[MyAppleMenu] Nov 7, 2005

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Higher Education Enters The Age Of iTunes
<http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-11-7/34290.html>
David Jerke, Epoch Times

*** Apple iPod Takes Usability Prize
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=13070>
Jonny Evans, Macworld UK

Apple's iPod Click Wheel has been selected for a UK usability award.

*** iPod Copyright Fees On Hold
<http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200511070117.html>
Asahi Shimbun

Buyers of iPods and other portable digital music players with hard-disk drives are getting another reprieve from paying a surcharge for fees on copyrighted music at purchase.

*** Fashion Evolution Of iPod
<http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/living/13094951.htm>
Ellen Lee, Knight Ridder Newspapers

It is sort of, well, spooky, how iPod-crazy we have become.

[Opinion]

*** 83browsers
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/8346?CMP=OTC-13IV03560550>
Giles Turnbull, O'Reilly Network

Eight three Mac browsers!!?? That's a lot more than I'd have guessed.

[Sidetrack]

*** Pet Rock
Heng-Cheong Leong

Ooooh.... iPod competitors, here's a new market that Apple hasn't dominated. Time to move quickly to become the first-mover in the MP3-players-for-pets <http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411416/625167> space.

:-)

*** Rumor Today: Intel Laptops To Be Introduced Earlier Than Expected
Heng-Cheong Leong

AppleInsider <http://appleinsider.com/article.php?id=1359>: Sources familiar with Apple's Macintosh hardware roadmap say the company is striving to unveil a completely redesigned set of Intel iBook laptops just in time for next year's K-12 education buying season, which takes place around April or May.

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The other things in life

[World]

*** We Americans Are Like Recovering Addicts After A Four-Year Bender
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1635925,00.html>
Naomi Wolf, The Guardian

Like recovering addicts who have taken a step into a 12-step programme, we are ready at last to hear how we have harmed others -- and to try to make amends.

[Life]

*** Will This 'Lion' Roar?
<http://www.calendarlive.com/printedition/calendar/cl-ca-narnia6nov06,0,2329716.story?coll=cl-calendar>
John Horn, Los Angeles Times

It's a $180-million gamble on a spiritual children's tale, with "Shrek's" direcitro in charge of real kids. A peek behind "Narnia's" magic door.

*** The Boomer Files
<http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9939304/site/newsweek/>
Jerry Adler, Newsweek

Here's the boomer credo in a nutshell: there are good years left.

*** Endangered Species? Not Tonight, Thank You
<http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1126714,00.html>
Hannah Beech, Time

With the world at its door, China takes a crash course in Western etiquette.

*** The True Story Of The Poppy Girl And Her Mother
<http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article325158.ece>
Julia Stuart, Independent

'Daddy would be so proud' -- the words to her daughter of Anna Aston, soldier's widow and face of this year's British Legion Appeal.

*** Saying Goodbye California Sun, Hello Midwest
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/07/business/07move.html?hp&ex=1131339600&en=301b85d5f73935a2&ei=5094&partner=homepage>
Motoko Rich and David Leonhardt, New York Times

The same factors that have made California so alluring also made it unaffordable for many young families, retirees and recent immigrants to the United States. Some are heading to fast-growing cities like Las Vegas, as they have been for decades. But even less-glamorous destinations, like the Rust Belt and Texas, are on the receiving end of the migration.

*** Dr. Pill To The Rescue
<http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2005/11/07/e_c/index.html>
Lynn Harris, Salon

As the FDA stalls making Plan B emergency contraception available to women, a New Mexico doctor has stepped in to help -- now.

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Life in the city

[News]

*** Nguyen Sentence Immoral: Lawyer
<http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,17165066%255E1702,00.html>
Herald Sun

Prominent lawyer and former magistrate Brian Deegan has drawn parallels between the imminent execution of an Austrlian drug mule in Singapore and Australia's last hanging almost 40 years ago.

*** PM Backs Bonus For Low-Wage Workers
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/free/story/0,6418,351259,00.html?>
Lydia Lim and T. Rajan, Straits Times

[ICA And The Failure At Woodlands Checkpoint]

*** Admit It. ICA Fails To Use Resource Properly
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,5562,350840,00.html?>
Tan Tuan Khoon, Straits Times

*** ICA Can Do Much Better To Solve Traffic Jams At Checkpoint
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,5562,350844,00.html?>
Hwang Liang Keng, Straits Times

*** Security Issue Is Starting To Sound Like An Excuse To Cover Up ICA's Inefficiency
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,5562,350845,00.html?>
Pat Gan, Straits Times

It's mind-blowing to see this godzilla-of-a-building at Woodlands Checkpoint while the situation on the ground is pathetic, almost third world.

*** Security Barriers Actually More Hazardous?
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,5562,351311,00.html?>
Ronald Ho, Straits Times

With so many cars lined up, it would be easy for a bomber to load a closed van with drums of flammable liquid and blow it up.

*** Security Is Fine, But Jams Are In Other Areas
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,5562,351312,00.html?>
Samuel Owen, Straits Times

*** Better Deployment Of Manpower Needed
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,5562,351294,00.html?>
Poh Tip Twee, Straits Times

*** Waiting Times At Checkpoints: Time To Establish Service Standards
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/82668.asp>
Chang Lee Lee, Today

This is what a responsible public service institution owes the public.

[Opinion]

*** Singapore's Goh Misrepresented
<http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/07Nov2005_opin19.php>
Teo Lay Cheng, Singapore Embassy, Bangkok Post

The main trust of Mr Goh's argument is that press freedom should be exerecised with responsibility.

*** Death Penalty 101
<http://singabloodypore.blogspot.com/2005/11/death-penalty-101.html>
Singabloodypore

Convicted innocents are bound to happen, forensic evidence is never 100% proof of guilt, the legal system is fallible and the death penalty has not been proven effective as it's been claimed to be.

*** Kudos To Organizers Of Environment Show
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,5562,351310,00.html?>
Adrian Tan and Frances Tan, Straits Times

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