[MyAppleMenu] Mar 19, 2007

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Adobe Releases First Apollo Code To Developers
<http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/03/19/HNadobeapollocode_1.html>
Elizabeth Montalbano, IDG News Service

Adobe offers challenge to .Net with technology that lets rich internet apps run offline.

*** Will Apple TV Be Bigger Than iPhone?
<http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9013422&source=rss_topic64>
David Haskin, Computerworld

Apple TV isn't the first product to collect, manage and play on TV video that was downloaded to desktop computers. But then, the iPod wasn't the first portable digital audio player.

*** QuickTime Gains 720P Apple TV High-Definition Export Mode
<http://ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/quicktime-gains-720p-apple-tv-high-definition-export-mode/>
Jeremy Horwitz, iLounge

Apple has quietly added an "Export to Apple TV" feature capable of creating high-definition videos viewable on the Apple TV.

[Opinion]

*** Apple TV: Will It Open Up Hollywood And Create A $11.4 Billion Market?
<http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=4676>
Larry Dignan, ZDNet

*** Could Be Time For An iSight Funeral
<http://www.macuser.com/hardware/could_be_time_for_an_isight_fu.php?lsrc=murss>
Derik DeLong, MacUser

One of the cooler feature additions to the Mac OS X 10.4.9 update was its support for USB webcams.

*** Mac OS X Finds Its Way Onto My Desktop!
<http://irfanhabib.wordpress.com/2007/03/19/macosx-finds-its-way-onto-my-desktop/>
Irfan's /root On The Web

Mac OS X poses a threat to not just Windows, but also to Linux because it has all the things people love about Linux (except the freedom). The Open Source community should learn from it and see what people love about it and emulate it, rather than emulating Windows.

*** MacBook Pro, I Yearn For Thee
<http://www.yousuckatwebdesign.com/?p=30>
You Suck At Web Design

Oh, Apple laptop -- my heart yearns with the fire of a thousand suns for your companionship. My stomah turns and twists with the sight of your beauty. Give yourself to me -- unleash the harnesses of my PC oppression and let my body fold into yours with a lust that cannot be quelled by the voodoo men or their demon magicks within a thousand miles of our love.

*** MagSafe Cleaning Tips Show Martha Stewart Ain't Got Nothing On Apple
<http://www.macuser.com/tips/magsafe_cleaning_tips_show_mar.php?lsrc=murss>
Dan Moren, MacUser

Should you be as careless as me and discover that your MagSafe adapter has gotten a little grungy, or is perhaps not functioning correctly, Apple's got some tips on how to remedy that.

[Review]

*** Prey
<http://www.macobserver.com/review/2007/03/19.2.shtml>
Chris Barylick, Mac Observer

The title is interesting, fun and engrossing and can be played briefly for 15-20 minutes at a time or played in hours-long sessions.

*** Papers For OS X
<http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2007/03/18/minireview-papers-for-os-x>
Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica

How great would it be if there was an app like iTunes, but for papers? The answer is "insanely great!"

[Sidetrack]

*** Replace Your TV
Heng-Cheong Leong

Now, you really do not need a television. Or an Apple TV for matter. Introducing: Twittervision <http://twittermap.com/twittervision>.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** A Fresh Start For The Internet
<http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=18397>
Rachel Ross, MIT Technology Review

Stanford University researchers aren't just dreaming of a new internet: they're building it.

*** The Conversation
<http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=intellectual_property_and_drm&articleId=283147&taxonomyId=144&intsrc=kc_feat>
Thomas Hoffman, Computerworld

'Thou shalt not' is a big turnoff for the Gen Y crowd. Try a marketing tack instead.

*** For Bookstores, A Real Page-Turner
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/18/AR2007031801476.html>
Bob Thompson, Washington Post

Want to see the future of the bok? Pay attention to what's on the screen. That's what a clutch of booksellers are doing at Politics and Prose, the 23-year-old independent bookstore in Northwest Washington.

*** All The World's A Story
<http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/19/business/media/19carr.html?_r=1&ref=business&oref=slogin>
David Carr, New York Times

A new experiement wants to broaden the network to include readers and their sources.

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The other things in life

[World]

*** What's Wrong With This Picture?
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/16/AR2007031602691.html?nav=most_emailed>
Justin Britt-Gibson, Washington Post

Race isn't a factor when my generation chooses friends.

[Tech & Science]

*** The Problem, In A Fundamental Nutshell: 'Is Your Baby Gay?'
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/17/AR2007031701162.html?nav=most_emailed>
Lynne Duke, Washington Post

Pity the poor fetus. There's a lot coming its way. And now there's talk on a conversative evangelical blog of a hypothetical hormone patch that an expectant mother might wear to eradicate her fetus's natural gayness.

[Life]

*** U-Turn On H Street
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/17/AR2007031700699.html?nav=most_emailed>
DeNeen L. Brown, Washington Post

If you were eight blocks past uncertainty, three steps from neglect, five houses down from hope, and you just saw a white man with ear buds rollerblading past a crack house without looking up, would you know what street you were on in the City?

*** A Lost Brother's Lost Words
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/14/AR2007031400193.html>
Jill Hunting, Washington Post

"It was locked, but we found the key," Carol said. I knelt and raised the lid to behold a jumble of papers in utter disorder. Then I saw them: my brother's long-lost letters from Vietnam.

*** Facing Life With A Lethal Gene
<http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/18/health/18huntington.html?ex=1331870400&en=9d3a5f5fdeab0b0d&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
Amy Harmon, New York Times

Even as a raft of new DNA tests are revealing predispositions to all kinds of conditions, including breast cancer, depression and dementia, little is known about what it is like to live with such knowledge.

*** Can London's Skyline Grow Up Gracefully?
<http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/article1515003.ece>
Hugh Pearman, The Times

We need a new Canaletto to appreciate the possibilities of our new wave of tower-building.

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Life in the city

[Ramblings]

*** New Trend In Organ Donation Raises Questions
Heng-Cheong Leong

Rob Stein <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/17/AR2007031700963.html?sub=AR>, writing in Washington Post: The number of kidneys, livers and other body parts surgeons are harvesting through a controversial approach to organ donation has started to rise rapidly, a trend that is saving the lives of more waiting patients but, some say, risks sacrificing the interests of the donors. Under the procedure, surgeons are removing organs within minutes after the heart stops beating and doctors declare a patient dead.

Everyday, we as human beings, are tested on our moral and ethics as technology improves.

[News]

*** Singapore Seeks New Sand Supply
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6465855.stm>
Andrew Harding, BBC News

Singapore says it is looking for new sources of sand after giant neighbour Indonesia announced an export ban.

*** TAF Programme Evolves Into "Holistic Health Framework" For Students
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/264981/1/.html>
Noor Mohd Aziz, Channel NewsAsia

The new "Holistic Health Framework" will look at a student's physical, mental and social health.

*** Expert Recounts Evolution Of Singaore's Education
<http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=Local_News&subsection=Qatar+News&month=March2007&file=Local_News2007031931856.xml>
The Peninsula

Delivering a speech on the education experience of Singaproe at Doha Independent Secondary School for Boys yesterday, Dr Leo Tan termed Singapore's education system as the one which was evolved from a "Survival-driven education" to the "Ability-driven education."

*** Real-Time Bus Arrival Info For Heartland Riders
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/178146.asp>
Jasmine Yin, Today

Two Housing and Development Board towns, Ang Mo Kio and Sembawang, will join Orchard Road in a trial to provide bus commuters with real-time arrival data by July.

*** A Stroll Along Singapore's North Coast
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/178105.asp>
Leong Wee Keat, Today

URA's plan to develop Woodlands waterfront will give residents another recreational getaway.

*** Govt Will Apprehend Any Company Found Exporting Sand To Singapore
<http://www.antara.co.id/en/arc/2007/3/19/govt-will-apprehend-any-company-found-exporting-sand-to-singapore/>
Antara

*** Asean Agrees To Stockpile Anti-Flu Drug In Singapore
<http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/19Mar2007_news12.php>
Apiradee Treerutkuarkul, Bangkok Post

Asean has chosen Singapore to be the region's centre for stockpiling the antiviral drug oseltamivir as part of preparations for a possible human influenza pandemic. Singapore was considered the most appropriate location for the central bank for the drug because the H5N1 strain of bird flu had not been found there.

[Opinion]

*** Keeping Singapore Young
<http://curiousgeorgeisfat.wordpress.com/2007/03/19/keeping-singapore-young/>
I Am So Predictable

Screw mainstream. Have kids because you believe in them and not because it's "mainstream."

*** All. One. All. Open Society. All. One. All.
<http://1moresg.wordpress.com/2007/03/18/all-one-all-open-society-all-one-all/>
1 More Sg Blog

Singapore appears to suffer from a preoccupation over meta-narratives -- as some of the accusationsof paternalism and tweaking with the economy seems to suggest.

*** Increasing Access To Higher Education Imperative For Singapore
<http://singaporepatriot.blogspot.com/2007/03/increasing-access-to-higher-education.html>
Gerald Giam, Singapore Patriot

[Entertainment]

*** Culinary Delights Abound In Food-Mad Singapore
<http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=309414&type=Feature>
Aubrey Buckingham, Shanghai Daily

There are few things Singaporeans are more passionate about than food. The stereotype that often comes to mind is that Chinese often greet each other with the question "Have y ou eaten yet?" on the island nation of 4.5 million -- of which about 77 percent are ethnic Chinese. This has now evolved into a slightly more sophisticated variation of "Where have you eaten at lately?"