[MyAppleMenu] Nov 11, 2008

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MyAppleMenu
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**** Parallels Desktop For Mac 4.0 Unveiled <http://www.macworld.com/article/136717/2008/11/parallels.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Jim Darlymple, Macworld
Improvements in the new version include spee dboosts that the company says are up to 50 percent faster than previous version of Parallels.

**** MozyHome <http://www.maclife.com/article/reviews/mozyhome>
by Susie Ochs, MacLife

**** iPhone OS Push Notification: Where Did It Go? <http://www.iphoneatlas.com/2008/11/10/iphone-os-push-notification-where-did-it-go/>
by iPhone Atlas
It is possible that, after the uproar over the unsuccessful launch of MobileMe and iPhone OS 2.0, Apple has exercised increased caution about launching yet another server-based technology. Some users, however, have posited a financial reason for delaying the service.

**** Apple Bandai Pippin In Retrospective <http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212001433>
by Allan Yogasingam, EE Times
Apple as an organization learned from this debacle. Shortly after the Pippin's discontinuation, Steve Jobs was promoted to CEO, and the company took a more focused approach to consumer electronics.

**** Study: New MacBooks Likely 33% Of US Sales <http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/11/10/changewave.apple.holiday/>
by Electronista
Apple's recent MacBook lineup and the iPhone may make it one of the better-positioned companies to survive a likely steep drop in spending during the holidays, according to new data from ChangeWave.

**** Want To Automatically Maintain Your Mac? Check Out Macaroni! <http://www.macobserver.com/columns/macgadget/2008/11/10.1.shtml>
by John F. Braun, Mac Observer

**** Apple's 3G iPhone Passes RAZR In Sales <http://www.cnbc.com/id/27646992?sr=hotnews>
by Jim Goldman, CNBC.com

**** iLife Support Update Improves Stability <http://www.macworld.com/article/136706/2008/11/ilife.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
While Apple doesn't go into detail on what was fixed they did say it addresses a number of minor issues.

**** Parallels Desktop 3.0 Updated <http://www.macworld.com/article/136695/2008/11/parallels.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld

The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Smart Web App Development <http://networkcomputing.in/Cover-Story-001Nov008.aspx>
by Roger Smith, Network Computing

**** Fully Digital Living Room Still A Few Years Away <http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_10918266?nclick_check=1>
by Troy Wolverton, San Jose Mercury News

**** Book Publishers Take Leaps Into Digital <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/10/business/worldbusiness/10kindle.html>
by Eric Pfanner, New York Times

MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** When Science Fiction Morphed Into Politicis <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/09/weekinreview/09itzkoff.html?_r=1&oref=slogin>
by Dave Itzkoff, New York Times
What fans expected from Mr. Crichton wsa his honoring the unspoken understanding that exists between readers and writers and speculative fiction: the reader will suspend disbelief as long as the writer start with basic scientific fact before weaving his science fiction. With these last two novels, they concluded that Mr. Crichton, in his warnings of perilous futures, had violated the pact.

**** Hiroshima: The Lost Photographs <http://www.designobserver.com/archives/entry.html?id=38841>
by Adam Harrison Levy, Design Observer
Devastated buildings, twisted girders, broken bridges &mdash; snapshots from an annihilated city.

SingaporeSurf
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**** Bus Lanes To Be Implemented At Three More Locations From Monday <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/389095/1/.html>
by S. Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia
Bus lanes will be implemented at three more locations from November 17. They will be marked by the usual yellow lines along Commonwealth Avenue, Cmmonwealth Avenue West and Queensway.

**** Building Of Jurong General Hospital Brought Forward As Construction Prices Fall <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/389106/1/.html>
by Pearl Forss, Channel NewsAsia

**** When It Comes To Politics, Competition Is Good <http://wayangparty.com/2008/11/11/when-it-comes-to-politics-competition-is-good/>
by Fang Zhi Yuan, The Wayang Party Club Of Singapore

**** Malaysian Courts 'Must Be Involved' <http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/11/11/courts/2514491&sec=courts>
by The Star

**** 'Let Market Forces Take Their Course' <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/286420.asp>
by Tan Thuan Seng, Today
Public funds and liberalisation of rules governing the casinos should not be allowed to svae these IR projects.

**** Taking DBS' Lead, Let's 'Retrench' Some Singapore Ministers! <http://blueheeler.wordpress.com/2008/11/11/taking-dbss-lead-lets-retrench-some-singapore-ministers/>
by BothSidesOfTheJohorStraits
All ministers without portfolios should be immeidately downgraded to lower-paying positions within ministries, so as to save millons each year.

**** Singapore 'Planning For The Future' <http://news.opodo.co.uk/articles/2008-11-10/18866838-Singapore-planning.php>
by Opodo
The Singaore Tourism Board has announced that, following a highly successful year for the city-state's travel industry, it is now developing ambitious plans for the future.
/So, is "highly successful" the new code word for "probably will not meet targets"?/

**** Active Map For Trains: A Waste Of Money <http://www.straitstimes.com/ST%2BForum/Online%2BStory/STIStory_300631.html>
by Monica Cheang, Straits Times
This is a waste of money for something so unnecessary.

**** CPF Cuts Not Likely For Now, Says NTUC Chief Lim Swee Say <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/388930/1/.html>
by Ca-Mie De Souza, Channel NewsAsia
Central Provident Fund (CPF) cuts is a last-resort measure to keep business costs down, said labour chief Lim Swee Say in an exclusive interview on Monday. "Any talk about CPF cuts at this moment is way too premature because there are 1,001 thins we can do to prepare ourselves, to strengthen ourselves to ride through this crisis," he said.