[MyAppleMenu] May 20, 2008

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**** Easy To Set Up AirPort Express <http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/tech/drmac/5790915.html>
by Bob LeVitus, Houston Chronicle
Apple's AirPort Express has been one of my favorite wireless gadgets since its introduction in 2004. And what's even better is that the new model, introduced last March, is even better, faster and cheaper.

**** Apple Dominating The $1,000+ PC Market Because, Well, It Doesn't Really Offer A Cheaper One <http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/05/19/apple-dominating-1-000-pc-market-because-well-it-doesn-t-really-offer-cheaper-one>
by MG Siegler, The Industry Standard
These numbers make it pretty clear that Apple is winning at least part of the market share war &mdash; and making a ton of money &mdash; its own way.

**** Apple Playing Catch-Up On iPhone Music, Says Analyst <http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyId=15&articleId=9086858&intsrc=hm_topic>
by Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
An analyst said the negotiations, if true, are "last year's news" and illustrate how Apple is playing catch-up with other handset makers.
/You don't play 'catch-up' when there is no industry, no market, yet./

**** AT&amp;T: With Partners Like This... <http://www.macworld.com/article/133527/2008/05/att.html>
by Philip Michaels, Macworld
Surely, Apple realizes that a partnership is only as strong as its weakest link. And after the past couple weeks, one half of the Apple-AT&amp;T relationship is looking fairly weak indeed.

**** Best Of Both Worlds: OS X And Windows <http://www.macworld.com/article/133513/2008/05/bothworlds.html>
by Rob Griffiths, Macworld
How to make two operating systems live in perfect harmony.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** What Microsoft Really Needs From Yahoo! <http://www.forbes.com/home/2008/05/19/microsoft-yahoo-mobile-tech-ebiz-cx_bc_0520msftmobile.html>
by Brian Caulfield, Forbes

**** Look Out, Apple TV: The $100 Netflix Player Has Arrived <http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9947582-7.html>
by John P. Falcone, CNET News.com

**** Pursuing Yahoo, Microsoft Shows Need For Web Franchise <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/20/technology/20soft.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
by Andrew Ross Sorkin and Steve Lohr, New York Times
Two weeks after walking away from takeover talks with Yahoo. Microsoft has made it clear that it still needs to create an internet powerhouse that could rival Google &mdash; and that its interest in Yahoo has not waned.

MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Just A Tranquil Darker <http://www.slate.com/id/2188044/?from=rss>
by John Hodgen, Slate

**** Author Chuck Palahniuk Pushes The Envelope Again In 'Snuff' <http://www.latimes.com/features/books/la-et-palahniuk19-2008may19,0,3933465.story?track=rss>
by Scott Timberg, Los Angeles Times
At the very least, "Snuff" is a difficult book to discuss over dinner. With its assemblage of nasty fluids &mdash; bodily and otherwise &mdash; and its over-the-hill-porn-star heroine who plans to copulate literally to death by taking on 600 men in quick succession, it's also nearly impossible to describe without squirming.

SingaporeSurf
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**** Singapore Needs To Ease Controls To Remain Competitive, Says World Bank <http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/05/20/business/AS-FIN-Singapore-World-Bank.php>
by Associated Press
World Bank managing director Juan Jose Daboub praised the tiny Southeast Asian nation for its economic success but said it needs to strike a right balance between social order and stability to allow more innovation and creativity to product high-value goods and services.
"At a time of increasing chanllegnes," he warned, "the margin for error for a small country like Singapore is small, despite the sucess to date."

**** The Iron Fist Behind Soft Authoritarianism <http://mollymeek.livejournal.com/189769.html>
by Mollymeek
Are non-PAP politicians obliged to be anti-PAP and only anti-PAP?

**** Educate, Castigate But Not Regulate <http://chemgen.wordpress.com/2008/05/20/educate-castigate-but-not-regulate/>
by Chemical Generation Singapore

**** Wage Rises To Lag Inflation: Survey <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/254760.asp>
by Today
Salary increments in Singapore for the next 12 months will lag inflation, according to the results of a survey by global management consultancy Hay Group released at the weekend.

**** The Screening Of "One Nation Under Lee" - The Authorities Were Restrained. <http://ian.onthereddot.com/2008/05/19/the-screening-of-one-nation-under-lee-the-authorities-were-restrained/>
by Ian On The Red Dot
Control is going to be hard to maintain.

**** Causeway Din Vexes Marsiling Residents <http://www.straitstimes.com/Free/Story/STIStory_239141.html>
by Chen Meiyue, Straits Times
Residents of Marsiling Causeway View estate near the Causeway are being driven up the wall by the incessant blaring of horns and revving of motorcycle engines.

**** Getting Food Delivered To Your Home? It'll Cost More <http://www.straitstimes.com/Free/Story/STIStory_239126.html>
by Jamie Ee Wen Wei, Carmen Onggo and Terence Lee, Straits Times
A numebr of food-delivery services - having to cope with higher food and transport costs - have upped their delivery fees or menu prices, or both.

**** Indonesian Investment Chief Defends Temasek Ruling <http://www.antara.co.id/en/arc/2008/5/19/indonesian-investment-chief-defends-temasek-ruling/>
by Antara News
Indonesia's investment agency chief on Monday rejected suggestions that a court ruling against Singapore's Temasek Holdings for alleged breach of anti-monopoly laws would deter foreign investors. "Decisions were made by two different institutions and both found Temasek guilty," Muhammad Lutfi told AFP.

**** Long Term Investments Or Long Shots? <http://www.yawningbread.org/arch_2008/yax-881.htm>
by Au Waipang, Yawning Bread
With things still in flux &mdash; and the legal case charging Surin Upatkoon of Kularb Kaew for acting as Temasek's nominee is still pending &mdash; two and a half years after the controversial purchase, we might want to ask, when will we know whether it was a good investment or not?

**** Won't Pay TV Licence? <http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=92553>
by Chua Hian Hou, Straits Times
The annual crackdown on people who have not paid their $110 TV licence is underway.

**** Anlene Orchard Mile 2008 Protest <http://ephraim.blogspot.com/2008/05/anlene-orchard-mile-2008-protest-i-was.html>
by Ephraim Loy, A Writer's Blog
The law is a more often a painful experience than a pleasant one.

**** Southern Ridges Is Crowded! <http://otterman.wordpress.com/2008/05/19/southern-ridges-is-crowded/>
by Otterman Speaks...
It was inevitable after the recent announcement about the trail that the public holiday would draw in the crowds.

**** Robertson Quay Restaurants Raise A Stink <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/254763.asp>
by Jinny Koh, Today
Stench from river affecting business, they claim.

**** Turned Off By Bad Service <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/254757.asp>
by DPA
A majority of Singapore consumers have stopped doing business with at least one firm in the last year due to poor service, a survey said yesterday.