[MyAppleMenu] Dec 3, 2006

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Apple Poised For Cheery Holiday
<http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/16148166.htm>
Troy Wolverton, San Jose Mercury News

But company faces more competition, consumer anxiety.

[Opinion]

*** Podcasting's Done? Wait Until You Have An iPod Capable Car
<http://www.blackfriarsinc.com/blog/2006/12/podcastings-done-wait-until-you-have.html>
Blackfriars Blog

So it could be that podcasting version 1.0 is done, just as radio with pictures was done in 1948. But podcasting as a medium is just getting started.

[Sidetrack]

*** Rumor Today: iPod Dock In Apple's Keyboard?
Heng-Cheong Leong

With iPhone and Tablet Mac "coming real soon now", a rumor <http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2006/12/rumor_apple_to_.html> about an Apple keyboard with an iPod dock sounds, well, unattractive.

Now, if only the keyboard is also wireless, and you can squirt tunes from one keyboard to another, and if the keyboard comes in white and black and brown... ooops, got carried awy.

One more months to Macword goodies!

*** I Am Not A PC. I Am Not A Mac.
Heng-Cheong Leong

I'm a Vaio <http://www.tuaw.com/2006/12/02/apple-inspiring-non-pc-pcs/>.

Sony has an "interesting" campaign. Too bad it's all skin deep only.

Where is the differentiator?

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Smile! You're An Unwitting Net Star
<http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15994151/site/newsweek/>
Steven Levy, Newsweek

Will fear of exposure on the internet cause people to lose every day spontaneity?

*** Open-Source Spying
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/03/magazine/03intelligence.html?ex=1322802000&en=44027e6bc59046ce&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
Clive Thompson, New York Times

Throughout the intelligence community, spies are beginning to wonder why their technology has fallen so far behind -- and talk among themselves about how to catch up.

*** Health Hazard: Computers Spilling Your History
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/03/business/yourmoney/03health.html?ex=1322802000&en=b2c0f75c6b5c3d9d&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
Milt Freudenhem and Robert Pear, New York Times

Legislatio has bogged down, largely because of differences over how to balance the health care industry's interest in efficiently collecting, studying and using data with privacy concerns for tens of millions of ordinary Americans.

MyAppleMenu Reader
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The other things in life

[World]

*** Do Immigrations Make Us Safer?
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/03/magazine/03wwln_idealab.html?ex=1322802000&en=aee6ad6a5d976ee2&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
Eyal Press, New York Times

The most prominent advocate of the "more immigrants, less crime" theory is Robert J. Sampson, chairman of the sociology department at Harvard.

*** He's The Worst Ever
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/01/AR2006120101509.html>
Eric Foner, Washington Post

Ever since 1948, when Harvard professor Arthur Schlesinger Sr. asked 55 historians to rank U.S. presidents on a scale from "great" to "failure," such polls have been a favorite pastime for those of us who study the American past.

[Life]

*** The Apartment Atop The Garage Is Back In Vogue
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/02/nyregion/02attics.html?ex=1322715600&en=b2f13da944af2445&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
Janny Scott, New York Times

The granny falt is back -- and not just for grannies.

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[News]

*** Workfare To Be A Permanent Feature Of Singapore's Social Safety Net: PM Lee
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/245043/1/.html>
Farah Abdul Rahim, Channel NewsAsia

*** Singapore Calls For Clarity From Malaysia On Its Participation In South Johor Development
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/245022/1/.html>
Farah Abdul Rahim, Channel NewsAsia

Lee Hsien Loong said prime minister Abdullah Badawi has welcomed Singapore's investments in the area, but the Johor state government has publicly expressed its reservations about Singapore's role there.

*** Singaoreans Need To Nurture 'Homing Instinct' To Stay Rooted To Home: SM Goh
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/244906/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia

[Entertainment]

*** X-Mas In Singapore: Best Time Of Year
<http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailfeatures.asp?fileid=20061203.L01&irec=19>
Kenny Santana, Jarkarta Post

Treat yourself for the best Christmas (and New Year) ever, just an hour's flight away.