[MyAppleMenu] Jul 27, 2007

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**** Black Hat Spurs Apple To Patch iPhone <http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/07/27/black-hat-iphone-patch_1.html>
by Robert McMillan, IDG News Service
With security researchers set to reveal details of a critical security flaw in the iPhone at the Black Hat 2007 conference next week, Apple Inc. now has fewer than seven days to patch a critical vulnerability in the product.

**** Apple Says 'Bonjour' To Windows <http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=18663>
by Jonny Evans, Macworld UK
Apple has shipped a software update for Windows ystems, Bonjour for WIndows 1.0.4. The company said the update is recommended for all Bonjour users to improve usability and compatibility with their Windows sytems.

**** Dvorak Declares Apple "All Right". Here's My Own "Choose Apple" Story. <http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2007/07/26/dvorak-declares-apple-all-right-heres-my-own-choose-apple-story/>
by Deep Jive Interests

**** iSuppli <http://daringfireball.net/2007/07/isuppli>
by John Gruber, Daring Fireball
I'm calling bullshit.

**** Go Behinad The Scenes Of "1984" <http://www.macuser.com/advertising/go_behind_the_scenes_of_1984.php?lsrc=murss>
by Thomas Gagnon-van Leeuwen, MacUser

**** Steve Jobs' Forgotten Child: Apple TV <http://blogs.business2.com/apple/2007/07/steve-jobs-forg.html>
by Philip Elmer-DeWitt, Business 2.0
Steve Jobs has called Apple TV a "hobby," and for now that's what it seems to be.

**** iPhone Is Coming To Your Network, Ready Or Not <http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2162910,00.asp>
by Brian Prince, eWeek
It is only natural that IT organization shiver at the thought of the iPhone endangering their networks, but they will have few options to block its entrance to the enterprise and no resource but to prepare for it, said Andrew Jaquith, an analyst at Yankee Group.

**** Apple iPhone Dock <http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/ipod/review/apple-iphone-dock/>
by Jeremy Horwitz, iLounge

**** Aple iPhone Bluetooth Headset <http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/ipod/review/apple-iphone-bluetooth-headset/>
by Jeremy Horwitz, iLounge

**** Gems Grab Bag <http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/macgems/2007/07/bootchampnocturneilid/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
by Dan Frakes, Macworld

**** GraphicConverter 6.0: Save For Web Function <http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/07/26/rulers.and.more/>
by MacNN

**** Desktop Transporter 2.5 Adds New Features <http://www.macobserver.com/article/2007/07/26.8.shtml>
by John Martellaro, Mac Observer
The new version adds several requested features, including bookmarks, remotely waking Macs and more.

**** Look, Listen, And Learn <http://www.macworld.com/2007/07/features/gems_learn/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
by Macworld
Audio and video is booming all over the web, with embedded media files bringing rich content to the user with minimal interaction. These tools will help you get the most of your multimedia experience, and maybe even learn something along the way.

**** After Effects CS3 Professional <http://www.macworld.com/2007/07/reviews/aecs3pro/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
by Jeff Foster, Macworld
After Effects CS3 Professional is not just another update, but a major advancement, and unquestionably worth the price of the upgrade. Motion-graphic artists will quickly find the new features and tools indispensable in their daily creative production, and the workflow between After Effects and the rest of the suite has been refined and more thoroughly integrated.

**** Analysts Up Targets As Apple Valuation Surpasses Hewlett-Packard <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/07/26/analysts_up_targets_as_apple_valuation_surpasses_hewlett_packard.html>
by Prince McLean, AppleInsider
Several Wall Street analysts increased their price targets on shares of Apple Inc. Thursday, following a late-night surge in the gadget makers' stock that saw its valuation surpass that of industry heavyweight Hewlett-Packard.

**** AAPL Opens Strong After Earnings Report <http://www.tuaw.com/2007/07/26/aapl-opens-strong-after-earnings-report/>
by Michael Rose, The Unofficial Apple Weblog

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**** Can The Washington Post Survive? <http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/08/06/100141340/>
by Marc Gunther, Fortune
Newspapers are dying. At the Washington Post Co., CEO Donald Graham is banking on the internet to save serious journalism. If he can't figure this out, nobody can.

**** Microsoft Offers A Web-Based Strategy <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/27/business/27soft.html?ei=5088&en=60feaf2b7c32bd96&ex=1343188800&adxnnl=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1185513817-Yqz29SHIAWHngZM4G3BH1g>
by John Markoff, New York Times
Microsoft executives said Thursday that they intended to respond to the growing threat to its software posed by rivals like Google that offer web-based versions of its applications.

**** Building A Better Search Engine <http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=19109&a=f>
by Michael Reisman, MIT Technology Review
A new natural-language system is based on 30 years of research at PARC.

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**** China's Me Generation <http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1647228,00.html>
by Simon Elegant, Time
There are roughly 300 million adults in China under age 30, a demographic cohort that serves as a bridge between the closed, xenophobic China of the Mao years and the globalized economic powerhouse that it is becoming.

**** Married Man Seeks Same For Discreet Play <http://nymag.com/news/features/34985/>
by David Amsden, New York Magazine
He has a loving wife, a small child&mdash;and sex with men on the side. How the internet has made it easier than ever to lead a detection-proof double life.

**** Matt Groening: Life Is Swell <http://www.laweekly.com/general/features/matt-groening-life-is-swell/16827/>
by Dave Shulman, LA Weekly
The possible Nobel laureate on his dreams, his alt-weekly past and, oh yeah, The Simpsons Movie.

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**** Video Installation Withdrawn From Singapore Art Show <http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/07/27/news/singupdate.php>
by Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop, Internationa Herald Tribune
A video installation by the Singorean artist Lynn Lu was withdrawn from the Singapore Art Show after Lu conceded that it bore a close resemblance to the work of an American artist.

**** Pay For What? <http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Asian_Economy/IG28Dk01.html>
by CHan Akya, Asia Times
The experience of Singapore in overpaying its official should serve as a warning for other Asian countries, as must the rampant failures across China and India of senior government offiicals who simply fail to perform or even show up.

**** Sure Good Friends, For Now <http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=595&Itemid=32>
by Philip Bowring, Asia Sentinel
Australians can be very naive about the nature of Singapore. They seemt o believe the tourist brochure image, the World Economic Forum nonsense about it being one of the world's freest economies, its strategic links to the US and its role as a non-Muslim aly in a Malay sea. But perhaps Singapore can be equally naive about Australia as a safe haven investment, a place to store the riches squeezed from Singaporeans by the Central Provident Fund depriving citizens of spending power to underwrite the over-spending of Australians.

**** Coming Soon: Marina Coastal Expressway <http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/Singapore/STIStory_143011.html>
by Straits Times
The Singapore government has approved the buildiing of the 5km-long Marina Coastal Expressway (MCE) at the cost of S$2.5 billion.
The dual 5-lane expressway will be an underground east-west link between Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway, East Coast Prakway (ECP), and Ayer Rajah Expressway (AYE) with direct connection to the Marina Bay area.

**** Former Singapore PM Has Advice For Indonesia <http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailnational.asp?fileid=20070727.H01&irec=0>
by Tony Hotland, Jakarta Post
Visiting Singapore minister mentor Lee Kuan Yew provided clear-cut advice Thursday on establishing an effective government &mdash; all the while singing Indonesia's praises.
"No matter how good the policies a president may have, it's nothing if the parliament has the agenda of bringing them down and it's all a roller coaster ride," he said.

**** A Night At Singapore's Museum <http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1647230,00.html>
by Jennifer Chen, Time
If the recent Ben Stiller comedy /Night at the Museum/ whetted your appetite for after-hours fun amid deserted marble corridors and gleaming display case, head for Singapore's National Museum.
See Also:
Novus Restaurant &amp; Bar <http://coffeeshoptable.blogspot.com/2007/05/novus-restaurant-bar.html>, by Coffee Shop Table. If you don't mind the noise and you want to bring your special someone somewhere nice, the great food and impeccable service trumps the chatter any day.
National Museum Aims To Be Lifestyle Destination After Dark <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/specialreport/news/276997_16/1/.html>, by Asha Popatlal, Channel NewsAsia.

**** Thoughts On The Closure Of Library at orchard <http://vantan.org/archives/2007/07/thoughts_on_the.php>
by Vanessa Tan, Vantan.org
It was good while it lasted. All I can say now is, thank you for being there.

**** Prying Eyes Everywhere <http://singaporemotoring.blogspot.com/2007/07/prying-eyes-everywhere.html>
by Singapore Motoring
With all these eyes around Singapore, my driving habit is adjusted to be mostly compliant.

**** Lee Very Late In Understanding Changes In RI: Legislator <http://indosnesos.blogspot.com/2007/07/lee-very-late-in-understanding-changes.html>
by Indonesia News Blog
Senior Singapore politician Lee Kuan Yew is very late in understanding the political changes that have happened in Indonesia, a legislator said. "He is beginning to become senile," Andreas Pareira said.

**** Indonesia's Soeharto Meets Old Friend Lee Kuan Yew <http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/6224966.html>
by Xinhua
Indonesia's former president Soeharto looked healthy and happy when he welcomed former Singapore premier Lee Kuan Yew, who became one of his closest regional partners while in power, at his private residence Thursday.

**** IDR - Whither Malaysia-Singapore Relations? <http://roncyberprince.blogspot.com/2007/07/idr-whither-malaysia-singapore.html>
by Datuk Rejal Arbee, Cyberprince
However which ever way one looks at it, the flow is mostly one sided. The goodwill always comes from Malaysia with Singapore at times not reciprocating at all.

**** MM Lee Tells Indonesia To Stop Their 'Wayang Kulit'; Proves His Continuing Value To Singapore <http://urbanrant.blogspot.com/2007/07/mm-lee-tells-indonesia-to-stop-their.html>
by Urbanrant
The worrying thing in this story is the realisation that other than Lee Kuan Yew, we do not have a figure in Singapore influential enough to stand up to the likes of Indonesia, Malaysia, China or India.

**** What A Waste, This Balloon Event <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/202524.asp>
by Ng Wan Pei, Today
Think about all the resources the schools who set a new record for balloon-hat wearers wasted. Thousands of balloons would have been thrown away after the record was set.

**** NParks Plans New Measures To Prevent Mishaps <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/202566.asp>
by Leong Wee Keat, Today
Ne wpreventive measures are being taken by the National Parks Board (NParks) following the deaths of two people who were killed by a falling tree and a falling branch in May, a coroner's inquiry was told yesterday.

**** Hotel Phoenix To Close On Aug 1 <http://www.straitstimes.com/Free/Story/STIStory_142838.html>
by Lim Wei Chean, Straits Times
All 150 staff of the Orchard Road landmark, including general manager and veteran hotelier Noel Hawkes, were given their retrenchment notices last week.

**** Malaysian Airline Unions Oppose Early Launch Of Singapore-KL Budget Flights <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/202565.asp>
by Associated Press
Malaysian Airlnes' (MAS) unions have opposed the early opening of the lucrative Kuala Lumpur-Singpaore route to budget carrier AirAsia, warning it would dent the country's aim of becoming a regional aviation hub.
/What is a hub that doesn't connect? Is the only way for KLIA to succeed is to pretent that Changi doesn't exist?/
See Also:
MAS Unions: Don't Open KL-Singapore Route Earlier <http://www.btimes.com.my/Current_News/BT/Friday/Nation/20070726202454/Article/>, by Bernama. The group of unions and associations said that AirAsia should not be rewarded with the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore route after it had "washed its hands off Sabah and Sarawak by dumping the routes back to MAS."

**** This 'Punching Bag' Will Bounce Back, Says MM <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/202558.asp>
by Today
Singapore is a convenient punching bag for Indonesian law-makers &mdash; that is why they have been making loud protests over the defence treaty signed between the two countries recently.
That was the view of minister mentor Lee Kuan Yew when asked to comment on the ongoing spat over the Defence Cooperation Agreement (DCA) and the Extradition Treaty.

**** A Muslim Rethink On Organ Donation <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/202511.asp>
by Loh Chee Kong, Today
Religious leaders propose that Muslims come under opt-out organ harvesting scheme.

**** Why "Civil Disobedience" Is A Game Clever People Never Play! <http://intelligentsingaporean.wordpress.com/2007/07/26/why-%e2%80%9ccivil-disobedience%e2%80%9d-is-a-game-clever-people-never-play/>
by Intelligent Singaporean