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[News]

*** Laptop Makers Investigate Heat Conversion Chips
<http://www.computing.co.uk/itweek/news/2169100/laptop-makers-investigate-heat-chips>
James Murray, IT Week

A chip that turns waste heat back into useful electrical power promises to significantly extend laptop battery life.

*** Mac Fans Buzzing About Expected Apple iPhone
<http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9005243&source=rss_topic15>
Duncan Martell, Reuters

The long-rumored arrival of a hybrid mobile phone and iPod music player from Apple has morphed from a question of "if" to "when" among fans and analysts.

*** iPod Shuffle Sales Exceeding Supply
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&newsID=16519>
Macworld UK

iPod shuffle sales seem set to reach five million units this quarter, a report claims.

*** New And Improved
Heng-Cheong Leong

SuperSync <http://www.supersync.com/>: Synchornize all of your music, from any computer that you keep music on. Listen to your music collection from anywhere on the internet.

Secret Folder <http://www.apimac.com/secret_folder/index.php>: Conceal files and folders, a fast way to protect personal documents.

[Opinion]

*** Cross-Platform Teaching
<http://kenbaldauf.blogspot.com/2006/11/cross-platform-teaching.html>
Ken Baldauf, Teacing College Computer Literacy

*** iPhone - The Beginning Of The End For Apple
<http://whateversinteresting.com/2006/11/20/iphone-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-apple/>
Whatever's Interesting

Past success may be giving Apple a dangerious overconfidence.

*** Why No Mac Viruses?
<http://notd.blogs.com/notd/2006/11/why_no_mac_viru.html>
Nicest Of The Damned

The Unix security model is more secure than the pre-Vista Wiindows model, and must take the lion's share of hte credit for the lack of OS X viruses.

*** Pinprick
<http://daringfireball.net/2006/11/pinprick>
John Gruber, Daring Fireball

Aim for high quality and set your price accordingly.

[Review]

*** MindManager Comes To The Mac
<http://db.tidbits.com/article/8760>
Matt Neuburg, TidBITS

MindManager is slick and generally easy to use, but I'm forced to conclude that, considering the state it's in and the nature of the competition, at $230 it may be overpriced.

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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Mistakes Made On The Road To Innovation
<http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_48/b4011421.htm>
BusinessWeek

Led by CEO Antonio M. Perez, Kodak is struggling to reinvent its business model. It's not alone.

*** The Race To Create A 'Smart' Google
<http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/11/27/8394347/>
Jeffrey M. O'Brien, Fortune

Everything you buy online says a little bit about you. And if all those bits get put into one big trove of data about you and your tastes? Marketer's heaven.

*** ValleyS ees Hiring Spree
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/rss/16059302.htm?source=rss&channel=siliconvalley_rss>
Scott Duke Harris, San Jose Mercury News

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The other things in life

[Tech & Science]

*** The Best Science Show On Television?
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/21/science/21myth.html?ex=1321765200&en=2ae0bad815f8c4f0&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
John Schwartz, New York Times

In a subtle and goofily educational way, the hosts of "Mythbusters" commit mayhem for science's sake.

*** A Free-For-All On Science And Religion
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/21/science/21belief.html?ex=1321765200&en=1248eafebee1e138&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
George Johnson, New York Times

Some scientists at a recent conference called on their colleagues to be less timid in challenging teachings about nature based only on scripture and belief.

[Life]

*** The Coastline Is Retreating. Should The Montauk Lighthouse Stand Its Ground?
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/21/science/earth/21comm.html?ex=1321765200&en=518019ff4413745b&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
Cornelia Dean, New York Times

When erosion threatens to send alighthouse toppling into the sea, people want to save it. But how? The way we answer that question involves more than engineering. It can become a statement about how we intend to live with our eroding coasts.

*** That's How The Light Gets In
<http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2006/11/21/thanksgiving/index_np.html>
Gary Kamiya, Salon

To truly give thanks this week is to celebrate the world. But for all of our obsession with success and self-fulfillment, Americans don't celebrate very well.

*** Diddy's Little Helpers
<http://villagevoice.com/music/0647,cameron,75089,22.html>
Hastings Cameron, Village Voice

Why hip-hop ghostwriting is an art now, and an actually respectable one.

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Life in the city

[News]

*** Kularb Kaew Probe Kicks Off
<http://www.bangkokpost.com/211106_News/21Nov2006_news13.php>
Wassayos Ngamkham, Bangkok Post

Police have begun an inquiry to find out if Kularb Kaew acted as a nominee firm for Singapore's Temasek Holdings in its buy-out of Thai telecom giant Shin Corp.

[Opinion]

*** NS Stint May Hinder Job Prospects For Singaporeans
<http://mediawatchsg.blogspot.com/2006/11/your-views-ns-stint-may-hinder-job.html>
Singapore Media Watch

*** Fund-Raiser For Charity Turns Down $2, Asks For $10 Instead. Is This Right?
<http://straitstimes.asiaone.com/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=f832758920e39010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:e477ee691f30f010VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD>
Boey Shee Lye, Straits Times

*** Minimum Wage Won't Make Singapore Lose Edge
<http://straitstimes.asiaone.com/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=7532758920e39010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:2cdc7b4fd760f010VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD>
Chi Han-Husan, Straits Times

Minimum wage should be seen as a way to boost our service standards and move a step closer to other developed countries that are unfazed by competition.

*** How Useful, This Feedback Process?
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/155923.asp>
THomas Koshy, Today

Penal Code changes will impact daily life -- but too little info, too little time for public to give meaningful views.

[Entertainment]

*** Brown Sugar Cafe Bistro
<http://superfinefeline.blogspot.com/2006/11/brown-sugar-cafe.html>
Gastronomic Ruminations

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