[MyAppleMenu] Dec 6, 2008

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**** Steve Jobs Keeps MacFaithful Guessing <http://blog.internetnews.com/dneedle/2008/12/steve-jobs-keeps-macfaithful-g.html>
by David Needle, InternetNews
There's not much doublt, health concerns aside, that Apple CEO Steve Jobs will give the keynote early next month at Macworld Expo in San Francisco.
But pity the show producers. You'd have to think they would love the chance to promote Macworld Expo months in advance as featuring a keynote by the best known CEO in tech with a penchant for taking the wraps off brand new products and technology. No such luck.

**** Top 10 Apple Stories Of 2008 <http://www.informationweek.com/news/personal_tech/iphone/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212201717&subSection=All+Stories>
by Mitch Wagner, InformationWeek
With the launch of MacBook Air, an improved iPhone and smashing sales in the Apps Store, Apple sliced through the global economic gloom of 2008 and turned in a solid year.

**** Apple Sees 300 Million App Store Downloads <http://www.informationweek.com/news/personal_tech/iphone/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212202251&cid=iwhome_art_iPhon_mostpop>
by Marin Perez, InformationWeek
Apple announced Friday it has had over 300 million downloads from its App Store, a whopping total considering the store opened only five months ago.

**** Hidden SDK Features Transform iPhone Into TV Gaming Device <http://arstechnica.com/articles/paedia/transforming-iphone-into-tv-gaming-device.ars>
by Erica Sadun, Ars Technica

**** Electric Entertainment: Inside Job <http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/action/leverage/?sr=hotnews?sr=hotnews.rss>
by Joe Cellini, Apple

**** OpeniMac Try To Pick Up Where Psystar Is Leaving Off <http://gizmodo.com/5102710/openimac-trying-to-pick-up-where-psystar-is-leaving-off>
by Sean Fallon, Gizmodo
An Agrentinian company is choosing to push their luck by building more Mac clones.

**** Review: Apple LED Cinema Display <http://www.macworld.com/article/137360/2008/12/apple_led_cinema_displ.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by James Galbraith, Macworld
Its lack of compatibility with other Macs and its lack of customization settings are disappointing, but it's a good fit for its limited target audience.

**** Promising Prospect: Hyperspaces <http://www.macworld.com/article/137366/2008/12/hyperspacesprospect.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Dan Frakes, Macworld
For making quick switches and adjustments to your Spaces configuration, and for making it easier to identify different workspaces, Hyperspaces looks like a promising prospect.

**** Group Minimized Windows In Witch <http://www.macworld.com/article/137362/2008/12/witchgroup.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Rob Griffiths, Macworld

**** Safari 3.2 Plus Input Managers Equals Crashes <http://www.macworld.com/article/137348/2008/12/safari32_crashes.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Ted Landau, Macworld
Input Managers are on the way out. And while they may still work for now, don't count on things to go smoothly.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Thieves Winning Online War, Maybe In Your PC <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/06/technology/internet/06security.html?_r=1>
by John Markoff, New York Times
Internet security is broken, and nobody seems to know quite how to fix it.

MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Onion Nation <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/07/AR2008110701942.html?wprss=rss_print/washpostmagazine>
by Wells Tower, Washington Post
If its absurdist twists and wicked parodies of conventional journalism are just a joke, the country's leading satirical newspaper is having the last laugh.

**** The Rich Satisfaction Of A Decadent Ingredient <http://www.boston.com/ae/books/articles/2008/12/03/the_rich_satisfaction_of_a_decadent_ingredient/>
by T. Susan Chang, Boston Globe
Jennifer McLagan's cookbooks are joyously contrarian affairs. In 2005, she published the finger-licking and terrific "Bones." Now she has "Fat." This is no quick-and-easy book featuring chicken cutlets with breakfast cereal "crust." It's a rollicking journey through the kingdom of unrepentant, glorious, and filthy rich fat.

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**** Singapore May Face U.S. Challenge On Bank Secrecy Laws <http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSSP39312120081205>
by Neil Chatterjee, Kevin Lim and Jan Dahinten, Reuters

**** MM Lee, Climate Change And Air-Conditioning <http://searchingforenlightenment.blogspot.com/2008/12/mm-lee-climate-change-and-air.html>
by Random Thoughts Of A Free Thinker

**** My Stories About Singapore <http://baldrunner.com/2008/12/06/my-stories-about-singapore/>
by Bald Runner

**** My Singapore, My Calcutta <http://mathialee.wordpress.com/2008/12/06/my-singapore-my-calcutta/>
by Mathia Lee

**** Singapore Hopes For Smooth Leadership Transition <http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Saturday/National/2421120/Article/index_html>
by New Straits Times
The republic hopes there will be a smooth transition of leadership in Malaysia when prime minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi steps down next March. Lee Hsien Loong said Malaysia had gone through a number of major political developments in recent months and he hoped the power transition in Malaysia would go well.

**** Students Cautioned Against Singapore Educational Institutions <http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200812061658.htm>
by PTI
Students in Sri Lanka have been cautioned against pursuing courses in certain institutions in Singapore which charge high fees and fail to fulfil the promise of providing immediate jobs.

**** Report Card For Town Councils <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_311339.html>
by Mavis Toh, Straits Times
A report card on the performance of town councils will be drawn up next year and one possible new indicator is the adequacy of town councils' resident sinking funds, said senior minister of state for national development Grace Fu.

**** Educating DBS <http://www.yawningbread.org/arch_2008/yax-963.htm>
by Au Waipang, Yawning Bread
We're confident that bit by bit, we are nudging corporate social responsibility in the right direction.

**** Fourty Years Of Human Rights "Corruption" By The PAP <http://wayangparty.com/2008/12/06/40-years-of-human-rights-corruption-by-the-pap/>
by Fang Zhi Yuan, The Wayang Party Club Of Singapore
Without human rights, we will never have political or economic rights. Instead of waiting for the pAP to throw us crumbs of "rights" which should be rightfully ours, why not fight for it and demand an equal share of what we truly deserve?

**** Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve To Undergo Expansion <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/394594/1/.html>
by Valarie Tan, Channel NewsAsia
A draft masterplan was launched on Saturday to expand the 130-hectare Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve. There will also be rooms for nature experts to conduct research.

**** TOC Exclusive - MP Instructs TC Manager After Meeting Minister: "We Will NOT Disclose Any Further Details" On TC Investments <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2008/12/toc-exclusive-mp-instructs-tc-manager-after-meeting-minister-we-will-not-disclose-any-further-details-on-tc-investments/>
by Choo Zheng Xi, The Online Citizen
In the email, Dr Ahmad Magad of Pasir-Ris Punggol GRC seems to tell his town council general manager not to reveal any more information "beyond what we have already uploaded on line..." Could it be that mnisters are giving different instruction in private than they are in public?