[MyAppleMenu] Mar 14, 2005

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** AOL: AIM Conversations Are Safe
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1775743,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594>
Ryan Naraine, eWeek

America Online on Sunday moved to quell public criticism of the terms of service for its AIM service, insisting the controversial privacy clause does not pertain to user-to-user instant messaging communication.

*** 300 Gig iPod
<http://apple.weblogsinc.com/entry/1234000890035859/>
Scott McNulty, Unofficial Apple Weblog

Why would you need a 300 gig iPod? If you have to ask, you just wouldn't understand, Poindexter.

*** Paying Tribute To Mac's Daddy
<http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,66885,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_2>
Daniel Terdiman, Wired News

They came from near and far, and they waited in line to get in. Nearly 600 people packed the Bayside Performing Arts Center Sundy for Jef Raskin's memorial.

*** Apple Confronts LuxPro Over iPod shuffle Imitator
<http://www.ipodlounge.com/ipodnews.php?id=P6675>
Larry Angell, iPodlounge

"Our lawyers are in the process of weighing legal options."

*** Teen Reporter Pays Price For Apple Coverage
<http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2005/03/14/teen_reporter_pays_price_for_apple_coverage/>
Hiawatha Bray, Boston Globe

Nicholas Ciarelli is an excellent journalist. Too bad.

*** Use iChat? You've Waived Any Right To Privacy
<http://apple.weblogsinc.com/entry/1234000530035757/>
C.K. Sample, III, Unofficial Apple Weblog

[Opinion]

*** Motorola's iTunes Phone On The Rocks
<http://www.thestreet.com/_googlen/tech/scottmoritz/10212889.html?cm_ven=GOOGLEN&cm_cat=FREE&cm_ite=NA>
Scott Moritz, The Street

The tech match made in heaven has prompted a hell of a standoff.

*** Apple Should Think Different About Blogger Suits
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/11110787.htm>
Mike Langberg, San Jose Mercury News

The lawsuits pose an imminent threat to Apple's most precious asset: the company's reputation as a hip underdog, a cool alternative to bigger and blander competitors such as Microsoft, Dell and Hewlett-Packard.

*** On Protecting Journalism And Democracy
<http://www.corante.com/copyfight/archives/2005/03/13/on_protecting_journalism_and_democracy.php>
Donna Wentworth, Corante

[Review]

*** There's More Than 1 Way To Skin An iPod
<http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/11127882.htm>
John M. Moran, Hartford Courant

*** PowerBooks' Added Little Touches Make Big Difference
<http://www.registerguard.com/news/2005/03/13/F3.bz.techtest2.0313.html>
Matthew Fordahl, Associated Press

Apple has focused on evolutionary improvements, but sometimes the little touches can add up to something big.

[Sidetrack]

*** Can Apple Do Licensing Right?
Heng-Cheong Leong

Pippin? Dead. Mac clones? Dead. HP iPods? Probably dead soon. And iTunes phones? Might well be dead <http://www.thestreet.com/_googlen/tech/scottmoritz/10212889.html?cm_ven=GOOGLEN&cm_cat=FREE&cm_ite=NA> too.

Can Apple ever do licensing right?

*** Don On Shuffle
Heng-Cheong Leong

Don Norman <http://www.jnd.org/ask/index.html#000563>: Apple Shuffle is an excellent compromise among the conflicting requirements of simplicity, elegance, size, battery life, and function... The Apple Shuffle is honest. It doesn't pretend to be other than what it is.

[Wintel]

*** Attack of The Anti-iPods
<http://www.time.com/time/asia/magazine/article/0,13673,501050321-1037697,00.html>
Tim Morrison, Time

While some of the players mentioned here are good value and others are compact and cool, the anti-iPods still can't match Apple's ease-of-use. But they're getting closer.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Can Papers End The Free Ride Online?
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/14/business/media/14paper.html?ex=1268456400&en=dc5e8ef33707194e&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt>
Katharine Q. Seelye, New York Times

Nearly a decade after newspapers began building and showcasing their Web sites, one of the most vexing questions in newspaper economics endures: should publishers charge for Web news, knowing that they may drive readers away and into the arms of the competition?

*** The Future Is South Korea
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/03/13/BUGBOBH83B65.DTL&type=tech>
Birgitta Forsberg, San Francisco Chronicle

Tech firms try out the latest in world's most wired society.

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The other things in life

[World]

*** The Unbranding
<http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/index.ssf?050321fa_fact>
Jeffrey Goldberg, New Yorker

Can the Democrats make themselves look tough?

[Life]

*** Late Night Raises The Burr
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32632-2005Mar13.html>
Hank Stuever, Washington Post

CBS's Craig Ferguson brings Brit wit -- and a spot of tea -- to the table.

*** Rhyme And Reason
<http://www.arts.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2005/03/10/bocam10.xml&sSheet=/arts/2005/03/10/bomain.html>
Camille Paglia, Telegraph

Critics can no longer read, poets can no longer write, and the unacknowledged legislators of our age are writing advertising jingles for peanuts.

*** Anxious To See How It Ends? So Are The Writers
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/14/arts/television/14lost.html?ex=1268542800&en=e67f0999aed48154&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt>
Ned Martel, New York Times

"Lost" and "The O.C.," along with "24" and "Desperate Housewives," are high-profile serials with substantial, devoted audiences, but no one -- not writers, not network executives and not viewers -- knows exactly how they will end their seasons.

*** Blogging Beyond The Men's Club
<http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7160264/site/newsweek/>
Steven Levy, Newsweek

Since anyone can write a weblog, why is the blogosphere dominated by white males?

[Expressions]

*** Men Of Ireland
<http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/content/index.ssf?050321fi_fiction>
William Trevor, New Yorker

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[News]

*** Casino Resort Will Be Positive For Singapore -- Merrill
<http://sg.biz.yahoo.com/050314/15/3r8n1.html>
Dow Jones

The development of a casino resort in Singapore would not only boost the construction and tourism industries but also signal the island's ability to reinvent itself as a more dynamic, services-driven economy, U.S. investment bank Merrill Lynch said Monday.

*** Government Criticized Over Toxic Waste Import
<http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailnational.asp?fileid=20050314.D03&irec=6>
Fadli, Jakarta Post

*** Force Of Law To Fight The Aids Ephidemic? Law May Ask Victims To Reveal Names Of Partners
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/39774.asp>
Tan Hui Leng, Today

The Communicable Disease Centre (CDC) may soon be empowered to ask HIV/Aids patients for information that will facilitate contact tracing.

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[Tunes]

*** Think Twice
<http://www.michellepenn.com/home.asp>
Michelle Penn
<http://www.michellepenn.com/media/ThinkTwice.mp3>