[MyAppleMenu] Oct 19, 2006

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Another Music Phone? Yawn...
<http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/oct2006/tc20061018_099162.htm>
Olga Kharif, BusinessWeek

What if Apple made a cell phone and no one cared? Talk of the elusive iPhone heats up again, but analysts see marketplace obstacles.

*** Apple's Big Mac
<http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/oct2006/tc20061018_006862.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index_top+story>
Arik Hesseldahl, BusinessWeek

Record-breaking quarterly sales of the Mac are putting Apple into the running for a top computer-maker spot.

*** Bloggers Dismayed At Apple's Response To iPod Virus
<http://news.com.com/2061-11199_3-6127343.html?part=rss&tag=6127343&subj=news>
CNET News.com

Bloggers are not mincing words about Apple's iPod virus gaffe.

*** Apple's iPod Virus Response Draws Fire
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/10/18/ipodvirus/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Paul F. Roberts, InfoWorld

Security and quality assurance experts reacted negatively to Apple's efforts Tuesday to blame manufacturing problems that resulted in iPods shipping with a virus that affects Microsoft's Windows operating system.

*** Gartner: Apple Should Quit Hardware Business
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/business/0,39020645,39284186,00.htm>
Andrew Donoghue, ZDNet UK

The future success of Apple, Dell and Intel lies with a licensing deal between Steve Jobs' company and the PC maker, according to analyst Gartner.

*** Laptop Makers Looking For Battery Alternatives
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/10/18/battery/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Martyn Williams, Macworld

However, few alternatives to today's lithium ion batteries exist yet: Promised fuel cell technology for notebooks remains stuck in research labs.

*** Apple Reports $546 Million Profit
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/10/18/appleprofit/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Jim Dalrymple, Macworld

Posting a $546 million profit on $4.84 billion revenue, the companys aid the results are preliminary and may be subject to significant adjustment as a result of a likely restatement of historical results. Mac shipments were also the highest in the company's history, according to Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer.

[Opinion]

*** An Ongoing Saga Of Apple's Customer Neglect
<http://weblog.infoworld.com/openresource/archives/2006/10/an_ongoing_saga.html>
InfoWorld

I won't say that I'll stop using Macs, but I will continue to be a self-laothing Mac user for as long as Apple continues to treat me, and a growing majority of its customers and supporters like the enemy.

*** The End Of The Bunker Mentality
<http://www.macnightowl.com/2006/10/18/the-end-of-the-bunker-mentality/>
Mac Night Owl

It's taken 22 years, but being a Mac user no longer carries the baggage it used to carry.

*** Apple Reports Record Revenues (Again) - But Is It Enough?
<http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technology/archives/2006/10/18/apple_reports_record_revenues_again_but_is_it_enough.html>
Charles Arthur, The Guardian

*** Apple's Lemon
<http://sf.backfence.com/news/showPost.cfm?myComm=PA&bid=3437>
Dan Gillmor

*** Apple's DVR Dilemma
<http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/18/switched-on-apples-dvr-dilemma/>
Ross Rubin, Engadget

Treating iTV as a television product disconnected from programming would repeat the mistakes of other PC digital bridges, increasing the complexity of the TV experience rather than simplifying it.

*** Apple Stores Are Brilliant
<http://www.twistermc.com/blog/2006/10/18/apple-stores-are-brilliant>
Blog On A Stick

[Review]

*** Discover Safe Sleep's Secrets
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/mac911/2006/10/safesleep/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Rob Griffths, Macworld

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The other things in life

[World]

*** Beyond Skimpy Skirts, A Rare Debate On identity
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/19/world/middleeast/19dubai.html?ex=1318910400&en=db6030070bbc7db0&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
Hassan M. Fattah, New York Times

After decades of selling dreams to foreigners, Dubai has begun debating the limits of multiculturalism.

[Life]

*** Faith-Based Sizing
<http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15319430/site/newsweek/>
Susanna Schrobsdroff, Newsweek

Designers are introducing new supertiny sizes. Are American women getting smaller, or is the fashion industry messing with our minds?

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*** Human Species 'May Split In Two'
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6057734.stm>
BBC News

Humanity may split into two sub-species in 100,000 years' time as predicted by HG Wells, an expert has said.

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Life in the city

[News]

*** Singapore Workers Are Homeward Bound
<http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailheadlines.asp?fileid=20061019.@03&irec=2>
Suherdjoko, Jarkarta Post

*** Singapore's Music Industry Fights Back
<http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;352320319>
Sumner Lemon, PC World

THe ongoing battle against illegal music downloads in Singapore is slowly turning in favor of the music industry, thanks to tougher copyright laws and a series of high-profile police raids.

*** Singapore's Judges Sparing The Rod
<http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/10/18/singapore.ap/>
Associated Press

Singapore's legal system is renowned for harsh penalties such as caning and the death penalty for some drug crimes, but judges are trying to inject a dose of compassion into some rulings.

*** Singapore Ranked Most Globalized Country
<http://rawstory.com/news/2006/Singapore_ranked_most_globalized_co_10182006.html>
DPA

The index showed that foreign trade and investment flow more freely in SIngpaore than other countries in the survey, reported Straits Times newspaper Thursday.

*** Singapore Swallows Its Medicine
<http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/10/18/bloomberg/sxheal.php>
Angus Whitley, Bloomberg

Singapore is transforming a backstreet network of shops pedding centuries-old medical lore into an industry dominated by clinicians with college degrees and factory-produced remedies.

*** Singapore PM Critizes Foreign Press "Agenda"
<http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061018/wl_asia_afp/singaporepoliticsmedia_061018160845>
AFP

Foreign journalists had an "agenda" to make Singapore open up during recent World Bank-IMF meetings in the city-state, local newspapers quoted Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong as saying.

*** Sizzling Interest In Public Flats With Condo Features
<http://straitstimes.asiaone.com/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=6fadbe120b93a010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:45a7d170adb5e010VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD>
Tan Hui Yee, Straits Times

[Opinion]

*** It's A Matter Of Balance Between COEs And ERP Hikes To Accommodate Vehicle Growth
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/149492.asp>
Naleeza Ebrahim, Land Transport Authority, Today

If we rely completely on VQS and reduce the vehicle population, then peak hour congestion will cease and ERP rates will drop, but this will lead to higher COE prices and under-utilisation of road space, which is not ideal by transport planning standards.

*** Pay To Park In macRitchie Reservoir? Then Please Don't Upgrade Car Park
<http://straitstimes.asiaone.com/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=f832758920e39010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:6de6a16aec95e010VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD>
Teo Jui Hang, Straits Times

*** Gay Man Seeks Asylum In The US
<http://www.yawningbread.org/arch_2006/yax-666.htm>
Yawningbread.org

While there is plenty of evidence that Singapore discriminates against its gay citizens, persecution is quite a different thing.

[Technology]

*** Websites For Free Access On StarHub's FlexiSurf Home Page
<http://straitstimes.asiaone.com/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=f832758920e39010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:8589b0cdfba5e010VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD>
Cassie Fong, StarHub, Straits Times

Access to the client-based, as opposed to the web-based, Windows Live Messenger is not part of this free promotion.

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[Tunes]

*** Amazup Melody
<http://cchits.ning.com/artists/?/mariko_fujii/amazup_melody/>
Mariko Fujii
<http://mirror4.video.blip.tv/Fishthemusic-marikoFujiiAmazupMelody537.mp3>