[MyAppleMenu] Nov 26, 2007

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**** Fuzzy Picture For Apple TV <http://www.news.com/8301-13579_3-9822258-37.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20>
by Tom Krazit, CNET News.com
This has been quite a year for Apple, but Steve Jobs' magic wand doesn't always work.

**** OS X 10.4.11 Update Harms Some Boot Camp Systems <http://www.macworld.co.uk/mac/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=19773>
by Jonny Evans, Macworld UK
The problem seems to affect older Macs set-up with a Boot Camp partition for running WIndows.

**** First Look: Final Cut Express 4 <http://www.macworld.com/2007/11/firstlooks/fce4/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
by Jeff Carlson, Macworld
Updated video-editing app tackles AVCHD, MPEG-2 formats, courts iMovie users.

**** Leopard Is Tarnishing The Reputation Of OS X <http://aralbalkan.com/1088>
by Aral Balkan
Why, Apple, did you take a polished, stable operating system (Tige) and release an upgrade that lacks the key ingredients that made people love it?

**** Browsing With iPhone Is Abject Failure <http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2007/11/25/browsing-with-iphone-is-abject-faliure>
by THomas Hawk, WebProNews

**** New QuickTime Bug Opens XP, Vista To Attack <http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=software&articleId=9048678&taxonomyId=18&intsrc=kc_top>
by Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
Security researchers warn that attack code targeting an unpatched bug in Apple Inc.'s QuickTime has gone public, and added that in-the-wild attacks against systems running Windows XP and Vista are probably not far behind.

**** A Chat With Apple's iPod And iPhone Marketing Czar <http://bigtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2007/11/25/a-chat-with-apples-ipod-and-iphone-marketing-czar/>
by Jon Fortt, Fortune
Greg Joswiak has what you might call a busy job &mdash; he's charged with marketing two of Apple's biggest hit products, the iPod and the iPhone. That might sound easy considering the buzz Apple's product announcements generate, but there's more to the job than promotion.

**** Apple Needs To Handle Tabs More Elegantly <http://rc3.org/2007/11/apple-needs-to.php>
by Rafe Colburn, rc3.org
The Apple's Human Interface Guide doesn't seem to discuss tabbed interfaces at all.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Books Versus Documents: What's Wrong With So-Called "E-books" <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071125-books-vs-documents-whats-wrong-with-so-called-ebooks.html>
by Jon Stokes, Ars Technica
The basic problem with the current e-book + reader combination is twofold: the single-page format, and the lack of ready markup and annotation features.

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**** Subject, Verb, Object <http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/poetry/2007/12/03/071203po_poem_richardson>
by James Richardson, New Yorker

SingaporeSurf
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**** Ren Ci May Have Flouted 3 Governance Guidelines: Council <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/313830/1/.html>
by Julia Ng, Channel NewsAsia
The Charity Council says Ren Ci Hospital could have run foul of three guidelines in the Code of Governance for Charities and Institutions of a Public Character.

**** How Singapore Solved Its Traffic Gridlock <http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20071126/letters/letters1.html>
by Ken Jones, Jamaica Gleaner News
Lee fearlessly introduced a number of other far reaching solutions, despite the fact that certain of them were unpopular and caused "endless letters to the newspapers by would-be car owners."

**** Singapore Raps <http://asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=899&Itemid=31>
by A. Lin Neumann, Asia Sentinel
There is a reason why Singapore has a reputation for being unutterably boring. Watch the video and you'll see what we mean.

**** Johor Buzz: Singapore Lures Malaysian Tourists With Free Shuttle Service, Lucky Draws <http://www.nst.com.my/Monday/Features/2091995/Article/index_html>
by Sim Bak Heng, New Straits Times

**** How To Deliver Economic Growth But Lose An Election <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/11/25/how-to-deliver-economic-growth-but-lose-an-election/>
by Gerald Giam, theonlinecitizen
The bottm line is that elections are still always fought on bread-and-butter issues.

**** Decision On Pulau Batu Puteh Dispute In Six Months - Kadir <http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news.php?id=298385>
by Nor Faridah A. Rashid, Bernama
Malaysia hopes the decision on the sovereignty dispute case over Pulau Batu Puteh, Middle Rocks and South Ledge between Malaysia and Singapore will be known in six months.
See Also:
Public Sitting <http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/files/130/14219.pdf>, Held On Friday 23 November 2007, At 3 p.m., Acting President, Presiding, In The Case Concerning Sovereignty Over Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Puteh, Middle Rocks And South Ledge (Malaysia/SIngapore). (Note: PDF document.)

**** Foreign Workers Causing Social Problem In Singapore <http://singaporesundry.blogspot.com/2007/11/foreign-workers-causing-social-problem.html>
by All And Sundry Singapore

**** Charities Must Pay To Get Good People: SM <http://www.straitstimes.com/Free/Story/STIStory_180484.html>
by Lim Wei Chean, Straits Times
The principle of paying for good people should apply to charities, senior minister Goh Chok Tong argued last evening.