[MyAppleMenu] Jan 10, 2009

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**** Dropbox And iWork.com <http://www.tightwind.net/2009/01/dropbox-and-iworkcom/>
by Kyle Baxter, TightWind
iWork.com looks like is designed for more simple work scenarios. It works better for documents which need thoughts and corrections &mdash; the person sharing it is the sole content owner and creator, and the reviewer is just that, a reviewer.

**** Apple, Microsoft: Best Frenemies <http://www.techflash.com/Apple_Microsoft_Best_frenemies37339124.html>
by Todd Bishop, TechFlash
Two hours before Microsoft's Mac software group announced an online collaboration tool for Mac Office users this week, it got a surprise: Apple had been working on something very similar for its own Mac word-processing and spreadsheet programs. And Apple was unveiling its tool first.
Welcome to one of the tech industry's most complicated relationships.

**** Amazon, Apple And The Price Of Music <http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10138887-93.html>
by Greg Sandoval, CNET News.com
I don't consider myself an Apple fanboy in any way but there's nothing compelling enough out there for me to bother switching.

**** How Will The iTunes Pricing Changes Change The iTunes Top Songs List? <http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/archives/2009/01/itunes_pricing.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_byteoftheapple>
by Peter Burrows, BusinessWeek

**** Only At Expo: It's The People, Stupid <http://www.macworld.com/article/138110/2009/01/only_at_expo_its_the_people_stupid.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Scott McNulty, Macworld
This might seem obvious, but the Macworld Expo can survive without Apple as an exhibitor and the media but it can't survive without the everyday Mac users that come to learn something and perhaps even to make a new friend or two.

**** First Look: Pages '09 <http://www.macworld.com/article/138109/2009/01/pages09_firstlook.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Jeffery Batersby, Macworld
After less than a week's worth of face time with the latest version of Pages, it's clear that the updates make Apple's business productivity application a more viable option for all your business needs.

**** Opinion: The $169 Mac Box Set And Apple's Motives <http://www.macworld.com/article/138065/2009/01/opinion_the_169_mac_box_set_and_apples_saintly_motives.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Aayush Arya, Macworld
In this blogger's humble opinion, and I'm just speculating here, this may be Apple's way of steering clear of a backlash when they do introduce Snow Leopard at the full price of $129.

**** Review: Avid Media Composer 3.0 <http://www.macworld.com/article/137735/2009/01/avidmediacomp3.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Gary Adcock, Macworld
Update handles tapeless camera data and HDV formats with ease.

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**** Children Of The Left, Unite! <http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/11/books/review/Crain-t.html?_r=1>
by Caleb Crain, New York Times
A new anthology of radical children's literature shows that Marxist principles have been dripping steadily into the minds of American youth for more than a century.
Hear Also: Tales For Little Rebels <http://www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/episodes/2008/12/18>, from The Leonard Lopate Show, WNYC.

**** Mining The Mountains <http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/Mining-the-Mountain.html?c=y&page=1>
by John McQuaid, Smithsonian Magazine
Explosives and giant machines are destroying Appalachian peaks to obtain peaks. In a tiny West Virginia town, residents and the industry fight over a mountain's fate.

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**** Not The Time To Flaunt Your Riches <http://thestar.com.my/columnists/story.asp?col=insightdownsouth&file=/2009/1/10/columnists/insightdownsouth/2975672&sec=Insight%20Down%20South>
by Seah Chiang Nee, The Star
A high-ranking civil servants'a account about spending RM110,124 for him, his wife and son to learn fine French cooking has blown up in his face.

**** Singapore Tycoon Gets Kidney From Hanged Ganster: Report <http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gza8lt0SUhG__kldSeUNCOmnnp7w>
by AFP
An ailing Singapore retail magnate has received a kidney believed to have come from a convicted ganster hanged on the same day, The Straits Times reported Saturday.

**** Singapore Misses Tourism Targets In 2008 <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/401557/1/.html>
by Channel NewsAsia
The city-state welcomed an estimated 10.1 million visitors last year, down 2.0 percent from 2007, the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) said. It had aimed to attract 10.8 million visitors during the year.

**** Singapore Government Rejects AIMS' Key Recommendations <http://www.yawningbread.org/arch_2009/yax-966.htm>
by Au Waipang, Yawning Bread
The overall conclusion I make is that the government really do not want to do anything progressive. Long live arbitrariness, opacity and nonaccountability!

**** Films Act: Fate Of Political Documentary Films Remains Unclear <http://journalism.sg/2009/01/10/political_films/>
by Cherian George, Journalism.sg
The government's latest stand on th eFilms Act has fallen short of hopes that documentary films on domestic political themes could be screened as freely as other films in Singapore.

**** Singapore Government Still Fearful Of Political Films <http://singaporerebel.blogspot.com/2009/01/singapore-goverment-still-fearful-of.html>
by Martyn See, Only "Objective" And "Factual" Political Films Please, We're Singaporeans
The government's claim that they are "protecting society" by reserving their right to ban films holds no water. A few hundred thousand people have seen 'Singapore Rebel' and 'Zahari's 17 Years' on the internet. I have not receivd a single complaint calling for the removal of these films. The only people who objected to the screening of these films are the government themselves. Whose interests are they really protecting? Singaporeans' or just Lee Kuan Yew's?