[MyAppleMenu] Jul 23, 2005

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Stephen Fretwell To Play Apple 'Live From London'
<http://stereoboard.com/artistnews/news-1153.html>
Stereoboard

Stephen Fretwell, who released new single 'Emily' this week, will perform live at Apple's Regent Street store on Tuesday August 2nd.

*** Apple's Powerful, Portable, Popular iPod
<http://www.palmbeachpost.com/business/content/business/epaper/2005/07/23/m1f_ipod_0723.html>
Joseph M. Tartakoff, Palm Beach Post

Nearly four years after the iPod was first released by Apple, the line of portable music players is still ratcheting up impressive sales at stores across the world, including in Palm Beach County.

*** Apple Plants A Seed To Help Raise Podcasting
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/23/AR2005072300051.html>
Rob Pegoraro, Washington Post

Where blogs are supposed to make newspapers obsolete, podcasts are supposed to turn radio into a dusty fossil.

*** Buzz Tools Reveal Google, Apple Twice As Popular As Microsoft
<http://blogs.zdnet.com/Research/index.php?p=235>
Chris Jablonski, ZDNet

While the OS is important, Microsoft has lost its complete and utter dominance as we move to a service-oriented world where broadband is everywhere, apps are in the cloud, and the browser becomes king.

*** Audio Tours On iPod That Could Be Music To A Tourist's Ears
<http://www.latimes.com/travel/la-tr-internet24jul24,1,3855134.column?coll=la-travel-headlines>
James Gilden, Los Angeles Times

Podcast medium has attracted a small but growing number of entrepreneurs who make spoken travel guides and tours available for download.

*** iTunes Expected To Energize Japanese Online Music
<http://www.macnewsworld.com/story/Q3kI1vW3d9AklN/ITunes-Expected-to-Energize-Japanese-Online-Music.xhtml>
Jiji Press

Japan's online music distribution market is expected to take off after the coming entry of Apple Computer, the global leader.

*** Recasting Radio 3 For The iPod Crowd
<http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20050722/WEB22/TPEntertainment/TopStories>
Ivor Tossell, The Globe And Mail

If the Radio 3 shows has been a hit, it's only getting what it deserves.

[Opinion]

*** When Elephants Dance: The Impending War Between Intel And Microsoft
<http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20050721.html>
Robert X. Cringely, PBS

The only way Intel can [survive] is by beating Microsoft on content delivery and networking, and by giving Microsoft something to worry about on the desktop, which was the basis of my original Apple/Intel theory.

*** iGet So Sick Of World According To iPod
<http://news.scotsman.com/features.cfm?id=1668972005>
Craig Brown, The Scotsman

Why? Because it's ruined my life and those of countless others, and created a whole new strata of trash culture, that's why.

*** My iMac G5 And The Big Switcheru
<http://www.conann.com/imac-g5-switcheru>
Conann FlitzPatrick

I have to say to anyone who is thinking about moving from a PC to a Mac or even just getting an Apple Mac to compliment your complement of computer parts: Do it!

*** Location validatio In The Dashboard Weather Widget
<http://daringfireball.net/2005/07/weather_widget_location>
John Gruber, Daring Fireball

The confusion here is caused by a decidedly poor UI design.

*** Why Apple Chose Intel
<http://money.cnn.com/2005/07/22/technology/techinvestor/tech_biz/index.htm?section=money_latest>
Owen Thomas, Business 2.0

It's hard to imagine a better time for Apple to make this risky move.

[Review]

*** Mac Keyboard Ergonomics
<http://www.jeffreyclong.com/musings/2005/07/mac_keyboard_er.html>
Jeffrey C Long

I've found the following keyboard utilities for the Mac to be invaluable.

*** True Crime: Streets Of L.A.
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/reviews/view.php?ID=617>
Alex Nonnemacher, Inside Mac Games

True Crime isn't that much fun to play through.

[Sidetrack]

*** The Cure Is Worse Than The Disease
Heng-Cheong Leong

Have you receive this memo <http://www.netfunny.com/rhf/jokes/05/Jul/mspatches.html> from your IT department yet?

[Wintel]

*** Google Countersues Microsoft Over Researcher
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/rss/12197889.htm?source=rss&channel=siliconvalley_rss>
Associated Press

Google countersued Microsoft in a legal battle over a prized research engineer that illustrates the escalating tensions between the technology titans.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Microsoft Frowned At For Smiley Patent
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,39020381,39210396,00.htm>
Ingrid Marson, ZDNet UK

Various organisations have criticised Microsofft for attempting to patent the creation of custom emoticons.

*** Bush Creates Post For Anti-Piracy Chief
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/22/AR2005072200848.html?nav=rss_technology>
Reuters

President Bush has created a new senior-level position to fight the global piracy and counterfeiting of American products ranging from Hollywood movies to Detroit auto parts, Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez said on Friday.

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The other things in life

[Tech & Science]

*** Sex And Drugs
<http://www.economist.com/printedition/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=4197761>
The Economist

Men and women seem to perceive pain in different ways. That may mean they sometimes need different pain-relief drugs.

[Life]

*** There Are Only So Many Fish In The Sea
<http://newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/food/features/12260/>
Clive Thompson, New York

Fresh seafood is, like oil or gold, a valuable and volatile commodity -- and one that loses its value fast. As the top restaurants scramble to get their hands on the very best, what's left for the rest of us?

*** Where Have All The Jockstraps Gone?
<http://slate.msn.com/id/2123007/fr/rss/>
Daniel Akst, Slate

The decline and fall of the athletic supporter.

*** Along With That Caffeine Rush, A Taste Of Seattle
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/22/international/africa/22starbucks.html?>
Marc Lacey, New York Times

The hottest cafe in the Ethiopian capital is not a Starbucks at all but a knockoff, the creation of a Starbucks devotee who tried to bring the real thing to Ethiopia, the birthplace of coffee, by many accounts. But she had to settle for a look-alike after the Seattle coffee giant rebuffed her partnership request.

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[News]

*** MAS Sees No Need To Change Singapore Dollar Trading Band After China's Shift
<http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2005/07/22/afx2151842.html>
AFX

The MAS has maintained its policy of allowing a modest and gradual appreciation of the Singapore dollar nominal effective exchange rate policy band since April 2004.

*** Endangered Turtles Sold In Singapore Pet Shops
<http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=scienceNews&storyID=2005-07-22T121635Z_01_SIN135842_RTRIDST_0_SCIENCE-SINGAPORE-PETS-TURTLES-DC.XML>
Teresa Geow, Reuters

One in five pet shops in Singapore are selling endangered turtles, an animal welfare group said on Friday.

*** AirAsia Will Not Try To Buy Valuair
<http://www.forbes.com/infoimaging/feeds/ap/2005/07/22/ap2152106.html>
Associated Press

*** Full Disclosure
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/62978.asp>
Val Chua and Jasmine Yin, Today

What other charity bosses earn -- here and abroad.

*** New National Library Opens -- 22 Jul 2005
<http://ramblinglibrarian.blogspot.com/2005/07/new-national-library-opens-22-jul-2005.html>
Rambling Librarian

[Entertainment]

*** The Stop-Over Town -- A Beginners' Guide To Singapore
<http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/travel/story.jsp?story=653675>
Ginny Buckley, Belfast Telegraph

This favorite stopover destination for Ulster travellers heading Down Under has shaken off its clinical image.

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

[Tunes]

*** China Doll
<http://www.archive.org/audio/etree-details-db.php?id=21778>
Phil Lesh And Friends
<http://ia201118.eu.archive.org/hdb1/audio/2000-04-21.paf.aud.unknown.5675.sbefail.flacf/phil2000-04-21d2t3_64kb.mp3>