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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Aperture Dirt
<http://daringfireball.net/2006/04/aperture_dirt>
John Gruber, Daring Fireball

Word within Apple is that Steve Jobs himself is enormously enamored of Aperture. There's no question what Apple is going to do with Aperture: they're going to fix it. The questions are just how, who, and when.

*** Chris Suchorsky: To Succeed You Have To Fail
<http://www.apple.com/pro/video/suchorsky/>
Russell Kliegel, Apple

"When I finished college, I decided I wanted to do the Robert Rodriguez kind of thing, where you write your own script, get your friends together, and make a film."

*** Jonathan Wyner: No Harping On Stereotypes
<http://www.apple.com/pro/music/wyner/>
Bija Gutoff, Apple

"If you look at the performance graph on our G5, we were barely scratching the surface. Even with DSP, EQ, and compressors all working, the CPU wasn't blinking -- the computer didn't break a sweat."

*** iPod Nano Lawsuits Transferred To Northern California
<http://news.com.com/2061-10793_3-6066434.html?part=rss&tag=6066434&subj=news>
Elinor Mills, CNET News.com

Six lawsuits filed against Apple alleging defects in the iPod nano have been consolidated and transferred to the Northern District of California.

*** Duke's Ever-Evolving iPod Initiative
<http://insidehighered.com/news/2006/04/28/ipod>
Inside Higher Ed

[Opinion]

*** Grasping At Straws
<http://www.macuser.com/intel-macs/grasping_at_straws.php>
Derik DeLong, MacUser

As well as the MacBook Pros perform, their noise issues are steadily sullying its new name.

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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Microsoft Software Will Let Times Readers Download Paper
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/29/technology/29paper.html?ex=1303963200&en=7c42f0659ee3039d&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
Katharine Q. Seelye, New York Times

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The other things in life

[World]

*** The Real Cost Of A Bag Of Salad: You Pay 99p. Africa Pays 50 Litres Of Fresh Water
<http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article360836.ece>
Jeremy Laurance, Independent

To you it is a bag of salad, dropped into the supermarket trolley with the weekly groceries. But to farmers in Kenya starved of the water extracted by large scale agriculture to grow it, it may spell destitution.

[Tech & Science]

*** Alphabets Are As Simple As...
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml;jsessionid=KRWZXIBGZXHJBQFIQMGCFGGAVCBQUIV0?xml=/connected/2006/04/18/ecalpha18.xml&sSheet=/connected/2006/04/18/ixconnrite.html>
Roger Highfield, Telegraph

Writing systems may look very different, but they all use the same basic building blocks of familiar of natural shapes.

[Life]

*** American Pie
<http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/ah/2006/2/2006_2_30.shtml>
Hanna Miller, American Heritage

Almost every American food -- from egg foo yung to empanadas -- is covered in the phone book under the generic heading "Restaurants." Only pizza stands alone.

*** The Chef Will Serve You Now
<http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/?p=53>
Frank Bruni, New York Times

The room, with flickering candles, exposed brick and dark wood, is romantic. It feels extremely relaxing -- at least until you ask whether you might be able to nibble on a salad while you decide whether you'd like the duck or the snapper.

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*** Bedtime Stories Become Just Fairy Tales
<http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,,1764065,00.html>
Maev Kennedy, The Guardian

According to a survey, parents start out reading to small children but abandon it as they grow up, to the point where just 3% of children aged 12 say they are read to every day.

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Life in the city

[GE06]

*** SM Goh Doubts Steve Chia Will Be Chosen As NCMP In This Election
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/205627/1/.html>
Sharon Tong and Valarie Tan, Channel NewsAsia

*** Minister Mah Criticises SDA Chief's 2-In-1 Formula
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/205639/1/.html>
Rita Zahara, Channel NewsAsia

*** Scoring On The Gomez Slip
<http://mysingaporenews.blogspot.com/2006/04/scoring-on-gomez-slip.html>
My Singapore News

This is what WP is going to pay for dearly.

*** PM Lee Tells WP's Gomez To Come Clean About Filing Papers
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/205608/1/.html>
Hwee Goh, Channel NewsAsia

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has asked Worker's Party member James Gomez to come clean about what happened when he filed his papers at the Elections Department. He also said Workers' Party Low Thia Khiang should take this issue with utmost seriousness.

*** Lee Defends Policy, Calling Singapore Politics 'A Rough Game'
<http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=aWhdft0TIvAE&refer=asia>
Bloomberg

'I want a world-class opposition, not this riff-raff. You've got to be rough. This is a rough game."

*** PAP Promises Tampines Voters Townhall Forum
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/115499.asp>
Cheow Xin Yi, Today

While the idea of holding dialogue sessions is not a new one for the party, this is a concerted effort to involve residents in implementation of decisions that will help improve their lives, said Tampines candidate Irene Ng.

*** Manifesto Packed With Ideas, Says Workers' Party
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/free/story/0,6418,389108,00.html?>
Peh Shing Huei and Lynn Lee, Straits Times

*** Stop Evading The Serious Issues Facing Singapore, PM Tells Opposition
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/free/story/0,6418,389115,00.html?>
Lydia Lim, Straits Times

He said a serious opposition must know the challenges facing Singapore and how to tackle them. But so far, the opposition has had nothing to say on terrorism, the rise of China and India or how to keep Singapore competitive.

*** The Curious Case Of Gomez And The Missing Certificate
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/115552.asp>
Today

The Elections Department said that Mr Gomez had not contacted it since -- either to confirm that he had found the certificate in his bag or to confirm whether his colleaue still maintained that he had submitted the form.

*** WP Candidate Says Government Adopted His Idea Of Smaller Classes In Schools
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/205525/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia

*** Elections Dept Says Singapore Not Ready for Electronic Voting
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/205484/1/.html>
S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia

*** WP Says PAP's Upgrading Programme Is National And Not Licalised Issue
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/205487/1/.html>
Augstine Anthuvan, Channel NewsAsia

"Vote for the PAP for your self interest, that's the message. And is this the message and the value we want for Singapore?"

*** WP Candidate Says Singaporeans Are First World, Not The Government
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/205509/1/.html>
Joanne Leow, Channel NewsAsia

[Election Talk]

*** Contradiction Of The Day - Singapore Democracy
<http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2006/04/contradiction_o.html>
Bharat Chopra, IntentBlog

The similarities with "1984" are so stark one wonders if it was used as a model on which to build the country.

*** The Mandate In Ang Mo Kio
<http://xenoboysg.blogspot.com/2006/04/mandate-in-ang-mo-kio.html>
A Xeno Boy In Sg

The contest of Ang Mo Kio GRC and the non-return of PAP to power are two politically significant events for the GE.

*** Hallucinating Potong Pasirs
<http://dansong.blogspot.com/2006/04/hallucinating-potong-pasirs.html>
Bend To The Wind

It is a reminder of an unfulfilled dream of a post-65er teenager in the 1980s that all of the stars of our national flag will shine equally bright, democracy as bright as Progress. It rejects the White-and-black nostalgia of the 1970s. It ridicules the hallucinations of the 1990s and early 200s that inculcated irrational fears of specters of all shapes and sizes, which we can only laugh off with heartlandish satires and opportunistic taunts.

*** CCK PAP Rally Report
<http://www.djourne.net/sgelection06/index.php/2006/04/28/cck-pap-rally-report/>
Sg Election '06

Generally people hawked Gan's favourables -- youth, family man, biculturalism, diligence, sincerity, concern for the retrenched, concern for the elderly etc. And then his credentials -- scholar, private sector experience, Minister of State for Manpower and Education in the last Cabinet, and rumoured to make the next one as a minister. In any country running a Westminster system, having your MP in high office would be good for your ward, or at least it couldn't hurt.

[News]

*** Malaysia Needs To Do More To Retain Edge In Islamic Banking
<http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news_business.php?id=194460>
Tengku Noor Shamsiah Tengku Abdullah, Bernama

Malaysia is the world's largest Islamic banking hub after Bahrain but it may lose this status to Singapore if it does not start making overtures or giving perks to attract more players.

*** Stop Talk On Bridge, Says Hamid
<http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/4/29/nation/14109933&sec=nation>
The Star

"It is not necessary for everyone to agree with it."

*** Singapore Will Progress And Function At Own Pace: MM Lee
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/205520/1/.html>
May Wong, Channel NewsAsia

Lee Kuan yew says Singapore will progress and function at its own pace without western influences, such as those from the foreign media. And he says that is why the foreign media based here are not allowed to interfere in Singpaore politics.

[Opinion]

*** Amir Muhammad On Thursday: We're Closer To Fencing The Moon
<http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Thursday/Columns/20060427074432/Article/index_html>
Amir Muhammad, New Straits Times

"This is an example of just how paranoid Singapore is. After all, it's our moon and we can decide what we want to do with it. It's not as if we want to stop Singaporeans from having access to the moon."