[MyAppleMenu] Apr 9, 2006

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Seen The Airline's Movie? Bring Your Own
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/09/travel/09prac.html?ex=1302235200&en=8a56c62bd33cd3fc&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
David A. Kelly, New York Times

Portable (or personal) media players and personal video players like Apple's iPod -- all often called PMP's -- are expanding options and making it easier than ever to take verything from episodes of favorite TV shows to movies to home videos with you on the road.

[Opinion]

*** And... Leopard!
<http://decaffeinated.org/archives/2006/04/07/morebootcamping>
Decaffeinated

If Apple is to provide a virtual machine for WIndows on Mac OS X, they have  to provide a 'boot into Windows' option: the VM alone won't cut it for people who rely on Windows in a do-or-die capacity.

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The other things in life

[World]

*** America's Blinders
<http://progressive.org/mag_zinn0406>
Howard Zinn, The Progressive

What is the idea of our moral superiority based on?

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Life in the city

[News]

*** Singapore Media Not Contributing To Good Relations, Says Zainuddin
<http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/state_news/news.php?id=190861&cat=nt>
Bernama

The Singapore media are not contributing to improving relations between the republic and Malaysia by frequently publishing inaccurate reports on Malaysia, Information Minister Datuk Zainuddin Maidin said Sunday.

[Opinion]

*** Enter The Power Elites, For Better Or The Worse
<http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/4/9/focus/13903006&sec=focus>
Seah Chiang Nee, The Star

Elitism in the West is frowned upon by liberals but defended by the conservatives and it may happen here. At the moment, middle-class Singaporeans are neither ideologically inclined nor very class conscious, and would probably prefer it stays this way.