[MyAppleMenu] Jul 9, 2005

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Apple Isues DVD Player 4.6.1 Update For Tiger Users
<http://www.macobserver.com/article/2005/07/08.8.shtml>
Mac Observer

DVD Player 4.6.1 "addresses a disc validation issue some users may encounter when attempting to play a disc for the first time with DVD Player 4.6."

*** Apple Drops iPod Battery Replacement Price By $40
<http://playlistmag.com/news/2005/07/08/ipod/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Peter Cohen, Playlist

The service offers owners of out-of-warranty iPods with the ability to replace their music players with another with a better battery.

[Opinion]

*** Is The PC Passing Wintel By?
<http://techweb.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=165700959&_loopback=1>
Alexander Wolfe, TechWeb

While Windows will continue to dominate in terms of sheer numbers, the days when Microsoft set the industry's software technology agenda are gone.

[Review]

*** Widgets Of The Week
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/macgems/2005/07/widgetsoftheweek006/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Dan Frakes, Macworld

*** The Sims 2
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/reviews/view.php?ID=618>
Michael Phillips, Inside Mac Games

The Sim 2 is an excellent sequel to a truly unique game. It adds more than enough new features, yet doesn't tamper with what we loved in the original.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Industry Looks Into Cloudy Future For Authentication
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1835292,00.asp>
Paul F. Roberts, eWeek

ISPs, large enterprises and e-mail security companies are hoping that an industry meeting in New York this week will breathe life into a flagging effort to thwart spam and e-mail viruses through the adoption of e-mail sender authentication technology.

*** Cell Phones Capture London Blasts
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,68143,00.html?tw=rss.TOP>
Associated Press

With inexpensive cameras everywhere, including increasingly in cell phones, we're seeing more searing images than ever of human drama. the chances of getting poignant amateur video, meanwhile, are improving radically.

MyAppleMenu Reader
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The other things in life

[Tech & Science]

*** The Mysteries Of Mass
<http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa006&colID=1&articleID=000005FC-2927-12B3-A92783414B7F0000>
Gordon Kane, Scientific American

Most people think they know what mass is, but they understand only part of the story.

*** The Coming Boom
<http://wired.com/wired/archive/13.07/female.html>
Annalee Newitz, Wired

Big Pharma has made billions pumping up the male population. Now neuroscientists are reverse engineering the female orgasm.

[EOF]

*** Swimmers Insured For &pound;1m Against Loch Ness Monster Bites
<http://money.guardian.co.uk/news_/story/0,1456,1522317,00.html>
Martin Wainwright, The Guardian

a hefty but undisclosed premium has been paid by organisers of Scotland's biggest triathlon in case the swimming stage of the event tempts the mysterious (and possibly non-existent) creature from the lake's depths.

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[News]

*** Body Parts Case: Lawyer Meets Accused
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/60535.asp>
Ansley Ng, Today

After three weeks of rejected pleas and heated exchanges with the prosecutor in court, lawyer Subhas Anandan finally got to see his client, Leong Siew Chor, who is charged with the murder of his colleague, Chinese national Liu Hong Mei.

[Entertainment]

*** Don't Call Your Restaurant A Steakhouse When Your Steak is Like Crap
<http://ohamsters.blogspot.com/2005/07/dont-call-your-restaurent-steakhouse.html>
Orgasmic Hamsters

Do not patronise Phin's Steakhouse.