[MyAppleMenu] Jan 14, 2009

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**** Review: Pandora 2.0 For iPhone And iPod Touch <http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-12519_7-10141873-49.html>
by Donald Bell, CNET
In version 2.0, Pandora adds several new features without undermining the simplicity that made the original application so great.

**** Apple Allows Third Party Web Browsers Into App Store <http://www.macrumors.com/2009/01/13/apple-allows-3rd-party-web-browsers-in-app-store/>
by Arnold Kim, MacRumors.com
Over the past 24 hours, Apple has begun to approve 3rd party web browsing applications for the iPhone. A number of new web browsing apps have suddenly appeared with original submission dates ranging as far back as October.

**** MacBook Pro Benchmarks <http://www.macworld.com/article/136279/macbookpro_benchmarks.html>
by James Galbraith, Macworld
High-end model is the fastest standard configuration portable we've tested.

**** Local Mac Fans Get Their Day On The Big Screen <http://www.castrovalleyforum.com/*ws4d-db-query-Show.ws4d?*ws4d-db-query-Show***DAC-CCA-268269271275268271-1436***-Database***-***sltimes(directory)a_cvf(directory)***.ws4d?sltimes/a_cvf/column.html>
by Michael Singer, Castro Valley Forum
Most peopl eknow Tim Holmes as the owner of Zocalo coffee house on Bancroft in San Leandro, but he was featured in a documentary film premiering last week for his passion as a MacHead.

**** 'Bring Back Steve Jobs' Flyers Frustrate Apple <http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/01/13/apple.bans.jobs.flyers/>
by MacNN
The man behind "Bring Back Steve Jobs" flyers at last week's Macworld Expo says the stunt was not meant as a slam against Apple.

**** Is Camino Now The Best Browser For Older Macs? <http://lowendmac.com/misc/09mr/camino-for-older-macs.html>
by Charles Moore, Low End Mac

**** Freeware For Networkers <http://blogs.oreilly.com/digitalmedia/2009/01/freeware-for-networkers.html>
by FJ De Kermadec, O'Reilly Digital Media Blog

**** Mac Clone Maker Psystar Claims It Bought OS X From Apple <http://www.macworld.com/article/138183/2009/01/psystar_copyright.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
Apple, argued Psystar, can't have it both ways by taking Psystar's money and then claiming its copyright has been infringed upon.

**** BackJack Introduces Business Backup Version <http://www.macworld.com/article/138174/2009/01/backjack.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
Synetcis Business Solutions has announced the release of BlackJack Business Version, a new version of thier online backup software now catering to business.

**** The iPhone (And iPod Touch): Apple's Netbook? <http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2009/01/13/the-iphone-and-ipod-touch-apples-netbook>
by Erica Sadun, Ars Technica
The computing experience offered by many netbooks is already on sale from Apple, kind of.

**** Variable iTunes Pricing And The Future <http://www.macworld.com/article/138173/2009/01/itunesvariablepricing.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Christopher Breen, Macworld
By relenting on variable pricing, Apple's bought more than the hope that it may drive a stake through Amazon's musical heart. It's also purchased a measure of cooperation from the music industry.

**** Force Dock To Hide Programs On Switch <http://www.macworld.com/article/138159/2009/01/dockhideall.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Rob Griffiths, Macworld
Hiding while switching can be very useful for those times you want to focus on the program you're switching to. But what if you'd like to /always/ use this mode, without the need to hold down the Command and Option keys?

The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Yet Another Rebuttal To Carr's iTunes-For-News Notion <http://steveouting.com/2009/01/13/yet-another-rebuttal-to-carrs-itunes-for-news-notion/>
by Steve Outing
The "let's charge for content" argument keeps rearing its head, but get over it. Let's focus instead on "let's charge for services" that are valuable enough to the news consumer that he or she is willing to part with some money.

**** Is An 'ITunes For News' Possible? <http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=31&aid=156833>
by Rich Gordon, Poynter Online

**** Shafer's This-Ain't-The-Web Dream World <http://www.wordyard.com/2009/01/13/shafers-dream-world/>
by Scott Rosenberg, Wordyard
The more energy the news industry wastes trying to repackage the dead old form in new, ill-fitting digital clothes, the fewer resources it will have to tackle the real challenge.

MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Zeros-Sum Game Of Inflation <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/12/AR2009011203416.html>
by Neely Tucker, Washington Post
Real money. Lots of zeros. Getting scary, isn't it?

**** The First Suppers: A Tradition Of Inaugural Meals <http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la-fo-inaugural14-2009jan14,0,5905247.story?track=rss>
by Andrew F. Smith, Los Angeles Times
Over the last 200 years, food has been an integral part of the celebrations surrounding the transition of power from one American president to another.

**** Chefs Settle Down In 'The Real D.C.' <http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/14/dining/14wash.html?_r=1>
by Kim Severson, New York Times
In Petworth, Columbia Heights, the U Street district and even the dicier parts of North Capital Hill, a little restaurant revival is under way. Washington neighborhoods that for years were considered too dangerous or too poor for a viable sit-down restaurant are suddenly entertaining quite a few.

**** The New Journalism: Goosing The Gray Lady <http://nymag.com/news/features/all-new/53344/>
by Emily Nussbaum, New York Magazine
WHat are these renegade cybergeeks doing at the New York /Times/? Maybe saving it.

**** Baby Food <http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/01/19/090119fa_fact_lepore>
by Jill Lepore, New Yorker
If breast is best, why are women bottling their milk?

SingaporeSurf
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**** Man Arrested For Vandalism <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_326123.html>
by Selina Lum, Straits Times
Police on Wednesday arrested a man in his 40s for vandalism, after a signage stone wall outside Parliament House was defaced at lunch hour.

**** Singapore To Roll Out Public Sector Projects Worth Up To S$50m Each <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/402324/1/.html>
by Wong Siew Ying, Channel NewsAsia
The Singapore government will roll out public sector projects worth up to S$50 million each in a bid to help the building and construction industry amid the economic downturn.

**** TOC Expose: Repatriation Companies <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2009/01/toc-expose-repatriation-companies/>
by Jolovan Wham, The Online Citizen
'Repatriation companies' are businesses that are set up specifically to help employers manage 'troublesome' foreign workers by roughing them up and sending them back to their home countries forcefully. Many employers are more than happy to pay someone to do this since they find it difficult to handle work place disputes and get rid of foreign workers who do not toe the line.

**** Amnesty Urges Singapore To Stop Executions <http://www.mysinchew.com/node/20151?tid=14>
by AFP
Human rights watchdog Amnesty International on Wednesday asked Singapore to make public "comprehensive information" about its use of the death penalty and again urged the government to stop executions.
Singapore's continued use of the death penalty for criminal offences, including drug trafficking, goes against a global trend that has seen several countries abolish capital punishment, Amnesty said in a statement.

**** Singapore Second Freest Economy: What It Means <http://www.pressrun.net/weblog/2009/01/singapore-2nd-freest-economy-what-it-means.html>
by Blowin' In The Wind
Singapore might have even beaten Hong Kong to the top spot if the government played a smaller role in the economy.

**** Can Singapore Understand Biology And Economics At The Same Time? <http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2009/01/behavioral_genetics_in_singapore.html>
by Bryan Caplan, EconLog
Is it possible that Singapore's leaders realize that the standard eugenic policy recommendations are biologiclly informed but economically illiterate?

**** Glitch Hits Comfort Cabs <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_325972.html>
by Christopher Tan, Straits Times
A rare technical glitch has paralysed the mobile data terminals - necessary for call bookings and cashless payments - of hundreds of ComfortDelGro taxis.

**** Wearing Shorts Sluttish? Give Me A Break <http://news.asiaone.com/News/Education/Story/A1Story20090114-114559.html>
by Joy Fang, My Paper
Give tertiary students a break. Allow them to enjoy this period of their life, and let them grow up at their own pace. Because, trust  me, they will in due time.

**** Independent Investigation Needed Over Tang's Kidney Transplant <http://www.yawningbread.org/arch_2009/yax-968.htm>
by Au Waipang, Yawning Bread
The whole affair cries out for an investigation.

**** Malays Are Generally Discriminated In Multinationals In Malaysia <http://www.malaysiawaves.com/2009/01/malays-are-generally-discriminated-in.html>
by Malaysia Waves
Almost all multinationals in Malaysia have their regional headquarters in Singapore. And, in Singapore discimination on Malays is an official policy.

**** Duty For Singaporeans, Scholarships For Foreigners <http://military-life.blogspot.com/2009/01/duty-for-singaporeans-scholarships-for.html>
by Military Life: Memoirs Of A Conscript In The Lion City
It's really sad how we've tilted our system of meritcracy to the point where citizenship counts for far less than academic intelligence.

**** Cheated Workers Forced To Return From Singapore <http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=71246>
by Porimol Palma, The Daily Star
Several thousand Bangladeshi workers who went to Singapore with valid documents are being forced to return home in small groups as the Singaporean labour supply companies allegedly cheated them by not arranging jobs for months.

**** The Labrador Kopi Shops Are No More <http://otterman.wordpress.com/2009/01/13/the-labrador-kopi-shops-are-no-more/>
by Otterman Speaks...
It was a rare gem of old Singapore squirreled away in the protective bosom, it had seemed, of the nearby cliff.

**** TOC Opinion: Snap Election For Early March? <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2009/01/toc-opinion-snap-election-for-early-march/>
by Choo Zheng Xi, The Online Citizen
Two external factors bolster the snap election hypothesis. One of these is unpredictable, the other less so.