[MyAppleMenu] Jun 9, 2006

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Apple Faces Fresh Legal Attacks In Europe
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/09/technology/08cnd-apple.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin>
Thomas Crampton, New York Times

*** Pressure Mounts Against Apple DRM
<http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/06/08/79066_HNagainstappledrm_1.html>
Nancy Gohring, IDG News Service

*** Yojimbo 1.2 Improves Import, Export, And Linking
<http://emperor.tidbits.com/webx?13@1005.ETqUbc3ijMg@.3c4f5c5c>
Adam Engst, TidBITS

*** Google Takes It To .Mac
<http://www.macuser.com/software/googlesync.php>
Aaron Freedman, MacUser

Browser Sync is a plugin for Firefox which synchornizes a user's browser settings across multiple computers.

[Opinion]

*** Choked On iPod
<http://www.omglolh4x.com/?p=22>
OMGloh4x

Uh-huh, you read it right. That's what my papers said in the hospital. I, Kyle Kinkade, choked on an iPod.

*** Switching To Mac -- The Real Truth Behind It...
<http://www.techcastuk.co.uk/?p=92>
Tech Castuk

All those reasons you had for not buying a Mac? Well they no longer hold any truth.

*** Adventures With Adobe And An Intel Mac - Part 1
<http://www.gskinner.com/blog/archives/2006/06/adventures_with.html>
gskinner.com

*** What's Missing In iTunes, Part 2
<http://www.naivepixel.com/articles/246/whats-missing-in-itunes-part-2>
Allan Rojas, Naivepixel

*** Something's Missing Here...
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/2006/06/nodrivewake/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Rob Griffiths, Macworld

I was probably most amazed by the fact that the machine even woke up to a semi-usable state without a boot disk present.

*** Apple, Reporters, And Judicial Cowardice
<http://www.macworld.com/2006/06/features/appeal/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
MacJournals.com

Examining the court ruling against Apple in the product leaks case.

[Review]

*** An Apple MacBook Gone Pro
<http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jun2006/tc20060609_106168.htm?chan=technology_product+review+main+index>
Cliff Edwards, BusinessWeek

I'd wholeheartedly recommend the MacBook Pro for those looking for one of the very best notebooks on the market.

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The other things in life

[Life]

*** When Life Makes You Cry Uncle
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/08/AR2006060801533.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns>
Eugene Robinson, Washington Post

I am Bus Uncle, potentially, and so are you. Each of us has a tiny, raging Bus Uncle buried deep within, just waiting to burst free. One tap on the shoulder is all it takes.

*** Gangs Of New York
<http://newyorkmetro.com/news/features/17205/>
Sarah Bernard & Hugo Lindgren, New York

Their twins due home from intensive care any minute, an anxious couple considers the high cost -- physical, marital, and financial -- of multiples.

[EOF]

*** 10 Flagrant Grammar Mistakes That Make You Look Stupid
<http://insight.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020415,39273376,00.htm>
Jody Gilbert, TechRepublic

If you want to craft an error-free message that reflects your professionalism, be on the lookout for these common grammatical slip-ups.

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Life in the city

[News]

*** Legal Application Made To Include All Former NKF Directors In Civil Suit
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/212835/1/.html>
Pearl Forss, Channel NewsAsia

Lawyers for former NKF directors Richard Yong and Loo Say San have applied to include all the former NKF directors in the civil suit being filed by the new NKF.

*** Las Vegas, Singapore
<http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/jun2006/id20060609_507158.htm?chan=innovation_architecture_great+spaces>
BusinessWeek

Moshe Safdie and Associates has been selected to design what is most likely its largest project to date: a new resort in Singapore that will include three 50-story hotel towers and a 1,000-foot-long public sky garden.

*** Lim Boon Heng Says CPF Cuts Should Not Be Restored For Long Term Competitiveness
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/212754/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia

*** Singapore Shares Fall To New Lows
<http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/060608/singapore_markets.html?.v=1>
Associated Press

Singapore shares fall for the fourth consecutive session to lowest level this year.

[Opinion]

*** Things That Would've Killed Apple In Singapore
<http://chandrashekar.beingalpha.com/?p=33>
chandrashekar.beingalpha.com

*** Why We Are Unhappy Even In Good Times
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/123283.asp>
Adrian Tan, Today

*** Reasons For Parliament's Nov Opening
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/123352.asp>
Abdullah Tarmugi, Speaker, Singapore Parliament, Today

Major renovations for security reasons; other factors include National Day, S2006 meetings.

*** Singapore System Not To Be Sniffed At
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=6fadbe120b93a010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:99e323264a4bb010VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD>
Janadas Devan, Straits Times

Singaporeans have access to one of the world's best health-care systems, and they do not even realise it.

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Life is random. More tunes, less talk.

[Tunes]

*** Finches' Song At Oceanic Parking Lot
<http://www.westernvinyl.com/dirty_sounds.htm>
Dirty Projectors
<http://www.statesrightsrecords.com/mp3s/The%20Dirty%20Projectors-Finches%20at%20Ocean%20Park.mp3>