[MyAppleMenu] Feb 28, 2006

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Is Apple's Next Act VoIP iPod?
<http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=15882&hed=Is+Apple%e2%80%99s+Next+Act+VoIP+iPod%3f>
Red Herring

Buzz about Apple's to-be-unveiled products focuses on iPods, iTunes, even computers.

*** Study: Windows Media Loses Ground To Apple H.264
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/02/27/video/index.php>
Peter Cohen, Macworld

Streaming Media.com on Monday announced the publication of two new reports that suggest that Apple's QuickTime H.264 video encoding has gained round on Microsoft Windows Media. The winner, however, was RealVideo.

*** Computers To Repalce Darkroom
<http://public.wartburg.edu/trumpet/2006/feb27/computerlab.html>
Kaci Hanson, Wartburg Trumpet

*** To Learn The Japanese Language, Get Pod-Agogical
<http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ek20060228a1.html>
W. David Marx, Japan Times

In Japan, many are taking advantage of the new medium of podcasting and bringing a high-tech twist to age-old language learning.

*** Wireless iPod Would Make Sense: Qualcomm CEO
<http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=11353969&src=rss/technologyNews>
Reuters

Paul Jacobs noted that while he talks to Apple "every so often" he does not have any insight into the company's product development plans.

*** iPod: 'A New Wonder Of The World'
<http://tech.virgin.net/story/TEC/A17527171141042586A000>
Virgin.net

The iPod has been named as one of the modern equivalents of the Seven Wonders of the World.

*** Decision To Drop School Macs Angers Boulder Voters
<http://www.macobserver.com/article/2006/02/27.2.shtml>
Jeff Gamet, Mac Observer

*** iPod Mini Makes A Return To Apple's Site
<http://news.com.com/2061-10799_3-6043518.html?part=rss&tag=6043518&subj=news>
Ina Fried, CNET News.com

It's not quite the iPod mini comeback that some were hoping for, but Apple has put a stash of the colorful players up for sale in the clearance section of its online store.

[Opinion]

*** Vulnerability Statistics For Mac And Windows
<http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=165>
George Ou, ZDNet

The data is clear, and Apple has a lot more vulnerabilities of every kind ranging from moderately critical to extremely critical.

*** Selling In The iPod Channel
<http://www.internetnews.com/commentary/article.php/3587671>
Erin Joyce, InternetNews.com

It's that hip factor, that intangible tangible known as cool that the ipod confers. Software makers and sellers want a piece of that marketing power. And they want some of their space back on store shelves that iPod has swiped from them.

*** Two Reasons Why Apple Cannot Buy Adobe
<http://www.samgerstenzang.com/archives/2006/02/two-reasons-why-apple-cannot-buy-adobe>
Sam Gerstenzang

*** MacBook Pro First Thoughts: A New Era
<http://www.oreillynet.com/mac/blog/2006/02/macbook_pro_first_thoughts_a_n.html?CMP=OTC-13IV03560550&ATT=MacBook+Pro+First+Thoughts:+A+New+Era>
Tom Bridge, O'Reilly Network

*** MacBook Pro First Impressions And Why I Switched
<http://gabrito.com/post/macbook-pro-first-impressions-and-why-i-switched>
Todd Huss

[Review]

*** iPhoto 6: Good, But Not Ground-breaking
<http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=08438>
Adam C. Engst, TidBITS

iPhoto 6 provides enough improvements and new features that anyone who uses iPhoto at all seriously will find them worthwhile, particularly if any of hte other iLife '06 applications are of interest.

*** Of Files, Forks, And FUD
<http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=08437>
Matt Neuburg, TidBITS

*** Easy File Sending
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/macgems/2006/02/dropcopy/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Dan Frakes, Macworld

*** Apple MacBook Pro
<http://www.stuffmag.co.uk/hotstuffarticle.asp?de_id=1307>
Tom Dunmore, Stuff

If you're after a drop-dead gorgeous laptop that runs consumer applications brilliantly, that excels in entertainment and productivity software, and that's truly future-proofed, then it's worth joining the queue.

[Sidetrack]

*** Fun? You Want Fun?
Heng-Cheong Leong

The *Fun*niest thing ever to come out of the labs of Microsoft: What if Microsoft redesigned Apple iPod packaging <http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/what_if_microsoft_redesigned_apple_ipod_packaging/>?

(Okay, it's not actually from Microsoft or Apple. But it is still very fun.)

[Wintel]

*** Details Unfolding On Microsoft's 'Origami'
<http://news.com.com/Details+unfolding+on+Microsofts+Origami/2100-1041_3-6043755.html>
Ina Fried, CNET News.com

As rumors unfurl about a new gadget upcoming from Microsoft, the company's Origami Project is starting to take shape as a very small tablet  computer, one perhaps affordable enough to appeal to mainstream consumers.

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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Slate Has 8 Million Readers, Honest
<http://www.slate.com/id/2136936/>
Paul Boutin, Slate

Or maybe it's 4 million. Which should you beleive?

*** Gesture Recognition Not Ready For Prime Time
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1931943,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594>
Peter Coffee, eWeek

Don't make complexity elegant; make it disappear.

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The other things in life

[World]

*** The Dark Side Of China's Rise
<http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=3373&print=1>
Minxin Pei, Foreign Policy

Chian's economic boom has dazzled investors and captivated the world. But beyond the new high-rises and churning factories lie rampant corruption, vast waste, and an elite with little interest in making things better. Forget political reform. China's future will be decay, not democracy.

[Tech & Science]

*** A Thrill Ride To 'The Other Side Of Infinity'
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/28/science/28prof.html>
Kirk Johnson, New York Times

Video game technology adn Einstein's work on relativity may at first seem as unlikely a couple as Oscar and Felix. But to Andrew J.S. Hamilton, a professor of astrophysics at the University of Colorado, they are perfect together.

*** I'm n The Side Of Medical Science And That Entails Animal Experiments
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,6-2055997,00.html>
Mick Hume, The Times

It is time to stick some human headsabove parapets.

[Life]

*** Mind Your P's And F's
<http://www.slate.com/id/2136894/>
Daniel Engber, Slate

How Pilipinos became Filipinos in the Philippines.

[Expressions]

*** The Bone Game
<http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/content/articles/060306fi_fiction>
Charles D'Ambrosio, New Yorker

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Life in the city

[News]

*** MPs Fear Expctations Of More Goodies From Future Budgets
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/195347/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia

*** Panellist: Media Too Timid
<http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/2/27/asia/13513262&sec=asia>
Straits Times

The way the mainstream media covers elections came under fire yesterday at a forum on politics at the National University of Singapore.

*** The Shift Intensifies
<http://www.littlespeck.com/content/people/CTrendsPeople-060226.htm>
Seah Chiang Nee, Little Speck

Only 45,000 more Singapoean voters in last 5 years, lowest rise in modern history, thanks to globalisation.

*** Singapore Has To Pay More Attention To Immediate Neighbours: ASEAN Sec-Gen
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/195352/1/.html>
Rita Zahara, Channel NewsAsia

[Opinion]

*** MacRitchie Reservoir Singapore
<http://www.singtime.de/28/macritchie-reservoir-singapore>
It's SingTime

After entering the park, the air humidity became hard to stand... at the same time,the intense, exotic smell of a rainforest was overwhelming, surprising and strange at the same time.

*** Concert Venue Blues
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/free/story/0,6418,374304,00.html?>
Ong Soh Chin, Straits Times

Poor acoustics and crowd control leave music lovers short-changed.

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[Tunes]

*** January Day
<http://www.songs.myvirtualband.com/index.php/archives/2006/02/18/january-day/>
Claicklyn, Marty Keil
<http://www.files.myvirtualband.com/January/january-day-marty-mix3.mp3>