[MyAppleMenu] Jul 23, 2006

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** How To Make Windows On The Mac Flow Like Wine
<http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/tech/27D072C68E756190CC2571B2001476AF>
Neil McAllister, Computerworld New Zealand

Mac owners will soon have a new source of professional-grade commercial software for their beloved machines.

[Opinion]

*** "Where's Michael Dell?" BL Ochman Asks
<http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/2006/07/22/wheres-michael-dell-bl-ochman-asks/>
Robert Scoble, Scobleizer

If Dell hasn't figured it out yet Apple is now just another Windows OEM. But what an OEM it is!

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** When "Direct" Becomes A Disadvantage
<http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2006/07/when_direct_bec.php>
Rought Type

As PC prices have plummeted, thanks to cheaper components and ever more automated manufacturing, support costs have not fallen in tandem.

MyAppleMenu Reader
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The other things in life

[Life]

*** Fear Of Flying
<http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/pacificnw07232006/2003140367_pacificprage23.html>
Seth Clark Walker, Seattle Times

As air-rage incidents ascend, Fear Of Flying takes on new meaning.

*** The Haunting
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/23/magazine/23horror.html?_r=1&oref=slogin>
John Hodgman, New York Times

Though the wave has subsided somewhat, the aftereffects of the Asian ghost boom are still being felt.

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[News]

*** Exit Levy: More Bane Than Boon For Johor?
<http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Sunday/National/20060723080856/Article/index_html>
Ravi Nambiar, New Straits Times

The RM20 exit levy on foreign cars, expected to come into effect next month to defray petrol and fuel subsidies, could be a double-edged sword. The losers will be Malaysians and the economy on this side of the Causeway.

*** 'Respect Views Of Those Who Disagree'
<http://straitstimes.asiaone.com/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=6fadbe120b93a010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:cadab9140879c010VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD>
Li Xueying, Straits Times

[Opinion]

*** Singapore Government Bought Off By The Chinese Communist Regime
<http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/6-7-23/44179.html>
Zhang Jielien, Epoch Times

By helping China to persecute Falun Gong practitioners in Singapore for economic trade, Singapore has lost its reputation as a democratic country.

*** The MSM Grows Nervous
<http://commentarysingapore.blogspot.com/2006/07/msm-grows-nervous.html>
Mr Wang Bakes Good Karma

Far safer, and far more intelligent, to turn to "alternative media" to get an informed, reasoned view. And that's why the local MSM is worried.