[MyAppleMenu] Jan 29, 2008

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**** Needham Says Apple Letting iPod Touch Cannibalize iPhone Sales <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/01/29/needham_says_apple_letting_ipod_touch_cannibalize_iphone_sales.html>
by Aidan Malley, AppleInsider
Apple knowingly gave up as many as 1.5 million iPhone sales during the holiday quarter to establish the future of the iPod as a mobile device, according to investment note issued on Monday by Needham &amp; Co.

**** O2 Doubles Call, Text Allowance For iPhone Contracts <http://www.macworld.co.uk/ipod-itunes/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=20281>
by Jonny Evans, Macworld UK

**** EyeTV Gives More Recording Options <http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/tech/drmac/5493228.html>
by Bob LeVitus, Houston Chronicle

**** Renaissance Loses Apple Exclusivity <http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/5DB2D6656E671F6ECC2573DF000A4969>
by Computerworld New Zealand
Apple has changed its supply arrangements in New Zealand, causing shares in its current sole distributor Renaissance Corporation to fall sharply today.

**** Unlocked iPhones Could Cost Apple $300 Million <http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080129/NEWS09/801290351/1001/NEWS>
by Bloomberg
Owners of Apple Inc.'s iPhone may have unlocked an astounding 1 million handsets to run on unauthorized wireless networks, depriving the company of lucrative monthly fees, Sanford C. Bernstein &amp; Co. said.

**** Time To Change Spots <http://www.smh.com.au/news/upgrade/time-to-change-spots/2008/01/28/1201369038085.html>
by Adam Turner, Sydney Morning Herald

**** Another Downturn Threatens NAND Flash Market <http://www.eetasia.com/ART_8800499787_499486_NT_3367e545.HTM>
by Electronic Engineering Times
Apple Inc., the world's largest NAND buyer, is cutting back on its procurement of the parts, according to analyst Edwin Mok of Needham &amp; Co. LLC.

**** iPhone Apps In The Works <http://www.forbes.com/2008/01/26/iphone-apple-developers-tech-wire-cx_ew_0128iphone.html?partner=yahootix>
by Elizabeth Woyke, Forbes
Macworld may be over, but for a group of developers the most important Apple news has yet to be unveiled: the much-antiticpated iPhone software development kit.

**** Good News In The 1 Million Missing iPhones <http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/28/good-news-in-the-one-million-missing-iphones/?ref=technology>
by Saul Hansell, New York Times

**** Apple Details Potential Fix For Mis-Ordered iPhone SMS Messages <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/01/28/apple_details_potential_fix_for_mis_ordered_iphone_sms_messages.html>
by Katie Marsal, AppleInsider

**** MacBook Air: Making The Migration <http://www.macworld.com/article/131832/2008/01/macbook_air_migration.html>
by Jason Snell, Macworld
Apple has taken the MacBook Air's release as an opportunity to upgrade its Migration Assistant and other software in order to make life easier for MacBook Air users and, presumably, other Mac users via some future software updates.

**** Steve Jobs To Apple Investors: 'Hang In There' <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/01/28/steve_jobs_to_apple_investors_hang_in_there.html>
by Kasper Jade, AppleInsider
In a private communication last week, Apple chief executive Steve Jobs acknowledged the beating his company's shares have taken during the time of economic uncertainty, but remained confident that investors would inevitably recoup their losses and then some.

**** Users Who 'Unlock' iPhone A Source Of Worry For Apple Analysts <http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200801281639DOWJONESDJONLINE000685_FORTUNE5.htm>
by Dow Jones
The issue of unlocked iPhone units becomes more interesting it brings up issues such as customer loyalty to a wireless carrier and how much impact would be felt at Apple in the coming years.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Can A Sandwich Be Slandered? <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/29/business/media/29adco.html>
by Louise Story, New York Times
The dispute over an ad is fairly standard, but the video contest raises a novel legal question: Quiznos did notmake the insulting submissions, so shold it be held liable for user-generated content created at its behest?

**** Nokia Acquires Trolltech - The Biggest Little Company You've Never Heard Of <http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/nokia-acquires-trolltech-the-biggest-little-company-youve-ne/>
by Thomas Ricker, Engadget

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**** Body Of Book <http://www.slate.com/id/2182659/fr/rss/>
by Rachel Hadas, Slate

**** Why Do So Many Female Artists Put Themselves In Their Work - Often With No Clothes On? <http://arts.guardian.co.uk/art/visualart/story/0,,2248065,00.html>
by germaine Greer, Guardian
The woman who displays her own body as her artwork seems to me to be travelling in the tracks of an outworn tradition that spirals downward and inward to nothingness.

**** Friendly Fire <http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/features/2008/02/04/080204fi_fiction_hadley>
by Tessa Hadley, New Yorker

**** The Winner <http://nymag.com/arts/tv/features/43266/>
by Sam Anderson, New York Magazine
Those who thought the writers' strike would bring down Leno misunderstood the power of his limitations.

SingaporeSurf
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**** PacNet Ordered To Give Downloaders' Names To Anime Studios <http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/Courts%2Band%2BCrime/STIStory_201361.html>
by Chua Hian Hou, Straits Times
In an oral judgement, Justice Woo Bih Li ordered PacNet to reveal the identities of alleged anime downloaders to six studios producing the anmated Japanese cartoons.
Justice Woo also dismised the original plaintiff's - anime distributor Odex - request for the same names, and ordered it to pay PacNet's legal fees of $20,000.

**** Global Complications For Sovereign Wealth Funds <http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1014&Itemid=32>
by Philip Bowring, Asia Sentinel
It is gradually becoming clear that western countries on the receiving end of Sovereign Wealth Fund money are going to be looking at more than whether they should allow takeovers and major investments from these national treasure troves.

**** Medisave And MediShield To Cover More <http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/Singapore/STIStory_201333.html>
by Salma Khalik, Straits Times

**** Temasek Raises Stake In Standard Chartered To 19% <http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=awGGcVsn1vLo&refer=home>
by Chia-Peck Wong, Bloomberg
Temasek Holdings Pte, Singapore's sovereign wealth fund, raised its stake in Standard Chartered Plc to 19 percent, taking advantage of a nine-day, 20 percent slump in the London-based bank's stock.

**** If We Dream Too Long <http://moribund.livejournal.com/12366.html>
by moribund
We are told that /all/ shall be forgiven in the name of pursuing economic progress. Economic progres stands above all - the law, the rights of people and freedom.

**** ERP Rates To Go Up By $0.50 At Certain Gantries From Feb 4 <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/325425/1/.html>
by Satish Cheney, Channel NewsAsia

**** The Role Of Education In Singapore <http://aaron-ng.info/blog/the-role-of-education-in-singapore.html>
by Aaron Ng, Hear Ye! Hear Ye!

**** Singapore Puts Onus On Banks To Avert Fraud <http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssFinancialServicesAndRealEstateNews/idUSL2867123520080128>
by Reuters
Singapore's central bank said on Monday that it was not possible to eliminate fraud in the financial sector completely, but stressed that the boards and managements of banks are responsible for averting such incidents.

**** An Adult Ticket For My 7-Year-Old? <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/234783.asp>
by Darren Lee Siak Fei, Today

**** Ms Wong's MRT Ordeal <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/234798.asp>
by Leo Chen Ian, Disabled People's Association, Today

**** Complaints Choir Goes Online Instead <http://www.straitstimes.com/Free/Story/STIStory_201156.html>
by Jeremy Au Yong, Straits Times
A video of a choir singing complaints about Singpaore has been posted online, after the group decided to call off all its public performance.

**** Peak Hour? Some End Up Giving First Train A Miss <http://www.straitstimes.com/Free/Story/STIStory_201139.html>
by Maria Almenoar, Lee Pei Qi and April Chong, Straits Times
And some make an extra trip upstream for a seat. Situation set to improve with additional train trips.

**** Don't Make Needy Seek Aid From Multiple Sources <http://www.straitstimes.com/ST%2BForum/Story/STIStory_201162.html>
by Png Eng Huat, Straits Times
Why make a needy resident repeat his or her sad story over and over again to administrators of different help schemes funded by a common ministry just to get enough money for basic living expenses?

**** Train Frequency Hasn't Kept Up With Passengers <http://www.straitstimes.com/ST%2BForum/Story/STIStory_201163.html>
by Aaron Thng, Straits Times
I would like to seek SMRT's justification as to why trains have been running less when the peak-hour situation has not been redressed.
See Also:<br/>Longer Waits, Packed Trains <http://www.straitstimes.com/ST%2BForum/Story/STIStory_201160.html>, by Tan San San, Straits Times.