[MyAppleMenu] Nov 17, 2006

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Apple Shares Hit High On iPod And iPhone Optimism
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&newsID=16505>
Jonny Evans, Macworld UK

Apple share reached a new 52-week high yesterday, boosted by positive iPod sales predictions from Piper Jaffray and continued strong market performance.

*** Apple Remote Desktop 3.1 Fixes AppleScript Issues
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/11/16/ard/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Peter Cohen, Macworld

*** New And Improved
Heng-Cheong Leong

Burning Monkey Solitaire 4 <http://www.freeverse.com/bms/>: Just when you thought it was safe to pick up the cards again... the monkeys are back for revenge.

[Opinion]

*** What Makes Apple So Delicious?
<http://ezine.hsc-reading.com/index.php/2006/11/17/what-makes-apple-so-delicious/>
ezine

[Review]

*** Rescue Your Stranded Tunes
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,72132-0.html?tw=rss.index>
Scott Gilbertson, Wired News

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Computer Industry 'Faces Crisis'
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6155998.stm>
Pallab Ghosh, BBC News

The computer industry faces a skills crisis, the president of the British Computer Society has told BBC News.

*** First $100 Laptops Ship, Finally
<http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9663412-1.html?tag=rsspr.6136316>
CNET

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The other things in life

[Tech & Science]

*** Scientists Examine 'Dark Energy' Of Antigravity
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/16/science/16cnd-dark.html?ex=1321333200&en=fc507e3f32859fda&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
Dennis Overbye, New York Times

A group of astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered that billionso f years before this mysterious antigravity overcame cosmic gravity and sent the glaaxies scooting apart like muscle cars departing a toolbooth, it was already present in space, affecting the evolution of the cosmos.

[Life]

*** In Minnesota, The Mall Of America Is As Big As All Indoors
<http://travel2.nytimes.com/2006/11/17/travel/escapes/17american.html?ex=1321419600&en=369ab869bace6be8&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
Louise Tutelian, New York Times

Since it opened in 1992, the Mall of America, in the Minneapolis suburbs, has been claiming to be the mall for the entire country. What's amazing is how well it lives up to its billing.

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Life in the city

[News]

*** CPF System & 3Ms Of Healthcare To Be Tweaked For Elderly Singaporeans
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/241996/1/.html>
Farah Abdul Rahim, Channel NewsAsia

*** Temasek Likely Breached Ownership Rules In Shin Deal
<http://nationmultimedia.com/2006/11/17/headlines/headlines_30019256.php>
AFP

Singapore's Temasek Holdings has likely violated Thailand's foreign ownership rules in its purchase of telecom giant Shin Corp, a senior commerce ministry official said Friday. The ministry's examination of the case, which police say they will begin reviewing next week, found that a holding firm called Kularb Kaew that was set up during the deal potentially holds Shin Corp shares on behalf of Temasek, the official said.

*** Desperate For A Date, Singapore Courts Matchmakers
<http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=2006-11-17T041838Z_01_SIN196636_RTRIDST_0_OUKOE-UK-SINGAPORE-MATCHMAKER.XML&WTmodLoc=HP-C13-Oddly-2>
Reuters

Singapore is playing matchmaker again. Desperate to boost its fertility rate, the government of the city-state says it will fund new services and activities that encourage dating.

*** Singapore And Thailand Face Showdown Over Temasek Deal
<http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/11/16/business/shin.php>
Wayne Arnold, International Herald Tribune

They have been careful to appear cordial, but in the polite language of Asian diplomacy, a stubborn standoff has emerged between Thailand and Singapore over how to handle Singapore's purchase of the communications assets of the deposed prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, and a legal confrontation between them is looming.

*** Old Seletar Hills Market Sorely Missed
<http://straitstimes.asiaone.com/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=6fadbe120b93a010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:2100f6e8b12fe010VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD>
Jessica Cheam, Straits Times

There is a new mall in its place but some residents are finding that it does not serve their needs as well as the old market.

[Opinion]

*** Secrecy Can And Will Collapse Singapore
<http://singaporeelection.blogspot.com/2006/11/secrecy-can-and-will-collapse.html>
Singapore Election Watch

*** GST Hike: Sugar-Coating Backfired? Look Again And Spot The Trojan Horse
<http://hovivo.blogspot.com/2006/11/gst-hike-sugar-coating-backfired-look.html>
Holland Village Voice

*** Breaking News: Molly Meek And Talkingcock Defeated
<http://mollymeek.livejournal.com/131053.html>
mollymeek

*** Is PAP Increasing Disparity Of Incomes To Stay Competitive?
<http://singaporeelection.blogspot.com/2006/11/is-pap-increasing-disparity-of-incomes.html>
Singapore Election Watch

*** How Can Lower-Income Families Cope With 200% Rent Hike?
<http://straitstimes.asiaone.com/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=f832758920e39010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:b7d668166deee010VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD>
Leong Sze Hian, Straits Times

How do lower-income families earning just over $800 cope with the rent increase of up to 200 per cent?

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Life is random. More tunes, less talk.

[Tunes]

*** Billie Jean
<http://www.archive.org/details/sci2005-07-09.flac16>
String Cheese Incident
<http://ia301230.us.archive.org/1/items/sci2005-07-09.flac16/sci2005-07-09d2t06_vbr.mp3>

*** Billie Jean
<http://www.archive.org/details/rrfb2005-07-30.flac16>
Robert Randolph (And The Family Band)
<http://ia310141.us.archive.org/3/items/rrfb2005-07-30.flac16/rrfb2005-07-30d1t05_vbr.mp3>