[MyAppleMenu] Jan 3, 2007

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Apple Guru Combats Month Of Bugs
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39285314,00.htm>
Tom Espiner, ZDNet UK

A senior open-source developer with extensive experience working for Apple says he is attempting to offer fixes for each flaw found.

*** At Apple, Timing Led To Overnight Windfalls
<http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-apple3jan03,0,3896443.story?coll=la-home-headlines>
Dawn C. Chmielewski, Los Angeles Times

Stock option grants in 1997 came on the eve of a big share-price jump.

*** Patent Lawsuit Names Leading Technology Firms
<http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/03/technology/03patent.html?ex=1325480400&en=e250d62e167d4fe4&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
John Markoff and Miguel Helft, New York Times

Intertainer filed a broad lawsuit asserting that Apple, Google and Napster are infringing on a 2005 patent that covers the commercial distribution of audio and video over the internet.

*** How To Throw Away That Broken iPod
<http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=17968&ch=infotech>
David Talbot, MIT Technology Review

Wondering what to do with your old electronics this New Year? Online guides tell consumers how to avoid sending their computers to toxic chop shops.

*** UC Berkeley On iTunes U Galvanizes Campus
<http://www.apple.com/education/profiles/berkeley/>
Apple

*** QuickTime Zero-Day Bug Threatens Macs, PCs
<http://news.com.com/2100-1002_3-6146615.html>
Joris Evers, CNET News.com

A newly disclosed security vulnerability in Apple's QuickTime software could put both Macs and Windows PCs at risk of cyberattacks, experts have warned.

*** Goldman Weighs In On Macworld, Says 1.8m Macs Sold In Dec Q
<http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=2342>
Katie Marsal, AppleInsider

*** REALbasic 2007 Release 1 Out For Mac
<http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2007/1/2/6441>
Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica

*** Future Cut: The Logic Behind Lily
<http://www.apple.com/uk/pro/profiles/futurecut/>
Jonny Evans, Apple

It's hard to believe Future Cut Productions churn out platinum-selling hits from such a small studio, but once you enter the Apple-logo emblazoned front door, it soon becomes obvious how much music production has changed in the digital age.

[Opinion]

*** Ex-Microsoft Exec: Why Pick On Dell, But Not Apple?
<http://www.crn.com/sections/dell/dell.jhtml?articleId=196800596>
Edward F. Moltzen, CRN

Dell and Apple have both just finished years in which each had to grapple with a massive notebook battery recall and each had to grapple with investigation into finances. But the similarities tend to end there.

*** Does Apple Have A Music Monopoly Issue?
<http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=4207>
Larry Dignan, ZDNet

I'm no lawyer, but it's hard to envivions a serious antiturst suit against Apple. However, stranger things have happened.

*** Parallels Universe
<http://www.macworld.com/2007/01/opinion/febeic/index.php>
Jason Snell, Macworld

*** Reading Between Apple's Lines
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/2007/01/expoprediction/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Rob Griffiths, Macworld

I don't think the slogan on the home page is a generic New Year's announcement, nor do I think it's a general statement on Apple's mission for 2007.

[Review]

*** Audio Hijack Pro 2.7
<http://www.atpm.com/13.01/audio-hijack.shtml>
Wes Meltzer, ATPM

[Sidetrack]

*** I Want My Music, And I Want It Now
Heng-Cheong Leong

Ever feel the noise around you is going to eat you alive, while you furiously try to untangle your iPod headphone cords to get into your very own soundtrack of the world? Maybe you should learn how to wrap headphone cords correctly <http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/portable-media/how-to-wrap-headphone-cords-correctly-225451.php>?

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Programmers To Blame For Hard-To-Use Software
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2078496,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594>
Lisa Von Ahn, Reuters

*** RSS Wasn't Invented
<http://www.scripting.com/2007/01/02.html#rssWasntInvented>
Dave Winer, Scripting News

If you want to understand what made RSS happen, it's the innovation, evangelism and commitment that was behind it, not the invention.

*** Music Industry Changes Its Tune On Podcasting
<http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB116768979448964167-lGjSouLeFWh4XUjqv27BqxF_6T8_20080102.html>
Ethan Smith, Wall Street Journal

After two years of hesitancy, the music industry is finally taking its first steps toward embracing podcasting.

*** Google's Buried Treasure
<http://www.slate.com/id/2156382/fr/rss/>
Paul Boutin, Slate

Four great applications you might not knonw about.

*** Ailing Music Biz Set To Relax Digital Restrictions
<http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070102/wr_nm/digital_dc>
Antony Bruno, Billboard

In 2007, the majors will get the message, and the DRM wall will begin to crumble.

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The other things in life

[Tech & Science]

*** A Surprising Secret To A Long Life: Stay In School
<http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/03/health/03aging.html?ei=5094&en=d827cf91b55ac6db&hp=&ex=1167886800&adxnnl=1&partner=homepage&adxnnlx=1167829432-HM8g8kzDebSbqQRp78DWMQ>
Gina Kolata, New York Times

The one social factor that researchers agree is consistently linked to longer lives in every country where it has been studied is education. It is more important than race; it obliterates any effects of income.

[Life]

*** Amazon Mystery: Pricing Of Books
<http://www.calendarlive.com/books/cl-fi-amazon2jan02,0,6136003.story?coll=cl-lat-homepage>
David Streitfeld, Los Angeles Times

Although the electronic world provides much greater latitude in pricing, as a longtime Amazon watcher I had never seen such an abrupt and unexplained price change.

*** I'll Have What They Don't Know About Yet
<http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/03/dining/03feed.html?_r=1&oref=slogin>
Alex Witchel, New York Times

Off the menu. Have sweeter words ever been spoken, especially by New Yorkers? We all believe we deserve something more special than the people at the next table, and who's to say we're wrong?

*** Big Breasts For Dummies
<http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/01/03/boob_mannequins/>
Wendy Paris, Salon

Mannequins with giant bazooms are busting out in shop windows from coast to coast. More than just garment racks, they are a mirror of current beauty and fashion.

*** Late-Breaking Deaths In 2006
<http://www.slate.com/id/2156782/fr/rss/>
Timothy Noah, Slate

Good timing for some, bad timing for others.

*** Ancient Messages, Hidden In A Dusty Bottle From Long Ago
<http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/03/dining/03pour.html?ex=1325480400&en=46b278e2f023ab61&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
Eric Asimov, New York Times

What no one has been able to do is predict when a wine will be at its peak or exactly how it will fare in its descent. What happens after a few decades along the aging trail is a mystery. But wine as old as these bottles borders on the mystical.

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Life in the city

[News]

*** Singapore's Economic Growth Unexpectedly Accelerates
<http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aHF_jAbrTHwQ&refer=home>
Shamim Adam, Bloomberg

Singapore's economic growth unexpectedly accelerated to the fastest pace in a year as surging tourist arrivals and increased consumer spending helped offset lower electronics exports. Stocks rose to a record.

[Opinion]

*** We Are All Collaborators Now
<http://www.yawningbread.org/arch_2007/yax-698.htm>
Yawningbread.org

*** What Is A Religion?
<http://mrwangsaysso.blogspot.com/2007/01/what-is-religion.html>
Mr Wang Says So

It may be pertinent to note that in Singapore, a religion is not a religion unless the government thinks it is.

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[Tunes]

*** Family Of Four
<http://thesoftdrugs.com/>
The Soft Drugs
<http://thesoftdrugs.com/twr/002/thesoftdrugs_familyoffour.mp3>