[MyAppleMenu] Feb 27, 2006

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Is Mac OS As Safe As Ever?
<http://news.com.com/2100-1002_3-6043353.html?part=rss&tag=6043353&subj=news>
Joris Evers, CNET News.com

While these represent a sea change, there is no need for Mac owners to worry, experts said, as the published attacks are still mainly theoretical and not widespread.

*** Apple's Jobs Fights Prservationists Who Want To Save His House
<http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=aRRh.VFMUViA&refer=us>
Bloomberg

*** Apple Computer Pays $45M-$50M For Data Center In Newark
<http://sanjose.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2006/02/27/story5.html>
Bard Berton, San Jose Business Journal

*** Adobe Unveils Photoshop Elements 4.0
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/02/26/elements/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Jim Dalrymple, Macworld

*** PMA: Apple Shows Intel Native Aperture 1.1
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/02/26/aperture/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Jim Dalrymple, Macworld

In addition to being Intel-native, Aperture 1.1 also boasts significant speed increases on both the PowerBook G4 and the Intel processors.

[Opinion]

*** Three Reasons Why Apple Should Buy Adobe
<http://samgerstenzang.com/archives/2006/02/three-reasons-why-apple-should-buy-adobe>
Sam Gerstenzang

*** Amazon To Take On iPod
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/24/technology/poguesposts/24pogues-posts.html?ex=1298437200&en=b5f9d1b03a426a82&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
David Pogue, New York Times

What are they, nuts?

[Review]

*** First Look: Adobe Photoshop Elements 4
<http://www.macworld.com/2006/02/firstlooks/elements4/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Ben Long, Macworld

Though it may have a small price tag, Adobe has not been stingy with features, making Elements 4 an exciting product for photographers looking for more editing power.

[Sidetrack]

*** Can You Feel The Love In The Air?
Heng-Cheong Leong

It's Secret Products Launch Week! Not only will Apple introduce fun new products on New Products Tuesday, Microsoft is poised to "change your life" <http://www.origamiproject.com/> on Thursday. (It's probably a "handheld, wireless touch-screen computer" <http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/02/26/business/origami.php>, reports the New York Times.)

You will not recognize your own life when we are through with this week.

Update: Todd Bishop <http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/101700.asp?source=rss> reported that there will not be a product launch this week from Microsoft. Rather, he seems to imply that the product will probably be launched in 3 weeks' time.

[Wintel]

*** He Helped Build The iPod; Now He Has Built A Rival
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/27/technology/27mercer.html?_r=1&oref=slogin>
John Markoff, New York Times

*** Unfolding Microsoft's Secret Site
<http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/02/26/business/origami.php>
John Markoff, New York Times

A cryptic web site that was set up by Microsoft but does not bear its name appears to hint that the company will reveal information about a new consumer product on Thursday.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Light At End Of fiber Slump
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,70269-0.html?tw=rss.index>
Joanna Glasner, Wired News

*** Bringing Innovation To The Classroom
<http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/feb2006/id20060227_276026.htm?link_position=linkxtra>
Jeneanne Rae, BusinessWeek

So far, B-schools aren't doing a great job of making innovation a key element of the curiculum. But it's increasingly central to business success.

*** Government: Google's Privacy Concerns Unfounded
<http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6043338.html?part=rss&tag=6043338&subj=news>
Greg Sandoval, CNET News.com

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The other things in life

[Tech & Science]

*** The Trouble With The Turning Test
<http://www.thenewatlantis.com/archive/11/halpern.htm>
Mark Halpern, The New Atlantis

Of course, the failure to pass the Turning Test is an empirical fact, which could in principle be reveresed tomorrow; what counts more heavily is that it is becoming clear to more and more observers that even if it were to be realized, its success would not signify what Turning and his followers assumed: even giving plausible answers to an interrogator's questions does not prove the presence of active intelligence in the device thorugh which the answers are channeled.

[Life]

*** On Bigfoot's Trail
<http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2006/02/26/on_bigfoots_trail/>
Stacey Chase, Boston Globe

Loren Coleman chases legendary beasts, from the Loch Ness Monster to the Abominable Snowman to Bigfoot, that science has never been able to verify but that make even skeptics wonder: What if?

*** Is Freedom Just Another Word For Many Things To Buy?
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/26/magazine/26wwln_essay.html>
Barry Schwartz, Hazel Rose Markus and Alana Conner Snibbe, New York Times

To govern well, both at home and abroad, Americans would be wise to listen to how freedom rings in different cultural contexts.

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[News]

*** Singapore To Join Global Discussions On Common Emergency Number
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/195287/1/.html>
S. Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia

*** Shin Corp Becomes 'Singaporean State Firm'
<http://www.asianewsnet.net/level3_template1.php?l3sec=2&news_id=52976&key_word=singapore>
The Nation

Shin Corporation has technically become a state enterprise of Singapore following Temasek Holdings' buy-out of the Thai telecom conglomerate formerly owned by the Shinawatra family.

*** Breakfast Before School
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/103438.asp>
Lin Yanqin, Today

Primary school students under the Financial Assistance Scheme will be provided with free breakfast before classes in the morning.

[Technology]

*** Singapore's MediaRing Offers To Buy Rest Of Pacific Internet
<http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2006/02/27/afx2554592.html>
AFX

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[Tunes]

*** Can't You Feel It
<http://www.singinglions.org/repertoire.htm>
The Singing Lions
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