[MyAppleMenu] Feb 19, 2007

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Jobs To Hand Off Architectural Gem After Court Bars Demolition
<http://www.nj.com/business/ambizdaily/bizjournals/index.ssf?/base/abd-2/1171870851135970.xml>
Becky Bergman, Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal

Steve Jobs will give away his conroversial fixer-upper house in Woodside to a local investor who plans to spend between $4 million and $6 million to relocate and restore it.

*** iPods Used In Ankeny Classroom
<http://www.kcci.com/news/11047811/detail.html>
KCCI

iPods in school sound like something that might get you sent to the principal's office. But, at Northview Middle school in Ankeny they're being used to help kids with reading disabilities.

[Opinion]

*** "I Own A Mac, I Am Better Than You"
<http://jonchoo.blogspot.com/2007/02/i-own-mac-i-am-better-than-you.html>
Jon C's Weblog

What is it with companies today that love to insult potential future customers?

*** MacBook Shootout. What To Do?
<http://camplesegroup.com/blog/?p=614>
Cole Camplese

MacBook Pro v MacBook?

*** Apple Ships MacBook Back To Customer - But With Someone Else's Hard Drive Fitted
<http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=262>
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, ZDNet

What's worse is that CompUSA and Apple really don't seem to care about the mistake and just expect the affected parties to delete the data and get on with their lives.

*** 75 Percent Of Vista Reviewers Bring Up Mac OS X
<http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2007/2/18/7111>
Iljitsch van Beijnum, Ars Technica

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The other things in life

[World]

*** The Good Old days Of The Cold War
<http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-op-kennedy18feb18,0,1483277.story>
Paul Kennedy, Los Angeles Times

Don't wax too nostalgic -- the world was once a much more dangerous place.

[Tech & Science]

*** Sizing Up The Universe
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/13/AR2007021301112.html>
Joel Achenbach, Washington Post

In physics, the really big things come in small packages.

[Life]

*** Free Beer
<http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2007/02/18/free_beer/>
Henry Lanman, Boston Globe

*Well, as in 'free software.' Bringing the open source movement to brewing.

*** Advantage Britain
<http://www.calendarlive.com/printedition/calendar/cl-ca-britishactors18feb18,0,7219676.story?coll=cl-calendar>
Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times

What sets the English apart from our actors? It's more than just a way with words.

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Life in the city

[News]

*** ICT Ministry Considering Buying Back Shin Satellite
<http://nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/read.php?newsid=30027246>
The Nation

The Ministry of Information and Communications Technology is considering the possibility of buying back the country's only satellite operator Shin Satellite Plc from Singapore's Temasek, Minister sittichai Pokaiudom said Monday. However, Sittichai also mentioned that it may not be necessary to buy back Shin Satellite if the company is a foreign-owned company, because its operating concession could be revoked.

*** Stressed Singaporeans Crack Down On Thieving Monkeys
<http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/2/19/worldupdates/2007-02-19T052131Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_-288257-1&sec=Worldupdates>
Gillian Murdoch, Reuters

With monitor lizards, snakes, and bats prowling their parks, residents of tropical Singapore are no strangers to the occasional animal ambush. But it's not the iguanas or squirrels that have locals up in arms -- it's the monkeys.

[Opinion]

*** Thoughts On Foreign Talent
<http://mrwangsaysso.blogspot.com/2007/02/thoughts-on-foreign-talent.html>
Mr Wang Says So

I have real difficulty in understanding why Singapore bothers to import foreign teenagers and pre-puberty kids to study in our primary and secondary schools.

*** Booking Via Shaw Cinema Online
<http://www.mrbrown.com/blog/2007/02/booking_via_sha.html>
mr brown

Don't make me jump through hoops to give you money.