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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Finding Harmony Among iPod Rivals
<http://news.com.com/Finding+harmony+among+iPod+rivals/2100-1013_3-5975839.html?part=rss&tag=5975839&subj=news>
Ina Fried, CNET News.com

Hoping to loosen Apple's grip on the digital music player market, Microsoft is rallying consumer electronics companies to form a common link. The software maker is part of a working group launched last week by the Consumer Electronics Association to develop a standard port for connecting gadgets like music players to audio systems in homes and cars.

*** Apple's iPods Prosper As Piracy Flourishes, But Who Is To Blame?
<http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB113331053622009637-MJQRYnwR1cU4RWkspIzvi7qhavc_20061130.html?mod=rss_free>
Nick Wingfield, Wall Street Journal

For any TV producer tempted not to return phone calls from Steve Jobs, they have to ponder: Help Apple help consumers buy content, or have the consumers help themselves to freebies.

*** Will NPR's Podcasts Birth A New Business Model For Public Radio?
<http://www.ojr.org/ojr/stories/051129glaser/>
Mark Glaser, Online Journalism Report

How the public radio giant has become a leading podcaster in just two months.

*** Sony Vs. iTnes
<http://www.metrotimes.com/editorial/story.asp?id=8548>
Chris Parker, Metro Times Detroit

They're at war over your downloads, fighting skirmishes on your hard drive.

*** Recover Or Rebuild Your iPhoto Library With iPhoto Extractor
<http://www.tuaw.com/2005/11/29/recover-or-rebuild-your-iphoto-library-with-iphoto-extractor/>
David Chartier, Unofficial Apple Weblog

*** Security Update 2005 - 009 Released
<http://www.tuaw.com/2005/11/29/security-update-2005-009-released/>
Scott McNulty, Unofficial Apple Weblog

*** Apple Releases Broadband Tuner 1.0
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2005/11/29/broadband/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Peter Cohen, Macworld

Apple has released Broadband Tuner v1.0, a utility that twewaks the system parameters of Macs with very high speed internet connections -- 5 Mbps or faster.

[Opinion]

*** Apple Prepping A DVR? Not So Fast.
<http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20051129-5643.html>
Ken "Caesar" Fisher, Ars Technica

An Apple DVR not only competes with Apple itself, but it pts Apple right into the thick of other on-demand services, some of which are being put out there by the very same people Apple wants to work with.

*** 10 Things Every New Mac Owner Should Know
<http://123macmini.com/news/story/398.html>
Paul Stamatiou, 123Macmini.com

[Review]

*** A New Gold Standard For PCs
<http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB113331174822009686-fU3ah1_CeuAZr1E1Ok582ZlNSzk_20061130.html?mod=rss_free>
Walter S. Mossberg, Wall Street Journal

No desktop offered by Dell or HP or Sony or Gateway can match the new iMac G5's combination of power, elegance, simplicity, ease of use, built-in software, stability and security.

*** Getting Started With OS X Automator
<http://www.syracuse.com/news/poststandard/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1132997763135650.xml&coll=1>
Al Fasoldt, Post-Standard

*** Ringtones For Mail.app
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/8603?CMP=OTC-13IV03560550&ATT=Ringtones+for+Mail.app>
Robert Daeley, O'Reilly Network

*** Advanced Package Management With Fink
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/11/29/fink.html?CMP=OTC-13IV03560550&ATT=Advanced+Package+Management+with+Fink>
Koen Vevolesem, O'Reilly Network

*** Windows Vista Beta Vs. Mac OS X "Tiger" (Part 2)
<http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_beta1_vs_tiger_02.asp>
Paul Thurrott, SuperSite for Windows

In short, Mac OS X is more secure than Windows today, and will likely remain so even after Windows Vista is released.

*** Time For Radio With RadioTime
<http://playlistmag.com/weblogs/ipodblog/2005/11/radiotime/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Christopher Breen, Playlist

You can schedule and record radio programs, effectively turning your computer into a TiVo for broadcast and streaming radio.

*** Reduce Wasted Menubar Space
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/macosxhints/2005/11/menubarspace/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Rob Griffiths, Macworld

[Sidetrack]

*** The World's First iPod Compatible Bed
Heng-Cheong Leong

Via the Cult of Mac blog, here's the first iPod compatible bed <http://cultofmac.com/index.php/2005/11/29/world_s_first_ipod_compatible_bed>. Now, you can fall asleep to your "Boring Music" playlist, and wake up to your "Bring Down the House" playlist on your iPod.

Unless your iPod crashed in the middle of the night, and you're late for work again. :-)

*** TiVo Coming To Singapore?
Heng-Cheong Leong

There's no concrete plans yet being announced, but there's hope for television lovers in Singapore: TiVo may be coming to tiny Singapore soon <http://www.infoworld.nl/idgns/bericht.phtml?id=00256F6C005C22FC482570C9001BAB9C>.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** HP Introduces New Utility-Computing Service
<http://news.com.com/HP+introduces+new+utility-computing+service/2100-1007_3-5975660.html?part=rss&tag=5975660&subj=news>
Alorie Gilbert, CNET News.com

HP introduced a new application that incorporates technology created by its research labs and DreamWorks Animation for last year's productions of "Shrek 2" and "Madagascar." The program, which HP will run and maintain for customers at its own data centers, performs computer-aided engineering analysis.

*** Massachusetts Assaults Monoculture
<http://news.com.com/Massachusetts+assaults+monoculture/2010-7344_3-5968740.html?part=rss&tag=5968740&subj=news>
Daniel Geer, CNET News.com

*** Web Tool Puts New Face On Wikipedia
<http://news.com.com/Web+tool+puts+new+face+on+Wikipedia/2100-1032_3-5975227.html?part=rss&tag=5975227&subj=news>
Alorie Gilbert, CNET News.com

The popularity of Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia to which anyone can contribute, is spawning a host of complementary tools and offshoots.

[Linux]

*** Trying For The Top: Desktop Linux Aims For The Big Time
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1893759,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594>
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, eWeek

OSDL is calling together achitects from over two-dozen key desktop-oriented Linux projects to a meeting at its headquarters to set strategic directions and standards, and find synergies amongst Desktop Linux organizations.

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The other things in life

[Life]

*** The More Nobel Prize
<http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/11/30/keillor/index.html>
Garrison Keillor, Salon

Book awards are about commerce and artistic corruption. Reading is about the intimate privilege of living more than one life.

*** A Life In Movies
<http://www.chicagomag.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=8642F5EFCEA14A939100AB7214F31861&nm=Archives&type=pubtitles&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle+Title&mid=61BFC65300D24DB58350C761094153A1&tier=3&aid=683382C8C8D3463E9708F634A2B43866&dtxt=December+2005>
Carol Felsenthal, Chicago

The road to becoming the first film critic to win the Pultizer Prize and the first to be awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was paved with Ebert's hard work, his ability to write at typing speed, ad his unflagging optimism and cheer, even in the face of obstacles.

[Expressions]

*** Wait To Come Unstuck
<http://www.elimae.com/fiction/Bonikowski/Unstuck.html>
Wyatt Bonikowski, elimae

They were having their rails lubricated. Underneath they had discovered blockage, and it was all they could do to free themselves, like a kind of jellied meat.

*** Her Mind's Eye
<http://www.kotapress.com/journal/Archive/Journal_V4_Issue12(Dec03)/journal12.htm>
Ginger Lee, Kotapress Journal

*** In The Beginning There Was The Word
<http://www.themontserratreview.com/issue-07-03/poem-02.html>
Jean Emerson, The Montserrat Review

*** Love Poem
<http://www.slate.com/id/2120094/>
Nadia Herman Colburn, Slate

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Life in the city

[Ramblings]

*** TiVo Coming To Singapore?
Heng-Cheong Leong

There's no concrete plans yet being announced, but there's hope for television lovers in Singapore: TiVo may be coming to tiny Singapore soon <http://www.infoworld.nl/idgns/bericht.phtml?id=00256F6C005C22FC482570C9001BAB9C>.

[News]

*** Amnesty Denies Glorifying Nguyen
<http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200511/s1520177.htm>
ABC

Amnesty International says it is not trying to portray Melbourne man Van Nguyen as a hero in the lead-up to his hanging in Singapore for drug smuggling. "This is an argument about a fundamental violation, which is the death penalty."

*** Cities For Life Day: No To Death Penalty
<http://wilsonsalmanac.blogspot.com/2005/11/cities-for-life-day-no-to-death.html>
Wilson's Blogmanac

Today commemorates the first abolition of the death penalty by a European state.

*** Singapore PM Dismisses Calls To Save Nguyen
<http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/bulletins/radionz/200511302053/178d59f3>
Radio New Zealand

The death penalty "is necessary and is part of the criminal justice system."

*** Singapore's Hangman Told To Butt Out
<http://www.thestar.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=132&fArticleId=3015981>
The Star

Singapore's hangman Darshan Singh was yesterday urged to stop speaking to the media after saying on Australian television that Singapore could still grant clemency to a 25-year-old due to be hanged on Friday.

*** Singapore Envoy Berates Australian Newspaper Over Headline
<http://www.chinapost.com.tw/i_latestdetail.asp?id=33057>
Associated Press

High Commissioner Joseph Koh accused The Age broadsheet of a "petty maneuver" in its choice of a headline carried over an opinion piece he wrote about the case of Nguyen Tuong Van. The newspaper based in Nguyen's hometown of Melbourne used the headline: "Why Nguyen Must Die."

*** SingAi Faces Nguyen Union Action
<http://townsvillebulletin.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,7034,17413767%255E462,00.html>
AAP

Transport Workers Union leaders will meet today to decide whether to take action against Singapore Airlines over the impending execution of drug courier Van Tuong Nguyen. It is understood this could include restrictions on baggage handling and refueling.

*** Aussies Want Nguyen To Hang: Paper
<http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,17414002%255E1702,00.html>
Jake Lloyd-Smith, The Australian

Singapore's main newspaper claims ordinary Australians support the city-state's decision to hang condemned trafficker Van Tuong Nguyen.

*** Four Circle Line Stations Won't Be Operational Till 2010
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/181044/1/.html>
Yvonne Cheong, Channel NewsAsia

Four train stations on the MRT Circle Line will be ready by early 2008 but the Land Transport Authority says they won't be operational till 2010 due to the delay at the Nicoll Highway station, due to the missing link between the train depot and the rest.

*** Singapore Defends Nguyen Hanging
<http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,17413477%255E1702,00.html>
AAP

Singapore's High Commissioner in Australia Joseph Koh has defended his country's decision to execute convicted drug trafficker Nguyen Tuong Van as correct and responsible. "We respect Australia's sovereign choice not to have capital punishment. We hope Australia will likewise respect Singapore's sovereign choice to impose the death penalty for the most serious crimes, including drug trafficking."

*** Large-Scale Test For Cheap Water
<http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/11/30/asia/12725606&sec=asia>
Straits Times

Singapore's search for cheaper water sources is looking even better now.

*** Nguyen Lawyer Savages Death Penalty
<http://townsvillebulletin.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,7034,17413303%255E421,00.html>
AAP

"It shouldn't require a legal loophole for Nguyen to allowed to touch his mother before he goes to the gallows. It should simply be a matter of ordinary humanity that Singapore authorities surely must see that they have to be allowed to touch each other."

[Opinion]

*** Intent On Hanging
<http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Wednesday/Columns/20051130075501/Article/indexb_html>
New Straits Times

Instead of burning with anger, what should sink in Australians' minds is that the hangman waits for those who smuggle drugs in Southeast Asia.

*** Cliques Not Limited To GEP
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/87392.asp>
Wong Lai Ping, Beatrice Liu Shiying, Today

Are elitist views to blame or too few chances to mix? Ignore stereotypes, GEP students a diverse group.

*** What's Another Word For Clueless?
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/87408.asp>
Edric Sng, Today

Given that they're ostensibly among the brightest lights of the student population, it's strange that they don't seem to have a clue. Not a clue about how others view them and why such perceptions are so damaging; not a clue about why what they say is so noxious that it's no wonder it engenders retaliatory vitriol and -- most damning -- pity.

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[Tunes]

*** Till I'm Broken
<http://thedimes.com/music.htm>
The Dimes
<http://thedimes.com/media/Till+I'm+Broken.mp3>