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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** iPod Takes A Place On Space Station
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&newsID=16704>
Jonny Evans, Macworld UK

An Apple iPod has a home on the International Space Station.

*** Sales Of iPods And iTunes Not Much In Sync
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/11/technology/11drill.html?_r=1&ref=technology&oref=slogin>
Alex Mindlin, New York Times

The numbers suggest that iPods are not driving iTunes sales as much as early supporters may have expected.

*** Apple Bulls Begin To Look Beyond The iPod
<http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/apple-bulls-start-looking-beyond/story.aspx?guid=%7B78D13413-B828-4807-8E61-7EC7A674FA0C%7D>
Rex Crum, MarketWatch

Analysis: Steve Jobs will need more than a phone to sustain growth.

[Opinion]

*** Novell-Microsoft Deal An Ominous Development
<http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/tech/A49D5416B3F111BCCC25723E00079D2F>
Tom Yager, Computerworld New Zealand

*** Will Apple Win In The Long Run?
<http://www.crcexchange.com/will-apple-win-in-the-long-run>
IT Guy Blogs

I think Steve Jobs is finally going to beat up Bill Gates.

*** A Project Of Apple Market Share
<http://www.eightysevenfour.com/?p=22>
EightSevenFour

At the current pace that Apple set for their fall sales, they have the fastest growing computer sales in history.

*** A Universally Bad Idea
<http://www.stevenlevy.com/index.php/2006/12/10/a-universally-bad-idea/>
Steven Levy

Though piracy is a huge challenge, there are also tremendous opportunities for revenue that will come from this change. Those opportunities deal with making direct connections to customers, tapping into communities centered on muscial genres and fans, making live concerns and rarities available and other things that please customers. Not taxing MP3 players on the assumption that the buyers are thieves.

*** Mac Blogs Talking About The Zune
<http://fromtheinternet.blogspot.com/2006/12/mac-blogs-talking-about-zune.html>
Don't Worry, I'm From The Internet

I believe that it's anti-Microsoft sentiment.

*** iPhone Madness Is Starting
<http://weblogs.jupiterresearch.com/analysts/gartenberg/archives/2006/12/iphone_madness.html>
Michael Gartenberg, Jupiter Research

Please, let's skip this question for the next few weeks, OK?

*** And Then I Saw It Shine, And Now I'm A Believer
<http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2006/12/10/6235>
Jef Smykil, Ars Technica

I had to tell the world in case some iBook users hadn't heard the wonders of "Magic Eraser."

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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Hottest Ad Space In Times Square May Be On Tourists' Cameras
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/11/technology/11square.html?ex=1323493200&en=816de87c33dbed6c&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
Louise Story, New York Times

New technology has given low cost, face-to-fae marketing campaigns something of a cutting edge as consumers spread their messages on the internet.

*** Mighty Microsoft Struggles To Keep Up With Google's Prosperous Game
<http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/12/10/yourmoney/msn.php>
Saul Hansell, International Herald Tribune

There is a lot about the way Microsoft has run its internet business that Steve Berkowitz wants to change. But he is finding it more difficult than he expected.

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The other things in life

[World]

*** Has Politics Contaminated The Food Supply?
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/11/opinion/11schlosser.html?ex=1323493200&en=bfc03b265a524e85&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
Eric Schlosser, New York Times

The idea that every meal can be risk-free, germ-free and sterile is the sort of fantasy Howard Hughes might have entertained. But our food can be much safer than it is right now.

[Life]

*** How Dickens Did Me In
<http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1969190,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=1>
Simon Gray, The Guardian

I've written lots and lots of films for television, and some have even won awards. But when I tried to write a film about Dickens and Ellen Ternan, it was as if I'd had no previous experience.

*** Higher Education In Asia: Really Old School
<http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/12/10/opinion/edgarten.php>
Jeffrey E. Garten, International Herald Tribune

The West has a long tradition of rediscovering its ancient Greek and Roman roots, and is much stronger for that. Asia could and should do the same.

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Life in the city

[Ramblings]

*** Tiger Airways? Just Avoid Them
Heng-Cheong Leong

We should really get AirAsia into Singapore, because Tiger Airways is really bad.

The latest news <http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20906607-17001,00.html> is about how Tiger Airways just simply refused service to a family in Australia, even though the family has fully paid for their tickets and has acquired "permission" from the airline beforehand about the boarding of a disabled child.

Being a budget airlines doesn't excuse the airline from giving bad services. In fact, a truly self-serviced airline can probably offer a better experience. What a shame to the Singapore's brand.

[News]

*** Singapore Makes A Safe Bet
<http://atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/HL12Ae01.html>
Gary LaMoshi, Asia Times

Singapore played the favorite in selecting Malaysia's Genting International on Friday to build its highly anticipated US$3.4 billion casino resort at Sentosa Island. But with Las Vegas-style glitz seemingly the next big thing in Asia's gaming market -- suddently the industry's global growth center -- it's worth aasking whether Singapore's safe bet was also a smart bet.

*** Singapore Activists Stage Rare Pro-Demoracy March
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/061210/3/45dfs.html>
Koh Gui Qing, Reuters

Around a dozen Singaporean campaigners on Sunday managed to take a pro-democracy protest to the streets for the first time in years, attracting plainclothes police with video cameras as they demanded freedom of speech.

*** Casino Projects Extend Singapore's Hull Run
<http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/detail.asp?ID=97315&GRP=E>
Bernice Han, AFP

Two massive casino projects can help power Singapore's red hot stock market to new heights in 2007 because of their spill-over effects on the rest of the economy, analysts say.

*** Monorail Job: No Need For Singapore
<http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Monday/National/20061211092021/Article/local1_html>
New Straits Times

An Umno leader yesterday raised a power over how a company from Singapore could be considered to participate in Johor's monorail project without a proven record in such a system.

*** Citizens Come First But PRs Have The Last Laugh
<http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/12/10/focus/16268854&sec=focus>
Seah Chiang Nee, The Star

The creation of a cohesive nation, the bonding of its citizens, will be a harder and longer task.

*** Tiger Airways Refuses To Board Disabled Passenger
<http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20906607-17001,00.html>
Flora Liveris, Northern Territory News

A Northern Territory family's dream holiday has been left in tatters after not being allowed to board a Tiger Airways flight from Darwin to Singapore because their daughters is disabled.

[Opinion]

*** Singapore - First Thoughts
<http://garysbigtouroftheworld.blogspot.com/2006/12/singapore-first-thoughts.html>
Life Through The Square Window

Singapore is made for shopping and eating.

*** Why Exclude Singapore Residents From STB's Xmas Light-Up Tour?
<http://straitstimes.asiaone.com/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=f832758920e39010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:ff6886089b16f010VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD>
Timothy Mark James, Straits Times

[Technology]

*** StarHub To Add 200 Surf-For-Free Zones
<http://straitstimes.asiaone.com/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=6fadbe120b93a010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:fc557e41dcc6f010VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD>
Alfred Siew, Straits Times

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