[MyAppleMenu] Sep 26, 2006

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Core Values
<http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,19509-2374215,00.html>
Chris Ayres, The Times

With the iPod and the iMac, Steve Jobs has revolutionised the media world. But now a financial scandal could topple Apple' sinspirational chief executive.

*** Aperture 1.5 Unveiled At Event In Germany
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/09/25/aperture/index.php>
Jim Dalrymple, Macworld

The heart and soul of Aperture 1.5 is the Library, according to Apple. The new library system allows photographers to store images on internal disks or other locations like external drives, CDs or DVDs.

[Opinion]

*** Making Good On A Mistake
<http://davidweiss.blogspot.com/2006/09/making-good-on-mistake.html>
David Weiss

I'm biased already, but stuff like this just makes a customer for life!

[Review]

*** Things I Like About Aperture 1.5
<http://www.oreillynet.com/mac/blog/2006/09/things_i_like_about_aperture_1.html>
Giles Turnbull, O'Reilly Network

*** Apple iPod (80GB)
<http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2016662,00.asp>
Mike Kobrin, PC Magazine

As a music player, the Apple's combination of intuitive interface, software integration, and sound quality still trumps the competition.

*** MindManager 6 Mac: Brainstorming Application Spins A Web Of Ideas
<http://www.macworld.com/2006/09/reviews/mindmanager6/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Jeffery Battersby, Macworld

While this initial Mac release lacks some features found in the Windows version, the program is a  strong addition to the existing slate of Mac brainstorming apps.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Annoting The Earth
<http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=17537&ch=infotech>
Wade Roush, MIT Technology Review

Move over, Rand McNally: Google Earth is becoming the standard tool for organizing geographical information.

*** 'Germ-Free' Mouse Launched
<http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,2020273,00.asp?kc=ETRSS02129TX1K0000532>
Jennifer L. DeLeo, ExtremeTech

[Internet]

*** Record Highs For New-Media Ads
<http://news.com.com/2100-1024_3-6119332.html?part=rss&tag=6119332&subj=news>
Caroline McCarthy, CNET News.com

Advertisingon the internet continues to be an increasingly lucrative sector of the market.

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The other things in life

[World]

*** The Hardest Word
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/25/AR2006092500876.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns>
Anne Applebaum, Washington Post

The lesson here is clear: Prime ministers, presidents and other sundry statesmen beware. In democratic politics you get in trouble not for what you do but for what you say -- particularly if it's true.

[Life]

*** TV Dinners
<http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/061002fa_fact>
Bill Buford, New Yorker

The rise of food television.

*** More Than A Feeling
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,585-2374239,00.html>
Peter Whittle, The Times

However laudable, why is art for the blind always just a tactile experience?

[Expressions]

*** Other People's Deaths
<http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/content/articles/061002fi_fiction>
Lore Segal, New Yorker

*** Fourteen Final Lines
<http://www.slate.com/id/2142946/>
J. Allyn Rosser, Slate

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[Ramblings]

*** Garbage In, Garbage Out
Heng-Cheong Leong

When new companies invest in Singapore by moving in headquarters, or creating new industries, we always hear boosts from politicians and newspaper mouthpiece on how many jobs will be created, and how many related jobs will also be created in related industries.

But when companies retrench and get out of Singapore, we only hear about the retrenchment numbers, and not the ripple effect on other related industires.

Why?

(Don't need to answer. Rhetorical.)

[News]

*** Najib: We Can't Cancel Singapore Investment
<http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Tuesday/National/20060926082617/Article/local1_html>
New Straits Times

Malaysia cannot cancel all Singapore investments as it could send wrong signals to investors, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk seri Najib Razak.

*** Lawmakers Angered By Kuan Yew's Indon Chinese Comments
<http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news.php?id=221900>
Bernama

Angry Indonesian lawmakers are demanding a public apology and explanation from Singapore's founding father Lee Kuan Yew after he reportedly said the minority Chinese-Indonesian community was being systematically marginalised.

[Opinion]

*** Fair Business?
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/144786.asp>
Jun Wang, Today

More transparency needed in Gebiz procurement process.

*** MCA, Gerakan Have Some Explaining To Do
<http://www.malaysiakini.com/letters/57272>
Malaysiakini

Is Lee not telling the truth of what is happening in Malayisa? Have the Chinese and other non-Malays in Malaysia not long been victimised by the so-called the special rights, educational and economic quotas for the Malays and other biases in favour of the Malays? Why are the MCA and Gerakan insisting that there is no marginalisation of the Chiense in Malayisa?

*** Malaysian Leaders In Self-Denial Mode
<http://www.malaysiakini.com/letters/57271>
Jacob George, Malaysiakini

What should really be done is to examine if the claims of the Singapore founding father was factually correct and if so, to rectify the situation and if not, factually discredit it by well researched and comprehensive discourse.

*** Transport Operators Can Do More For The Needy
<http://straitstimes.asiaone.com/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=6fadbe120b93a010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:4b896cb3bd5ed010VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD>
Christpher Tan, Straits Times

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[Tunes]

*** No Regrets
<http://www.themovement.dk/music.html>
The Movement
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