[MyAppleMenu] Mar 19, 2006

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Draft Law Clouds iPod's Future In France
<http://business.bostonherald.com/technologyNews/view.bg?articleid=131126>
Associated Press

[Opinion]

*** How Apple Ate The World
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2101-2087266,00.html>
Bryan Appleyard, The Times

Apple, with its laptops and iPods, is certainly, from one perspective, a geek thing; but, from another, much more interesting perspective, it's an art thing, the story of how, even in our time, art and art alone can make, break, remake and, above all, express a contemporary cultural reality.

[Review]

*** Moneydance 2006 For Mac: Money management App Keeps You In The Black And Dancing For Joy
<http://www.machome.com/reviews/0603/moneydance.lasso>
Peter Bodrog, macHOME

*** Apple's Mac Mini, Filling Out The Living Room
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/18/AR2006031800201.html>
Rob Pegoraro, Washington Post

With some updates, it could be the best fusion of computer and TV yet. But will that come at the price of neglecting the price-conscious home users the Mac mini was originally built for?

*** Tools Of The Trade: The Apple MacBook Pro
<http://news.independent.co.uk/business/analysis_and_features/article352097.ece>
Stephen Pritchard, Independent

*** Apple Speakers Set New Standard For iPod Sound
<http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/14116265.htm>
Julio Ojeda-Zapata, St. Paul Pioneer Press

The iPod Hi-Fi is gorgeous gear, and it sounds sensational.

[Sidetrack]

*** Turn Your Mac Into A Media Center... Really
Heng-Cheong Leong

Not satisfied in just merely running Windows applications in your Intel-based Mac? How about installing Windows XP Media Center Edition <http://www.osx86project.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=143&Itemid=2>?

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Are Kids Too Wired For Their Own Good?
<http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1173991,00.html>
Claudia Wallis, Time

They're e-mailing, IMing and downloading while writhing the history essay. What is all that digital juggling doing to kids' brains and their family life?

*** Open, But Not As Usual
<http://www.economist.com/business/displaystory.cfm?story_id=5624944>
The Economist

As "open-source" models move beyond software into other businesses, their limitations are becoming apparent.

*** Online Front Page Morgue Is Intriguing But Incomplete
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/18/AR2006031800196.html>
Frank Ahrens , Washington Post

Those of us in the newspaper business hope that the web will save our future. Now, it's saving our past. For a small fee.

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The other things in life

[Tech & Science]

*** Africa's New Ocean: A Continent Splits Apart
<http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/spiegel/0,1518,405947,00.html>
Axel Bojanowski, Spiegel Online

Normally new rivers, seas and mountains are born in slow motion. The Afar Triangle near the Horn of Africa is another story. A new ocean is forming there with staggering speed -- at least by geological standards. Africa will eventually lose its horn.

[Life]

*** A Nation Of Non-Readers
<http://www.economist.com/world/la/displaystory.cfm?story_id=5636369>
The Economist

A strange and costly disregard for books.

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[GE06]

*** Health Minister Khaw Confident Of Ability To Helm GRC
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/198644/1/.html>
Joanne Leow, Channel NewsAsia

This follows Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew's remarks in January that Mr Khaw had proven his mettle through tough times like the SARS period and the recent NKF saga.

[News]

*** Singapore To Deal Only With Malaysian Government On Bridge Issue: FM
<http://english.people.com.cn/200603/19/eng20060319_251725.html>
Xinhua

Singapore's Minister for Foreign Affairs George Yeo said Saturday that Singapore will deal only with the Malaysian government on the bridge issue and not through the media.

*** More Dangerous Strain Of HFMD On The Rise In Singapore
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/198650/1/.html>
Joanne Leow, Channel NewsAsia

*** Singapore Has One Year To Make Up Mind
<http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/3/19/nation/13712041&sec=nation>
Nelson Benjamin and Marsha Tan, The Star

The clock has started ticking and Singapore has about a year to join in the building of the "scenic bridge" before works on the Malaysian side of the project pass "the point of no return."

*** Rich Ward, Poor Ward
<http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/3/19/focus/13675372&sec=focus>
Lynn Lee, Straits Times

The just concluded budget debate in the Singapore Parliament had MPs talking mostly about the plight of their poor constituents. But what is it like to be an MP of a better-off ward?

*** Demand Changes Direction
<http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/3/19/focus/13712982&sec=focus>
Seah Chiang Nee, The Star

Since the internet revolution dampened the value of land in many countries, Singaporeans, too, have lost their once enormous appetite for proerty speculation that has created and broken many a fortune.