[MyAppleMenu] Sep 18, 2006

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Greenpeace Apologizes For Apple Stink
<http://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/Home/ABC6DFDA-9DE9-4EA8-A269-65EAAB628676.html>
RoughlyDrafted

The entire premise of the Greenpeace report card is really a weak fallacy.

*** Has Apple Lost Its Security Shine?
<http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=193001536&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_News>
John C. Welch, TechWeb

*** Apple's New iPods Priced For Profits, Not Market Share
<http://www.infoworld.nl/idgns/bericht.phtml?id=002570DE00740E18482571ED0009B2D6>
Dan Nystedt, InfoWorld Nederland

The top sign Apple is going for the green is its lack of aggressive pricing, according to Gartner analysts.

*** Apple Goes Back To Its Core In Touting Macs
<http://www.usatoday.com/money/advertising/adtrack/2006-09-17-apple-track_x.htm>
Theresa Howard and Jefferson Graham, USA Today

*** Exclusive: First Details Of Office 2007 For Mac. All Use UI.
<http://www.apcstart.com/site/dflynn/2006/09/1511/exclusive-first-details-of-office-2007-for-mac-all-new-ui>
APC Magazine

On the surface is a revised interface which borrows ideas from the Office 2007 for Windows 'ribbon' and has already been radically changed due to user feedback.

[Opinion]

*** The iPod's Achilles Heel? It's Er... Reader's Digest
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/15/zune_vs_ipod_readers_digest/>
Andrew Orlowski, The Register

Zune, eMusic, and subscriptions.

*** Should Cisco And Motorola Be Worried About Apple?
<http://networking.seekingalpha.com/article/17036>
Mark Milliman, Seeking Alpha

Motorola and Cisco have a long way to go to catch up in features and cost.

[Review]

*** iPod Nano (Second Generation)
<http://arstechnica.com/reviews/hardware/ipod-2g.ars>
Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica

*** How A Malformed Installer Package Can Crack Mac OS X
<http://www.macgeekery.com/tips/security/how_a_malformed_installer_package_can_crack_mac_os_x>
Adam Knight, Mac Geekery

[Wintel]

*** iPod, TheyPod: Rivals Imitate Apple's Success
<http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB115854813804466016-7OCeZFQNjWLbl5KC7HtklqSHGtQ_20070917.html?mod=rss_free>
Nick Wingfield and Robert A. Guth, Wall Street Journal

After years of watching Apple's success in digital music, rivals are ripping a page from the company's playbook.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** A Chip That Can Transfer Data Using Laser Light
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/18/technology/18chip.html?ex=1316232000&en=28a5a164c7e8df41&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
John Markoff, New York Times

Researchers plan to announce on Monday that they have created a silicon-based chip that can produce laser beams. The advance will make it possible to use laser light rather than wires to send data between chips, removing the most significant bottleneck in computer design.

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The other things in life

[World]

*** Lessons Of Suez
<http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2006/09/17/lessons_of_suez/?page=full>
Geoffrey Wheatcroft, Boston Globe

Fifty years ago, two western powers conspired to invade an Arab country -- in defiance of international law and world opinion. Guess which side the United States was on.

[Life]

*** Violence Changes Fortunes Of Storied Baghdad Street
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/17/AR2006091700695.html?nav=rss_email/components>
Sudarsan Raghavan, Washington Post

In a city known across the Arab world for its love affair with books, such emotions reflect the decline of a vibrant community.

[Expressions]

*** Some Kind Of Nut Brittle
<http://www.latimes.com/features/magazine/west/la-tm-calstory38sep17,1,1759474.story?coll=la-headlines-west>
Martin J. Smith, Los Angeles Times

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[Ramblings]

*** Why Do We Pay For TV License?
Heng-Cheong Leong

Sharunnizam Sapi'ee <http://straitstimes.asiaone.com/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=f832758920e39010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:85b74ed0ec0bd010VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD>, writing in Straits Times: "We have paid for our adio and TV licenses so why is this problem [with reception of RTM1 via Starhub] not looked into?

Yet another proof that Singaporeans have no idea why we pay TV license.

:-)

[News]

*** Singapore Dissident Steals Show From World Financial Summit
<http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060918/bs_afp/singaporeimfworldbank_060918092215>
Roberto Coloma, AFP

Chee hasn't showered since Saturday but his story has made international headlines thanks to the large media contingent covering the biggest international conference ever hosted by Singapore.

*** Singapore Deports Two Indonesians
<http://www.antara.co.id/en/seenws/?id=20191>
Antara

The Singapore government on Monday deported two members of the Indonesian Farmers Association Achmad Yakub and Irma Yani after the country's immigration office detained and interrogated them for more than 14 hours at Changi airport.

*** Gov Plans To Give Phuket To Singaore (Or So Says Sondhi)
<http://phuket-post.com/article.php?id=460>
Phuket Post

Political firebrand and failing media mogul, Sondhi Limtongkul, has announced that he has discovered a plot to give Phuket to Singapore.

*** MAS: Tiger Airways' Entry To E. Malaysia May Affect Profitability
<http://www.theedgedaily.com/cms/content.jsp?id=com.tms.cms.article.Article_bb317a42-cb73c03a-12696c20-936909dd>
The Edge Daily

*** Singaproe Deters IMF Protesters
<http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/09/17/news/protests.php>
Wayne Arnold, New York Times

If Singapore's aim was to ensure that no noisy controversy over economic policies would divert attention from its peerless performance as host, it appears to have succeeded.

*** Frontline: Hong Lim
<http://www.yawningbread.org/arch_2006/yax-651.htm>
Yawningbread.org

*** Cameras To Catch Crooks In HDB Estates
<http://straitstimes.asiaone.com/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=6fadbe120b93a010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:c34278362fcbd010VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD>
Theresa Tan, Straits Times

Town councils are working with police to fix CCTV cameras in crime-prone areas.

[Opinion]

*** Singapore's Security Measures
<http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaileditorial.asp?fileid=20060918.F06&irec=5>
Longgena Ginting, Friends of the International (FOEI), Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Jarkarta Post

I consider the Singaporean government's ban a grave violation of the principles of democracy and good governance. The IMF and the World Bank should likewise be strongly condemned for these institutions' blatantly false claims to be championing democracy and good governance and their choice of Singapore as the site for their 2006 meetings, knowing full well that the Singapore government has a long track record of suppressing the exercise of basic civil and political rights.

*** Sunflowers - For Whose Sake?
<http://samaryn.com/2006/09/18/sunflowers-for-whose-sake/>
A Gecko's Tale

Form over substance.

*** An Impending Crisis To Our Singapore Reputation From Offending The International CSOs?
<http://www.singaporeangle.com/2006/09/impending-crisis-to-our-singapore.html>
Singaporeangle.com

Maybe we have grown so used to docile local non-governmental players that we forget there are individuals and organizations who will go out of their way to prove their point, even though it does not affect them.

The Shuffle by MyAppleMenu
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Life is random. More tunes, less talk.

[Tunes]

*** Hello Sunshine
<http://www.outofclouds.com/index.php?lang=eng&sida=musik>
Out Of Clouds
<http://www.wannabice.com/ooc/musik/sunshine.mp3>