[MyAppleMenu] Jan 9, 2009

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**** Akkadia <http://www.insidemacgames.com/reviews/view.php?ID=1007>
by Ted Bade, Inside Mac Games
Akkadia is a word game. It is pretty basic and simple, but it can be quite addictive if you are into word games. I know I spent a lot of time with it, and enjoyed every minute.

**** EFF Proposing DMCA Exemption For iPhone Jailbreaking <http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2009/01/09/eff-proposing-dmca-exemption-for-iphone-jailbreaking>
by Justin Berka, Ars Technica
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has asked the Copyright Office for a DMCA exemption for jailbreaking.

**** Pictures From Macworld Expo <http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2009/01/pictures-from-m.html>
by Guy Kawasaki, How To Change The World

**** Apple Should Start Taking Enterprise Servers Seriously <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/08/apple_needs_servers/>
by Timothy Prickett Morgan, The Register
With the economies of the world tightening and SMBs crunched and looking for a platform that is easier to use and administer, it is a good time to get a line of tower and rack servers into the field.

**** DRM-Free iTunes Store To Haunt Apple? <http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-10137002-17.html>
by Don Reisinger, CNET News.com
In an effort to make up for lost song sales by enticing more people to use its download software, Apple may see its device competitors gain market share.
/I think Apple's is not obssessed about market share. What Apple really want is to make a good living with great products. Regardless of the market share of its competitors, DRM-free music store definitely contirbute to making the iPhones and iPods better products, and that's what Apple really cares about./

**** DocProtect 1.0 Launches, Controls Access To Documents <http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/01/08/docprotect.launched/>
by MacNN
Excel Software has released DocProtect 1.0, an application for protecting rights and access to files, from actions like drag-and-drop copying to exporting and saving.

**** Cool Enterprise Security Developments At Macworld Expo <http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=2751>
by David Morgenstern, ZDNet.com
Several developers showed new security tools for the Mac and iPhone platform at this week's Macworld Expo in San Francisco, including biometric locks for storage and a forthcoming app that turns an iPhone or iPod into a PKI token authentication solution.

**** More Evidence That The iPod Touch Is The Surprise Hit Of The Season <http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/archives/2009/01/more_evidence_t.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_byteoftheapple>
by Peter Burrows, BusinessWeek
New survey data from AdMob, which runs an ad network for mobile devices, says the number of ads served up to iPod Touch devices rose from 86 million in November to 292 million in December. And the vast majority of those December clicks occured after Santa had made his rounds.

**** Expo: Paragon Software Offer 'Talking' Dictionaries For Mac OS X <http://www.macworld.co.uk/macsoftware/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=24293>
by Dale Roe, Macworld
Word definitions are accompanied by usage and sound samples, transcription, grammar information, and colour markup, and the pronunciation samples have been recorded pre-recorded by native speakers.

**** A Strange Macworld Expo <http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/08/a-strange-macworld-expo/>
by David Pogue, New York Times
Phil Schiller noted that Apple marches to certain annual product cycles. Janaury doesn't fit /any/ of them.

**** Disk Doctors Mac Data Recovery Software Debuts <http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/01/08/mac.data.recovery/>
by MacNN
This software provides recovery from hard drives, camera/flash cards, FireWire dirves, and USB drives.

**** iMovie '09: What You Need To Know <http://www.macworld.com/article/138054/2009/01/imovie09_preview.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Dan Frakes, Macworld
Latest version to add depth and power to iLife's video editor.

**** City Of Heroes For Mac Emerges From Beta <http://www.macworld.com/article/138061/2009/01/cityofheroes.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
City of Heroes is a massively multiplayer online game featuring costumed superheroes and supervillians.

**** Macworld.Ars: Get Free Admission Into Macworld Expo 2010 <http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2009/01/08/macworld-ars-get-free-admission-into-macworld-expo-2010>
by Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica
IDG is offering all Expo attendees free admission into next year's show.

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**** Palm Pre In-Depth Impressions, Video, And Huge Hands-On Gallery <http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/palm-pre-in-depth-impressions-video-and-huge-hands-on-gallery/>
by Joshua Topolsky, Engadget

**** A Joined-Up Bot-Fighting Strategy <http://www.technologyreview.com/web/21939/?a=f>
by Duncan Graham-Rowe, MIT Technology Review
Can simulated handwriting stop the spambots from getting through?

**** Palm Announces WebOS Platform <http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/palm-announces-web-os-platform/>
by Nilay Patel, Engadget

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**** Twilight Of The Color Photo <http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2009/01/04/twilight_of_the_color_photo/?page=full>
by Dushko Petrovich, Boston Globe
As printed snapshots vanish, we're losing more than shoe boxes full of memories.

**** Stephen King Fan Publishes Shining's Jack Torrance's Novel <http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/jan/07/stephen-king-shining-novel>
by Alison Flood, The Guardian
Phil Buehler said he decided to stick to type and formatting that could have been created on a typewriter, with the first ten pages duplicating shots of Torrance's work from the film.

SingaporeSurf
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**** Mediacorp To Cut Costs <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_324095.html>
by Robin Chan, Straits Times
Media giant MediaCorp has started a cost-cutting drive, which will see the broadcaster shutting down operations and scaling back staff benefits.

**** Protection From Slander <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_324050.html>
by Clarissa Oon, Straits Times
Web content hosts could get some protection when their users are sued for defamation, following a government review of existing laws on the subject.

**** Gag Stays For Civil Servants <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_324049.html>
by Li Xueying, Straits Times
The gag stays: civil servants are stil not allowed to publicly express their personal opinions on government policies. Allowing them to do so would 'compromise the performance of their duty by undermining discipline and trust within the civil service,' said the government.

**** Givernment Accepts 17 Of 26 AIM's Recommendations <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2009/01/govt-accepts-17-of-26-aimss-recommendations/>
by Gerald Giam, The Online Citizen
I feel that the government's moves are a positive step forward in engaging citizens and liberalising the political atmosphere. However they are not nearly what is expected of a country at such an advanced stage of its economic development.

**** More Space For Political Discourse Expected With Liberalisation Of Online Space <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/401405/1/.html>
by Hasnita Majid, Channel NewsAsia
The Advisory Council on the Impact of New Media on Society (AIMS) says it views the government's rejection of nine of its 26 recommendations as a reflection of its cuation in using new media as a platform for discourse.

**** Films Act To Be Amended To Allow Factual Party Political Films <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/401314/1/.html>
by Channel NewsAsia
The Singapore government will amend the Films Act to allow for certain types of party political films, which means that political parties and their candidates will be able to use films for internet election advertising during an election. But party political films will have to be factual and objective and not dramatise or present a distorted picture.

**** Should Temasek's Thoughts Turn Closer To Home? <http://business.asiaone.com/Business/News/Story/A1Story20090108-113270.html>
by Arthur Sim, Business Times
Reading very closely between the lines of Temasek's mission statement, one can argue that, unlike GIC, Temasek has a social mandate to support businesses.

**** Singaporeans Ranked Lowest <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_323961.html>
by Straits Times
Singaporeans are at the bottom of a ranking of retirement income from pensions in the Asia-Pacific region, says the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.

**** Keeping Seniors At Work <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2009/01/keeping-seniors-at-work/>
by Tan Kin Lian, The Online Citizen
The wages of our lower income workers are inadequate and had stagnated during the past decade. This is due to the absence of a minimum wage policy, a pro-business environment and reliance on market forces.
We need stronger regulations, trade unions and consumer associations to safeguard the interests of workers and consumers in the free market enviornment.

**** Credibility: An Inverse Relationship Between The New And Old Media <http://wayangparty.com/2009/01/09/credibility-an-inverse-relationship-between-the-new-and-old-media/>
by Fang Zhi Yuan and Lim Siow Kuan, The Wayang Party Club Of Singapore
Is the media serving the interests of the nation  or the government? Till Ms Chua answers this question truthfully, no amount of "quality control" instituted by SPH will vindicate its current standing of 141st on the World Press Freedom index.

**** CIQ Plauged By Complaints <http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2009/1/9/southneast/2953404&sec=southneast>
by The Star
The new Sultan Iskandar Customs, Immigrtion and Quarantine (CIQ) complex, has regularly been featured in the media but for all the wrong reasons since it started operations on Dec 16 last year.

**** Making Changi T3 More User-Friendly <http://www.straitstimes.com/ST%2BForum/Story/STIStory_323753.html>
by Yeo Kia Thye, Civil Aviation Authority Of Singapore, Straits Times
In view of Mr Tan's observation, we will review how to make it easier for non-travellers using Terminal 3 to find such services and facilities easily, without causing clutter or reducing ease of use for arriving travellers.