[MyAppleMenu] Nov 20, 2007

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu
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**** Leopard Is True Unix OS <http://www.macworld.co.uk/mac/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=19719>
by Jonny Evans, Macworld UK
Apple's latest operating system, Leopard, has been declared a true breed of Unix by The Open Group.

**** Suit On Apple Options Is Dismissed <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/20/technology/20apple.html?_r=1&ex=1353214800&en=a1640b37931ac2d6&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin>
by Bloomberg
Apple won dismissal yesterday of a lawsuit claiming that company directors and managers, including the chief executive, Steven P. Jobs lied to shareholders about the backdating of option awards.

**** Specing Out The Rumored Mac Subnotebook <http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2007/11/19/specing-out-the-rumored-mac-subnotebook>
by Charles Jade, Ars Technica
Honestly, it's hard to imagine Apple competing with any of these subnotebooks based upon size, weight, and features.

**** AAPL In The Stevenote Era <http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2007/11/19/aapl-in-the-stevenote-era>
by Charles Jade, Ars Technica

The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** E-Paper Comes Alive <http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/19736/>
by David Talbot, MIT Technology Review
E Ink is making coor and video versions of its e-paper, but commercial products are a few years off.

**** Reports Of Firefox 3.0 Bugs Overblown, Most Significant Bugs Squashed <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071119-reports-of-firefox-3-0-bugs-overblown-most-significant-bugs-squashed.html>
by Ryan Paul, Ars Technica

**** The Future Of Reading <http://www.newsweek.com/id/70983>
by Steve Levy, Newsweek
Amazon's Jeff Bezos already built a better bokstore. Now he believes he can improve upon one of humankind's most divine creations: the book itself.

**** Study: Internet Could Run Out Of Capacity In Two Years <http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/11/19/Internet-could-run-out-of-capacity-in-two-years_1.html?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/11/19/Internet-could-run-out-of-capacity-in-two-years_1.html>
by Grant Gross, IDG News Service
See Also:
The Internet Ends In 2010 <http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/The-Internet-Ends-in-2010-89585>, by Dslreports.com. Unless you give AT&amp;T what they want.

MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Definition Of Stranger <http://www.slate.com/id/2175502/fr/rss/>
by Idra Novey, Slate

**** Close Encounters Of The Third Kind <http://www.slate.com/id/2178234/fr/rss/>
by Keith Phipps, Slate
Take a closer look at /Close Encounters/, particularly if you haven't seen the movie in a while, and you realize the movie has a rather un-Spielbergian subtext.

**** Denial Makes The World Goes Round <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/20/health/research/20deni.html?ex=1353301200&en=7db27a2c96c82cce&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
by Benedict Carey, New York Times
Recent studies from fields as divserse as psychology and anthropology suggest that the ability to look the other way, while potentially destructive, is also critically important to forming and nourishing close relationship.

**** Ordinary Life <http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/poetry/2007/11/26/071126po_poem_zagajewski>
by Adam Zagajewski, New Yorker

**** Alvaro Rousselot's Journey <http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/features/2007/11/26/071126fi_fiction_bolano>
by Roberto Bolano, New Yorker

**** No, But We Saw The Movie <http://www.newyorker.com/humor/2007/11/26/071126sh_shouts_ephron>
by Nora Ephron, New Yorker
When they got home that night, she went to get the book. She'd ordered it earlier in the week and meant to read it before they went to the movie, but it was a hard week and things got away from her. THis was happening more and more.
Maybe if we look in the book we'll be able to figure it out, she said.

**** American Empire, Going, Going... <http://www.salon.com/books/review/2007/11/19/chua/>
by Andrew O'Hehir, Salon
Great empires were extraordinarily pluralistic, argues Amy Chua, until they frayed into xenophobia and decline. Can the U.S. steer another course?

SingaporeSurf
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**** Temasek Holdings To Fight Indonesia Ruling In International Court If Needed <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/312730/1/.html>
by Dominique Loh, Channel NewsAsia

**** 50 Burmese Naitonals Protest <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/11/20/toc-developing-news-protest-planned-by-burmese-nationals/>
by theonlinecitizen
See Also:
Peaceful Protests Cut Short <http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/Singapore/STIStory_178649.html>, by Straits Times.

**** Mandai To Be Turned Into Asia's Top Nature Spot <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/312698/1/.html>
by Hoe Yeen Nie, Channel NewsAsia

**** Damn Champion Or Damn Slimy? <http://jemauvais.livejournal.com/510119.html>
by Jemauvals
I have always known that Malaysian courtroom tactics were a joke, but I never thought they'd sink so low in an international court.

**** Singapore Central Bank Says Policy Still Appropriate <http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20071120/tap-singapore-policy-c3bb44c.html>
by Reuters
Singapore's central bank said on Tuesday monetary policy was appropriate that it was monitoring the city state's economy and underlying inflation.

**** Singapore: ASEAN Historic Charter Is Toothless, Say Crticis <http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Politics/?id=1.0.1575824365>
by AKI

**** Library at orchard - Moving On <http://onthereddot.com/ian/2007/11/20/libraryorchard-moving-on/>
by Wanderings, Musings And Happenings Of Ian

**** Discount Cards = Higher Prices? <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/223031.asp>
by David Soh Poh Huat, Today

**** Teacher Under Investigation For Altered Answers In PSLE Mother Tongue Papers <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/223043.asp>
by Tan Hui Leng, Today

**** Parliamentarians With Nothing To Say <http://www.yawningbread.org/arch_2007/yax-811.htm>
by Au Waipang, Yawning Bread
Are PAP MPs even interested in engaging the people on issues? And to answer this question, we need only to ask how many of them maintain a blog.

**** IC Handed To Someone Else At Certis Cisco <http://www.straitstimes.com/ST%2BForum/Story/STIStory_178407.html>
by Gladys Tay Hui Fang, Straits Times
It is ironic that an organisation which is supposedly an expert in security services is so lacking in its own processes.

**** In Line, But Will It Last <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/223061.asp>
by Teo Xuanwei, Today
It was Day One of the new and harsher penalty regime against rogue taxi drivers.

**** Temasek Vows To Fight Guilty Verdict By Indon Watchdog <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/223046.asp>
by Christine Loh, Today
The investment firm had some strong words to protest against the verdict of KPPU.

**** Singapore Rebuts Malaysia's Statements At THe ICJ <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/312540/1/.html>
by May Wong, Channel NewsAsia
Singapore has described Malaysia's statements on Singapore's claim over Pedra Branca as "baseless allegations and insinuations."
See Also:
Singapore Claims Malaysia's Allegations WIthout Foundation <http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v3/news_lite.php?id=297228>, by Bernama. SIngapore opened the second round of its oral pleadings before the International Court of Justice today, contentding that the allegations made by Malaysia were without foundation. Singapore's deputy prime minister S. Jayakumar outlined the allegations and insinuations against Singapore made by Malaysia which he claimed were serious and if not rebutted would diminish the country's integrity.
See Also:
Malaysia's Claims Baseless, Singapore DPM Tells Court <http://www.nst.com.my/Tuesday/National/2088624/Article/index_html>, by V. Anbalagan, New Straits Times.
Public Sitting <http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/files/130/14195.pdf>, Held On Monday 19 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 Soth Ledge (Malaysia/Singapore). (Note: PDF document.)