[MyAppleMenu] Nov 14, 2007

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**** Leopard Eats Vista OS Sales In Japan <http://www.macworld.co.uk/mac/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=19672>
by Jonny Evans, Macworld UK
Apple outsells Vista with Leopard in Japan in October.

**** Apple's iPhones Lead To iTypos <http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/11/14/Apple-new-phones-lead-to-iTypos_1.html?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/11/14/Apple-new-phones-lead-to-iTypos_1.html>
by Nancy Gohring, IDG News Service
Study finds that Apple iPhone users make more mistakes when texting compared to users of phones with hard keys.

**** Have Apple Got It Wrong With The iPhone? <http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10006455o-2000331855b,00.htm>
by David Long, ZDNet UK

**** Apple iMac: Still The Desktop Star <http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/nov2007/tc20071113_036007.htm?technology+product+review>
by Cliff Edwards, BusinessWeek
A minimalist redesign, a zippy new OS, and terrific new software make the iMac the all-in-one desktop computer of choice for multimedia lovers.

**** Apple's iPhone SDK Will Be Four Months Late To The Prom <http://riactant.wordpress.com/2007/11/13/apples-iphone-sdk-will-be-four-months-late-to-the-prom/>
by The General Theory Of RIAivity

**** My Mac Mini Experience - Thoughts On The Mac Mini <http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=927>
by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, ZDNet.com
The Mac mini is a pretty impressive bit of kit really.

**** Apple Shares Soar On Chinese Interest In iPhone <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/14/technology/14apple.html?ref=world>
by Bloomberg
Apple's shares rose more than they had in over a year after China Mobile, the world's biggest wireless operator, said it was in talks to sell the iPhone.
See Also:
Apple To GIve Up Revenue Sharing iPhone Deal? <http://www.tech.co.uk/gadgets/phones/mobile-phones/news/apple-to-give-up-revenue-sharing-iphone-deal?articleid=1245215047>, by J. Mark Lytle, Tech.co.uk. China Mobile's huge subscriber base may force Apple's hand.

**** Apple Stock Crash Means It's Time To Go Long On AAPL <http://www.wired.com/gadgets/mac/commentary/cultofmac/2007/11/cultofmac_1114>
by Leander Kahney, Wired

**** Leopard: Trying To Love Help Viewer's New Fascist Behavior <http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=1029>
by David Morgenstern, ZDNet.com

**** FileMaker Goes Indie <http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/435/filemaker-goes-indie>
by Daniel Jalkut, Red Sweater Blog
Bento diverges from Apple style by showing all its warts in a public beta: a sort of clunky-yet-intriguing interface design, slow, hangs from time to time with the spinny cursor, the disk image look samateurish, etc. All those cherished mistakes that we indie developers recognize because we've made them ourselves.

**** First Look: Bento Personal Database Software <http://www.macworld.com/2007/11/firstlooks/bento/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
by Dan Moren, Macworld
The newly unveiled Bento is a lightweight personal database application that, at its core, is about making databases accessible and easy for the casual use&mdash;you might call it FileMaker Lite, though that's in no way intended to slight the impressive amount of functionality built in.
/Personally, I am disappointed that this is a Mac-only release. A low-cost high-quality database for both Windows and Mac will be very useful for me./
See Also:
First Look: FileMaker's Bento Database For Leopard <http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/11/13/bento.database.for.leopard/>, by MacNN.

**** Apple Releases 1.2.2 Update For Firth-Generation iPod <http://ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/apple-releases-122-update-for-fifth-generation-ipod/>
by Charles Starrett, iLounge

**** Will Android Be Windows To Apple's iPhone? <http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2007/11/will_android_be.html>
by Stephen Wellman, InformationWeek
What does Android promise? It promises easier-to-use mobile applications on a lot of cell phones. Doesn't that promise sound a lot like Microsoft's promise with Windows?

**** Leopard Knocks Out Some MacBook Pro Keyboards <http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9046778>
by Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
Some MacBook Pro users who upgraded to the Leopard operating system are reporting that their notebooks' keyboards and trackpads have gone on the fritz, according to Apple Inc. support forums. THe only apparent solution: Reboot the machine.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Inbox 2.0: Yahoo And Google To Turn E-Mail Into A Social Network <http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/11/13/inbox-20-yahoo-and-google-to-turn-e-mail-into-a-social-network/>
by Saul Hansell, New York Times
Ignore Orkut, OpenSocial, Yahoo Mash and Yahoo 360. Google and Yahoo have come up with new and very similar plans to respond to the challenge from MySpace and Facebook: They hope to turn their e-mail systems and personalized home page services (iGoogle and MyYahoo) into social networks.

MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** On Myth <http://www.theliberal.co.uk/issue_11/artsandculture/myth_warner_11.html>
by Marina Warner, The Liberal
Writers don't make up myths; they take them over and recast them. Even Homer was telling stories that his audience already knew.

**** How Science Is Rewriting The Book On Genes <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/11/AR2007111101066.html?nav=most_emailed>
by David Brown, Washington Post
Everyone who goes to medical school hears this story at some point. Graduation day comes and the new doctors assemble to get their diplomas. The dean gazes out and announces sheepishly: "I'm sorry to tell you that half of what we taught you is wrong. The problem is, we don't know which half."
Nowhere has this been more evident than in genetics.

**** The Secret? It's Not The Potatoes <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/14/dining/14spud.html>
by Julia Moskin, New York Times
Having recently mashed 32 pounds of potatoes over a three-day period, I can say that they are good cooked in plain water, in salted water and in water mixed with milk, wine or chicken stock.

**** Meals On Reels <http://film.guardian.co.uk/features/featurepages/0,,2210638,00.html>
by Feargus O'Sullivan, The Guardian
What is the most famous food scene in all cinema? Could it be Samuel L Jackson interrogating the men he's been hired to kill about European hamburgers and the metric system in Pulp Fiction? Or might it be Debbie Reynolds jumping out of a cake to do the charleston in Singin' in the Rain? Hannibal Lecter's serving suggestions for humanliver in The Silence of the Lambs is among Hollywood's best-remembered lines, while dedicated foodies might plump for any of the scenes celebrating food connoisseurship or gluttony in Babette's Feast or La Grande Bouffe. Ever since I learned as a teenager that the blood spiralling down the plughole in the shower scene from Psycho was actually chocolate sauce, I've been intrigued by the way food is portrayed on screen.

**** Cloudberries <http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/poetry/2007/11/19/071119po_poem_longley>
by Michael Longley, New Yorker

**** Or Else <http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/features/2007/11/19/071119fi_fiction_nelson>
by Antonya Nelson, New Yorker

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**** A Protest For Free And Fair Elections In Singapore <http://singabloodypore.rsfblog.org/archive/2007/11/14/a-protest-for-free-and-fair-elections-in-singapore.html>
by Singabloodypore

**** Indonesians Top Foreign Buyers In Singapore Apartment Market <http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailbusiness.asp?fileid=20071114.L02&irec=1>
by Jakarta Post

**** Sngapore Doctor - And Alleged Banker - To Myanmar's Generals <http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20071114/tbs-asean-summit-myanmar-singapore-0b9af05.html>
by AFP
The harsh glare of the international spotlight has recently turned to Singapore's business and alleged banking ties with the secretive junta.

**** Lee Kuan Yew <http://alonglry.blogspot.com/2007/11/lee-kuan-yew.html>
by Along Leery
The first time I met Lee Kuan Yew I was under strict orders not to open my mouth. It was 1987, I was a wire-service reporter, and Singapore's patriarch was in the middle of one of his periodic campaigns to show the Western press who was the boss in his city.

**** Cost Of Living Vs Standard Of Living <http://singaporesundry.blogspot.com/2007/11/cost-of-living-vs-standard-of-living.html>
by All And Sundry Singapore
The minister's statement makes me feel so disillusioned. We have worked hard hoping for a better standard of living but now the government tells us to switch to cheaper alternatives?

**** Police Reject Singapore Democratic Party Application For Protest At ASEAN Summit <http://singabloodypore.rsfblog.org/archive/2007/11/13/police-reject-singapore-democratic-party-application-for-pro.html>
by Singapore Democratic Party, Singabloodypore

**** Improvement Project Funds Are Channelled Through Advisers <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/222010.asp>
by Han Liang Yuan, Press Secretary To The Minister For National Development, Today
Mr Low Thia Khiang was disputing the statement in the Straits Times report on Nov 10, which stated: "Mr Mah pointed out the CIPC funds had always been there for opposition MPs to make use of." This was not what the minister had said.

**** Flat Jokes And Dumb Remarks <http://www.yawningbread.org/arch_2007/yax-808.htm>
by Au Waipang, Yawning Bread
Come to think of it, by imputing an abdication of irresponsibility, lack of commitment and untrustworthiness, when the facts don't support it, the prime minister may have defamed the Workers' Party candidates.

**** Special-Needs Students Evicted <http://www.straitstimes.com/ST%2BForum/Story/STIStory_176552.html>
by Koh Siew Yuen, Straits Times
Although this was an isolated incident, it reminded me that our society still has some way to go towards being more accepting of people with special needs.

**** 'Naval Presence A Problem' <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/222026.asp>
by Today
Malaysia told the United Nation's highest court yesterday that Singapore was seeking to enlarge its sea border by claiming sovereignty over Pedra Pbranca, Middle Rocks and South Ledge &mdash; islets close to key shipping lanes.
"Singapore seeks to disrupt the longstanding arrangements in the straits. Singapore is endeavouring to create for itself a maritime domian," Mr Abdul Kadir Mohamad, an adviser for foreign affairs to Malaysia's prime minister, told the International Court of Justice, which started hearings last week into the territorial dispute between the two countries.
See Also:
No Evidence From Singapore To Support Claim Of Sovereignty, Says Malaysia <http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v3/news_lite.php?id=296106>, by Bernama. Malaysia's counsel Sir Elihu Lauterpacht said that although Singapore had repeatedly stated that its conduct after 1851 merely confirmed and maintained a title already acquired, there was no contemporary documentation of any kind which implicitly specified that the island was or had become British territory.
Johor Government Letter Disclaiming Ownership Of Batu Puteh Irrelevant <http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news.php?id=296119>, by Bernama.
KL Accuses Singapore Of Trying To 'Subvert' The Status Quo <http://www.straitstimes.com/Free/Story/STIStory_176474.html>, by Lydia Lim, Straits Times.
Public Sitting <http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/files/130/14181.pdf>, Held On Tuesday 13 November 2007, At 10 a.m., At The Peace Palace, Vice-President Al-Khasawneh, Acting President, Presiding, In The Case Concerning Sovereignty Over Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Puteh, Middle Rocks And South Ledge (Malaysia/Singapore). (Note: PDF document.)