[MyAppleMenu] Mar 19, 2005

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MyAppleMenu
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Mac news for Mac people

[Announcement]

*** MyAppleMenu Is On Hiatus
Heng-Cheong Leong

This website is taking a break, and there will be no updates until Monday, 28 March 2004.

What am I doing? I'll be back in the army for my reservist duty -- 4 days, 3 nights. After that, I'll just relax and think about the future of this website. (If you have any suggestions, please feel free to e-mail <mailto:webmaster at myapplemenu.com> me.)

[News]

*** Apple Could Grow Global PC Market Share To 5% In 2005
<http://www.forbes.com/markets/2005/03/18/0318automarketscan10.html>
Forbes

*** Jacksonville Apple Store Opens
<http://www.macminute.com/2005/03/18/jacksonville/>
MacMinute

*** Chemists Welcome Apple At California Trade Show
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2005/03/18/chemists/index.php?lsrc=mcrss-0305>
Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral

For the first time in recent memory, Apple attended the American Chemical Soceity trade show held this week in San Diego, California.

*** Indie Band Sexohol Releases Album On iPod Shuffle
<http://playlistmag.com/news/2005/03/18/sexohol/index.php?lsrc=mcrss-0305>
Peter Cohen, Playlist

The band's inspiration for selling the alubm with an iPod shuffle came to them after they realized how integral the iPod had been to the album's creation.

*** Students Switch To Macs
<http://www.thecrimson.com/today/article506578.html>
Matthew S. Lebowitz, Harvard Crimson

In increasing numbers, undergraduates turn to Macintosh computers.

[Opinion]

*** Free iPod -- Um, Not Really
<http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/03/18/BUGURBP6N353.DTL>
David Lazarus, San Francisco Chronicle

>From the "No Free Lunch" file, let's take a look one of the more widespread offers circulating online for a free Apple iPod.

*** Spoiling The Surprise
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/2005/03/productrumors/index.php>
Philip Michaels, Macworld

You can crticize the way Apple is going about defending its product secrets. But you can't really fault why a company would want to do so.

*** Apple Ruling Puts All Of Us In Danger
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/11170453.htm>
San Jose Mercury News

Judge's broad precedent, punishing 'trade secret' leaks, may silence whistle-blowers.

[Review]

*** iPod Shuffle Is Good Deal, But...
<http://www.thekcrachannel.com/call3/4299515/detail.html>
KCRA

If you can live with its limitations, the iPod shuffle offers a great way to get music on the go.

*** Extras! Extras!
<http://ptech.wsj.com/archive/report-200503.html>
Walter S. Mossberg, Wall Street Journal

There are quite a few things you can do with an iPod, things that have nothing to do with music.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[Announcement]

*** MyAppleMenu Is On Hiatus
Heng-Cheong Leong

This website is taking a break, and there will be no updates until Monday, 28 March 2004.

What am I doing? I'll be back in the army for my reservist duty -- 4 days, 3 nights. After that, I'll just relax and think about the future of this website. (If you have any suggestions, please feel free to e-mail <mailto:webmaster at myapplemenu.com> me.)

[News]

*** Beyond The Blog Hype
<http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/03/18/12OPconnection_1.html>
Chad Dickerson, InfoWorld

Many IT managers see blogging as a waste of time, but they're missing the practical value.

*** Privacy Is A Pandora's Box
<http://news.com.com/Privacy+is+a+Pandoras+Box/2009-1081_3-5626390.html?part=rss&tag=5626390&subj=news>
Tony Higgins, CNET News.com

We must take action, through legislation, to make certain that companies realize that personal information is not theirs to "own."

MyAppleMenu Reader
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The other things in life

[Announcement]

*** MyAppleMenu Is On Hiatus
Heng-Cheong Leong

This website is taking a break, and there will be no updates until Monday, 28 March 2004.

What am I doing? I'll be back in the army for my reservist duty -- 4 days, 3 nights. After that, I'll just relax and think about the future of this website. (If you have any suggestions, please feel free to e-mail <mailto:webmaster at myapplemenu.com> me.)

[Life]

*** Hong Kong's Seedy Neighbour Hits The Jackpot At Last
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,7369,1441307,00.html>
Jonathan Watts, The Guardian

With mobsters jailed and foreign investors pouring money into its gaming industry, Macau is enjoying a spectacular boom.

*** In Life On The Mekong, China's Dams Dominate
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/19/international/asia/19mekong.html?>
Jane Perlez, New York Times

China's ravenous appetite for hydroelectric power at home and its thrust southward into Southeast Asia in search of trade is changing the very character of the Mekong. This is true not only in China itself, but also for the five nations and 60 million rural people downstream for whom the great river serves as their life's blood.

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*** Sexy Yawns
<http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/research/improbable/story/0,11109,1438356,00.html>
Donald MacLeod, The Guardian

Don't drop off at the back there -- yawning is really interesting.

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[Announcement]

*** MyAppleMenu Is On Hiatus
Heng-Cheong Leong

This website is taking a break, and there will be no updates until Monday, 28 March 2004.

What am I doing? I'll be back in the army for my reservist duty -- 4 days, 3 nights. After that, I'll just relax and think about the future of this website. (If you have any suggestions, please feel free to e-mail <mailto:webmaster at myapplemenu.com> me.)

[News]

*** More MRT Stations To Have Shops & Food Outlets
<http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/top/story/0,4136,84751,00.html>
Desmond Ng, New Paper

More stations are being redeveloped to cater to Singaporeans' favourite pastimes -- shopping and eating.

*** China, Malaysia Likely To Be Cuatious On Currency Move, Says Lee
<http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/3/19/business/10463623&sec=business>
Bloomberg

China and Malaysia will be able to change their fixed exchange-rate regimes without disrupting financial markets, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in an interview.

[Opinion]

*** Curing The Plague Of Piracy
<http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/geted.pl5?eo20050319a1.htm>
George Sioris, Japan Times

To outside observers, it must look rather odd that so many governments bordering one of the world's most vital sea lanes are still unable or unwilling to take the necessary measures to restore calm and safety to the area. It is equally odd that a few criminals are able to take advantage of regional misunderstandings, national pride and sensitivities to revive a bygone era of erilous seafaring.

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

[Announcement]

*** MyAppleMenu Is On Hiatus
Heng-Cheong Leong

This website is taking a break, and there will be no updates until Monday, 28 March 2004.

What am I doing? I'll be back in the army for my reservist duty -- 4 days, 3 nights. After that, I'll just relax and think about the future of this website. (If you have any suggestions, please feel free to e-mail <mailto:webmaster at myapplemenu.com> me.)