[MyAppleMenu] Jun 24, 2006

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Justin Roberts: Kid Rock
<http://www.apple.com/pro/profiles/roberts/>
Barbara Gibson, Apple

"It kind of happened without any planning," Roberts says of writing songs in GarageBand.

*** DJ Sasha: Crosssfade Into The Digital Domain
<http://www.apple.com/pro/profiles/sasha/>
Tilmann Schaal, Apple

Sasha's typical setup includes an iMac G5 and Ableton Live software. This combination gives him tremendous freedom to manipulate music on the fly.

*** France Waters Down iTunes Bill
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=15041>
Macworld UK

[Opinion]

*** A Parallel Windows Universe
<http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/?p=76>
David Pogue, New York Times

Parallels sure has come a long way since its beta stages. Everything works in that little Windows window.

*** AppleWorks And The Intel Mac
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/mac911/2006/06/appworksintel/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Christopher Breen, Macworld

AppleWorks works perfectly well on an Intel Mac. But the writing has been on the wall so long that it's nearly faded from sight.

[Review]

*** Super Collapse 3
<http://www.macworld.com/2006/06/reviews/sc3/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Peter Cohen, Macworld

It's loads of fun for gamers that haven't gotten tired of the "match three" action puzzle genre.

[Sidetrack]

*** Changing Of The Big Cats
Heng-Cheong Leong

Is Apple considering dropping the Big-Cat naming convention <http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=1837>, in favor of something that is more marketing-friendly, as speculated by Apple Insider?

Maybe something along the line System Ilmen or OS X Vaiya? :-)

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[News]

*** Four-Month Reprieve For Restricted Passports
<http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Friday/NewsBreak/20060623174335/Article/index_html>
Ravi Nambiar, New Straits Times

Home Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Radzi Sheikh Ahmad thanked the Republic for acceding to Malaysia's request for an extension of the validity of the RP.

*** Singapore Extends Deadline For Malaysian Restricted Passports Use By 4 Months
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/215344/1/.html>
Asha Popatial, Channel NewsAsia

Singapore is allowing the use of Malaysian Restricted Passports for at least 4 more months up to end October. The agreement came in a meeting between Deputy Prime Minister and Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng and the Malaysian Home Affairs Minister Mohd Radzi Sheikh Ahmad.

*** "Rain" In Novena MRT
<http://yvonne-ng.blogspot.com/2006/06/rain-in-novena-mrt.html>
My Say

It is not everyday that you step out of the MRT, and "plosh"!

[Opinion]

*** NSman Didn't Respond To ICT Notifications
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=7532758920e39010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:bcc484c99e10c010VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD>
Benedict Lim, Ministry of Defence, Straits Times

He did not acknowledge any of these notifications. His call-up notice was sent to his residential address by registered mail, but it was not claimed.