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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** VARs: Apple Not Forthcoming With Intel Migration Plans
<http://www.crn.com/sections/news/top_news.jhtml?articleId=174900087>
Edward F. Moltzen, CRN

Apple could be poised to ship Intel-based notebooks as soon as next month but has done little to help solution providers get ready for the migration, solution providers say. And now some may be looking to Intel for support.

*** Apple Feesl The Squeeze From Linux
<http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2147081/apple-feels-squeeze-linux>
James Middleton, vnunet.com

Apple has quietly voiced its concern about the growing threat it faces from Linux in the desktop market.

[Review]

*** Mac Programs That Come With Thinking Caps On
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/04/business/yourmoney/04techno.html?ex=1291352400&en=954cd94415f79f4f&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
James Fallows, New York Times

It's time for another look at "thinking tools" -- software for storing, retrieving and generally making the best use of information.

*** Five Fun Ways To Play With Audio Hijack Pro
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/12/02/audio-hijack.html?CMP=OTC-13IV03560550&ATT=Five+Fun+Ways+to+Play+with+Audio+Hijack+Pro>
Erica Sadun, O'Reilly Network

They range from digitizing legacy music from my old long-playing vinyl albums to time-shifting radio shows to bypassing digital rights management and more.

[Wintel]

*** Microsoft Bows To Eolas, Revamps IE's Multimedia Handling
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1895907,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594>
Ryan Naraine, eWeek

The browser patent spat between Microsoft and Eolas took anotehr twist Friday with an announcement from Redmond that it will change the way Internet Explorer handles embedded content on web pages.

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The other things in life

[Life]

*** The End Of Shopping
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/04/magazine/04wwln_lead.html>
Walter Kirn, New York Times

Will the high-tech perfection of shopping mean the end of shpping?

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Life in the city

[News]

*** NUS To Have Its Very Own University Town By 2009
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/181908/1/.html>
Farah Abdul Rahim, Channel NewsAsia

*** PM Lee Hsien Loong Forgets To Bow At german Flag, Embrassing Moment Captured By AP
<http://tomorrow.sg/archives/2005/12/03/pm_lee_hsien_loong_forgets_to_bo.html>
Tomorrow

*** Nguyen's Family Arrives Home
<http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200512/s1522987.htm>
ABC

*** ASEAN Lawmakers Press For Myanmar's Removal
<http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1369355>
Reuters

Southeast Asian lawmakers want Myanmar expelled from the ASEAN regional grouping unless it frees democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi and other political prisoners within a year, Malaysia's state media said on Saturday.

*** Card To Pay For All Travel Charges Being Developed
<http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/12/4/asia/12771544&sec=asia>
Straits Times

The LTA and Nets are working on a new, as-yet-unnamed card, which will double as both the ez-link card used to pay bus and MRT fares, and the CashCard used to deduct road tolls and parking charges.

*** Singapore Working With KL On Tourism
<http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Sunday/National/20051204075442/Article/indexb_html>
New Straits Times

Singapore is looking at wooing high-spending Middle Eastern tourists, as well those from India, with a helping hand from Malaysia.

*** Singapore Bans Execution References In Play: Paper
<http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=stageNews&storyID=2005-12-03T054131Z_01_KRA320432_RTRIDST_0_STAGE-SINGAPORE-EXECUTION-PLAY-DC.XML>
Reuters

The government's Media Development Authority (MDA) demanded that "Human Lefts," a play about the hanging of Singaporean drug courier Shanmugam Murugesu in May, make no mention of the death penalty and no reference to any political leader, the play's director was quoted as saying.

*** End Death Penalty: Singapore Nun
<http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/end-death-penalty-singapore-nun/2005/12/03/1133422148176.html>
Steve Butcher, The Age

A senior Singapore nun has taken the dramatic step of calling on her government to drop the death penalty.

*** Speakers Believe Mandatory Death Penalty Is Unlikely To Become An Election Issue
<http://singabloodypore.blogspot.com/2005/12/speakers-believe-mandatory-death.html>
Singabloodypore

The speakers for the Think Centre Human Rights Day Forum believed that the mendatory death penalty is unlikely to become an election issue as they believe that Singaporeans are more concerned with bread and butter matters.

[Opinion]

*** Trust, Rules And Singaporeans V. Malaysians In Resolving Issues
<http://www.oikono.com/wordpress/?p=77>
Okono

A Malaysian friend of mine claims that Malaysians are less calculative.

*** Mega Makeover For Housing Estates In The East? Better Spend The Money On Needy
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,5562,356405,00.html?>
Narayana Narayana, Straits Times

*** MediaCorp Explains Coverage Of SEA Games
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,5562,356640,00.html?>
Chong Gim Hwee, MediaCorp TV, Straits Times

The telecast is subject to the availability of feed from the Philippines SEA Games Organising Committee.