[MyAppleMenu] Dec 19, 2006

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Apple Opens Its Ears For Aperture
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&newsID=16771>
Karen Haslam, Macworld UK

Apple's Richard Kerris to discuss what is, and what isn't, in Aperture 1.5.

*** EA Ships Two iPod Games
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&newsID=16766>
Macworld UK

Sudoku and Royal Solitaire available through iTunes.

*** Live From The Apple Store, Part 2: Fast Buying, Better Stuff
<http://backstage.ilounge.com/index.php/backstage/comments/live-from-the-apple-store-part-2-fast-buying-better-stuff/>
Jeremy Horwitz, iLounge

*** Mac Users Finally Waking Up To Security
<http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/security/0,39044215,61976105,00.htm>
Munir Kotadia, ZDNet Australia

Following a number of attacks against OS X in 2006, Mac users are finally getting the message that they are not immune, according to an IT security manager responsible for over 5,000 Apple systems.

*** Labels Could Sell Watermarked MP3s
<http://blog.wired.com/music/2006/12/labels_could_se.html>
Wired News

*** Multicore Computing
<http://www.macworld.com/2006/12/features/trends1/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Jason Snell, Macworld

The result: Today's big-brained chips that can do more processing than ever before -- if the software is modified to take advantage of their design.

*** Ancient Empires Lux Game Released
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/12/18/lux/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Peter Cohen, Macworld

[Opinion]

*** Rotten Apple A Bad Byte
<http://www.malaysiakini.com/letters/61154>
M Nadarajah, Malaysiakini

I hope Apple knows that they need a better way to handle this kind of problems.

*** Microsoft Haters Open A Window Into Their Views
<http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4411680.html>
Dwight Silverman, Houston Chronicle

I think Apple has a prime opportunity to steal away many Windows users. And once they leave, they likely won't come back.

*** Could We Stop Laughing At Microsoft?
<http://www.oreillynet.com/mac/blog/2006/12/could_we_stop_laughing_at_micr.html>
Francois Joseph de Kermadec, O'Reilly Network

Microsoft has spent the past year taking first steps. Apple has almost arrived. Problem is, of course, that the market happens on more than one road and we do not know where we stand on all those that extend beyond the iPod, the iPhone and the iTV.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Safer Laptop Batteries Produced
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6193247.stm>
BBC News

A heatproof battery for laptops, which could help solve recent problems with overheating, is to be mass produced by Japanese firm Matsushita.

*** Imbalance In Net Speeds Impedes Sharing
<http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061218/ap_on_hi_te/ye_internet_imbalance_2>
Anick Jesdanun, Associated Press

*** Offline Involuntarily
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/19/business/19connect.html?_r=1&ref=technology&oref=slogin>
Susan Stellin, New York Times

These days, the top priority for business travelers is simply getting consistent, reliable access to the internet, regardless of the cost or type of connection. That, it turns out, is not as easy as one might think.

*** NASA-Google Partnership Ready For Liftoff
<http://news.com.com/2100-11397_3-6144508.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news>
Caroline McCarthy, CNET News.com

The NASA Ames Research Center and Google have signed a formal agreement to collaborate on projects ranging from studying scientific-data search technology to using Google Earth flyovers for the moon and Mars.

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The other things in life

[Tech & Science]

*** Foolproof
<http://www.americanscientist.org/template/AssetDetail/assetid/54428?&print=yes>
Brian Hayes, American Scientist

Mathematical proof is foolproof, it seems, only in the absense of fools.

[Life]

*** A Struggle To Preserve A Hawaiian Archipelago And Its Varied Wildlife
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/19/science/earth/19hawa.html?ex=1324184400&en=00d09e41bf05f959&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
Christopher Pala, New York Times

This was the real stake: a vast collection of some of the world's least damaged reefs and the home to the nedangered Hawaiian monk seal.

*** Nothing But Nog
<http://www.salon.com/mwt/food/eat_drink/2006/12/19/eggnog_history/index.html?source=rss>
Robert Sietsema, Salon

It's got a mysterious history and a texture that's more lubricant than libation. But old-fashioned eggnog is still America's holiday cocktail of choice.

[Expressions]

*** Old Newspaper Clipping In An Old Novel
<http://www.slate.com/id/2152500/fr/rss/>
Michael McFee, Slate

*** On Chesil Beach
<http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/content/articles/061225fi_fiction1>
Ian Mcewan, New Yorker

*** The Bible
<http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/content/articles/061225fi_fiction>
Marguerite Duras, New Yorker

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Life in the city

[News]

*** Singapore Revises School Fees For Non-Citizens
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/247992/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia


>From next year, permanent residents in government-aided schools, junior colleges and centralised institutes will have to pay about 20% more for school fees.


*** Abandoned Half-Bridge Among Highlights Of 2006
<http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news.php?id=237265>
Jackson Sawatan, Bernama


>From bridge issue to air route, from cross-border acquistions to hornet's nest-stirring remarks, the year 2006 is anything but quiet.


*** Singapore Makes Investment In Its Survival
<http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/biotech/20061218-9999-lz1n18sing.html>
Terri Somers, San Diego Union-Tribune

The city-state hand-picks stem cell industry for economic growth, and for scientific advances.

*** No Need To Restore CPF, Argue Analysts
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/161615.asp>
Loh Chee Kong, Today

Some economists have cautioned against tinkering with Singapore's social security system, just three years after cuts were made to preserve the country's competitiveness.

[Opinion]

*** M1 To Review Broadband Service's Fair Use Policy
<http://straitstimes.asiaone.com/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=7532758920e39010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:449558521069f010VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD>
Chua Swee Kiat, M1, Straits Times

*** In Support Of A Singaporean Blogers' Code Of Ethics - Part 2
<http://singaporepatriot.blogspot.com/2006/12/in-support-of-singaporean-bloggers-code.html>
Gerald Giam, Singapore Patriot

I would prefer a Code of Ethics that the majority of law-abiding bloggers would willingly agree to.

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[Tunes]

*** The Choir Invisible
<http://www.devindaviswebsite.com/audio.html>
Devin Davis
<http://www.devindaviswebsite.com/the_choir_invisible_live_on_wmbr.mp3>