[MyAppleMenu] May 6, 2008

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**** Review: Return To Dark Castle <http://www.macworld.com/article/133292/2008/05/return_dark_castle.html>
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
Return to Dark Castle is a lot of fun for gamers who remember this series from their younger days, but may not appeal to newer gamers who have grown up with more sophisticated gaming expectations. Now get off my lawn you young punks, before I call the cops.

**** Apple, In First, To Use Two Networks To Sell iPhone <http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/apple-first-use-two-networks/story.aspx?guid={AAD52F10-0F9B-467D-8F3D-AB2488370936}&dist=msr_1>
by Steve Goldstein, MarketWatch
In an unusual shift, Telecom Italia also said it's going to sell Apple's iPhone in Italy. Like Vodafone, Telecom Italia didn't provide many details.

**** A Bridge To The Future Of The iPod <http://www.news.com/8301-13579_3-9936612-37.html>
by Tom Krazit, CNET News.com
While Apple is taking sure steps toward evolving the upper echelon of its iPod product line, what should it do to keep its iPod cash cow going into the next decade?
/I definitely see the iPod classic and nano lines gaining touch's functionalities in the near future./

**** Vodafone Inks Deal With Apple To Sell iPhone In Ten Countries <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/05/06/vodafone_inks_deal_with_apple_to_sell_iphone_in_ten_countries.html>
by AppleInsider
Vodafone, the world's largest mobile phone company in dollar sales, announced Tuesday that it has reached an agreement with Apple to sell the iPhone in ten of its markets beginning sometime this year.
/Looked like the rumor of Optus getting the iPhone in Australia turned out not to be true. Which may imply that the rumor of SingTel, the parent company of Optus, getting the iPhone in Singapore is not true either./

**** Fun With My New MacBook... <http://jesspdx.blogspot.com/2008/05/fun-with-my-new-macbook.html>
by JessPDX
My favorite things are video Skyping and Photo Booth.

**** EarthBrowser 3.0: Doppler, Browser, Norhtern Lights <http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/06/earthbrowser.30.available/>
by MacNN
Lunar Software has released EarthBrowser 3.0, an update to the real-time three dimensional model of the earth that offers continuously updated global information.

**** The Dawn Of The Apple Office <http://www.cio-weblog.com/50226711/the_dawn_of_the_apple_office.php>
by CIO
The real obstacle for many IT departments lies in the way Apple does business, not the core technologies they use. But to the extend that corporate IT is starting to simply not care what users run personally, and decreasing their bubble of responsibility to core services, Apple will increasingly be used for business purposes as it expands in the consumer market, by dint of the simple fact that users will use their personal devices to the greatest extent possible for work.

**** Regarding The iPhone Keyboard <http://daringfireball.net/2008/05/regarding_the_iphone_keyboard>
by John Gruber, Daring Fireball
Here's the rub:if it takes a week of use to get the hang of the iPhone keyboard and a month to get good at it, how does Apple convince a current BlackBerry/Tero/Sidekick/BlackJack/whatever mowner who is particularly skeptical about the keyboard?

**** Is It Time To Switch To A Mac? <http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2293509,00.asp>
by Alan Freedman, PC Magazine

**** I Stink At Typing On The iPhone <http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/05/i_stink_at_typi.html>
by Eric Zeman, InformationWeek

**** Times: The Newspaper Newsreader For Mac <http://www.download.com/8301-2007_4-9936556-12.html>
by Jason Parker, CNET Download Blog
With all of it's flexibility, Times might be worth the extra money.

**** Review: Roxio Toast 9 Titanium <http://www.powerpage.org/2008/05/review_roxio_toast_9_titanium.html>
by Bob Kaneko, O'Grady's PowerPage
If you have a desire to create high definition discs, integrate your TiVo with your Mac, or convert video for use in different environments, Toast 9 Titanium is about as good as it gets.

**** What If Apple Did Buy Adobe? <http://www.thomas-fitzgerald.net/2008/05/05/what-if-apple-did-buy-adobe/>
by Thomas Fitzgerald
Of course all this is just complete fantasy. Yet the sheer excitement of the potential for such a huge eruption to take place in the technology industry is worth a ltitle idle speculation.

**** Apple Denies Rumors Of Selling Off Pro Apps <http://www.macrumors.com/2008/05/05/apple-denies-rumors-of-selling-off-pro-apps/>
by Arnold Kim, MacRumors.com

**** Apple Blossoms With Growing Cash Balance <http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/361743_software05.html>
by Todd Bishop, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
The biggest cash pile in the technology industry has historically belonged to Microsoft, but now it has some company, and it's a familiar name: Apple.

**** Traveling Light While Staying In Touch <http://www.macworld.com/article/133300/2008/05/travel.html>
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
I came up with what proved to be a workable solution for staying in touch during our vacation: a MacBook Air and a pair of iPhones.

**** Do We Really Want Our Cult To Go Mainstream? <http://cultofmac.com/oped-would-we-want-os-x-to-eclipse-windows/1949>
by Leigh McMullen, Cult Of Mac

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**** Yahoo CEO Says Still Open To Microsoft Talks <http://www.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSL0689301120080506>
by Michele Gershberg, Reuters

**** Yahoo Faces Critics Over Failed Microsoft Bid <http://www.macworld.co.uk/business/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=21203>
by Dan Nystedt, Macworld UK
Yahoo shareholders are suing the company over the failure of the Microsoft deal.

**** Better Reading On The Small Screen <http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/20725/?a=f>
by Kate Greene, MIT Technology Review
A research project could help people transfer paper documents to their phones and read them more easily.

**** How Google's Checkbook Stymied Microsoft <http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/05/how-googles-checkbook-stymied-microsoft/?ref=technology>
by Saul Hansell, New York Times
It is a rare company that will help its biggest rival this way. And Google's offer is all the more unusual because it does not neutralize Yahoo as a potential future competitor, at least explicitly.

MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** A Place In Maine <http://www.slate.com/id/2188046/?from=rss>
by Sherod Santos, Slate

**** The New Paternalism <http://chronicle.com/temp/reprint.php?id=pwq4w52rk7wg916xkfflm6r43x0h2d5s>
by Evan R. Goldstein, Chronicle Of Higher Education
An economist and a legal scholar argue that policy makers should nudge people into making good decisions.

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**** Locals Cannot Salary Adjustment. Foreigners Can. <http://blog.dk.sg/2008/05/06/locals-cannot-salary-adjustment-foreigners-can/>
by DK

**** GIC Won't Move To Temasek Level Disclosure - Singapore PM <http://in.reuters.com/article/asiaCompanyAndMarkets/idINSP2804520080506>
by Reuters
Singapore's prime minister said on Tuesday that its sovereign wealth fund GIC will not move to the same level of financial disclosure as its sister fund Temasek.
"We do not want to tell people exactly how much we have, so people can take a run on the Singapore dollar."

**** The Pigeons Are Among Us Already <http://www.yawningbread.org/arch_2008/yax-875.htm>
by Au Waipang, Yawning Bread
We are already living the reality of a digital space that is borderless. /Fitna/ is easily accessible, and there is more porn available from a two-click websearch than any of us have time to watch. The pigeons are among us. Why do we still want to undermine respect for the law by using it as a shaggy scarecrow?

**** Why Wong Kan Seng Should Be Fired... <http://sovietmole.com/2008/05/why-wong-kan-seng-should-be-fired/>
by The Moley Prophet

**** Waiting For Godot <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2008/05/06/waiting-for-godot/>
by theonlinecitizen
The opposition needs someone who combines the ruthlessness and iron-will of Margaret Thatcher and with the kind of clear, sweeping vision that Franklin Rosevelt brought to an America in crisis.

**** The News At Their Doorsteps That Wasn't Worth Reporting <http://www.themediaslut.com/2008/05/1025>
by Presenting The(new)mediaslut!

**** Address Workers' Party Query <http://www.straitstimes.com/ST%2BForum/Story/STIStory_234433.html>
by Nicholas Loh, Straits Times
I am disappointed that MP Seng Han Thong, assistant secretary-general of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC)), responded by challenging the WP to 'not allow its contractors to employ foreigners', instead of addressing the issues raised.

**** Cooperative Advantage <http://www.straitstimes.com/ST%2BForum/Story/STIStory_234422.html>
by Yeo Khee Quan, Straits Times
FairPrice, being a cooperative, pays no corporate taxes and is under no obligation to show a profit.

**** Singapore Water Makes Global Waves <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7371463.stm>
by Jorn Madslein, BBC News
Water shortages are making waves all over the world, with supplies increasingly seen as an issue of national security. In Singapore, they have boiled it down to economics.

**** Singapore Model Appeals To Ram <http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=88357>
by The Fiji Times
Public Service Commission chairman Rishi Ram says the civil service in Singapore, though small in size, is efficient. Mr Ram says the commissiion feels that model would be beneficial for Fiji's civil service.

**** Why Must CDC Staff 'Shout At Needy Customers'? <http://tnp.sg/news/story/0,4136,164009,00.html?>
by Zubaidah Nazeer, New Paper
Customer service officers at a social services centre have come under fire for allegedly raising their voices at those who approach them, and for exhibiting what appeared to be unprofessional behaviour.
Residents who have been to a branch of the North West community development council (CDC) at Woodlands Civic Centre were observed to have been rudely served.

**** Aljunied Town Council And A Matter Of Principle <http://mrwangsaysso.blogspot.com/2008/05/aljunied-town-council-and-matter-of.html>
by Mr Wang Says So
In 2006/2007, Aljunied Town Council could have spent /double/ the amount they actually did, on cleaning works, and still have money left over.

**** Lee Kuan Yew Vs Warren Buffett - Round 2 <http://utwt.blogspot.com/2008/05/lee-kuan-yew-vs-warren-buffett-round-2.html>
by Under The Willow Tree
I seriously think there's no debate.

**** Backwater <http://miyagi.sg/2008/05/backwater/>
by My Very Own Glob
What happened to the "Swiss Standard of Living" Goh Chok Tong talked about in the 90s? Left it in Switzerland?