[MyAppleMenu] Feb 16, 2007

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** U.S. May Charge Ex-Execs At Broadcom, Apple: WSJ
<http://investing.reuters.co.uk/news/articleinvesting.aspx?type=tnBusinessNews&storyID=2007-02-16T070312Z_01_N16232760_RTRIDST_0_BUSINESS-STOCKOPTIONS-CHARGES-DC.XML>
Reuters

Federal prosecutors are strongly considering criminal charges against former executives of Broadcom, Apple, and KLA-tencor, related to the backdating of stock optios, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the situation.

*** Apple UK 'Get A Mac' Ads Backfire
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&newsID=17241>
Macworld UK

Apple's new series of UK 'Get A Mac' ads appear to show Mac users as being smug.

*** Final Cut Pro And WebObjects Get Apple Updates
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&newsID=17239>
Jonny Evans, Macworld UK

*** Apple, Cisco Extend Negotiations On iPhone Name
<http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=technologyNews&storyid=2007-02-16T062452Z_01_N16497988_RTRUKOC_0_US-APPLE-CISCO-IPHONE.xml&src=rss>
Reuters

network equipment maker Cisco said it agreed to give Apple more time to respond to the lawsuit it filed over the "iPhone" trademark, extending negotiations until February 21.

*** Apple: Your Daylight Is Safe With Us
<http://www.macuser.com/updates/apple_your_daylight_is_safe_wi.php?lsrc=murss>
Dan Moren, MacUser

"Apple isproviding software updates for Mac OS X 10.3, 10.4 and later based on worldwide time zone information available as of January 8, 2007."

*** Apple Plugs Four Security Holes
<http://news.com.com/2100-1002_3-6159946.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news>
Tom Krazit, CNET News.com

Apple issued four security updates Thursday to fix flaws in Mac OS X and iChat identified by the Month of Apple Bugs project.

[Opinion]

*** I Hate My MacBook Pro
<http://hexmen.com/blog/2007/02/i-hate-my-macbook-pro/>
Ash Searle's Blog

There are some things I just can't stand; and they're ruining the whole experience for me.

*** A Scary Thought For Apple Users
<http://viewfromthemountain.typepad.com/applepeels/2007/02/a_scary_thought.html>
Applepeels

Any problems with commitment from the Firefox team to the Mac platform could have a serious impact on the Mac unless Apple descides to get serious about fixing Safari.

*** Working With The System
<http://www.oreillynet.com/mac/blog/2007/02/working_with_the_system.html>
Giles Turnbull, O'Reilly Network

Sometimes, it pays to work with OS X

*** Apple Patent For Inductive iPhone Charging *Yawn*
<http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2007/2/15/7067>
Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica

*** The Annoying White iMac
<http://lowendmac.com/fishkin/07/0215.html>
Andrew Fishkin, Low End Mac

While the white casing looks cool, modern, hip, luxurious, clean, and any other superlative you care to use, it's also distracting.

*** Another Windows User Brianwashed Into The Apple Cult
<http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2007/02/another_windows.html>
Mitch Wagner, InformationWeek

There are small things -- but there's about a million of those small things in the day-to-day use of the computer, and the Mac is just better at them.

*** Apple Has Roped In The iGeneration
<http://graphic.pepperdine.edu/perspectives/2007/2007-02-15-apple.htm>
Marc Choquette, Pepperdine University Graphic

this is where Apple's brillance climaxes. With a generation hooked, they keep innovation high, prices reasonable, they'll keep wowing us until Bill Gates has an answer.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Building An Relationship Economy
<http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1000182>
Doc Searls, Linux Journal

Is there something new that open source development methods and values can bring to the economy? How about something old? I think the answer may come from the developing world, where pre-industrial methods and values persist and offer some helpful models and lessons for a networked world that's less post-industrial than industrial in a new and less impersonal way.

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The other things in life

[Tech & Science]

*** Foolproof
<http://www.americanscientist.org/template/AssetDetail/assetid/54428;jsessionid=aaahW_IxD92eEI>
Brian Hayes, American Scientist

If proof is a magic wand that works only in the hands of wizards, what is its utility to the rest of us?

*** Why The Petri Became Science's Favorite Dish
<http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/science/20070125-9999-lz1c25petri.html>
Scott LaFee, San Diego Union-Tribune

Julis Petri invented a dish.

[Life]

*** Brazil Nuts
<http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/display.php?id=720>
Anonymous, Washington City Paper

Tales of a bikini waxer.

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Life in the city

[News]

*** Indonesia, Singapore Throw Mud Over Sand
<http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/indonesia-singapore-throw-mud-over-sand/2007/02/16/1171405442709.html?s_cid=rss_age>
Mark Forbes, The Age

Sand is being stirred up in some diplomatic mud-slinging between Indonesia and Singapore, exposing rifts over disputed borders and Indonesian graft suspects seeking refuge in Singapore.

*** Sand Still Smuggled To Singapore, Police Say
<http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailgeneral.asp?fileid=20070216152305&irec=1>
Antara

Riau Islands Police chief Brig. Gen. Sutarman said Friday that illegal export of sand to Singapore from the province still continued although the government has issued a regulation to ban it.

*** Thailand Demands Telecom Back From Singapore
<http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/s1850015.htm>
ABC Radio Australia

Thailand's coup leader, Sonthi Boonyaratglin, says he wants to reverse the sale of the telecommunications giant founded by ousted prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra. In a speech, General Sonthi has said it is the Thai army's duty not to let anybody to take their national assets.

*** Charities Here Freed From That 80:20 Leash
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/172377.asp>
Today

There will be a relaxation of the 80:20 fund-raising rule, which requires any organisation seeking to raise funds for a foreign charitable cause to spend at least 80 per cent of the funds in Singapore.

*** Singapore Revs Up Its River Quays
<http://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/02/14/singapore.waterfront.reut/index.html?section=cnn_latest>
Reuters

While nobody is calling Singapore the Venice of the East, it is one of the few cities in Asia to turn to the water.

*** Poor Plead For More Help In Booming Singapore's Budget
<http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070215/bs_afp/singaporebudgetfinance_070215101754>
Rachel Lim, AFP

Many low wage earners interviewed ahead of the budget said the government should give a bigger hand to hte poor, especially in the face of the GST increase and what they describe as the rising cost of living.

*** Singapore Cuts Company Tax To Trim Gap With Hong Kong
<http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=arypkZv.LYmg>
Shamim Adam and Jean Chua, Bloomberg

Lower costs may prompt more financial companies to shift jobs to Singapore from Hong Kong, which has a 17.5 percent corporate tax rate.

[Opinion]

*** Too Good To Be True?
<http://kitana.wordpress.com/2007/02/16/too-good-to-be-true/>
Coffee And Cigarettes

It sounds too good to be true. We have extremely generous-sounding offset packages costing the government 4 billion over a period of 5 years; but if the offset package is so generous, then why do we need the GST increase in the first place?

*** Research Controversy Risks Singapore's Credibility
<http://www.yawningbread.org/arch_2007/yax-713.htm>
Yawningbread.org

Changing course so soon after launching a biomedical effort will send out the wrong signal altogether. It will be even worse if we changed course because Lee Kuan yew's daughter was the one who spoke out.

*** Nice Try, Everyone
<http://www.straitstimes.com/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=6fadbe120b93a010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:6709c9ff586c0110VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD>
Janadas Devan, Straits Times

"You'll get nowhere with them either being nice or being tough' -- no, that's not quite it, Tun Dr Mahathir. Singapore becamse tough in large part because you and your ilk were never particularly 'nice'.