[MyAppleMenu] Dec 25, 2007

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**** Apple And Google, Telecom's New Stars <http://www.news.com/Year-in-review-Apple-and-Google,-telecoms-new-stars/2009-1039_3-6223747.html>
by Maggie Reardon, CNET News.com
It was Apple and Google&mdash;not the traditional phone companies AT&amp;T and Verizon Communications&mdash;that took center stage in the telephony market in 2007.

**** Rocking Out On A Mac Is A Blast <http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/5402806.html>
by Bob LeVitus, Houston Chronicle
Playing /Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock/ is the most fun I've had with any Mac games in years.

**** How Apple Spoiled My Christmas <http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=1498&blogid=4>
by Simon Jary, PC Advisor
2008: No more Apple iPhoto books, thanks...

**** Websites Cash In On iPhone <http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2007-12/25/content_6346212.htm>
by Wang Xing, China Daily
Apple Inc has yet to introduce its iPhone to the Chinese market, but already the product's popularity here is huge.

**** 2007 Roundup: Apple Gets To The Core Of Its Market <http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2206241/roundup-apple-2007-iphone>
by Shaun Nichols, vnunet.com
See Also:
2007 Roundup: iPhone Calls The Tune For Apple <http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2206242/roundup-iphone-eclipses-big>, by Shaun Nichols, vnunet.com.

**** Christmas Present For Apple Bulls: Mac Cleared For Takeoff <http://www.alleyinsider.com/2007/12/what-apple-bulls-are-missing-mac-cleared-for-takeoff.html>
by Henry Blodget, Silicon Alley Insider
Apple's most important revenue and profit growth generator is its Mac business. And the trends for this business are only getting better.

**** Apple 2007: Best Year Ever <http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2007/12/24/apple-2007-best-year-ever>
by Charles Jade, Ars Technica
Intel CPUs, iPod Halo, Mac OS X, Windows Fatigue, whatever the cause, the effect is that 2007 will be remembered as a Mac Renaissance not sen since the early 90s.

**** Security Update 2007-009 1.1 Released <http://www.macworld.com/article/131262/2007/12/security.html>
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
The 1.1 release "addresses an issue introduced in Security Update 2007-009 that causes an unexpected termination of the Safari application when browsing to certain web sites," according to Apple.

**** Big Screen Gaming On The Mac <http://www.macworld.com/article/131274/2007/12/bigscreen.html>
by Peter Cohen, Macworld

**** LifeAgent 2.1: Program Offers Instant Backups But Has Some Flaws <http://www.macworld.com/article/131258/2007/12/lifeagent21.html>
by Joe Kissell, Macworld
The concept of instant and automatic backups is a good one. But LifeAgent 2.1 needs significant work, especially in the area of file restoration, to contend with the likes of Time Machine.

**** CardRaider Recovers Movie Clips <http://www.macworld.com/article/131277/2007/12/cardraider.html>
by Peter Cohen, Macworld

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**** A Trip Back To The Future In 2007 <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7155893.stm>
by Bill Thompson, BBC News

**** Girl Power Is In Full Force Online <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/24/technology/24drill.html?_r=1&ex=1356238800&en=7de90ae5b2083391&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin>
by Alex Mindlin, New York Times
Teenage girls are more likely than boys to have engaged in creating most kinds of online content, according to a new report by the Pew Internet &amp; American Life Project.

**** Microsoft Sues Domain Name Registrar For Typosquatting <http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/12/24/Microsoft-sues-domain-name-registrar-for-typosquatting_1.html?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/12/24/Microsoft-sues-domain-name-registrar-for-typosquatting_1.html>
by Robert McMillan, IDG News Service

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**** The Accidental Caretakers <http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-king25dec25,0,5603850.story?track=rss>
by Heather King, Los Angeles Times
When Mom began losing her memory, I found my family.

**** What Do You Mean, Giving Me That? <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/23/fashion/23trebay.html?ref=style>
by Guy Trebay, New York Times
I could be succumbing to an attack of O. Henry here, but it seems truer than ever to me that the strange and the ambiguous and the mixed and the heartbreaking intentions behind present-giving are an overlooked bonus.

**** The Locked Room Mystery Mystery <http://books.guardian.co.uk/extracts/story/0,,2232119,00.html>
by Jasper Fforde, Guardian
"So who's the victim?" asked Detective Inspector Jack Spratt, shaking his overcoat of the cold winter rain as he entered Usher Towers. "It's Locked Room Mystery," explained his amiable sidekick, Detective Sergeant Mary Mary. "He was found dead at 7.30pm. But get this: the library had been locked... /from the inside/."

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**** Asian, Mideast Funds Unleash Cultural Revolution On Wall St. <http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hawFRY0vFhQy9ddEk6tE3BYUe8OQ>
by AFP
State-run investment funds from Asia and the Middle East are unleashing a cultural revolution on Wall Street, buying up big stakes in ailing US banks, but the deals are also raising national security fears.
See Also:
Singaporean Investor Temasek Finally Clinches A $5-Billion Stock Purchase Deal With Merrill Lynch <http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7009540668>, by Harriette Cecilio, AHN.

**** Marginal Increase In Births, Record Number Of New Citizens In 2007 <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/319089/1/.html>
by Julia Ng, Channel NewsAsia
In the first 10 months of this year, Singapore attracted 13,969 new citizens - much higher than the average of 9,600 in the past five years - and 53,011 new permanent residents, a 21 percent rise compared to the average of 43,600 in the last five years.

**** Singapore's Nov Consumer Prices Up 4.2% Year-On-Year <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/318939/1/.html>
by Channel NewsAsia
Singapore's consumer prices faster-than-expected in November, underpinned by higher costs for food and housing, said the Department of Statistics on Friday.

**** Cathay Pacific, Singapore Air Charged In EU Probe <http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aGT1z4hWTvzk&refer=home>
by Clare Cheung and Hugo Miller, Bloomberg
Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd., Singapore Airlines Ltd. and Air Canada received a letter from the European Union's antitrust arm alleging violations by the airlines' cargo units.
European and U.S. regulators are investigating at least a dozen carriers for possible price fixing of fuel surcharges at their cargo units.

**** Why Did National Parks Board Ban Deck Chairs At Watercross? <http://www.straitstimes.com/ST%2BForum/Online%2BStory/STIStory_189835.html>
by Kane Hill, Straits Times

**** SMRT Replies On Bikes And Dirty Buses <http://www.straitstimes.com/ST%2BForum/Story/STIStory_190008.html>
by Kuek Chor Ling, SMRT Corporation, Straits Times
We do allow foldable bicycles without protruding parts during off-peak hours.
/This is not what SMRT said previously, as documented by mrbrown <http://www.mrbrown.com/blog/2007/12/now-folding-b-1.html>./