[MyAppleMenu] Nov 29, 2007

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**** Leopard Is The New Vista, And It's Pissing Me Off <http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2223921,00.asp>
by Oliver Rist, PC Magazine
Leopard is the new Vista. All the way. And here are five examples.

**** City Must Decide Soon Whether To Pursue Apple <http://www.nysun.com/article/67212>
by Joseph Goldstein, New York Sun
The deadline is approaching for the city to decide whether it will push ahead with its shareholder lawsuit against Apple Inc.

**** Apple To Unveil Faster iPhone, AT&amp;T's Stephenson Says <http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aAoHevYzQJgw&refer=us>
by Crayton Harrison, Bloomberg
Aple Inc. will introduce a version of the iPhone next year that can download from the internet at a faster rate, AT&amp;T INc. chief executive officer Randall Stephenson said.
The device will operate on third-generation wireless networks, Stephenson said today at a meeting of the Churchill Club in Santa Clara, California.

**** 3Am At The Apple Store <http://anerroroccurredwhileprocessingthisdirective.com/2007/11/26/3am-at-the-apple-store/>
by <An Error Occurred While Processing This Directive>.com
You'll have zero lines anywhere and a strong Apple employee to people ratio of 3:1 (instead of the normal 1:500). And of course, great people-watching.

**** MacBook "Clear Winner" In Apple's Retail Stores <http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20071128/apple-macbook-imac-ipod-iphone.htm>
by Daniel Jacobs, International Business Times

**** Nokia, Apple May Clash Over Touch Screen Intellectual Rights <http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/nokia-apple-may-clash-over/story.aspx?guid=%7B6C46F0A4%2DCD40%2D4A98%2D9786%2D8B9FC28DACE0%7D&dist=TQP_Mod_mktwN>
by Adam Ewing, MarketWatch

**** Greenpeace Report Bsahing Nintendo And Apple Undermined By Flawed Research <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071128-greenpeaces-green-electronics-guide-undermined-by-minimal-research-effort.html>
by John Timmer, Ars Technica

**** iMovie's Unkindest Cut <http://www.smh.com.au/news/reviews/imovies-unkindest-cut/2007/11/27/1196036900012.html>
by Garry Barker, Sydney Morning Herald

**** Intel Upgrades Tools For Apple Leopard Developers <http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/11/28/Intel-upgrades-tools-for-Apple-Leopard-developers_1.html?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/11/28/Intel-upgrades-tools-for-Apple-Leopard-developers_1.html>
by Sharon Gaudin, Computerworld
The Intel Software Development Products have been upgraded to allow Leopard developers to take better advantage of Intel's Penryn chips.

**** Another Handful Of 10.5 Tips <http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/macosxhints/2007/11/more105tips/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
by Rob Griffiths, Macworld

**** Mac Offers Best Of Both Worlds: Profiles In Success: Iona College <http://www.apple.com/education/profiles/iona/?sr=hotnews?sr=hotnews.rss>
by Apple

**** Google Gadgets Go Cross-Platform <http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9824575-7.html>
by Elinor Mills, CNET News.com
Google is adding support for Google Gadgets in its Google Desktop for the Mac software.

**** Apple To Halt Boot Camp Access For Non-Leopard Users <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/11/28/apple_to_halt_boot_camp_access_for_non_leopard_users.html>
by AppleInsider
Apple said Wednesday that come the new year it will no longer allow customers to access and run its Boot Camp dual boot solution unless they upgrade to Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.

**** Carphone Misleading Over iPhone <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7115830.stm>
by BBC News
Staff at the UK's biggest mobile phone retailer, Carphone Warehouse, have been caught misleading customers about Apple's popular iPhone handset.

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**** Yahoo, Adobe Team On PDF Ads <http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9825409-7.html>
by Elinor Mills, CNET News.com
Yahoo and Adobe are bringing pay-per-click ads to Adobe's Portable Document Format so that publishers can serve up ads inside PDFs distributed on web sites and over e-mail that are contextually relevant to the content.

**** Client-Side Vulnerabiliites Loom Large <http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/11/28/Client-side-vulnerabilities-loom-large_1.html?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/11/28/Client-side-vulnerabilities-loom-large_1.html>
by Matt Hines, InfoWorld

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**** The Original Political Vision: Sex, Art And Transformation <http://books.guardian.co.uk/poetry/features/0,,2218251,00.html>
by Terry Eagleton, Guardian
Dissent and emancipation were holy for William Blake. He could teach our prime minister so much about how to be radical.

**** More 'Sex,' And The City Is Happy About It <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/25/movies/25mele.html?ex=1353646800&en=4c179a898e5893cc&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
by Melena Ryzik, New York Times
Though the television series ended its six-year run on HBO in 2004, many viewers follow it on DVD or in syndication here and abroad. For them "Sex and the City" is a continuing affair, one that still envelops New York with the promise of liberation through trapeze lessons, bottomless cosmopolitans and will-they-or-won't-they sex.

**** Langewiesche Unveiled <http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/11/25/CMSBT6SE8.DTL>
by Dorsey Kindler, San Francisco Chronicle
As the international correspondent for Vanity Fair, Langewiesche is one of the best magazine journalists at work today.

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**** Ex-NKF Director Maltilda Chua Found Guilty Of Falsifying Company Accounts <http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/Courts%2Band%2BCrime/STIStory_181694.html>
by Chong Chee Kin, Straits Times
But Chua, 38, was cleared by district judge Francis Tseng of any role in a share-rigging scam.

**** PM Lee To Relinquish Finance Portfolio To Tharman <http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/Singapore/STIStory_181708.html>
by Straits Times
A breif statement from the PM's office said Mr Tharman will continue concurrently as minister for education until after the budget debate and committee of supply next year.

**** Wives Show Passion For Singapore's History And Culture <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jhtml?xml=/global/2007/11/27/expat21.xml>
by Rosie Milne, Telegraph
Expat wives in Asia are often derided as birdbrains with a great love of parties, but no time at all for cultural life. A group of women in Singapore is challenging this stereotype.

**** Prosecution Makes A Hash Of Evidence; DPP Confers With Witness Outside Courtroom <http://singabloodypore.rsfblog.org/archive/2007/11/28/prosecution-makes-a-hash-of-evidence-dpp-confers-with-witnes.html>
by Singapore Democrats, Singabloodypore
Readers can judge for themselves whether the DPP was prevaricating or not.

**** Life In Singaproe - Telegraph Mentor <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jhtml?xml=/global/mentors/singapore.xml>
by Tim Passey, Telegraph
If you have the chance to work in Singapore, take it, it's a great place to be.

**** Odex Back In Court, Copyright Ownwers May Join In <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/224699.asp>
by Zul Othman, Today

**** Kopitiam To Probe Complaint <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/224619.asp>
by Ng Pei Ling, Kopitiam Group Of Companies, Today

**** Going To The US? Check If You Might Still Need A Visa <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/224671.asp>
by Today
In the latest clarification of its policy that has caught some travellers unawares, the United States said it requires passports issued or renewed from Oct 26 last year to be biometric &mdash; if the holder is to enjoy entry under the visa-waiver programme.

**** Mayhem At Cruise Centre? Not Really <http://www.straitstimes.com/ST%2BForum/Story/STIStory_181515.html>
by Koh Yong Fong, Singapore Cruise Centre, Straits Times