[MyAppleMenu] Jan 17, 2009

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**** Developer Considers Charges After iPhone App Is Pirated <http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10144862-83.html?tag=mncol>
by Elinor Mills, CNET News.com
The devloper of an iPhone app that has been cracked and distributed for free said he is considering pursuing criminal chrages against whoever is responsible for the piracy.

**** The Mac At 25: Success And Regrets, Apple's Had A Few <http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9126138>
by Dan Turner, Computerworld
5 things Apple did right and 5 things it didn't over the last quarter-century.

**** Hope Can't Defy Gravity <http://blogs.eweek.com/applewatch/content/corporate/hope_cant_defy_gravity.html>
by Joe Wilcox, eWeek
People can believe that Apple is different, that the economy won't sap Mac shipments. You can jump off a cliff on absolute conviction that you will fly. But gravity is stronger than hope.

**** Despite Everything, Mac Sales Grew Year-To-Year <http://apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2009/01/16/despite-everything-mac-sales-grew-year-to-year/>
by Philip Elmer-DeWitt, Fortune
CEP Steve Jobs may be struggling with health problems, but sales of Apple's computers seem to be holding up.

**** Apple Tells Dual-Link DVI Display Adapter Customers That Their Monitors Are Incompatible <http://i.gizmodo.com/5133433/apple-tells-dual+link-display-adapter-customers-that-their-monitors-are-incompatible>
by Jason Chen, Gizmodo
Users of Apple's Mini Display to Dual-Link DVI Adapter are still experiencing the distortion issues, but now Apple Engineering is supposedly telling people this is only compatible with the Apple Cinema Display.

**** Opinion: What Will Macs Be Like In 25 Years? <http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9126139&source=rss_topic123>
by Seth Weintraub, Computerworld
We'll likely still have Macs in 2034, but they'll be based on the iPhone &mdash; and about the size of an iPod shuffle.

**** Timeline: Milestones In The Mac's History <http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9125940&source=rss_topic123>
by Ryan Faas, Computerworld
Take a trip down memory lane as we revisit the highs, lows and in-betweens of the Apple Macintosh from 1978 to today.

**** UK's Only Independent Mac Developer Conference, MacDev 2009, Announced For April <http://www.macworld.co.uk/mac/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=24467>
by Nick Spence, Macworld UK
The conference will consist of eleven one-hour sessions, aimed at intermediate or advanced level users.

**** Kivi's Underworld <http://www.insidemacgames.com/reviews/view.php?ID=1009>
by Franklin Pride, Inside Mac Games
Its limited scope and simplistic gameplay simply aren't enough to keep most players entertained for any significant length of time.

**** Expo Notes: A Last Look At The Weird And Wonderful <http://www.macworld.com/article/138276/2009/01/expo_showfloor.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Chris Holt, Macworld
Let's take one last, loving look at the odd and oddly wonderful things on the show floor last week.

**** A New Reality Distortion Field <http://www.macworld.com/article/138279/2009/01/jobshealth_media.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Dan Miller, Macworld
What is it about Steve Jobs' health issues that has not been journalist's finest hour.

**** Up Close With The 17-Inch MacBook Pro's Battery <http://www.macworld.com/article/138274/2009/01/mbp_battery.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Chris Barylick, Macworld
New battery brings longer life&mdash;and controversy.

**** Review: Hands On With Slacker Radio For iPhone <http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2009/01/16/review-hands-on-with-slacker-radio-for-iphone>
by Erica Sadun, Ars Technica
All in all, Slacker Radio offers a pretty decent package despite its newness and rough edges (plus those ads).

**** VisualHub Rising From The Dead <http://www.macworld.com/article/138248/2009/01/filmredux.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Christopher Breen, Macworld
VisualHub is on its way to being reborn as the open-source FilmRedux.

**** iPhone App Store: Half A Billion Served <http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2009/01/16/iphone-app-store-half-a-billion-served>
by Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica
The popularity of the App Store is undeniable.

**** Review: Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures <http://www.macworld.com/article/138254/2009/01/lego_indiana_jones.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Chris Holt, Macworld
Lego Indiana Jones is a solid platformer, a humorous ride, and a satirical lookat one of films' great franchises at the same time.

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**** Microsoft Ordered To Delete Browser <http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/17/technology/companies/17soft.html?ref=todayspaper>
by Associated Press
The European Union said Friday that Microsoft's practice of selling the Internet Explorer browser together with its Windows operating system violated the union's antitrust rules.

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**** The Popular Newsweekly Becomes A Lonely Category <http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/17/business/media/17weeklies.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper>
by Richard Perez-Pena, New York Times
People have asked for a generation whether newsweeklies would survive &mdash; but that is a more pressing question than ever, as the recession pummels the magazine industry. For now, the answer maybe that newsweeklies are already gone, having evolved into something else.

**** Modern Darwins <http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/02/darwin-legacy/ridley-text>
by Matt Ridley, National Geographic Magazine
The father of evolution would be thrilled to see the science his theory has inspired.

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**** Elderly Citizens Bearing The Brunt <http://thestar.com.my/columnists/story.asp?col=insightdownsouth&file=/2009/1/17/columnists/insightdownsouth/3034751&sec=Insight%20Down%20South>
by Seah Chiang Nee, The Star
With the economic storm worsening, the suffering poor could become a potential source of social unrest even for this orderly society despite the draconian control.

**** Archaic Policy Of No Benefit To Tourism, Travellers <http://business.smh.com.au/business/archaic-policy-of-no-benefit-to-tourism--travellers-20090116-7j4r.html>
by Michael Tan, Sydney Morning Herald
The recent Australian government announcement is simply protectionist and in sharp contrast to the worldwide trend towards liberalisation of international aviation policies.

**** Singapore Government To Tighten Laws Against Protests: Deputy PM <http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ivHjL09bH2rQQSwmhxZxQBsglXYw>
by AFP
Singapore's deputy prime minister said the island state, which is hosting a summit of Asia Pacific leaders this year, may further tighten laws against public protests, according to reports.
Wong Kan Seng said police could be granted power to take action before protesters could gather at specific areas such as parliament.

**** How About New Year Gift, SMRT? <http://tnp.sg/news/story/0,4136,189982,00.html?>
by Reggie J, New Paper