[MyAppleMenu] Nov 25, 2007

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**** Closing A Window <http://www.ithinkthisworldisperfect.com/2007/11/closing-window.html>
by I Think This World Is Perfect...
Steve - we know we're late to the party, we understand that, but put us down for four lifetime seats on the Apple bandwagon. Mad props and much love.

**** The iPod Lecture Circuit <http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-fi-podclass24nov24,1,6964418.story?coll=la-headlines-frontpage&track=crosspromo>
by Michelle Quinn, Los Angeles Times
By making hundreds of lectures from elite academic institutions available online for free, Apple is reinvigorating the minds of people who have been estranged from the world of ideas.

**** Orange France Reveals iPhone Plan <http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_Orange_France_Reveals_iPhone_Plan_10961.html>
by Anne Shaw, eFluxMedia

**** British iPhone Users Complain Of Serious Reception Problems <http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2007/11/british_iphone.html>
by Alexander Wolfe, InformationWeek

**** Hard To Be An Audiophile In An iPod World <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/25/arts/music/25tomm.html?_r=1&ref=arts&oref=slogin>
by Anthony Tommasini, New York Times
For decades the pursuit of high-quality sound on high-end sound systems drove the recording industry, especially its classical music branch. "Good enough had never been good enough," Mark Katz said. But now, he added, for listeners and even the industry, "good enough is good enough."

The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Walter Mossberg: Inspector Gadget <http://news.independent.co.uk/sci_tech/article3185314.ece>
by Leonard Doyle, The Independent
When Walter Mossberg speaks, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and the entire consumer electronics industry pay attention. That's because the personal technology guru is fighting a one-man crusade against fiddly mobile phones and rip-off computers. And, though he may be winning some battles, the tech war has only just begun.

SingaporeSurf
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**** Enforcing Racial And Religious Harmony <http://www.yawningbread.org/arch_2007/yax-813.htm>
by Au Waipang, Yawning Bread
Many other countries' hate speech laws include ethnicity, national origin, cultural markers, etc within their ambit. It's striking that Singapore's does not, despite our civil servants having spent 3 years relooking at the Penal Code.

**** Foreign Workers At Void Decks Leave Residents Seething <http://www.straitstimes.com/Free/Story/STIStory_180230.html>
by Nur Dianah Suhaimi and Shuli Sudderuddin, Straits Times
Happy-hour sessions disturb residents, but police say workers are breaking no laws.

**** Christmas Shopping At Singapore's VivoCity <http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/ET_Features/The_Sunday_ET/Christmas_shopping_at_Singapores_VivoCity/articleshow/2568443.cms>
by Economic Times