[MyAppleMenu] Apr 28, 2005

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Mac news for Mac people

[Top Stories]

*** Apple Puts Users On A Need-To-Have Basis
<http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/04/27/18OPcurve_1.html>
Tom Yager, InfoWorld

User necessity is a much higher engineering standard to satisfy than going for look, feel, or functionality. Next time you look at a Mac, appreciate where Apple's priorities really lie.

[News]

*** Stage Two Of The Podcasting Revolution
<http://news.com.com/Stage+two+of+the+podcasting+revolution/2010-1025_3-5687567.html?part=rss&tag=5687567&subj=news>
Eliot Van Buskirk, CNET News.com

If you don't know what "podcasting" means, it's time to get up to speed.

*** The iTMS Turns 2
<http://www.tuaw.com/2005/04/28/the-itms-turns-2/>
Laurie Duncan, Unofficial Apple Weblog

*** No 3GHz Yet? 'No matter' -- Analyst
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=11442>
Macworld UK

"Speed doesn't matter much anymore. We've moved beyond the 'speed and feeds' debate."

*** Note To Subway Riders: Watch Out For Those iPods
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/27/nyregion/27cnd-ipod.html?ex=1272254400&en=eb27423b7ae1f9df&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
Sewell Chan, New York Times

New York City police officials said today that an increase in subway crime this year is driven almost entirely by a dramatic rise in robberies and thefts of cell phones and iPods, two totems of modern urban life.

*** Ears Plulgged? Keep Eyes Open, Subway's iPod Users Are Told
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/28/nyregion/28ipod.html?ex=1272340800&en=35387ce594029411&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
Sewell Chan, New York Times

None of the riders interviewed yesterday seemed willing to abandon their personal soundtracks altogether to experience the sounds of the subway along with everyone else.

*** Halo Effect To Change Balance Of Desktop Sales
<http://www.macnn.com/articles/05/04/27/ml.on.mac.desktops/>
MacNN

Following the release of new Power Mac models, investment firm Merrill Lynch remains optimistic about Apple's future.

*** Say Hello To Hello Kitty Bubblegum Girlfriends
<http://www.macsimumnews.com/index.php/archive/say_hello_to_hello_kitty_bubblegum_girlfriends/>
Macsimum

*** Apple Supported In Online Publishing Dispute
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/28/technology/28apple.html?ex=1272340800&en=c973b7a599ac5a83&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
Bloomberg

Apple yesterday gained the support of Intel and Genentech in its effort to make online publishers disclose their sources of confidential information about new Apple products.

*** Combating Gadget Theft
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/28/technology/circuits/28theft.html?ex=1272340800&en=71650f3f1ae29c4a&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
Johanna Jainchill, New York Times

As electronic products shrink in size, they grow in allure, not only to consumers but also to thieves.

*** Apple Releases SuperDrive Update For Power Mac, eMac
<http://www.macminute.com/2005/04/27/superdrive/>
MacMinute

*** No IE In Tiger
<http://www.tuaw.com/2005/04/27/no-ie-in-tiger/>
C.K. Sample, III, Unofficial Apple Weblog

You end-of-life a program on the Mac and boom, Apple stops including it with the relrease of their newest OS.

*** Nokia Takes Aim At iPod With Premium Line of Phones
<http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2005/04/27/nokia_takes_aim_at_ipod_with_premium_line_of_phones/>
Lucas van grinsven, Reuters

Nokia unveiled new premium phones on Wednesday that included on ewith an MP3 music player that it said will outsell Apple's iPod.

*** Dutch Plans For iPod Tax Could Kill MP3 Industry
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/04/27/netherlands_ipod_tax/>
Faultline, The Register

A Netherlands proposed tax on MP3 players could devastate sales of hard disk players, and set up international waves over copyright legislation.

[Opinion]

*** Tiger Leaps Out In Front
<http://online.wsj.com/public/article/0,,SB111463912390318768-__fRrsQqLe8YwqqhbBeuyErFNVQ_20050527,00.html?mod=tff_main_tff_top>
Walter S. Mossberg, Wall Street Journal

Tiger is the best and most advanced personal computer operating system on the market, despite a few drawbacks. It leaves Windows XP in the dust.

*** From Apple, A Tiger To Put In Your Mac
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/28/technology/circuits/28pogue.html>
David Pogue, New York Times

What could Tiger offer that could justify yet another expenditure?

*** The Misguided Marketing Of PlaysForSure
<http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000757041565/>
Peter Rojas, Engadget

The only choice that consumers really care about in digital music is choice in content. No Windows Media-based store offers a significant choice advantage of the iTunes Music Store; device platform market share means nothing since there is practically no incremental cost to support a player with a particular piece of content.

*** Will Apple iPod Get Stereo Bluetooth Headset?
<http://weblog.infoworld.com/techwatch/archives/001315.html>
E. Schwartz, InfoWorld

The bigger challenge comes from battery life.

*** The Fish Rots From The Head
<http://daringfireball.net/2005/04/fish_head>
John Gruber, Daring Fireball

Chizen's rise at Adobe tracks precisely with the company's drift away from its roots as a great software company. When the company was run by graphics/technology enthusiasts, it was a great graphics/technology company. Now that it's run by a sales guy, it has turned into a company that seems more interested in the sales and marketing of its products than in the products themselves.

*** Bad News
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/2005/04/badheadlines/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Jason Snell, Macworld

San Francisco Chronicle readers, be warned. Read the articles, not the headlines.

*** Growth Fears Biting Apple
<http://www.thestreet.com/_googlen/stocks/troywolverton/10220131.html?cm_ven=GOOGLEN&cm_cat=FREE&cm_ite=NA>
troy Wolverton, The Street

To some analysts, Apple is so last year.

[Review]

*** Six Steps To Fast Mac Troubleshooting: Secrets Of Mac SUperheroes
<http://www.macworld.com/2005/04/features/tipstroubleshoot/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Ted Landau, Macworld

For such stress-filled times, here are the quick-and-dirty troubleshooting steps you need to follow.

*** iDisk Access
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/macgems/2005/04/idiskmenu/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Dan Frakes, Macworld

iDiskMenu is a system-wide menu bar item that's sole function is to let you define shortcuts to iDisks, WebDAV servers, and FTP servers, and then to connect to any of those remtoe volumes from a simple menu.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[Top Stories]

*** Bush Signs Law Targeting P2P Pirates
<http://news.com.com/Bush+signs+law+targeting+P2P+pirates/2100-1028_3-5687495.html?part=rss&tag=5687495&subj=news>
Declan McCullagh, CNET News.com

File-swappers who distribute a single copy of a prerelease movie on the Internet can be imprisoned for up to three years, according to a bill that President Bush signed into law on Wednesday.

[News]

*** Security Bosses Want Encryption Bans Overturned
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/security/0,39020375,39196486,00.htm>
Dan Ilett, ZDNet UK

The Jericho Forum, whose ambition is to revolutionise security by making data totally secure, wants certain countries to stop banning encryption tools.

*** Brazil To Mandate Open Source Use
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39196592,00.htm>
Ingrid Marson, ZDNet UK

The Brazilian government will force public departments to migrate to open source software, but Linux vendor Conectiva says the move is unlikely to work.

*** Internet TV Age Is Dawning, But Who Will Watch?
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/04/27/AR2005042701898.html>
Leslie Walker, Washington Post

*** Gates Calls For End To Foreign Worker Visa Limits
<http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/04/27/HNgatesvisa_1.html>
Grant Gross, IDG News Service

"The whole idea behind the H1-B thing is, 'Don't let too many smart people come into the country.' The thing bascially doesn't make sense. That's just wounding ourselves in this global competition."

*** Password Authoritarianism
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/27/technology/poguesposts/27pogues-posts.html?ex=1272254400&en=63b727a6ca6fee20&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
David Pogue, New York Times

A little common sense all around, please. When the stakes are as low as reading a newspaper, I should be allowed to make up any password I like.

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The other things in life

[Life]

*** Dim Sum Under Assault, And Devotees Say 'Hands Off'
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/28/international/asia/28dimsum.html?8hpib>
Keith Bradsher, New York Times

A report by the Hong Kong government suggesting that eating many kinds of dim sum regularly may be bad for your health is threatening to overshadow whatever else might be worrying the people of this city.

*** A Short History Of The Chinese Restaurant
<http://slate.msn.com/id/2117567/fr/rss/>
Gish Jen, Slate

>From stir-fried buffalo to Matzoh Foo Young.

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[News]

*** Indonesia, Singapore Reaffirm Commitment To Protect Straits Of Malacca
<http://www.chinapost.com.tw/i_latestdetail.asp?id=27874>
Associated Press

Indonesia and Singapore on Wednesday reaffirmed their commitment to protect the Straits of Malacca which remains a dangerous waterway despite joint naval patrols.

*** Online Petition To Stop Live Animal Shows At Zoo
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/47603.asp>
Sheralyn Tay, Today

Recent mishaps show public safety, animal welfare endangered, says local group.

*** Task Force Set Up To Deal With Loan Sharks, Money Laundering
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/144789/1/.html>
Yvonne Cheong, Channel NewsAsia

[Opinion]

*** This Blog Is Closing Down
<http://slmjd.blogspot.com/2005/04/this-blog-is-closing-down.html>
Gilbert Koh, Singapore Legal Mumbo Jumbo Demystified

I've made my real identity known in this blog. It's probably a fairly serious error.

*** Voices From A Little Island
<http://www.mrbrown.com/blog/2005/04/voices_from_a_l.html>
mr brown

[Technology]

*** IDA To Auction Wireless Broadband Spectrum
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/144838/1/.html>
Loh Kim Chin, Channel NewsAsia

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[Tunes]

*** Barney's On Fire
<http://www.tonymason.com/mp3.cfm>
None Of The Above
<http://www.tonymason.com/mp3z/1996%20-%20Catthedd/None%20Of%20The%20Above%20-%20Catthedd%20-%20Barney's%20on%20Fire.mp3>

*** I Wanna Be A Stormtrooper
<http://www.earstation.com/asc/mp3/stormtrooper.htm>
Anarchy Steering Committee
<http://www.earstation.com/asc/mp3/files/asc_i%20wanna%20be%20a%20stormtrooper.mp3>