[MyAppleMenu] Apr 14, 2006

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Options For Mac Storage Widen
<http://www.enterprisestorageforum.com/sans/features/article.php/3599046>
Drew Robb, Enterprise Storage Forum

*** Firefox Update Supports Intel Macs
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/04/13/firefox/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Robert McMillan, IDG News Service

With the improved Mac OS support, Firefox now will be able to take advantage of performance enhancements in the chipsets used by Apple's new Intel-based Macs, which were introduced earlier this year.

*** Brands Take Buzz To Bank Through Free Integration
<http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/marketing/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002343808>
Gail Schiller, Hollywood Reporter

With its cultural cachet and stored history of giving away tens of thousands of Apple computers to the Hollywood creative community, Apple has had perhaps the greatest success of any brand in embedding its products into films and TV without paying for the integrations, even amid Hollywood's rush to cash in on branded entertainment deals over the past several years.

*** Apple's iTunes Must Play Fair In French Music Market: Minister
<http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060413/bs_afp/francepolitics>
AFP

Apple should have anticipated that the exclusive union of its iPod music players and online iTunes store would be challenged in France, Trade Minister Christine Lagarde said.

*** Apple Could Double Market Share On Microsoft Defections
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/04/13/applebrand/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Jim Dalrymple, Macworld

Consumers are so distrustful of Microsoft that Apple could double its market share due to defections from the Windows operating system, a report by market analysis firm Forrester Research says.

*** Girl's Letter To Apple Can Legalese Reply
<http://cbs5.com/investigates/local_story_103023852.html>
Anna Werner, CBS 5

A South Bay mom told CBS 5 that her young daughter's letter offering suggestions on how to improve the Apple iPod prompted a harsh response from the company. [Video]

*** Surprise, Surprise; Radio Down/iPod Up
<http://playlistmag.com/weblogs/ipodblog/2006/04/radiodownipodup/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Christopher Breen, Playlist

[Opinion]

*** A Week In Boot Camp
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/gameroom/2006/04/grbootcamp/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Peter Cohen, Macworld

As much as diehard Mac gamers may hate to hear this, the game experience on an iMac-equipped Windows XP can largely be summed up in one word: Excellent.

[Review]

*** Mac FTP: A Guided Tour
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2006/04/13/ftp.html>
Giles Turnbull, O'Reilly Network

There are several great FTP clients available for Mac OS X, so we thought it was about time we took a look at some of them.

*** Test-Driving Multi-Pass
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/2006/04/multipass/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Cyrus Farivar, Macworld

I would gladly turn to Multi-Pass if I had a fifth-generation iPod. But the inability to put shows I purchase on a device of my choosing turned out to be the deal-breaker for me.

[Sidetrack]

*** Snapple Anyone?
Heng-Cheong Leong

It's not just Mac OS X and Windows XP that is running on the new Intel-based Macintosh. We now also have Solaris <http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/setje?entry=solaris_on_the_imac>, the operating system from Sun, too.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** The World's Most Innovative Companies
<http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_17/b3981401.htm?chan=innovation_innovation+%2B+design_innovation+and+design+lead>
BusinessWeek

*** AOL Charged With Blocking Opponents' E-Mail
<http://news.com.com/2100-1030_3-6061089.html>
Stefanie Olsen, CNET News.com

AOL on Wednesday apparently began blocking e-mail on its servers containing the web address of a petition against the company's upcoming certified-mail program, an issue the company called a "glitch."

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The other things in life

[World]

*** The Vanishing Of A Tropical Nation
<http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/04/14/kiribati/>
Aaron Selverston, Salon

Rising seas are swamping the 33-island republic of Kiribati. Where will its 100,000 inhabitants go when their country becomes uninhabitable?

[Life]

*** Publishers' Solution To Slow Sales: My Story (And His, Too)
<http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB114497428182125700-owstYwLOTcoMgZXhQWl4DqaNBv8_20070413.html?mod=rss_free>
Robert J. Hughes, Wall Street Journal

Everyone has a story, whether it's a family of Dumpster-divers, a nun who had an affair with a priest, or a self-mutilating teenager. Now, however, there are more publishers willing to put out these personal histories as memoirs.

[EOF]

*** And It Goes Like This: 0-1-1-2-3-5-8
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/14/books/14bfibo.html>
Motoko Rich, New York Times

To write a Fib, a more complicated version of the classic, highly constrained haiku, the poet composes a six-line poem that has the correct number of syllables in each line corresponding to each digit in the Fibonacci sequence.

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Life in the city

[GE06]

*** Singapore's 'Fear Factor' Fails To Silence Dissident
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/Columnists/Column/0,,1753851,00.html>
Simon Tisdall, The Guardian

Government critics cite budget giveaways, cowed media, PAP threats to withhold state funding from opposition constituencies, mandatory voting, and what some Singaporeans call the "fear factor" as evidence that the system is stacked against them.

*** Jeyaretnam Slams Colleagues
<http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/4/14/asia/13954687&sec=asia>
Straits Times

Veteran opposition politican J.B. Jeyaretnam yesterday slammed opposition figures in an outburst that some analysts say could hurt their cause.

*** PAP Is 'All Systems Go' For Elections
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/free/story/0,6418,385090,00.html?>
Leslie Koh, Straits Times

[News]

*** Scenic Bridge Saga: 'Plan Wouldn't Have Worked Anyway'
<http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Friday/National/20060414115321/Article/index_html>
New Straits Times

If Malaysia was aware of all the legal implications, why did it even venture into talking about a scenic bridge? Syed Hamid said the government had hoped that Singapore would eventually give its nod for the bridge to be connected.

*** Johor's New CIQ Complex To Replace Current Congested Building
<http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/4/14/nation/13959096&sec=nation>
The Star

*** U-Turn Not Unexpected
<http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/4/14/nation/13956413&sec=nation>
Sa'odah Elias, The Star

Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad was not surprised when he heard of the government's decision to scrap the plans to replace Malaysia's side of the Causeway. The former prime minister said the government had reversed decisions that proved unpopular with the people many times before.

*** Questions Raised On Legal, Political Aspects Of Project
<http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/4/14/nation/13957621&sec=nation>
M. Krishnamoorthy, The Star

In the wake of the decision to cancel the bridge to replace the Causeway, academics and lawyers are asking whether the government had studied the legal and political implications of the project before proceeding with it.

*** Another 'Bridge' To Cross
<http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/4/14/nation/13956260&sec=nation>
Sim Leoi Leoi, The Star

The Johor bridge to Singapore project may be off but the Malaysian and Singaporean governments have "another bridge to cross." Both sides have to reach agreement before July 1 on how best to allow workers from Malaysia to cross daily into the republic following the abolition of the restricted passport.

*** 'Travel Card Should Be Acceptable To Singapore'
<http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Friday/National/20060414084721/Article/index_html>
New Straits Times

Home Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Radzi Sheikh Ahmad is confident Singapore will accept the special travel card to be issued to some 100,000 Malaysian workers to enter the republic from July 1.

*** MPs Support Decision To Halt Bridge Project
<http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/4/14/parliament/13957895&sec=parliament>
The Star

[Opinion]

*** How Singapore Is Run
<http://www.malaysiakini.com/letters/49768>
Saif, Malaysiakini

The language that Singapore appreciates and understands is 'What's in it for us?'

*** Half-Bridge: Taxpayers The Victims Again
<http://www.malaysiakini.com/letters/49769>
Ken, Malaysiakini

Irrespective of the reasons, someone is going to be legally richer by more than RM100 million of the taxpayers' money at a time when the taxpayers are being asked to pay a lot more for petrol/diesel to meet government shortfalls.

*** Bridge Made No Sense From The Start
<http://www.malaysiakini.com/letters/49772>
Leong KC, Malaysiakini

We do not need a new bridge to attract business to the Johor Port. Better infrastructure, and most important, better 'software' will enable us to compete with Singapore.

*** The People Prevail On The Bridge
<http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Friday/Columns/20060414081422/Article/index_html>
Hardev Kaur, New Straits Times

*** The Bridge That Didn't
<http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Friday/Columns/20060414081600/Article/index_html>
New Straits Times

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[Tunes]

*** (You Gotta) Tell Me
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The Understudies
<http://www.understudies.dk/mp3/09%20(you%20gotta)%20tell%20me.mp3>