[MyAppleMenu] Nov 22, 2007

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu
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**** Exploit Turns iPhone Into A Spy Tool <http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39290994,00.htm>
by Liam Tung, ZDNet Australia

**** Apple Urges 'Don't Give Up On Vista', Kinda <http://www.macworld.co.uk/mac/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=19749>
by Jonny Evans, Macworld UK
Apple is running an innovative two-part online advertisement on selected sites.

**** Switching Macs <http://www.hydrapinion.com/index.php/mac/2007/11/22/switching_macs>
by Stephen Withers, Hydrapinion

**** Vista Convinced Me. Now I Own A Mac <http://www.davidorban.com/blog/archives/2007/11/vista_conviced.html>
by David Orban
My guess is that my productivity at least doubled. Almost no rebooting, no freezing, no watching the screen until the OS unlocks.

**** Apple's Leopard Gobbles Up Batteries, Users Complain <http://www.informationweek.com/management/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=204200998>
by Paul McDougall, InformationWeek
Mac users who've upgraded their laptops to Apple's new Leopard operating system are reporting a sharp drop off in battery life.

**** X.5 Menu Bar <http://earthlingsoft.net/ssp/blog/2007/11/x5_menu_bar>
by Sven-S. Prost, Quarter Life Crisis
The shame here is that the engineers obviously made and effort to find algorithms that make the implementation of the silly 'transparent' menu bar idea less painful. That sounds like hours wasted for nothing. Mere damage control. Throwing good thoughts after the bad idea of some manager or art director.

**** Plucking The Fruits Of Apple Accessories <http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/nov2007/tc20071120_507415.htm?chan=technology_technology+index+page_top+stories>
by Cliff Edwards, BusinessWeek
Makers of cases and adapters must hustle when Steve Jobs unveils another new product. Still, the near-$1 billion market makes it worth the stress.

**** Apple Settles iPod Lawsuit For $10 Million <http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/11/21/Apple-settles-iPod-lawsuit-for-10-million_1.html?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/11/21/Apple-settles-iPod-lawsuit-for-10-million_1.html>
by Agam Shah, IDG News Service
Apple will pay Burst.com $10 million and get access to Burst.com's patent portfolio, with some exceptions.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** An E-Book Reader That Just May Catch On <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/22/technology/personaltech/22pogue.html?ref=business>
by David Pogue, New York Times

**** Is Security Software Becoming A Security Risk? <http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/11/21/Is-security-software-becoming-a-security-risk_1.html?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/11/21/Is-security-software-becoming-a-security-risk_1.html>
by Robert McMillan, IDG News Service
Due to bugs in antivirus software, the security suite becomes a risk by itself, and adding multiple pieces of security software makes the problem worse, not better.

**** Group Pushing For Open Data Portability Stack <http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/11/21/Group-pushes-open-data-portability-stack_1.html?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/11/21/Group-pushes-open-data-portability-stack_1.html>
by Chris Kanaracus, IDG News Service
A new workgroup says the social networking-Web 2.0 boom has created a conundrum: How to securely deliver sets of personal data across the ever-growing flock of such applications and web sites with a minimum of pain and complexity.

**** U.K. Government Reveals Its 'Biggest Privacy Disaster' <http://www.news.com/U.K.-government-reveals-its-biggest-privacy-disaster/2100-1029_3-6219772.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news>
by Tom Espiner, CNET News.com
Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs has admitted to losing the details of 25 million individuals, with 7.25 million U.K. families potentially affected.

**** Making Social Connections And Selling Cookies <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/21/business/media/21adco.html?_r=1&oref=slogin>
by Stuart Elliott, New York Times

MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Dream Food <http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-masumoto22nov22,0,6827418.story?track=rss>
by David Mas Masumoto, Los Angeles Times
A organic farmer has some food fantasies. One of them is quality over quantity.

**** Superman Comes To The Supermarket <http://www.esquire.com/features/superman-supermarket>
by Norman Mailer, Esquire
In November 1960, Norman Mailer first tried his hand at a genre that would come to define his career. This is Mailer's debut into the world of political journalism, a sprawling classic examining John F. Kennedy.

**** In Some Households, Every Day Is Turkey Day <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/22/dining/22turkey.html?hp>
by Kim Severson, New York Times
It is one thing for the president of the United States to pardon a pair of turkeys every year and then send them off to live out their days in Florida. It's quite another to save a turkey from the Thanksgiving table by inviting it to live with you.

**** The Divine Sound Of Silence <http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/11/22/no_music_day/index_np.html?source=rss>
by Kevin Berger, Salon
Britain's No Music Day offers a welcome hush over a noisy world. It can't come to America soon enough.

SingaporeSurf
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**** Government Yet To Decide On High-Speed Train Project <http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news.php?id=297849>
by Bernama

**** The Disadvantages Of A Pink NRIC <http://mrwangsaysso.blogspot.com/2007/11/disadvantages-of-pink-nric.html>
by Mr Wang Says So
Even if you are very rich and can easily afford the cost of sending your children to an international school in Singapore, you generally won't be allowed to do so... if you hold a pink NRIC.

**** ASEAN Discredited Over Burma: Analysts <http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22803335-25837,00.html>
by AFP
ASEAN's handling of the Burmese crisis has shattered the regional bloc's credibility and deeply embarrassed Singapore, the host of this week's southeast Asian summit, analysts and activists say.

**** PSLE Top Student Sets New Record With Score Of 294 <http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/Singapore/STIStory_179386.html>
by Sandra SDavie, Straits Times

**** EU Says Singapore Bank Secrecy No Block To ASEAN Deal <http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20071122/tap-asean-mandelson-c3bb44c.html>
by Reuters

**** Singapore Sees Fastest Office Rent Rise In World: CBRE <http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/International_Business/Fastest_office_rent_rise_in_Singapore/articleshow/2560985.cms>
by Reuters

**** Malaysia Optimistic Of Success <http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Thursday/National/2090347/Article/index_html>
by V. Anbalagan, New Straits Times
Spirits are high in the Malaysian camp ahead of the second round of oral submissions before the International Court of Justice today in the Pulau Batu Puteh case.

**** Singapore Red-Faced As PM's Car Tyre Punctures <http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/11/22/nation/20071122120602&sec=nation>
by Mergawati Zulfakar, The Star
Singapore officials were caught red-faced again Wednesday after the official car prime minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi was travelling in punctured on the way to the airport.

**** Something Shocking For Singapore... <http://robcampbell.wordpress.com/2007/11/22/something-shocking-for-singapore/>
by The Musings Of An Opinionated Sod

**** Singapore Stopped Anti-Obesity Plan In Schools After 15 Years <http://munfitnessblog.com/singapore-stopped-anti-obesity-plan-in-schools-after-15-years/>
by Mun Fitness Blog
While I applaud Singapore government has taken the initiative to ensur eits new generations are healthy, it has probably underestimated kids' feeling.

**** Indonesia's Competition Commission Ruling Unlikely To Hit Invovled Cos - Fitch <http://www.abcmoney.co.uk/news/212007169066.htm>
by Thomson Financial
Fitch Ratings said a final decision on a likely appeal by Temasek Holdings Pte Ltd &mdash; against a ruling by Indonesia's anti-monopoly watchdog &mdash; could take a year or more in arriving, and also noted a precedent of Indonesian courts ruling against the competititon authority's decision.

**** No Religion In My Politics Please, I'm Singaproean <http://thinkingbetterthinkingmeta.blogspot.com/2007/11/no-religion-in-my-politics-please-im.html>
by Sam's Thoughts

**** Telecom Tangle For Singapore's Temasek <http://atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/IK22Ae01.html>
by Bill Guerin, Asia Times
The recent decision of Indonesia's anti-monopoly watchdog to sanction and fine Singapore state-owned investment vehicle Temasek Holdings for breaking local competition laws has sparked new foreign investor concerns and marks another setback for the Singapore government's regional investment drive.
See Also:
Trouble Mount For Temasek <http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=893&Itemid=32>, by Asia Sentinel.

**** Uniquely Singapore: Charity - F1 Or F9? Helping The Poor? <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/11/22/uniquely-singapore-charity-%e2%80%93-f1-or-f9-helping-the-poor/>
by Leong Sze Hian, theonlinecitizen
I would like to suggest that a detailed breakdown be given of what and how the estimated $1.5 billion from the GST hike will be used to help the poor.

**** Singapore MDA Rap Video <http://wp.jiinjoo.com/?p=207>
by Ong Jiin Joo
See Also:
Battle Of The Snarks: On MDA's Mindnumbing Rap Music Video <http://theory.isthereason.com/?p=1970>, by Theory.IsTheReason.

**** Singapore, Malaysia To Hold Talks On KL-Singapore Air Route <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/312988/1/.html>
by Asha Popatlal and Gamar Abdul Aziz, Channel NewsAsia
See Also:
New And Bigger Terminal Needed <http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Thursday/National/2090392/Article/index_html>, by Anna Maria Samsudin, New Straits Times.

**** Foreigners On Foreign Issues? Can <http://www.tnp.sg/news/story/0,4136,148424,00.html?>
by Kor Kian Beng, New Paper
The Myanmar community has been allowed to peacefully protest its situation back home. Who's allowed to speak out on what issues here?

**** Record-High Oil Prices Are A Burden On Asian Countries: Singapore PM <http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/11/21/business/AS-FIN-Asia-Oil-Impact.php>
by Associated Press

**** Does Singapore Have A Hero? <http://themadmadworld.blogspot.com/2007/11/does-singapore-have-hero_22.html>
by Welcome To Mad
Try to think of a prominent figure that has caputred the hearts and minds of the Singapore population, and you realise that you'll draw a blank.

**** 200 Not In Pre-School And Uncontactable <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/223422.asp>
by Lin Yanqin, Today

**** Mindef Rebuts Indon Claims <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/223384.asp>
by Today
Singapore says it never discussed DCA issue with Indonesia at Asean meet last week.
See Also:
Singapore Refutes Indonesia Claims On Two Agreements <http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/Singapore/STIStory_179412.html>, by David Boey, Straits Times. Mindef says it is not true that MM Lee opposes talks on treaties as a package deal on two extradition, defence pacts.

**** Poor Pulau Batu Puteh Blogger... <http://blog.simplyjean.com/2007/11/21/poor-pulau-batu-puteh-blogger/>
by Simply Jean

**** Temasek Must Follow Indonesian Laws, Says V-P Jusuf <http://www.straitstimes.com/Free/Story/STIStory_179158.html>
by Salim Osman, Straits Times
See Also:
Temasek's Experience Not New To Business People <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/223419.asp>, by Jeffrey Law Lee Beng, Today. If a well-known Singapore investment firm such as Temasek Holdings could face harassment there, what more do we expect from smaller enterprises?

**** Singapore, Britain Sign Open Skies Agreement <http://www.straitstimes.com/Free/Story/STIStory_179177.html>
by Straits Times

**** Bought 'Original' Software For New PC? It May Be Fake <http://www.straitstimes.com/Free/Story/STIStory_179198.html>
by Chua Hian Hou, Straits Times
Some dealers are pssing off high-end counterfeits as the real thing.

**** TV On Your Cell Phone? <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/223435.asp>
by Alicia Wong, Today
The Media Development Authority (MDA) is getting ready to launch mobile TV services (MTVS), a technology that allows users to view TV and audio channels, as well as broadcast data services, over an electronic device such as a mobile phone.
See Also:
MDA Seeks Public Views On How Mobile TV Should Be Regulated In Singapore <http://app.sprinter.gov.sg/data/pr/20071121999.pdf>, by Media Development Authorithy of Singapore, Singapore Government. (Note: PDF document.)

**** Certis Cisco Apologises For Handling IC To Wrong Person <http://www.straitstimes.com/ST%2BForum/Story/STIStory_179212.html>
by Karyn Low, Certis CISCO Security Pte Ltd, Straits Times

**** Community Hospitals Must Not Aid Conversions <http://www.straitstimes.com/ST%2BForum/Story/STIStory_179213.html>
by Tan Chek Wee, Straits Times
I appeal to the Ministry of Health to come out with guidelines on pastoral care for all the community hospitals so that the religious affiliation of patients is respected and protected.