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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Apple Delays 3Q Filing Due To Options
<http://www.topix.net/content/ap/3741210434083264916510056894323056777396>
Associated Press

Apple said Friday it will delay filing its latest quarterly report and expects to make 'significant changes' to results for the period because of irregularities related to past stock-option grants.

*** Samsung Converts 12-Inch Capacity To NAND Flash To Meet Demand From Apple, Say Sources
<http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20060809PR207.html>
Hans Wu and Esther Lam, DigiTimes

*** BBC Plans Clip-On Digital Radio
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4783343.stm>
BBC News

The BBC is drawing up plans for a plug-in gadget that turns MP3 players into digital radios.

*** Jobs Talks Up Apple Cell Phone
<http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=1959>
Kasper Jade, AppleInsider

Apple Comptuer chief executive Steve Jobs has been boasting about his company's much-rumored iPod cell phone amongst inner circle, AppleInsider has been told.

*** Apple's Streamlined Options Operation
<http://www.thestreet.com/_dm/newsanalysis/techhardware/10302858.html>
Troy Wolverton, TheStreet.com

During a critical period between 2000 and 2001, decisions on stock options grants at Apple were made not by an independent committee of directors but by the company's board -- and potentially, CEO Steve Jobs.

*** Leopard First Looks: Mail 3
<http://www.macworld.com/2006/08/firstlooks/leomail/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Kelly Turner, Macworld

E-mail program adds customized stationery, Notes, and iCal integration.

*** Leopard First Looks: Universal Access
<http://www.macworld.com/2006/08/firstlooks/leovoiceover/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Christopher Breen, Macworld

VoiceOver changes are the center of improvements to OS X's accessibility.

*** Meet The Xeon: Inside The Mac Pro's Processor
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/08/10/xeon/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Rick LePage, Macworld

[Opinion]

*** Apple's Rotten Spot Tastes So Bad
<http://jeff.henshaw.org/?p=129>
The Hog Blog

*** Why IT Staff, Users Will Like Apple's Plans
<http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;517316358;fp;2;fpid;3>
Ryan Faas, Computerworld

*** Apple (Sort Of) Confirms Leopard Will Not Run On G3 Macs
<http://macenstein.com/default/archives/389>
Macenstein

*** Apple And Missing Serial Numbers
<http://www.oreillynet.com/mac/blog/2006/08/apple_and_missing_serial_numbe.html>
Erice Sadun, O'Reilly Network

When i dboubt, ask to be transferred to the Professional Application group immediately.

*** Getting Hung Up On The Apple-Microsoft War
<http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/?p=114>
David Pogue, New York Times

As far as I can tell, there is no real war.

*** AirPorts Showing Sign Of Delays?
<http://www.macuser.com/internet/airports_showing_sign_of_delay.php>
Dan Moren, MacUser

*** The Mac Pro From A Gamer's Perspective
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/gameroom/2006/08/macprogames/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Peter Cohen, Macworld

Mac gaming is on the upswing, and the Mac Pro is a rig that should really be able to take advantage of everything that's offered.

*** What's Up With iPod?
<http://playlistmag.com/weblogs/ipodblog/2006/08/ipodwhatsup/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Christopher Breen, Playlist

My sense is that if Microsoft is serious about eating Apple's digital music lunch, Apple will be just as serious about combatting those attempts by doing Zune one (or many more) better.

[Review]

*** Review: Apple Beta Test Of "Just For You" Music Picking Service
<http://blogs.mercurynews.com/aei/2006/08/review_apple_be.html>
Brad Kava, San Jose Mercury News

It's always a hit and miss proposition, and it is with this one too.

*** Apple Remote Desktop Easily Worth The Price
<http://lowendmac.com/fishkin/06/0810.html>
Andrew Fishkin, Low End Mac

[Wintel]

*** Microsoft Security - No More Second Chances?
<http://news.com.com/2010-1002_3-6104512.html?part=rss&tag=6104512&subj=news>
Charles Cooper, CNET News.com

In the last three years, Microsoft has issued an increasing number of yearly security bulletins, in which several patches get put online to fix problems in existing applications. The companys ees this as evidence that it's on top of things, not an indictment of managerial incompetence.

*** Microsoft Zune Will Hit Stores At $299
<http://www.twice.com/article/CA6361350.html>
Amy Gilroy, Twice

Retailers who have been briefed by Microsoft told TWICE the player will offer Wi-Fi capability, but will require the portable be connected to a PC for the actual purchase of songs.

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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Single Molecule Stores Data In IBM Breakthrough
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39280735,00.htm>
Rupert Goodwins, ZDNet UK

'Remarkable' results have been reported from an organic switch that is 100 times smaller than silicon's finest.

*** Subway Merges Payment, Loyalty And CRM Programs
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2001723,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594>
Evan Schuman, Ziff Davis Internet

In what one executive of the $9 billion, 26,000-restaurant Subway chaind ubbed "the single largest integrated cash card program in the world," Subway has come out with a card that handles payment, instant loyalty rewards and highly targeted promotiosn that can be tracked by the customer.

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The other things in life

[Tech & Science]

*** Liquid Threat Is Hard To Detect
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/11/world/europe/11threat.html?ex=1312948800&en=2dc71d917a76da63&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
Matthew L. Wald and Eric Lipton, New York Times

Despite knowing for years that liquid explosive posed a threat to airline safety, security agencies have made little progress in deploying technology that could help defend against such attacks, security experts say.

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Life in the city

[News]

*** Interview With Singapore PM On Trade And Currency Peg
<http://www.brunei-online.com/bb/fri/aug11h6.htm>
Azlan Othman, Brunei Online

*** 3,500 To Lose Jobs With Maxtor Shutdown
<http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=112136>
DPA

Nearly 3,500 workers at Maxtor Corporation's platns in Singapore will lose their jobs by the end of the year, prompting a government pledge on Friday to help the axed staff find other work.

*** Singapore Calls English Teachers Out Of Retirement
<http://education.guardian.co.uk/tefl/story/0,,1837532,00.html>
Max de Lotbiniere, The Guardian

Singapoe wants retired teachers to return to school as part of a new campaign to raise English language skills.

*** Singapore Second Half Grwoth Rate Slows To 3%
<http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/8/11/business/15111185&sec=business>
Reuters

Singapore's trade-driven economy expanded in the second quarter at an annualised rate of 3% - the weakest pace in more than a year, and analysts expect growth to cool in the rest of 2006.

*** NUS Business School Intake Not Hurt By Controversial Ads
<http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=50695>
Sandra Davie, Straits Times

[Opinion]

*** Fuzzy History In Singapore
<http://www.malaysiakini.com/letters/55233>
Loh Kah Seng, Malaysiakini

All histories are important, but the desire to know a 'national history' must be built on acknowledging the individual little histories of our own lives.

*** A Reprise To "Bloggers And Politics"
<http://www.singaporeangle.com/2006/08/reprise-to-bloggers-and-politics.html>
Singaporeangle.com

*** Look Closer At Singapore: Experiencing Lee Family's Democracy And Justice System
<http://www.epochtimes.com/b5/6/8/10/n1417170.htm>
Liu Han, Dajiyuan