[MyAppleMenu] Apr 23, 2006

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** iPods, iBook Laptops Help Students Learn Cirtical Languages
<http://www.advance.uconn.edu/2006/060417/06041711.htm>
Cindy Weiss, UConn Advance

When you're trying to learn a language, "you need as many resources as you can get. The iPod makes it easier."

[Opinion]

*** My Quest For The Ultimate iPod Headphones
<http://www.macuser.com/ipod/my_quest_for_the_ultimate_ipod.php>
Scott Silverman, MacUser

*** Apple Goes After Dell's Style Of Advertising... Sign Of A More Aggressive Apple On The Rise?
<http://homepage.mac.com/lesposen/blogwavestudio/LH20051229203824/LHA20060421132359/index.html>
Les Posen

*** Microsoft Finds Apple Move Hard To Swallow
<http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06112/684182-96.stm>
David Radin, Pittsburg Post-Gazette

It could spell the end of monopoly power for the Redmond giant -- and give Apple more clout.

[Review]

*** For Mac Users, Installing Windows Is Now A Snap
<http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/practicalmac/2002946030_ptmacc22.html>
Glenn Fleishman, Seattle Times

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The other things in life

[Life]

*** The Party's Over
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/23/books/review/23donadio.html>
Rachel Donadio, New York Times

Few events evoke such reminiscences more than book parties. And while they certainly still take place -- giving writers and editors a chnace to eye one another warily across crowded rooms -- book parties are decidedly not what they once were.

*** In Search Of A Secular, Nonsectarian Time
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/23/magazine/23social.html?_r=1&oref=slogin>
Robert F. Worth, New York Times

In a city ever more constricted by religious fundamentalism and terror, the Hunting Club, and its older cousin, the Alwiya, have become islands of relative safety and hedonism.

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Life in the city

[GE06]

*** SDA's Yip Yew Weng Asked To Leave Yio Chu Kang CC For Trying To Campaign
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/204550/1/.html>
Dominique Loh, Channel NewsAsia

*** Fair That HDB Residents Who Vote For PAP Should Get Upgrading First: Mah
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/204552/1/.html>
Hasnita A Majid, Channel NewsAsia

*** A Woman Minister? Only When There Are Enough Women MPs
<http://www.asianewsnet.net/news.php?aid=658>
Goh Chin Lian, Straits Times

Singapore will have its first woman minister when there are enough women in Parliament. And 17 -- the number of women canddiates the Peopel's Action Party is fielding at the polls -- is a good start for Mrs Lim Hwee Hua, PAP Women's Wing chief and Minister of State for Finance and Transport.

*** Chee: No Apology, We'll Keep Selling Newsletter
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/free/story/0,6418,387401,00.html?>
Ben Nadarajan and Azrin Asmani, Straits Times

"We're not afraid of them. Why sue us? Because the information in our newsletter is very important and they don't want you all to see it."

*** SDP Not Apologising Over Alleged Defamatory Remarks On NKF Issue
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/204445/1/.html>
S Ramesh and Patwant Singh, Channel NewsAsia

Lawyer M Ravi confirmed this when he told Channel NewsAsia he is acting for the SDP's Central Executive Committee (CEC) on this matter.

[Election Talk]

*** Political Management Of Blogs
<http://singaporemedia.blogspot.com/2006/04/political-management-of-blogs.html>
Cherian George, Singapore: New Media, Politics & The Law

*** Does The Defence Of Qualified Privilege Work In Singapore?
<http://singabloodypore.civiblog.org/blog/_archives/2006/4/23/1905059.html>
Singabloodypore

Lee Kuan Yew said that "First World country must have First World government and opposition." Perhaps a First World country should also have First World laws.

*** The Dearth Of Internet Discussion On The Election
<http://mysingaporenews.blogspot.com/2006/04/dearth-of-internet-discussion-on.html>
My Singapore News

Singapore politics will never grow up and the people will forever be accused of being apathetic and apolitical. Which they are not. But what they are thinking and saying will now be confined to behind closed doors.

*** Elections Loom In Singapore
<http://www.n-line.co.uk/2006/04/22/singapore_elections/>
Nicks (n)-Line Life

As a country approaches a general election one might expect an increase in political commentaries, right? Well, that's not quite what's happening in Singapore...

*** Singapore Politics: It's Not About "Asian" Or "Confucian" Values, It's About The Repression And Corruption
<http://uselesstree.typepad.com/useless_tree/2006/04/singapore_polit.html>
The Useless Tree

It's election time in Singapore again and, just as the night follows the day, the ruling party, the aptly acronymed PAP, is unjustly and corruptly undermining the opposition and, mor egenerally, democracy.

[Opinion]

*** 'Stupid' Remarks Stir Up Hornet's Nest
<http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/4/23/focus/14029830&sec=focus>
Seah Chiang Nee, The Star

Singaporeans are affluent, educated, but are they really survival smart?