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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Consumerism - China's iPod Revolution
<http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=4925>
Ethnical Corporation

Despite the effort required, the tell-tale white headphone leads are an increasingly common sight in china's wealthier cities.

*** Bono's RED Rage
<http://www.lse.co.uk/ShowbizNews.asp?Code=DX97683Q&headline=bonos_red_rage>
Life Style Extra

"The $100 million is a phantom number Ad Age pulled out of thin air. It's off by tens of millions of dollars."

*** Peter Gabriel's Music Recommendation System Comes To Mac
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&newsID=17438>
Jonny Evans, Macworld

Peter Gabriel's music recommendation software, The Filter, will launch a Mac version on 19 March.

*** Apple Releases Update For Airport Extreme
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/03/08/airportupdate/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Jim Dalrymple, Macworld

According to Apple, AirPort Extreme Update 2007-02 improves compatibility with AirPort Extreme base stations and networks.

[Opinion]

*** AAC: Apple's Preferred Audio Codec
<http://www.mcelhearn.com/article.php?story=20070309095734850>
Kirk McElhearn, Kirkville

So why are people "afraid" of using AAC? The proprietary claim is simply one of ignorance.

*** Turns Out This Backdating Stuff Ain't So Black And White To The SEC. Now, About The Business Press...
<http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/archives/2007/03/there_was_more.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_byteoftheapple>
Peter Burrows, BusinessWeek

*** Why Apple's 'Cosumer' Macs Are Enterprise-Worthy
<http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9012644&source=rss_topic123>
Seth Weintraub, Computerworld

All of Apple's machines are ready to move into the enterprise, depending on the job at hand. It's a simple and elegant product lineup, highly customizable, and will be Apple's seed into the business market -- if IT decision-makers can get over their prejudice against equipment that's traditionally been aimed at consumers.

*** Asteroid, A Plant?
<http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=451>
Jason D. O'Grady, ZDNet

I highly doubt that Apple would go as far as to fabricate products in order to flesh out leaks. In the Asteroid case this would mean that Apple lied to the courts.

*** High NAND Prices Limiting Apple Flash-Based Notebook
<http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2007/03/08/high-nand-prices-limiting-apple-flash-based-notebook>
Justin Berka, Ars Technica

*** Another Look: Did Steve Jobs 'Financially Benefit' From Backdated Options?
<http://money.cnn.com/blogs/legalpad/2007/03/another-look-did-steve-jobs_08.html>
Roger Parloff, CNN/Money

I think Jobs did "financially benefit" from some of the backdating at Apple.

[Review]

*** Apple's AirPort Extreme Exploits 802.11n's Dual-Band Feature
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2102252,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594>
Andrew Garcia, eWeek

One of the first routers to support both 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands, the AirPort Extreme also begs many questions.

*** New Apple Wireless Is Extreme
<http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/ptech/stories/DN-techreview_09bus.ART.State.Edition1.37a08e2.html>
Jim Rossman, Dallas Morning News

While the rest of the industry rushed to release equipment that uses the new standard, Apple took its time -- but it was worth the wait.

*** DiskWarrior 4 By Alsoft
<http://macenstein.com/default/archives/550>
Macenstein

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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** The Internet Makes Us Naked
<http://www.wired.com/news/columns/0,72919-0.html?tw=rss.index>
Regina Lynn, Wired News

We're learning that our behavior does not match what our culture tell us is "right" or "moral." And we're having a hard time accepting that our behavior has changed only to the extent that technology makes it easier to break the rules, and makes rule-breaking more accessible to larger number of people.

*** Harsh Words Die Hard On The Web
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/06/AR2007030602705.html?nav=most_emailed>
Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post

Law students feel lasting effects of anonymous attacks.

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The other things in life

[World]

*** Tiny Island Is A Feudal Time Warp
<http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-sark8mar08,0,5443261.story?track=mostviewed-splashpage>
Kim Murphy, Los Angeles Times

Sark, in the English Channel, is under pressure to conform to Europe's rules.

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Life in the city

[News]

*** Parliament Okays Govt's Expenditure For FY07/08 After 10-Day Debate
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/263047/1/.html>
Julia Ng, Channel NewsAsia

*** SIA Says Singapore Girl Icon Will Remain, No Change To Uniform
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/263015/1/.html>
Gamar Abdul Aziz, Channel NewsAsia

In a statement, SIA said its advertisements might change but not the look of its crew, nor the level of high service it provides.

*** Thai AirAsia Eyes Shin Corp Stake: Source
<http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070309/ts_afp/malaysiathailandsingaporeairasiaaviation_070309061529>
AFP

The management of Thailand's AirAsia is in talks to acquire the 50 percent held by Shin Corp, the company sold controversially to Singapore's state-run Temasek last year, an industry source said Friday.

*** Singapore Shouldn't Hold Back Help Despite Negative Remarks: Balaji
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/262973/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia

Singapore should not hold back from helping its neighbours in times of need. Senior minister of state for foreign affairs Dr Balaji Sadasivan stressed this when the issue of aid for Indonesia came up during question time in parliament on Friday.

*** Acceptable Risks, Higher CPF Returns
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/176209.asp>
Lee U-Wen, Today

The CPF Board is exploring ways to increase the current four per cent interest rate for Medisave and Special Accounts, and among the options being studied are those which provide "acceptable risks but possibly higher returns," said manpower minister Ng Eng Hen.

[Opinion]

*** To Blog Or Not To Blog In Singapore
<http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/IC10Ae01.html>
Alex Au, Asia Times

When Time magazine named "You" as its Person of the Year for 2006, the award was particularly apt in the case of Singapore.

*** Denise Phua's Twisted Logic On VWOs' Governance Matters
<http://urbanrant.blogspot.com/2007/03/denise-phuas-twisted-logic-on-vwos.html>
Urbanrant

How can she believe that because VWOs have to raise funds, they have no time to be accountable and be concerned about governance?

*** Hen Pecks Strawman
<http://mollymeek.livejournal.com/144158.html>
Mollymeek

Since when has it been a case of Singaporeans insisting tha tthey priority over foreign workers? I thought the contentious issue has always been that foreign workers seem to be getting priority either because they are cheaper or because they are deemed superior, more talented and free from NS liabilities.

*** Offer Available 'Private' Slots To Subsidised Patients
<http://www.straitstimes.com/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=7532758920e39010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:b7da0c8468231110VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD>
Lai Howe Ling, Straits Times

Does this mean that National Heart Centre would rather let an appointment slot reserved for private patients go unused than let a subsidised patient utilise the slot?

*** More Than Respect For The Rights Of Women
<http://singabloodypore.rsfblog.org/archive/2007/03/09/more-than-respect-for-the-rights-of-women.html>
Think Centre, Singabloodypore

Let us remake Singapore not only into a global vibrant city, but also an open and inclusive society which is more caring towards expectant females, single mothers and aged women.

*** Help! I Did Not Get Straight-As!
<http://stressed-teacher.blogspot.com/2007/03/help-i-did-not-get-straight-as.html>
Stressed Teacher

Students have hardly any real-life experience outside school. They will never be able to understand your point.

*** Wireless Access Is Free, Simple
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/176249.asp>
Ng Sook Fun, Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore, Today

Such registration, even for free basic services, is required as it is a mechanism to track the number of wireles sbroadband network users. This will enable the operators to plan better their hot spot deployment to ensure good coverage for all.