[MyAppleMenu] Nov 27, 2006

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Apple's Quest To Put Us At Ease With Technology
<http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/11/26/features/design27.php>
Alice Rawsthorn, International Herald Tribune

Ask designers which companies excel at design, and they'll probably say Apple. But if you ask Jonathan Ive, Apple's senior vice president of industrial design, how Apple does it, he seems almost apologetic. "It sounds unremarkable and even naive, but it's our obsession with making really great products," he said. "It's at the heart of everything we do. I don't understand how you can exist as a company and not have it."

[Opinion]

*** I Got A Mac
<http://kpishdadi.vox.com/library/post/i-got-a-mac.html>
Wiphey On Vox

You really can't get a scope of how much more productive you can be with OS X, by poking around the Apple store and looking at the MacBooks. You really just won't get it until you try it for a few days.

[Wintel]

*** Life After Vista: Can Microsoft Retool For Web?
<http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB116459728069433263-nYvfolxNiz07IwuKHJzQEoMxgL0_20071126.html?mod=rss_free>
Robert A. Guth, Wall Street Journal

The crux of the issue is how Microsoft's signature Windows product should adapt to the internet, and to rivals such as Google that are using the net to deliver competing offerings at unprecedented speed.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Why Do 900m People Tune In To Watch This Teenager?
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2473322,00.html#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=World>
Adam Sherwin, The Times

*** Is It News... Or Is It An Ad?
<http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB116412309878729621-1Vl6e6UkSwyCzXv5Dq5__HvQncY_20071126.html?mod=rss_free>
David Kesmodel and Julia Angwin, Wall Street Journal

With 'in-text' advertising, it isn't always easy to tell.

*** www.thenewrevolutionaries
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,1957451,00.html#article_continue>
David Smith, The Observer

After YouTube and MySpace, what next? As the internet continues to change at a breathtaking pace, The Observer goes to Silicon Valley to meet the architects of the next web explosion.

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The other things in life

[Life]

*** Forging A Coffee Chain Just A Few Links Long
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/26/jobs/26homefront.html?ex=1322197200&en=75bac01c3011a5f6&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
Louise Kramer, New York Times

When Jonathan Rubinstein decided to ditch his career as a talent agent to open a coffee bar in Manhattan, his friends and advisers thought he was making a terrible mistake.

*** On The Move To Outrun Climate Change
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/25/AR2006112500877.html?nav=rss_email/components>
Blaine Harden and Juliet Eilperin, Washington Post

In their separate ways, wild creatures, business executives and regional planners are responding to climate changes that are rapidly recalibrating their chances for survival, for profit and for effective delivery of public services.

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Life in the city

[News]

*** Malaysia Calls For End To Quarrels With Singapore
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/243775/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia

Deputy prime minister Najib Razak said past ties had "often lurched from grudging civility to outright acrimony" but urged both nations to seize on "a palpable thaw" in relations in recent years to tighten economic links.

*** Be Flexible And Allow Malaysia Acquire More Singapore Assets, Says Najib
<http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news_lite.php?id=232606>
Bernama

Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak ahs called on authorities in Singapore to exercise a greater degree of reciprocity in facilitating more Malaysian acquisition of assets in the island-republic. "We understand that identifying suitable acquisitions in Singapore is far harder for Malaysian companies given the structure of the Singapore economy."

[Opinion]

*** Jam-Packed Trains Here? It's Worse In Other Major Cities
<http://straitstimes.asiaone.com/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=f832758920e39010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:be50d5453491f010VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD>
Siti Aisha Mostafa, Straits Times

*** I Love (Dirty) Singapore
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/157050.asp>
Henrik Siken, Today

*** Much To Learn From HK Public Transport System
<http://straitstimes.asiaone.com/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=7532758920e39010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:c78f11aa1b42f010VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD>
Jason Chiam Chiah Sern, Straits Times

*** Dismantling The Blogger Vs. Journalists Debate
<http://www.theonlinecitizen.com/news/articles/article5.asp>
Mykel Sim, The Online Citizen

A "one size fits all" approach as with our current system may not adequately address the needs of the bulk of the Post-65 generation who embody rather different conceptions of democracy from the nation's founding fathers.

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[Tunes]

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