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[News]

*** Artisan, iPod Help ARM Raise Q1 Sales, Profits
<http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=160902372>
Peter Clarke, EE TImes

*** Imitation Is Purest Flattery As Apple, Microsoft Battle
<http://news.com.com/Imitation+is+purest+flattery+as+Apple%2C+Microsoft+battle/2100-1016_3-5675681.html?part=rss&tag=5675681&subj=news>
Ina Fried, CNET News.com

Both Longhorn and Tiger are focusing heavily on desktop search, which users will employ to find documents stored on their hard drive. Other likenesses between the new Windows and various versions of OS X include see-through windows and similar icons. As to who stole whose search idea, both companies are doing their fair share of finger-pointing.

*** iPod Killers?
<http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_17/b3930001.htm>
Roger O. Crockett, BusinessWeek

With innovative services and snazzier phones, the telecom players figure they can swipe a chunk of the digital music market that Apple cracked open with its iconic iPod.

*** When iPod Goes Collegiate
<http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0419/p11s01-legn.html>
Elizabeth Armstrong Moore, Christian Science Monitor

The iPod's debut in college classrooms seems to be provoking an odd mix of euphoria and bafflement.

*** Java Glitch Hits OS X Update
<http://news.com.com/Java+glitch+hits+OS+X+update/2100-1016_3-5675631.html?tag=nefd.top>
Ina Fried, CNET News.com

A minor update to Mac OS X is causing headaches for some computer owners, who find their systems no longer work properly when using Java-based applications or visiting certain web sites.

*** Developers React To Adobe's Macromedia Buy
<http://news.com.com/Developer+reactions+mixed+on+Adobe-Macromedia+deal/2100-1012_3-5675449.html?part=rss&tag=5675449&subj=news>
Paul Festa, CNET News.com

Adobe's proposed acquisition of Macromedia took software developers by surprise, stirring a mix of apprehension and optimism about the fate of the joined companies and their respective software titles.

*** Adobe Executive Discusses Macromedia Buyout
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2005/04/18/adobeexec/index.php?lsrc=mwrss-0405>
Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral

"We have a lot of work to do in the next six months to determine what level of integration the two compaies have."

*** Report: Apple Making Its Mark In Life Sciences
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2005/04/18/lifesciences/index.php?lsrc=mwrss-0405>
Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral

[Opinion]

*** iWork Spreadsheet To Be Based On Lotus Improv?
<http://www.nivi.com/blog/?p=5>
Nivi

I hereby predict that whatever spreadsheet Apple releases for iWork (if any) will be tremendously lacking in features compared to Excel. But it will have these "new" "ground-breaking" features that Lotus Improv had.

*** The Ubiquity Of The iPod
<http://www.chicagotribune.com/technology/chi-0504190291apr19,1,6973036.story?coll=chi-technology-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true>
Kartilk Subramanian, Chicago Tribune

The iPod represents the next great step in technology for consumers, after the internet and the cellular phone.

*** Adobe, Freehand And Previous Acquisitions
<http://248am.com/mark/interesting/adobe-freehand-and-previous-acquisitions/>
2.48AM

It turns out that this is not the first time Adobe buys a company taht owns competing products.

*** Adobe + Macromedia = ?
<http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2005/04/18/Adobe-Macromedia>
ongoing

If you're hitching your career to Flash, it might be a good time to look at alternatives.

*** Can I Have My Name Back -- Now?
<http://marc.blogs.it/archives/2005/04/can_i_have_my_n.html>
Marc Canter

The 17 year nightmare is over.

*** Macromedia + Adobe
<http://www.markme.com/mesh/archives/007504.cfm>
Mike Chambers, Macromedia

I think that it is this culture of openness and participation that has made us so successful over the past couple of years. This is not going to change. Indeed, I think that this culture of openness and participation is one of the reasons that Adobe was interest in bringing our companies closer together.

*** Looking Back Over 15 Macintosh Years
<http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=08071>
Adam C. Engst, TidBITS

This week marks our 15th anniversary of TidBITS, and although we remain somewhat astonished that we've maintained a weekly publication schedule through so many years, the evidence that we've done so is incontrovertible.

*** What The Cartel Thinks
<http://www.corante.com/copyfight/archives/2005/04/18/what_the_cartel_thinks.php>
Alan Wexelblat, Corante

The fact that iTunes continues to dominate just might be a clue that Steve Jobs' onto something.

*** Who's Out Of iTune?
<http://www.fool.com/News/mft/2005/mft05041817.htm?ref=foolwatch>
Alyce Lomax, Motley Fool

Without iTunes, the digital download revolution arguably would not have gained the legitimacy and success it now enjoys.

*** Is The Mac A Cult?
<http://www.maclife.com/new/pages/is_mac_a_cult.html>
Kelly Kitchens, MacLife

*** The Buyout Blues
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/2005/04/adobemacromedia/index.php>
Jackie Dove, Macworld

What bothers me about Adobe's Macromedia buyout is that it further narrows choice in a marketplace that already ahd too few choices.

*** Adobe Buys Macromedia
<http://dangillmor.typepad.com/dan_gillmor_on_grassroots/2005/04/adobe_buys_macr.html>
Dan Gillmor, Grassroots Journalism

There is no antitrust standard, and there will be no enforcement.

*** Adobe Swallows Macromedia
<http://emperor.tidbits.com/webx?14@486.f1VGaw0XYBR.0@.3c4f5c5c!discloc=.3c5fd13a>
Glenn Fleishman, TidBITS

The future is clearly about a very small number of graphics developers with integrated applications.

*** What's Up With The Transparent Window In Safari?
<http://www.tuaw.com/2005/04/18/whats-up-with-the-transparent-window-in-safari/>
Laurie Duncan, Unofficial Apple Weblog

My question is... why?

[Review]

*** The Mercedes Of iPod Headphones
<http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/04/18/cx_ah_0418tentech.html>
Arik Hesseldahl, Forbes

Yet much as I appreciate the sound quality I can't quite see myself dropping $300 for something I abuse as much as I do a pair of headphoens.

*** A Fix For Broken Java After 10.3.9 Upgrade
<http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050416190516903>
Mac OS X Hints

[Sidetrack]

*** Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life
Heng-Cheong Leong

There is one good thing, in my opinion, in Apple being forced to change the name of Rendezvous to Bonjour: a lot people know how to pronounce Bonjour. :-)

*** Rumor Today: iChat AV As A Productivity Tool
Heng-Cheong Leong

Brilliantdays.com <http://www.brilliantdays.com/archives/2005/04/using_ichat_av.php>: According to sources who saw the Apple FCP5 demo at NAB, iChat AV will be able to show what you play in FCP while videochatting.

*** See It First, On The Mac
Heng-Cheong Leong

Todd Bishop <http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/004691.html?wbfrom=rss>: Talking with Apple's Ken Bereskin, I explained that my main job... is to write about Microsoft and related subjects. He smiled and said he understood why I was meeting with Apple: "You want to get a year ahead on your writing."

*** Converge Now!
Heng-Cheong Leong

JL Watkins <http://www.lostremote.com/archives/004422.html>: Among all the options for back-up of... video data, an iPod [is listed] as a convenient way to store/archive video clips while on field shoots. There was something about it that seemed kinda trendy, but it's yet another example of all the convergence of different media platforms.

*** We Don't Like The Apple
Heng-Cheong Leong

New York Post <http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/42910.htm>: Apple Losing Its 'Abroad' Appeal: Study.

Relax, the post is talking about the Big Apple, not everybody's favorite fruit company. Unless, of course, you live in New York, or is depending on the tourist dollars.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[Top Stories]

*** Down To The Wire
<http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20050501faessay84311/thomas-bleha/down-to-the-wire.html>
Thomas Belha, Foreign Affairs

Once a leader in Internet innovation, the United States has fallen far behind Japan and other Asian states in deploying broadband and the latest mobile-phone technology. This lag will cost it dearly. By outdoing the United States, Japan and its neighbors are positioning themselves to be the first states to reap the benefits of the broadband era: economic growth, increased productivity, and a better quality of life.

[News]

*** Escalation In The Cookie Wars
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/technology/personal_technology/11425025.htm>
Matt Marshall, San Jose Mercury News

Introduced just two weeks ago, PIE is the latest escalation in the cookie wars, and it's already creating a controversy among Web site operators and other industry players.

*** A Point Of Style
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/6882>
John Adams, O'Reilly Network

What we've got here is the language demonstrating that composed computer games are a new genre.

*** Sides Close To Deal On HD Disk Format
<http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=U2FMDBVVM4GBKQSNDBESKHA?articleID=160901475>
Junko Yoshida, EE TImes

Opposing camps in the high-definition disk format battle are close to a compromise on key components of their competing standards based on blue laser technology.

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[World]

*** Japan Emerges As America's Deputy Sheriff In The Pacific
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/japan/story/0,7369,1463078,00.html>
Simon Tisdall, The Guardian

After 60 years largely spent keeping its head down, Japan appears destined to supplant Australia as Washington's "deputy sheriff" in the Asia-Pacific region and become a pillar of America's 21st-century security architecture.

[Life]

*** How Did Michael Esiner Make Disney Profitable?
<http://slate.msn.com/id/2116794/fr/rss/>
Edward Jay Epstein, Slate

Not with cartoons.

*** For Business Travelers, Fees And Taxes Everywhere
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/19/business/19fees.html?ex=1271563200&en=e19031cf7dab370f&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
Christopher Elliott, New York Times

While the industry's creative billing is aimed at anyone who hits the road, business travelers -- and their employers -- are disproportionate victims.

[Expressions]

*** We
<http://slate.msn.com/id/2116754/fr/rss/>
C. K. Williams, Slate

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Life in the city

[News]

*** Favorites Emerge In Race For Singapore Casinos
<http://www.theedgedaily.com/cms/content.jsp?id=com.tms.cms.article.Article_59b71b8f-cb73c03a-a86d1200-f3351914>
Sebastian Tong, Reuters

The government's insistence that the two resorts offer wholesome family entertainment may favor bidders that can come up with popular attractions, analysts said.

*** HDB Flat Resale Levy To Continue: Mah Bow Tan
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/143201/1/.html>
Chua Chin Chye, Channel NewsAsia

*** Critics Blast Singapore Government For Approving Casinos
<http://www.cio-today.com/story.xhtml?story_id=102009F4DAS6>
AFP

Government critics and church groups on Monday slammed a decision by Singapore's cabinet to allow casinos to operate in the city-state, saying the social fallout would outweigh the economic benefits.

*** Singapore Casinos May Have Impact On Genting, Malaysian Tourism
<http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/4/19/business/10722023&sec=business>
Hanim Adnan, The Star

The development of two casinos in Singapore, when they open in 2009, could draw tourists who would otherwise come to Genting Highlands and Malaysia. For the moment, however, analysts view it as an added attraction for the region. In addition, some investors are betting that Genting Bhd will win in its bid to build at least one of the two casinos.

[Opinion]

*** WTF Is An IR?
<http://myveryownglob.blogspot.com/2005/04/wtf-is-ir.html>
My Very Own Glob {Curiosa Felicitas}

The point is, nothing will stop you gambling if you were so inclined.

*** Hello, It's Integrated Resort, Not Casino, Ok?
<http://www.mrbrown.com/blog/2005/04/hello_its_integ.html>
mr brown

Anyway, we should cease this "casino this and casino that". Singapore is not building casino, ok? Singapore is building IR, Integrated Resorts. Please keep using the term IR, so that you will feel better.

*** No More Bets, No More Bets
<http://www.serialdeviant.org/weblog/?p=628>
SerialDeviant.org(y)

Once the idea reached Singapore's mainstream media, it was a done deal, all that was left was to work out how to make it acceptable to the average Singaporean without seeming to have rammed it through insensitively.

*** Caning The Desperate People
<http://slmjd.blogspot.com/2005/04/caning-desperate-people.html>
Gilbert Koh, Singapore Legal Mumbo Jumbo Demystified

Caning is clearly "cruel & unusual punishment." If Singapore becomes a party to the relevant treaties and accepts the prohibition against "cruel & unusual punishment", then Singapore must of course abolish caning.

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*** Little Black Ache
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Bishop Allen
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*** Things Are What You Make Of Them
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Bishop Allen
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