[MyAppleMenu] Dec 21, 2006

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** iPod Shuffle Sales Double Year-On-Year
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&newsID=16785>
Jonny Evans, Macworld UK

*** For Some, One iPod Just Isn't Enough
<http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16267799/>
Allison Linn, MSNBC

For music lovers and gadget geeks, Apple's iPod portable music player has long been a must-have accessory. But now, some of Apple's most loyal customers are finding that one iPod just isn't enough.

*** Will Apple Ditch The iPod?
<http://www.fool.com/ahead-of-the-curve/2006/ahead-of-the-curve-06122001.htm>
Mac Greer, Motley Fool

What does the future hold for Apple's iPod? Will Microsoft's Zune strike a chord with iPod users? Will the Mac continue to be part of Apple's core business?

*** Apple Plugs QuickTime Hole
<http://news.com.com/2110-1002_3-6145235.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news>
Joris Evers, CNET News.com

Apple on Tuesday released a fix for a QuickTime flaw that could expose information stored on a Mac to outside attackers.

*** Microsoft Ships Office Updates
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&newsID=16777>
Jonny Evans, Macworld UK

*** Flash Memory
<http://www.macworld.com/2006/12/features/trends3/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Dan Miller, Macworld

Solid-state, flash-based storage -- the kind used in the iPod nano and shuffle -- is coming to the Mac. The result could be better battery life, quicker booting, and entirely new kinds of systems.

[Opinion]

*** The Mac Experience: The Good And The Bad
<http://www.oohshiny.net/2006/12/21/the-mac-experience-the-good-and-the-bad/>
Ooh Shiny!

Yeah. The default media player on a media-centric computer from a media-centric company that creates a media-centric OS that has an astonishing number of media-centric software packages, it can't go full-screen.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Robots Could Demand Legal Rights
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6200005.stm>
BBC News

Robots could one day demand the same citizen's rights as humans, according to a study by the British government.

*** How Times Have Changed For Flash Video
<http://feeds.feedburner.com/NickBradbury>
Stean Richter, Web Pro News

*** At The Heart Of The Wii, Micron-Size Machines
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/21/technology/21howw.html?ex=1324357200&en=b7bc39262afeb56e&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
Michel Marriott, New York Times

Beneath the controllers' white plastic shells are an array of time-tested digital technologies working together in new ways.

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The other things in life

[World]

*** Romney's Religion
<http://www.slate.com/id/2155902/fr/rss/>
Jacob Weisberg, Slate

Someone who refuses to consider voting for a woman as president is rightly deemed a sexist. Someone who'd never vote for a black person is a racist. But are you a regligious bigot if you wouldn't cast a ballot for a believing Mormon?

[Life]

*** Sick With Excess Of Sweetness
<http://www.economist.com/books/displaystory.cfm?story_id=8345592&fsrc=nwlgafree>
The Economist

A great poet's brushes with the world's first onsumer boycott.

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[News]

*** Power Failure Reported In Various Parts Of Singapore
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/248489/1/.html>
S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia

The Energy Market Authority said the power supply was disrupted at 3.55pm due to the tripping of two power generation plants at Senoko Power Station.

*** Singapore Decides Not To Ban Trans Fat
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/248509/1/.html>
Julia Ng, Channel NewsAsia

This is because Singaporeans' daily intake of trans fat is well within the World Health Organisation's recommended level of 1 percent of dietary energy compared to the unhealthy level of 2.6 percent intake among Americans.

*** Singapore Builders Gain From Casinos
<http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/12/20/bloomberg/sxasia.php>
Chen Shiyin, Bloomberg

Singaporean construction stocks, the market's worst performers in the past six years as two recessions hurt the industry, have become the best this quarter.

*** Flexible Work Arrangements Few In Singapore's Private Sector
<http://www.playfuls.com/news_10_5794-Flexible-Work-Arrangements-Few-In-Singapores-Private-Sector.html>
DPA

Only 5.3 per cent of employees worked on flexible work schedules this year covering part-time, staggered hours and tele-working.

*** The Big Flood Clean-Up Gets Under Way
<http://straitstimes.asiaone.com/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=6fadbe120b93a010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:fe685e78a21af010VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD>
Teh Joo Lin, Straits Times

[Opinion]

*** Young Singaporean Entrepreneurs Are Not Pop Idols
<http://sgentrepreneurs.com/commentary/2006/12/21/young-sg-entrepreneurs-not-pop-idols/>
Singapore Entrepreneurs

I am not impressed by someone who wins the award, but I am more impressed by a young entrepreneur who captures 90% of the market and are making new companies everyday without press coverage.

*** Capturing Singapore's Defining Moments
<http://straitstimes.asiaone.com/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=6fadbe120b93a010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:49e671e7d40af010VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD>
Lim Cheng Tju, Straits Times

For some, there exists a tension between history-writing and nation-building. But it is when we are constantly engaged with such issues that we unearth new treasures of the past and glimpse new approaches to the events that shape us today.

*** Why The Disparity Between Class A And C?
<http://straitstimes.asiaone.com/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=7532758920e39010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:a24071e7d40af010VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD>
Cheryl Koh Xin Wei, Straits Times

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Life is random. More tunes, less talk.

[Tunes]

*** Play It All Night Long
<http://www.archive.org/details/dbt2004-01-23.matrix>
Drive-By Truckers
<http://ia310940.us.archive.org/0/items/dbt2004-01-23.matrix/dbt2004-01-23d02t03_vbr.mp3>