[MyAppleMenu] Aug 2, 2008

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**** Why Apple's MobileMe Launch Stumbled <http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008087364_ptmacc02.html>
by Glenn Fleishman, Seattle Times
For a company that has been long focused on what its customers need, Apple needs to take a long, hard look at how hard it's pushing its employees &mdash; and how little polish seems to be left on the company's image right now.

**** Living With The MacBook Pro <http://digitalapplejuice.com/living-with-the-macbook-pro/>
by David Alison, DigitalAppleJuice.com

**** Apple's Patch Fails To Fix DNS Flaw, Researchers Claim <http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=operating_systems&articleId=9111363&taxonomyId=89&intsrc=kc_top>
by Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
Tests by Andrew Storm, director of security oeprations at nCircle Network Security Inc., confirmed that even after Apple's update was applied, systems running the client version of Mac OS X were still incrementing ports, not randomizing them, as should have been the case if the fix had addressed the flaw.

**** FileVault Is Flawed; And Apple's Not Talk'n <http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/08/filevault_is_fl.html>
by George Hulme, InformationWeek
It's time for Apple to grow-up when it comes to security, especially if it wants to be an enterprise provider. The company needs to start talking more publicly about security, and maturing its security gme. Other software makers, such as Microsoft and Oracle have - years ago.

**** iPhone Calendar Syncing <http://daringfireball.net/2008/08/iphone_calendar_syncing>
by John Gruber, Daring Fireball
MobileMe giveth, MobileMe taketh away.

**** Apple Backs Out Of Black Hat Security Conference <http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/08/01/apple.nixes.security.talk/>
by MacNN
The organizers of next week's Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas say Apple has decided to pull out of hte event at the last minute.

**** Review: QuarkXPress 8 <http://www.macworld.com/article/134776/2008/08/quark8.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Galen Gruman, Macworld
XPress 8 should have been a significant leap forward in both functionality and user interface, but Quark unfortunately decided to do just half the job, though it is certainly a half-job well done.

**** Dragoman File Converter Improves Music File Support <http://www.macworld.com/article/134803/2008/08/dragoman.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
Dragoman helps users convert files between different formats. It supports images, photos, PDF files, music and archive files using a simple drag and drop interface.

**** Dragster File Transfer Utility Improves Status Display <http://www.macworld.com/article/134800/2008/08/dragster.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
Dragster is designed to complement conventional FTP software applications on the Mac by providing streamlined connnectivity using a Dock icon.

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**** A Fuehrer Over Underpants <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/22/AR2008072202012.html?nav=rss_print/washpostmagazine>
by Gene Weingarten, Washington Post
When people ask me if I have any rules for humor writing, I say: "Only one. I always try to put the funniest word at the end of the sentence underpants."

**** Me, Myself And I <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/03/magazine/03wwln-guestsafire-t.html>
by Caroline Winter, New York Times
Why do we capitalize the word "I"? There's no grammatical reason for doing so, and oddly enough, the majuscule "I" appears only in English.

**** Era With No Name <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/03/books/review/Thompson-t.html>
by Nicholas Thompson, New York Times
Yes, a lot happened in this era. But no one is exactly sure what it meant - or what it should be called.

**** Famous Writers And Their Work Spaces Come Together In A Mural <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/01/nyregion/01mural.html?_r=1&oref=slogin>
by Eric Konigsberg, New York Times
The mural, "At Home With Their Books," measures 10 feet high by 30 feet wide and depicts, in six chronologically ordered panels, the writing spaces of six authors who spent some, if not all, of their careers in New York.

**** What's Really Killing Newspapers <http://www.slate.com/id/2196485/?from=rss>
by Jack Shafer, Slate
They're no longer the best providers of social currency.

**** Pubs Are The Last Place I'd Want To Drink In <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2008/07/29/do2904.xml>
by Andrew O'Hagan, Telegraph
George Orwell once described a warm beer and a country pub as being among the essential flavours of England. Nobody would claim that now: perhaps a blood red pair of Mad Dog 20/20s (two for the price of one) would more accurately summon the present atmosphere.

**** Literary Doubles <http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/jul/31/pressandpublishing>
by David Jenkins, The Guardian
I'm having an identity crisis, because there's a new David Jenkins on the block, journalistically speaking.

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**** PAP's Monopoly On Political Space And Political Ideology <http://www.sgpolitics.net/?p=376>
by Ng E-Jay, Sgpolitics.net
We do not ask our political opponent, the pAP, to grant us more space. We create that space for ourselves.

**** High Tea And Great Expectations <http://www.theage.com.au/news/south-east-asia/high-tea-and-great-expectations/2008/07/30/1217097298768.html>
by Kathryn Heyman, The Age
I'm in Singapore with a novelist friend, both of us are here to write and to give a book reading at Singapore's Arts House. With Raffles' history of famous writers, perhaps some of the ambience will rub off on us.

**** Bankrupt Singapore Politician Stopped From Leaving <http://asia.news.yahoo.com/080802/3/3n27f.html>
by Saeed Azhar, Reuters

**** GRCs: 20 Years On <http://www.straitstimes.com/Free/Story/STIStory_263608.html>
by Lydia Lim and Zakir Hussain, Straits Times

**** Just One MP A Poly Grad: Is There A Ceiling, Student Asks <http://www.straitstimes.com/Free/Story/STIStory_263734.html>
by Kor Kian Beng, Straits Times
What is important is a good heart and the ability to get things done. But educational qualifications are no less important, George Yeo was quick to add, noting that they give an indication of the candidates' abilities.
/It's not a ceiling: it's an echo chamber./

**** Singaporeans Should Vote For New Party If PAP Is No Longer Capable <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/364372/1/.html>
by Ng Wei Keng and Wong Siew Ying, Channel NewsAsia
Singaporeans should support a new political party if the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) is no longer the best vehicle to take the country forward, says foreign affairs minister George Yeo.




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