[MyAppleMenu] Jun 22, 2006

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Apple To Halt Sale Of Some Products In Europe
<http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=1830>
Katie Marsal, AppleInsider

*** Shake It Like A Polaroid Picture
<http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2006/6/21/4409>
Ars Technica

It sems more likely that Apple will come out with a more feature filled version of Shake and go back to charging "pro prices."

*** France Poised To Soften iPod Proposal
<http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/ap/2006/06/21/ap2831508.html>
Laurence Frost and Nathalie Schuck, Forbes

Leading lawmakers have agreed to water down a draft law that could have threatened the future of the iPod in France.

*** GarageBand Changing The Face Of Music Creation
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/06/21/garageband/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Jim Dalrymple, Macworld

A little more than two years after the initial release of GarageBand, audio software and hardware makers have come out with consumer products of their own. And few make any secret of the fact that it was GarageBand that inspired them to reach out to this new audience.

[Opinion]

*** Apple MacBook Pro -- Not Worth The Wait
<http://forbesontech.typepad.com/my_weblog/2006/06/apple_macbook_p.html>
ForbesOnTech

*** Apple Is Really A Consumer Electronics Company
<http://www.oreillynet.com/mac/blog/2006/06/apple_is_really_a_consumer_ele.html>
Jeremiah Foster, O'Reilly Network

*** In Movie Matters, Latern From The PSP's Mistakes
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/2006/06/pspmistakes/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Peter Cohen, Macworld

And that lesson is, don't make the movies too expensive.

[Review]

*** TurboCAD 2D Macintosh
<http://www.macworld.com/2006/06/reviews/turbocad2d/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Greg Miller, Macworld

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** The End Of The Death March
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/microsoft/Story/0,,1803276,00.html>
Jack Schofield, The Guardian

Microsoft is bloated, bureaucratic and bogged down by the Windows update. But just when it is time for a change of direction, Bill Gates is bowing out.

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The other things in life

[Expressions]

*** Of Geese
<http://www.rattle.com/rattle24.php?id=rattle24/poetry/aang.html>
Arlene Ang, Rattle

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[News]

*** Spotless Singapore To Upgrade Toilet Cleaners To "Restroom Specialists"
<http://www.canada.com/topics/news/oddities/story.html?id=993eeaa4-966c-4216-8af5-9679a4548ce5&k=49213>
Associated Press

Singapore, famous for its spotless streets, is stepping up its campaign against filth in the restroom with a training program to boost the status and skills of the city-state's toilet cleaners, a newpaper reported Thursday.

*** Single Party Rule 'Best For Singapore'
<http://www.ft.com/cms/s/1112e282-0180-11db-af16-0000779e2340.html>
John Burton, Financial Times

Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore's prime minister, has criticised Australia and New Zealand's lberal democratic practices, suggesting that Singapore's system, under which a single party has ruled since independence, is more efficient.

*** Temasek's Undue Diligence
<http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/HF17Ae03.html>
Laurence Lau, Asia Times

Several recent investments raised hard questions about whether the secretive Temasek is conducting enough due diligence before entering politically sensitivie blockbuster deals across the regsion.

[Opinion]

*** Bloggers Should Have The Conviction To Stand Behind Any Statements They Make And Not Hide Under The Cloak Of Anonymity
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=f832758920e39010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:71163d99835fb010VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD>
Lionel De Souza, Straits Times

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Life is random. More tunes, less talk.

[Tunes]

*** God Save The Internet
<http://www.savetheinternet.com/broadband.html>
The Broadband (Kay Hanley, Jill Sobule, and Michelle Lewis)
<http://www.savetheinternet.com/files/GodSaveTheInternet.mp3>