[MyAppleMenu] Feb 15, 2006

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Police Warning For iPod Users
<http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/ipod--the-risks/2006/02/15/1139890771660.html>
Ben Schneiders, The Age

Police have warned that cyclists should never listen to an iPod while riding unless they have a death wish.

*** Creativity Sparks Prosperity
<http://www.apple.com/business/profiles/duematernity/>
Sam McMillan, Apple

"This is the best thing going for Point of Sale automation on the Mac."

*** Apple Ships Faster Than Expected MacBook Pro
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/02/14/macbookpro/index.php>
Jim Dalrymple, Macworld

Apple on Tuesday shipped its recently introduced Intel-based MacBook Pro, surprising customers with processors speeds that are faster than previously announced. The new laptops are available beginning this week with speeds up to 2.16GHz.

*** Mac OS X 10.4.5 Fixes iChat, Safari
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/02/14/osx/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Jim Dalrymple, Macworld

[Opinion]

*** Do Not Eat The Nano
<http://scottfeldstein.net/blog/?p=1164>
Scott D. Feldstein

It's like a little chocolate bar. And something about it doesn't seem quite real.

*** What Mactel Means For Apple
<http://blogs.zdnet.com/Murphy/index.php?p=530>
Paul Murphy, ZDNet

Bottom line? "Intel Inside" cheapens the brand, weakens the halo effect support Apple's highly profitable entertainment products, raises Apple's costs, results in reduced overall performance, and limits Apple's ability to differentiate its products.

*** A Man, A Mac, And A Most Perfect Love: A Valentine's Story
<http://wulfsnews.blogspot.com/2006/02/man-mac-and-most-perfect-love.html>
Wulf's News

*** More Info On iPod Turnover
<http://q.queso.com/archives/001859>
Jason Levine, Q Daily News

This would mean that Apple replaces roughly three thousand iPods a day, twenty thousand each week, and over a million a year. Could these numbers possibly be correct?

*** Windows Of Perception
<http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/97/windows-of-perception>
Daniel Jalkut, Red Sweater Blog

Most Mac users and many devlopers don't realize how extensively windows are used in the composition of the overall UI experience on Mac OS X.

*** Apple And Amazon: In Your Head?
<http://news.yahoo.com/s/fool/20060214/bs_fool_fool/113994626626>
Alyce Lomax, Motley Fool

The so-called Long Tail effect is alive and well and apparently living in my computer. That's what I discovered last weekend, noting that services from Apple and Amazon.com helped me burn a hole in my wallet.

*** The Numbers Game
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/2006/02/macbookpro/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Jonathan Seff, Macworld

Gigahertz myth aside, I hope Tuesday's MacBook Pro news is just the start of a whole new world for the Mac, one in which a partnership with a company that's actually dedicated to making better brains keeps Apple moving faster than any of us can reasonably expect.

*** Will There Be An iPhone?
<http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060214.wmath0214/TPStory/Business/columnists>
Mathew Ingram, Globe And Mail

[Review]

*** Updating The MacBook Pro-Dell Comparison
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/02/14/pricecomparison2/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Dan Frakes, Macworld

So much of my comparison became obsolete a little mre than 12 hours after it went live.

[Sidetrack]

*** Backdoor Into Your OS?
Heng-Cheong Leong

BBC is reporting <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4713018.stm> that the UK officials are "in talks with Microsoft", looking at establishing 'back door' ways of getting around encryptions in Windows Vista.

This just means that everyone who want to encrypt documents will simply go ahead and use something else.

I wonder if there are backdoors inside Mac OS X...

*** New... Er... Podcast?
Heng-Cheong Leong

Shawn King, one of the early pioneer of Mac radio shows, is going to launch a new show <http://www.yourmaclife.com/article.php/20060214035146456> on Wednesday 7 pm CT.

Shawn, Shawn, Shawn. Didn't you get the memo that here in Apple-land, we do new products on a Tuesday? :-)

*** Sorry, Your TV Needs A Software Upgrade
Heng-Cheong Leong

We are getting ever closer to the day when your TV will crash <http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,1926577,00.asp?kc=ETRSS02129TX1K0000532>.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** When Will We Wake Up To The Innovation Threat?
<http://news.ft.com/cms/s/30cd205a-9dc7-11da-b1c6-0000779e2340.html>
Jonathan Kestenbaum, Financial Times

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The other things in life

[Life]

*** Call Me Digital
<http://chronicle.com/temp/reprint.php?id=b8s1y8jt41x698bs783ltrft36w8mnpz>
Jennifer Howard, Chronicle Of Higher Education

Technology is reshaping literary scholarship on Herman Melville through recovering of his lost annotations.

*** Attention Avid Shoppers: A High-End Complex Opens Its Doors
<http://travel2.nytimes.com/2006/02/15/travel/15tokyo.html?ei=5088&en=9438e5df94ca9b6e&ex=1297659600&adxnnl=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1139990184-VlsKYz5xY70tDIMXfuIM7g>
Matthew Rusling, New York Times

The event has drawn everyone from tourists to the fashion-obsessed, and on this crisp, sunny Saturday morning, the line outside stretches down the long block.

[Expressions]

*** Descent - After Apollinaire
<http://www.slate.com/id/2120090/>
Meghan O'Rourke, Slate

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[News]

*** All Public Buses To Be Wheelchair-Friendly By 2023
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/193354/1/.html>
Valarie Tan, Channel NewsAsia

*** Brokeback Mountain Avoids Singapore Censors
<http://film.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1710158,00.html>
The Guardian

Singaporean cinemagoers will be able to watch Ang Lee's feted cowboy romance Brokeback Mountain uncut from tomorrow, despite the island republic's definition of gay sex as an act of gross indecency punishable by a maximum of two years in jail.

*** Manhunt Underway In Singapore After Gunshot Murder Of Businessman
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/193286/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia

*** Johor Strait 'A Giant Toxic Sink'
<http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Tuesday/National/20060214084227/Article/index_html>
Ravi Nambiar, New Straits Times

Pollution in the Johor Strait is so bad that it could pose a health hazard unless concerted efforts are made to break the Causeway and flush out the "dead water."

*** An Island Of The World
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/101161.asp>
Lee Ching Wern, Today

Singaporeans outnumbered by foreign buyers for upmarket Sentosa residential projects.

[Opinion]

*** Don't Delay It Any Longer
<http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Tuesday/Letters/20060214115349/Article/index_html>
Tunku Yusuf Jewa, New Straits Times

Waiing for two years is long enough and this could incur extra costs.

*** A Smooth Ride, Where Possible
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/101131.asp>
Gan Kim Choo, NParks, Today

Connectivity across major roads and expressays has always been one of NPark's challenges in developing of park connectors.

*** Curb Entry To All Gambling Outlets
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/101107.asp>
David Goh Kia Ngan, Today

If we really want to control the social ills of gambling, then the immediate step is to curb entry into all such outlets, instead of targeting casinos alone.

*** Singapoean Adults Need To Be Protected From Themselves
<http://atypicalsingaporean.blogspot.com/2006/02/singaporean-adults-need-to-be.html>
Atypical Singaporean

Singaporeans Adults are not responsible for themselves, but foreigners and maids are?