[MyAppleMenu] Jan 12, 2008

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MyAppleMenu
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**** Scorched Earth <http://www.thinkmac.co.uk/blog/2008/01/scorched-earth.html>
by ThinkMac Blog
Between the free basic RSS readers such as Vienna and the full fledged NNW there really is no oxygen left in this already ridiculously crowded market.

**** Why Apple Will Buy Adobe <http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2008/pulpit_20080111_003899.html>
by Robert X. Cringely, PBS
Merging Flash and QuickTime would make any other video standards (like Windows Media) simply immaterial.

**** The iPhone In The Enterprise? <http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/archives/2008/01/the_iphone_in_t.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_byteoftheapple>
by Cliff Edwards, BusinessWeek

**** Building A Macworld <http://www.news.com/2300-7354_3-6225822-1.html?part=rss&tag=6225822&subj=news>
by Tom Krazit, CNET News.com
Setup is under way for next week's Macworld Expo at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.

**** In Mac Office 2008, Reliability Wins Out Over Exchange Support <http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9056981&source=rss_topic123>
by Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
Improving the reliability and stability of Entourage, the e-mail client in next week's update to Office for the Mac, was more important than making the program a clone of Windows' Outlook, several Microsoft developers said today.

**** Keep An Eye On Time Machine <http://www.macworld.com/article/131534/2008/01/tmeye.html>
by Rob Griffiths, Macworld
Everything that Time Machine does is logged to the system log, so it is possible to get more detailed reports on its activities.

**** Apple 'Something In The Air' Banners Spotted <http://ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/apple-something-in-the-air-banners-spotted/>
by Charles Starrett, iLounge
Although no product image or name appears on the banners, the phrase does suggest that Apple will make wireless technology a major theme of the show.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** No Picket Lines Online <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/11/AR2008011100688.html>
by Joshua Zumbrun, Washington Post
It's the internet's fault thtat the writers had to go on strike, so surely the internet will come through in our moment of need and satisfy our hunger for pre-crafted dialogue. That's only fair, right?

**** The Web's Unfortunate Fetish With The Browser <http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9848794-16.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20>
by Matt Asay, CNET News.com
I don't want my 21st-century software life lived within the ugly vestiges of the 20th century.

MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Drip Grind <http://www2.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2007/0712.taussig.html>
by Doron Taussig, Washington Monthly
Taylor Clark's weak case against Starbucks.

**** Rich Kid Syndrome <http://nymag.com/news/features/42595/>
by Jennifer Senior, New York Magazine
America's burgeoning money culture is producing a record number of heirs&mdash;but handing down values is harder than handing down wealth.

**** China's Next Revolution <http://www.portfolio.com/news-markets/international-news/portfolio/2007/12/17/Property-Rights-in-China>
by Joshua Kurlantzick, Portfolio.com
With the Beijing Olympics only months away, a massive wave of protests is sweeping the country over government landgrabs&mdash;and unlike past movements, many of the demonstrators are urban professionals. Will the battles over property spur demands for broader rights?

SingaporeSurf
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**** Citigroup In Talks With Singapore's GIC For Funds - Source <http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200801120914DOWJONESDJONLINE000340_FORTUNE5.htm>
by Dow Jones

**** Why Companies Here Should Set Up Own Pension Schemes <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/231825.asp>
by Teo Xuanwei, Today
Singaporeans have the Central Provident Fund (CPF), but they could have one more retirement scheme with which to live more comfortably &mdash; if companies set up their own schemes for employees.

**** The Monkey's Land Dilemma <http://leafmonkey.blogspot.com/2008/01/monkeys-land-dilemma.html>
by Midnight Monkey Monitor
While we love nature, do we want to destroy nature just for us to have a piece of it?

**** Singapore Renaissance? Not In My Life Time? <http://nedstark.wordpress.com/2008/01/11/singapore-renaissance-not-in-my-life-time/>
by Ned Stark, Winter Is Coming

**** HDB To Provide Mdm Lee With New Stall <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2008/01/12/hdb-to-provide-new-stall-to-mdm-lee/>
by Andrew Loh, theonlinecitizen
How did the HDB and then the NEA fail in their attempts to contact her?

**** Back In SG And Some Thoughts... <http://singaporeandthestuff.blogspot.com/2008/01/back-in-sg-and-some-thoughts.html>
by Singapore And The Stuff
I realized that Singapore on the whole has a risk-adverse environment and low tolerance for making mistakes.