Channel NewsAsia

One will be built at Marina Bayfront, and the other at Sentosa.

[News]

*** Singapore To Allow Casinos To Boost Tourism, Add Jobs
<http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=aF_94t_Whp7g&refer=top_world_news>
Bloomberg

Lee Hsien Loong said the two casino resorts may create as many as 35,000 jobs. They may also lure tourists to a city where the economy is forecast to expand this year at half the 8.4 percent pace of 2004.

*** Singapore Layoffs Fall To Seven-Year Low
<http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D89HK2381.htm?campaign_id=apn_home_down>
Associated Press

*** The Storm Over CZ Breaks On Print Media
<http://singaporeangle.blogspot.com/2005/04/storm-over-cz-breaks-on-print-media.html>
Huichieh, From A Singapore Angle

*** Singapore May Drop Casino Ban To Help Triple Tourism Revenue
<http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=aDMSqRRkNXBk&refer=asia>
Bloomberg

Singapore will probably end a four-decade ban on casinos as part of a plan to triple the island's $5.8 billion of tourism revenue, investors said.

[Opinion]

*** Put Away Your Noose, Please
<http://slmjd.blogspot.com/2005/04/put-away-your-noose-please.html>
Gilbert Koh, Singapore Legal Mumbo Jumbo Demystified

After years and years of extremely tough drug laws in Singapore, most Singaporeans are conditioned to believe that all illegal drugs are equally dangerous, and very dangerous. Thus the average Singaporean will be surprised to know that cannabis is actually a fairly harmless drug.

*** Kaching-apore
<http://www.idledays.net/?p=555>
Idle Days

I am pissed when the powers that be beat about the bush, dropping hints and all that stuff and say they consult the people, when it appears to be a forgone conclusion.

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Life is random. More tunes, less talk.

[Tunes]

*** Drink Drank Sunk
<http://www.epitonic.com/artists/rosachancewell.html>
Rosa Chance Well
<http://www.epitonic.com/files/reg/songs/mp3/Rosa_Chance_Well-Drink_Drank_Sunk.mp3>

*** And So Then Were We
<http://www.epitonic.com/artists/rosachancewell.html?>
Rosa Chance Well
<http://www.epitonic.com/files/reg/songs/mp3/Rosa_Chance_Well-And_So_Then_Were_We.mp3>