[MyAppleMenu] Jul 11, 2005

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Save iPod Batteries For A Sunny Day
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/11/AR2005071100173.html>
Antony Bruno, Reuters

U.K. firm Better Energy Solutions' Solio line of battery charges uses solar power to energize not only fading iPods, but also mobile phones and other devices.

*** This Is Cambridge Calling...
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4664065.stm>
Andrew Walker, BBC News

For some time budding pop stars have crafted their work not in elaborate recording studios but on home computers. Now, the rise of podcasting is allowing them to reach a global audience through the internet. Even the man behind the Beatles senses a shake up in how new bands will break through.

*** Listen: iPods Can Damage Your Ears
<http://www.4hearingloss.com/archives/2005/07/listen_ipods_ca.html>
Shirley Wang, Hearing Loss News And Reviews

Hearing experts wonder whether the frequent use of these devices, particularly with the inserts that sit within the ear, are contributing to noise-induced hearing loss.

*** Motorola 'To Debut' ITunes Phone At UK's V Festival
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/11/moto_itunes_phone_debut/>
Tony Smith, The Register

Motorola will launch its iTunes mobile phone in the UK next month, a UK press report has claimed.

*** Apple Opens Bluewater Store
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=12046>
Jonny Evans, Macworld UK

Apple launched its third UK retail store at Bluewater, Kent on Saturday July 9.

*** Apple Drops The Cocoa-Java Bridge
<http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=11165>
Andrew Youll, OSNews.com

*** Japanese Subway Takes Apple iPod shilling
<http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=24506>
The Inquirer

Our good friends in Japan have emailed us some fantastic pictures of a subway train "dressed uup" for an iPod campaign.

[Opinion]

*** Apple And The Environment
<http://www.wiredatom.com/blog/?p=52>
WiredAtom

*** Apple Reading Blogs After The Fact Are They That Out Of Touch?
<http://www.geeknewscentral.com/archives/004589.html>
Geek News Central

*** .Mac
<http://finotto.org/archives/2005/07/11/mac/>
Michele's Freeminding

I think 100 Euro a year is not that much, but I'd like to get something real in a return.

*** Inside The Big Switch: The iPod And The Future Of Apple Computer
<http://arstechnica.com/columns/mac/mac-20050710.ars>
Jon "Hannibal" Stokes, Ars Technica

Because Apple is going to become an all-Intel shop like Dell, with Intel providing the processors that power both the Mac and the iPod, Apple will get the same kinds of steep volume discounts across its entire product line that keep Dell from even glancing AMD's way.

[Review]

*** Toysight Gold
<http://www.applelinks.com/p5/index.php/more/toysight_gold/>
Kirk Hiner, Applelinks

*** iPhoto Needs A Save Album Function
<http://www.tuaw.com/2005/07/10/iphoto-needs-a-save-album-function/>
C.K. Sample, III, Unofficial Apple Weblog

iPhoto keeps on crashing on me.

[Sidetrack]

*** Coolest Street Address
Heng-Cheong Leong

There's a lot of things out of Apple that continues to fasinate <http://selfgratification.org/archives/2005/07/10/worlds-coolest-street-address/>, even after all these years.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Email Authentication Standard Emerges
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=12044>
Juan Carlos Perez, Macworld UK

*** Pulling The Plug On Local Internet
<http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8524609/site/newsweek/>
Steven Levy, Newsweek

Guess who wants to stop you from getting universal, citywide wireless cheaper than you get it now?

*** On Capitol Hill, The Inboxes Are Overflowing
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/10/AR2005071001011.html?nav=rss_technology>
Jeffrey H. Birnbaum, Washington Post

If you think you're swamped by internet spam, pity the poor Congress.

*** Internet Banner Ads Look To Get More Interesting (And Thus Less Easy To Ignore)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/11/technology/11ecom.html?ex=1278734400&en=c9db8cbfc0e56c6d&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
Bob Tedeschi, New York Times

Banner ads, the internet's favorite petri dish, have begun yet another round of experimentation, this time as shopping assistants.

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The other things in life

[Life]

*** If You Care About Palau, This Is A Good Place To Be
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/11/international/asia/11nations.html?>
Warren Hoge, New York Times

For Stuart J. Beck, a Manhattan television company executive, becoming an ambassador at the United Nations was not the problem it can be for Americans with diplomatic ambitions.

*** Selling Rapture
<http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,12084,1524121,00.html>
Douglas Kennedy, The Guardian

The rise of the Christian right in American politics has added impetus to an already huge and growing market in evangelical fiction.

*** What If... No, Don't Go There
<http://news.ft.com/cms/s/bc86c516-efa7-11d9-bd3b-00000e2511c8.html>
Jan Dalley, Financial Times

"What if" history is very much in fashion at the moment.

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[News]

*** Singapore's Economy Returned To Growth In Second Quarter
<http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=aLoyXHoeybdo&refer=top_world_news>
Bloomberg

Singapore's economy expanded in the second quarter at almost twice the pace expected by forecasters as drug production rebounded and the city attracted more tourists.

*** Talks Have Ended, Says Valuair
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/60811.asp>
Bloomberg

Valuair, the Singapore-based discount carrier, has said that talks for a possible collaboration with competitor Jetstar Asia have ended.

*** Upset Parents Ask: Why Were Kids Last?
<http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,4136,91308,00.html>
New Paper

They were the youngest, most helpless and most vulnerable in the building. Yet they were among the last to be evacuated. And this has riled the parents of children who were at Safra Mount Faber's Eager Beaver Child Development Centre.

*** Police Seize Video At Chee's Book Launch
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/60786.asp>
Derrick A Paulo, Today

[Opinion]

*** NE Show 2005
<http://happenchance.blogspot.com/2005/07/ne-show-2005.html>
Happenchance

*** Good Intentions
<http://shianux.jiyuuu.org/2005/07/11/129/good_intentions/>
Wannabe Lawyer

Is there any way left to clumb out of this hole that we dug for ourselves?

The Shuffle by MyAppleMenu
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Life is random. More tunes, less talk.

[Tunes]

*** Hit The Road Jack
<http://www.archive.org/audio/etree-details-db.php?id=16681>
The Shantee
<http://audio16.archive.org/0/audio/shantee2004-06-11.flac/shantee2004-06-11d2t07_64kb.mp3>