[MyAppleMenu] Dec 20, 2006

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** 2006 Garfield 'Bobby' Awards Honor Commercial Actors
<http://adage.com/columns/article?article_id=113944>
Advertising Age

Justin Long and John Hodgman win for Apple "Mac and PC" characters.

*** The Beauty Of iPod Shuffle Hacks
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/gizmos/0,72332-0.html?tw=rss.index>
Mathew Honan, Wired News

*** MacHeist Is A Bundle Of Joy
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/software/0,72333-0.html?tw=rss.index>
Scott Gilbertson, Wired News

*** Mozilla Firefox 2.0 Updae Fixes Bugs
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&newsID=16773>
Elizabeth Montalbano, Macworld UK

Mozilla has released an update for Firefox 2.0 to fix eight security vulnerabilities.

*** New "Get A Mac" Ad: Goodwill
<http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2006/12/19/6349>
Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica

*** Report: iTunes Delivers 90 Percent Of Paid Video Downloads
<http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2006/12/19/6347>
Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica

90 percent of purchased video content comes from iTunes, says NPD. Vongo, MovieLink, and CinemaNow comprise the remaining ten percent.

*** Over "iPhone," Will Apple Enter Into International Trademark War With Cisco?
<http://blogs.zdnet.com/Berlind/?p=233>
David Berlind, ZDNet

So, Cisco has it here. Apple has it there. It's anybody else's guess what happens next.

*** How Apple Stores Beat Tiffany
<http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=20332&hed=How+Apple+Stores+Beat+Tiffany&sector=Industries&subsector=Computing>
Scott Martin, Red Herring

Apple's chic stores don't just sell more per square foot than even Best Buy, they beat some of the best in the luxury retail world silly, according to a report released Tuesday by Bernstein Research analyst Toni Sacconaghi.

*** Coming In January: "Month Of Apple Bugs"
<http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2006/12/january_2007_month_of_apple_bu.html>
Brian Krebs, Washington Post

A pair of security researchers has picked January 2007 as the starting point for a month-long project in which every passing day will feature a previously undocumented security hole in Apple's OS X operating system or in Apple applications that run on top of it.

*** Survey: Half Of New Cars Sport iPod Integration
<http://playlistmag.com/news/2006/12/19/autoipod/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Peter Cohen, Playlist

*** Practicing Dentistry's Future
<http://www.apple.com/business/profiles/friedman/>
David Levy, Apple

"From examination to treatment to insuring comfort, from record-keeping to patient education, Macs have become co-associates in every aspect of patient care -- and that, even more than administrative efficiency, is what's most important to me."

*** The Multiple-OS Mac
<http://www.macworld.com/2006/12/features/trends2/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
John Rizzo, Macworld

At some point in the not-too-distant future, most Macs will be running multiple operating systems, including Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. The question is, will the multiple-OS tools built into OS X be enough for you?

[Opinion]

*** The Month Of Apple Bugs Project Is Bad For You
<http://www.mac360.com/index.php/mac360/comments/the_month_of_apple_bugs_project_is_bad_for_you/#When:07:15:00Z>
Carol Miller, Mac360

This irresponsible publicity stunt endangers your Mac.

*** iPod Just A Step In Music's Evolution
<http://www.dailynews.com/theiropinion/ci_4869286>
Steven Rosenberg, LA Daily News

The click-wheel music player saved Apple's corporate bacon. But has it created the kind of music-buisness and cultural mayhem for which many give it credit?

*** 'Hi, I'm A Mac. I Am Way Cool.'
<http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_4862407>
Ed Quillen, Denver Post

*** Here's A Switch: Apple Touts Megahertz
<http://news.com.com/2061-10793_3-6144793.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news>
Michael Kanellos, CNET News.com

Has Apple found a way to cleverly advertise its products to make them look different? Is this because Apple doesn't participate in all of Intel's marketing programs?

[Review]

*** SiteAssist 3.0: Automated Dreamweaver Site Builder Offers A Variety Of Design Options
<http://www.macworld.com/2006/12/reviews/siteassist3/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Tom Negrino, Macworld

SiteAssist 3.0.3 is a good choice for Dreamweaver designers who need to produce great-looking, functional sites quickly, and for those who lack the technical expertise to produce a full site from scratch.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** No-Toy Story
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/19/AR2006121901411.html>
Ruth Marcus, Washington Post

In the age of the iPod, what do you give kids who are getting older younger?

*** Polar Rose Wants To Recognize Faces In Web Photos
<http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061219-8456.html>
Nate Anderson, Ars Technica

*** Time For A New Hit
<http://yodel.yahoo.com/2006/12/19/time-for-a-new-hit/>
Peter Daboll, Yahoo

Page view has outgrown its usefulness.

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The other things in life

[World]

*** Chinese Success Story Chokes On Its Own Growth
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/19/world/asia/19shenzhen.html?ex=1324184400&en=e777bad42f7755a3&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
Howard W. French, New York Times

Few cities anywhere have created wealth faster than Shenzhen, but the costs of its phenomenal success stare out from everycorner: environmental destruction, soaring crime rates and the dissillusionment and degradation of its vast force of migrant workers.

[Tech & Science]

*** Women In Science: The Battle Moves To The Trenches
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/19/science/19women.html?ex=1324184400&en=b477e30131a2ccdc&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
Cornelia Dean, New York Times

Studies show that women in science still routinely receive less research support than their male colleagues, and they have not reached the top academic ranks in numbers anything like their growing presence would suggest.

*** Sometimes, The Why Really Isn't Crucial
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/19/health/psychology/19essa.html?ex=1324184400&en=46c13b03cbba3b89&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
Sally Satel, New York Times

It is time to retire the myth that insight is a prerequisite for change.

[Life]

*** Post-Modernism Is The New Black
<http://www.economist.com/world/displaystory.cfm?story_id=8401159>
The Economist

How the shape of modern retailing was both predicted and influenced by some unlikely seers.

*** The Sovereign Vs. The Idiot
<http://www.slate.com/id/2155822/fr/rss/>
Joel Waldfogel, Slate

What kind of gift-giver are you?

*** Fore Shame
<http://www.slate.com/id/2155745/fr/rss/>
David Farley, Slate

Did the Vatican steal Jesus' foreskin so people would shut up about the savior's penis?

*** Visiting Asia Without Crossing The Pacific In Portland, Ore
<http://travel.nytimes.com/2006/12/17/travel/17dayout.html?ex=1324011600&en=877d4e291dbca7c4&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
David Laskin, New York Times

Different as they are, these two Asian gardens both rely on pattern, structure and metaphor instead of the floral can-can of typical American gardens. Rain, especially the mild intermittent rain of the Pacific Northwest winter, is their varnish.

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[News]

*** MHA Responds To Dr Chee Soon Juan's Claims About Prison Treatment
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/248322/1/.html>
Wong Siew Ying, Channel NewsAsia

*** Damage Caused By Floods Could Run Up To Millions: Shopowners
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/248299/1/.html>
Valarie Tan, Channel NewsAsia

*** Learning From Singapore's Recycled Water Project
<http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailcity.asp?fileid=20061220.D04&irec=3>
Prodita Sabarini, Jarkarta Post

Singapore, with its limited natural resources, is using high technology initiatives to capture and treat water, delivering a sustainable water supply to its people.

*** Politics Is No Laughing Matter In Singapore
<http://asia.news.yahoo.com/061219/3/2un92.html>
Reuters

Chewing gum, homosexuality, public protests... the lst of things frowned upon is long in Singapore. But satire? Yes, that too. Seriously.

*** 24 Hours Of Rain Mayhem
<http://straitstimes.asiaone.com/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=6fadbe120b93a010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:6d81b9d962b9f010VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD>
Teh Joo Lin and Tracy Sua, Straits Times

Singapore was lashed by the third-largest deluge of rain in recorded history yesterday, causing heavy flooding in parts of the island, bringing down tree and triggering landslides.

[Opinion]

*** Why Get So Uptight Over Something Called "Self-Regulation"?
<http://aaron-ng.info/blog/why-get-so-uptight-over-something-called-self-regulation.html>
Aaron Ng, Hear Ye! Hear Ye!

*** The Safety Limits Of Globalisation
<http://www.yawningbread.org/arch_2006/yax-691.htm>
Yawningbread.org

The Europeans understood a simpel principle that we, in our present love affair with globalisation, have not: that to counter-balance the excesses of the imperfect market, there should be governmental institutions whose reach is as wide as the market.

*** No Award But Bursary Letter A Priceless Gift
<http://straitstimes.asiaone.com/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=7532758920e39010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:9ce7b9d962b9f010VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD>
Sharon Lee Sui Yi, Straits Times

[Technology]

*** First Singaporean Charged With Using Anther's Wireless Network
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/161861.asp>
Ansley Ng, Today

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*** If You Want It
<http://www.rondobrothers.com/>
Rondo Brothers
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