[MyAppleMenu] May 22, 2008

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**** Bright Future Predicted For Apple <http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/technology/2008/05/bright_future_predicted_for_ap.html>
by Darren Waters, BBC

**** Okay, Apple, So What About The Sub-$1,000 Desktop Market? <http://www.macsimumnews.com/index.php/archive/okay_apple_so_what_about_the_sub_1000_desktop_market/>
by Dennis Sellers, Macsimum News
If Apple is going to compete in the low (or at least lower) end market, it's going to have to beef up its Mac mini offerings.

**** How An Apple Store Was Transformed Into A Best Buy In 10 Minutes <http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=1905>
by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, ZDNet.com
Don't be fooled into thinking that Apple customers are any different to anybody else's customers.

**** I'm A Switcher <http://www.rklau.com/tins/archives/2008/05/21/im-a-switcher.php>
by Ricky Kiau

**** Apple Daydreaming: Report Predicts Move Toward Home Devices <http://ptech.allthingsd.com/20080522/apple-daydreaming-report-predicts-move-toward-home-devices/>
by Nick Wingfield, AllThingsD
Forget next month, it's more fun thinking about hwat digital toys Apple might be making in five year. Forrester Research is the latest to look into the crystal ball in a new report that imagines the Apple products of 2013. But rather than predict Apple jet packs or other outlandish new directions, the research firm uses the company's recent history as a guide to forecasting.

**** Screenflick 1.6 Adds 30 New Features, Fixes <http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/21/screenflick.adds.30.items/>
by MacNN
Araelium Group on Wednesday unveiled Screenflick 1.6, an update to the company's screen recording program, which intorudces over 30 new features and improvements.

**** Here's How Apple Wins The Enterprise <http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2008/05/21/heres-how-apple-wins-the-enterprise.aspx>
by Tim Beyers, Motley Fool
If Apple /really/ wants to win the corporate market, it needs to keep winning consumers. And those consumers, in turn, have to sway IT managers to make room for their gears. Gear like, you know, the iPhone.

**** Bugs Bite Apple iCal Application <http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Bugs-Bite-Apple-iCal-Application/>
by Brian Prince, eWeek
Researchers at Core Security Technologies have uncovered three vulnerabilities in Apple's iCal application that hackers can exploit to take over vulnerable machines or launch denial-of-service attacks.

**** Review: Times, The Mac-Based Newspaper For Your RSS Feeds <http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/05/21/review-times-the-mac-based-newspaper-for-your-rss-feeds>
by David Chartier, Ars Technica
This is a really successful app for the general RSS use. Times excels at bringing some great ideas to the RSS table, wrapped up in a refreshing UI that offers a bird's-eye view of what's going on.

**** Anti-Malware Group Scolds Apple Over Safari 'Carpet Bomb' <http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9087679&source=rss_topic123>
by Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
StopBadware.org, a group founded by Google, Lenovo, and Sun, on Monday asked Apple to reconsider its refusal to address the flaw as a security problem.

**** Soaring Mac Market Share Means More Headaches For Microsoft <http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/business/appleaday/blog/2008/05/soaring_mac_market_share_means.html>
by David Zeiler, Baltimore Sun
The Mac's gains so far already have destroyed the psychology that developed in the 1990s that Windows is the only reasonable choice for the average PC buyer.

**** iPhone Proves To Be Good Busienss For AT&amp;T <http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/05/21/iphone-proves-to-be-good-business-for-att>
by Chris Foresman, Ars Technica
Rubicon Consulting has released the results of a recent survey of US iPhone users and found that nearly half had switched from their previous carrier to use the device.

**** Should Apple Fear The Netflix Player? <http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=1768>
by Jason D. O'Grady, ZDNet.com

**** All Apple MacBooks To Use LED Backlighting By 2009 <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/05/21/all_apple_macbooks_to_use_led_backlighting_by_2009.html>
by Katie Marsal, AppleInsider
Apple plans for all of its MacBooks to use LED-backlit displays by 2009, completing a transition across its notebook lines away from mercury-laden panels that began last year with an upgrade to its MacBook Pro.

**** iBank 3.1 Adds Download Previews <http://www.macworld.com/article/133556/2008/05/ibank.html>
by Jim Darlymple, Macworld

**** CopyPaste Pro 1.0.2 Released <http://www.macworld.com/article/133552/2008/05/copypaste.html>
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld

The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** 20 Seconds, And A Movie Has Arrived <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/22/technology/personaltech/22pogue.html?em&ex=1211601600&en=d0fb729ad9943c88&ei=5087%0A>
by David Pogue, New York Times
For mvoie lovers who already subscribe to Netflix, this one-time $100 expenditure is practically a no-brainer.

**** Open-Source File Format Is To Be A Part Of Microsoft Office <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/22/technology/22format.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin>
by Kevin J. O'Brien, New York Times
Microsoft, under pressure from European regulators, national standards organizations and its own government clients, said it planned to give customers the ability to open, edit and save documents in Open Document Format &mdash; the main competitor to the Microsoft Word format &mdash; through a free update.

**** Earth To Corel: Open Your Office, Or Give It Up <http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/05/21/earth-to-corel--open-your-suite>
by Fernando Cassia, The Inquirer
Why an 'expensive wannabe' if there's 'OK and free'?

**** Explaining The Workings Of Live Search Cashback <http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-9949645-56.html>
by Ina Fried, CNET News.com
I'm not sure how much Microsoft's Live Search Cashback program will help Microsoft take share from Google, but I do find my brain grinding over the business model implications.

**** Design Will Define You (Whether You Embrace It Or Not) <http://soserio.us/design-will-define-you/>
by Jashua Blankenship, So Serious
Good design is not a slick add-on or an optional extra. Good design is an essential part of every interaction, every touchponit, every service opportunity, every creative endeavor, and every communication between your organization and your customers/guests.

MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Exposed <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/25/magazine/25internet-t.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin>
by Emily Gould, New York Times
What I gained &mdash; and lost &mdash; by writing about my intimate life online.

**** Beyond A Boundary <http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2008/05/26/080526crbo_books_wood>
by James Wood, New Yorker
In a masterly new novel, two emigres find a home in post-9/11 New York.

SingaporeSurf
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**** Sexy Fragrance Prince's Unsexy Arrest <http://chemgen.wordpress.com/2008/05/22/sexy-fragrance-princes-unsexy-arrest/>
by Chemical Generation Singapore
Ideally, the law should not be brought in at all.

**** Dispute Over Rock Could Add Pressure To Malaysia PM <http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKSP13298720080522>
by Jalil Hamid and Neil Chatterjee, Reuters
Johor officials said privately that the Johor state government could be forced to turn its back on Singapore if Kuala Lumpur loses the case, with the southern state's hereditary ruler losing face.
"The Sultan may freak out and make it diffcult for Johor state officials to have direct dealings with the Singapore government," said one. "There's also the possibility of ruling party politicians staging anti-Singapore demonstrations."

**** Close Call Likely In ICJ Verdict <http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/5/22/courts/21327837&sec=courts>
by Choi Tuck Wo, The Star
Expectations are high that the 17-member bench headed by vice-president judge Awn Shawkat Al-Khasawneh will rule in favour of Malaysia. The source added that Malaysia had presented a compelling case to the court during the hearing between Nov 16 and 23 last year.

**** Pulau Batu Puteh: Reflection Of Malaysia's Adherence To Peaceful Settlement <http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news.php?id=334753>
by Bernama
The settlement of the overlapping claims between Malaysia and Singapore on the sovereignty over Pulau Batu Puteh, Middle Rocks and SOuth Ledge thorugh a judgement by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague Friday demonstrates Malaysia's steadfast adherence to the fundamental principles governing interstate relations in her foreign policy.

**** HDB Revises Flat Application Rules <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/349407/1/.html>
by Hoe Yeen Nie, Channel NewsAsia
The Housing &amp; Development Board (HDB) has revisd the application process for its Build-to-Order and Balloting Exercise modes of sale to address recent increases in non-selection of new HDB flats.

**** The Unnatural Afterlife Of The Section 377A Debate <http://www.yawningbread.org/arch_2008/yax-882.htm>
by Au Waipang, Yawning Bread
The obvious absurdity of all this tilting at windmills and the ultimate ineffectualness of it must eventually strike someone with that rare ounce of common sense as pointless, in fact, damaging.

**** Pulau Batu Puteh <http://cyusof.blogspot.com/2008/05/pulau-batu-puteh.html>
by Yusho Ahmad, The Ancient Mariner
Datuk Shabery believes that whatever the outcome, Singaproeans in general will not be overly concerned because they consider this more of a "government to government" issue. For Malaysians on the other hand, it is more of an emotive "people to people" issue. Win or lose, it may lead to some negative repercussions.

**** Uncle Sha's Question To Me: Was The Post By Frangrance Prince Offending? <http://ian.onthereddot.com/2008/05/22/uncle-shas-question-to-me-was-the-post-by-fragrance-prince-offending/>
by Ian On The Red Dot

**** Haze May Hit In 2 Weeks - It All Depends On The Wind <http://www.straitstimes.com/Free/Story/STIStory_239755.html>
by Tania Tan, Straits Times

**** Trash And Burn: Singapore's Waste Problem <http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSSP9046620080522>
by Gillian Murdoch, Reuters
For critics, Singapore's set-up is a dirty mess. "Waste incineration sounds like a pretty good idea if you don't really look into it too deeply," said Neil Tangri, of the International Global Anti-incinerator Alliance.

**** Bloggers Should Be Allowed To Be As Racist As Possible <http://ian.onthereddot.com/2008/05/22/bloggers-should-be-allowed-to-be-as-racist-as-possible/>
by Ian On The Red Dot
The best way to remove racism is to put it out in the light nad let it wither and die under the glaring heat of public scrutiny.

**** Malaysia, Singapore Promise Not To Cause Trouble, Says Rais <http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news.php?id=334530>
by Bernama
Foreign minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim said a technical committee will "administer and carry out the decision according to international administrative principles." The committee would determine matters, among others, as to who should be on the island after the decision was made and also questions on fishery areas.

**** Batu Puteh Verdict To Be Telecast Live On TV1 <http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Wednesday/NewsBreak/20080521213221/Article/index_html>
by B. Suresh Ram, New Straits Times
Information minister Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek urged Malaysians to accept the decision and not to get too emotional if the court ruled in Singapore's favour.

**** Great Singapore Squeeze <http://singaporelifetimes.blogspot.com/2008/05/singapore-squeeze.html>
by Singapore Life And Times
Well, what to do?

**** Political Suicide Or Political Maturity? <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2008/05/political-suicide-or-political-maturity/>
by Andrew Loh, The Online Citizen
Has Yaw Shin Leong committed political suicide, for himself and his party?

**** Comcast, StarHub Throttling BitTorrrent To Over Half Their Subscribers, Claims Expert <http://web20.telecomtv.com/pages/?newsid=43185&id=e9381817-0593-417a-8639-c4c53e2a2a10&view=news>
by TelecomTV

**** I'm Shocked That People Read My Blog <http://tnp.sg/news/story/0,4136,165378,00.html?>
by Liew Hanqing, New Paper
He claims he wrote only for friends, but says he will apologise online.

**** Temasek Files Appeal Against Indonesia Anti-Competitive Ruling <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/349232/1/.html>
by Sujadi Siswo, Channel NewsAsia
This is the last available legal recourse in Indonesia to have the decisions against Temasek Holdings overturned.




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