[MyAppleMenu] Feb 8, 2006

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** They Build It, And We Keep Buying
<http://www.newsday.com/business/printedition/ny-bzside084617846feb08,0,4764686.story?coll=ny-business-print>
Stephen Williams, Newsday

Why does Apple introduce so many different iPods? Because it can.

*** Apple Price Cut Hurts Asia Chip Maker Shares
<http://in.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=technologyNews&storyID=2006-02-08T125136Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_India-235735-1.xml>
Reuters

Shares in Samsung Electronics and other Asian memory chip makers fell on Wednesday after Apple's music player price cut fanned fears of a steeper price decline in chips used in the products.

*** An Experimental Classic Environment For Intel Macs
<http://old.tuaw.com/2006/02/07/an-experimental-classic-environment-for-intel-macs/>
Damien Barrett, Unofficial Apple Weblog

*** Managed Services: Now It Works For Macs Too
<http://www.thechannelinsider.com/article2/0,1895,1921453,00.asp>
Pedro Pereira, Channel Insider

*** Rockin' In Your Cubicle
<http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-0602070143feb07,1,4725158.story?coll=chi-business-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true>
Barbara Rose, Chicago Tribune

More workers are using their iPods to escape boredom or chaos in the office. Does it help them focus, or is it a distraction?

*** Turn iPod Earbuds Into A Cell Phone Headset
<http://cultofmac.com/index.php/2006/02/07/turn_ipod_earbuds_into_cell_phone_headse>
Cult Of Mac

*** Apple Offers 1GB iPod Nano For $149
<http://playlistmag.com/news/2006/02/07/ipodnano/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Jim Dalrymple and Peter Cohen, Playlist

Apple on Tuesday introduced a 1GB version of its iPod nano that sells for $149. Apple also cut prices on its entry-level iPod shuffle, making them more affordable.

[Opinion]

*** Forget Jobs, Let's Worship Woz
<http://www.wired.com/news/columns/0,70180-0.html?tw=rss.index>
Leander Kahney, Wired News

There's a lot to admire about Woz.

*** Apple Shuffles The Deck
<http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11218564/>
Rick Aristotle Munarriz, Motley Fool

Cheaper iPods may be welcome news to you and me, but it's not all that endearing to Apple's competitors. Companies will need to react accodingly now that the lower end of the market just got lower. It won't be easy for them. They don't have the benefit of running a popular digital download store, or selling Macs to the point of justifying cutting prices for the sake of moving products.

*** They're All Going The Wrong Way
<http://news.com.com/5208-1041-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=13750&start=0>
Rob Stevens, CNET News.com

Get the point Michael Dell, Bill Gates, and all you other competitors who get lost in the maze of confusion and bitter jealously. Find out what makes the iPod so popular, and then start to compete. "Build it and they will come" doesn't always work.

[Review]

*** The Intel iMac Arrives: A First Lok At Apple's New Mactel Machine
<http://www.computerworld.com/hardwaretopics/hardware/story/0,10801,108452,00.html>
Ken Mingis, Computerworld

It looks like an iMac G5, sounds like one on start-up, but it is a lot faster -- most of the time.

*** Xcode For The Rest Of Us
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2006/02/07/packagemaker.html?CMP=OTC-13IV03560550&ATT=Xcode+for+the+Rest+of+Us>
Shelley Weiner, O'Reilly Network

*** Upgrading RAM: FAQs
<http://www.macworld.com/2006/02/features/speedram/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Kyle Wiens, Macworld

*** Making Safari Stand Out
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/macgems/2006/02/safaristand/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Rob Griffiths, Macworld

There are lots of plug-ins that can extend Safari's feature set, even though they're not officially supported by Apple.

[Sidetrack]

*** Is It True? All That WinZip Goodness In OS X?
Heng-Cheong Leong

Yes, there are some progress <http://www.tnpi.biz/computing/mac/tips/idisk/> in porting Wine onto OS X for Intel.

*** Your Very Own .Mac Replacement
Heng-Cheong Leong

Want the .Mac convenience, but don't want to pay the high price? Roll your own .Mac <http://www.tnpi.biz/computing/mac/tips/idisk/> with this step-by-step instructions from Matt Simerson.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Riya's Amazing Face-Recognition Photo Search
<http://blogs.pcworld.com/techlog/archives/001419.html>
Harry McCracken, PC World

This photo sharing/search site does something quite remarkable: It uses artificial intelligence to recognize people by their faces, so it can help you find friends and family in your images.

*** Internet Lions Turn Paper Tiger In China
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/06/technology/06link.html?ex=1296882000&en=0019a7492e533dcc&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss>
Tom Zeller Jr., New York Times

Let's play "What if?" What if the Chinese authorities also stipulated that the chief executive of any internet company doing business in China had to have "Mao Zedong -- Luv U 4 Eva" tattooed across his back? Would the companies leave China?

*** LISP Deserves A Fresh Look
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1917202,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594>
Peter Coffee, eWeek

LISP has potential to handle web-facing applications using fewer lines of code, and with acceptable memory use and execution speed.

*** Clever Engineering For The Airport And TiVo
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/07/technology/poguesposts/07pogues-posts.html?ex=1296968400&en=cb72e440bd596dea&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
David Pogue, New York Times

Humans aren't perfect animals after all; every now and then, technology designers score a home run by factoring our imperfections into their designs.

MyAppleMenu Reader
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The other things in life

[Tech & Science]

*** Should We Swallow This?
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/food/Story/0,,1704888,00.html>
Felicity Lawrence, The Guardian

Yoghurt that helps digestion. Spreads that lower cholesterol. Milk that makes you brainy. Can so-called functional foods really work?

[Expressions]

*** Stranger Things Happen
<http://www.lcrw.net/kellylink/sth/Kelly_Link_Stranger_Things.htm>
Kelly Link

*** Crater Lake
<http://www.slate.com/id/2120967/>
Louise Gluck, Slate

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[News]

*** STB Says Tourism Appeal Most Important Criteria For Marina IR Bid
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/192189/1/.html>
Melvin Yong, Channel NewsAsia

*** Singapore Telecom 'Will Look' At Acquiring Telecom N.Z.'s AAPT
<http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000081&sid=ag_cf14pJ4NU&refer=australia>
Bloomberg

*** Indonesian Police Prepared To Send More Suspects To Singapore
<http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=aypfj9_mmVSk&refer=asia>
Bloomberg

*** Malaysia, Singapore To Continue Bridge Talks
<http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Wednesday/National/20060208075249/Article/index_html>
New Straits Times

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said Wisma Putra would discuss the concessions sought by Singapore, including permission to use Johor's airspace for its defence forces' training, and the sale of sand from Malaysia.

*** Talks Between Singapore And Malaysia To Dwell On Trade-Off Issues
<http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Tuesday/NewsBreak/20060207151827/Article/index_html>
Farrah Naz Karim, New Straits Times

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

[Tunes]

*** New Orleans Mambo
<http://www.archive.org/audio/etree-details-db.php?id=20628>
Brotherhood Of Groove
<http://ia201107.eu.archive.org/2/audio/BoG2004-11-06.shnf/BoG2004-11-06t04_64kb.mp3>

*** Mardi Gras Mambo
<http://www.archive.org/audio/etree-details-db.php?id=5294>
String Cheese Incident
<http://ia200112.eu.archive.org/3/audio/sci2000-03-07.dsbd.shnf/sci2000-03-07d2t4_64kb.mp3>