[MyAppleMenu] Dec 24, 2007

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**** The Year In Technology <http://machinist.salon.com/feature/2007/12/24/year_end_review/>
by Farhad Manjoo, Salon
Every conversation about tech in 2007 spirals into a conversation about the iPhone.

**** When You Believe In iTunes Not CDs <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/12/24/cccds124.xml>
by Dominic White and James Hall, Telegraph

**** What I Learned About Security, Privacy And Apple <http://www.scripting.com/stories/2007/12/23/whatILearnedAboutSecurityP.html>
by Dave Winer, Scripting News
I've given up on trying to get Apple to do the right thing and give me my disk back.

**** iPhone Users Raise Network Hopes <http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/21cc5b2a-b189-11dc-9777-0000779fd2ac.html>
by Andrew Parker, Financial Times
Buyers of Apple's iPhone have turned out to be voracious users of electronic mail and other data services, giving network operators hope that the much-hyped device will finally unlock billions of dollars in mobile advertising revenue.

**** iPhone Key To O2 Growth <http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22380266/>
by Andrew Parker, Financial Times

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**** Tablet Computers At Crossroads? <http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2007/12/23/tablet_computers_at_crossroads/>
by Seattle Post-Intelligencer

**** Creative Vigilantes <http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2007/12/23/creative_vigilantes/>
by Daniel B. Smith, Boston Globe
Magicians, chefs, and stand-up comics protect their creations without the law. What they can teach lawyers - and Congress - about the future of intellectual property.

**** Mozilla Introduces New Weave Online Service <http://www.cnet.com/8301-13846_1-9837380-62.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20>
by Dave Rosenberg, CNET News.com
The idea behind Weave is that all your personal information such as bookmarks and passwords are synced to your Mozilla account via Firefox.

**** The Afterlife Is Expensive For Digital Movies <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/23/business/media/23steal.html?_r=1&oref=slogin>
by Michael Cieply, New York Times
Suddenly the film industry is wrestling again with the possibility that its most precious assets, the pictures, aren't as durable as they used to be.

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**** All We Are Saying <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/23/weekinreview/23buzzwords.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&ref=us&adxnnlx=1198416014-So+ESVJygLULoMfNvcFl/Q>
by Grant Barrett, New York Times
What follows is by no means a complete list of words that took our attention this year, but rather a sampling from the thousands that endured long enough to find a place in the national conversation.

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**** Temasek Raises Stake In Standard Chartered To 18% <http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a9kK9GTD37GU&refer=home>
by Chia-Peck Wong, Bloomberg
Temasek Holdings Pte, the biggest shareholder in Standard Chartered Plc, increased its stake in the U.K. bank by 1 percentage point 18 percent, helping it boost banking investments in its $100 billion portfolio.

**** Singapore's Christmas Decorations <http://jy-s.blogspot.com/2007/12/singapores-christmas-decorations.html>
by Jy~s

**** So Much Trouble Over A Table <http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,4136,151471,00.html>
by Joyce Lim, New Paper
New neighbour moves in, residents clash over neighbourhood icon.

**** There's A Girl Under That Suit <http://www.straitstimes.com/Free/Story/STIStory_189431.html>
by Tan Yi Hui, Straits Times
Playing the cartoon characters appearing in mall shows is not all fun, say some teenagers who take on the job to make some money during their school vacation.

**** Solve Taxi Woes With More Private Buses <http://www.straitstimes.com/ST%2BForum/Story/STIStory_189658.html>
by Syu Ying Kowk, Straits Times
Many Singaporeans have come to realise that our train operators are not really on par with their Hong Kong counterparts ad nowhere near First World standards.

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**** Heaven <http://www.icyicy.com/club8/record.php?id=12>
by Club 8
Click here to listen <http://www.icyicy.com/club8/mp3/Club%208%20-The%20boy%20who%20couldn't%20stop%20dreaming%2006-%20Heaven.mp3>.