[MyAppleMenu] Feb 26, 2007

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** iPods On The Job
<http://www.dailyrecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070226/LIFE05/702260349/1004/LIFE>
Daily Record

Some local companies ban them, others tolerate them and some like Morristown Memorial Hospital are using PDAs to offer physicians contact with patient information.

*** EMI To Apple, Microsoft: Ditching DRM Is Going To Cost You
<http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070225-8916.html>
Ken Fisher, Ars Technica

EMI is willing to lose the DRM, but they demand a considerable advance payment to make it happen.

*** iPhone TV Commercial Debuts During Oscars
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/02/25/iphonead/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Philip Michaels, Macworld

Apple began what figures to be a heavy advertising blitz for its iPhone Sunday night, with a 30-seond spot that aired during ABC's telecast of the Academy Awards.

[Opinion]

*** First iPhone TV Spot Premiers In Oscars, Sucks
<http://blog.wired.com/cultofmac/2007/02/first_iphone_tv.html>
Pete Mortensen, Wired News

It's instantly irrelevant.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Reflections On The First Decade Of Blogging
<http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=4541>
Dan Farber, ZDNet

The internet and blogging is turning billions of people onthe flattened, globally warmed over planet into publishers of text, audio, photos, animations and videos.

*** Silicon Valley Has Become Media Valley - Someone Should Tell NYC
<http://www.siliconvalleywatcher.com/mt/archives/2007/02/silicon_valley_20.php>
SiliconValleyWatcher

The capital of the media world is shifting about 3,000 miles westwards.

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The other things in life

[Life]

*** A Clock And Ball Story
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/22/AR2007022200895.html>
Gene Weingarten, Washington Post

Entertainment for the modern man.

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Life in the city

[News]

*** Singapore To Benefit More If KL-Singapore Route Is Open Up Before 2008
<http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news.php?id=248704>
Bernama

Singapore will benefit more if the lucrative KL-Singapore flight route is opened up ahead of the Asean road map on "open sky" policy timeline of 2008, said Malaysia Airlines managing director Idris Jala. This is because of the disparity in the flight frequencies of Singapore's Changi Airport as opposed to KLIA in Sepang.

*** Johor Sees More Tourists From Across Causeway
<http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Monday/National/20070226081708/Article/local1_html>
New Straits Times

The state has received about 120,000 tourists on weekends since January, a 54 per cent increase compared to the corresponding period last year.

*** Leaked Footage Of Man Hit By Train Sets Net Abuzz
<http://www.straitstimes.com/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=6fadbe120b93a010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:020fed46459f0110VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD>
Melissa Sim, Straits Times

SMRT is now investigating how the leak happened and will be taking disciplinary action if the clip was lifted by its staff.

*** New Subordinate Judiciary Complex Plans Shelved?
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/173997.asp>
Derrick A Paulo, Today

It seems unlikely to be built anytime soon.

*** Singaporean Inflows Down Sharply, Says BoI
<http://www.bangkokpost.com/Business/26Feb2007_biz25.php>
Aranee Jaiimsin, Bangkok Post

Investment from Singapore to Thailand faced a dramatic drop by 88% in the first month of this year in light of various confrontations between the two countries, according to the Board of Investment (BoI).

*** Encouraging Story Behind The Headlines
<http://www.bangkokpost.com/Yourmoney/26Feb2007_money43.php>
Umesh Pandey, Bangkok Post

The saying that stocks are not for the faint-hearted certainly applies to Shin Satellite Plc at the moment, but the political soap opera surrounding the company may be blinding investors to its promising upside.

*** Singapore Signals Move On Temasek Thai Stake
<http://www.ft.com/cms/s/19043e38-c501-11db-b110-000b5df10621.html>
John Burton, Financial Times

The comment by George Yeo, Singapore foreign minister, is a sign that a face-saving compromise may soon be concluded in which Temasek disposes of Shin Satellite in a deal that would be portrayed as a commercial decision made without political interference.

[Opinion]

*** Singapore's Insensitive, Unsympathetic Rich Folks
<http://www.mrbiao.com/blog/singapores-insensitive-unsympathetic-rich-folks.html>
This Lush Garden Within

I think we should have a moral education campaign targeted at insensitive rich folks to learn some empathy and learn how to be more sensitive to less fortunate people who do not have as much money as her to flaunt.

*** Do We Need An Extradition Treaty With Singapore?
<http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaileditorial.asp?fileid=20070226.E03&irec=2>
Huala Adolf, Jakarta Post

An extradition treaty with Singapore will not be effective if the root problems of rampant corruption and weak legal enforcement are still out of control.

*** Singapore Will Never Sign A Treaty With RI
<http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaileditorial.asp?fileid=20070226.E02&irec=1>
Ardimas Sasdi, Jakarta Post

For its part, Indonesia could design a more systematic and organized information campaign because the existing uproar, which is predicted to die down soon, is notenough to force Singapore to listen.

*** Keeping The Tourists Happy
<http://singapore.metblogs.com/archives/2007/02/keeping_the_tourists_happy.phtml>
Metroblogging Singapore

Any hapless tourist who picks up the pronunciation from the cruise recording and asks a Singaporean for recommendations on where to get some "suh-TAY" is likely to be met with a blank stare.

*** Lady Power In Singapore's Media
<http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/opinion/2007/February/opinion_February81.xml&section=opinion&col=>
Tom Plate, Khaleej Times

Cal me a ladies man, if you wish, but I was deeply smitten with the ambitious ladies of Singapore's media.

*** 6.5 Million Will Make A Different Singapore
<http://www.yawningbread.org/arch_2007/yax-715.htm>
Yawning Bread

Compared to building infrastructure to serve 6.5 million people, we have much more work to do to break habits of mind.

*** Schizophrenia Is Better Than Alzheimer's
<http://aaron-ng.info/blog/schizophrenia-is-better-than-alzheimers.html>
Aaron Ng, Hear Ye! Hear Ye!

I believe that the current state of "schizophrenia" in Singapore society is a step towards a more vibbrant civil society in Singapore, and Singapore needs a very active civil society to survive in the years to come.

*** Outside The Recording Studio
<http://www.p65.sg/2007/02/26/outside-the-recording-studio/>
Baey Yam Keng, P65 Blog

We are encouraged to speak our mind.