[MyAppleMenu] Jan 30, 2007

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Apple Quietly Releases 802.11n Enabler
<http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2007/1/30/6806>
Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica

The 802.11n enabler from Apple is only required if you do not end up purchasing the new Airport Extreme base station that will be available later this month.

*** iPod Shuffle Now Comes In Five Colors
<http://playlistmag.com/news/2007/01/30/shuffle/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Peter Cohen and Jim Dalrymple, Playlist

Apple on Tuesday announced that the iPod shuffle is now available in five colors; Blue, pink, green, orange and the original silver. The 1GB iPod shuffle costs $79.

*** Apple TV Debate Won't Wait On product
<http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3ia767a63ba2afa61b9769611e27fa63be>
Paul Bond, Hollywood Reporter

Like the iPod, Apple TV could be a phenomenon. A disrupter of lesser technology. A product that finally converges the computer with the TV set. Or not.

*** Pogue's Videos Available As A Podcast
<http://www.macuser.com/podcasting/pogues_videos_available_as_a_p.php?lsrc=murss>
Derik DeLong, MacUser

*** Apple Pays $700,000 For Bloggers' Legal Fees
<http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/01/29/apple.pays.legal.fees/>
MacNN

Earlier this month, a Santa Clara County Court ordered Apple to pay the legal fees associated with the defense of subpoenas issued to online journalists in response to online reports about a confidential audio/video product -- code-named "Asteroid" -- under development at the Cupertino-based company.

[Opinion]

*** Apple Ads Around The World
<http://www.menori.com/2007/01/30/apple-ads-around-the-world/>
Menori

Now is it just me or does the phrase "Just kicking it" makes the second one much finnier than the long winded multiple-phrase first one?

*** Rob Enderle Officially Loses It
<http://blog.wired.com/cultofmac/2007/01/rob_enderle_off.html>
Pete Mortensen, Wired News

There's a lot to love about Enderle's not-so-expert analysis here.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Record Companies Boxed In By Their Own Rhetoric
<http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=1114>
Ed Felten, Freedom To Tinker

The record industry has worked for years to frame the DRM issue, with considerable success. Mainstream thinking about DRM is now so mired in the industry's framing that the industry itself will have a hard time explaining and justifying its new course.

*** A Lively Market, Legal And Not, For Software Bugs
<http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/30/technology/30bugs.html?ex=1327813200&en=99b346611df0a278&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
Brad Stone, New York Times

Software vendors have traditionally asked security researchers to alert them first when they find bugs in their software, so that they could issue a fix, or patch, and protect the general public. But now researchers contend that their time and effort are worth much more.

*** I Am A Victim: How Norte Dame Put My SSN On The Internet
<http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=18118&ch=infotech>
Simson Garfinkel, MIT Technology Review

The real problem isn't that personal information keeps getting leaked, but that personal information is so valuable.

MyAppleMenu Reader
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The other things in life

[Tech & Science]

*** Can Humanity Survive? Want To Bet On It?
<http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/30/science/30tier.html?ex=1327813200&en=870294ecdd260e36&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
John Tierney, New York Times

Dr. Rees is not a knee-jerk technophobe -- he expects great advances as researchers around the world link their knowledge -- but he fears that progress will be undone by what he calls the new global village idiots. He's sure enough of himself to post an offer on Long Bets, a clever innovation on the web that Stewart Brand helped start with money from Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon.com.

[Life]

*** The Readers Strike Back
<http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2007/01/30/writing/?source=rss>
Gary Kamiya, Salon

Massive online feedback has rocked writers and changed journalism forever. This brave new world is filled with beautiful minds and nasty Calibans and everything in between. Its benefits are undeniable. But do they outweigh its insidious effects?

[Expressions]

*** Tarot Card Of The Dreaming Man, Face Down
<http://www.slate.com/id/2157222/fr/rss/>
Mark Conway, Slate

Mark Conway works at the College of St. Benedict in Minnesota.

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[News]

*** Malaysia's Dr M Backs Thailand Over Feud With Singapore
<http://nationmultimedia.com/2007/01/30/headlines/headlines_30025490.php>
The Nation

"Singapore doesn't really care about the opinion of its neighbours," said Mahathir, adding that the decision was "unfeeling and not sympathetic." "Singapore believes the most important thing is what profits Singapore," he said.

*** Singapore Motorists Just Have To 'Touch' To Enter
<http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Tuesday/National/20070130084104/Article/local1_html>
Lau Mei San, Siti Nurbaiyah Nadzmi and Kamachy Habimanan, New Straits Times

Special gantries and electronic payment equipment have been installed at both the Causeway and Second Link to collect the RM20 levy on Singaporean vehicles entering Malaysia beginning next month.

*** Liquid Curbs Likely On All Flights From Singapore
<http://www.straitstimes.com/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=6fadbe120b93a010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:98f7d72394e60110VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD>
Karamjit Kaur, Straits Times

Singapore is seriously considering limiting the amount of liquids, aerosols and gels that passengers can carry aboard aircraft, joining the United States, Canada and European Union states that already have the anti-terror restrictions in place.