[MyAppleMenu] Dec 1, 2006

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MyAppleMenu
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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Ambrosia Releases Retro SketchFighter Game
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&newsID=16634>
Jonny Evans, Macworld UK

The game combines elements of exploration and action game play.

*** Nike + iPod = Surveillance
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,72202-0.html?tw=wn_technology_5>
Annalee Newitz, Wired News

If you enhance your workout with the new Nike+iPod Sport Kit, you may be making yourself a surveillance target.

*** Apple Patent Could Point To iPhone
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/11/30/iphone/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Jim Dalrymple, Macworld

*** Patent Settlement May Reap Riches For Apple
<http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2006/11/30/6134>
Charles Jade, Ars Technica

[Opinion]

*** Shortsighted Studios Stymie Apple Video Ambitions?
<http://www.globalnerdy.com/blog/_archives/2006/11/30/2540389.html>
George Scriban, Global Nerdy

[Review]

*** Mahjong Tradition
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/reviews/view.php?ID=774>
Michael Scarpelli, Inside Mac Games

*** InspireData: Tool For Students To Visualize Information And Find Meaning In Numbers
<http://www.macworld.com/2006/11/reviews/inspiredata/index.php>
Jason Cranford Teague, Macworld

InspireData is for teachers who are looking for a superior tool to help students turn raw data into meaningful information.

*** Dimenxian: Algebra-Based First-Person Shooter Is A Real Blast
<http://www.macworld.com/2006/11/reviews/dimenxian/index.php>
Peter Cohen, Macworld

[Wintel]

*** Is Microsoft Driving Innovation Or Playing Catch-Up With Rivals?
<http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB116490323676636989-HnHPKLzkyy9xKy2wnokbd2bc_bE_20071130.html?mod=blogs>
Wall Street Journal

As the computing landscape continues to evolve, is the world's largest technology company driving innovation or racing to catch up?

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Me Translate Pretty One Day
<http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.12/translate.html>
Evan Ratliff, Wired News

Spanish to English? French to Russian? Computers haven't been up to task. But a New York firm with an ingenious algorithm and a really big dictionary is finally cracking the code.

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[News]

*** Press Digest - Singapore Newspapers - Dec 1
<http://asia.news.yahoo.com/061201/3/2tq8z.html>
Reuters

Business is booming at Changi Airport; Singapore workers appear to be less happy than they were four years ago.

*** Govt To Freeze Fees For One Year After GST Hike
<http://straitstimes.asiaone.com/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=6fadbe120b93a010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:e241784ab493f010VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD>
Lynn Lee, Straits Times

[Opinion]

*** China Vs. Singapore? Working In The Singaporean Way
<http://chinawords.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!458AD99F75DAB973!3346.entry>
Chinawords

I have met many Singaporeans who are not like this, but I’m sad to say the majority at X are like this. I find it sad, and I find China both more humane, cultured, and modern than anything I’ve seen working at X.

*** Last Resort (With Casino) In Singapore
<http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/HL02Ae01.html>
Gary LaMoshi, Asia Times

The underwhelming competition shows Singapore is doing something either terribly wrong or very right.

*** Reservist
<http://waspoh.blogspot.com/2006/12/reservist.html>
Wayne Koh, Nonsense Upon Stilts

Really, the exercise I attended was one of the worst experience I have ever had. Worse than my NS days.

*** Johor Petro Not Really Worth It For Singapore Cars
<http://www.malaysiakini.com/letters/60332>
Andrew Fam, Malaysiakini

Would you want to waste time and put yourself at a risk to criminals just to get a quarter tank of subsidised petrol? Not to mention the Singapore fine if you get caught at the border?

[Technology]

*** Early Bonus For Wireless Users
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/158032.asp>
Today

Broadband access rolls out today, and it is free for an extra year.