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**** Adobe Creative Suite 3 Unsupported On OS X Snow Leopard <http://www.macrumors.com/2009/08/26/adobe-creative-suite-3-unsupported-on-os-x-snow-leopard/>
MacRumors

Adobe Principal Product Manager for Photoshop John Nack reports that the company has put together a Snow Leopard FAQ (PDF) notifying customers that while its Creative Suite 4 package is compatible with Apple's forthcoming Mac OS X Snow Leopard, Creative Suite 3 and other earlier versions have not been tested for compatibility and will not be updated if found to be incompatible.

**** Snow Leopard Includes Rudimentary Malware Protection <http://feeds.arstechnica.com/~r/arstechnica/apple/~3/DWZoEsGXiO0/snow-leopard-includes-rudimentary-malware-protection.ars>
Chris Foresman, Ars Technica

The malware threat on Mac OS X is infinitesimally small, but it does exist. The biggest threat so far seems to come from trojans that attempt to disguise themselves as legitimate software updates or installers. Though it's not mentioned anywhere in the extensive list of enhancements and refinements on Apple's website, it turns out that Snow Leopard does have some level of protection against such malware.

**** The Secret To Apple's Success <http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbusiness.theatlantic.com%2F2009%2F08%2Fthe_secret_to_apples_success.php&usg=AFQjCNGZm-YB2bvjlxM-YtziGD2QR8sEdQ>
Daniel Indiviglio, The Atlantic

Apple's marriage of form and function also helps to justify its price tags. The result: despite the deep recession, people are still spending money on items like the iPhone. And that's why, even at a time like this, the Fifth Avenue Apple Store is pure mayhem.

**** Sorry, But Apple Doesn't Give A Crap About Chinese iPhone Knockoffs <http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider/~3/FCl_aLeXPkk/sorry-but-apple-doesnt-give-a-crap-about-fake-chinese-iphone-knockoffs-2009-8>
Dan Frommer, Business Insider

The reality is that Apple likely has much bigger concerns in China than crappy iPhone knockoffs. In fact, it's probably the least of its worries.

**** Snow Leopard: The In-depth Review <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=1f35f83e0187e70621e1a7130b98ee75>
Jason Snell, Macworld

The result is a Mac OS X update unlike any in recent memory, one that boosts speeds, reclaims disk space, tweaks dozens of features, and lays the groundwork for a new generation of computers that feature 64-bit multicore microprocessors, ultra-powerful graphics processors, and massive amounts of memory. These features, combined with the low upgrade price of $29, make Snow Leopard the biggest no-brainer of an upgrade since Mac OS X 10.1.

**** iPhone App Review Process: Fix It, Don't Kill It <http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=23322>
Sam Diaz, ZDNet

You know what happens when you let anyone develop software for your platform and then consumers install it without knowing whether it’s safe or not? You become Microsoft Windows - and the next thing you know, you’re installing and updating anti-virus software, you’re trying to block pop-ups and scanning the system to see if your files have been compromised.

**** Apple’s Sleek Upgrade <http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=ff4bb095f643ae8cb75f45dc4d747b40>
David Pogue, New York Times

If you’re already running Leopard, paying the $30 for Snow Leopard is a no-brainer. You’ll feel the leap forward in speed polish, and you’ll keep experiencing those “oh, that’s nice” moments for weeks to come.

**** Apple Changes Leopard’s Spots <http://ptech.allthingsd.com/20090826/apple-changes-leopards-spots/?mod=ATD_rss>
Walter S. Mossberg, Wall Street Journal

Apple already had the best computer operating system in Leopard, and Snow Leopard makes it a little better. But it isn’t a big breakthrough for average users, and, even at $29, it isn’t a typical Apple lust-provoking product.

**** Gauging Snow Leopard's Speed Boosts <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=1534b839bad2a6fbb3feaae147585622>
James Galbraith, Macworld

Half of our tests showed improvement right out of the gate and only a couple showed any backwards progress. Apple will, no doubt, continue to refine and improve performance of the OS in the weeks and months to come. And applications, including Apple’s own, will be optimized to take advantage of Snow Leopard’s processor technologies like Grand Central Dispatch and Open CL.

**** Review: Apple's Snow Leopard Opens Door To A Fab Future <http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9137110/Review_Apple_s_Snow_Leopard_opens_door_to_a_fab_future?source=rss_opsys>
Michael DeAgonia, Computerworld

Mac OS X Snow Leopard offers a slew of hidden features and lays the groundwork for big advances to come.

**** What's Wrong With Mac OS X Snow Leopard <http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9137174/What_s_wrong_with_Mac_OS_X_Snow_Leopard?source=rss_opsys>
Galen Gruman, Computerworld

some of the more welcome additions to Snow Leopard also house some of the bigger disappointments. By not going far enough, Snow Leopard's support for Exchange 2007 and Cisco's VPN protocol are chief among them.

**** Upgrading To Apple's Snow Leopard OS: What You Need To Know <http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9137147/Upgrading_to_Apple_s_Snow_Leopard_OS_What_you_need_to_know?source=rss_opsys>
(Ryan Faas), Computerworld

Before you can appreciate Snow Leopard's performance, user interface refinements, and technology tweaks, you have to get it installed. Here's what you need to know about the upgrade process -- which in itself illustrates both UI improvements and under-the-hood advances over past versions of Mac OS X.

**** 苹果雪豹识手写中文 <http://www.zaobao.com/fk/fk090827_014.shtml>
吴庆康, 联合早报

期待已久的最新苹果电脑操作系统Mac OS X 10.6“雪豹”Snow Leopard，将在明天正式推出。“雪豹”有很多亮点，除了能让苹果电脑的运作更快捷外，对中文使用者来说，最惊喜的就是可以在触控板上，手写输入中文字。

**** 'Exploding iPhones': More French Cases As Apple Faces Inquiry <http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/digital-life/iphone/exploding-iphones-more-french-cases-as-apple-faces-inquiry-20090827-f03s.html?FORM=ZZNR8>
AFP

Half a dozen new cases of "exploding iPhones" have emerged in France, as Apple faced an official inquiry and calls to come clean over possible risks linked to its wildly popular smartphone.

**** Apple Snow Leopard A Speedy No-Brainer Upgrade <http://www.suntimes.com/technology/ihnatko/1737229,ihnatko-apple-snow-leopard-review-082609.article>
Andy Ihnatko, Chicago Sun Times

Impressive and important, it’s an update that will revitalize your existing Mac even though you’ll be stumped for a quick five-minute demo that convinces the people around you that much of anything has changed at all.

**** $30 Snow Leopard Disc Can Upgrade Tiger <http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cultofmac/bFow/~3/9I67EpNpmtw/15160>
Pete Mortensen, Cult of Mac

What do you think, Tiger users? Will you abide by formal ethics or just buy the cheapest upgrade path ever? And will your Leopard-buying friends hate you for it?

**** Snow Leopard Review <http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/26/snow-leopard-review/>
Joshua Topolsky, Engadget

In a way that means the pressure's on even more: Apple took the unusual and somewhat daring step of slowing feature creep in a major OS to focus on speed, reliability, and stability, and if Snow Leopard doesn't deliver on those fronts, it's not worth $30... it's not worth anything. So did Apple pull it off?

**** Snow Leopard Could Level Security Playing Field <http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10318943-245.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20>
Elinor Mills, CNET News.com

Friday's release of the new version of the Mac OS, dubbed Snow Leopard, could include some security features that would make it secure, or at least push it closer to the level of security that Vista and Windows 7 have, experts said this week.

**** A Brief History Of iPhones In China <http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/08/27/a-brief-history-of-iphones-in-china/>
Juliet Ye, Wall Street Journal

For nearly two years, Apple has reportedly been engaged in negotiations to sell the iPhone in China. The company’s notorious secrecy about its plans is perhaps matched only by the lack of transparency at China’s state-owned telecom carriers — a combination that has led to years of speculation, rumor, gray markets and occasionally conflicting media reports on when the popular handset might debut in the world’s biggest cellphone market.

**** Apple Gets Higher Profile In HTML Standardization <http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-10319463-264.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20>
Stephen Shankland, CNET News.com

An Apple manager has become a co-chairman of the group standardizing HTML, giving the company a higher-profile role in a crucial time for development of the language used to build Web pages.

**** Apple Snow Leopard Used As Lure For Trojan <http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Apple-Snow-Leopard-Used-as-Lure-for-Trojan-207383/?kc=rss>
Brian Prince, eWeek

Trend Micro finds a malware campaign that ropes in victims by offering free copies of Mac OS X 10.6, aka Snow Leopard. What users really get is a DNS-changer Trojan.

**** Relax: Photoshop CS3 Works On Snow Leopard <http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-10319435-264.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20>
Stephen Shankland, CNET News.com

An Adobe Systems executive is trying to calm Photoshop users who were alarmed to hear an earlier but still widely used version of Photoshop isn't supported on Snow Leopard, the new Apple operating system arriving Friday.



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**** The Unlikely Writer <http://harvardmagazine.com/2009/09/atul-gawande-surgeon-health-policy-scholar-writer>
Elizabeth Gudrais, Harvard Magazine

Atul Gawande, “slightly bewildered” surgeon and health-policy scholar—and a literary voice of medicine.

**** Literature Is Due A New Era Of Sexual Modesty <http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2009/aug/26/literature-sexual-modesty>
Alan Bissett, Guardian

After Wetlands and Snuff, there are no boundaries left to push. Time to head in the opposite direction?



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**** Film Censors Behaving Like Bullies <http://www.yawningbread.org/arch_2009/yax-1056.htm>
Yawning Bread

Frankly, that action can be reduced to a simple point: The censors want to be able to act in secret. They do not want film viewers to know what scenes or how many minutes have been cut from a film. These public servants do not wish to be transparent and accountable to the public.

**** $30b In Taxes Collected <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/Singapore/Story/STIStory_421713.html>
Francis Chan, Straits Times

According to its latest annual report, the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (Iras) received $29.8 billion in tax for the period April 1 2008 to March 31 this year - a 2.4 per cent rise on the previous financial year. The lion's share came from corporate income tax, which was up 14.3 per cent to $10.6 billion.

**** A Long Wait For The Trains <http://www.todayonline.com/Voices/EDC090827-0000068/A-long-waitfor-the-trains>
Shahid Khan, Today

Why doesn't the SMRT increase the frequency of trains between Tanah Merah and Singapore Expo during peak hours or, better still, allow certain trains on the East-West Line to go straight through to the Expo and on to Changi Airport during the morning peak hours?

**** 淡马锡回报社会的承诺 <http://www.zaobao.com/yl/sl090827_001.shtml>
联合早报

令人欣慰的是，在新的方针中，淡马锡也明确地把自己定性为一个负责任的企业公民，将把部分的回报贡献给社会，促进社会的发展。这是一个庄严的承诺，也是一般国人最关心的问题。

**** Dr M: Kuan Yew Did Not Threaten To Go To War <http://www.sun2surf.com/article.cfm?id=37413&FORM=ZZNR9>
Bernama

Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said today that former Singapore premier Lee Kuan Yew did not threaten to go to war if Malaysia did not supply water to the republic.

"If he had done that, I think I would have stopped any further supply," Dr Mahathir said in an article posted in his blog today.

**** é›¶è·ç¦»æ„Ÿå—æ–°åŠ å¡â€œä¸¤åž‹ç¤¾ä¼šâ€ <http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.sina.com.cn%2Fo%2F2009-08-27%2F083216193807s.shtml&usg=AFQjCNEJ0qtS_4IuB5ERHlzRE-MF-GbL3A>
长沙晚报

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**** Larger And More Frequent NS Rank Allowance Increments Proposed <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1001138/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia

More frequent and larger increments in the rank allowance for NSmen is among the recommendations put up by the fifth committee set up to Recognise the Contributions of Operationally Ready National Servicemen to Total Defence or RECORD V (Five).

**** Temasek Updates Its Charter, But Any Difference In Accountability And Transparency? <http://www.sgpolitics.net/?p=3578>
Sgpolitics.net

Amidst all these cosmetic changes, we should ask: Will there any difference in Temasek’s level of accountability and transparency?

**** Illegal Subletting In Private Residences On The Rise <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1001237/1/.html>
Ng Lian Cheong, Channel NewsAsia

The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) has investigated over 500 cases of illegal subletting at private residences so far this year. That's 25 per cent more than the whole of 2008.