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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** New Law Makes iPod Use Legal
<http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/New-law-makes-iPod-use-legal/2006/12/05/1165080938356.html>
Sydney Morning Herald

Thousands of Austrlians who use iPods and other digital music players will no longer be acting illegally after a major overhaul of copyright laws passed parliament.

*** Worm Uses QuickTime To Spread On MySpace
<http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6140613.html>
Joris Evers, CNET News.com

A ,alicious video on MySpace.com pages changes people's profiles when played, embedding itself and adding links to fraudulent web sites, experts have warned.

*** iPod ShuffleBud USB Adapter For 2nd Gen iPod Shuffle
<http://www.tuaw.com/2006/12/04/ipod-shufflebud-usb-adapter-for-2nd-gen-ipod-shuffle/>
Laurie A. Duncan, Unofficial Apple Weblog

*** Computers Serve Films On Demand
<http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-0612040129dec04,1,4397476.story?ctrack=1&cset=true>
Alex L. Goldfayn, Chicago Tribune

For years now, personal computer companies have been working diligently to get into your living room. And while Dan Lewis may be a relatively early adopter, his experiences -- and the smoothness with which his system operates -- shine a light on some very cool high-tech in-home entertainment possibilities.

*** Apple Buys Asset Management Company Proximity
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/12/04/proximity/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Jim Dalrymple, Macworld

Apple has extended its stable of technologies with the purchase on Monday of Proximity. The company's flagship product is artbox, an all-in-one asset management and workflow.

[Opinion]

*** Does Language In Computing matter?
<http://www.osweekly.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2405&Itemid=449>
brandon Watts, OSWeekly.com

*** Beggin' Your 'Poddin'
<http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/living/16163216.htm>
Brad Barnes, Ledger-Enquirer

I'm left again to ponder why people have grown so affectionate toward iPods that they give them monikers while leaving their Blackberries, cell phones and PDAs with nameless disaffection.

*** My iPod Got Run Over By A Nissan
<http://lostinafog.com/blog/2006/12/04/my-ipod-got-run-over-by-a-nissan/>
LostInaFog.com

*** Why Older Users Love Macs
<http://lowendmac.com/musings/06/1204.html>
Dan Knight, Low End Mac

Seriously, if you wanted to hook up a recent retiree with a 1998 Mac or a 1998 Dell, which one do you think they'd find easier to learn?

*** Living La Vida Mac
<http://news.com.com/2061-11199_3-6140400.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news>
CNET News.com

Oh dear, they're at it, again.

[Review]

*** MacBooks Just Got A Lot Faster
<http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/tech/drmac/4379073.html>
Bob LeVitus, Houston Chronicle

I liked both models a lot before, but now, with faster processors, both models, more RAM and FireWire 800, in the MacBook Pro only, I like them even better.

*** Computers And Music, A Need For Speed?
<http://mal7921.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!B35A4420DC1402FE!257.entry>
The Soundworks.uk.com

[Sidetrack]

*** Rumor Today: Ultrathin MacBook Pro
Heng-Cheong Leong

Apple's annual Macworld show-and-tell at San Francisco is almost here, and the rumor season is in full swing.

The latest rumor is an ultrathin MacBook Pro <http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2006/12/4/6162>, a laptop category that Apple has really never gotten into. Yes, there are people (like me) who feel that even the 12-inch MacBook is too heavy for their taste. And, possibly, some Newton lovers will also be cheering for this new product if it really comes to life.

Now that Apple has made the Intel transition, it is time for some new innovative products.

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The other things in life

[World]

*** The Olympic Effect
<http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16036898/site/newsweek/>
Melinda Liu, Newsweek

In preparation for the 2008 Games, foreign media will have greater freedom to travel and report. How will the new rules play out at the grass roots?

[Life]

*** Wonderful World
<http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/061211fa_fact>
Anthony Lane, New Yorker

What Walt Disney made.

*** Dining Room Diplomacy
<http://www.salon.com/mwt/food/eat_drink/2006/12/05/diplomacy_dinner/index_np.html?source=rss>
Andy Isaaeson, Salon

As bombs fel on the Middle East, I cooked a gourmet meal for a group of Arab artists -- and between bites of roasted tomatoes and bay lettuce, the world seemed at peace.

*** Oh, Go Ahead And Insult Us
<http://www.calendarlive.com/printedition/calendar/cl-et-125punchingbag3dec03,0,3121854.story?coll=cl-calendar>
Amy Wilentz, Los Angeles Times

What is it about Los Angeles that annoys people so much? Let's face it -- everyone needs some place to despise. And we're it.

[Expressions]

*** Tango
<http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/content/articles/061211fi_fiction>
Thomas Mcguane, New Yorker

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Life in the city

[News]

*** 'We Are Not Anti-Singapore'
<http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Tuesday/National/20061205084703/Article/local1_html>
Ravi Nambiar, New Straits Times

Menteri Besar Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman said Johor welcomed all foreigners, including Singaporeans, to seize the opportunities emerging in the Iskandar Development Region -- the new growth corridor launched recently.

*** Johor Asks: What Mixed Signals?
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/158792.asp>
Christie Loh, Today

Its leaders say they are not anti-Singapore; businessmen here say, show it.

*** Singapore SMRT Wants Johor Monorail Stake
<http://www.btimes.com.my/Current_News/BT/Tuesday/Frontpage/BT598594.txt/Article/>
Ravi Nambiar, Malaysia Business Times

Singapore's public transport operator, SMRT Corp, is keen to participate in the Johor Baru Monorail project. SMRT, which is 55 per cent owned by Temasek Holdings -- the Singapore government's investment arm -- has offered to take up equity in the RM3 billion monorail project.

[Opinion]

*** Yet Another MRT Death
<http://squaredeals.blogspot.com/2006/12/yet-another-mrt-death.html>
Squaredeals

Yet another death has occurred from someone being hit by a MRT train at Yishun.

*** Mind The Work In Workfare
<http://straitstimes.asiaone.com/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=6fadbe120b93a010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:623be991c9e4f010VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD>
Straits Times

*** Time For Bloggers To Self-Regulate
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/158743.asp>
Dharmendra Yadav, Today

A community code may help deflect official intervention.