[MyAppleMenu] Apr 8, 2006

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Remembering The Apple ][ Era With Game Developer David Lubar
<http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/04/08/remembering_the_appleii_with_david_lubar/>
Scott M. Fulton, III, TG Daily

*** VPC Future Uncertain As Microsoft Welcomes Boot Camp
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/04/07/vpc/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Jim Dalrymple, Macworld

While the Macintosh Business Unit is busy contemplating the future of Virtual PC, Microsoft's Windows team was busy welcoming Apple and its customers to Windows.

*** Embrace Of Windows Buffs Up Mac's Appeal For IT
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/04/07/macit/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Linda Rosencrance and Ken Mingis, Computerworld

Apple's development of software that lets Intel-based Macintosh systems run Windows XP natively met with the approval of several Mac-friendly IT managers, who said thisw eek that the embrace of Microsoft's operating system will make it easier to deploy Apple hardware.

[Opinion]

*** Microsoft's Mac Attack
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/08/opinion/08cringely.html?ex=1302148800&en=a33fb2ef68528ec3&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
Robert X. Cringely, New York Times

My bet is that once Apple has Windows Vista running smoothly on its operating system and helping its business sales, the company will try a more profitable avenue: marketing a version of OS X able to run on regular PC's that now use Windows.

*** More Pigs Over Cupertino
<http://www.fool.com/news/commentary/2006/commentary06040619.htm>
Tim Beyers, Motley Fool

Apple is now a price- and brand-conscious supplier whose goal is to move volume. To me, that sounds an awful lot like Dell in 1998.

*** Win XP vs Mac OS X: Amateur Benchmarks
<http://www.oreillynet.com/mac/blog/2006/04/win_xp_vs_mac_os_x_amateur_ben.html>
Oliver Breidenbach, O'Reilly Network

*** Why Apple Had To Boot Camp
<http://codenexus.wordpress.com/2006/04/07/why-apple-had-to-boot-camp/>
The CodeNexus Blog

*** Windows To The World
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/2006/04/bootcampexperience/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Jim Dalrymple, Macworld

[Sidetrack]

*** The Return Of The Apple Cube
Heng-Cheong Leong

The biggest cube <http://flickr.com/photos/bhaggs/124900112/> ever by Steve Jobs is about to be unveiled in New York City.

[Wintel]

*** Microsoft Readies 'Monaco' Competitor To Apple's GarageBand
<http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,1995,1947454,00.asp?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535>
Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Watch

Just because users soon will be able to run Windows on Intel-based Macs doesn't mean Microsoft is backing away from competition with the Mac operating system. In fact, Microsoft is aiming straight at Apple with a forthcoming music-making program for Windows Vista.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Alarm Over Shopping Radio Tags
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/4886598.stm>
David Reid, BBC News

*** Microsoft Ships 'URL Tracer' To Hunt Down Typo-Squatters
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1947530,00.asp>
Ryan Naraine, eWeek

Microsoft Research has released a new tool to help pinpoint large-scale typo-squatters that are known to be gaming pay-per-click domain parking services.

MyAppleMenu Reader
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The other things in life

[Tech & Science]

*** We're Sick Of Being Shy
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,175-2122291,00.html>
Roger Dobson, The Times

Is bashfulness a personality disorder? Or are we in danger of medicalising a harmless trait?

[Life]

*** Satirist Defies End To Resurrect Career
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,175-2123727,00.html>
Tom Baldwin, The Times

He has been refusing dialysis for weeks and doctors are baffled as to why he is not dead but Art Buchwald is finding new fame, and fun, in the process.

*** Music With Your T, Berklee Students Ask
<http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/04/08/music_with_your_t_berklee_students_ask/>
Mac Daniel, Boston Globe

T commuters have raised ignoring their surroundings to an art form: They hurry to work, head down, noses buried in books, ears plugged by iPods, achieving as little human contact as possible. But yesterday, things were different, even friendlier, at the Orange Line's New England Medical Center stop.

*** Testing The Bounds Of MySpace
<http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-myspace8apr08,0,7120443.story?coll=la-home-headlines>
Catherine saillant, Los Angeles Times

A writer learns a lot from an experiment with the popular social networking site -- especially about her 13-year-old daughter.

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Life in the city

[News]

*** Singapore Says Not Reject Use Of MyKad
<http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news.php?id=190824>
Bernama

Press Officer in the High Commissioin Gerard Ho said Singapore's Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) last held discussion with the Malaysian Immigration Department in 2004. "ICA is still waiting for (the) Malaysian Immigration's reply to conduct testing."

*** Reporters Group Concerned About Web Censorship Ahead Of Singapore Elections
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/rss/14289678.htm?source=rss&channel=siliconvalley_rss>
Associated Press

Reporters Without Borders has expressed concern about Singapore's moves to control political debate on the internet ahead of parliamentary elections.

[Opinion]

*** JB Car Thefts Not As Serious As Made Out To Be
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,5562,383676,00.html?>
Dato' N. Parameswaran, High Commissioner Of Malaysia To Singapore, Straits Times

*** Taxi Bookings Most Efficient
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/free/story/0,6418,383681,00.html?>
Straits Times

Taxi companies could make call bookings even more worthwhile for commuters by dropping the surcharge altogether.