[MyAppleMenu] Apr 24, 2006

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Apple Wants To Demolish Boston Building
<http://www.archibase.net/archinews/6939.html>
Architecture Portal News

Apple has its eye on a century-old Boston building, located in the city's historic Back Bay district, for a site for its new flagship store -- but the computer giant may not get its way.

*** Apple Introduces 17-Inch MacBook Pro
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/04/24/macbook/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Peter Cohen, Macworld

Apple on Monday introduced the 17-inch version of its Intel-powered MacBook Pro. The new laptop computer will start shipping next week for $2,799.

*** Apple Chomps Into Forbidden Fruit: Ads
<http://www.adage.com/article?article_id=108772>
Abbey Klaassen, Advertising Age

Coming soon to iTunes: ads. Apple -- a brand that prides itself on the purity of the user experience -- will soon put up billboards on its popular iTunes service, according to content partners who have been briefed on the plan. The introduction of visual ads could be the first step to allowing ads in other content areas or on iPods.

[Opinion]

*** What's Up With the 17-Inch MacBook Pro's Pricing?
<http://macenstein.com/default/archives/290>
Macenstein

*** Why Tech Companies Hate Blogosphere
<http://blogs.zdnet.com/ip-telephony/?p=1050>
Russell Shaw, ZDNet

We're right, we have public opinion on our side, and you can't stand it.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** New Digital Books Offer Better Readability
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/22/AR2006042200136.html>
Chris Barylick, Washington Post

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The other things in life

[Life]

*** Learning On Their Own Terms
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/23/AR2006042300926.html>
Nick Anderson, Washington Post

Maryland school with no curriculum challenges conventions of modern education.

*** The Writing Life
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/20/AR2006042001650.html>
Frank Deford, Washington Post

As a writer, the worst two things that ever happened to me were, number one: I had a happy childhood. Number two: I belong to the absolute and utter majority. Perhaps this is why I ended up writing about sports.

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[GE06]

*** Workers' Party Low Says PAP 'Not First World Government'
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/204683/1/.html>
Asha Popatial, Channel NewsAsia

Workers' Party Secretary-General Low Thia Khiang has accused the People's Action Party of not being a First World government, and challenged the ruling party to benchmark itself politically against other mature democracies.

*** Printer Of SDP Newsletter Apologises To PM And MM
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/204726/1/.html>
S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia

*** Lifts Issue In The Limelight
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/204641/1/.html>
Loh Chee Kong, Today

"How can they put the blame on me? It seems like now we have to carry the burden for what was a lack of foresight by the government when they first built the flats some 30 or 40 years ago."

*** Business To Vote For Singapore, Election No Issue
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/24/AR2006042400025.html>
Sara Webb, Reuters

A Southeast Asian coutnry, an election, a period of transition -- normaly that's a recipe for risk. Not in Singapore, where companies and investors can look forward to a ballot on May 6 with supreme confidence that the country's pro-business policies will remain intact.

*** Hardly 'Run-Of-The-Mill'
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/114388.asp>
Tor Ching Li, Today

"I've never claimed to be extraordinary and if his comment is that I'm just a run-of-the-mill, average person, then I will gladly claim that. We want to represent the people. So, it's okay -- I am one of thousands!"

*** PAP Questions Quality Of Opposition
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/free/story/0,6418,387613,00.html?>
Tee Hun Ching and Laurel Teo, Straits Times

People's Action Party leaders yesterday questioned the quality of new candidates being fielded by the opposition, saying some may look good on paper, but they were largely untested.

*** Let The People Gauge Our Worth: Opposition
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/114373.asp>
Christie Loh, Today

*** SDA's Tampines Team Unaffected By Legal Action
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/114362.asp>
Cheow Xin Yi, Today

*** Workers' Party Says More Time Needed To Build Up First-Class Opposition
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/204565/1/.html>
Farah Abdul Rahim, Channel NewsAsia

"We have no quarrel with what Minister Mentor says -- we are aware we are still in a building up process. This election, we have made some progress and we hope the people agree with us on this, but there is still a long road ahead and we will work towards that."

[Election Talk]

*** Email Interview With Edmund Ng, SDA Candidate
<http://singaporeelection.blogspot.com/2006/04/email-interview-with-edmund-ng-sda.html>
Singapore Election Watch

*** Orwell's Singapore Farm
<http://blog.gerek.org/2006/04/orwells-singapore-farm.php>
Zuco's Blog

*** All I Want For This Singapore General Elections...
<http://iosowant.blogspot.com/2006/04/all-i-want-for-this-singapore-general.html>
I Oso Want!

... is to see an opposition party win a GRC.

*** GRC Walkovers - Too Many Voters Sidelined
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,5562,387632,00.html?>
Tan Keng Tat, Straits Times

*** Dominance Of PAP Means It Can Do Its Job
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,5562,387633,00.html?>
Tan Ying San, Straits Times

*** SDP
<http://ah-neh.blogspot.com/2006/04/sdp.html>
Symposium Of Genius

Yeah that's right, you wanna topple the most squeaky clean gahmen anywhere in the world and you helm yourselves with a charged criminal.

*** NKF Revisited: Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil
<http://disgruntledsporean.blogspot.com/2006/04/nkf-revisited-hear-no-evil-speak-no.html>
Useless Rantings Of A Few Disgruntled S'poreans...

Once again, Singaporeans are reminded of the unequal playing field of legal practice: Big companies, institutions and money-making tyrants taking advantage of the small-timers' lack of financial resources to subjugate and gag the masses, with a smirk certainty that none of their dirty linen will ever be exposed.

[News]

*** New NKF Files Civil Suit Against Durai, Former Board
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/204708/1/.html>
Rita Zahara, Channel NewsAsia

In a statement, NKF's Chairman Gerard Ee said the aim of the suit was to recover the damages, including the salaries and bonuses paid to former directors.

*** Singapore Girls Pay Price For Plastic Perfection
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/204665/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia

Plastic surgeons say they have noted a sharp increase in operations for young Singaporeans -- including some boys -- and even government-run hospitals now offer some basic forms of cosmetic surgery like breast augmentation.

*** Singapore Inflation Rises In March
<http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8H66UVG0.htm?campaign_id=apn_home_down&chan=db>
Associated Press

Singapore's consumer prices rose at a slower-than-expected pace in March because of a decline in transportation and communication costs. The data show inflationary pressures are still modest in Singapore, even though the central bank recently raised the inflation target for 2006.

*** Cyber Gaming Approved As National Sport In Singapore
<http://tech.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1157835.php/Cyber_gaming_approved_as_national_sport_in_Singapore>
DPA

Killing orcs and other online monsters has received the offiical nod of approval as a national sport in Singapore.

*** Singapore Dollar Riss To 8-Year High Against Greenback
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/204631/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia

*** Conversions Of CBD Office Blocks To Homes May Slow
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/free/story/0,6418,387582,00.html?>
Joyce Teo, Straits Times

No applications so far this year as office market recovery takes root.

[Opinion]

*** The Divorced Spouse, Singapore
<http://www.malaysiakini.com/letters/50167>
LCH, Malaysiakini

When Singapore's top leaders believe they are in the right and they don't trust the other side, they can be very ungenerous and even ruthless -- take no prisoner, don't give up anything without a fight approach. It is highly unenlightened leadership and undeserving of a nation that is now considered developed but that is what they are.

*** Impressive Singapore
<http://news.inq7.net/viewpoints/index.php?index=2&story_id=73510&col=69>
William Esposo, Philippine Daily Inquirer

>From my point of view, two factors made Singapore what it is today and those two factors are the leadership and the people.

*** Let Troubled Waters Pass
<http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/4/23/focus/14033589&sec=focus>
Tun Hanif Omar, The Star

The government had mentioned the legal impediments to joining the Scenic Bridge to the Causeway. I have no reason to doubt that. We should let the matter pass.

*** Is It Ever Too Late?
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/114328.asp>
Martha Lee, Today

Did I want to spend my life pleasing everybody but myself?

*** CPF Board Shouldn't Forget Those Whom Progress Package Is Supposed To Help
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,5562,386956,00.html?>
Chia Boon Beng, Straits Times

May I urge the CPF Board not to be so preoccupied with efficiency in administrering the Progress Package payment and suffer a blind spot to the real hardship caused by rigid bureaucracy?

*** Raising Civil Service Standards
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/free/story/0,6418,387616,00.html?>
K. C. Vijayan, Straits Times

Perhaps the police should package their experiences and train others so that there is some consistency in responses to media queries across the entire public sector.

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[Tunes]

*** Speed Food Pyramid
<http://www.capturedbyrobots.com/sounds.htm>
Captured! By Robots
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