[MyAppleMenu] Dec 15, 2006

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Apple Makes Deal With Orange
<http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36396>
Nick Farrell, The Inquirier

*** FlickrBooth Plugin For Photo Booth Uploads Directly To Flickr
<http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2006/12/15/6299>
Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica

*** BluEye Connects iPod To Cell Phone Via Bluetooth
<http://playlistmag.com/news/2006/12/15/blueye/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Peter Cohen, Playlist

*** Apple Computer Delays Filing Annual Report With SEC Due To Stock Option Investigation
<http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/state/16247480.htm>
Associated Press

*** iTunes Sales Up 95% In 2006 - Analyst
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&newsID=16749>
Jonny Evans, Macworld UK

*** Aging Films Get Digital Face Lift
<http://www.wired.com/news/wiredmag/0,72308-0.html?tw=rss.index>
Evan Shamon, Wired News

A monumental collection of gear provides the mathematical brawn behind DTS Digital Images,the world's premier image-processing and -restoration house.

*** iPod Has Nothing To Fear From Zune -- For Now
<http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/16241867.htm>
Troy Wolverton, San Jose Mercury News

Microsoft's Zune had a decent debut last month, but Apple's iPod continued to dominate the MP3 market, according to new data from market research firm NPD Group.

*** Greenpeace Targets Apple's Fifth Avenue Store For Demonstration
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/12/14/environment/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Jim Dalrymple, Macworld

*** Adobe To Release Intel-Native Photoshop CS3 Beta
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/12/14/photoshopbeta/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Jim Dalrymple, Macworld

The free beta can be downloaded at Adobe's web site by any user with a valid Creative Suite 2 or Photoshop CS2 serial number.

[Opinion]

*** Why Is Adobe Releasing A Photoshop CS3 Beta?
<http://huibert-aalbers.com/blog/archives/78>
Huibert-Aalbers.com

I believe this was just a defensive move designed to anticipate on both Microsoft and Apple.

*** MacTel: 'The Real Story'
<http://blogs.zdnet.com/Murphy/?p=756>
Paul Murphy, ZDNet

*** Oh What A World...
<http://www.oreillynet.com/mac/blog/2006/12/oh_what_a_world.html>
Francois Joseph de Kermadec, O'Reilly Network

If people think your application is worth $4, then it is worth $4. The market fixes the price. If you cannot develop it for $4 or deem this so unfair as to cause your blood to boil, then maybe you should not be developing it in the first place.

*** Apple And Nike Don't Toe Security Line
<http://opinion.zdnet.co.uk/leader/0,1000002208,39285164,00.htm>
ZDNet UK

[Review]

*** Editing Systems Get Smaller, Easier, Cheaper
<http://www.apb-news.com/index.php?option=com_magazine&func=show_article&id=47&Itemid=1>
Amber Chen, Asia-Pacific Broadcasting

The move to non-linear, disk/file-based systems has given the post-production world a more efficient workflow, made easier and cheaper with hardware-independent tools.

*** BBEdit 8.5: Essential Editing Tool Adds More, Less
<http://www.macworld.com/2006/12/reviews/bbedit85/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Dori Smith, Macworld

[Sidetrack]

*** What Will You Eat, If You Only Have $30 For An Entire Month For Food?
Heng-Cheong Leong

Evan Lansing <http://hungryforamonth.blogspot.com/>: For the month of November, I'm only spending $30 on food... I desperately wanted to find something tangible that a normal person could do to actually get some insight on what being poor is all about.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Top Mistakes Made By New Online Publishers
<http://www.ojr.org/ojr/stories/061213niles/>
Robert Niles, Online Journalism Report

*** Changing The Game
<http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2006/pulpit_20061215_001334.html>
PBS

AJAX, Google, and YouTube are forcing venture capitalists to adapt.

*** Google Puts The Domain In Apps For Your Domain
<http://news.com.com/2110-1038_3-6143971.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news>
Elinor Mills, CNET News.com

Google is beefing up its Google Apps for Your Domain package of web-based applications by including domain nanem registration services.

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The other things in life

[World]

*** Why Identitiy Politics Distracts Us From Economic Inequalities
<http://chronicle.com/temp/reprint.php?id=nnxb7cqhyvh64gxftp0znlbn9f6z2pnr>
Walter Benn Michaels, Chronicle Of Higher Education

We live in a society where the struggle to achieve racial equality is not the most profound of the challenges that face us.

[Life]

*** The Genius Collector
<http://nymag.com/news/features/25318/>
Vanessa Grigoriadis, New York Magazine

Louise MacBain uses her classified-ad fortune, her string of art magazines, and her stunning appearance to bring some of the world's most talented people into her orbit. To what purpose? Even she doesn't seem to know.

*** Blood, Sweat And Type O: Japan's Weird Science
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/14/sports/baseball/14blood.html?ex=1323752400&en=484191a79e07bf35&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
David Picker, New York Times

In Japan, using blood type to predict a person's character is as common as going to McDonald's and ordering a teriyaki burger.

*** Some Pig
<http://www.slate.com/id/2155422/fr/rss/>
Sara Dickerman, Slate

The development of the piggy confessional.

*** The Ups And Downs Of Flying 'Lateral Class'
<http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/12/14/opinion/trfreq15.php>
Roger Collis, International Herald Tribune

Why pay an arm and a leg for the latest business-class "sleeper" seat when you can buy three or four adjoining seats int he back cabin for about one quarter of the price, and sretch out and sleep?

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Life in the city

[News]

*** New Public Buildings To Go Green From 2007
<http://straitstimes.asiaone.com/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=6fadbe120b93a010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:f09e4c877618f010VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD>
Jessica Cheam, Straits Times

*** Setback For Temasek As Thai Court Fines ITV
<http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article-southeastasia.asp?parentid=59607>
South China Morning Post

*** Singapore Girl May Miss The Flight
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/160932.asp>
Christie Loh, Today

Qantas' new owners could make it harder for SIA to tap trans-Pacific route: Analysts.

*** Tiger Airways Lends A Hand To Less Mobile Passengers
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/160926.asp>
Leong Wee Keat, Today

But the use of the mobile chair comes with conditions -- and a $350 fee.

[Opinion]

*** Mid-Life Crisis For ASEAN
<http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/HL16Ae01.html>
Chan Akya, Asia Times

This failure is all about the inability of member states to accept the need for a strong central authority that could essentially legislate across the region. In turn, this will cause ASEAN to unravel as a grouping in the coming years, as countries adopt bilateral agreements in place of multilateral or collective bargains, and economic and political threats emerge.

*** Hong Kong Disneyland, MICE And Singapore's IRs
<http://wallgarden.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!BA50D1F6C254370C!611.entry>
Wallgarden

Sometimes life isn't about living in a santised society.

*** U-Turn In Singapore
<http://hot-in-the-city.blogspot.com/2006/12/u-turn-in-singapore.html>
Hot In The City

Their motto: if in doubt, just say no.

*** My Thoughts On Chee Soon Juan
<http://zyberzitizen.wordpress.com/2006/12/15/my-thoughts-on-chee-soon-juan/>
Zyberzitizen

Power always comes from the common folks. Is this not the very basic tenet of democracy as espoused by the west?

*** It's 'Hari Raya And Block Party' But Everything Is Done In Chinese
<http://straitstimes.asiaone.com/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=f832758920e39010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:767ef6197ff7f010VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD>
Lionel de Souza, Straits Times

*** The Argumentative Singaporean (Part 1) - PAP-Bashing With Reasoning
<http://singaporegovt.blogspot.com/2006/12/argumentative-singaporean-part-1-pap.html>
Singapore Politiics