[MyAppleMenu] Mar 15, 2005

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Apple Wins iTunes Cybersquatting Battle
<http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39128714,00.htm>
Andy McCue, Silicon.com

*** Taiwan-Made iPod Shuffle-Like MP3 Player Draws Concern From Apple
<http://www.digitimes.com/NewsShow/NewsSearch.asp?DocID=00000000000000000000000000002954&query=SHUFFLE>
DigiTimes

Luxpro's chairman Fu-Ching Wu told Economic Daily News that patents do not cover appearance.

*** The Evolution Of The Playlist
<http://www.roanoke.com/extra%5C20110.html>
Beth Macy, Roanoke Times

A mixed tape can be a personal statement of hipness or a declaration of love. The technology is merely the means.

*** Apple 'iPod Zone' Blankets London Subway Stop (With Photos)
<http://www.macobserver.com/article/2005/03/15.1.shtml>
Brad Gibson, Mac Observer

*** Mac Developer Raskin Mourned
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/11133377.htm>
Crystal Carreon, San Jose Mercury News

*** One Nation Under Pod?
<http://www.vneconomy.com.vn/eng/?param=article&catid=06&id=050315095122>
Vietnam Economy

The popular digital music player Apple iPod will make its eagerly anticipated debut on the Vietnamese market this month.

*** Apple's Dual-Sourcing Strategy For iPod Tech
<http://www.forbes.com/markets/2005/03/14/0314automarketscan12.html?partner=yahoo&referrer=>
Forbes

*** Apple Takes Over London Station For iPod Shuffle
<http://www.extremeipod.com/article2/0,1759,1775710,00.asp>
Ian Betteridge, Extreme iPod

Apple has launched a major advertising campaign in the UK for the iPod shuffle, including taking over a London Underground station, turning it into an "exclusive iPod zone."

*** AOL Clarifies IM Privacy Guarantee
<http://news.com.com/AOL+clarifies+IM+privacy+guarantee/2100-1030_3-5616543.html?part=rss&tag=5616543&subj=news>
Declan McCullagh, CNET News.com

America Online said late Monday that it plans to revise its user agreement in response to concerns that instant messages sent through the company's service could be monitored.

*** New Apple Hire Foreshadows Possible ITunes Subscription Service
<http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=950>
Krasper Jade and Prince McLean, AppleInsider

Apple has made a key hire in its quest to deploy a subscription-based iTunes music service, luring Julia Miller from Microsoft's XBox Live team.

*** iTunes 4.7.1 Quietly Brings Sharing Restrictions
<http://www.macnn.com/articles/05/03/14/itunes.sharing.limit/>
MacNN

With the update to iTunes 4.7.1, Apple has quietly introduced a limit to the number of users who can access your iTunes shared music per day, according to several posts on websites and Apple's own support area.

*** How To Tune A Ukulele With Your Mac
<http://apple.weblogsinc.com/entry/1234000207035952/>
C.K. Sample, III, Unofficial Apple Weblog

Do you need a small useful tuning program to help you ensure that you are hitting the correct notes while laying down the vocals to your band's new album in Garageband?

*** Aspyr Releases Doom 3 For Macintosh
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2005/03/14/doom3/index.php?lsrc=mcrss-0305>
Peter Cohen, MacCentral

Aspyr expects Doom 3 for Mac to hit store shelves no later than March 19, 2005.

[Opinion]

*** In Most Cases, You Can't Have Too Much RAM
<http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/tech/weekly/3085159>
Bob LeVitus, Houston Chronicle

No matter what you do with your Mac, treat it to a RAM upgrade and it will run better, faster and smoother.

*** What About An iTunes Radio Station?
<http://www.macsimumnews.com/index.php/archive/what_about_an_itunes_radio_station/>
Dennis Sellers, Macsimum

There would be no charge for the iTMS Radio Station, as the idea would be to promote more song purchases from iTMS itself.

*** MSN Unplugs Mac
<http://www.fool.com/News/mft/2005/mft05031417.htm?ref=foolwatch>
Alyce Lomax, Motley Fool

Think about all the options available these days, and you know it's simply a whole new world.

*** iTunes' Black Mark
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/2005/03/itms/index.php>
Jason Snell, Macworld

Makers of exciting music products are being given the cold shoulder by Apple, their products bearing a black mark that they don't deserve. And their customers are left jumping through hoops in order to play back the music they rightfully paid for. It's a real shame.

[Review]

*** FireWire Hard Drives: Portable, Desktop External Storage Devices Compared
<http://www.macworld.com/2005/02/reviews/fwharddrive/index.php>
James Galbraith and Jeffy Milstead, Macworld

*** Delicious Library 1.0: Easy, Fun Library Software Catalogs Your Media
<http://www.macworld.com/2005/03/reviews/deliciouslibrary/index.php>
Mathew Honan, Macworld

In addition to being useful and easy to use, it's just plain fun.

*** iPod Shuffle
<http://www.varsity.co.nz/gadgetry/articles.asp?id=4406>
Marantz, Varsity.co.nz

[Sidetrack]

*** Rumor Today: Tiger Hitting Stores On Apr 15
Heng-Cheong Leong

eWeek <http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1776012,00.asp>: Sources told eWEEK.com that Apple plans to make copies of Tiger available in its own retail stores as wwell as through independent dealers by April 15, with official announcement of the product coming earlier in the month.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[Top Stories]

*** Can HP Find Its Way Again?
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/11133993.htm>
Michael S. Malone, San Jose Mercury News

It takes a special arrogance to destroy the World's Greatest Company, and one can only hope that Carly Fiorina carries that entry on her resume forever. But, thankfully, that is now the ugly past. Today the question is: What does HP do now?

[News]

*** Microsoft Gets Outside-The-Box With Software
<http://news.com.com/Microsoft+gets+outside-the-box+with+software/2100-1012_3-5616733.html?part=rss&tag=5616733&subj=news>
Ina Fried, CNET News.com

Microsoft is quietly working on the technological innards that will one day let the company offer coporate customers what is known in the industry as "software as a service."

*** Get Visionary With Me Here
<http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2005-03-04/screens_feature.html>
Bruce Sterling, Austin Chronicle

We are no longer pioneers of the digital age. We're miners.

*** Can Firefox Outfox IE?
<http://news.com.com/Can+Firefox+outfox+IE+in+browser+wars/2030-1069_3-5616002.html?part=rss&tag=5611309&subj=news>
Knowledge at Wharton, CNET News.com

Microsoft's security problems have left an opening for upstarts like Firefox and could lead to other products taking market share from the software giant.

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The other things in life

[World]

*** The $600 Billion Man
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/15/opinion/15krugman.html?ex=1268542800&en=56de8c744ce6e9d8&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt>
Paul Krugman, New York Times

The argument over Social Security privatization isn't about rival views on how to secure the program's future -- even the administration admits that private accounts would do nothing to help the system's finances. It's a debate about what kind of society America should be.

*** How Electronics Are Penetrating North Korea's Isolation
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/15/international/asia/15north.html>
James Brooke, New York Times

New ways of thinking are stealing into North Korea, perhaps corroding the steely controls on ideology and information that have kept the Kim family in power.

[Expressions]

*** Warm Canto
<http://slate.msn.com/id/2114669/fr/rss/>
Ron Slate, Slate

I don't know how to behavein the face of ultimate things.

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Life in the city

[News]

*** Nations Scramble To Rescue Kidnapped Crewmen
<http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=126&art_id=qw111088782114B254>
Sapa-AFP

Malaysia, Indonesia and Japan scrambled on Tuesday to rescue four ship officers and a sailor kidnapped by pirates in audacious armed raids on a tanker and a tugboat in the Malacca Strait.

*** Japanese Government Seeks Singapore Help On Attacked Vessel In Malacca Strait
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/137473/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia

The Japanese government has officially asked the Singaproe government for help in providing any informaton on a pirate attack on a Japanese vessel in the Strait of Malacca.

*** Singapore Inflation Hits Poor Hard
<http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D88R86KG0.htm?campaign_id=apn_home_down>
Associated Press

Poorer Singaporeans were hardest hit by inflation last year, according to figures released by the Statistics Department on Tuesday.

*** No Decision On Singapore Route Yet; Government
<http://www.smh.com.au/news/Business/No-decision-on-Singapore-route-yet-govts/2005/03/15/1110649178535.html>
Sydney Morning Herald

The federal government was yet to make a decision on whether Singapore Airlines could enter the lucrative Australia-US route despite strong signals from the carrier this was likely to happen, Transport Minister John Anderson said.

*** Singapore Airlines Hopes To Get Australia-U.S. Access
<http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000081&sid=aB8UsMG10Hk4&refer=australia>
Bloomberg

"Things are moving along the right direction. We're hoping it will be sooner rather than later, somewhere in the region of 12 to 18 months."

*** Singapore's 4Q Unemployment Rate Drops
<http://www.forbes.com/business/feeds/ap/2005/03/14/ap1883842.html>
Associated Press

The Manpower Ministry attributed the decline to Singapore's strong economic performance in 2004, and said most of the job gains were in the services and manufacturing sectors.

[Entertainment]

*** Shiver As You Drink At New Ice-Cold Bar In Steamy Singapore
<http://www.kfvs12.com/Global/story.asp?S=3077428>
Associated Press

The new hot spot in Singapore is leaving patrons in the cold.

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[Tunes]

*** Man Dies Shipping Himself To The Philippines On A Balakbayan Box
<http://www.rexnavarrete.com/>
Rex Navarrete, Bastos
<http://rexnavarrete.blogs.com/podcast/rnpodcast-ep3.mp3>