[MyAppleMenu] Jul 31, 2007

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**** Apple First iPhone Software Update To Arrive Shortly <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/07/31/apples_first_iphone_software_update_to_arrive_shortly.html>
by Prince McLean, AppleInsider
Speaking to analysts for RBC Capital Markets this week, Apple's vice president of iPod product marketing, Greg Joswiak, said the first software update for his company's iPhone handset is due to arrive shortly.

**** iTunes Store Sales Top Three Billion Songs <http://ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/itunes-store-sales-top-three-billion-songs/>
by Charles Starett, iLounge

**** Eminem Suit Targets Apple <http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070731/METRO/707310351/1013/rss12>
by Paul Egan, Detroit News
Eminem's music publisher filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against Apple Inc. on Monday, alleging the computer giant violated copyrights by allowing unauthorized downloads of the Detroit rapper's songs onto iPods.

**** Jobs Is Third Most Influential Leader <http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=18686>
by Macworld UK
Apple CEO Steve Jobs has been named the third most influential business leader of the last 25-years by USA Today. Jobs sits just behind Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan (in second place) and Microsoft co-founder, Bill Gates (in first place).

**** Businesses Having Second Thoughts About Vista <http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9028478&source=rss_topic123>
by Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
Fewer busiensses are now planning to move to Windows Vista than seven months ago, according to a survey by patch management vendor PatchLink Corp., while more said they will either stick with the Windows they have, or turn ot Linux or Mac OS X.

**** Dear Steve: You Missed A Spot <http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9752077-1.html>
by Molly Wood, CNET Crave
The iPod has always been a one-way sync device. It's always been too hard to maintain separate iTunes libraries, and the root cause is antipiracy. I get that. But it leads to a very un-Apple experience.

**** Azada <http://www.applelinks.com/index.php/more/game_review_azada/>
by Kirk Hiner, Applelinks

**** Sheeplings <http://www.insidemacgames.com/reviews/view.php?ID=850>
by Franklin Pride, Inside Mac Games
Sheeplings is extremely low value. Even with its low price tag, it simply doesnt last long enough to be worth the money.

**** NetNewsWire And Syncing <http://www.snappytheclam.com/archives/000930.html>
by Snappy The Clam
I hope Brent Simmons got a lot of money for selling NetNewsWire to NewsGator, because he's thrown the software's reputation to the wind.

**** CPB: iPhone Too Expensive To Fix <http://cbs11tv.com/technology/local_story_211130737.html>
by CBS
According to the New York State Consumer Protection Board, Apple should revamp its customer service policies to make it easier and more affordable for consumers to repair an iPhone.

**** The iPhone Breaks Drag-And-Drop? <http://microsoft.blognewschannel.com/archives/2007/07/30/the-iphone-breaks-drag-and-drop/>
by InsideMicrosoft
Wait. Apple? Choice? Forget it, I'm just being silly.

**** A Zooming Thought For Interface Designers <http://www.postal-code.com/mrhappy/blog/2007/07/30/a-thought-for-interface-designers/?from=myapplemenu>
by ob.blog
I suspect the poor-implementers have approached the issue from the perspective of the logical, rational, literal geek as opposed to that illogical, irrational, "just make it work" user.

**** iPhone Firmware Hints At New Apps, Widgets <http://www.iphoneology.com/2007/07/30/iphone-firmware-hints-at-new-apps-widgets/>
by iPhoneology

**** Stewing Over Safe Sleep <http://db.tidbits.com/article/9090>
by Joe Kissell, TidBITS
Look, it's 2007 and I'm a Mac user; if I can't put my brand new computer to sleep and into its bag in less than 10 seconds, something is seriously wrong.

**** Apple Issues UI Fixes To Pro Apps In Latest Update <http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2007/07/30/apple-issues-ui-fixes-to-pro-apps-in-latest-update>
by Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica
Apple has posted another update to its Pro Application Support package, bringing it to version 4.0.1. In typical Apple fashion, the description is noticeably vague, but says that it improves "general user interface reliability" of Apple's pro apps.

**** NetworkLocation 2.0 Goes Official <http://www.tuaw.com/2007/07/30/networklocation-2-0-goes-official/>
by David Chartier, The Unofficial Apple Weblog

The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Damn Spam <http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/08/06/070806fa_fact_specter>
by Michael Specter, New Yorker
The losing war on junk e-mail.

**** Google's Battle For Wireless Spectrum <http://news.com.com/Googles+battle+for+wireless+spectrum/2008-1039_3-6199374.html?tag=nefd.lede>
by Marguerite Reardon, CNET News.com

**** Japanese Porn Industry Embraces Blu-Ray Disc <http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,135222-c,dvdtechnology/article.html>
by Dan Nystedt and Martyn Williams, IDG News Service

MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Bill Clinton In '08! <http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-gray31jul31,0,1072699.story?track=rss>
by Brian E. Gray, Los Angeles Times
For vice president that is. Would the Constitution allow the former president or Arnold to run for No. 2?

**** Later In Life <http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/poetry/2007/08/06/070806po_poem_graham>
by Jorie Graham, New Yorker

**** There Is No Time, She Writes <http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/poetry/2007/08/06/070806po_poem_nurkse>
by D. Nurkse, New Yorker

**** So It Is In Life <http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/features/2007/08/06/070806fi_fiction_kharms>
by Daniil Kharms, New Yorker

**** War Work (Brooklyn. 1944-45) <http://www.slate.com/id/2167557/fr/rss/>
by Barry Goldensohn, Slate

**** Who's Minding The Mind? <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/31/health/psychology/31subl.html?ex=1343534400&en=6af9b09aac9bc6dc&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
by Benedict Carey, New York Times
The new studies reveal a subconscious brain that is far more active, purposeful and independent than previously known.

SingaporeSurf
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**** StarHub Launches 3.5G Mobile Broadband Cellphones <http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/Singapore/STIStory_144260.html>
by Straits Times

**** Al-Jazeera Seeking To Broadcast In Singapore <http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/Singapore/STIStory_144205.html>
by Straits Times
Arabic news channel Al-Jazeera said it hopes to get the go-ahead from the Singapore government to brodcast here by year end, following talks that began early this year.
Singapore's Media Development Authority (MDA) said on Tuesday that it was still assessing the Al-Jazeera channels.
/The more sources of information, the more informed we can be. I'd say go ahead, MDA./

**** The Joys Of Skipping School <http://mrwangsaysso.blogspot.com/2007/07/joys-of-skipping-school.html>
by Mr Wang Says So
Dressing up in ethnic costumes is... /exactly/ the kind of school event that I would skip, as a student.

**** Bankrupt During The Singapore Great Sale <http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailfeatures.asp?fileid=20070731.T03&irec=2>
by Ati Nurbaiti, Jakarta Post
Some Singaporeans are not normal. Maybe, an Indonesian might say, they are tired of shopping.
Instead of following the norms, they tweak and push the envelope, getting arrested, tired and fined. Perhaps even jailed several times for things that one would expect to be jailed for in Singapore, such as speaking in public without a police permit.
The worst comes after their release from behind bars. A life of being ignored, it seems, and imagine being bankrupt amid all those malls, especially during the annual Great Sale.
But maybe when you're politically active in a rigorous nation like Singapore, every sign, even red ones, turn to big green rays of hope.

**** Bus Operators To Reduce Waiting Time For Buses <http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/Singapore/STIStory_144165.html>
by Straits Times
The Public Transport Council said on Tuesday it has required that the operators have at least 80 per cent of their bus services operating at frequencies of not more than 10 minutes during weekday peak hours. The operators will be given two years to comply with the revised standard, meaning that it will take effect from August 2009.

**** Shedding Some Light: Singapore Quarry <http://citizenhistorian.com/2007/07/31/shedding-some-light-singapore-quarry/>
by Kevin Lee, Citizen Historian
Between the bustling Upper Bukit Timah Road and Jalan Asas (which bustle with eateries) is a road that seems caught in a time-warp.

**** Singapore Tries Harder <http://nationmultimedia.com/2007/07/28/travel/travel_30043076.php>
by Vipasai Niyamabha, The Nation
If frequent visitors start feeling a little fatigued by the Lion City's shop-eat-shop rigours, maybe they can turn the guide map upside down and start over.

**** Scholarships For The New Singapore <http://mrwangsaysso.blogspot.com/2007/07/scholarships-for-new-singapore.html>
by Mr Wang Says So
The value of the "ex-PSC Scholar" stamp has somewhat eroded. I believe that it will continue to erode steadily over the years.

**** Singapore Jobless Rate Falls To 6-Year Low In Q2 <http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/Singapore/STIStory_144148.html>
by Reuters
The Ministry of Manpower preliminary data showed that the unemployment rate fell to a seasonally adjusted 2.4 per cent in the second quarter, the lowest level sinc ethe second quarter of 2001.

**** NDP Preview 2007 <http://medleyoflife.wordpress.com/2007/07/30/ndp-preview-2007/>
by Strange Medley Of Life

**** A Disgrace To YPAP <http://shianux.jiyuuu.org/2007/07/31/a-disgrace-to-ypap/>
by The Legal Janitor
If someone representin YPAP can be so abjectly devoid of any semblance of logical thought, then the rest of Singapore must be doomed.

**** Region's Airlines Look To Singapore As Industry Takes Off <http://www.straitstimes.com/Free/Story/STIStory_144030.html>
by Karamjit Kaur, Straits Times

**** 'No Termination Of Pregnant Artistes' <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/203126.asp>
by Today
MediaCorp has rebutted news reports yesterday, which quoted actress Zoe Tay as sayng that the media companyhad a "new policy" to suspend the contracts of actresses who are pregnant.
/Firstly, let's note that this article is published by Today, a newspaper of MediaCorp./
/Secondly, I think both the actress and MediaCorp are not "wrong", based on this report alone. Note this statement by MediaCorp: "The present service contract... <pay artistes> according to the jobs they can perform." A pregnant artiste, MediaCorp might argue, will not be able to 'perform' as well because, well, there's simply no roles for them, so they will not get paid./

**** I Spy <http://aidilomar.com/2007/07/31/i-spy/>
by Sheep City
Spy on your neighbor. Report it. The city of sheep have become abuzz with this latest spying rage.

**** Brown And Bhavani: One Year Later <http://www.thevoiddeck.org/index.php?itemid=314>
by The Void Deck
If the PAP assesses that they cannot colonise the internet, then they might think they have to resort to unpopular regulatory and punitive measures to assert their historical penchant to be 100% dominatn in the media.