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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Apple: The Doom Of Wired Peripherals
<http://www.cooltechzone.com/Departments/Featured_Story/Apple%3A_The_Doom_of_Wired_Peripherals_200608092434/>
Brandon Watts, CoolTechZone.com

Apple has recognized the desire for consolidation and the benefits of a wireless lifestyle, and they've reacted effectively.

*** Adobe Looks To The Future As Flash Turns 10
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39280639,00.htm>
Martin LaMonica, CNET News.com

Can 1990s-era technology for cute web animations lead a new generation of cutting-edge web applications?

*** New Mac Games Website Revealed
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=15496>
Macworld UK

*** Mac Pro: What You Need To Know
<http://www.macworld.com/2006/08/firstlooks/macprofaq/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Jonathan Seff and Jason Snell, Macworld

Answers to common questions about Apple's Xeon-based desktop.

*** VMware Sizes Up The Mac Market
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/2006/08/vmware/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Peter Cohen, Macworld

*** Jobs Faces Further Options Quiz
<http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&ObjectID=10395347>
Stephen Foley, New Zealand Herald

Steve Jobs faces further questions in the options scandal that is rocking Wall Street after it was revealed two trusted lieutenants at his film studio Pixar were granted share options at an extraordinarily fortuitous moment.

*** 7 Apps That Leopard Kills
<http://www.tuaw.com/2006/08/08/7-apps-that-leopard-kills/>
Dan Lurie, Unofficial Apple Weblog

*** Leopard First Looks: Time Machine
<http://www.macworld.com/2006/08/firstlooks/leotimemac/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Rob Griffiths, Macworld

Not backing up? Soon you'll have no excuse.

[Opinion]

*** Leopard Vs Vista: Random Thoughts
<http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=335&blogid=4>
Harry McCracken, PC Advisor

*** Open Source: The Mark Of Cool?
<http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=738>
Dana Blankenhorn, ZDNet

The cynic in me says that Apple is offering open source licensing only on things it no longer wants to commit big companyr esources to. But what is really wrong with that?

*** Apple's Research & Rip-Off Department
<http://www.factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/08/08/apples-research-rip-off-department/>
Chris Messina, FactoryCity

A bunch of independent software developers who rely on selling small but potent tools that Apple has now co-opted will lose business, nto to mention get no return on the hard work, money and time spent building these tools.

*** Leopard's Top-Secret Secrets
<http://www.macworld.com/2006/08/opinion/ihnatko/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Andy Ihnatko, Macworld

One keynote viewer's idle speculation about What It All Means.

*** Is Apple Serious About Open Source?
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2000668,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594>
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, Linux Watch

Apple is working to improve relationships with the free software community, but developers won't settle for lip service.

*** Warning Signs From Steve
<http://www.oreillynet.com/mac/blog/2006/08/warning_signs_from_steve.html>
Joshua Scott Emmons, O'Reilly Network

I think Steve's telling us something. He thinks things are going to get ugly, and he's going to be in the middle of it.

*** Not-So-Great Expectations
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/2006/08/tradeshows/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Christopher Breen, Macworld

The trick to avoiding disappointment is keeping unreasonable expectations in check.

*** Leopard Does Chnage Its Spots, With New User Interfaces
<http://www.macuser.com/software/leopard_does_change_its_spots.php>
Dan Moren, MacUser

Perhaps I'm being overly nitpicky, but UI is a big part of Apple and the Mac platform. Initerface standards have been slowly eroding over the past few years, and Time Machine is only the latest example.

[Review]

*** Apple Mighty Mouse Goes Wireless... But How Far Away?
<http://fplanque.net/Blog/devblog/2006/08/02/apple_mighty_mouse_goes_wireless_but_how>
fplanque: dev blog

*** Understanding The NSTableView Class
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2006/08/08/nstableview-class.html>
Jose Cruz, O'Reilly Network

[Sidetrack]

*** No iPod Phone? Here's Why...
Heng-Cheong Leong

Do you know why Steve Jobs didn't unveil the iPod "we-are-not-sitting-around-doing-nothing" phone at WWDC? 'Cause if he did, everyone will be talking to each ohter next day on their new iPod phone during WWDC sessions, and nobody will be paying attention to all the new Leopard goodness.

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The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** A Face Is Exposed For AOL Searcher No. 4417749
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/09/technology/09aol.html?ex=1312776000&en=996f61c946da4d34&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
Michael Barbard and Tom Zeller Jr., New York Times

*** Google Calls Click Fraud Estimates Overblown
<http://news.com.com/2100-1024_3-6103387.html?part=rss&tag=6103387&subj=news>
Elinor Mills, CNET News.com

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The other things in life

[Expressions]

*** Contraband
<http://www.slate.com/id/2140909/>
Bruce Smith, Slate

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Life in the city

[News]

*** Singapore Celebrates 41st National Day Amid Strong Growth
<http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news.php?id=212950>
Jackson Sawatan, Bernama

Singapore celebrates its 41st Independence Day Wednesday amid strong econonmic growth and a promise of a more open and diverse society where "freer but informed debate" among Singaporeans are encouraged.

*** In Singapore, Competition For Private Bankers Grows Fierce
<http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/08/08/bloomberg/bxbank.php>
Wes Goodman, Bloomberg

*** Making Singapore An Interfaith Hub
<http://www.asianewsnet.net/columnist.php?aid=3757>
Mafoot Simon, Straits Times

*** Jalur-Mudra Eyes KL-Singapore High-Speed Train Project
<http://www.btimes.com.my/Current_News/BT/Monday/Column/BT580827.txt/Article/>
Ravi Nambiar, Malaysia Business Times

A new player is proposing to build an alternative high-speed trains ervice between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, with stops in Seremban, Malacca and Johor Baru.

*** Telco Loses Money On World Cup As Costs Pile Up
<http://straitstimes.asiaone.com/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=6fadbe120b93a010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:bfbd7efb9feec010VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD>
Straits Times

A near monopoly of the live broadcast rights for the recent Fifa World Cup Finals turned out to be no golden goal for StarHub.

[Opinion]

*** Singapore Government Takes Hostages From Foreign Press
<http://www.yawningbread.org/arch_2006/yax-634.htm>
Yawningbread.org

*** The Police Seem To Have No Sense Of Priority
<http://commentarysingapore.blogspot.com/2006/08/police-seem-to-have-no-sense-of.html>
Mr Wang Bakes Good Karma