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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Apple Video Move Divides Industry
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5342408.stm>
Mark Ward, BBC News

*** Macs And Grant Site Just Don't Click
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/12/AR2006091201445.html?nav=rss_technology>
Rick Weiss, Washington Post

Scientists, scholars and others planning to use their Macintosh computers to submit grant proposals to the federal government in the months ahead should be prepared for a rocky, or at least error-message-littered, road ahead.

*** New UI Showdown: Apple Vs. TiVo
<http://www.wired.com/news/columns/0,71774-0.html?tw=rss.index>
Leander Kahney, Wired News

As Apple has demonstrated time and again, it's all about the interface.

*** Apple Expo: Griffin Reveals Trio Of iPod Add-Ons
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=15848>
Jonny Evans, Macworld UK

*** Apple Plans To Inhabit Living Room
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/13/technology/13apple.html?ex=1315800000&en=6d9efff842713aad&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
John Markoff and Laura M. Holson, New York Times

*** Warning To Jobs: Taming Hollywood Not Easy
<http://money.cnn.com/2006/09/12/technology/apple_biz2.0.biz2/index.htm?postversion=2006091217>
Jon Fortt, Business 2.0

The king of digital music surprised no one with its new movie download strategy. Now comes the hard part.

*** Apple Posts QuickTime Webcast Of iTunes/iPod Event
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/09/12/webcast/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Peter Cohen, Macworld

*** Disney CEO Happy With Apple's Movie Strategy
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/09/12/disney/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Jim Dalrymple, Macworld

*** Apple's Cover Flow Is An Import
<http://news.com.com/2061-10799_3-6114894.html?part=rss&tag=6114894&subj=news>
Ina Fried, CNET News.com

The technology for iTunes' new album-browsing technology was the work of two people outside the company. However, Apple, spotting an idea it liked, has purchased the technology.

*** Apple Releases New iPod Nano
<http://playlistmag.com/news/2006/09/12/ipodnano/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Mathew Honan, Playlist

Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled a new, "completely remastered" version of the iPod nano on Tuesday at a special press event in San Francisco, sporting a new case that comes in a variety of colors.

*** Apple Rolls Out New iPod Shuffle
<http://playlistmag.com/news/2006/09/12/ipodshuffle/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Mathew Honan, Playlist

Speaking at a special press event in San Francisco on Tuesday, Apple CEO Steve Jobs annonced a new version of the company's iPod shuffle, featuring a smaller enclosure and a new connnection for charging and transferring music.

*** Movie Downloads Highlight iTunes 7 Overhaul
<http://playlistmag.com/news/2006/09/12/itunes7/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Mathew Honan, Playlist

Apple jumped into the movie retail business Tuesday, offering digital downloads of motion pictures through its iTunes store at prices ranging from $9.99 to $14.99.

*** New iPods Get Bigger, Brighter, Cheaper
<http://playlistmag.com/news/2006/09/12/ipodfamily/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Mathew Honan, Playlist

Apple on Tuesday announced an update to its top-of-the-line iPod models, releasing two new models with brighter displays, enhanced battery life, new earbuds, and new software features, including games.

*** Apple Previews iTV Home Theater Playback Box
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/09/12/itv/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Mathew Honan and Peter Cohen, Macworld

Jobs described the forthcoming $299 set-top box as "completing the package" of Apple's multimedia offerings. Resembling a squat Mac mini, the iTV will use wireless networking to stream movies and TV shows from iTunes to a television.

*** QuickTime Adds iTunes Store Features, Security Fixes
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/09/12/quicktime/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Peter Cohen, Macworld

*** More Details About The iPod's 80GB Drive
<http://playlistmag.com/news/2006/09/12/toshiba/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Peter Cohen, Playlist

[Opinion]

*** New Apple Announcement
<http://www.blogmaverick.com/2006/09/12/new-apple-announcement/>
Mark Cuban, Blog Maverick

The most important element of Apple's announcement today is that the iPod interface is now viewable on your hDTV.

*** A 'Mistake' Hollywood Had Better Start Making
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/12/AR2006091201596.html?nav=rss_technology>
Rob Pegoraro, Washington Post

The record labels appear to have accepted that their job is to sell music, as opposed to selling plastic discs with music recorded on them. Most movie studios still appear confused on that point.

*** iTunes: Is There A Standard UI Element Left?
<http://www.macuser.com/itunes/itunes_is_there_a_standard_ui.php>
Derik DeLong, MacUser

*** Is Steve Jobs, Bill gates 2.0?
<http://featured.gigaom.com/2006/09/12/is-steve-jobs-bill-gates-20/>
Om Malik, GigaOM

*** iTunes/iPod/iTV - First Take On Apple's Announcements
<http://weblogs.jupiterresearch.com/analysts/gartenberg/archives/017033.html>
Michael Gartenberg, Jupiter Research

The key to the announcement is understanding that there's a seamless end to end experience for consumers for consuming digital content both within the home and outside the home. It also re-enforces the Apple vision of the universe with the PC serving as a hub for digital content in the home and it all works together seamlessly.

*** Aqua Is Dead, Long Live Aqua!
<http://www.tuaw.com/2006/09/12/aqua-is-dead-long-live-aqua/>
Dan Lurie, Unofficial Apple Weblog

Apple seems to use iTunes as a test-bed for new user interface design styles, and iTunes 7 brings with it an almost complete overhaul the Aqua look we have all grown to love/hate/tolerate.

*** Return Of The Black Tax?
<http://www.macuser.com/ipod/return_of_the_black_tax.php>
Dan Moren, MacUser

Apple's again tapped the premium for people who'll be willing to pay more to get the colors of their choice with the new iPod nanos.

*** iTuens 7: First Impressions From The Underground
<http://www.macuser.com/music/itunes_7_first_impressions_fro.php>
Scott Silverman, MacUser

[Review]

*** First Look: iTunes 7
<http://playlistmag.com/features/2006/09/itunes7fl/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Christopher Breen, Playlist

New views, better iPod controls highlight substantial upgrade.

[Sidetrack]

*** An iTunes International Store Is Long Overdue
Heng-Cheong Leong

Yes, I know negotiating licensing rights for music is difficult. Negotiating licensing rights for television shows and movies is probably even more difficult, as you'd probably not have to talk to studios and distribution companies, but you'd have to talk to censorship boards too. So, I'm not asking for that.

However, restricting iPod games and dial-tones (it is coming, right?) by countries is plainly not maximizing your profits, wouldn't you agree Steve Jobs? Furthermore, many of Audible's audio books are already available outside of iTunes Store's geographical reach, and many indie artists are probably going to sign up immeidately once Apple launches the iTunes International Store.

So, how about it, Steve? Negotiations can still continue on a country-by-country basis, but an International Store can probably be opened with relatively ease and minimal expense right now. There are so many of us that are waiting with open wallets, ready to be locked into the Apple platform willingly.

[Wintel]

*** Coming Zune
<http://www.seattleweekly.com/news/0637/zune.php>
Nina Shapiro, Seattle Weekly

Once again, Microsoft is chasing Apple in the hipster hardware game. Will it make sweet music this time?

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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Unable To Repeat The Past
<http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-archive13sep13,1,338112.story?track=rss>
Charles Piller, Los Angeles Times

Storing information is easier than ever, but it's also never been so easy to lose it -- forever. We could end up with a modern history gap.

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The other things in life

[Life]

*** The Quiet American
<http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/politicsphilosophyandsociety/story/0,,1866835,00.html>
Gaby Wood, The Guardian

It's a magazine that runs 10,000-word articles on African states and the pension system, has almost no pictures and is published in black and white. So how does the New Yorker sell more than a million copies a week?

*** Even Dating Is Perilous In Polarized Baghdad
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/11/AR2006091101044.html?nav=rss_world>
Amit R. Paley, Washington Post

Rising tension between Snnis, Shiites nealry puts end to mixed relationships.

*** What To Expect When You're Expecting Dinner
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/13/opinion/13ephron.html?ex=1315800000&en=0ccbbcac444f8600&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
Nora Ephron, New York Times

I don't actually say these words.

*** Tea's Got A Brand New Bag
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/13/dining/13tea.html?ex=1315800000&en=9d310e8e57fc298d&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
Florence Fabricant, New York Times

The tea bag, a clever enough idea at first, went terribly awry somewhere along the way, at least in the view of people who love to savor their tea. Now it is in the process of large-scale reinvention, and some of those who currently shun it with almost ostentatious disdain are very likely to be won over.

[Expressions]

*** Ode
<http://www.slate.com/id/2142353/>
Mayreen N. McLane, Slate

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Life in the city

[News]

*** Singapore Leaders Launch Libel Suit Against Magazine
<http://in.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-09-13T182624Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_India-267354-1.xml&archived=False>
Fayen Wong, Reuters

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and former premier Lee Kuan yew filed the libel suit against Hong Kong-based Review Publishing Company Ltd and Far East Economic Review editor Hugo Restall on Aug. 22 for an article published in July on opposition politician Chee Soon Juan.

*** Filipino Activists Held, Turned Back By Singapore
<http://newsinfo.inq7.net/breakingnews/nation/view_article.php?article_id=20764>
Veronica Uy, INQ7.net

Two Filipino activists on their way to attend the International People's Forum from September 14 to 18 in Batam, Indonesia were detained overnight by Singapore authorities before being turned back and told to return the Philippines.

*** Singapore Puts The Squeeze On Protesters At IMF Meet
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/13/AR2006091300220.html>
Reuters

The most jam-packed event at this year's International Monetary Fund-World Bank meeting in Singapore could end up being an indoor protest. If all 487 civil rights activists registered for the annual meeting want to use the space marked off for protest, they will have to stand very, very close together.

*** Need To Build Other Bridges Linking Singapore-Malaysia, Says Goh
<http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news.php?id=219468>
Jackson Sawatan, Bernama

The project to replace the Johor causeway linking Singapore and Malaysia, with a bridge may have been scrapped off but there could be other bridges that need to be built in the future, Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong said.

*** Singapore Court Finds Opposition Politicians Guilty Of Defamation
<http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/9/13/apworld/20060913114327&sec=apworld>
Associated Press

*** Singapore-KL Air Links: Wheels Are Trning
<http://straitstimes.asiaone.com/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=6fadbe120b93a010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:ba8f4550643ad010VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD>
Karamjit Kaur, Straits Times

*** It's Never Been Our Role To Set Room Rates: Singapore Hotel Association
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/142226.asp>
Jasmine Yin, Today

The Singapore Hotel Association has come out to rebut criticisms about its role in poor hotel occupancy and high room rates for the International Monetary Fund and World Bank meetings taking place this week.

[Opinion]

*** Singapore's Human Rights Record
<http://clementee.blogspot.com/2006/09/singapores-human-rights-record-i.html>
Intellectual Property Rights

*** The Protest Cogs Are Turning
<http://chemgen.blogspot.com/2006/09/protest-cogs-are-turning.html>
Chemical Generation Singapore

When Chee Soon Juan challenged the police to a dialogue on setting a new protest site after the police rejected the Empower Singaporeans Raly and March, the man made a brilliant non-violence move.

*** Four Million Irritations
<http://smootie.blogspot.com/2006/09/four-million-irritations.html>
Smoot

With the barricades and the road blocks and the blocking off of pedestrian walkways, the only regular people who will get to smile at the IMF delegates in person are the police.

*** Suntec City = Nazi Camp?
<http://singaporeelection.blogspot.com/2006/09/suntec-city-nazi-camp.html>
Singapore Election Watch

*** Judge Gives Summary Judgement Without Chees' Lawyer Present
<http://singaporeelection.blogspot.com/2006/09/judge-gives-summary-judgement-without.html>
Singapore Democrats, Singapore Election Watch

*** Security Shouldn't Keep Shoppers Away
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/142221.asp>
Alvin Chan, Precious Time, Today

Such excessively negative publicity does not do Singapore, as a host,any good.

*** In-Camp Training Based On SAF's Requirements
<http://straitstimes.asiaone.com/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=7532758920e39010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:cfc67d82572ad010VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD>
Benedict Lim, Ministry of Defence, Straits Times

[Entertainment]

*** Survivor Show On Hold
<http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/show/story/0,4136,113399,00.html>
Jeanmarie Tan, New Paper

New season, which divides constants along racial lines, has drawn fire in the US. MediaCorp says it'll take a wait-and-see approach on whether to show it.

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[Tunes]

*** An Ode To The Ellipsis...
<http://www.edonn.com/archives/2006/04/ellipsis/>
Donn Lee
<http://www.edonn.net/files/ellipsis.mp3>