[MyAppleMenu] Feb 3, 2006

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** New Apple Patents Tablet
<http://hrmpf.com/wordpress/48/new-apple-patents/>
hrmpf.com

*** The iPod Ecosystem
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/03/technology/03ipod.html?_r=1&oref=slogin>
Damon Darlin, New York Times

Sales of all those cases, car rechargers and docking stations totaled $850 million last year, and that is not even counting internet sales. Sales will easily soar well beyond $1 billion this year.

*** Laugh Tracks Standing Up On iTunes
<http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=industryNews&storyID=2006-02-02T134226Z_01_HAR249349_RTRIDST_0_INDUSTRY-MEDIA-ITUNES-DC.XML>
Andrew Wallenstein, Hollywood Reporter

Did you hear the one about comedians becoming a hit on Apple's iTunes?

*** Apple Trademarks Mac Pro
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=13758>
Macworld UK

*** Windows PlaysForSure No Match For Apple
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=13757>
Karen Haslam, Macworld UK

[Opinion]

*** Worship Not These False Idols
<http://www.wired.com/news/columns/0,70128-0.html>
Tony Long, Wired News

What I want to know is why guys who manufacture computers or make software are worthy of being elevated to near-deity status by you techno-utopians.

*** Apple's Crimes Against Usability
<http://multimedia.cx/eggs/apples-crimes-against-usability/>
Breaking Eggs And Making Omelettes

There truly is no justice in the world as evidenced by the fact that Steve Jobs was never made to stand trial and answer for his company's crimes against usability in the form of Apple's QuickTime Player v4.

*** On iPods And Hearing Loss: Just Turn It Down
<http://news.com.com/2061-11199_3-6034391.html?part=rss&tag=6034391&subj=news>
Michelle Meyers, CNET News.com

We had trouble finding bloggers out there standing behind Patterson and his allegations.

*** The Cost Of A La Carte Television
<http://www.capndesign.com/archives/2006/01/the_cost_of_a_la_carte_telvevision.php>
Capn Design

[Review]

*** iWeb 1.0: Easy-To-Use Web-Building Application Joins Apple's iLife Suite
<http://www.macworld.com/2006/02/reviews/iweb/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Jackie Dove, Macworld

If you're accustomed to traditional web publishing, the debut version of iWeb will disappoint, both in terms of convenience and in important areas such as image optimization, menu naviation, and site portability.

[Sidetrack]

*** Are We Also Cancelling Nemo On Ice?
Heng-Cheong Leong

Imagine this <http://media.bloggingbaby.com/2005/11/27/nemo-on-ice-beyond-strange/>: Nemo with an extra human head, two legs, and eyes as breasts -- or is it breasts as eyes? And can you imagine this ice skating show not being cancelled soon too?

*** We Have 11 Fonts In The System, And, By Gosh, We Are Gonna Use'em All
Heng-Cheong Leong

rentzsch.com <http://rentzsch.com/suck/stopStopStopHurtingTheInternet>: Is Microsoft attempting to resuret the Windows 1.0 "we have 16 colors, we must use them all" theme?

Check out the comparison of the toolbar between IE 7 (beta) and Safari, and you immediately see how Microsoft has absolutely no sense of good taste.

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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Sun Forecasts End To 'Frankenstein' Computing
<http://news.com.com/2100-1012_3-6034512.html?part=rss&tag=6034512&subj=news>
Stephen Shankland, CNET News.com

In the next few years, a "phase change" will take place as companies stop running their own customized computing infrastructure, Sun Chief Technology Officer Greg Papadopoulos predicted Thursday.

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The other things in life

[World]

*** Radio Free Nepal
<http://www.sfweekly.com/Issues/2006-02-01/news/feature.html>
Cristi Hegranes, SF Weekly

An S.F. organization is providing radios and radio programming that just may save lives a world away.

[Tech & Science]

*** Discovery's Creation
<http://www.seattleweekly.com/news/0605/discovery-darwin.php>
Roger Downey, Seattle Weekly

A Seattle think tank launched the modern intelligent-design movement with a simple memo. The idea has evolved into a media sensation. And the cause has mutated beyond rational control.

*** War Of The Worlds
<http://www.science-spirit.org/article_detail.php?article_id=575>
George Johnson, Science & Spirit

Maybe the best way for science and religion to coexist is independently -- each providing powerful answers to distinct sets of questions, neither expected to fully accomodate the other. Maybe the differences betweent he two are simply irreconcilable.

[Life]

*** Will Boys Be Boys?
<http://www.slate.com/id/2135243/nav/tap1/>
Ann Hulbert, Slate

Why the gender lens may not shed light on the latest educational crisis.

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Life in the city

[News]

*** Malaysia Revives Cross-Strait Half-Bridge Plan
<http://news.ft.com/cms/s/eeff73d8-944a-11da-82ea-0000779e2340.html>
John Burton, Financial Times

Malaysia is reviving plans to build a bridge to replace a causeway that links it with Singapore in a move that threatens to hurt improving bilateral relations.

*** Minister Clears The Air
<http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Friday/National/20060203084132/Article/index_html>
Wan Hamidi Hamid, New Straits Times

"There's no shift in our position. Malaysia's position all along was that it ad every right to do anything within its territory. As such, the proposed scenic bridge was never part of negotiations between the countries."

*** Bridge Work To Start 'In Four Months'
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/free/story/0,6418,368743,00.html?>
Straits Times

Work on the so-called 'scenic' bridge to replace the Johor Causeway will begin in four to five months, Malaysia's Works Minister Samy Vellu has said.

*** Strong Tenant Take-Up At New VivoCity Mall
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/98938.asp>
Vinita Ramani, Today

[Opinion]

*** We're All For It
<http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Thursday/Advanced%20/20060202015037/Article/index_html>
Mansor Puteh, New Straits Times

It is the average Singaporean who has to suffer each time he or she cross the strait to go to Johor nad other parts of Malaysia to chill out and shop for bargains.

*** Temasek's Returns Disappointing
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,5562,368733,00.html?>
Jeffrey Ho Loon Poh, Straits Times

*** Thanks For The Confirmation, RI
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/98949.asp>
Elias Tan, Today

It seems its communications head has, in a roundabout and verbose manner, admitted "yes". Why else would a school as rich in resources as RI say they do not have enough resources to dedicate to competitive soccer when neighbourhood schools can?

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[Tunes]

*** Last Song
<http://www.songs.myvirtualband.com/index.php/archives/2005/10/05/last-song/>
Hamm, Ronnie Marler, Robert Pursley
<http://www.files.myvirtualband.com/Last_Song/LastSongmasmix.mp3>