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[News]

*** Mac Users 'Must Wise Up To Social Engineering'
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/mac/0,39020393,39253563,00.htm>
Munir Kotadia, ZDNet Australia

It's not just PC users who can be victims of their own stupidity when it comes to internet security.

*** Audible Nabs Popular Podcast
<http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6041352.html>
Ina Fried, CNET News.com

The Ricky Gervals Show, one of the most popular podcasts on Apple's iTunes Music Store, is moving to a paid-only format to be sold by audio book specialist Audible.

*** Mac-On-Intel Site Self-Censors To Avoid Apple's Wrath
<http://www.boingboing.net/2006/02/20/maconintel_site_self.html>
Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing

*** iTab: An iBook-Based Tablet Mac
<http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/index.php?p=101>
Jason D. O'Grady, ZDNet

The iTab is a slick-looking tablet Mac but it's not from Cupertino.

[Opinion]

*** The Other Reset Feature
<http://www.oreillynet.com/mac/blog/2006/02/the_other_reset_feature.html?CMP=OTC-13IV03560550&ATT=The+other+Reset+feature>
Francois Joseph de Kermadec, O'Reilly Network

Camino and Safari both have a very different view on what "Reset" means. Two very interesting approaches with very different effects for their users indeed.

*** Are Input Managers The Work Of The Devil?
<http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=08430>
Matt Neuburg, TidBITS

I sometimes get the feeling that Mac OS X is just as full of customization holes as earlier systems were.

*** Paths In The Grass
<http://arstechnica.com/staff/fatbits.ars/2006/2/19/2918>
John Siracusa, Ars Technica

The existence and popularity of particular haxies and other system extensions lays out, in concrete terms, exactly which features are in demand.

*** What Will Apple Do When The Malware Comes?
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1928716,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03129TX1K0000614>
Larry Seltzer, eWeek

A erious outbreak of Mac malware still isn't likely, but what would happen if it took place?

[Review]

*** Upgrade Your iPod Sound
<http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060221/NEWS09/602210354>
Mike Wendland, Detroit Free Press

*** Creatures: Village
<http://www.macaddict.com/issues/2006/2/reviews/creatures>
Matt Osborn, MacAddict

Creatures: Village is fun, but it also helps kids develop observation skills, a sense of responsibility, and an understanding of cause and effect. Young nd old alike will get a kick out of raising a Norn.

*** iMaginator
<http://www.macaddict.com/issues/2006/2/reviews/imaginator>
David Biedny, MacAddict

iMaginator gives you inexpensive access to Core Image routines, but there are freewares aps available that do so at no cost.

[Sidetrack]

*** Floating Holidays
Heng-Cheong Leong

Is anyone running a pool on when the 4th of July will be marked as a "floating holiday <http://www.diamondbackonline.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/02/20/43f9a969df394>"? :-)

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Google Defends China Search Site
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4735662.stm>
BBC News

Google has denied accusations that its new Chinese-language search engine is operating without a licence.

*** Privacy Guardian Is Still A Paper Tiger
<http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-liberties20feb20,0,5039697.story?coll=la-home-headlines>
Richard B. Schmitt, Los Angeles Times

A year after its creation, the White House civil liberties board has yet to do a single day of work.

*** Bloggers Who Pursue Change Confront Fear And Mistrust
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/20/AR2006022001304.html>
Philip P. Pan, Washington Post

*** Google Has No License For China Service: Newspaper
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/20/AR2006022001227.html>
Reuters

Internet search giant Google's controversial expansion into China now faces possible trouble with regulators after a Beijing newspaper said its new Chinese-language platform does not have a license.

*** I.B.M. Reseachers Find A Way To Keep Moore's Law On Pace
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/20/technology/20chip.html?ex=1298091600&en=364ed580f21ca636&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
John Markoff, New York Times

The development, which comes from materials research in the design of advanced lenses and related technologies, will make it possible to create semiconductors with wires thinner than 30 nanometers, one-third the width in today's industry-standard chips.

*** Google Throws Out US Data Demand
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4731640.stm>
BBC News

Google has formally rejected a demand from the US government to hand over a week's worth of search records.

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The other things in life

[World]

*** The Long Road Back
<http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/060227/27street.htm>
Anna Mulrine, U.S. News

If, as it has been said, jazz is a performer's art, not a compsoer's, so, too, is the rebuilding of New Orleans.

[Life]

*** A First-Time Oscar Host In Search Of That Fine Line
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/20/movies/MoviesFeatures/20osca.html?8hpib>
Jacques Steinberg, New York Times

Mr Stewart has, at least for one night, signed on to lead the stablishment's ultimate talent show, transforming himself from class clown to head of the class, and from Hollywood outsider to A-list insider.

*** Lost In Translation
<http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11432913/site/newsweek/>
David Answen and Ramin Setoodeh, Newsweek

Great films, bad box office. In the era of globalization, why can't foreign movies catch a break?

[Expressions]

*** My Father's Tears
<http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/content/articles/060227fi_fiction>
John Updike, New Yorker

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Life in the city

[News]

*** Australia Govt Rejects SIA Bid To Fly Sydney - LA
<http://today.reuters.com/business/newsarticle.aspx?type=tnBusinessNews&storyID=nSYA001972&imageid=top-news-view-2006-02-21-052004-eRPPISA%5B8%5D.jpg&cap=An%20Airbus%20A380%20with%20Singapore%20Airlines%20colours%20under%20construction,%20Toulouse,%20April%206,%202005.%20REUTERS/Jean-Philippe%20Arles>
Reuters

The Australian government has rejected a bid by Singapore Airlines for access to the lucrative Sydney-Los Angeles route for "some years", Transport Minister Warren Truss said on Tuesday.

*** Bird Flu Found In India, Malaysia Prompts Poultry Import Bans
<http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=aQa0PZzM.TRc&refer=top_world_news>
Bloomberg

Singapore, Sri Lanka and Nepal banned imports of chickens after avian influenza was found in birds in India and Malaysia.

*** Government Warns Against Abusing Workfare Bonus
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/102213.asp>
Lee U-Wen, Today

Anyone planning to tell a few lies to get the Workfare Bonus should be prepared for an extended spell of official hospitality. This could include time behind bars.

*** Singapore Suspends Poultry, Egg Imports From Malaysia's Selangor
<http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/20/content_4205217.htm>
Xinhua

*** Singapore Pitch To Replace Asian Aerospace Takes Flight
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/free/story/0,6418,372677,00.html?>
Alexis Hooi, Straits Times

Transport Minister Yeo Cheow Tong said more than 50 per cent of space for the event has been taken p. He added that if "the big boys" are here, the smaller companies will tend to follow.

*** Official: Singapore Air Show No Threat
<http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.asp?feed=AP&Date=20060220&ID=5519176>
Associated Press

Singapore's plans to launch a new air show in 2008 won't undermine Asia's largest aerospace exhibition, which is relocating from its longtime home in Singapore to Hong Kong, an industry official said Monday.

[Opinion]

*** Housewives Have Been Forgotten In Budget
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,5562,372709,00.html?>
Chua Yi Fen, Straits Times

*** Brokeback Singapore
<http://www.asiapundit.com/2006/02/brokeback_singa.html>
Asia Pundit

The move to allow an Oscar-nominated movie is hardly opening up; it is in line with Singapore's existing ratings system.

*** Protection Doesn't Serve Us Well
<http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,18213270%255E7583,00.html>
Chew Choon Seng, Singapore Airlines, The Australian

An unfortunate element in this debate is the blurring of the line between "national interest" and the "interests of national carriers."

[Entertainment]

*** Scoring A Khoo
<http://www.asianewsnet.net/level3_template1.php?l3sec=14&news_id=52675&key_word=singapore>
Ong Sor Fern, Straits Times

"I much prefer to be interviewed by foreign film critics. It's all about the work. They don't care about my background," Eric Khoo says.

*** Forget About A Singapore Comeback
<http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Tuesday/Sport/20060221081805/Article/index_html>
Dan Guen Chin, New Straits Times

Forget about a Malaysian League and a Malaysia Cup with Singapore being part of either to bring back the good old days. "That's not going to happen. The Malaysia Cup days for Singapore football are over as we move forward in search of our own identity and success," said John Koh, general secretary of the FA of Singapore.

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[Tunes]

*** Offense/Defense
<http://www.thespaceshots.com/home.html>
Spaceshots
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