[MyAppleMenu] Apr 16, 2007

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**** Leopard Headlines Are Spotty, At Best <http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2003667803_btdownload16.html?syndication=rss>
by Seattle Times
Headline writers worldwide immediately saw the opportunity for cutesiness.

**** Brought To You By Google <http://www.forbes.com/technology/2007/04/13/ipod-google-apple-tech-cx_rr_0417goople.html?partner=rss>
by Rachel Rosmarin, Forbes
Google + Apple = ?

**** Adobe Offers Premiere Pro, After Effects Betas <http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/04/15/betas/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld

**** Adobe Ships Creative Suite 3 <http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/04/15/cs3/index.php>
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
Adobe on Monday said it began shipping Creative Suite 3, the company's suite of applications designed for the creative professionals.

**** Spending Time With Apple TV <http://www.thomas-fitzgerald.net/2007/04/16/spending-time-with-apple-tv/>
by Thomas Fitzgerald
The Apple TV, depiste its 1.0 issues, is a fantastic piece of equipment. For those living outside the US too, don't let the lack of iTunes TV and movie content put you off as there are plenty of other ways to get video onto the device. The integration with iTunes and the whole Apple suite is what puts this offering from Apple far, far ahead of its competition.

**** Toward A Mac Migration <http://www.wordyard.com/2007/04/15/mac-migration/>
by Scott Rosenberg, Wordyard
It's time for a Mac laptop that is slim, elegant and three pounds heavy. I'm sure Apple knows this and I can't imagine waiting too much longer for such a device.

**** Apple Unveils Final Cut Studio 2 <http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/04/15/fcp2/index.php>
by Jim Dalrympel and Jon Seff, Macworld
Apple unveiled on Sunday Final Cut Studio 2, it's production suite for film editors. As part of the update Apple will release Final Cut Pro 6, Soundtrack 2, Cmpressor 3, Motion 3 and a new application called Color.

**** Apple Announces Final Cut Server <http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/04/15/fcserver/index.php>
by Jim Dalrymple and Jon Seff, Macworld
At its special event being held at NAB in Las Vegas on Sunday, Apple announced Final Cut Server, a new server application that works seamlessly with Final Cut Studio 2. The new product is aimed at creative professionals that need to deal with massive amounts of digital content and shrinking production schedules, according to Rob Schoeben, Apple's vice president of Applications Product Marketing.

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**** Rivals Start Weighing On Google-DoubleClick Deal; Want Close Regulatory Scrutiny <http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-rivals-start-weighing-on-google-doubleclick-deal-want-close-regulatory-/>
by Rafat Ali, PaidContent.org

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**** The New Abstraction <http://www.artnewsonline.com/issues/article.asp?art_id=2245&current=True>
by Barbara A. MacAdam, ARTnews
True, it never really went away. But abstraction is in the midst of a revival, flaunting its brilliant past as it reconfigures itself for the future.

**** I Think Not <http://www.latimes.com/features/magazine/west/la-tm-necktie15apr15,1,5317903.story?coll=la-headlines-west>
by J.R. Moehringer, Los Angeles Times
Throughout the evolution of western civlization, the tie was the sign of a gentleman. Now it's a date-killer.

**** Opening Too Wide <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/12/AR2007041201235.html>
by Jeanne Marie Laskas, Washington Post
Maybe it's time for all of us to shut our mouths.

SingaporeSurf
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**** Singapore Air Replaces Long-Standing Ad Firm <http://asia.news.yahoo.com/070416/3/30e6n.html>
by Reuters

**** How A Traffic Jam Began <http://www.yawningbread.org/arch_2007/yax-731.htm>
by Au Waipang, Yawning Bread
The "cover your arse" syndrome can be found way beyond the civil service.

**** Rational Anger <http://www.insanepoly.com/blog/?p=328>
by Insane Polygons
Bullshit leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering. And I get angry at the hateful thought of having to suffer through this bullshit for another 5 years.

**** Singapore's Experiment With More Pay May Results In Fewer Hands In The Cookie Jar <http://www.busrep.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=553&fArticleId=3779669>
by Bloomberg
Some say throwing money at corruption isn't the answer and that's it's too simplistic to think a bit more capitalism at the highest levels of government will spread capitalism. It's clear, though, that what much of Asia is currently doing isn't working for most of the region's people.

**** Genting Gets Singapore Go-Ahead To Build Casino <http://www.btimes.com.my/Current_News/BT/Monday/Latest/20070416144308/Article/>
by Reuters
The Singapore government has given gambling firm Genting International the go-ahead to build a casino, following extended probity checks after the group announced links with Macau tycoon Stanley Ho.

**** Serving The Country. For Money? <http://fieldmarshal.wordpress.com/2007/04/16/serving-the-country-for-money/>
by The Field Marshal
Striking more fear into me is the article's premise that a transactional relationship is not only inevitable, we, the citizens, have to accept it.

**** Beware Being Caught Out When The Tide Turns <http://www.yawningbread.org/guest_2007/guw-130.htm>
by Charles Tan, Yawning Bread
Pandering to conservative voters will be proven to cost dearly once the tide of opinion turns.

**** Cheap Parking Carries A Cost <http://www.straitstimes.com/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=6fadbe120b93a010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:ea0bb928ec5f1110VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD>
by Straits Times
While the idea is to ensure adequate parking, it has in fact provided more than a surfeit of spaces. Consequently, ample, easy and cheap parking has perversely become an incentive for bringing out the car.

**** Hold Off Second Language Till Students' Teen Years? No Convincing Reason To Do So <http://www.straitstimes.com/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=f832758920e39010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:11382ae6f5be1110VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD>
by Samantha Ng Bee San, Straits Times

**** Rents Soar, Expats Groan <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/183373.asp>
by Ansley Ng, Today

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**** Ten Crack Commandments <http://www.josepharthur.com/av/index.htm>
by Joseph Arthur
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