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[News]

*** QuickTime Patch On The Rocks
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39246998,00.htm>
Joris Evers, CNET News.com

Apple has offered a removal tool for its latest media player patch after users reported problems.

*** MacBook Pro: What You Need To Know
<http://www.macworld.com/2006/01/features/macbookfaq/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Jason Snell and Jonathan Seff, Macworld

Here's what you need to know about Apple's newest laptop.

*** iPod Shuffles New Recruits Into Apple's Army Of Fans
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2006/01/12/MNGROGM4QH1.DTL&type=tech>
Ellen Lee, San Francisco Chronicle

*** BlackBerry Devices To Offer Mac E-Mail And Calenar Applications
<http://ap.yorknewstimes.com/stories/technology/20060112/3556571.shtml>
Associated Press

RIM has signed a licensing deal with Information Appliance Associates to offer free downloads of the PocketMac program for BlackBerries, and to later integrate the software with the handhelds, officials with the companies said.

*** iMac Core Duo: What You Need To Know
<http://www.macworld.com/2006/01/features/intelimacfaq/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Jason Snell and Jonathan Seff, Macworld

We tackle common questions about Apple's first Intel-based desktop.

*** Microsoft Quietly Ditches WMP For Mac
<http://www.betanews.com/article/Microsoft_Quietly_Ditches_WMP_for_Mac/1137014055>
Ed Oswald, BetaNews

*** Sorry, No Apple For You: Microsoft's Bid Fruitless
<http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/255322_mackeyboard12.html>
Todd Bishop, Seattle Post-Intelligencer

In a first for Microsoft's hardware group, the company is developing a keyboard designed just for the Mac. But regular Mac users will notice there's no Apple key.

*** Chip Story: The Intel Mac FAQ, 2006 Edition
<http://www.macworld.com/2006/01/features/intelfaq2006/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Jason Snell, Macworld

What you need to know about the transition to Intel chips.

[Opinion]

*** A Totally Macworld Wedding
<http://cultofmac.com/index.php/2006/01/12/a_totally_macworld_wedding>
Leander Kahney, Cult Of Mac

Shawn King, host of the Your Mac Life internet radio show, is getting married on Thursday evening in a totally Macworld wedding.

*** The Fifth Row Back
<http://www.mymac.com/showarticle.php?do=something&id=1335>
Bakari Chavanu, MyMac.com

Getting to the fifth row didn't come easy.

*** iWeb's HTML Markup. Not So Good.
<http://whatdoiknow.org/archives/002582.shtml>
What Do I Know

I'm sure iWeb is a very polished and easy app to use on the desktop, but the code it creates will be a nightmare for nay intermediate web designer looking to customize the appearance.

*** Apple Notebook Not For Bargain Hunters, Part II
<http://news.com.com/2061-10792_3-6026458.html?part=rss&tag=6026458&subj=news>
Michael Kanellos, CNET News.com

*** My First Macworld, Pre-Show And Keynote
<http://tuaw.com/2006/01/12/my-first-macworld-pre-show-and-keynote/>
Victor Agreda, Jr., Unofficial Apple Weblog

Having never been to a Macworld before, let alone san Francisco, I thought I'd let those of you who have never been here in on some first impressions.

*** Mac Book Pro; Mini Review
<http://www.theappleblog.com/2006/01/12/mac-book-pro-mini-review/>
Dan Lurie, The Apple Blog

*** Get Smart
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/expo/2006/01/smartfeatures/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Philip Michaels, Macworld

It's doubtlessly commonplace by now for companies to adopt Apple's "Smart" feature -- using presets to create a playlist in iTunes or a folder of searches in Spotlight or mailboxes in Mail and have them update dynamically whenever anything meeting the conditions of those presets appears on your Mac.

*** Macworld Expo: Best Of Show
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/01/12/bestofshow/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Jim Dalrymple, Macworld

[Sidetrack]

*** What's Really Behind A Steve Jobs Keynote
Heng-Cheong Leong

As illustrated by the Joy of Tech <http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/772.html>; Though, there is one small inaccuracy: the sharks should have "frickin' laser beams attached to their heads."

*** Rumor Today: Apple Will Have An iPhone
Heng-Cheong Leong

Even before the stage at Macworld Expo turns dark, rumors are already flying that Apple do have plans in the mobile phone market <http://www.chicagotribune.com/technology/chi-0601120230jan12,1,3569732.story?coll=chi-techtopheds-hed>.

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The other things in life

[Life]

*** Strat-O-Matic, The Throwback, Endures The Era Of The X-Boxes
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/13/sports/13stratomatic.html?hp=&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1137164542-p35X0iXXjFojgLRRMIxdhg>
Lorne Manly, New York Times

Somehow, in a video-game age in which the landscape is ruled by John Madden, an old-fashioned sports board game stubbornly hangs on.

*** Group Therapy
<http://newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/news/culture/features/15495/>
Jay McInerney, New York

Can a sober, settled-down front man and a great new record solve the problems of New York's most dysfunctional rock band?

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Life in the city

[News]

*** Singapore Lawyers To Review Death Penalty
<http://washingtontimes.com/upi/20060113-064720-2422r.htm>
United Press International

Singapore's Law Society said Friday it planned to review the country's controversial use of the death penalty and make recommendations to the government.

*** Sorors Criticizes Singapore's Lack Of Political Freedom
<http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2006/jan/1277182.htm>
Japan Economic Newswire

U.S. billionaire financier and philanthropist George Sorors on Wednesday criticized Singapore government leaders for using libel lawsuits to crush opposition politicians.

[Opinion]

*** Install Audio-Visual Aids In Buses To Help Physically-Disabled Passengers
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,5562,364515,00.html?>
Chang Siew Ngoh, Disabled People's Association, Straits Times