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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** MacFUSE Release Opens Up File Systems On Mac OS X
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2085935,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594>
Daniel Drew Turner, eWeek

Amit Singh, engineering manager of the Macintosh Group at Google, developed MacFUSE and released it at the recent Macworld Expo. MacFUSE, he said, makes it easy for even casual programmers to write their own file systems, which they can build into Mac OS X user programs.

*** Apple, Best Buy Still Feeling Each Other Out
<http://www.crn.com/sections/digconnect/digconnect.jhtml?articleId=196902049>
Edward F. Moltzen, CRN

Early word is that Apple is asking its solution providers to dedicate swaths of storefront as demo space for AppleTVs, as a condition of being authorized to resell that product.

*** Lauren Greenfield: Storyteller
<http://www.apple.com/pro/profiles/greenfield/>
Bija Gutoff, Apple

[Opinion]

*** What Happened To iPhone's Cover Shoot?
<http://www.valleywag.com/tech/apple/what-happened-to-iphones-cover-shoot-230095.php>
Valleywag

So here's a mystery: why did the iPhone, one of the most attention-grabbing unveilings of recent years, not make the cover of a single major magazine?

*** The "Mac" Name Was Also Trademarked By Another Company
<http://blog.wired.com/cultofmac/2007/01/steve_jobs_trad.html>
Leander Kahney, Wired News

Steve Jobs' trademark spat with Cisco over "iPhone" isn't the first time Jobs has brought a product to market with another company's trademark -- he did it with the Mac.

*** Java To The iPhone: Can You Hear Me Now?
<http://www.oreillynet.com/onjava/blog/2007/01/java_to_the_iphone_can_you_hea.html>
Daniel H. Steinberg, O'Reilly Network

Desktop Java has never been managed right by Sun and I can see Apple not wanting to be dependent on them.

*** iPhone: It's The Intterface
<http://www.oreillynet.com/mac/blog/2007/01/iphone_its_the_interface.html>
Bruce Stewart, O'Reilly Network

What I remain excited about is the interface.

*** iPhone: The Mediocre Phone That Will Change The World
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/01/19/iphonemediocre/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
David Haskin, Computerworld

*** iPhone Appeal Drops Daily
<http://www.livedigitally.com/2007/01/19/iphone-appeal-drops-daily/>
Jeremy Toeman

Interestingly, with each person I speak with on it, I hear the same themes echoing back to me.

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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** A Scary (Probably Patentable) Vision!
<http://www.scripting.com/2007/01/20.html#aScaryProbablyPatentableVision>
Dave Winer, Scripting News

There's no way the GPS knew there was a convenience store there, but in five or ten years, I'm sure they will. And further, Toyota will make a deal with the chain to direct traffic by their store, as opposed to their competition.

*** Your Right To Time-Shift Is Under Attack
<http://blog.wired.com/music/2007/01/your_timeshifti.html>
Eliot Van Buskirk, Wired News

The judge said that a digital satellite receiver with recording capabilities is not the same thing as a device that records FM to cassette.

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The other things in life

[Life]

*** Walking All Over Fashion
<http://www.ft.com/cms/s/074e9734-a7c3-11db-b448-0000779e2340.html>
Syl Tang, Financial Times

Although many interesting and salient facts may be gleaned from tourist brouchures, one of the more esoteric has to be that included in a new informational pamphlet for visitors to Rome. There, apparently, the very latest thing is to war two completely different shoes.

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Life in the city

[News]

*** Foreign Minister George Yeo Confirms Thai FM's Remarks On Thaksin Visit
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/253674/1/.html>
S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia

Singapore's Foreign Minister George Yeo has confirmed that his Thai counterpart Foreign Minister Nitya Pibulsonggram spoke to him two or three times in Cebu about former premier Dr Thaksin Shinawatra's visit to Singapore. He explained that while he understood the Thai government's concern, he also sought Minister Nitya's understanding of the Singapore government's position.

*** Singapore To Hang Nigerian Trafficker, Rejects New Appeal
<http://www.chinapost.com.tw/news/archives/asiapacific/2007120/100524.htm>
Gillian Wong, Associated Press

*** SDA Much Saddened By NSP's Breakaway: Chiam
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/167002.asp>
Loh Chee Kong, Today

In response, NSP president Sebastian Teo said: "We are still on good terms. We are all working in the same direction. But sometimes we just have to take our own approach to develop."

*** Singapore Eyes End To Dispute
<http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/20Jan2007_news14.php>
Bangkok Post

Singapore wants to see bilateral relations with Thailand, made sour by Thaksin Shinawatra's recent meeting with members of the island-state's cabinet, mended as soon as possible, Interior Ministry spokesman Panada Diskul said yesterday.

[Opinion]

*** After The Spending Frenzy Comes The Reality
<http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/01/20/after-the-spending-frenzy-comes-the-reality/>
The Online Citizen

How do you justify -- morally -- an increase in ministers' salary and promising billions of dollars in upgrading programmes, and at the same time tell the people that you do not have enough money to help the poor?

*** Open-Door Policy For Foreign Labour Needs Fine-Tuning
<http://straitstimes.asiaone.com/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=f832758920e39010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:882738928a930110VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD>
Chia Hern Keng, Straits Times

Are there sources of income in the globalised sector of our economy of which the lower income group can avail themselves? I am sure there are. The only problem is: Singapore's highly open-door policy to foreign labour and talent has effectively diminished these opportunities for Singpaorean citizens.