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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Adobe Ships Flex Builder 2 For Mac
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&newsID=16888>
Jonny Evans, Macworld UK

Adobe's toolset for building rich internet applications makes it to the Mac.

*** Apple's iFuture Depends On Partners
<http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jan2007/tc20070108_349212.htm?chan=technology_technology+index+page_computers>
Cliff Edwards, BusinessWeek

Against entrenched rivals to its iPhone and iTV offerings, the iconic computer maker will succeed if it nurtures alliances.

*** Cingular Seen Providing Service For Apple Phone: Report
<http://www.topix.net/content/reuters/2691117596290073885428709969651605674499>
Reuters

AT&T's mobile phone unit, Cingular Wireless, is expected to provide a service for a phone from Apple, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.

*** A Personal Computer To Carry In A Pocket
<http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/08/technology/08mobile.html>
John Markoff, New York Times

Industry executives and competitors believe that Apple has developed the first of a new generation of devices that are closer to personal computers in pocket form, meaning that they will easily handle music, entertainment, productivity tasks and communications on cellular and other wireless networks.

*** Putting A Bug In Apple's Ear
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,72423-0.html?tw=rss.index>
Quinn Norton, Wired News

*** Questions Remain In Apple Stock Option Probe
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&newsID=16866>
Macworld UK

*** Creative Reveals Wireless iPod Music Sysem
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&newsID=16863>
Jonny Evans, Macworld UK

*** Adveno Releases MacGourmet 2 Upgrade
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/01/08/macgourmet2/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Mathew Honan, Macworld

[Opinion]

*** I Bought This Really Nice Book Yesterday
<http://jayc.vox.com/library/post/i-bought-this-really-nice-book-yesterday.html>
Jayc

*** Expo Survival Tips: Connectivity
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/expo/2007/01/survivaltips/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Christopher Breen, Macworld

*** Snow Jobs
<http://www.slate.com/id/2157160/fr/rss/>
Daniel Gross, Slate

Why Steve Jobs should be punished for the options backdating chicanery at Apple. And why he won't be.

*** Apple 802.11n Was Hiding Under Our Noses All Along
<http://www.macuser.com/speculation/apple_80211n_was_hiding_under.php?lsrc=murss>
Aaron Freedman, MacUser

[Review]

*** Xserve: Quad Xeon 64-bit Server Offers Better Performance And New Capabilities, But Some Wrinkles Too
<http://www.macworld.com/2007/01/reviews/xserve/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Andrew T. Laurence, Macworld

Most annoyances of past Xserves have been rectified, and the whole system ranks admirably among the finest available today.

[Sidetrack]

*** Google Blogsearch Getting Worse?
Heng-Cheong Leong

I don't know about you, but I seem to be getting more spams and useless information out of Google's Blogsearch. So much so that I am unsubscribing from some of my feeds at Google.

(Your mileage may differ; my search terms are pretty generic.)

*** iPod Phone Cannibalizing iPod Sales?
Heng-Cheong Leong

If the iPod phone cannibalizing iPod's sales, that is good news for Apple. Because that shows that Apple's iPod division is moving in the right division in creating products that people want. It is always better to be cannibalized by your company's product thatn other people's product.

*** What Is The Internet?
Heng-Cheong Leong

Scott Rosenberg <http://www.wordyard.com/2007/01/08/internet-language/>: This probably sounds like nitpicking, but I think there's something at stake in how English usage shapes how we think about the Net.

[Wintel]

*** Microsoft Used To Be Smarter
<http://www.scripting.com/2007/01/09.html#microsoftUsedToBeSmarter>
Dave Winer, Scripting News

Used to be when Microsoft wanted to take a market from a successful competitor, they started by seducing their users with something comfortable, a product that worked just like the competitor's, and was better in some major way.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Meta
<http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=18047&ch=infotech>
Scott Rosenberg, MIT Technology Review

Space tourist and billionaire programmer Charles Simonyi designed Microsoft Office. Now he wants to reprogram software.

*** The Web's New Frontier
<http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/departments/columns/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003528532>
David Schatsky, Media Week

The influence of the internet on American business over the next five great years will be great.

*** Teens Take Precautions Online
<http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/16408879.htm>
Elise Ackerman, San Jose Mercury News

Who says teens don't care about online privacy?

*** No Ceasefire In DVD Format Battle
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6243383.stm>
Darren Waters, BBC News

The high definition DVD format war will continue until a winner is declared, technology watchers have heard.

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The other things in life

[Life]

*** Stern Likes His New Censor: Himself
<http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/09/arts/09ster.html?_r=1&oref=slogin>
Jacques Steinberg, New York Times

Howard Stern, who today marks his first anniversary on satellite radio, wasted little time over that period before settin goff on an expedition deep into the wild, forested territories of a medium patrolled by neither the Federal Communications Commission nor, apparently, his own employer.

[Expressions]

*** Lincoln Road
<http://www.slate.com/id/2153633/fr/rss/>
Campbell McGrath, Slate

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[Ramblings]

*** Singapore's Justice System
Heng-Cheong Leong

People being sued by the previous NKF management had settled, even though many of these people were more-or-less right. (For example, Durai did take first-class flights.)

In fact, it was revealed in today's Straits Times, even SPH first offered to settle <http://straitstimes.asiaone.com/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=6fadbe120b93a010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:e28700da32200110VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD> rather than go to court in the famous lawsuit that bought down Durai.

How can Durai exploit our justice system -- and almost got away from it all? Is this how we want our justice system?

[News]

*** Durai Said to Have Given Out Contracts To Companies He Had Interests In
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/251505/1/.html>
Hasnita A Majid, Channel NewsAsia

*** Firm Says Its Maps Different From SLA's
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/164766.asp>
Tor Ching Li, Today

*** Travel Restrictions Were Unconstitutional, Claims SDP Chief Chee
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/164748.asp>
Leong Wee Keat, Today

*** Singapore Muslim Girl's Organs Save Four
<http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=115864>
DPA

A Muslim girl's heart, liver and kidneys saved the lives of four people in Singapore after the teenager died in a road accident, a news report said on Tuesday.

*** Mystery Light Over Singapore
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/251385/1/.html>
Gracia Chiang, Today

Mr Albert Lim, president of The Astronomical Society of Singapore described it as a bolide, or an exploding fireball.

*** NKF Trial: Durai Paid About-To-Resign Matilda 6-Month Bonus
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/251406/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia

*** SingTel Package Gives Home Users Free Calls
<http://straitstimes.asiaone.com/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=6fadbe120b93a010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:b9fae1092d200110VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD>
Alfred Siew, Straits Times

Bundling of phone and broadband services a strategy to key customers in heated rivalry.

*** Durai Controlled NKF For Personal Profit, Court Told
<http://straitstimes.asiaone.com/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=6fadbe120b93a010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:e28700da32200110VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD>
Bertha Henson, Straits Times

[Opinion]

*** When Figures Don't Match Facts
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/164729.asp>
Chia Hern Keng, Today

In-depth analysis needed to explain the disparity between GDP and market realities.

*** 2007 And Opposition Parties
<http://zyberzitizen.wordpress.com/2007/01/08/2007-and-opposition-parties/>
Zyberzitizen

Opposition parties are still (to a large extent, I feel) filled with people whose egos might be bigger than their ability to put aside differences and come together.

*** Let's Not Forget These Very Important Characters From The NKF Saga!
<http://urbanrant.blogspot.com/2007/01/lets-not-forget-these-very-important.html>
Urbanrant

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[Tunes]

*** A Pillar Of Salt
<http://www.subpop.com/scripts/main/bands_page.php?id=410>
The Thermals
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