From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Wed Jul 1 18:59:00 2009 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com) Date: 1 Jul 2009 22:59:00 -0000 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jul 1, 2009 Message-ID: <20090701225900.97496.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ==================================== **** A Week With iPhone 3.0 by thomasfitzgerald, thomas fitzgerald.net One of the things that has struck me about using 3.0 is its stability and completeness. Normally with a major new release of any operating system there are rough edges until the first couple of point releases or ???service packs???. iPhone 3.0 however is remarkably solid. **** Maine Expands MacBook Program To High Schools by Peter Cohen, Macworld The Maine Department of Education on Tuesday announced that it has expanded its student laptop program to include high school students. It???s a huge win for Apple, because the state will be acquiring another 64,000 MacBook laptops, with up to 7,000 additional MacBooks possibly ordered in the coming weeks. **** Mozilla Releases Firefox 3.5 by MacRumors **** Repair Incorrect Icon Associations by Rob Griffiths, Macworld **** Harvard Business School Gives Steve Jobs An "F" by Preethi Dumpala, Business Insider **** iPhoto 8.0.4 Fixes Crashing Bug, Corrects Location Names by Jonathan Seff, Macworld Apple on Tuesday released an update to its iPhoto 8 software, part of the iLife '09 suite of applications. iPhoto 8.0.4 fixes a rare bug in which updating to iPhoto 8.0.3 could cause the application to quit unexpectedly, as well as corrects references to some incorrectly labeled points of interest and location names. **** AT&T Voicemail Not Populating To Visual Voicemail Within Days by Glenn S. Tenney, IP Yes, potentially every iPhone in the entire USA might be experiencing (this is what the level 2 person told me) delays (of days) in having voicemail populate to your visual voicemail. **** The EU Stabs Apple In The Back by Anton Wahlman, Seeking Alpha For Apple, this represents an ugly inconvenience. **** The Limits Of Apple's Push Notification For The iPhone by Tom Yager, InfoWorld APNS (Apple Push Notification Service) is a free, simple, and safe way to push data to iPhone apps. It fills iPhone's background process gap ??? imperfectly. **** So Long, HackBook: You're Useless Now Thanks To iPhone 3GS by Brian X. Chen, Wired One could argue that a netbook would be better than the iPhone 3GS for doing work. I???ll be honest: I didn???t get crap done on my netbook. **** What???s New In The iPhone 3.1 Beta by Leander Kahney, Cult of Mac The iPhone 3.1 beta has been released to developers, and includes some cool features, including Voice Control over Bluetooth. **** Explaining The iPhone???s Success by Rafe Colburn, rc3.org The iPhone offered a better experience than any other phone for making phone calls. **** How To Replace A Cracked iPhone 3G Screen by Jeff Carlson, TidBITS My wife's iPhone 3G now looks as good as new, and I didn't have to fall back on my alternate plan of paying Apple for a replacement. I hope I don't have to put my new screen-fixing skills to work again, but if gravity should assert itself, I'll be ready. **** Apple's HTTP Adaptive Video Streaming In Action by Liz Gannes, GigaOM The upgrade to the iPhone operating system has the potential to significantly change consumers' experience of mobile video. **** Coyote's Tale by Ted Bade, Inside Mac Games The fun story line, moderately challenging puzzles, and the fact that it is a non-violent game, make this a great choice if you are looking for something mild to give your children or even yourself. Definitely take a look at this one. **** GDC Austin To Feature iPhone Games Summit by Peter Cohen, Macworld The Tomorrow Weblog ==================================== **** A Robot That Navigates Like A Person by Anne-Marie Corley, Technology Review A new robot navigates using humanlike visual processing and object detection. MyAppleMenu Reader ==================================== **** The Reluctant Poet Laureate by Louisa Thomas, New York Times Kay Ryan has lived in the same small house on a hill in Marin County, Calif., for 30 years. She shingled the exterior walls and covered the steps and walkways in bright tile scraps herself. The house suits her???filled with artwork by friends and with books, surrounded by mountain-biking trails, sheltered by plants. She likes being in this out-of-the-way place, keeping her distance. As she settles into a faded pink director's chair, chatting amiably, her hazel eyes are warm but a little guarded. This is what she had dreaded when she agreed to become the poet laureate of the United States???that a reporter would show up at her door and ask her to hold forth on the State of American Poetry for the Masses. But Ryan is a kind and generous person, and so she has sliced lime for this interloper's sparkling water, offered her cut cantaloupe, and invited her onto the tiny deck lined with low-hanging strawberries, a geranium, lemon verbena, cacti. The pots were planted by Carol Adair, Ryan's spouse and longtime partner, who died of cancer in January. Ryan is doing her best to keep the plants alive, to halt the geranium's browning. **** Demon Brother: 6 Thoughts on Heart in Fiction by Blake Butler, HTMLGIANT I???ve heard / been asked a lot about the concept of ???heart??? lately, and last night I couldn???t sleep. **** Dancing About Architecture by Arthur Phillips, The Believer A meditation on possibly futile artistic pursuits. SingaporeSurf ==================================== **** Confirmed Cases Hit 701 by Straits Times **** New Airport Company To Be Chaired By Liew Mun Leong by May Wong, Channel NewsAsia Liew Mun Leong ??? the president and chief executive officer of CapitaLand Limited ??? will chair the new airport company that has yet to be named. **** Rape Scenes In Recent TV Dramas Within Guidelines, Says MDA by Ginny Goh, Media Development Authority, Today With regard to the recent rape scenes on local dramas "Fighting Spiders" and "Red Thread", MDA has assessed the scenes and found them to be brief, non-explicit and relevant to the development of the dramas' storylines. As such, they are within the guidelines for programmes shown on free-to-air channels during family viewing hours. **** Extend Bus, Train Services To 2am For Orchard Road Shoppers by Teo Kueh Liang, Straits Times It will make economical sense to extend the MRT and bus operating hours to 2am, so that shoppers can enjoy their shopping without the hassle of worrying about how to get home. **** DBS And POSB Cut Savings by Gabriel Chen, Straits Times Bad news for the legions of savers already being squeezed by the meagre interest paid out on their deposits. Today, interest rates on the millions of savings accounts at both DBS Bank and POSB will be trimmed to levels not seen since 2005. POSB savings and passbook account holders, who previously got 0.25 per cent for the first $50,000, will now get just 0.125 per cent. For those holding a deposit of $10,000, the decrease works out to $12.50 less a year. **** RM8b Bullet Train Project Relevant: YTL Corp by Business Times Malaysia Conglomerate YTL Corporation Bhd hopes that the government will pursue the proposed RM8 billion bullet train project between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore given its potential economic spin-offs. **** Accessibility On Singapore Government Websites by Coleman Yee, ????????cole Whole populations of Singaporeans are being excluded from such online government services simply because they use a Mac instead of a PC, or because they don???t wish to use (the technically inferior) Internet Explorer. And we???re not even talking about access by small screen devices like mobile phones, or access by disabled users. The situation is far worse for them. **** Critics Cringe At Ad For Burger King's Latest Sandwich by Joshua Rhett Miller, FOX News An advertisement for Burger King's latest sandwich leaves little to the imagination and should be discontinued due to "distasteful" and unappetizing references to oral sex, advertising experts told FOXNews.com. **** Rethinking The ???ED??? in ???EDB??? by Alastair Su, Gimme Some Truth! If we narrow our understanding of economic development to just sustaining our GDP, we will neglect alot of other important factors too. **** MM Lee Speaks Of Need To Restructure Airport Operations by S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia Minister mentor Lee Kuan Yew said Singapore must restructure and strengthen its airport operations and regulatory system so that when recovery comes, the country's aviation sector will be ready to meet new challenges. **** Singapore Is 18th Most Expensive Retail Location In The World by Tang See Kit, Channel NewsAsia Singapore has moved a notch higher to 18th spot as the most expensive retail location in the world, despite easing rental rates for super prime retail space. **** A Credible And Effective Opposition by Singapore Democrats From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Thu Jul 2 18:59:01 2009 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com) Date: 2 Jul 2009 22:59:01 -0000 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jul 2, 2009 Message-ID: <20090702225901.95223.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ==================================== **** China iPhone Deal Faces Trademark Conflict by Owen Fletcher, Macworld A Chinese company that owns the trademark ???i-phone??? has said it is not in talks with Apple, even though Apple may need the company's blessing to sell its similarly named iPhone in China. **** Ambrosia Releases Soundboard by Peter Cohen, Macworld The concept of Soundboard is similar to the ???cart machines??? that once populated radio stations ??? devices that played back endless-loop tape cartridges used to play commercials, sound effects and other audio content. **** New iPhone 3GS TV Spots Highlight Voice Control, Copy/paste by Jeff Smykil, Ars Technica - Infinite Loop In two new ad spots, Apple manages to spin iPhone features that everyone else already has as remarkable and revolutionary. The RDF may be a little strong in these videos, but we do have to applaud Apple for its confidence. **** First Look: Firefox 3.5 by Rob Griffiths, Macworld Speed bosts, private browsing highilight changes to Mozilla???s browser. **** Cataloging Mail By Date by Christopher Breen, Macworld **** LightWorks 8.1 Extends Real-time Rendering by MacNN **** Child Porn Is Apple's Latest iPhone Headache by Brian X. Chen, Wired Top Stories A photo ostensibly showing a 15-year-old nude girl has appeared in an iPhone app, highlighting Apple???s inability to safeguard its application store from prohibited content. **** Does Apple Really Have The Greenest Notebooks? by Ted Samson, InfoWorld Apple and other PC makers are overdoing it when they flash their EPEAT Gold to prove they're green. **** A Fireside Chat With Apple's Jonathan Ive by Philip Elmer-DeWitt, Fortune **** Why The iPhone Can't Be 'killed' by Brad Reed, NetworkWorld.com When the iPhone took the cell phone world by storm two years ago, it was viewed as a revolutionary, game-changing new device that would alter how mobile phone users consumed data on their devices. In reality, the iPhone was merely the next logical step in Apple's quest to rule the world of wireless devices. **** Apple Updates MobileMe With iPhone Features, More by MacNN Apple has detailed a series of recent changes to MobileMe, its online hosting and sync service. Many of these are iPhone related, for instance allowing iPhone 3GS owners to upload a video to a Gallery album, or if no album exists, create a new one automatically. **** Listening To Mr iPhone by Rory Cellan-Jones, BBC By any measure, he is among the most important figures in technology of the last decade, a major influence on the way we use and interact with computers and mobile phones, a British designer who ranks with the Conrans and the Dysons. But have you ever heard Jonathan Ive, the Apple designer behind the iMac, the iPod and the iPhone, talk about his work? **** Mac News Briefs: Omni Group Releases OmniGraphSketcher by Macworld Also announced: iPod Access, Cocktail, and Mystical Tint Tone and Color Photoshop plug-in updates. **** Electric Rain Releases Swift 3D 6.0 Update by MacNN **** Forbidden Apple's Not So Sweet by Danny Katz, The Age We shall not buy this new iPhone: let the commoners have it, I say. Instead, let us maintain our exclusive hip-hop hipness and buy their phone ??? a Telstra EasyTouch on a $20 plan. And no more iPods either. We shall only buy a Microsoft Zune! **** Review: Final Draft 8 by Tim Haddock, Macworld **** Modes, Quasimodes And The iPhone by Lukas Mathis, Ignore The Code **** Some iPhone 3G S Overheating, Apple Offers ???Temperature` Warning by eWeek The Tomorrow Weblog ==================================== **** Social Networking Touted For Software Development by Paul Krill, InfoWorld Atlassian this week introduced FishEye 2, which adds social networking capabilities to source code repositories, including Subversion and CVS, and boosts agile programming projects. MyAppleMenu Reader ==================================== **** Get Smarter by Jamais Cascio, The Atlantic Pandemics. Global warming. Food shortages. No more fossil fuels. What are humans to do? The same thing the species has done before: evolve to meet the challenge. But this time we don???t have to rely on natural evolution to make us smart enough to survive. We can do it ourselves, right now, by harnessing technology and pharmacology to boost our intelligence. Is Google actually making us smarter? **** The String Theory by David Foster Wallace, Esquire What happens when all of a man???s intelligence and athleticism is focused on placing a fuzzy yellow ball where his opponent is not? An obsessive inquiry (with footnotes), into the physics and metaphysics of tennis. SingaporeSurf ==================================== **** S'pore Confirms 82 New H1N1 Flu Cases, Makes Transition To Mitigation Phase by Channel NewsAsia **** Mixed Signals? by Benita Aw Yeong, New Paper Schools have also implemented a host of precautionary measures, including the stopping of certain outdoor events, to slow the spread of H1N1 here. Adding to the mixed signals is the fact that while many CCAs and non-essential activities have been scaled back, in line with MOE's recommendations, physical education has been proceeding as usual. **** Train Trips Increased On Weekends To Meet Demand by Bernadette Low, SMRT Corporation, Straits Times We would like to clarify that since June last year, SMRT has increased train trips to enhance commuters' travel experience on weekends. Up to 65 train trips were added on Sundays last year. Since February, another 32 train trips were added on Sunday afternoons and evenings. **** Box Clever: Singapore's Magic Formula For Maths Success by Liz Lightfoot, Independent It sounds crazy but Singapore has shot up the league tables by dropping traditional methods from its maths lessons and getting children to be creative. **** Should I State My IC Or Passport Number? by Ishwar Mahtani, Today **** Parliament Sits On Monday by Straits Times **** Why I Hung Up My Pointe Shoes by Joanne Lee, Straits Times Who is going to step up to support our local artistes? From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Fri Jul 3 18:59:00 2009 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com) Date: 3 Jul 2009 22:59:00 -0000 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jul 3, 2009 Message-ID: <20090703225900.15573.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ==================================== **** Psystar Exits Bankruptcy, Launches New Xeon-Based Systems Running OS X by MacRumors **** Can An SD Card Startup Disk Be Used On Any Mac? by Roman Loyola, Macworld **** Apple Patching Serious SMS Vulnerability On iPhone by Sumner Lemon, Macworld Apple is working to fix an iPhone vulnerability that could allow an attacker to remotely install and run unsigned software code with root access to the phone. The attack in question exploits a weakness in the way iPhones handle text messages received via SMS (Short Message Service), said security researcher Charlie Miller, during a presentation at the SyScan conference in Singapore on Thursday. He didn???t provide a detailed description of the SMS vulnerability, citing an agreement with Apple. **** AT&T Breaks Sales Records With iPhone 3GS Launch by Marguerite Reardon, CNET The first day the Apple iPhone 3GS went on sale was the biggest sales day ever for AT&T, according to an internal memo sent to company employees that has since been published in various blogs. **** Revamped MacBook Pro Line Delivers Top-Notch Display Quality by Rob Galbraith Taken together, the current MacBook Pro lineup offers the best displays for photographers we've ever seen from Apple, with a potential solution for the remaining bugaboo - display glossiness - coming a bit later this year. **** Apple Pulls iPhone App That Allowed For Child Pornography Uploads by Gizmodo **** iPhone Heat Issue Much Ado About Nothing by Jim Dalrymple, CNET It is true that Apple has been quiet about this so far. If I had to guess, I'd say it's because they have not been able to replicate the heat issues some users are reporting. **** The Correct Way To Use Your MacBook's Battery by Jason D. O'Grady, ZDNet One of the telling things about this particular visit to the Apple Store was something the tech told me. He said that he would replace the battery with a new one because it has be ???used correctly.??? When I asked him to elaborate on what that meant, he told me that Apple???s notebook batteries last longest when they???re routinely charged and discharged. **** The iPhone App Store Takes A Bad Turn by Philip Elmer-DeWitt, Fortune The problem with the application is how you pay for it. Downloading the Navigator is free. Owning it is expensive: $10 added to your monthly bill ??? even if you delete the app ??? until you contact AT&T and shut off the service. **** Apple Stores Now Fixing Cracked iPhone Screens In-house by Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica Surely you know someone who has dropped an iPhone, only to watch in horror as the screen cracked. Now, Apple retail stores can fix the problem in-house???as long as you're still under warranty. **** PasswordWallet 4.4.7 Improves Voice-over, Auto-typing by MacNN **** iPhone 3GS Owners Bemoan Its Battery Life by David Sarno, Los Angeles Times Buyers are finding that the device, introduced two weeks ago, has trouble making it through a workday without a rest stop at the electrical outlet. It's proving to be something of an Achilles' heel on Apple Inc.'s flagship device. **** Just How Successful Is The iPhone App Store? by Yukari Iwatani Kane, Wall Street Journal The store???s success is indisputable. The broad selection of apps is a major reason why consumers want the iPhone. In April, Apple announced that the number of downloads exceeded a billion, less than a year after the App Store opened. But a bigger moneymaker than the iPhone itself? It???s not even close. **** Greenpeace Demands Apple Come Clean by Charles Jade, GigaOM **** Review: Final Draft AV 2.5 by Tim Haddock, Macworld Final Draft AV 2.5.2 eliminates many of the headaches of formatting two-column audio-visual scripts with a conventional word processor. Unfortunately, for some users the program???s inability to import graphics and images into scripts could prove a deal-breaker. **** Apple May Be Exempt From China's Web Filter Mandate by Owen Fletcher, IDG News Service Apple appears to be exempt from China's mandate that a controversial Internet filtering program be shipped with all computers sold in the country. **** Gotta Go? iPhone App Tells Moviegoers When To Pee by Ned Potter and Ki Mae Heussner, ABC News Soda. Coffee. Water. Next time to you go to the movies, chug 'em all down. As long as you have a new iPhone app by your side, you'll know when you can escape to the bathroom without missing the best parts. The Tomorrow Weblog ==================================== **** XHTML 2 Language Dumped In Favor Of HTML 5 by Paul Krill, InfoWorld W3C looks to focus efforts on HTML upgrade geared to Web development. MyAppleMenu Reader ==================================== **** Creating Another Einstein by Sheilla Jones, Literary Review of Canada What would it take to produce another Einstein? That is a question that returns with cyclical regularity in the physics community. But there is no need for the world to wait for someone of Albert Einstein???s remarkable vision and achievement to just happen along, not when we have got an Einstein factory right here in Canada. **** The Roaring Twenties by Joseph Ridgwell, 3:AM Magazine SingaporeSurf ==================================== **** Our Botanic Garden ??? Why 150 Years And Not 187 Years? by Times Of My Life **** Thoughts On Singapore Politics: The Road Ahead by Ng E-Jay, Sgpolitics.net It is up to activists, opposition parties and alternative media to set a new agenda, one that is markedly different from that of the ruling party and one which places Singaporeans first politically and economically, and to push that agenda vigorously. **** What's Free, Exactly? by Denis Distant, Straits Times **** Top 5 Bookstores In Singapore by A Singapore Blog **** SingTel To Offer iPhone 3GS In Singapore On July 10 by Dow Jones **** Island Embraces Its Own by Kong Rithdee, Bangkok Post Singapore's film industry is on the rise thanks to one director's challenging take on the country's culture and its people's ability to laugh at themselves. **** Firefly Airline Joins Changi by Nicholas Yong , Straits Times Changi Airport on Friday welcomed Firefly, the fourth new airline to join Changi this year. Firefly is also the seventh carrier to fly the booming Singapore-Malaysia sector. **** Some Officers Notified To Help Conduct Next General Election by S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia The Elections Department has started appointing assistant returning officers to conduct Singapore's next general election, which is due by February 2012. **** More Eating On MRT by Straits Times **** Singapore Confirms 91 New H1N1 Cases, Bringing Total To 969 by Channel NewsAsia From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Sat Jul 4 18:59:00 2009 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com) Date: 4 Jul 2009 22:59:00 -0000 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jul 4, 2009 Message-ID: <20090704225900.80513.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ==================================== **** Review: Xserve (2009) by Andrew T. Laurence, Macworld New architecture yields better performance with less power and heat. **** Employee Shot, Wounded At Virginia Apple Store by Leslie Katz, CNET News.com An employee at an Apple store near Washington D.C. was shot and wounded Friday morning, police have confirmed. The victim, a 26-year-old woman, is currently at an area hospital recovering from a wound to the right shoulder. She is said to be in serious but stable condition. **** Apple's iLife Takes Home Photo Albums To A New Level by John Boudreau, San Jose Mercury News It's the amateur photographer's management tool for digital pictures. But Apple's iLife multimedia software suite has some A-list users as well. MyAppleMenu Reader ==================================== **** No Rest For The Wealthy by Daniel Gross, New York Times In the interest of understanding our suddenly imperiled passion for private jets and $5,000 handbags, I recently dusted off ??? literally ??? one of those classics, Thorstein Veblen???s ???Theory of the Leisure Class,??? published in 1899. **** Down With THE CAPS LOCK KEy by Gene Weingarten, Washington Post I'm not against things that are useless. Hell, I'm useless. I'm against things that are worse than useless. SingaporeSurf ==================================== **** More Boom For Changi by Jessica Lim, Straits Times Plans are afoot to transform the area around the historic Johore Battery and Abingdon Work Release Camp in Changi into a heaving hub filled with shops, restaurants and museums. **** Seniors Can't Have Special Counter But ICA Will Help Them by Chia Hui Keng, Immigration and Checkpoints Authority, Straits Times **** H1N1 Lab Test Costs $250 And MOH Absorbs That by Karen Tan, Ministry of Health, Straits Times Patients, however, have to pay the normal attendance fees at the hospital emergency department and ward charges if they are hospitalised. **** Firefly Sees Growth From Singapore Routes by Business Times Malaysia Community airline Firefly, which launched its Subang-Singapore flight this week, is confident of growth from all its routes to Singapore based on a 70 to 75 per cent load factor target set for each route. **** ?????????????????????????????????????????? by ???????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? **** Bridge Too Far? by P. Gunasegaram, Malaysia Star **** Nothing As Solid As Land by Seah Chiang Nee, Malaysia Star Banking has now lost its shine. Emphasis appears to be shifting towards accumulating land-based assets. **** Unemployment Likely To Be High by Lin Yan Qin, Today **** S'pore Confirms 34 New Cases Of H1N1, Total Tally Now At 1,003 Cases by Channel NewsAsia **** PM Lee Says PAP Will Work To Have More Women Candidates In The Next Elections by Channel NewsAsia From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Sun Jul 5 18:59:00 2009 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com) Date: 5 Jul 2009 22:59:00 -0000 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jul 5, 2009 Message-ID: <20090705225900.38694.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ==================================== **** VirtualBox 3 Brings 3D Graphics Support by Ryan Paul, Ars Technica Sun released VirtualBox 3 this week, the latest version of its open source x86 virtualization software. The new version introduces support for 3D graphics and SMP. **** Should Apple Even Care About The Enterprise? by Don Reisinger, eWeek Given Apple's long-established market strategy, it just might not be important for Apple to win new enterprise converts to its operating system platform. **** Apple's iPhone Bills Due by Damon Brown, New York Post In an increasingly vocal manner, the cash-strapped developers are taking to internet chat rooms and trading stories about extremely late payments and unresponsive Apple representatives. **** Console Gaming: The Future's Apple? by Andrew Laughlin, Digital Spy The Tomorrow Weblog ==================================== **** That Long, Long Road From Idea To Success by Vundu Goel, New York Times If the past four years have taught GreenPrint anything, it???s that progress can be slow. MyAppleMenu Reader ==================================== **** Non-Places And The End Of Travel by Frank Bures, World Hum There may be no more easy discoveries. There may be no more cheap epiphanies. But that doesn???t mean that discoveries and epiphanies are no longer possible, if you???re willing to look a little deeper. SingaporeSurf ==================================== **** Google Blocks Ads For Abortion Services In Singapore by Glass Castle **** Why Is It Illegal To Beat Your Wife But Legal To Rape Her? by Mathia Lee **** Returning Asians To Fill Talent Gap, Boost Innovation by Eveline Danubrata, Reuters **** 52 New H1N1 Cases Bring Total Infected In Singapore To 1,055 by Channel NewsAsia **** Riau Likely To Send Haze To Singapore, Malaysia by Jakarta Post The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKB) predicted Sunday that the haze currently blanketing Riau province would likely move to nearby Singapore and Malaysia. **** Singapore Won't Repeal Homosexual Law by Hoe Yeen Nie, Channel NewsAsia Law minister K Shanmugam has said Singapore will not decriminalise gay sex but the courts have the power to decide how the law, Section 377, is applied. Section 377A of the Penal Code deems sex between men a crime. From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Mon Jul 6 18:59:00 2009 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com) Date: 6 Jul 2009 22:59:00 -0000 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jul 6, 2009 Message-ID: <20090706225900.47444.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ==================================== **** Apple MacBook Air: Cooler Graphics by Brooke Crothers, CNET News After extensive use of two versions (the January 2008 original and October 2008 refresh) of the MacBook Air, my conclusion is that a decent graphics chip can--over the long haul--not only deliver the expected boost in performance but, surprisingly, contribute to better battery life while, even more surprisingly, bringing down the heat to acceptable levels. **** Review: SpamSieve 2.7 by Rob Griffiths, Macworld If you're looking for the best Mac-based anti-spam solution, look no further than C-Command's SpamSieve 2.7.4. The program's filtering is highly accurate, it's relatively simple to install, and it's amazingly easy to use, particularly with Apple Mail. **** Can Apple Keep The iPhone App Store Clean? by CNN Nude photos and other potentially objectionable or illegal materials have been showing up in the iPhone application store in recent weeks, raising questions about Apple's ability to control iPhone content. MyAppleMenu Reader ==================================== **** The Chinese Movies That Chinese People Actually Watch. by Grady Hendrix, Slate Chinese people watch good movies in which people shoot one another with crossbows, not the miserable art-house fare that gets exported. SingaporeSurf ==================================== **** Meritocracy, Not Quota by Sue-Ann Chia, Straits Times Law Minister K. Shanmugam stands by a controversial suggestion he made six years ago: that Singapore should have some form of affirmative action to ensure that able people from minority races are in top posts. But this must not be done by having quotas or setting aside places for minorities. **** Police Retracts Licence Request After Minister Queried by Martyn See, Only "Objective" And "Factual" Political Films Please, We're Singaporeans **** New Bird Park Theme Is For The Birds by Lim Hong Lin, Today Such "improvements" typify an all-too-prevalent syndrome: A mindless desire to constantly seek enhancements without realising that not all things need to be enhanced, and if they do, there should be a modicum of intelligence behind it. **** Why I Sought Greener Work Pastures by Gilbert Goh, Today While I appreciate Singapore's efforts to try to keep Singaporeans in their own country after graduation, I am afraid that these efforts will be in vain unless employment opportunities improve, especially for those aged above 40 years old. **** PAP MP Charles Chong Hides Behind K. Shanmugam???s Pants by Sgpolitics.net Opposition MPs like Low Thia Khiang and Chiam See Tong have been winning elections in single-member wards many times over. It must utterly scare some young PAP MPs to imagine that may have to do likewise for the next election. **** New iPhone Prices Out by Chua Hian Hou, Straits Times Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel), the handset's exclusive local distributor, on Monday announced that the iPhone 3GS will be given free to those who sign up for its $205 a month mobile plans, while those on its new low-end $39 a month plan will pay $678. **** Unlimited Travel Pass by Maria Almenoar, Straits Times At $170 a month for the basic pass and $190 for the enhanced one, a commuter must spend at least $6.33 a day on public transport to make savings. **** H1N1 Cases Up 56 To 1,111 In Singapore by Channel NewsAsia **** NMP Results Are Out by Siew Kum Hong **** New Aware Team Sets Goals by Sue-Ann Chia & Aaron Low, Straits Times The Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware) on Monday announced new projects to champion women's issues, as well as changes to its Constitution to prevent a repeat of the leadership takeover by newbies. **** No Action To Reclaim $100k by Aaron Low, Straits Times Aware president Dana Lam said on Monday that her 12-member committee, elected at a May 2 extraordinary general meeting, did not intend to pursue the matter as they wanted to move on, and close the chapter as quickly as possible. **** Paulin Tay Straughan, Calvin Cheng Confirm NMP Appointment by Channel NewsAsia From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Tue Jul 7 18:59:00 2009 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com) Date: 7 Jul 2009 22:59:00 -0000 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jul 7, 2009 Message-ID: <20090707225900.18139.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ==================================== **** More About Charging Apple's Notebook Batteries by Jason D. O'Grady, The Apple Core **** iMac And The Constantly Ejected CDs by Christopher Breen, Macworld **** Paintbrush: A Fast, Free, MacPaint-like Bitmap Editor For OS X, Charles W. Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings by Charles Moore, Low End Mac **** iPhone 3.0 Wi-Fi Problems To Be Fixed In 3.1? by MacNN The public may have to wait for the release of v3.1 firmware to see a fix to current iPhone Wi-Fi issues, accounts suggest. **** Stopping By The Woods With An iPhone by Daniel Terdiman, CNET News.com Maybe, despite constantly being let down by it, I should have more faith in technology. It's not often that everything works the way it's supposed to, but when it does, it's actually pretty cool. **** Unlocking The iPhone Looks Like A Good Idea For Business Users by Don Reisinger, eWeek The iPhone 3G has been jailbroken, but there are numerous ways to unlock it. Some techniques are more difficult than others, but are they worth considering in the business world? **** 18 Great Forgotten Features Of OS X: The Underused Bits You'll Wonder How You Managed Without" by TechRadar.com OS X is a superb operating system. But its simplicity belies its depth; there are plenty of excellent features under the surface. **** Some iPhone Owners Crave Freedom by Leslie Cauley, USA Today Who really controls your Apple iPhone? If you think you do, think again. AT&T, the U.S. distributor, requires iPhone owners to use its wireless networks exclusively. Those who "jailbreak" their devices and use another carrier void the warranty. **** Apple Investment In N.C. May Reach $2 Billion by Ken Elkins, Birmingham Business Journal **** Why Apple Could Kill Your Camera by Brian Caulfield, Forbes Steve Jobs has killed music stores and media players. The point-and-shoot camera could be next. **** Apple And Disclosure: One More Time by Joe Nocera, New York Times Yes, it is true, as Mr. Carr argues, that we know enough about Mr. Jobs???s health to make an informed investing decision. But that is no thanks to Apple or its board, which after all has a legal obligation to the company???s shareholders. **** Review: Personal Antispam X5 by Rob Griffiths, Macworld Easy-to-use spam utility gets better over time. **** With Photo And Video, Apple iPod Touch, Nano Reinforce New Market Segment by Andrew Nusca, ZDNet **** Manage Your Passwords by Joe Kissell, Macworld Rely on a password manager instead of your memory. **** How I Spent My Summer: Hacking Into iPhones With Friends by Yukari Iwatani Kane, Wall Street Journal Like many teenagers, Ari Weinstein spends his summers riding his bike and swimming. This year, the 15-year-old had another item on his to-do list: Foil Apple Inc.'s brightest engineers and annoy chief executive Steve Jobs. **** Apple iTunes App Store Turns One by Nick Spence, Macworld UK "Light a candle and cue the music," Apple says on a newly designed iTunes App Store page. **** How Apple's Remote App Ruined Remote Controls For Me by Dave Caolo, TUAW MyAppleMenu Reader ==================================== **** The Chicken And The Egg: Slouching Toward Washington by Kate Munning, Bookslut When did people start replacing Campbell's soup with organic chicken stock and supermarket iceberg lettuce with locally grown arugula? Everyone cares about their food all of a sudden. It's partly a fad, sure, but many expected it to burn out when our nation's recession became official and the typical upper-middle-class locavore found herself with a lot less pocket money than she was used to in those carefree, pre-bailout heydays. And yet the trend persists, fueled in part by tainted spinach, peanut butter, beef, and our government's inability to trace and control these outbreaks. Food safety is certainly part of the equation, but it doesn't entirely explain why we still bum rush Whole Foods on the weekends. **** Fear Of Floating by Dan Vergano, Air & Space Diagnosis: Collective Panic Attack. Cause: Count von Zeppelin. **** "The Symbol" by Billy Collins, Slate Magazine SingaporeSurf ==================================== **** Kum Hong, Gautam Out by Loh Chee Kong, Today Former Nominated Member of Parliament Siew Kum Hong, 34, has no regrets "as to what (he) did over the last two-and-a-half years". **** Wong Kan Seng Squandering Millions On Kiasu Paranoid Ineffective CCTVs by News Release by UncleYap One would be so surprised that this is only one of the exits at Bugis MRT Station in Singapore. I may say that if Ah Seng needed any more space to satisfy his CCTV Camera fetish, there will be no more space left on the ceilings for him except to dismental the lightings. **** H1N1 Patient In ICU by Straits Times **** Irish Healthcare - Time To Adopt The Singaporean Model? by Slugger O'Toole It???s important to note that the Singaporean approach leverages the market as a means-to-an-end, that is quality affordable health care for all, rather than an ideological (free market) end in itself. **** Kenneth Jeyaretnam???s Speech at the FCA Lunch on 2 July 2009 by The Reform Party **** Singapore And World Economy Not In Recovery Mode - Finance Minister by Kevin Lim and Harry Suhartono, Reuters Singapore's finance minister said on Tuesday that Singapore and the world economy have not yet started to recover from the financial crisis and that any pickup in growth will be slower than in previous recessions. **** Singapore No. 2 'black Hat' Target by Ross O. Storey, Computerworld Singapore has been highlighted as one of the world's leading targets for black hat Web security attacks, in a new research by network security provider Fortinet. **** Singapore Is 10th Most Expensive by Diana Othman, Straits Times Singapore is now the 10th most expensive city in the world for expatriates, having climbed up three places from last year, according to a survey conducted by human resource and financial consultant Mercer. **** More And More Jobs Available, But Nobody Wants? by Leong Sze Hian, The Online Citizen **** MAS Bans 10 Financial Institutions From Selling Structured Notes by Lee Siew Hoon, Channel NewsAsia The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has, for the first time, imposed bans on the sale of structured notes by 10 financial institutions (FIs) which had distributed toxic structured notes linked to the collapsed US financial institution Lehman Brothers. **** Singapore To Have One Of The Highest Defence Budget In The World In 2009 by The Online Citizen Singapore???s defence spending will amount to US$11.4bn or 6% of GDP in 2009. As a percentage of GDP, this amounts to one of the biggest defence budgets in recent history. **** Hong Kong, Singapore Top World Free-Trade List; US Ranks 16th by Terence Roth, Dow Jones Hong Kong and Singapore topped a global list measuring countries' free-trade attributes, with the U.S. ranking 16th and Japan 23rd, the World Economic Forum said Tuesday. **** More Coming Forward To Serve As NMPs Since Scheme Started In 1990 by Hasnita A Majid, Channel NewsAsia More are coming forward to serve as Nominated Members of Parliament (NMPs) and political watchers said that this is a healthy trend as it shows that Singapore's political system has matured. **** 106 New H1N1 Cases Bring Total To 1,217 In Singapore by Channel NewsAsia From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Wed Jul 8 18:59:00 2009 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com) Date: 8 Jul 2009 22:59:00 -0000 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jul 8, 2009 Message-ID: <20090708225900.48819.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ==================================== **** Hear That? It???s The Sound Of Your New Hearing Aid, The iPhone by Jason Kincaid, TechCrunch **** Mobile Phone Keyboards by John Gruber, Daring Fireball Are software touchscreen keyboards good for everyone? Certainly not. But this is another aspect of the Apple Way. Apple tries to make things that many people love, not things that all people like. The key is that they???re not afraid of the staunch criticism, and often outright derision, that comes with breaking conventions. **** Versatile VLC Media Software Finally Turns 1.0 by Dan Moren, Macworld **** Prowl Sends Growl Notifications To iPhone by Dan Moren, Macworld **** Cameras 1.0.1 by Dan Frakes, Macworld Mac OS X can automatically open iPhoto, Aperture, or another program whenever you connect your digital camera or media card, but not everyone likes this behavior. If your beef with this automated device-handling is not that it exists at all, but rather that you???d prefer it if OS X could handle each device differently, Flexibits???s Cameras is for you. **** Maiden, NC Now Home To $1 Billion Apple Data Center by Chris Foresman, Ars Technica After enticement by state and local governments, Apple has chosen the town of Maiden in Catawba County, North Carolina, as the location for a new data center. Building and staffing the data center is expected to bring as many as 3,000 jobs to the area. **** Flying Meat VoodooPad Pro by Ray Aguilera, MacLife VoodooPad Pro is one of those apps that takes a while to grow on you. When you open up a new document for the first time, VoodooPad looks kind of like a TextEdit window???in other words, plain and devoid of excess features. But if you???re the kind of person who needs to capture information and ideas as they happen, before they disappear into the ether???writers, students, compulsive list-makers, listen up???VoodooPad quickly becomes a valuable tool for recording all the awesome band names, Wi-Fi passwords, haiku, class notes, important telephone numbers, and ideas for your novel that pass between your ears every day. **** Rogue Amoeba Airfoil by Ray Aguilera, MacLife Airfoil one-ups iTunes by streaming any audio to any Airport Express, computer, iPhone, or iPod touch on your network, perfect for setting up multiroom audio using gear you already own. **** Apple's iPhone Vulnerable To Hotspot Hijacking by Thomas Claburn, InformationWeek The new iPhone 3.0 software automatically launches the Safari browser in certain circumstances, a feature that makes the iPhone more usable and less secure. **** Battery Tests Confirm iPhone 3GS Improvements, But Complaints Linger by Brian X. Chen, Wired Wired.com conducted a battery test comparing the iPhone 3GS with the iPhone 3G, and the former came out hours ahead. **** Amazon Killing Mobile Apps That Use Its Data by MG Siegler, TechCrunch A recent change to Amazon???s Product Advertising API means that apps like Delicious Library are being restricted from using it. **** Judges Roll A Dozen iPhone Suits Into One by Gregg Keizer, Computerworld Last week, a panel of federal judges consolidated a dozen separate cases that consumers had filed against Apple, claiming that the company's iPhone 3G constantly dropped calls, had trouble connecting to AT&T's network and was significantly slower than advertised. **** More On The iPhone Keyboard by Infrageeks >From a logistics and supply chain management perspective this is a huge deal. Every other physical keyboard based system has to maintain specific models by locale. **** Apple???s Disclosures On Jobs Said To Be Subject Of SEC Review by Connie Guglielmo, David Scheer and Karen Gullo, Bloomberg Apple Inc.???s disclosures about Steve Jobs???s health remain under scrutiny by U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigators over how his condition went from ???relatively simple??? to ???more complex??? in nine days, said a person familiar with the matter. **** Sending GPS Devices the Way of the Tape Deck? by Jenna Wortham, New York Times Now the smartphone is beginning to displace yet another stand-alone device ??? the GPS receiver ??? as a convenient way for drivers to get directions to unknown destinations. **** The Missing Sync For Pre Launches With Mac Support by MacNN **** New And Improved For Jul 8, 2009 by Heng-Cheong Leong, MyAppleMenu Baseline 1.5 [http://www.mildmanneredindustries.com/baseline/] answers the question "Where has all your disk space gone?" MacProxy [http://www.tidalpool.ca/macproxy/] "provides system-wide network proxy support for the Mac, including for applications without proxy support." Postbox [http://postbox-inc.com/] "works behind the scenes to catalog everything in your email." Typinator 3.5 [http://www.ergonis.com/products/typinator/] "is an automatic text software that boosts your productivity and eliminates errors by automating the process of inserting frequently used text and graphics and auto-correcting typing errors." **** After Chrome OS, How Long Can The Google-Apple Friendship Last? by VentureBeat The Tomorrow Weblog ==================================== **** MIT Develops Camera-like Fabric by Stephen Shankland, CNET News.com Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a fabric made of a mesh of light-sensitive fibers that collectively act like a rudimentary camera. **** Google Unveils A PC Operating System by Miguel Helft and Ashlee Vance, New York Times In a direct challenge to Microsoft, Google announced late Tuesday that it is developing an operating system for PCs based on its Chrome Web browser. The move sharpens the already intense competition between Google and Microsoft, whose Windows operating system controls the basic functions of the vast majority of personal computers. MyAppleMenu Reader ==================================== **** Our Lady Of The Kitchen by Laura Jacobs, Vanity Fair The making of the cultural phenomenon that was Julia Child had three key ingredients: a man, a meal, and a TV camera. **** Morality: Stephen King's All-New Story Of Recession by Stephen King, Esquire SingaporeSurf ==================================== **** A Question Of Party by Esther Ng, Today One of the nine new names is a Young PAP member. **** Singapore's Official Foreign Reserves Increase In June by RTT News **** Nominated Members Of Parliament by Singapore Government **** The Smile Police by Cambodia Calling Honestly, despite growing up with the courtesy campaign, I am quite sure it had little effect on me and my friends. **** Members Unaware Of Major Aware Decisions by Phua Sui Lin, Today Does the exco has the power and authority to make such a decision without consulting its members? **** Adelson Says Singapore Casino Opening Delayed by Associated Press Las Vegas Sands Chairman Sheldon Adelson said the opening of the company's $5.5 billion Singapore casino and resort will be delayed until early next year because of problems sourcing construction materials. **** New Bridge To Sentosa Now Operational by Channel NewsAsia **** MOH Stops Listing H1N1 Cases by Grace Chua, Straits Times Starting Wednesday, the Ministry of Health will no longer track the total number of Influenza A (H1N1) infections here, or the number of cases from affected countries. **** Road Safety Markings Extended by Bhuvaneswary Narayanan, Straits Times The Land Transport Authority (LTA) will extend two new road safety initiatives - Traffic Calming Markings (TrCM) and Your Speed Sign (YSS) - to more areas following positive results from its pilot run. **** Two Boards Merge by Straits Times The Preservation of Monuments Board (PMB) has merged with the National Heritage Board (NHB) as part of an on-going move by the Government for smaller statutory boards to merge with larger ones. From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Thu Jul 9 18:59:00 2009 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com) Date: 9 Jul 2009 22:59:00 -0000 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jul 9, 2009 Message-ID: <20090709225900.82623.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ==================================== **** Remember Your Passwords by Joe Kissell, Macworld You'll always be able to access critical passwords if you take these steps. **** Review: iPhone Twitter Clients by Lex Friedman, Macworld I spent some time composing and reading 140-character missives with five popular Twitter apps. Here???s how they stack up. **** Apple, Sony, Nintendo Sued Over Patent Infringement Claims by Nick Spence, Macworld UK California-based Shared Memory Graphics claims the Apple iPod, Nintendo???s motion-controlled Wii, and Sony PSP and PS2 game consoles make use of two graphic accelerator systems patented by the company. **** Mr. Schmidt: Step Down From That Board by Tom Krazit, CNET News.com Your position on Apple's board of directors now looks completely untenable given Google's intention to release a lightweight operating system for personal computers called Chrome OS. **** Safari 4.0.2 Update Fixes Stability Issues by Jonathan Seff, Macworld According to Apple's notes, the update improves the stability of the Nitro JavaScript engine and includes the latest compatibility and security fixes. **** Mac News Briefs: QuickerTek Battery Extends MacBook Life By Five Hours by Macworld Also announced: SkypeCap, Flickery, XMenu, and EasyFind updates; Flexible Mini Capsule Microphone for iPhone. **** Save Time With Dropzone by DigMo If you are anything like me you are spending a fair amount time uploading photos to flickr, documents to ftp spaces and even more regularly emailing documents and files to colleagues. The sharing process takes time but the good news is it is about to get considerably quicker with the release of Dropzone. **** Layers Captures All Open Windows On Your Mac by Bambi Brannan, Mac360 Layers captures your Mac???s whole screen in a Photoshop layered image. **** My Apple: The Excitement Of Seeing Other Apple Fans by Magnus Nystedt , Shuffle Gazine Why is it that we Apple fans get so excited when we see or meet other Apple users? **** City of Heroes: Mac Special Edition by Joseph Cadotte, Inside Mac Games This is an excellent game with immense depth. I highly recommend it to people who are tired of fantasy or find EVE to be too daunting. There is great possibility for both casual and obsessive play. **** How Good Is The New iPhone 3GS Camera - Ummm, It???s Really Great! by Grey Sacle Gorilla What really blew me away though is the fact that the touch point on your photo also regulates exposure and color temperature. **** How Much Does It Cost To Buy Every iPhone App? by Heng-Cheong Leong, MyAppleMenu $144,326.06, according to Busted Loop [http://bustedloop.com/blog/2009/7/7/how-much-does-it-cost-to-buy-every-iphone-app.html]. Which, I believe, is within Guy Kawasaki's budget, if he still works at Apple. **** MacBook Pro Soars To New Heights by Tom Yager, InfoWorld The 15-inch MacBook Pro is the best of the tier-one commercial notebooks, full stop. There are cheaper notebooks, but I'd challenge you to find one that's faster, quieter, and better built than MacBook Pro. **** Google Operating System Raises Apple Antitrust Issues by Brad Stone, New York Times Google???s new operating system, which the Internet search giant said could ship in the low-cost computers called netbooks by next year, is likely to create more questions for regulators looking into Google???s relationship with Apple. **** We Are So Not Into Netbooks by Heng-Cheong Leong, MyAppleMenu Is anyone raising the question whether Apple's apparent refusal to go into 'netbook' business is because Apple have insider knowledge about Google's plan with the Chrome OS? **** iPhone Apps To Organize Your Life by Farhad Manjoo, New York Times Here are some of the best apps to keep your life running smoothly. **** 256??128=10?! The Impact Of The iPhone 3GS RAM Increase by John Casasanta, Tap Tap Tap So even though Apple isn???t touting it, the increased RAM size of the iPhone 3GS is definitely a major contributor to the ???S??? in its name. It???s an incredibly welcome improvement. **** Why Won't Apple Or MS Give Us What Google Might? by Scott Foval, Huffington Post **** Apple Still Not Naming NC Town As Data Center Site by Emery P. Dalesio, BusinessWeek The reason is that the Cupertino, Calif.-based company continues to negotiate contract and other details involving the offer by Catawba County and the town of Maiden, said Dale Carroll, deputy secretary of the state Commerce Department. **** Apple Techno Babble by Garry Barker, The Age Good presenting, whether for a big audience or a small school class, is not about screens full of bullet points, text and pie charts. It is about capturing the interest of an audience by telling a story, says Les Posen, president of iMUG, the Internet Macintosh User Group, a clinical psychologist and a Keynote guru whose skill with the application has been recognised by Apple. **** Jonathan Ive On The Key To Apple's Success by Helen Walters, BusinessWeek Jonathan Ive isn???t prone to making wild proclamations about design, his boss, Steve Jobs, or Apple, the company at which he???s led the design team since 1996. Indeed, he???s not really one for speaking in public much at all. So it was with a sense of keen anticipation that a group of 700 or so Londoners descended on the Royal Geographical Society in posh South Kensington to hear Ive in conversation with Sir Christopher Frayling, rector of the Royal College of Art. **** Local Companies Thrive With Apple by Gus G. Sentementes, Baltimore Sun Catering to Mac owners proves a viable business. **** New And Improved For Jul 9 by Heng-Cheong Leong, MyAppleMenu Cocktail 4.4 [http://www.maintain.se/cocktail/index.php], a "general purpose utility for Mac OS X", adds ability to reset home directory permissions and Access Control Lists (ACLs), and to set Time Machine's backup interval and to modify other Time Machine settings. The Missing Sync for Palm Pre [http://www.markspace.com/products/pre/mac/palm-pre-sync-overview.html] "works with Mac applications you already know and use ??? Address Book, iTunes, iCal, Entourage and iPhoto ??? to let you transfer and sync information and files between your Mac and Pre." Nisus Writer Pro 1.3 [http://nisus.com/pro/] word processor "adds a completely new document manager." REALbasic and REAL Studio 2009 [http://www.realsoftware.com/company/news/2009/2009r3release/] adds "OpenGL support for 3D images and animation." XMenu [http://www.devon-technologies.com/products/freeware/] "adds global menus on your menu bar to give you access to your preferred applications, folders, documents, files, and snippets." **** S Korea Agency Asks Apple To Recall Some iPods by Jung-Ah Lee, Dow Jones A South Korean government agency said Thursday that it has requested Apple Inc.'s (AAPL) Korea unit to recall some of its iPod nano music players on concerns that batteries in the device may overheat. **** Old iPods Have Still Got Game by Paul Govan, Wired With all the excitement over the iPhone and iPod Touch games it???s easy to forget that the original iPod can also play an impressive array of games. The Tomorrow Weblog ==================================== **** Digital Textbooks Call For New Business Models by David Wiley, The Chronicle Of Higher Education Professors and universities should work to take advantage of the new economic realities of the Web, and create a collection of online educational resources that students and institutions can pay for once and then own and reuse indefinitely. **** Lazyfeed Poised To Debut Real-Time Personalized Blog Search by Louis Gray **** Computer Learns Sign Language By Watching TV by Colin Barras, New Scientist It's not only humans that can learn from watching television. Software developed in the UK has worked out the basics of sign language by absorbing TV shows that are both subtitled and signed. MyAppleMenu Reader ==================================== **** Does God Hate Women? by Ophelia Benson and Jeremy Stangroom, New Statesman After all the arguments for subordinating women have been shown to be self-serving lies, what are misogynists left with? They have only one feeble argument that is still deferred to and shown undeserving respect across the world, even by people who should know better: ???God told me to. I have to treat women as lesser beings, because it is inscribed in my Holy Book.??? **** Surgery Frees Athlete To Run Far, At Cost Of Remembering Little by John Branch, New York Times A lobectomy cured ultra-runner Diane Van Deren???s epileptic seizures, but left her with an inability to remember exactly where she is going or how to get back. **** Mars For The Rest Of Us by Joshua Romero, IEEE Spectrum We???re now on the cusp of another revolution in Mars exploration, where public outreach and scientific investigation will go hand in hand. Increasingly sophisticated imaging systems will allow robots to transmit not just individual photos but also enough data to create huge panoramas and virtual environments for anyone to explore. The sheer amount of information will require and reward more human scrutiny than professionals alone can provide. NASA is also learning, if a bit haphazardly, how to leverage Web 2.0 technologies to make missions interactive. Directly connecting with constituents in this way will be no easy task, but it???s NASA???s best opportunity to create a sustainable future for the space program. **** Books Of The Times: When Poets Were Scientists And Nature Their Mysterious Muse by Janet Maslin, New York Times William Herschel, the German-born, star-gazing musician who effectively doubled the size of the solar system with a single discovery in 1781, was not regarded as a scientist. That word had not been coined during most of the era that will now be known, thanks to Richard Holmes???s amazingly ambitious, buoyant new fusion of history, art, science, philosophy and biography, as ???The Age of Wonder.??? And Mr. Holmes???s excitement at fusing long-familiar events and personages into something startlingly new is not unlike the exuberance of the age that animates his groundbreaking book. SingaporeSurf ==================================== **** At Least 8,000 New Flats by Jessica Cheam, Straits Times The Housing and Development Board (HDB) will offer 8,000 new flats this year, or more if the pick up is stronger, said National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan on Wednesday. **** NMP-Designate Quits Young PAP by Esther Ng, Today **** Delay Puts Two IRs In Race To Open by Lin Yan Qin, Today **** I've Quit Young PAP by Calvin Cheng, Today I joined the YPAP in 2006 when I visited the Teck Ghee PAP branch with a friend, and I signed up out of curiosity. Due to many reasons, I never returned. Notwithstanding these facts, to clear all doubts, I decided to submit a verbal resignation on the night of Tuesday, July 7, 2009, followed up with an official written resignation on the morning of Wednesday, July 8. **** Investor Protection, Singapore Style by Peter Thal Larsen, Reuters Who needs a whole new government agency to protect consumers from irresponsible banks? Authorities in Singapore have taken a refreshingly straightforward approach in tackling banks deemed to have been less than scrupulous when selling structured notes dragged down by the failure of Lehman Brothers: they banned them. **** Section 377A Is A Law, A Decorative Piece Or A Potential Political Tool? by Article 14 The Law minister is making a case for messiness in the law. Is it acceptable to have some messiness in the law? **** Puzzle Over Tax Proposal by Goh Eng Yeow, Straits Times A government proposal to make the rules clearer on taxing gains on property sales has left developers and investors scratching their heads. Since the public consultation paper on the subject was put up by the Finance Ministry last month, there have been quiet discussions in some circles on the impact the step might have on the property market. So quiet that most people were apparently unaware of it. **** MOE To Let More ITE Students Enter Polytechnics by Pearl Forss, Channel NewsAsia Senior minister of state for education, S Iswaran, said the education ministry is looking to increase the numbers of students entering polytechnics to cater to the rising aspirations of students as well as industry demand for skilled workers. But he added the ministry is still working out the target numbers. **** Ghani: Cut Toll At Second Link by New Straits Times Toll at the Second Link expressway should be lowered to get more motorists to use the second Malaysia-Singapore crossing. In making the call, Menteri Besar Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman said only a lower toll would encourage people using the Causeway to switch to the Second Link. **** No Tightening Of Tax Policy by Goh Eng Yeow, Straits Times The finance ministry has clarified that its proposal to make the law clearer on taxing the gains on property sales gains is not intended to tighten current policy on the matter. Rather, the proposed tax change is to relax the income tax treatment 'aimed at giving certainty of non-taxation' to individuals who do not sell properties frequently. **** Singapore 10th Most Expensive City In The World!!!! by Diary of A Singaporean Mind We have the income distribution of a 3rd world country and cost of living that is number 10 among the most expensive cities in the world. So what is quality of life for the bottom one third of the population? **** The Most Expensive Homes In Singapore by Memories At Sentosa. **** Government In Talks With Marina Bay Sands Over Delay; Lower Interest In IR Jobs by Desmond Wong, Channel NewsAsia The Singapore government is currently in talks with Marina Bay Sands over the integrated resort's announced delay. Another issue is a possible staff shortage as observers note Singaporeans tend to shy away from the gaming industry. From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Fri Jul 10 18:59:00 2009 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com) Date: 10 Jul 2009 22:59:00 -0000 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jul 10, 2009 Message-ID: <20090710225900.92233.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ==================================== **** BackupLoupe 1.4 by Dan Frakes, Macworld If your main goal is finding out what???s dominating your Time Machine backups, Soma-Zone???s $2 BackupLoupe is likely all you need. **** Mac News Briefs: CheckUp Adds Compatibility With The Latest Macs by Macworld Also announced: an update to TopXNotes and new Pro Sleds from Trans International. **** iPhone For Life by Nick Santilli, The Apple Blog Apple already had me as a lifelong customer with its computers. But the iPhone has nestled its way into a niche in my life that for a very long time, was up for grabs. No longer ??? iPhone for life, baby! **** Chrome OS Will Push Apple To Address Failings, Say Analysts by Gregg Keizer, Computerworld Apple should be nervous about Google's move into the operating system market, some analysts said today. Others, however, argued that Apple executives won't lose a second of sleep. **** Taking A Second Look At Apple Xserve by Drew Robb, Datamation **** Apple MacBook Pros Cannot Show Millions Of Colors by Sean Kalinich, TweakTown **** Google CEO Says Will Discuss Apple Board Role by Yinka Adegoke, Reuters Google Inc chief executive Eric Schmidt said he will discuss with Apple Inc how his role on its board might change after Google's move to launch a new operating system. Because Google's new Chrome OS would compete with Apple's own computer software, Schmidt said on Thursday he would talk to the Mac computer maker about whether he should recuse himself from Apple's board. **** My Sad Affair With The iPhone 3G S by Bill Snyder, InfoWorld Spotty 3G coverage and poor battery life take the luster off Apple's new star. But the roots of the problem are much deeper. **** Apple Denies iPod Recall, Fueling Consumer Confusion by Jin Hyun-joo, Korea Herald Apple Korea yesterday denied Seoul's earlier announcement that the company had agreed to recall some of its iPod Nano MP3 players following reports of battery overheating in Korea. Apple's latest announcement has fueled confusion among consumers who are already concerned about the safety of the products following a series of alleged battery problems. **** Review: Braid by Chris Holt, Macworld Platformer earns high marks for its artistry. **** What Open Source Can Learn From Apple by Matt Asay, CNET News.com The Tomorrow Weblog ==================================== **** How Community Arts Organizations Are Using Social Media by Emily Goligoski, Mashable **** Chat While Reading: The Future Of Books? by Laura Sydell, NPR Reading a book evokes solitary images of lying in bed late at night or sitting beneath a beach umbrella lost in a fantasy. But BookGlutton.com, a Web site that permits readers to chat about books as they read, may be transforming a lone activity into a communal one. MyAppleMenu Reader ==================================== **** In Search Of Dignity by David Brooks, New York Times Americans still admire dignity. But the word has become unmoored from any larger set of rules or ethical system. **** What???s In A Word? by Sharon Begley, Newsweek When the Viaduct de Millau opened in the south of France in 2004, this tallest bridge in the world won worldwide accolades. German newspapers described how it "floated above the clouds" with "elegance and lightness" and "breathtaking" beauty. In France, papers praised the "immense" "concrete giant." Was it mere coincidence that the Germans saw beauty where the French saw heft and power? Lera Boroditsky thinks not. **** Surfing A River When The Wave Doesn???t Move by Jesse Huffman, New York Times To the uninitiated, the scene on a recent morning along the St. Lawrence River in Montreal might have inspired confusion. Behind the striking modular apartment complex known as Habitat 67, a crowd of surfers slipped into wet suits and waxed up their boards, 500 miles from the nearest ocean beach. **** Fore and Aft by Bonnie Wai-Lee Kwong, Drunken Boat **** The Tiny Book of Instructions by Kim Gek Lin Short, Drunken Boat SingaporeSurf ==================================== **** S'pore Muslims Have Developed Own Identity Rooted In Islam, Says Yaacob by Satish Cheney, Channel NewsAsia Singapore Muslim community has developed its own identity, reflecting its rootedness and progressiveness in Islam, said minister-in-charge of Muslim affairs, Dr Yaacob Ibrahim. **** Vietnamese Sex Workers Trapped In Extortion Racket by Thuc Minh, Thanh Nien A Thanh Nien investigation into a red-light district and brothels in Singapore found that many are having to work hard only to have their earnings extorted from the pimps who help them go abroad. **** A Credible And Effective Opposition: Part II by Singapore Democrats The opposition must work towards bring about a system that encourages citizens to actively participate in the public process and one that allows them to vote freely and fairly. **** Stir Over Thio Li-Ann At NYU by Today Singapore academic Thio Li-Ann's appointment as a visiting professor to teach human rights law at New York University (NYU) has caused a stir among some students. **** Shift To Fact Finding by K C Vijayan, Straits Times Court inquiries into cases of unnatural death should be merely fact-finding missions, instead of exercises into whether anyone should shoulder the blame. A new Bill that is now up for public consultation proposes these and other changes to the way the Coroner's Court operates. **** Marina Bay IR Delay 'No Surprise' by Lim Wei Chean, Straits Times Tourism players say the signs that there would be a delay in the opening of the Marina Bay Sands integrated resort (IR) were visible: Construction at the site was proceeding slower than it should have been. **** Genting Singapore Casino Set To Open Before Rival by Rachael Kam, Malaysia Star Genting Singapore???s Resorts World at Sentosa (RWS) is in a good position to pull ahead of Las Vegas Sands??? Marina Bay Sands (MBS) in the race to open the first casino in Singapore following a delay in the MBS project, analysts said. **** Customers Sue Singapore's DBS Over Investment Loss by Kevin Lim, Reuters **** Johor Mulls MRT Link Between Iskandar And Singapore by Chong Pooi Koon, Business Times Malaysia Johor is studying plans to connect Iskandar Malaysia to Singapore via mass rapid transit (MRT) system over the next five years, now that chances for a third bridge across the causeway get slimmer. **** S???pore Ranked Most Trade-friendly Nation: Who Benefits Most? by The Wayang Party We need to move from being overly obsessed with material growth to caring and nurturing our people in our governance to ensure that no Singaporean is left behind. **** I'm Confused. This Is A Coffee Shop, Right? by An American Girl In Singapore Aren't coffee shops the #2 place to study with the library being #1? **** Maria Hertogh Dead, But The Fearmongering Will Continue by Gerald Giam Singaporeans do not wish to see racial riots. That is a given. But Singaporeans are not stupid either. They know the difference between a peaceful assembly by a few public spirited individuals, and a riotous gathering by troublemakers out to wreak havoc. I???m sure the PAP government knows that too, but chooses to conflate the two for the sake of clamping down on anything that could remotely challenge its authority. **** New Conservation Fund To Protect Singapore's Endangered Species by 938 Live **** Delay In Opening Of Marina Bay Sands Could Potentially Mean Big Losses by Channel NewsAsia **** No More H1N1 Screening by Straits Times Temperature checks for H1N1 cases at all Singapore borders will be discontinued from Saturday, said a government statement on Friday. **** France, S'pore To Sign Tax Pact by Straits Times **** David Killed, Says Lawyer by Jarkata Post David Hartanto Widjaja, an Indonesian student who died at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University (NTU), was murdered and did not commit suicide as many Singaporean media outlets have reportered, Otto Cornelis Kaligis, the lawyer for David's family, said Thurday. **** 12 Hours To Get New iPhone by Chua Hian Hou, Straits Times Five hours early was not early enough for one man anxious to be first to own the iPhone 3G at its launch here last year. Despite his efforts he ended up second in line. Disappointed, medical test subject recruiter Jackson Low turned up at 9am on Friday - almost 12 hours before sales of the speedier iPhone 3GS began to make sure he would be there ahead of the thousands of other eager iFans. **** No Stairs, No View by Ang Yiying, Straits Times For some Eunos HDB residents, getting a lift that stops on every floor has been more of a nightmare than a dream come true. They say that new lift shafts built on the outside of their blocks have robbed their flats of privacy and ventilation and blocked their views, as well as some light. **** Idling Ships Clog Up Singapore Shores by Pauline Mason, BBC The usual stay for a cargo carrier is just ten days. That is enough time to offload one set of cargo and take on another load, re-fuel and re-stock supplies. But, of the 220 container ships arriving in Singapore this year, - excluding the tugs, yachts and bunkering vessels which are permanent port residents - more than half have stayed longer than that. Another 44 cargo ships have been in port for more than six months. From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Sat Jul 11 18:59:00 2009 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com) Date: 11 Jul 2009 22:59:00 -0000 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jul 11, 2009 Message-ID: <20090711225900.53742.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ==================================== **** Mac News Briefs: Squashed Software Releases RAID Monitor 3 by Macworld Also announced: Geotagalog and MacFamily Tree updates. **** 10 Mac Apps That Make Windows Users Drool by Chris Dannen, Fast Company It's no surprise that in the nearly nine years that Mac OS X has been earning converts, -the Macintosh a decade after the first iMac has become a software honeypot luring Windows users from all walks of life. While some of the apps below have counterparts in the PC realm that aim to do a similar task, the apps on this list say as much about the Apple-inspired philosophy of interaction--elegant, efficient, easy, powerful--as they do about the ideas that drive Mac developers. Below, the apps that Windows users can only wish came in .exe. **** From iPhone To Macs: Apple Appeals To Businesses Without Even Trying by Don Reisinger, eWeek According to ChangeWave Research, more companies plan to add new computers to their operations during the next quarter. Nine percent of those buying new computers plan to buy MacBook Pros for employees, while 7 percent of respondents said they plan to buy desktop Macs. If those figures hold up, Apple could capture its stated goal of 8 to 10 percent market share in the enterprise. It's no small feat -- especially for a company that has never really cared about the business world. **** Apple's MacBook Strategy: Optical Is Over by Seth Weintraub, Computerworld SD should be arriving on the MacBook Air and the regular MacBook in the next updates ??? and it might replace the DVD drive on the next MacBook. **** Apple's App Store At 1 Is As Much Cultural Force As Business Success by Chad Berndtson, ChannelWeb Apple's App Store for iPhone and iPod Touch is a year old this week, and even the most skeptical, jaded IT observers out there would be hard-pressed to deny Apple its due credit: the App Store has been not only a rousing success, but a bona fide commercial and cultural force, claiming almost as much limelight as the iPhone itself. **** The iPhone???s Distinctive Dozen by Macworld We asked our iPhone-using editors to name the most significant apps to appear on the scene since the App Store???s July 2008 launch and came up with a list of 12???one for each month that the App Store???s been open. **** iPhone App Store Leaves Room For Bathroom Humor by Ryan Kim, San Francisco Chronicle When you have more than 60,000 software programs in your iPhone App Store, there's bound to be a few that are inane, useless or offensive. **** Why The SD Card Slot In The Macbook Range Won???t Replace The DVD Drive Any Time Soon. by Thomas Fitzgerald MyAppleMenu Reader ==================================== **** Where Am I? by Jonah Lehrer, New York Times While modern life is full of tools that keep us from straying off course, from Google maps to the iPhone, Ellard sees the need for such contrivances as a sign that we???ve already lost our way. We???ve become hopelessly disconnected from our setting, burdened with a brain that needs a GPS satellite just to get across town. **** The Crab Houses Of Maryland???s Eastern Shore by Jordan Hruska, New York Times Guttural charges from powerboats headed in our direction suggested that more of the hungry were en route from the Chesapeake Bay, where the calm, wobbling eddies were flashing with the day???s last rays of sun just beyond where I sat. Several larger groups of diners grabbed bottles of cheap beer from aluminum buckets and fried seafood from red plastic baskets. Nearby, in what looked like a modified gazebo, a rock band began its sound check. SingaporeSurf ==================================== **** Outside The House by Loh Chee Kong, Today For all the clarity on the role of Nominated Members of Parliament (NMP) within Parliament - to provide independent and non-partisan views on a wide range of topics - question marks remain over what they can and cannot do, what they should and should not do, outside the House. **** My, My ... Mr Cheng by PN Balji, Today Let me quote from a letter he wrote to Today: "I joined YPAP in 2006 when I visited the Teck Ghee PAP branch with a friend, and I signed up out of curiosity. Due to many reasons, I never returned." My, my ... what does this say of this intelligent young man who graduated from Oxford and wants to be a member of the highest and most august chamber in Singapore? **** Kuan Yew's Half-Century by Seah Chiang Nee, The Star Despite his advancing age, the world???s longest surviving national leader has become more assertive at home and abroad in the last two years, averaging one overseas trip every two months. **** Why Indonesians Go To Singapore? by My Busy Brain **** Banned From Selling What Nobody Wants To Buy? by Leong Sze Hian, The Online Citizen The penalty for the 10 FIs in essence is a ban from selling structured notes for six months to two years. Given the likelihood that not many may buy such products after this saga, the penalty may seem to be rather light and inconsequential to the FIs. **** 12,000 Foetuses Aborted In Singapore Every Year by Pearl Forss, Channel NewsAsia About 12,000 foetuses are aborted in Singapore every year and doctors say not enough people are using contraception, or are not using them correctly. From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Sun Jul 12 18:59:00 2009 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com) Date: 12 Jul 2009 22:59:00 -0000 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jul 12, 2009 Message-ID: <20090712225900.32907.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ==================================== **** Apple Still Mute To iPhone Complaints by Tom Kaneshige, CIO The big three gripes: the iPhone 3GS battery life is dismal, the 3GS overheats, and there's a serious SMS vulnerability. **** iPhone Finally Coming To China, But Who Cares? by Ryan McLaughlin, CNET Asia SingaporeSurf ==================================== **** Saturday's PSI Reading Of 40 Is Within Acceptable Range by Channel NewsAsia **** Thousands Crowd iPhone Launch In Singapore by Philip Elmer-DeWitt, Fortune **** The Conundrum Of Labour by The Kway Teow Man **** 12,000 Abortions, Half By Married Women : That???s Why Abstinence-only Cannot Work by mathialee, Mathia Lee ~ Plans and Preoccupations Abstinence-only programs teach girls how to protect themselves while they are still teens in school. It leaves them with a knowledge-gap when they get married. Comprehensive Sexuality Education equips them with the knowlege they need today, and for life. From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Mon Jul 13 18:59:00 2009 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com) Date: 13 Jul 2009 22:59:00 -0000 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jul 13, 2009 Message-ID: <20090713225900.84889.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ==================================== **** Year Two by Furbo.org As developers, we have a tendency to look at things that are ???wrong??? and complain. It???s also important to look at what???s been improved in the past year: it gives me hope that we???ll eventually see some of the suggestions I make in this essay. **** A Year Later, Apple's iPhone App Store The Hottest Gaming Platform On Earth by Dan Frommer, Business Insider The challenges for iPhone gaming companies: Standing out in a field where there are tens of thousands of compentitors, and maximizing profits in a store where 99-cent apps tend to reign supreme. **** The iPhone's App Side For Apple by Martin Peers, Wall Street Journal If you believe Apple's advertising, there is an "app" for almost everything on the iPhone, except figuring out the value of all those applications to Apple. **** Apple iPhone OS 3.0 Ninja Tips And Tricks by Mitch Wagner, InformationWeek Get the most from your iPhone or iPod Touch with 3.0 firmware update with these tips for better Web browsing, app access, keyboard tricks, and the lowdown on free AT&T Wi-Fi access. **** Review: Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing 2009 Deluxe Edition by Blair Hanley Frank, Macworld While I certainly wouldn???t recommend Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing 2009 Deluxe Edition to my six-year-old self, I would definitely suggest it to 10- or 11-year-olds, teenagers, and adults. Its beautiful interface, iTunes integration, spot-on lessons and engaging practice material are perfect for learning how to type. It isn???t perfect, but it certainly is an excellent choice. **** Fixing iPhone 3.0 Battery Issues by Andrew Gracia, eWeek **** Analyst: Forget The Feds, Apple Is 'Doing Just Fine At Wrecking The Wireless Business' by Larry Dignan, ZDNet Apple has taken any power that AT&T has. Sure, AT&T has an exclusive deal with Apple, but the iPhone maker owns the customer relationship and holds all the cards. **** The No-worry Backup Plan by Rob Griffiths, Macworld Backing up data isn???t a one-size-fits-all proposition???what works for you will depend on the types of data you want to protect and, more important, how worried you are about keeping that data safe. I???ve based these recommendations on what I think will bring most people peace of mind, but you know yourself???and your data???best. Use the guidelines to figure out your own plan, as you consider how much time and money you???re willing to spend, as well as how worried you are about losing files. **** TwitVid Video Upload App Released For iPhone 3GS by Peter Cohen, Macworld The Tomorrow Weblog ==================================== **** Memristor Minds: The Future Of Artificial Intelligence by Justin Mullins, New Scientist Within the past couple of years, memristors have morphed from obscure jargon into one of the hottest properties in physics. They've not only been made, but their unique capabilities might revolutionise consumer electronics. More than that, though, along with completing the jigsaw of electronics, they might solve the puzzle of how nature makes that most delicate and powerful of computers - the brain. **** Swiss Postal Service Is Moving Some Mail Online by Ciara O'Rourke, New York Times A program introduced by the Swiss Post in June allows subscribers to receive scans of their unopened envelopes by e-mail message and then decide which ones they want opened and scanned in their entirety, to be read online. MyAppleMenu Reader ==================================== **** 20,000 Nations Above the Sea by Brian Doherty, Reason Is floating the last, best hope for liberty? **** Enter Laughing by John Colapinto, New Yorker Senator Franken???s long journey. **** Meatloaf by Donald Hall, New Yorker **** My Aunts by Meghan O???Rourke, New Yorker **** Rat Beach by William Styron, New Yorker SingaporeSurf ==================================== **** Fifty Years Of Lee Kuan Yew by Blowin' In The Wind It's telling that a Malaysian and not a Singapore newspaper noted Singapore's Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew completed 50 years in office, becoming the world's longest surviving national leader, on June 5. **** Abortion And Comprehensive Sexuality Education by Ng E-Jay, Sgpolitics.net Don???t these misconceptions demonstrate clearly the need for Comprehensive Sexuality Education? **** Seller Beware by Conrad Raj, Today The Iras should clearly define what a trader is, and not leave everyone guessing. **** Quality Time With Kids At Last, Thanks To H1N1 Scare by New Paper WHAT a father could not achieve for almost a decade, the H1N1 virus did in just one visit. **** Singapore Likely To Have Emerged From Recession by Bloomberg Singapore's economy probably expanded for the first time in five quarters as a rebound in manufacturing helped the Southeast Asian nation emerge from its worst recession since independence in 1965. Gross domestic product rose an annualized 13.4 per cent last quarter from the previous three months, after shrinking 14.6 per cent between January and March, according to the median estimate of 12 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News. The trade ministry will release the data at 8am tomorrow. **** Service Jobs: Ready For A Quota Cut? by Leong Wee Keat, Today With services primed as the long-term driver of the Singapore economy, and more job opportunities opening up in this sector relative to others - is this the perfect time to consider trimming back on the foreign-worker quota? **** "I Am Curious All The Time" by Calvin Cheng, Today Talk is cheap -- this letter is even cheaper. **** KL-Singapore Link: Are We On The Right Track? by Moaz Yusuf Ahmad, New Straits Times We do not deserve a high-speed rail service if we cannot even get buses and taxis to operate properly. Short-sighted. **** MOE Surpasses Recruitment Target Of 3,000 Teachers by S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia At half time in June, the education ministry has already surpassed its annual target of recruiting 3,000 teachers this year. Speaking at the National Institute of Education's teachers' investiture on Monday, education minister Ng Eng Hen assured that although the ministry has stepped up hiring, it has also continued to be rigorous in selecting teachers and educators. **** That Young PAP Membership: Still Questions Unanswered by Li Wenfeng, Today **** I Would Have Been More Hard-Hitting With Calvin Cheng by Sunny Goh, Today **** I Would Never Doubt Mr Balji's Judgement by Lau Chong Han, Today How can Mr. Cheng be curious, and yet "non-active" for two years, and then suddenly felt that he got the "calling" to serve as a Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP)? **** 'Huge Buffer' Of Wealth by Fiona Chan, Straits Times If the current recession seems less painful than previous downturns, part of the reason could be that Singaporeans are richer this time around. **** The Truth About Jobs, Jobs, Jobs.... by Diary of A Singaporean Mind Next time someone tells you things are better in Singapore because unemployment rate (among residents) is low remember that is only half the story. **** Potong Pasir & Hougang Now Eligible For Lift Upgrading Programme by Desmond Wong, Channel NewsAsia For the first time, opposition-held Potong Pasir and Hougang will be eligible for the Lift Upgrading Programme (LUP) for 65 precincts islandwide. Senior minister of state for national development Grace Fu revealed this to the media on Monday at a Home Improvement Programme (HIP) event. **** Grace Fu Fa-La-La-La Upgra-da Dumba Dee Doo Dah by Sam Ho, Sam's thoughts That's politics I guess. So dirty, like the used sanitary pad and multiple cigarette buds that pepper my air-conditioner compressor. From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Tue Jul 14 18:59:01 2009 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com) Date: 14 Jul 2009 22:59:01 -0000 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jul 14, 2009 Message-ID: <20090714225901.85471.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ==================================== **** VirtualBox 3.0: Free Virtualizer Is Almost Grown Up, Alan Zisman, Mac 2 Windows by Alan Zisman, Low End Mac **** iPhone Games For 99 Cents? Meet EA's 8 Lb Gorilla by Matt Peckham, PC World What's about to make Apple's iPhone quick and tiny and cheap all over? Electronic Arts, that's what, with their maverick new micro-studio, cutely dubbed 8 lb Gorilla. The plan? 99-cent iPhone games to appear in pint-sized installments on a semi-monthly basis. **** Worms Strategy Game Slithers Onto iPhone by Peter Cohen, Macworld Worms is the classic turn-based strategy game in which you control warring worm armies. It's turn-based and 2D, though it features richly illustrated cartoon graphics. Essentially an artillery game, you must use the right ammunition to destroy your opponents. **** Safari 4: Back To The Bench by The Mac Observer My Web browser of choice is OmniWeb from The Omni Group. It may not share the same high profile as Safari and Firefox, but for me it's reliable, is plenty customizable, and fits my work style like a glove. **** Review: Doom Resurrection For iPhone by Chris Holt, Macworld Doom Resurrection captures the close-quarters combat, terrifying atmosphere, and gunplay of the Doom series pretty well. It???s a far cry from a true first person shooter but it???s by no means a quick cash-in. That said, you still feel like John Carmack and company could have done more with this title. **** Developer Claims Apple Blocking Push Notifications On Unlocked iPhones by Tyler Tschida, App Advice According to PoweryBase, push-enabled iPhone apps contact Apple???s servers to request an ID to establish a connection, but if you are using an non-official wireless carrier, the connection can???t be made. **** Speculation Intensifies On Apple Touch-Screen Tablet by Antone Gonsalves, InformationWeek Speculation on an Apple tablet PC heated up on the Web Monday as Taiwanese news sources reported that the Mac maker has placed orders related to the device with manufacturers. **** iBASIC by Heng-Cheong Leong, MyAppleMenu There's Applesoft on the Apple II, and I think's there's MS BASIC on the Mac. Even the Mac OS X featured, at one time, Visual Basic for Application in MS Office. (Or you can go RealBASIC, if you really want some other experts to interpret your BASIC programs.) So, where's BASIC for the iPhone? A younger Bill Gates would already be in Steve Jobs' office, trying to convince Apple why Microsoft should be the one to supply a BASIC interpreter for the iPhone platform. Why isn't Steve Ballmer picking up where Gates left off, putting a BASIC interpreter on every desktop, laptop and palmtop? :-) Actually, what I really want is a simple programming or scripting environment on the iPhone for the 'rest of us'. Think BASIC or Hypercard -- and not the Objective-C/Cocoa Touch/Xcode thing that requires a Mac and a $99 payment. The iPhone is the first truly always-on computer in my pocket. Too bad it can't run my own cron jobs. How about it, Apple? **** My Son Bought A Mac by John C. Dvorak, PC Magazine His was a smart move, since he was following the advice of pundits, technology writers, and everyone who ever gave advice about what to buy and why: "Buy solutions, not hardware." In his case, the solution was a stunning piece of software called DEVONthink, which he needs for a book he's writing. **** China Risks Apple's Reputation By Letting Factories Flout Law by William Bi, Bloomberg Apple Inc., which relies on Chinese manufacturers for its iPhones and iPod music players, found 45 of the 83 factories it audited last year didn???t pay proper overtime and 23 provided less than minimum wage, according to its 2009 progress report on supplier responsibility. **** Justifying Non-removable Batteries by Jason D. O'Grady, The Apple Core I couldn???t be happier with the battery life in my new MacBook Pro 15-inch and haven???t missed the removable battery - yet. **** Apple's In-Ear Headphones Receive A Subtle Upgrade by AppleInsider **** App Store Counts 1.5 Billion Downloads In First Year by Peter Cohen, Macworld Apple announced Tuesday that more than 1.5 billion applications have been downloaded from the App Store in its first year of operation. **** How Apple's App Store Got To 1.5 Billion Downloads by Philip Elmer-DeWitt, Fortune The Tomorrow Weblog ==================================== **** Socialtext Offers Enterprise Microblogging In A Box by Josh Lowensohn, CNET News.com As a follow-up to its free, 50-user microblogging product, Socialtext is launching a new paid service for large to enterprise-sized companies that lets them run the Twitter-like service behind the firewall, and with many more users. MyAppleMenu Reader ==================================== **** Canon Fodder by Ian Crouch, The New York Review Of Ideas Sean Shesgreen fires a shot at the Norton Anthology of English Literature. **** David Foster Wallace Lives On For An "Infinite Summer" by Joe Coscarelli, Salon One giant book, 92 days, thousands of readers -- and the world's most ambitious reading group. **** 40 Years On, Reflections In A Sliver Of The Moon by Dennis Overbye, New York Times If we learned anything at all from Apollo, it was just how hard and expensive and dangerous it would be to cross space in rockets. We didn???t conquer space that July day 40 years ago. We only thought we did. **** Biopsy by Sophie Cabot Black, Slate Magazine Once he lies down, he says, he is afraid There is no getting back up. Maybe It will be that nothing ever SingaporeSurf ==================================== **** New NMP Calvin Cheng???s Reply To TODAY Betrays His Lack Of Sense Of Accountability And Political Acumen by Ng E-Jay, Sgpolitics.net I am truly amazed at Calvin Cheng???s lack of a sense of accountability as well as his almost complete lack of political acumen. **** ???Non-partisan??? NMPs? Did We Miss Something? by Andrew Loh, The Online Citizen What we have now is a PAP-infested Select Committee which has picked, to be NMPs, a YPAP member, a NTUC member and 5 people who idolise MM Lee! Good grief! **** Restaurant Patrons Outside Singapore Do Ask For Tap Water - And Get It by Cassell R. Meyers, Straits Times **** Goh's Propaganda by Singapore Democrats It might be better for Mr Goh to look at his own house before sermonizing to others about the benefits of free and fair elections. You know what they say about people who live in glass houses. **** MTI Expects Less Severe Contraction For S'pore's 2009 Economy by Channel NewsAsia Singapore's economy is expected to contract four to six per cent this year, up from an earlier projection of a six to nine per cent fall, due to less severe contraction in the first half of the year. A statement by Singapore's Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) on Tuesday said the adjustment reflects an upward revision in first quarter performance, as well as strong second quarter growth. **** Singapore GDP Boosts Hopes Of Asian Q2 Revival by Nopporn Wong-Anan and Wayne Cole, Reuters Singapore's economy roared out of recession in the second quarter and a measure of Australian business conditions jumped in June, raising hopes Asia will lead a broader global recovery in the second half of 2009. **** BN Unveils Its Secret Weapon ??? Lee Kuan Yew by Adib Zalkapli, The Malaysian Insider Less than 12 hours before polling begins in this rural constituency, Barisan Nasional (BN) put up banners showing picture of Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat shaking hands with Lee Kuan Yew in an attempt to drive the Malay voters away from the Kelantan Mentri Besar. **** Lee Kuan Yew And Corruption - Singapore Style by Shahidan Said, Malaysia Today The very structure of the PAP, which has ruled Singapore since independence, is totally corrupt. **** State Media???s Spin On Elderly Working Full-time by The Wayang Party **** Massive Computer Upgrade Underway For Singapore's Govvernment by Sumner Lemon, IDG News Service A massive upgrade to computers and networks used by government agencies in Singapore is underway and on schedule, according to the agency that oversees the program. **** Resorts World At Sentosa To Stage First Event In December by Cheryl Lim, Channel NewsAsia The integrated resort at Sentosa is expected to open early next year, but it is already planning to stage its first event ahead of the soft launch. Resorts World at Sentosa has teamed up with children's charity, ChildAid, to host its fifth concert at the Festive Grand Theatre in December. **** Recession Forces MINDs To Cut ???Allowances??? Paid To Disabled by Tng Ying Hui, The Online Citizen **** Baaaad Language by Mr Wang Says So That's so ... quaint. This is the army, my dear. The boys are supposed to learn how to shoot the enemies, bomb them to bits, kill them with a bayonet etc. No, there's nothing very elegant or gentlemanly about war. **** Haze To Come And Go by Straits Times Expect more grey skies and stuffy conditions as a mixture of scrub fires in Indonesia and El Nino's impending weather shift brings more haze to Singapore. These conditions will continue over the next few months, predict weather experts. **** Auditor-General's Report Critical Of Lapses In Procurement Procedure, Expenditure by Desmond Wong, Channel NewsAsia The Auditor-General's report for the financial year 2008/9, which was released on Tuesday highlighted millions of dollars that could have been spent more prudently. From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Wed Jul 15 18:59:00 2009 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com) Date: 15 Jul 2009 22:59:00 -0000 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jul 15, 2009 Message-ID: <20090715225900.69158.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ==================================== **** iTunes Store Adopts 'Digital 45' Concept by MacNN Meant to echo the record single releases popular at the beginning of rock and roll, the format groups together two related songs together for less than their standard cost. **** Easy Visualization With Daisy Disk by Megan Lavey, TUAW **** First Look: Radio Gaga by Christopher Breen, Macworld By now you???re surely aware that the Internet is a popular way to listen to radio???terrestrial and, of course, Internet-based. You may also be aware that in addition to being able to listen to these audio streams from a Web page and within iTunes??? Radio entry, there are applications designed for listening to and recording them. GagaFactory???s recently released Radio Gaga is just such an application. **** Fool! You Fell Victim To One Of The Classic Blunders! Never Negotiate With Steve Jobs??? by John Paczkowski, Wall Street Journal Apple is doing to the wireless industry what it did to the recording industry beginning back in 2001: Stealing its customer relationships. **** How A Year With The iPhone Changed My Life by Dan Frommer, Business Insider The biggest difference between the iPhone and previous mobile devices I've owned is the sheer amount of time I spend using it: At least a few hours a day, Monday through Sunday. **** Seeking Fame In Apple's Sea Of Apps by Yukari Iwatani Kane, Wall Street Journal Apple Inc.'s App Store has spawned a cottage industry of software developers trying to profit from games and other applications that people can download onto their iPhones. But with more than 65,000 free and paid applications in the online store, success has hinged on an app's ability to stand out. So developers are increasingly coming up with various strategies to make a splash, employing everything from temporary discounts to guerilla marketing tactics. **** Apple???s 1.5 Billion Apps And Why You Should Care by Jim Dalrymple, The Loop What this means in the broader scope of things is that Apple took on an entrenched cell phone industry and completely changed it with its hardware and software. It also revolutionized the way apps are bought and sold. **** 1 Billion Of Apple's App Downloads May Be Bogus by Jason D. O'Grady, ZDNet For starters, I???m pretty sure that Apple counts every download in that 1.5 billion number. Updates and re-installs included. How many times have you updated your apps or restored your iPhone? What about handset upgrades? Time to download a few more apps. Again. If I???m wrong, Apple needs disclose its ???download??? accounting methodology. Actually, the biggest question is: can any other mobile phone maker even cook up such a large number? **** AT&T's iPhone Subsidy Could Hurt Carrier's Finances, Analysts Say by Matt Hamblen, Computerworld The iPhone subsidy AT&T pays for each device totals about $300 and is expected by some analysts to take a toll on the carrier's quarterly finances when they're reported next week. While the short-term hit of subsidizing the price of the iPhone could be significant, two analysts today said the exclusive contract with Apple Inc. to sell the iPhone in the U.S. is still a good deal for AT&T. The reason: AT&T can attract new customers who pay at least $70 a month in subscription fees over the life of a two-year contract. **** Should Apple Employees Read The Mac Websites? by John Martellaro, The Mac Observer Apple's senior executives like to believe that there is no value is reading the Mac and iPhone related Websites, and they tell their staff that. After all, Apple employees are too busy to dabble in rumors and speculation. So it's just a time waster. Or is it? **** Choosy Helps Those With Browser Commitment Phobia by TJ Luoma, TUAW Are you the type of person who just can't settle down? Do you find your needs just can't be met by any one of the multiple options available to you? Can you even remember how many different browsers you've been with? If that sounds like you, you should be glad to hear that Choosy has left beta. **** Inside iPhone 3.0's Remote Wipe Feature by Dan Frakes, Macworld MyAppleMenu Reader ==================================== **** The Grass Is Greener by Tom Perrotta , Weekly Standard Wimbledon's lawns are once again tennis's premier surface. **** Bless Me Father, For I Have Sinned by Roger Ebert's Journal I have no way of knowing Robert McNamara's thoughts in his final days. He might have reflected on his agreement to speak openly to Errol Morris in the extraordinary documentary "The Fog of War." His reflections are almost without precedent among modern statesmen and those involved in waging war. Remembered as the architect of the war in Vietnam, he doesn't quite apologize for not having done more to end that war--although he clearly wishes he had. His purpose in the film is to speak of his philosophy of life, to add depth to history's one-dimensional portrait. Don't we all want to do that? **** The Gyro???s History Unfolds by David Segal, New York Times Kronos is the perfect place to pose a couple of questions that seem as if they should have been answered many hurried lunches ago: What are gyros anyway, and who made them a ubiquitous feature of Greek menus across the United States? **** It's Hot! It's Sexy! It's ... Marriage! by Aaron Traister, Salon Am I the only person who actually enjoys being hitched these days? **** What a Phony by Juliet Lapidos, Slate Magazine I read the banned Catcher in the Rye "sequel" so you don't have to. SingaporeSurf ==================================== **** Defending What's (Y)ours! National Service And The Forest Of Hokkien Vaginae by Sam Ho, Sam's thoughts What the fuck? Cursing is part of life, and definitely army life. **** Critically-ill H1N1 Patient Home by Jessica Jaganathan and Maria Almenoar, Straits Times **** Water Conservation Tax Hard To Swallow by Paul Chan, Straits Times Is it logical or reasonable for Singaporeans to pay over four times the recovery cost of drinking water - a basic human need? **** Curating The Oceans: The Future Of Singapore???s Past by Rachel Leow, A Historian???s Craft **** Economists: Jump In Singapore???s GDP One-Off by Fintan Ng, The Star Singapore may have seen some stabilisation in economic numbers following a big jump in its second-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) by 20.4% on an annualised basis, but it will not be sustainable as the country???s economy is still reliant on exports. **** IRAS Is Not Dancing Until The Music Stops by En Bloc Block Blog **** Will We Ever See Another Politician Like President Ong? by Jason Lee, The Online Citizen **** May Retail Sales Fall 10.3% by Straits Times Singapore retail sales continued to decline in Mayas recession-weary shoppers stayed away from big-ticket items such as cars and jewellery, and fewer tourists came visiting. **** Film-makers Lose Travel Grant by Straits Times The Media Development Authority (MDA) has removed a travel grant for film-makers, an apparently sudden move that has rallied directors who say its abolition could stunt artistic growth. **** Singapore Air Says June Load Factor At 67.6 Pct by Reuters **** Singapore's MDA Rapped Over Conflict Of Interest by Victoria Ho, ZDNet Asia In 2007, the MDA committed S$500 million (US$343 million) to start a research program for interactive digital media (IDM) projects. The MDA also hands out grants of up to S$50,000 (US$34,388) to IDM startups recommended by MDA-appointed mentors. This has come under fire by the Auditor-General's Office (AGO), because four startups receiving grants were founded and co-owned by mentors, in spite of the scheme's guideline spelling out that startups set up and owned by mentors are ineligible for the funding. **** Two More Patients In Intensive Care After Contracting H1N1 by Channel NewsAsia **** Outright Fines For Commuters Caught Eating And Drinking In MRT Trains, Stations by Channel NewsAsia It will be outright fines from now on for those caught eating and drinking in MRT trains and stations, as train operator SMRT said it will no longer issue warnings to offenders. **** No More Measures Needed by Alvin Foo and Fiona Chan, Straits Times The Singapore economy has stabilised and there is no need for further stimulus measures currently, said trade and industry minister Lim Hng Kiang on Wednesday. From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Thu Jul 16 18:59:01 2009 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com) Date: 16 Jul 2009 22:59:01 -0000 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jul 16, 2009 Message-ID: <20090716225901.90931.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ==================================== **** Apple Has Secretly Released A Tablet Computer: It's Called iPod Touch by Mark Sigal, O'Reilly Media: Mac and iPhone Perhaps the real story with respect to the forthcoming Apple Tablet Device is that Apple has already released a tablet computing device. It's called the iPod touch, and because it's often overshadowed by its noisier sibling, the iPhone, we sometimes forget that it has already sold 15M+ units. **** Big Game Publishers Embrace App Store by AppleInsider While many of the early successful iPhone and iPod touch games came from small-time developers, big-name content creators like Electronic Arts, id Software and Konami are flocking to the platform, using their brands and marketing muscle to compete. **** iCal And Shifting Time Zones by Christopher Breen, Macworld Launch iCal, choose Preferences from the iCal menu, click the Advanced tab, and enable the Turn On Time Zone Support option. **** WhoPaste 2.0 Makes Adding Contacts Easy by Bryan Fergus, The Mac Observer WhoPaste allows users to copy contact information as found on Web pages, in emails or text documents, and spreadsheets. **** Apple Releases iTunes 8.2.1 by Dan Moren, Macworld **** RIP: The iPod Classic May Be At Death???s Door by Lonnie Lazar, Cult of Mac As flash memory and solid state drives steadily become the storage media of choice for portable electronic devices, Apple???s iPod Classic - the device widely credited with kickstarting the company???s rise from the ashes of the John Scully era - may not survive to celebrate its 10th birthday in 2011. **** Cronkite School of Journalism: This Just In by Joe Cellini, Apple "Online media is a part of our core curriculum; it's a required course. Even our so-called print students learn to shoot video and edit on Final Cut Pro." **** Franz Ferdinand: Better At Night by Joe Cellini, Apple "I want as little as possible to get between the idea and capturing the idea, and Logic seemed perfect for that." **** Freeway 5.4 Adds CSS Menu Creation, AddThis Tools by MacNN Softpress has released Freeway 5.4, upgrading the website design software with an extended CSS menu creation tool and an AddThis action for social bookmarking. **** The Mac & Third-Party Software Launches: Nothing Has Changed by Tom Reestman, The Apple Blog Any time Mac users get to thinking that Apple???s great success the last dozen years has changed how developers view the Mac, it hasn???t. **** The MacBook Air Is Doomed by Charles Jade, The Apple Blog Since the manila-envelope unveiling at Macworld Expo 2008, the MacBook Air has gotten less Apple Event love than the time it takes Yael Na??m to sing ???New Soul.??? **** Many App Store Applications Are Bulk Duplications by W. David Gardner, InformationWeek Developers are experimenting with template-based mobile applications that are sold at the same price, have the same look and feel, but whose content is swapped out in different locations. **** Microsoft: Apple Wanted 'Laptop Hunters' Ad Pulled by Steven Musil, CNET News.com It should come as no surprise that Apple isn't a big fan of Microsoft's "Laptop Hunter" ads, but some may be surprised to learn the Mac maker's lawyers reportedly called a senior Microsoft executive and demanded the ads be removed. **** Review: Purify 2.1 by Rob Griffiths, Macworld Purify 2.1.8 worked well as a pass-through spam filter. By acting as a pass-through, timing issues are avoided, and all e-mail will be filtered. Setup, however, is complicated, and getting the most out of the program requires knowledge (regular expressions) that not all users will have. Users will also have to set up their own spam processing rules in their e-mail client, which is something not everyone will want to do. The Tomorrow Weblog ==================================== **** A Virtual Game To Teach Children Languages by Claire Cain Miller, New York Times Wiz World Online, developed by 8D World, a start-up based in Shanghai, China, and Woburn, Mass., was built by Rick Goodman, who developed the popular games Age of Empires and Empire Earth. In his latest virtual world, instead of re-enacting historical battles, Chinese children can learn English. MyAppleMenu Reader ==================================== **** How To Read Infinite Jest by Jason Kottke If you opt not to destroy your copy of IJ, you should use the three bookmark method. SingaporeSurf ==================================== **** Auditor-General???s Report by Gerald Giam It is no secret that Mr Yeo was the one who pushed hard for SPRING to be relocated to Fusionopolis, to ???help bring Growing Enterprises to A*STAR???s incubator facilities???. He perhaps felt that working near A*Star was more conducive for him and his executive team. But in doing so, he may have cost taxpayers over $2.8 million (assuming that the new office in Fusionopolis will also cost over $800,000). **** Rainfall Less Over Last Century by Amresh Gunasingham, Straits Times New data shows Singapore's rainfall has been dwindling over the last 30 years and more extreme weather changes are predicted to hit the region in the coming years. **** Switzerland or Singapore for Private Offshore Banking? by Peter Macfarlane, Q Wealth Report Generally, the rule is that convenience is a threat to privacy. **** Singapore???s Health Care System by E.D. Kain, The League Of Ordinary Gentlemen But this would never work in the United States! **** Funding Discrepancies Exposed In Report By AG Raises Ire by Master Of The Obvious **** Safe, Safe, City, Or, O Mr Kishore Mahbubani! by The Online Citizen Singapore is a safe city, we like to say. Say it often enough, loudly enough, and strangely, it becomes actual enough, safe in our factual fantasy. **** Singapore CIOs Investing In Offbeat Tools: IDC by Subatra Suppiah, MIS Asia Singapore CIOs are investing in innovative offbeat IT tools such as social networking and Web 2.0 mashup initiatives in preparation for economic recovery, said analyst firm IDC. **** Singapore Central Bank Suffers S$9.2 Bln Loss In FY 08/09 by Nopporn Wong-Anan, Reuters Singapore's central bank said on Thursday it posted a net loss of S$9.2 billion ($6.34 billion) in its last financial year that ended March 2009, badly hurt by a decline in global markets. **** Singapore Airlines Figures For June Underline The World Wide Collapse In Air Travel by Ben Sandilands, Crikey **** President Appoints NMPs by Zakir Hussain, Straits Times **** Looking East Again: More Hotness On The Singapore Front by Krishnan Subramanian, CloudAve **** Singapore Central Bank: Policy Right For Price Stability by Reuters Singapore's central bank on Thursday raised its 2009 inflation forecast but said monetary policy was suitable to ensure both price stability and an economic recovery. From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Fri Jul 17 18:59:00 2009 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com) Date: 17 Jul 2009 22:59:00 -0000 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jul 17, 2009 Message-ID: <20090717225900.63898.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ==================================== **** Simplenote by John Gruber, Daring Fireball It???s hard for me to imagine how you could get more for $2 than you will by buying Simplenote. **** iPhone Coverage At 11,000 Feet by Kent German, CNET News.com **** Autofill And Keeping Podcasts by Christopher Breen, Macworld **** SyncMate 2.0 Capable Of Syncing With Other Macs by MacNN Eltima has released SyncMate 2.0, used to synchronize data between Macs, Windows Mobile devices and other smartphones. **** iMovie 8.0.4 Update Fixes Problem With iPhone 3GS Video by Jonathan Seff, Macworld Besides the all-too-common "this update improves overall stability and fixes a number of other minor issues" note, Apple mentions three specific areas of improvement in the latest update. **** Nik Software Sharpener Pro Lets You Sharpen Images Creatively by Erik Vlietinck, IT.Enquirer **** App Store Lessons: No Promo Codes For Apps Rated 17+ by Michael Jones, TUAW Developers whose apps meet the criteria for a 17+ rating in the App Store are now running into yet another roadblock, but this time it's not about getting their apps approved, it's about distributing them. Or, more specifically, distributing promo codes for them. **** Mac News Briefs: Salling Media Sync Add Support For Palm Pre by Macworld Also announced: updates to KeyBag and Workamajig. The Tomorrow Weblog ==================================== **** Rethinking Code Optimization For Mobile And Multicore by Neil Mcallister, InfoWorld Artificial intelligence could be the key to building more efficient software for mobile platforms and multicore chips. MilePost is giving it a shot. MyAppleMenu Reader ==================================== **** Beat America by Aram Saroyan, Poetry Foundation What did we learn from Ted Berrigan, Jack Kerouac, and Allen Ginsberg? **** Autism As Academic Paradigm by Tyler Cowen, The Chronicle Of Higher Education It turns out that the American university is an environment especially conducive to autistics. **** I Was A Baby Bulimic by Frank Bruni, New York Times Maybe not baby ??? toddler bulimic is more like it, though I didn???t so much toddle as wobble, given the roundness of my expanding form. I was a plump infant and was on my way to becoming an even plumper child, a ravenous machine determined to devour anything in its sights. My parents would later tell me, my friends and anyone else willing to listen that they???d never seen a kid eat the way I ate or react the way I reacted whenever I was denied more food. What I did in those circumstances was throw up. **** Hands or Paws or Anything They Got by Daniel Engber, Slate Masturbation in the animal kingdom. SingaporeSurf ==================================== **** Ming Yi Admits Cover-up by Carolyn Quek, Straits Times Former Ren Ci Hospital chief Ming Yi admitted for the first time in court on Thursday that he helped his former personal aide Raymond Yeung to cover up taking a $50,000 loan. The 47-year-old Buddhist monk said he knew it was wrong but, among other things, he wanted to protect the charity from bad publicity. **** Singapore Cabbies Dream Of Upturn by Mariko Oi, BBC It will take much longer for ordinary Singaporeans to feel the miracle recovery. **** Hougang And Potong Pasir Gets Lift Upgrading by The Box Of Nice Things **** Typical Movie Experience in Singapore by Tales Over Coffee The first thing you should know about going to the movies in Singapore is that you have to book your seats in advance. **** NUS People Happy To Pay $4 For Lunch by Zit Seng???s Superwall I think the owners of the Indonesian Panggang stall at the NUS Engineering Canteen have put to practice some good business tips. How can one maximize profits? You may be charging your customers $3 now. But if your customers are happy to pay $4, why not ask them for $4? **** Flip-Flop On Government???s Position? by The Online Citizen **** How Keong Saik Road Developed Into A Red-Light District by ygblog4 **** Singapore Exhibits Treasure Trove Of Peranakan History by Sugita Katyal, Reuters This is one exhibition literally studded with glittering nuggets of history. "Baba Bling: The Peranakans & Their Jewellery," at one level, showcases the unique hybrid culture of the Peranakans, little known outside Southeast Asia, through more than 300 pieces of gold, diamond and even simple metal jewelry. But the exhibition at Singapore's Peranakan Museum also chronicles the fortunes of these descendants of Chinese migrants, from the highs of the Industrial Revolution to the lows of World War Two. **** June Exports Fall 5.2% by Straits Times Singapore's exports fell the least in nine months in June, as it emerges from its deepest recession. **** Censors Refuse To Classify One Nation Under Lee by Martyn See, Only "Objective" And "Factual" Political Films Please, We're Singaporeans In a hand-delivered letter, the BFC noted that ONUL contains excerpts from my video Zahari's 17 Years, which has been gazetted as a banned film under Section 35 of the Films Act. As such, the BFC will not classify ONUL. **** Layoffs Down In Q2, But... by Sue Ann-Chia, Straits Times Layoffs among unionised companies and the number of workers put on shorter work week have declined drastically in the second quarter of this year. But it is too soon celebrate as the employment outlook remains uncertain for the second half of the year, labour chief Lim Swee Say said on Friday. **** Singapore Exports Drop, Show Little Improvement by Associated Press From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Sat Jul 18 18:59:00 2009 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com) Date: 18 Jul 2009 22:59:00 -0000 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jul 18, 2009 Message-ID: <20090718225900.94774.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ==================================== **** The Promise And Peril Of MobileMe by Marc Hedlund, O'Reilly Media MobileMe seems like such a great idea, and one with such promise. Having it fail so completely on the very first day seems like such a miserable outcome. **** Will Apple Sue Microsoft Over Laptop Hunter Ads? by Chris Matyszczyk, CNET News.com Does having "this sort of cool image" really preclude Apple from suing or at least doing a little more than wearing black and looking superior? **** Apple/Microsoft Sued Over iPod/Zune Controls by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, ZDNet Apple, Microsoft and some 20 other companies are being sued for patent infringement by a Texas firm which claims to have invented the touchpad. **** The Truth About The iPhone by Henry Blodget, Business Insider The folks who say that the BlackBerry is designed for business and the iPhone is designed for personal are generally right. But I'm still not unhappy I got it. And I'm looking forward to continuing to learn how to use the darn thing. SingaporeSurf ==================================== **** Jobless Singaporeans Thumb Noses At Menial Work by Seah Chiang Nee, Malaysia Star Employers in the service industry are struggling to hire locals, leading to an unhealthy dependence on foreigners. **** Singapore Confirms First H1N1-Related Death by Today **** Singapore Needs To Do More To Achieve Nationhood, Says MM Lee by Channel NewsAsia From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Sun Jul 19 18:59:01 2009 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com) Date: 19 Jul 2009 22:59:01 -0000 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jul 19, 2009 Message-ID: <20090719225901.89746.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ==================================== **** I've Seen The Future And It's A MacBook by Brooke Crothers, CNET News.com A few tweaks of the MacBook and Apple could render the Netbook a non-issue. SingaporeSurf ==================================== **** Campaign Against Marital Rape by Straits Times **** Orchard Revival by Sandra Low, Malaysia Star Our neighbour strives to upgrade its main commercial artery from a shoppers??? paradise to a world-class avenue. **** Request For CDC Aid Up by Sue Ann-Chia, Straits Times Residents queuing for aid in the central district have soared by 40 per cent this year, the biggest surge among the five community development councils (CDCs) covering the island. **** A Glimpse Of Singapore Heritage Festival by Heyzanie's World **** Judge Dismisses Complaint Against Police by Singapore Democrats, Singapore Democrat News From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Mon Jul 20 18:59:01 2009 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com) Date: 20 Jul 2009 22:59:01 -0000 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jul 20, 2009 Message-ID: <20090720225901.84031.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ==================================== **** Building ???For An iPhone, By An iPhone??? by Shawn Blanc The name and concept of For an iPhone, By an iPhone materialized one evening while walking home from the general store with my wife eating popsicles. After a few days of designing and coding, along with a few more popsicles, the site was launched. **** Nimbuzz Arrives For Mac Desktop by Techtree.com **** Swapping Out The Apple TV For A Mac Mini by Webomatic **** Leopard On The Loose by Tiernan Ray, Barron's I tried an early version of Apple's budget-priced upgrade, Snow Leopard. At first glance, it looks the same as the current Apple operating system, Leopard. But there are subtle improvements which could boost the appeal of Apple's iMacs and, even more, its notebook computers. **** Why Japan???s Smartphones Haven???t Gone Global by Hiroko Tabuchi, New York Times The Japanese have a name for their problem: Galapagos syndrome. **** Apple, RIM Outsmart Phone Market by Sara Silver, Wall Street Journal No wonder they are called smart phones. Not only can these fancy phones send email, get directions and play music, they can generate huge profits for their makers. At least for iPhone's manufacturer Apple and BlackBerry's Research In Motion. The two accounted for only 3% of all cellphones sold in the world last year but 35% of operating profits, according to Deutsche Bank analyst Brian Modoff. **** What If Apple Stores Billed By The Hour? by J. Benjamin Stevens, The Legal Mac In law firms where lawyers are measured by the hours they bill, they are effectively punished for nonbillable time spent helping clients. Which is why people love going to the Apple Store, and hate dealing with lawyers. **** iPhone App Store Roulette: A Tale Of Rejection by Peter Wayner, InfoWorld Apple's random rules for iPhone app approval are a recipe for trivial apps and alienated developers. **** Apple's Latest Fortune: You Will Be Unusually Successful In Business. by Wall Street Journal **** Review: SpamX 4.0 by Rob Griffiths, Macworld Configuration and interface hold back effective spam fighter. **** Mac Office Gets Service Pack Update by Ina Fried, CNET News.com The free update, which is expected to be available later on Monday from Microsoft's Web site, is designed to improve speed and stability as well as add new features for connecting to SharePoint servers and to Microsoft's Office Live Workspaces. **** One-Stop Social Media by James Dempsey, Macworld >From Twitter to Flickr, EventBox puts all your social networking sites in one window. The Tomorrow Weblog ==================================== **** Fever And The Future Of Feed Readers by Alex Payne Social networks alone aren???t focused enough tools to bubble up and share quality content. **** Invisible Flash Takes Photos Without The Glare by Colin Barras, New Scientist Dilip Krishnan and Rob Fergus at New York University created the camera in an attempt to do away with intrusive regular flashes. To make their "dark flash" camera, they modified a flashbulb to emit light over a wider range of frequencies and filter out visible light. The pair also had to remove the filters that usually prevent a camera's silicon image sensor detecting IR and UV rays. **** Borland Eyes Agile Users In Test Tools Release by Paul Krill, InfoWorld Silk 2009 upgrades make it easier to build and automate tests and are better suited for agile development than previous Silk tools. MyAppleMenu Reader ==================================== **** Foie Gras Palates, Hot Dog Pocketbooks by Frank Bruni, New York Times This elevation of what was once considered junk food to the subject of vigorous aesthetic analysis represents the convergence of two trend lines. The first is many Americans??? growing sophistication about, and fascination with, what???s for dinner (or breakfast or lunch): the variety of it; the vocabulary for it; where to buy the best this; how to cook the best that. More and more people seem to insist on deliciousness, and more and more seem to have readily articulated opinions to go along with that demand. But they???re bumping up against a troubled economy and budgets with stricter limits. For food lovers and for the periodicals, newscasts and blogs that serve them (and are themselves cash-strapped), what???s the solution? **** The Origin of Life by James Trefil, Harold Morowitz, Eric Smith, American Scientist As we see it, the early steps on the way to life are an inevitable, incremental result of the operation of the laws of chemistry and physics operating under the conditions that existed on the early Earth, a result that can be understood in terms of known (or at least knowable) laws of nature. As such, the early stages in the emergence of life are no more surprising, no more accidental, than water flowing downhill. **** Why We Say Yes To Drugs by Laura Miller, Salon Resistance to mind-altering substances is futile, according to a new "Secret History of Getting High in America" **** Banks, Battles, And The Psychology Of Overconfidence. by Malcolm Gladwell, New Yorker Banks, battles, and the psychology of overconfidence. **** Monja Blanca by Clive James, New Yorker **** The Five Wounds by Kirstin Valdez Quade, New Yorker This year Amadeo Padilla is Jesus. The hermanos have been practicing in the dirt yard behind the morada, which used to be a filling station. People are saying that Amadeo is the best Jesus they???ve had in years, maybe the best since Manuel Garc??a. **** At Lake Scugog by Troy Jollimore, New Yorker **** Don't Be So Square by Tom Vanderbilt, Slate Magazine Why American drivers should learn to love the roundabout. SingaporeSurf ==================================== **** MAS And Structured Products by Siew Kum Hong Do they have any recourse for MAS' delay and failure to act? **** A Crash-course Tour Of Singapore In Less Than 12 Hours by Too Many Thoughts **** To Fight For Bread And Butter Issues, We Need Democracy by Ng E-Jay, Sgpolitics.net As long as the PAP insists on governing in their interest rather than in the interest of Singaporeans, we will only be running around in circles, obtaining token concessions from time to time, but without the ability to compel the government to place Singaporeans first and take care of their needs in any substantial way. **** When A Person With H1N1 Dies ... by Today In the wake of Singapore's first H1N1-related death on Saturday, the Health Ministry has called on undertakers to carefully handle bodies infected with the virus. **** When People Are 'Phased Out' Ahead Of Time by S Murali, New Paper 50 is young, and so is my friend. If he slowly fades into the background, it will be a loss for his employers and his colleagues, for many of whom he is a father figure. **** Every Transaction Should Be Taxed by Gilbert Tan Hee Khian, Today The tweak to property tax announced last week - from Jan 1 next year, individuals who have sold a property in the prior four years will be subject to income tax on any subsequent home sales - is more than equitable. In fact, taxes should be imposed on every property transacted irrespective of the number of times a sale is carried out. **** KL-S'pore High-speed Rail Will Generate Economic Benefits by Malaysia Star A KL-Singapore high-speed rail would generate more economic benefits than the double-tracking railway from Ipoh to Thailand. **** Asia's Beverage Sector Fizzes Despite Downturn by Dhara Ranasinghe, Reuters In China and India, as well as smaller markets in Southeast Asia such as Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, beer drinking is becoming a popular past time due to rising disposable income and relatively young populations who are embracing the party scene. **** ???????????????????????????????????????????????? by ????????? ?????????, ???????????? ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? **** ??????????????????????????????????????????????????? by ?????????, ???????????? **** URA Keeps Rules Disallowing Live Music In Pubs Located Near Homes by Channel NewsAsia The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) has decided to keep the existing guidelines where live music and performances are not allowed in restaurants and pubs located in private shophouses near residential estates. **** Singapore National Day 2009 by Rich In Every Sense **** ??????????????????????????????????????????????????? by ????????? **** ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? by ????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????11??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? **** Are We a Nation Yet? by Hard Hitting In The Lion City When it comes to nationhood, the people in the country need to feel a sense of belonging. They must live in the country and has an express willingness to continue living in the country. Singapore does not have that. **** 53% Of Flu Cases In Singapore Are H1N1 Positive by Imelda Saad, Channel NewsAsia The latest data by Singapore's health ministry shows that the country is well past the mitigation stage for the management of H1N1 flu cases. Giving an update in Parliament on Monday, health minister Khaw Boon Wan said the virus circulating in Singapore currently is largely benign, with almost all patients recovering fully. **** Singapore Sees Gradual Growth, Not V-Shaped Recovery, Lim Says by Shamim Adam and Haslinda Amin, Bloomberg Singapore, which emerged from its deepest recession since independence last quarter, won???t have a ???V-shaped??? recovery as a rebound in drug and electronics output may falter, trade minister Lim Hng Kiang said. Demand for goods from the world???s biggest economies in the U.S., Europe and Japan is still weak, and any pick-up in trade will be ???bumpy,??? Lim said in an interview in Singapore today. **** Reputation Of 10 Financial Institutions Hit By MAS' Ban, Says Lim Hng Kiang by Wong Siew Ying, Channel NewsAsia The move to ban the 10 financial institutions (FIs) from selling certain investment products as well as the publication of detailed investigation findings have dealt a blow to the reputations of the institutions. Deputy chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), Lim Hng Kiang, said this reputational hit will affect how financial institutions do business, more than the financial impact from the ban. **** Parliament Passes New CPF Life Plan With Aim Of Celebrating Longevity by S.Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia **** HK Vs Singapore??? The Debate Continues by David Tiltman, Media Is it fair to say Hong Kong???s ad industry is in decline, and if so, is this due to a lack of investment by government, or does the blame lie with agencies themselves? Can Singapore???s superior infrastructure make up for what in many ways is a more conservative culture? **** More Can Top-up Kin's CPF Now by Straits Times From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Tue Jul 21 18:59:00 2009 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com) Date: 21 Jul 2009 22:59:00 -0000 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jul 21, 2009 Message-ID: <20090721225900.48450.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ==================================== **** 7 Tips For Using Faces In iPhoto ???09 by Derrick Story, Macworld There are plenty of hidden features and speedy shortcuts for making the process easier and more useful. Here are a few of my favorites. **** Time Warp Lets You Store Time Machine Backups Online by Dan Moren, Macworld If you want to combine the convenience of your Time Machine backup with the safety of an online backup, there???s Jumping Bean Software???s Time Warp. **** iPhone Gets Fast, Furious With Special Blu-ray Features by Dan Moren, Macworld According to Home Media Magazine, beginning with the release of the two-disc special edition of Fast & Furious on Blu-ray, Universal Studios Home Video will release titles that allow users to enhance their home movie-watching experience with the help of their iPhone or iPod touch. **** Stupid WebKit Tricks by Andrew Hedges **** Apple Likely To Wow Again by Jim Goldman, CNBC It seems like every earnings season I focus on Apple as the stock and company to watch, but this time around there's an added dramatic flare in the return of Steve Jobs. **** Mac's Are Better Than PC's by Thought Patterns **** School-Shooting iPhone Game Removed From App Store by Brian X. Chen, Wired Apple appears to have banned Zombie School, an iPhone game that involved shooting zombie students on an infected campus. **** Marvel At More Apple Logos Rescued From Dead Computers by Nicole Martinelli, Cult of Mac **** iPhone 3GS Offers Enterprise-Class Security For Everyone by Rich Mogull, TidBITS While most of the software features I describe below work on any iPhone running the iPhone OS 3.0, the 3GS model has one significant advantage that enables all of its owners to experience enterprise-class security. The iPhone 3GS includes a hardware encryption chip that uses the industry-standard AES 256 protocol (that's the Advanced Encryption Standard, with a key length of 256 bits). **** Apple Downplays Fiery iPod Incidents by Amy Clancy, KIRO An exclusive KIRO 7 Investigation reveals an alarming number of Apple brand iPod MP3 players have suddenly burst into flames and smoke, injuring people and damaging property. It???s an investigation that Apple has apparently been trying to keep out of the public eye. **** To Applecare Or Not To Applecare -- That Is The Question by Sang Tang, TUAW **** Apple's Secret Weapon: Your Mom by Brian Caulfield, Forbes Sales of cars and homes are foundering but Apple is finding steady customers. **** Recorder 10 Adds Phone Call Recording For iPhone by MacNN **** Demand For 13-in. Apple MacBook Pro Outpacing Supply by Andrew Nusca, ZDNet Apple is reportedly having difficulty keeping units of its newly-anointed 13-in. MacBook Pro laptop computer in stock as it enters the middle of the back-to-school buying season. **** Review: Together 2.2 by Stuart Gripman, Macworld Together 2.2 from Reinvented Software is an application for keeping disparate bits and pieces of digital data organized and manageable. Mac OS X???s built-in Spotlight, with its content indexing and plug-in architecture do a fine job of helping track down just the item you need, but Together???s abundant management and categorization tools handily justify the asking price. The Tomorrow Weblog ==================================== **** Hey, Gang, Let???s Watch The Web Together by Jenna Wortham, New York Times MyAppleMenu Reader ==================================== **** My Life As A "Guiding Light" Extra by Raul A. Reyes, Salon I'm not an orderly, but I play one on TV. Until September, that is, when daytime's first soap goes off the air. **** Eating in Mumbai After The Attacks by Jarrett Wrisley, The Atlantic As we picked apart our chicken, wrapping it in bubbled sections of bread and dipping those in cool yogurt, the restaurant brimmed with finger-licking customers. Noisy drinkers and wandering tourists spilled out onto Colaba's narrow streets, from the Gokul Bar and Caf?? Mondegar. And the sailors all agreed that their curry tasted just the same. **** The Most Careless Girl In The Class Had The Most Exquisite Body by Erica Ehrenberg, Slate Magazine SingaporeSurf ==================================== **** MRT Service Disrupted 92 Times Between 2007 And July 2009 by Hoe Yeen Nie, Channel NewsAsia Between 2007 and July 2009, the MRT service was disrupted 92 times, with each incident lasting over 10 minutes. In a reply to Marine Parade MP Fatimah Lateef on Monday, transport minister Raymond Lim said in 30 of these cases, it took at least half an hour before normal service resumed. **** First-timers Can Afford Payments by Today Two years ago, first-time HDB home owners used about 20 per cent of their monthly income to pay their home loan. Currently, it is about 25 per cent, for first-time home buyers of resale flats in the cheaper, non-mature estates, it was revealed yesterday. But this is still below the HDB's "affordability benchmark" of 30 per cent, senior minister of state (national development) Grace Fu said in Parliament in response to Member of Parliament Ho Geok Choo's concern that the resale price index is "reaching a record level not since 1990". **** Civil Service Jobs: No Compromise On Standards by Leong Wee Keat, Today **** CPFLife Payouts For Life by Straits Times Manpower minister Gan Kim Yong has assured Singaporeans they will receive a monthly payout from the CPFLife annuity scheme for the rest of their lives, despite a 'disturbing' provision in the new law. Mr Gan, in his bid to allay any fears, said it was not feasible to guarantee the amount paid. This is because the monthly sum would have to be adjusted regularly, 'taking into account interest rates and mortality experience to ensure the solvency of the Lifelong Income Fund'. **** Think Before You Tax by Benjamin Gan, Today Such a tax will have disastrous consequences not just on the property market but also on the capital market. **** Singapore ???Walks The Talk??? by Ariellah's Technoblog What can Singapore, an island city-state, the smallest nation in southern Asia with population of about 4.5 million people teach the world about education? **** Singaporeans Are Saving More And Investing Less After Economic Crisis by Channel NewsAsia High-income earners in Singapore are saving more and investing less following the onset of the global financial crisis, according to a survey. **** ??????????????????????????? ??????????????????????????? by ?????????, ???????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? **** MOE Registration And CaseTrust No Enough? by Random Thoughts Of A Free Thinker **** Residents Say Lift Maintenance One Of Key Areas To Assess Town Councils by Hoe Yeen Nie, Channel NewsAsia **** Singapore's Temasek Says Goodyear Not To Become CEO by Saeed Azhar, Reuters Singapore's Temasek Holdings said Charles (Chip) Goodyear has decided not to become the chief executive of the state investment firm due to differences on certain strategic issues that could not be resolved. **** Temasek Says Goodyear Will Not Be CEO by John Burton, Financial Times There has been considerable speculation in Singapore about how much independence Mr Goodyear would be given in pursuing his goals in light of the fact that Temasek owns most of the city-state???s leading companies. **** Renewing Or Remaining? by Yaw Shin Leong Why weren't strategic directions (at least in broad strokes) discussed prior to his recruitment? Why the haste then in announcing Mr Goodyear as the CEO-designate when such important issues were not sorted out in the beginning? **** 3 More Patients In ICU by Straits Times Three more H1N1 patients with underlying medical problems have been admitted to intensive care units. **** KPE Traffic Volume Jumps by Straits Times From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Wed Jul 22 18:59:00 2009 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com) Date: 22 Jul 2009 22:59:00 -0000 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jul 22, 2009 Message-ID: <20090722225900.26375.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ==================================== **** Skype 2.8 Adds Screen Sharing, More by Dan Moren, Macworld Possibly the most notable addition is the inclusion of screen-sharing which, like iChat, allows you to view your contact???s desktop. But Skype takes it a step further: because of the program???s cross-platform nature, you can easily share you screen with your friends on Windows, as long as they???re running Skype 4.1. **** Apple Confirms Death Of iPhone Worker In China by Jim Dalrymple, CNET News.com Apple confirmed on Tuesday the death of a man who worked at an iPhone plant in China. According to various Chinese media reports, the worker at Chinese manufacturer Foxconn committed suicide last week after a fourth-generation iPhone prototype for which he was responsible went missing. **** WhatsOpen Helps You Eject Stubborn Volumes by Dan Frakes, Macworld As someone who regularly mounts and unmounts disk images and external hard drives, I???m regularly faced with the annoying ???could not be ejected??? message. WhatsOpen has become a frequently used tool. **** Increment Numbers In Filenames In 10.5's Finder by Rob Griffiths, Macworld **** Death Is Too High A Price To Protect Apple???s Secrets by The Mac Observer In balance, Apple doesn't appear to have a lot of offsetting behavior that can be used in its defense. Rather, Apple's extreme obsession with secrecy put so much pressure on Foxconn that a young man lost his life as a result of subsequent events. In a sober assessment of a chain of causality, Apple's business practices must take responsibility for that pressure. **** Apple Earnings Up 12 Percent For The Third Quarter by Erica Ogg, CNET News.com Revenue came in at $8.34 billion, resulting in earnings of $1.35 per share. That's a 12 percent increase from a year ago, when Apple reported earnings of $7.46 billion and earnings per share of $1.19. **** Apple: 50% Of Our Traditional MP3 Buyers New To iPod by Prince McLean, AppleInsider Apple announced a year over year decline in its sales of 10.2 million iPods, but noted that the company continues to maintain a greater than 70% share of the MP3 player market. It also stated that 50% of its traditional MP3 player buyers are new to the iPod. **** Apple COO Says Laptop Strategy Is On Track, Even Without Netbook by Peter Cohen, Macworld Apple???s chief operating officer Tim Cook stood by his previous assertion that Apple???s not in the market to make a netbook when pressed repeatedly by analysts during Tuesday???s conference call to discuss Apple???s third-quarter results. At the same time, he noted that Apple???s recent laptop price cuts have helped move inventory. **** Top Ten Apple T-Shirts by Doug McLean, TidBITS The days of great Apple tees are not gone, and there are still great Apple shirts out there today! Here's a top ten list of my favorite Apple t-shirts you can still add to your wardrobe. **** Trying (And Failing) To Give Up My iPod by Yahoo! Tech After working with both non-Apple hardware and software for a week, the things that started as little annoyances began to become truly aggravating. **** Apple iMac Review by Roman Loyola, and Danny Allen, PC World The iMac continues to be a desktop Mac that's powerful enough to please both general consumers and demanding users. **** Apple: iPhone Adoption In The Enterprise To Climb by David Morgenstern, ZDNet According to Oppenheimer, some 20 percent of Fortune 100 companies had placed orders of 10,000 units or more. And some governmental agencies had made orders up to 25,000 units. **** Apple: iPod Touch Sales Up 150% by Jason Snell, Macworld Apple???s record-setting quarterly financial results, released Tuesday, point out that the economic and marketing powerhouse that was the iPod has been eclipsed. The traditional iPod isn???t dead, not by a long shot, but its days of explosive growth are over ??? replaced by the growth of the iPod touch and the iPhone. **** Is Buying An iPod Un-American? by Daniel Griswold, Cato @ Liberty The smiley curve is a way of thinking about global supply chains where Americans reap the most value at the beginning and the end of the production process while China and other low-wage countries perform the low-value assembly in the middle. **** The iPod, As We Know It, Is Dying by MG Siegler, TechCrunch **** Apple Needs To Fix The iPhone App Store's Race To The Bottom by Ben Parr, Mashable We???re glad Mr. Cook acknowledged that Apple can do better, which is hopefully an indication of improvements in the near future. **** China Suicide Puts Spotlight On Secretive Apple Culture by Doug Young, Joanne Chiu and Gabriel Madway, Reuters Apple Inc said it was awaiting results from an investigation into the death of a worker in China, after media reports said the man killed himself on learning he was suspected of leaking company secrets. The case puts the spotlight on Apple, whose public face as maker of the wildly successful iPhone contrasts with its reputation for a highly secretive corporate culture. The Tomorrow Weblog ==================================== **** Betting On Health Care Start-Ups That Cut Costs by Claire Cain Miller, New York Times MyAppleMenu Reader ==================================== **** Death Of A Nihilist Or Obituary For A Nobody by Ewan Morrison, It was once the case that to have your death celebrated by the media you had to have been a person who lived and died for their beliefs, or at least perished with those beliefs intact: a shining example to us all on the importance of steadfast convictions. One thinks of Ghandi, Jean-Paul Sartre, JFK, Martin Luther King or even Ayatollah Khomieni. In the last few years ??? due to the media???s requirement for such spectacles even when the substance is lacking ??? the death of lesser figures who stumbled blindly through life lacking all conviction has created comparable hysteria. In fact, it may even be that these figures-of-no-qualities have eclipsed the great believers in terms of attention. All of this was predicted a decade before by my old friend, the bedsit philosopher, it was a process he termed ???the levelling of society to the lowest order.??? He saw in it ???the ironic revenge of the plebs, the rise of the nobodies.??? **** Clambakes Move To The Back Yard by David Hagedorn, The Washington Post Take the lid off the Weber, throw some briquettes in the chimney starter and light them up. It's time for a . . . clambake? **** Evolutionary Origins Of Your Right And Left Brain by Peter F. MacNeilage, Lesley J. Rogers and Giorgio Vallortigara, Scientific American The division of labor by the two cerebral hemispheres???once thought to be uniquely human???predates us by half a billion years. Speech, right-handedness, facial recognition and the processing of spatial relations can be traced to brain asymmetries in early vertebrates. SingaporeSurf ==================================== **** National Gay Parades by Groundnotes NDPs make me sick. They remind me of everything that is orchestrated, superficial, rehearsed, practiced, and devised from top-down in Singapore. They are artificial cauldrons of whipped up frenzy and heightened emotions where quick spasms of ecstasy are mistaken for patriotism. **** The Free Market Does Not Protect Consumers by Siew Kum Hong If one firmly and sincerely believes in protecting consumers, then one would surely adopt a proactive stance in doing the right thing, and not wait for multiple cases to occur before taking action. **** Stop The Wayang, Just Return Us Our CPF! by Ng E-Jay, Sgpolitics.net Without any transparency as to how to Lifelong Income Fund is managed, Mr Gan???s tepid reassurances fail to cut any ice. **** Temasek Has Much To Explain Over Goodyear: SDP by Singapore Democrats Given the stakes that we are dealing with and the fact that every cent that Temasek has belongs to Singaporeans, the public has every right to demand the answers from Ms Ho and Mr Dhanabalan. **** Temasek Should Relook Process by Conrad Raj, Today Perhaps it's time for Temasek to relook its annual succession planning process. **** Goodyear Did Not Even Last 1 Year.... by Diary of A Singaporean Mind **** Temasek And Transparency???II by Wall Street Journal Given that Temasek manages about $84 billion in taxpayer monies, Singaporeans deserve to know what happened. **** Goodyear's Exit Questioned by Gabriel Chen & Alvin Foo, Straits Times Industry watchers are wondering what could have gone wrong with the chief executive (CEO) selection process and what transpired to cause Mr Goodyear, 51, to depart less than six months after accepting the top post. Temasek would only cite strategic differences for Mr Goodyear's departure without elaborating. **** Don't Compel If You Can't Guarantee by My Singapore News **** Tax Property Gains On A Preferential Basis by Today **** The President, The Cabinet, Ho Ching, Temasek???s Board Of Directors ??? All Got It Wrong? by Andrew Loh, The Online Citizen While Mr Goodyear???s credentials may indeed be impeccable, perhaps the more important question lies with the selection process itself. Clearly, despite having been intensely interviewed by the president, the cabinet, the BOA of Temasek and Ms Ho Ching herself, the exit of Mr Goodyear has shown that the selection process has flaws. And the flaw seem to be a fundamental one ??? the selection process failed to determine Mr Goodyear???s stand on ???strategic issues??? which Temasek now says is the reason why he will no longer be chief. **** Temasek To Stick With Ho After It Abandons Goodyear CEO Hire by Netty Ismail, Bloomberg **** Private Unlimited by Straits Times The Mint Museum of Toys at Seah Street has the feel of a world class museum. **** Boy, 13, Dies In Second H1N1-related Death In Singapore by Channel NewsAsia Channel NewsAsia understands that there has been another H1N1-related death in Singapore. A 13-year-old boy, who was in critical condition at the National University Hospital after contracting H1N1, died Wednesday morning. **** Woman Fined $30 For Eating Sweet On MRT To Relieve Motion Sickness by Ng E-Jay, Sgpolitics.net Have we lost all sense of compassion in a bid to follow the letter of the law, never mind the spirit of the law? **** HK, Singapore, Malaysia Say To Exit Deposit Guarantees by Kevin Plumberg, Reuters Monetary authorities from Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia said on Wednesday they will coordinate a scheduled exit from full guarantees offered on bank deposits during the financial crisis by the end of 2010. From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Thu Jul 23 18:59:00 2009 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com) Date: 23 Jul 2009 22:59:00 -0000 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jul 23, 2009 Message-ID: <20090723225900.51189.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ==================================== **** CNBC: Willfully Ignorant? by John Gruber, Daring Fireball Expert opinion is welcome???but for the love of dogcow, can you please start with a foundation of facts? **** Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 by Zack Stern, Mac Life Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 succeeds by inserting lots of value and variety into its repeating structure. Even with technical problems, we had fun conquering the world three ways. **** Mac Sales In Education, Business Markets Lag For Apple by Sam Oliver, AppleInsider While the consumer market continues to shine for Apple, bringing the company to another record quarter, sales in the education and professional markets have suffered for the Mac maker during the ongoing economic recession. **** Back Up iPhoto's Faces Database by Derrick Story, Macworld Using the Faces feature in iPhoto ???09 to assign names to the people in your photos can take a good bit of time. And one small glitch in the database that tracks all of that information could set you back to square one. Which is why I recommend protecting your work from database corruption by backing up your Faces database files. **** Apple Cuts $500 Million Flash Memory Deal by Brooke Crothers, CNET News.com Apple said Tuesday that it has made a $500 million prepayment to Toshiba for flash memory chips and indicated the market is stabilizing. **** iPhone 3GS: Fantastic But Flawed by Dave Rosenberg, CNET News.com >From a software and cloud perspective, the iPhone represents an ideal world of development functionality mixed with an ability to use mobile services. However, the App Store approval process and AT&T's wonky network will still prevent us from reaching nirvana. **** Five Apple Stores To Visit Before You Die by Nicole Martinelli, Cult of Mac The top five must-see Apple stores, as per travel site Jaunted, are London, Tokyo, Sydney, New York ??? and Scottsdale. **** Apple Can't Meet iPhone Demand Amid Record Profits by David Coursey, PC World Global recession? Not for Apple, whose Wall St. financials are blissfully unaware of Main St. reality. Apple's sadness? They can't keep up with demand. **** Apple Backs Down On Bluwiki Threats by Fred von Lohmann, Electronic Frontier Foundations Apple has retracted its legal threats against public wiki hosting site Bluwiki, and, in response, Electronic Frontier Foundations (EFF) is dismissing its lawsuit against Apple over those threats. **** Sorry Apple Fans--The Mac Business Is Still Shrinking by Henry Blodget, Business Insider **** Is Apple Succeeding In Pushing The iPhone Into The Enterprise? by Jordan Golson, GigaOM **** Apple's Q3: Analyzing The Analysts by Philip Elmer-DeWitt, CNNMoney.com Tuesday was not a good day for professional analysts as a class ??? and Merrill Lynch???s in particular. **** Whatever Happened To The Apple TV? by Sascha Segan, PC Magazine It's time for Apple to take up their hobby again, forge back into the living room, and start talking about Apple TV. **** Apple Releases New Final Cut Studio by Jim Dalrymple, CNET News.com Apple introduced on Thursday a new version of Final Cut Studio, the company's high-end video production suite. The suite comes with six applications in all, including Final Cut Pro 7, Motion 4, Soundtrack Pro 3, Color 1.5, Compressor 3.5, and DVD Studio Pro 4. Most of the work in this release was spent on the flagship app of the suite, Final Cut Pro. **** Apple's Logic Studio Audio Suite Includes Major Updates by Jim Dalrymple, CNET News.com Apple released on Thursday the next major version of Logic Studio, the company's suite of professional audio applications. I was given early access to the new version and have been using it for some time now. I can say the new features will not only improve your workflow, but will also improve the sound of your music. **** Review: Motion 4 by Mike Curtis, Macworld Final Cut Studio motion graphics module adds shadows, reflections, and depth of field. **** Review: Final Cut Pro 7 by Mike Curtis, Macworld It has been more than two long years since Apple released Final Cut Pro 6 (), its flagship pro-level nonlinear video editing app. While there are a few extremely sexy new features in Final Cut Pro 7??? among them new ProRes flavors, iChat Theater, and Easy Export that will attract lots of attention???the main focus of this new version seems to be enhancing stability, speed, and productivity. **** Review: Color 1.5 by Mike Curtis, Macworld Workflow improvements boost value of video color corrector. **** Review: Soundtrack Pro 3 by Mike Curtis, Macworld Audio for video app is faster, sleeker, better. **** Plants Vs. Zombies by Michael Scarpelli, Inside Mac Games Plants vs. Zombies is a heck of a game. There???s enough content to keep you playing for days, and then when that???s done there???s content enough to entice you to play even longer. The game looks great, sounds great and has a pitch-perfect sense of humor about itself. This is a game that I feel very confident saying that you will not regret purchasing. **** Review: Compressor 3.5 by Mike Curtis, Macworld More video encoding with less work. **** Where In The World Are Those 18.6 Million iPod Touches? by Philip Elmer-DeWitt, CNNMoney.com **** Sorry, Henry, Apple's Mac Business Is Not Shrinking,, Dan Knight, Mac Musings by Dan Knight, Low End Mac **** Does Apple Have A Magic Formula? by Gene Steinberg, The Mac Night Owl Far too many companies don???t seem to understand how to exploit the talent their employees possess, and that may be the biggest disadvantage of all. The Tomorrow Weblog ==================================== **** Laptop? Check. Student Playlist? Check. Classroom Of The Future? Check. by Jennifer Medina, New York Times The seating arrangements are compared to airport traffic patterns. The student schedules are called playlists. And lesson plans are generated by a complicated computer algorithm for the 80 students in the class. This could be the school of the future, according to the schools chancellor, Joel I. Klein, who visited Middle School 131 in Chinatown on Tuesday to promote a pilot program, the School of One. MyAppleMenu Reader ==================================== **** The Van Gogh Of The Gross-Out by Holland Cotter, New York Times If you were a preteenager in the 1950s and had precocious friends or a with-it dad, it???s a good bet you knew the cartoons of Basil Wolverton, the Michelangelo of Mad magazine, even if you didn???t know his name. SingaporeSurf ==================================== **** As It Is Spoken by Too Many Thoughts One of the first things my friend visiting from Australia asked me on Sunday was, "So what language do people speak here?" **** Ideal Govt - Balanced Model by Aaron Low, Straits Times Singapore's model of governance is one that tries to achieve a balance between delivering quality leadership and giving people the opportunity to voice their dissatisfaction with Government policies, said prime minister Lee Hsien Loong. **** MOF Says It Is Not Involved In Temasek's CEO Appointment Decision by Wong Siew Ying, Channel NewsAsia Singapore's Ministry of Finance(MOF) said it was not involved in the decision by Temasek Holdings to terminate the planned leadership transition. **** Singapore Anchorages by Marc Van de Velde, The Art Of Dredging It was yet another reminder on "safe anchoring" in these crowded Singapore parking lots. **** Tighten Labour Laws To Protect Older, Vulnerable Workers by Gilbert Goh, The Online Citizen **** ????????????????????????????????? by ?????????, ???????????? ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? **** In The Dark In Singapore by Robert Clark, Telecomasia.net IDA chief Ronnie Tay declines to say how much of this money has been spent and how and by whom, and says he has no intention of doing so. For someone whose air-conditioned office, government-issued vehicle and generous salary are part if not wholly taxpayer-funded, this seems ungrateful to say the least. **** Q+A-Temasek: Bruised, Or Battered By Goodyear's Exit? by George Chen, Reuters Goodyear's decision to leave likely was made after a board meeting last week when he put in a list of proposals and changes he wanted to make after taking the helm on Oct. 1, sources with knowledge of the meeting told Reuters. But the proposals ran into trouble with the board, the sources said. It must have become clear to Goodyear then that running a state-linked firm is a much bigger challenge than running a privately-held company. **** At Temasek, A Foreign CEO-To-Be Won't by Peter Stein and Costas Paris, Wall Street Journal Already, some of Mr. Goodyear's initiatives to bring about change had met with a poor reception. His proposals for the firm's new strategic direction were considered too risky by some, a person familiar with the situation said. In addition, this person said Mr. Goodyear planned changes in senior management that weren't well received by Temasek's board. **** Dunkin' Donuts Opens In Singapore by Pacey's Tots **** The Problems Of Linguistic Development In Singapore by Mengwong This is a culture that has been lobotomized twice. **** June CPI Down Over Previous Month And A Year Ago by Channel NewsAsia The consumer price index for June 2009 fell by 0.5 per cent compared to a month earlier, but was 0.2 per cent higher compared with May 2009 on a seasonally adjusted basis. The decline in June was attributed largely to lower costs of housing due mainly to lower service and conservancy charges (S&CC). Isn't June the month where the government subsidized the S&CC charges? **** Bak Chor Mee: Singapore's Contribution To The Culinary World by Eddie Sng, ABC Singapore **** Thin Is In For Singapore Youth by Philip Lim, AFP Thin is in among Singapore teens and young adults, but experts warn that the fad is behind a worrying spike in the number of people developing eating disorders. **** NTUC's Recreational Arm Abandons Plan For S$45m Resort Devt In Sentosa by Imelda Saad, Channel NewsAsia The labour movement's recreational arm has scrapped plans for a S$45 million resort development in Sentosa. **** CASE To Step Up Checks On Education Providers by Channel NewsAsia **** Singapore's Goodbye Guy by Singapore News The resignation of Charles "Chip" Goodyear halfway through the period between his appointment in March as chief executive designate of Temasek and his assumption of the post in October is yet another illustration of a long established principle: never disagree with a member of the ruling family. From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Fri Jul 24 18:59:00 2009 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com) Date: 24 Jul 2009 22:59:00 -0000 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jul 24, 2009 Message-ID: <20090724225900.5410.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ==================================== **** Premium-priced Computer Market Dominated By Apple by Sam Oliver, AppleInsider Macs made up a whopping 91 percent of the $1,000 and up computer market in June, up significantly from early 2008 when Apple's premium market share was 66 percent, according to new data released this week. **** AT&T Chief: iPhone Won't Be Exclusive Forever by Ina Fried, CNET News.com It's not realistic to believe AT&T will have an exclusive on the iPhone forever, CEO Randall Stephenson said Thursday. **** Analysis: Apple Sees iPhone Success, But Challenges Coming by Marin Perez, InformationWeek Apple shipped 5.2 million handsets last quarter, but the next quarter will see high-profile alternatives and no new iPhone model to goose sales. **** Microsoft Changes 'Laptop Hunter' Ad After Apple Complains by Rupal Parekh, Advertising Age Following a complaint from Apple, Microsoft has quietly tweaked at least one of the ads in its "Laptop Hunters" campaign to reflect its rival's lower pricing on its Mac notebooks. **** Mastering The MacBook's Trackpad by Warren Buckleitner, New York Times You may own a new MacBook from Apple, but are you still using old techniques when it comes to its trackpad? There???s a lot more you can do besides dragging a single finger across the surface to move the cursor. Below, a crash course in modern Mac trackpad control. **** Does Apple Repair iPods Or Simply Encourage A Throwaway Culture? by Leo Hickman, Guardian **** Hackers Scoffing At iPhone 3GS' Hardware Encryption by Chris Ziegler, Engadget **** Apple Gadgets Entice Despite Economic Woes by Daily Texan Online SingaporeSurf ==================================== **** God Knows! by Feed Me To The Fish Having a strategy of 3 years for a succession plan and to have "strategic differences" as a reason for the failure in the succession plan is a strategy in stupidity. **** Police Put Up Camera At Speakers' Corner by Singapore Democrats Just when you thought that freedom of expression could not become any more farcical in Singapore, the police install a CCTV at Hong Lim Park. **** Singapore Air Loses Passengers To 'McDonald's Model' Airlines by Chan Sue Ling, Bloomberg **** Top Grad 'Protests' Censorship by Straits Times **** How Much Did Chip???s ???Stint??? At Temasek Cost Singapore Taxpayers? by Eugene Yeo, The Wayang Party **** Are You Angry Yet? by Andrew Loh, The Online Citizen Singaporeans must realize that it is dangerous for an organizations such as Temasek and the GISC to be in charge of half a trillion dollars of their money, make huge losses and remain secretive. **** Singapore Keeps Top Spot In Expat Survey, HK Slips by Reuters "Good infrastructure and healthcare facilities, low crime and health risks, and decent air quality contribute to Singapore providing the best quality of living for Asian assignees," said Lee Quane, Asian director of ECA International, which advises on expatriate packages and allowances. **** 4th H1N1-Related Death by Straits Times **** Same Old Temasek Again by Mr Wang Says So Because this is Temasek. You know their style. Through all these years, it has not changed. Basically, Temasek will never tell you anything, except perhaps the reasons why it will never tell you anything. And even those reasons will be vague and obscure. **** Experts Say It Will Take Another 2 Months Before H1N1 Infections Die Down by Channel NewsAsia From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Sat Jul 25 18:59:00 2009 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com) Date: 25 Jul 2009 22:59:00 -0000 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jul 25, 2009 Message-ID: <20090725225900.89864.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ==================================== **** Installing Applications On The Mac: Still Broken by Lukas Mathis, Ignore The Code The concept of a disk image is hard enough to understand; there???s really no reason why we should confuse people by using them for things other than creating images of actual disks. **** Apple Using Double-Standard For Gay iPhone Apps? by MacNN Apple is maintaining a double-standard when it comes to gay-themed iPhone apps, a developer claims. **** Build A Classic Wedding Slide Show In IPhoto ???09 by Derrick Story, Macworld We???ve all seen the wedding reception slide show featuring the happy couple growing up through childhood, dating, and then finally becoming permanently intertwined in each other???s lives. You can imagine how long it took an intrepid soul to build that production. But if you've used the Faces feature in iPhoto ???09 to identify the people in your photos, you can produce the same heartwarming tribute in just a few minutes. **** The Tropics May Be Too Humid For Apple???s iPhone by Leander Kahney, Cult of Mac There are reports out of Singapore that high humidity is killing iPhones, but positive LSI indicators are allowing the local carrier to reject warranty claims. **** Apple Releases ProKit 5.0 Update by Peter Cohen, Macworld Apple on Friday released ProKit 5.0, an update to the software frameworks that underlies its professional software applications. The new release is available for download on Apple???s Web site or through Software Update. **** Apple Restricts Latitude To Web App On iPhone by Erica Ogg, CNET News.com Google on Thursday released a version of its Latitude mobile application for the iPhone. But Apple, curiously, has decreed that it be a Web-based app and not a native iPhone app, which has raised some eyebrows. **** ????????????????????????????????? by ?????????, ???????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? **** Palm Complains About Apple To USB Governing Body, While Pre / iTunes Sync "fix" Is Explained by Ross Miller, Engadget While we thought the next round of the Pre / iTunes syncing fiasco would probably be something simple like Apple releasing another quick patch, Palm has stepped it up a notch by complaining to the USB Implementers Forum over what it sees is "improper use of the Vendor ID number" by the gang at Cupertino. **** Apple's New Final Cut Studio Is Out (Short Version: I Am Impressed) by Xeni Jardin, Boing Boing Bottom line: normally I wouldn't be so jazzed about an application update, but as someone who's spent the better part of the last two years working on web video production, this struck me and other web video grunts in the room as "workflow-changing" (some said "life-changing!") and a nice big leap forward. **** Thanks To The iPhone, 'App Fever' Is Spreading by Mark Milian, Los Angeles Times Everyone wants a piece of the Apple pie. **** More On Installing Applications by Lukas Mathis, Ignore The Code The Windows installation method works because the user never has to show any kind of initiative after initially clicking on the download link; Windows always prompts you when you need to do something. The Tomorrow Weblog ==================================== **** The Pushbutton Web: Realtime Becomes Real by Anil Dash Pushbutton is a name for what I believe will be an upgrade for the web, where any site or application can deliver realtime messages to a web-scale audience, using free and open technologies at low cost and without relying on any single company like Twitter or Facebook. The pieces of this platform have just come together to enable a whole set of new features and applications that would have been nearly impossible for an average web developer to build in the past. **** What's The Best First Language For A Programmer? by Neil Mcallister, InfoWorld For young developers learning programming for the first time, curiosity and enthusiasm are more important than rigor and discipline. MyAppleMenu Reader ==================================== **** Booting Up Baghdad: Tech Execs Take A Tour In Iraq by Steven Levy, Wired As the CEO of MeetUp, Scott Heiferman usually spends his days meeting with staff and brainstorming product strategy. But today the 37-year-old New Yorker, wearing a combat helmet and armored vest over a black business suit, is crammed into a battered C-130 transport plane headed for Iraq. Military and diplomatic personnel aboard are warily eyeing him and the others in his party, all similarly attired, as the C-130 begins its steep, corkscrew descent into the Baghdad airport. And Heiferman is thinking, "What am I doing here?" **** Titles Within A Tale by Ed Park, New York Times Novelists have long tucked made-up fictions inside their real ones. **** The Crossing: Swimming The Chesapeake Bay by Meghan Gibbons, Washington Post On land, I can brag about my athletic prowess. In the water, I have to prove it. SingaporeSurf ==================================== **** Journalists Refused To Cover The Petition by Tan Kin Lian **** CCTV Installed At Speakers' Corner by Alicia Wong and Kiersten Ow, Today The police have installed a closed circuit television camera at Hong Lim Park, where protests have been allowed since last September. This is for "safety and security", said the police in a statement to Today, and these CCTVs "do not record audio inputs". **** Give PSC The 'Real' You by Goh Chin Lian, Straits Times Give us the real you, the Public Service Commission (PSC) has urged youths aspiring to be government scholars. In an open letter to schools, PSC chairman Eddie Teo described how some would give 'politically correct' answers and appear to be pro-government, thinking that would impress the interview panel. In doing so, 'they often end up giving the impression that they have no integrity', he said Friday in a letter that spelt out how scholars are selected, the qualities the panel looks for, and how to prepare for the interview. I guess all will now have think up a token disagreement, just like all adults have to rehearse a 'what's your greatest weakness' answer during job interviews. :-) **** NSman Drops Protest by Straits Times A full-time national serviceman, who objected to having his hair cut and refused to eat camp food, claiming it was against his religious beliefs, was charged and sentenced to five days' detention. **** ?????????????????? ???????????????????????? by ???????????? ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? **** From Head Start To Headache by Seah Chiang Nee, Malaysia Star However limited in number, these few high-profile scams are spreading far and wide across frontiers that could hurt the city???s image as a reliable, distinctive hub. **** David???s Singapore Trial Fair And Transparent: Foreign Ministry by Ary Hermawan, Jakarta Post The Indonesian government will not interfere with the verdict of the Singaporean coroner???s court, which is currently hearing the case of an Indonesian student who died at Nanyang Technological University in March, the Foreign Ministry said Friday. **** Towards Closer Ties With PAP Women???s Wing by New Straits Times Wanita Barisan Nasional hopes to establish closer ties with its counterpart ??? the women???s wing of Singapore???s People???s Action Party ??? in all issues including bilateral matters. **** Political Parties Go Online To Extend Their Reach by Valarie Tan, Channel NewsAsia Singapore's political parties are devoting more resources to the Internet to extend their reach. **** Reminiscences On A HDB Point Block by Ho Weng Hin, S/pores The point block was literally and metaphorically the pinnacle of HDB living, where upgraders from slab-blocks with smaller flats would aspire to. **** Once Bonded by Yu-Mei Balasingamchow, S/pores When I was 19, I inked my name on a legal document to affirm that I would enter upon and diligently continue in an overseas university course specified by the government of the Republic of Singapore, complete it to the best of my ability, then return immediately to Singapore to serve the government for a period of eight years (hereinafter called the ???Bonded Period???) in any body or organisation whatsoever in any appointment which the government might deem appropriate. From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Sun Jul 26 18:59:00 2009 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com) Date: 26 Jul 2009 22:59:00 -0000 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jul 26, 2009 Message-ID: <20090726225900.62177.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ==================================== **** iPods May Help Asperger's Kids Navigate Life by Maura Lerner, Minneapolis Star Tribune It may have started out as a form of entertainment, but Pederson says this kind of technology is turning into an unexpected boon for children and teenagers with special needs. The devices, it turns out, can be crammed with the kind of information they need to get through the day. While it's still experimental, she said, "I think it's going to spread like wildfire." **** Apple: Another Opening, Another Show by Philip Elmer-DeWitt, CNNMoney.com The Apple Store is the company???s steel-and-glass public face ??? a high-tech oasis as close as the local mall where one can experience first-hand the attention to design, the hand-holding support and the unrelenting focus on the user???s experience that make Apple different from every other computer maker (and are used by company and customers alike to justify Apple???s extraordinary profit margins). MyAppleMenu Reader ==================================== **** Dead Presidents, Thespian Dreams, And The Meaning Of Life by Charles P. Pierce, Boston Globe A bucket list doesn't have to be epic to give you a fresh perspective. I've got just the proof. **** Frank McCourt And The American Memoir by Jennifer Schussler, New York Times When Frank McCourt died last weekend at age 78, we were momentarily transported, it seemed, to a more innocent age of the American memoir. SingaporeSurf ==================================== **** Give PSC The ???Real??? You? by Alice Cheong in Wonderland It is even more interesting to hear the subtle encouragement to challenge authority shrewdly and with street-savvyness, through it is uncommon for shrewdness and street-savvyness to be applied in this sense. **** More Female Lawmakers In Singapore, Thanks To Men by Foong Pek Yee, The Star Women lawmakers here are thanking the men for the 325% jump in their numbers. The People???s Action Party (PAP) women???s wing chairman, Lim Hwee Hua, attributed the rise in the numbers to efforts not just from the women but those of the men as well. **** What The Government Is Looking For In A Government Scholar by My Singapore News **** Yasmin's Death Also Felt In Singapore by Bernama The demise of renowned film and advertising director Yasmin Ahmad, 51, in Kuala Lumpur last night was not only felt by Malaysians, but also impacted film enthusiasts in Singapore. From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Mon Jul 27 18:59:00 2009 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com) Date: 27 Jul 2009 22:59:00 -0000 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jul 27, 2009 Message-ID: <20090727225900.92458.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ==================================== **** iPhone: A Lifeline For Small Indian Software Firms by Samanth Subramanian, Wall Street Journal The iPhone???s applications or ???apps??? have held out a slim lifeline for small and mid-range software firms in India, at a time when other outsourced projects have succumbed to the slowdown. **** Teen Devises Prayer App For iPhone by The Sacramento Bee For eons, people have reached out to the Almighty with prayers and supplications. Soon they might be able to use their iPhones. **** iPhone Maker In China Is Under Fire After A Suicide by New York Times Reports of the apparent suicide have set off a firestorm of criticism of Foxconn???s treatment of Mr. Sun, labor conditions at its factories and the pressures Apple places on suppliers to abide by the culture of secrecy that surrounds its development of new products. The case also underscores the challenges that global companies face in trying to safeguard their designs and intellectual property in the hotly contested smartphone market, particularly here in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, an electronics manufacturing center known for piracy and counterfeiting. **** Promo Codes Again Allowed For 17+ Apps by Michael Jones, TUAW Over the past few days, we have received word from a number of developers stating that they are now able to request promo codes for their 17+ apps. **** Apple Joins Forces With Record Labels by Matthew Garrahan, Kenneth Li and Joseph Menn, Financial Times Apple is working with the four largest record labels to stimulate digital sales of albums by bundling a new interactive booklet, sleeve notes and other interactive features with music downloads, in a move it hopes will change buying trends on its online iTunes store. **** The iPod Is Dead. Long Live The iPod by Arik Hesseldahl, BusinessWeek Traditional versions of the iconic device are a thing of the past, but future iterations will have a long and vibrant future. **** Review: Plants Vs. Zombies Game by Chris Holt, Macworld Not since Zombies Ate My Neighbors have I seen a deeper, longer, more challenging and memorable zombie game. It???s truly fun for all ages, and one of the most bizarrely comical games I???ve played in the last few years. Don???t let the cartoonish art or light-hearted atmosphere throw you off; this is one of the most clever and original strategy games out there. **** Fix Printer Queue Glitches by Ted Landau, Macworld When your printer won't print, sometimes you'll try the basics of printer troubleshooting with no results. Whether your printer's Dock icon bounces endlessly or a message says you're stuck at "connecting," here's how to handle problems with your printer queue. **** Apple iPhone Security Weaknesses Exposed On YouTube by Antone Gonsalves, InformationWeek Deleted voice mail, e-mail, and other data on the iPhone 3GS is vulnerable to hackers, a security expert claims in two video tutorials. The Tomorrow Weblog ==================================== **** The Music Streams That Soothe An Industry by Brad Stone, New York Times After a decade of rampant digital piracy that has helped to gut album sales, a raft of new streaming music sites is making the experience of legally finding and listening to music just as seductive as downloading it free. **** Start-Up Plans To Make Journalism Pirates Pay Up by Saul Hansell, New York Times A start-up called Attributor, based in Redwood City, Calif., is proposing an approach that is more carrot than stick. It has developed an automated way for newspapers to share in the advertising revenue from even the tiniest sites that copy their articles. MyAppleMenu Reader ==================================== **** My Heart Messed With My Head by Michael Winerip, New York Times The science gets better, but life remains inscrutable. **** And That???s Not The Way It Is by Frank Rich, New York Times If he was the most trusted man in America, it wasn???t because he was a nice guy with an authoritative voice and a lived-in face. It wasn???t because he ???loved a good story??? or that he removed his glasses when a president died. It was because at a time of epic corruption in the most powerful precincts in Washington, Cronkite was not at the salons and not in the tank. **** Dust by C. K. Williams, New Yorker Face powder, gunpowder, talcum of anthrax, shavings of steel, crematoria ash, chips of crumbling poetry paper???all these in my lockbox, and dust, tanks, tempests, temples of dust. **** The Valetudinarian by Joshua Ferris, New Yorker **** Money Talks by Rae Armantrout, New Yorker SingaporeSurf ==================================== **** Ssshhh! Don't Say "SDP" by Singapore Democrats It is important that Singaporeans know the truth. The Singapore Democrats are not only alive and well, but leading the way on the Internet. We cannot let the media cover up this fact. **** Should Foreign Activists Fund Singapore Civil Groups? by Ho Lian-Yi, New Paper Allegations flew online that the Swede may have offered funding, a claim both men denied. Eventually, ex-NMP Siew Kum Hong made a police report. Why the online fuss? **** A Nation Of Friends by Neo Chai Chin, Today Singapore's multi-religious, multi-racial and secular society is "not a weakness, but a strength", said deputy prime minister Teo Chee Hean yesterday at a community event organised by the chairmen of 69 mosques here. **** If HK Can Pressure Banks To Pay Lehman Victims, Why Can't MAS? by David Goh, Straits Times I am surprised that our industry watchdog, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), is not as efficient and influential as Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission and Hong Kong Monetary Authority in getting banks there to compensate all investors who lost money on structured products, notes or minibonds linked to Lehman Brothers. **** Anthony Yeo ??? Bashed For Speaking Up by The Online Citizen **** Casino Hotel Eyes Biggest Trade Shows by Jagdev Singh Sidhu, Malaysia Star Marina Bay Sands, the US$5.5bil integrated resort in Singapore, is expected to see its meeting, incentive, convention and exhibitions (MICE) business run at capacity in three to five years after the resort opens its doors early next year. **** Ditching Buses For Planes by Karamjit Kaur and Nicholas Yong, Straits Times >From just one destination and 56 to-and-fro flights a week, Jetstar Asia, Tiger Airways, AirAsia and Firefly (a subsidiary of MAS) now operate more than 450 flights between Singapore and nine points in Malaysia: KL, Subang, Kota Kinabalu, Kuching, Langkawi, Penang, Ipoh, Kuala Terengganu and Kuantan. **** More Graduates = Higher HDB Prices? by Leong Sze Hian, The Online Citizen Historically, HDB and private property prices have more or less moved in close tandem with each other, most of the time. So, why are they moving in opposite direction now? Well, the answer may lie in an altogether seemingly unrelated statistic ??? the number of graduates. **** More People Work From Home by Kate Lim, Straits Times The practice has become increasingly popular as firms start to explore alternative work arrangements beyond the typical 9-to-5 office day, according to human resource experts. **** Singapore's Medical Care - Is It Your "Daiji" (Problem) ?? by Who Moved My Singapore Cheese? **** Parliament To Sit On Aug 18 by Straits Times **** Asean's Burmese Diplomacy Has Failed by Guardian Up to now, the junta has survived thanks to support from China and Russia in the UN security council, and the cynical scramble for Burma's rich natural resources which has united India, Thailand and Singapore with China and Russia. Suu Kyi will continue to languish behind bars (or under house arrest) as long as pressure on the generals is constantly deflected by the competing greed of these nations. **** Population Demographics And The Property Market by Mr Wang Says So **** S'pore Developers Create Open Source Buzz by Victoria Ho, ZDNet Asia Development in the mobile arena is particularly hot at the moment, among both individuals and software houses, according to Linux user groups in Singapore. **** Pedestrian Crossing Between ION Orchard, Wheelock Place To Be Closed by Channel NewsAsia To ease traffic congestion, the pedestrian crossing will be closed. The Land Transport Authority (LTA) said vehicles turning to and from Paterson Road and Orchard Road can also look forward to an additional turning time of at least 45 seconds. Shoppers will have to use an underground link to cross Paterson Road. But for wheelchair users, this will be a challenge. **** ???Even In The Cyberage, Some Things Don???t Change??? by Andrew Loh, The Online Citizen With such assurances by the prime minister and the home affairs minister, one must wonder why there are now five closed-circuit televisions (CCTV) at Hong Lim Park. Coming on the heels of the recent spate of new rules such as the amendments to the Films Act and the introduction of a new Public Order Act, Singaporeans are wondering if political space is being curbed, instead of being opened up, which was what the prime minister had promised. From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Tue Jul 28 18:59:01 2009 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com) Date: 28 Jul 2009 22:59:01 -0000 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jul 28, 2009 Message-ID: <20090728225901.25159.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ==================================== **** Apple Yanks The Cord On GV Mobile. Is It Trying To Kill Google Voice On The iPhone? by Jason Kincaid, TechCrunch It???s entirely possible that Apple???s decision to ban the app is being driven not by user confusion, but by AT&T???s request. **** What Are Apple And Book Publishers Talking About? by Dan Frommer, Business Insider **** The Enduring Value Of The Pismo PowerBook by Leo Titus LeBron V, Low End Mac For someone looking for an older PowerBook that can still hold it's own, looks modern, and is durable, the PowerBook G3 Pismo is the way to go. **** Apple And The CEO Succession Plan by Douglas Welton, Fortune So, what is succession planning and why is it important to Apple? **** Apple's Absolutely Brilliant eBook Strategy by The eBook Test **** The Apple Tablet Is A Non-starter In Ed Without Content by Christopher Dawson, ZDNet This has the potential to be a real game-changer in the classroom, whether K-12 or post-secondary. No more laptop walls, but rather interactive versions of texts, supplemental materials, notes, and web access in a portable, durable package; this is the promise of an Apple tablet in education. This is also what is known as an empty promise. **** Apple Flip Flops On "Mature" iPhone App Policy by Sarah Perez, ReadWriteWeb If Apple is truly concerned about children's access to mature content, they'll need to come up with a better system than what they currently offer. They can either play the role of content police (much as they do now) or they can create a new system where ratings are consistent, parental controls are within easy reach, and perhaps iTunes accounts themselves are even categorized as belonging to an adult or a minor. **** The Good And Bad Of Google Latitude On iPhone by Josh Lowensohn, CNET News.com **** LightWayText, iText Editors Upgrade by MacNN **** Handwriting Recognition Service For Mac Comes To Pulse Smartpen by Philip Michaels, Macworld **** 13-inch MacBook Pro: Good Thing In A Small Package by Bob Levitus, Houston Chronicle **** Me And My Apple TV: Life After Cable by Teebes.com **** Review: Roxio Toast 10 Titanium by Marshall Clow and Ilene Hoffman, MacNN **** Why???s Apple Messing With Google? (App Store Rejections) by Pete Mortensen, Cult of Mac Now, if this were AT&T???s app store, I wouldn???t have a problem with the carrier dictating which apps were approved and which weren???t. But this is supposed to be Apple???s show. **** Unicom Says No Formal iPhone Deal With Apple by Reuters China Unicom, one of China's top three mobile carriers, has reached a preliminary agreement with Apple for the exclusive sale of its iPhone handset in China for three years, the official Shanghai Securities News reported on Tuesday, however a China Unicom official said a formal deal had not been reached. **** Take Advantage Of Play Counts In iTunes by Kirk McElhearn, Macworld While for some these play counts are just notches in the belt of their digital music collection, for others play counts can be an integral part of a listening strategy. Since iTunes can fill smart playlists using play counts as a variable, using this information can help you make all kinds of playlists. **** The Case Of The Cracked iPhone by Rob Griffiths, Macworld I was thrilled with how easy Apple made this process???granted, it???d be much tougher without a nearby Apple store. MyAppleMenu Reader ==================================== **** Playboy's Guide To Lingering by Joseph J. Capista, Slate SingaporeSurf ==================================== **** Are You Sure Democracy Cannot Help You Financially? by Singapore Democrats Free and fair elections, a free media, the freedom to assemble are what made the difference between Hong Kong's investors and Singapore's, even though both groups were sold similar products and were caught out by similar events. **** More Transparency Wanted by Cai Haoxiang, Straits Times Town councils should be more open about their projected long-term spending and provide residents with summarised financial information in a form that is easy to understand, say residents and town councillors who attended a recent dialogue. **** Is Singapore Really In A Better Position To Survive Economically? by Ng E-Jay, Sgpolitics.net Our government is pursuing policies that focus on ramping up GDP through population expansion rather than organic growth in productivity. Clearly, this is not sustainable in the long run, even if such a strategy creates enormous wealth for the powers-that-be and their surrogates in the short run. **** Getting Ex-spouses To Pay : Proposed Maintenance Services Authority by Mathia Lee **** Exposing The Fallacies In PM Lee???s ???ideal??? Model Of Governance by Wayang Party For Singapore, Mr Lee said, having a good system is important, but getting good people to run it is equally crucial. However, how can an uncompetitive system which is bent on perpetuating a political monopoly ever produce good people to run it? **** ??????????????????????????? by ?????????, ???????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? **** Temasek May Hire Internal Candidate For Goodyear Replacement by Andreea Papuc and Andrea Tan, Bloomberg Temasek Holdings Pte said it will consider promoting an internal manager after abandoning plans to make Charles ???Chip??? Goodyear the first foreign chief executive officer of Singapore???s state-owned investment fund. ???Temasek has in place a CEO succession planning process,??? Temasek said in an e-mailed response to questions. ???Our board reviews external and internal candidates over various time horizons.??? **** Mavericks In The Civil Service? by The One Dimensional Island We need civil servants with backbone, who can form their own opinion and say it. **** Kinks In New Ez-link Cards by Irene Tham, Straits Times Since the call went out for commuters to swop their ez-link cards for the souped-up one which can be used to pay for many more things, 2.5 million of these smart cards have been changed. But it appears retailers have been less than on the ball about changing their card readers that work with these new cards. **** Honesty In Politics by Tan Kin Lian It is possible to be honest and sincere and win over the trust of the people. **** New Boardwalk To Sentosa by Straits Times From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Wed Jul 29 18:59:00 2009 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com) Date: 29 Jul 2009 22:59:00 -0000 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jul 29, 2009 Message-ID: <20090729225900.76277.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ==================================== **** How Exactly Is The Rumored Apple Tablet Computer Going To Revive Music Sales by Mark Milian, Los Angeles Times While an army of tech and music reporters hurl rumors about what the rumored Apple Inc. touch-screen computer will look like and do, we can't help but wonder why the entertainment industry is reportedly betting on it to spur a revolution. **** iPhone & Mac Programming Books In Demand by Liam Cassidy, The Apple Blog Tech specialist publisher O???Reilly is reporting encouraging growth in iPhone and Mac programming book sales, despite an overall drop in computer book sales. **** Apple TV As A Gaming Platform - Why It Doesn???t Make Sense. by Edible Apple **** Bikinis And The App Store Approval Process by Ted Landau, The Mac Observer I was intrigued at the possibility of getting an insider's look at the iPhone App approval process, especially for an app as "on-the-edge" as Bikini Babes. So I asked if I could interview him for this column. He agreed. **** Apple/AT&T/iPhone - Everything That's Wrong With The Cellphone Industry Wrapped Up In A Single Package by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, ZDNet Given the premium status of the device, it just doesn???t make sense that users are happy with the current situation. **** WhoPaste 3.0 Adds SMS E-mail Options by Dan Moren, Macworld With all the social networking and electronic gadgetry that abounds today, our contact lists proliferate faster than bunnies released in the Australian outback. Mac-Chi???s WhoPaste aims to help make it a snap to add new contact information. The latest version, WhoPaste 3.0, even brings with it some features that can help certain users save money. **** Bad Apple: An Argument Against Buying An iPhone by Adam Pash, Lifehacker At the end of the day, this isn't simply a Google Voice/iPhone problem???it's a concern for everyone, iPhone owner or not, with an interest in the latest and greatest crop of smartphones. **** iPhone Jailbreaking Could Crash Cellphone Towers, Apple Claims by David Kravets, Wired The nation???s cellphone networks could suffer ???potentially catastrophic??? cyberattacks by iPhone-wielding hackers at home and abroad if iPhone owners are permitted to legally jailbreak their shiny wireless devices ??? that???s what Apple claims. **** Apple Is Successful. But A Monopoly? Not Yet. by Ryan Kim, San Francisco Chronicle And while this doesn't sit well with Apple critics and even some of its fans, it's still a far cry from proving an antitrust case, said Robert Lande co-founder of the American Antitrust Institute and a professor at the University of Baltimore School of Law. **** Even Google Is Blocked With Apps For iPhone by Jenna Wortham, New York Times Google might power the world???s most popular search engine, but its clout goes only so far. When it comes to getting one of its applications onto the iPhone, it seems Google has to wait in line for Apple???s approval like everyone else ??? and face the risk of rejection. **** iPhone Piracy - The Cold Hard Figures by Bram In Canada **** Dear Mr. Jobs, I Have Some Ideas About How To Improve Your Phone by Dave Cronin, Cooper **** Microsoft And Apple To Battle It Out In Same Mission Viejo Mall by David Colker, Los Angeles Times **** Review: ColorMunki 1.1 by Flip Phillips, Macworld Suite of color management tools targets designers and photographers. **** Apple Wins Right To Say Its Apps Are 'Only On The iPhone' by Patrick Smith, MocoNews.net Apple has won the right to say that its apps are available "only on the iPhone" in the UK despite complaints that other handsets such as Google's G1 phone also offer similar ranges of software. **** Prince Of Persia: The Two Thrones by Richard Hallas, Inside Mac Games Minor niggles and a particularly frustrating boss-level aside, I have to say that Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones is an absolutely fantastic game. **** In-Depth Review: Storyist 2 Brings Out The Story Teller by John Martellaro, The Mac Observer Because of that intangible feeling of using a thoughtful, finely crafted tool, the scope of the features, and the (available) printed manual, I'm rating Storyist one notch above all the rest. If I were to write a novel, Storyist has supplanted Scrivener as my tool of choice. The Tomorrow Weblog ==================================== **** One Fan Gets His Big Break With Rock Band's Expansion by Mike Musgrove, Washington Post Fans of the music video game Rock Band were abuzz this month when its creators announced that they will throw open the doors to the online store where it sells downloadable tracks for the game. But where most players will be logging on to the service to spend their money, at least one local software programmer sees a business opportunity. MyAppleMenu Reader ==================================== **** The Explainer Gets Hit By A Bus by Juliet Lapidos, Slate The origins of the catastrophic clich??. **** Justify My Love by Emily Nussbaum, New York Madonna has returned to New York. This makes a strange kind of sense. **** At A Border Crossing, Security Trumps Openness by Nicolai Ouroussoff, New York Times It has been nearly eight years since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, but the fears and anxieties they gave rise to continue to take a toll on the design of public buildings. Even the words ???United States,??? it seems ??? when spelled out in the wrong size and color ??? can be an unacceptable security risk. **** Crap Detection 101 by Howard Rheingold, San Francisco Chronicle The answer to almost any question is available within seconds, courtesy of the invention that has altered how we discover knowledge - the search engine. Materializing answers from the air turns out to be the easy part - the part a machine can do. The real difficulty kicks in when you click down into your search results. At that point, it's up to you to sort the accurate bits from the misinfo, disinfo, spam, scams, urban legends, and hoaxes. "Crap detection," as Hemingway called it half a century ago, is more important than ever before, now that the automation of crapcasting has generated its own word: "spamming." **** When Novelists Sober Up by Tom Shone, More Intelligent Life It may seem a little impertinent to gauge the literary merits of sobriety???you cannot write books of any discernible quality if you are dead???but clearly, sobering up is one of the more devastating acts of literary criticism an author can face. SingaporeSurf ==================================== **** Proposed Property Tax Change In Singapore Criticised As It Could Harm Recovery by Property Wire The proposals have panicked some property investors, many of whom returned to the market only recently. **** Singapore On Track To Increase Expenditure On R&D by Lynda Hong, Channel NewsAsia Singapore is on track to increase its expenditure on research and development (R&D) to hit its target of three per cent of GDP by 2010, according to R&D funding body, the National Research Foundation (NRF). **** Reconsider CCTVs At Hong Lim Park by Leong Sze Hian, Today I think some Singaporeans may be intimitated by the CCTVs from speaking, or even going to listen.This may be a step backwards in Singapore's opening up to get more citizen involvement and debate on policies and issues. **** New Boon Lay Bus Interchange by Yeo Ghim Lay, Straits Times Work on the new air-conditioned Boon Lay bus interchange has been completed and it is expected to open during the year-end school holidays. **** Government Not Involved In Succession Plan by Chin Sau Ho, Ministry of Finance, Straits Times The government is a shareholder of Temasek. It does not manage succession planning for Temasek staff, including the CEO. That is, and has been, the responsibility of Temasek and its board. **** Grossly Inadequate Protection For Credit Card Users by Ng E-Jay, Sgpolitics.net This is yet another sorry example of how the government proudly sells the image of Singapore as a world-class financial hub, yet fails to offer consumers even the most basic protection against theft and fraud. **** Why Are Public Sector Appointments Shrouded In Secrecy? by Rajiv Chaudhry, The Online Citizen As Singapore moves forward, it is imperative that a Code of Practice should be properly laid down and strictly upheld in public sector appointments, so that citizens can be assured that democratic principles of openness, fairness and transparency are maintained. **** ?????????????????? by Jia Han???s Site ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? **** Boediono Asks Singapore Court For Fair Verdict In David???s Case by Erwida Maulia, The Jakarta Post Indonesian vice-president-elect Boediono has asked the Singaporean coroner court trying the case of the death of Indonesian student David Hartanto Widjaya to settle it fairly. **** ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? by ?????????, ???????????? ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? **** State Coroner Records A Verdict Of Suicide In David Widjaja's Case by Channel NewsAsia **** Temasek Exploring Joint Investment Scheme With Public by May Wong, Channel NewsAsia Temasek Holdings is looking to invite the public to jointly invest with the investment company in a venture. This was disclosed by Temasek's executive director and chief executive officer Ho Ching at a luncheon talk on Wednesday, organised by the Institute of Policy Studies. **** Temasek Portfolio Lost $58 Billion by P.R. Venkat and Se Young Lee, Wall Street Journal Singapore state-owned investment company Temasek Holdings Pte. Ltd.'s total portfolio value as of end-March fell more than 40 billion Singapore dollars (US$27.75 billion) from a year earlier, Chief Executive Ho Ching said Wednesday. **** CCTVs In Hong Lim ??? Police Replies To TOC???s Queries by The Online Citizen **** Gifts For The Dead Could Be Dying Out In Singapore by Philip Lim, AFP **** Prosperity Vs. Democracy by My Own Analysis Asia seems to be a case study confirming that capitalism and democracy don???t need each other. Post-World War II Japan was democratic on paper, but a one-party state in reality. South Korea and Singapore followed appropriately. All three developed into wealthy countries. **** Singapore Government Says Ready To Stop Any Property Bubble by Nopporn Wong-Anan, Reuters The Singapore government stands ready to step in to prevent a property bubble after signs of speculation in the real estate market, state media quoted a cabinet minister as saying on Wednesday. National development minister Mah Bow Tan told reporters it was not clear if the buying momentum of new private homes in the past few months could be sustained and the government was keeping a negative growth projection for such demand this year. **** Temasek To Hang On To ???Family Jewels,??? Allow Public To Invest by Shamim Adam, Bloomberg Temasek Holdings Pte, reeling from the aborted appointment of Charles ???Chip??? Goodyear, said it lost more than S$40 billion ($27.7 billion) in asset value and that the sovereign fund may allow public investment for the first time. The Singapore investment company will seek ???sophisticated investors??? and won???t sell the ???family jewels??? for short-term gains, chief executive officer Ho Ching, the wife of Singapore???s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, said in a speech today in Singapore. Goodyear???s departure was ???unfortunate??? and Temasek will continue to review its succession plans, she added. **** Singapore???s Unique Escalator Rules by Angry Angmo Never Mind... There are three groups of major failing people, that do not have understood the rules of escalator etiquette in Singapore yet. **** Motivations For An Agency Of The Future (AoF) by Master Of The Obvious As our political leadership enters its third generation (post-LKY and GCT), left unchecked, our risk-averse bureaucracy can potentially become the proverbial conservatives within an ailing but 4.48-million large patriarchal family business that is preventing visionaries within the family from effecting change quick enough. **** Early Explorer Relics Find Home In Singapore Museum by Reuters They came, they hunted and they collected. About a century after their travels in Southeast Asia, an exhibition at Singapore's Asian Civilisations Museum traces the exciting journeys and adventures of six mostly European explorers through a treasure chest of cultural relics. **** Singapore Court Rules Indonesian Student's Death Was Suicide by Jakarta Globe The father of Indonesian student David Hartanto Widjaja said he was ???very sad and disappointed??? by the Singapore Coroners??? Court ruling on Wednesday that his son???s death was suicide, adding that he felt the Indonesian government had not done enough to help. **** When Is An SWF Not An SWF? by Gwen Robinson, Financial Times Are things that bad, or is Temasek - or rather, Ho - a visionary that is completely revolutionising the sovereign wealth fund model? From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Thu Jul 30 18:59:00 2009 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com) Date: 30 Jul 2009 22:59:00 -0000 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jul 30, 2009 Message-ID: <20090730225900.19725.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ==================================== **** Apple Releases iDisk App For iPhone by Peter Cohen, Macworld MobileMe iDisk enables iPhone and iPod touch users with MobileMe accounts to access the contents of their iDisk ??? the online storage component of Apple???s subscription-based online service. **** Apple Lets iPhone Developers Add Search Keywords by Dan Moren, Macworld Developers can now add search keywords to the description of their applications, allowing them to expand the terms which will bring up their app on a search without having to overload the limited description field. **** The App Economy by Stuart Jeffries, Guardian iPhone apps could soon be bigger than YouTube. But who is making all the money here? Apple, the developers,or no one at all? **** For Business Owners, iPhone Apps Abound by Riva Richmond, Wall Street Journal A growing number of tools ??? both paid and free-- in Apple's App Store are useful to small companies whose owners or employees are pounding the pavement, hoping to ink deals or take care of customers. **** How Much Are Apple's 45 Million Users Worth? by Seeking Alpha **** Can AT&T Handle The iPhone? by MG Siegler, TechCrunch I think that truth is that they can???t handle the iPhone, anymore. **** The Emperor???s New Clothes by Layton Duncan, Polar Bear Farm I???ve lost all hope that the App Store will actually see the real changes is needs. As it stands it???s poorly planned, poorly managed, poorly executed, and it???s an embarrassment to Apple. They should be ashamed to be associated with it. **** Where Do I Sign Up? by Justin Williams, Carpeaqua More important than the money is my enjoyment as a developer. I no longer enjoy building software for the iPhone because of the bureaucracy and infrastructure that surrounds it. **** Shocker: Apple Not Very Nice To Its Partners by Dan Frommer, Business Insider So you'd expect the company to at least offer some of the apps' makers -- its business partners -- an explanation, right? Keep dreaming. **** AT&T: Don???t Blame Us For The iPhone???s Google Voice Ban by Jason Kincaid, TechCrunch Now it looks like AT&T believes it???s been wrongly accused, and it???s beginning to take a stand for itself. **** Apple Support Seems To Admit That AT&T Requested GV Apps To Be Pulled by Christine Chan, Mac Life **** Top 10 iPhone Annoyances (And How To Fix Them) by Jared Newman, PC World Even the iPhone isn???t perfect. Here are the top ten iPhone annoyances and what you can do about them. **** iPhone Development Tools That Work The Way You Do by Peter Wayner, InfoWorld You don't need to master Cocoa and Objective C to create killer iPhone apps. Rhomobile, PhoneGap, Appcelerator, and Ansca tools leverage standard web technologies and still tap native features. **** WSJ: Apple Going To CES 2010. Reality: Nope. by Ryan Block, Engadget At no point did Gary Shapiro even remotely imply that Apple would be present at a future CES -- let alone state flatly that Apple "will be there" in 2010. **** Who Is To Blame For The Google Voice Apps Fiasco? by Om Malik , GigaOM I know it is hard for many of us (starting with me) in Silicon Valley to think logically about Ma Bell, given their history, but unlike others, I am happy to give them benefit of doubt. Are you? **** Two Messages On Apple Climbs On The Cybergeddon Bandwagon by IP **** Apple Updates Time Capsule To 1 TB And 2 TB Capacities by Eric Slivka, MacRumors **** Gaming On The Apple iPhone by Tom Hoggins, Telegraph The success of the Apple iPhone and the iPod Touch as gaming platforms has taken everyone by surprise. **** An Apple A Day by Garry Barker, The Age The real difference at Coburg Senior High is in the environment created for the style of teaching and the way the Macs have been integrated into the learning process. **** Apple App Rejections Alienate Business Users by Michael Scalisi, PC World I might miss a couple of my iPhone games, and perhaps my digital koi pond, but at least I wouldn???t have Apple dictating which business tools I can use. **** Re: More On Apple by Andrew W. Donoho, IP If app diversity is important to you, then Apple is actually doing the things necessary to promote that diversity. The Tomorrow Weblog ==================================== **** New GPS Platform Aims To Save Batteries by David Meyer, CNET News.com CSR has unveiled a new GPS architecture that it says will let portable devices be constantly location-aware without draining their batteries. MyAppleMenu Reader ==================================== **** Film Food, Ready For Its ???Bon Appetit??? by Kim Severson, New York Times When the director Nora Ephron began shooting a pivotal scene in her new movie ???Julie & Julia,??? it quickly became clear that the sole meuni??re might become her food stylist???s Waterloo. **** An Easy Way To Increase Creativity by Oren Shapira and Nira Liberman , Scientific American Why thinking about distant things can make us more creative. **** Divining The Source Of Evil And Human Cruelty by Fred Bortz, Seattle Times Two new books, "Cruelty: Human Evil and the Human Brain" and "The Anatomy of Evil," try to explain the methods and motivations at the base of evil and human cruelty. SingaporeSurf ==================================== **** Temasek ??? Murky Figures And Unanswered Questions by Leong Sze Hian, The Online Citizen **** Tekka Centre To Open To Public On Saturday by Rekha, Channel NewsAsia The centre, which took almost a year to complete, now boasts a more spacious design, improved ventilation and better hygiene standards. **** More Stakeholders, More Scrutiny? by Christie Loh, Today Analysts have little doubt the new investors will demand more information other than the annual review put out by Temasek since 2004. Already, Singaporeans closely watch its financial performance as they view the firm as investing taxpayer funds. Should institutional investors be roped in, they will likely want Temasek to disclose its holdings every quarter, said SMU Assoc Prof of Finance Melvyn Teo. "Temasek will have to be less secretive." **** Why It Was Suicide: The 'Painful' Facts ... by Zul Othman, Today District Judge Yeo said several factors led to his decision. For one, witnesses had said they saw David, 21, push himself off the roof of the bridge. **** Why The Singapore Democratic Party Deserves Our Support by Ng E-Jay, Sgpolitics.net It is about unyielding leadership, having conviction in their values and what they believe in, and having the stoic determination to press on with the good fight, out of an unbounded love for Singapore and for Singaporeans. **** Sweet Incident Leaves Bitter Taste For Ex-MRT Rider by Teh Jen Lee, New Paper Diabetic mum scolded for eating sweet 3 years ago. He still refuses to take MRT. **** Who Holds The Sovereign Wealth Of This Nation And Why? by Kenneth Jeyaretnam, The Online Citizen Investment in our only natural resource, our people, could potentially have had a much higher internal rate of return, in the form of a more highly educated workforce, than that achieved by Temasek or GIC on their overseas investments. **** The Mystery Of Temasek???s ???Succession??? Plan by The Temasek Review **** ??????????????????????????? by ?????????, ???????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? **** The Great ???Wayang Kulit??? By Ho Ching With Straits Times As Supporting Cast by The Temasek Review **** ????????????????????????????????? by ???????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? **** You Speak The Language, But Do You Appreciate It? by Yesterday.sg Does it make us less Chinese if we do not speak Mandarin? Probably, but interest in the language or even the heritage should never be imposed upon as our younger generation need to recognize the importance of the tradition on their own. **** Singapore, Malaysia ... by Michael Tsen **** No Bonuses For Temasek Staff by Straits Times **** Revising History by That Burning Republic-State Doesn???t Sway Placidity That Lee Kuan Yew saw it fit to appropriate The Singapore Story as the title of his autobiography reveals the conceit with which the government approaches the study of history. There is nothing inherently wrong with Lee Kuan Yew adding his voice to the larger historical narrative, but it is troubling when his voice becomes the historical narrative ??? and the study of Singapore history becomes an exercise in regime legitimization. **** Casino Jobs Are Not Hot by Straits Times **** Content Creators Vent Woes by Chua Hian Hou, Straits Times The economic crisis has hit innovators and content creators with a double whammy. They not only face lower research and development budgets, but also falling demand for their products as more customers turning to pirated or counterfeit versions, said intellectual property experts at a conference on Thursday. **** SIA Reports Net Loss Of S$307m In Q1, First Quarterly Loss In 6 Years by Channel NewsAsia Singapore Airlines has reported a first quarter net loss of S$307.1 million, the first such loss since the SARS crisis in 2003. **** Temasek Tries A New Tack by Mohammed Hadi, Wall Street Journal If it materializes, the move certainly will set Temasek apart from the world's other government-run funds -- requiring it to become at once more inclusive and transparent, two qualities rarely associated with sovereign wealth funds. That may well be the point. Singapore citizens, ultimately the source of Temasek's funds, have been harshly critical of recent stumbles, filling local newspapers with letters. Elected officials too have joined in. **** Singapore's Fibre Paradox by Peter Cochrane, Silicon.com I made enquires and did a few tests on public sites, and it seems 1Mbps is a widespread norm for Singapore. I also tried my 3G dongle but could never get more than about 0.9Mbps. Strangely, a lot of my contacts seemed to accept that this rate is sufficient. **** MOE Puts Up Information On Sexuality Education On Website by Pearl Forss, Channel NewsAsia The Education Ministry has posted information on its website to enable parents to read about the key messages and guiding principles in the school sexuality education programme. **** 12,000 SIA Staff To Take 10% Pay Cut After Carrier Posts Loss In Q1 by Timothy Ouyang, Channel NewsAsia An estimated 12,000 non-management staff at Singapore Airlines (SIA) will take a pay cut of 10 per cent for at least three months starting from August 1. **** Amassing Treasures In Southeast Asia by Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop, New York Times ???Hunters and Collectors: The Beginnings of the Southeast Asian Collection,??? running until Sept. 21 at the Asian Civilisations Museum, focuses on several of these early collectors and features some of the artifacts they amassed, juxtaposing them with those collected directly by curators of the Raffles Library and Museum, Singapore???s first museum, which was founded by the British colonial administration in 1849 and whose primary focus was natural history. **** Singapore's SWF Temasek Loses $40B; So What by International Political Economy Zone It's true enough that Singapore is filthy rich, but for how long if it just lets these things slide? Goodyear might not have been the most amiable character, but he surely had better strategic ideas than holding trashy American financials. **** Singapore's Tourism Industry Plummets Amid Global Economic Downturn by DPA Singapore's tourism industry plummeted in the first half of 2009 as travellers cut back on their spending because of the global economic crisis, figures released Thursday by the Singapore Tourism Board showed. Visitor arrivals came to 4.5 million from January to June, a decline of 11.5 per cent from the first half of 2008, the board said. From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Fri Jul 31 18:59:00 2009 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com) Date: 31 Jul 2009 22:59:00 -0000 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jul 31, 2009 Message-ID: <20090731225900.57340.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ==================================== **** Apple Removes Shake Software Extension From Online Store by Katie Marsal, AppleInsider Speculation has arisen that Apple has discontinued Shake, its film digital effects and digital compositing software, after the application vanished from the company's online store. **** VoiceCentral iPhone Developer Frustrated With Apple by Jim Dalrymple, CNET News **** Power Manager Gives You More Control Over Your Mac's Schedule by Dan Frakes, Macworld Power Manager???s System Preferences pane lets you create multiple, customized schedules that determine when your Mac should be awake, asleep, or shut down, along with actions that can occur at specific times. Each schedule includes an action and a trigger???what causes the action to occur. **** iPhone Support By Enterprise IT Groups Grows by Tom Kaneshige, CIO One in four enterprises now supports the Apple iPhone, says a new Forrester survey on mobile support policies. Most enterprises support more than one mobile platform, including the reigning king, RIM's BlackBerry. **** Developers Beware: Apple Undermines My6sense App Launch by Paul Boutin, Venture Beat Developing apps for the iPhone can be a profitable business, but Apple???s review and approval process is still a black box. Apple???s intractable system can foil an app???s launch, as happened today for Israeli company my6sense. **** iPhone Keeps Softbank Smiling In Japan While NTT DOCOMO, KDDI Stumble by Mactivist **** In Russia, The iPhone Is An Expensive Flop by Philip Elmer-DeWitt, Fortune Despite heavy advertising and early black market interest, Apple???s iPhone is an expensive flop in Russia, according to a report posted Thursday by Svetlana Gladkova. **** EFF Takes Issue With Apple's Claims About Jailbroken iPhones by Gregg Keizer, Computerworld The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) took exception today to Apple's claims that "jailbroken" iPhones could cripple a mobile carrier network, calling the argument nothing but "a hill of beans." **** WriteRoom Notetaking App Adds Web Syncing by Jason Snell, Macworld **** Why The Macbook Air Is So Great by John Walters, Zathink City Blog **** iPhone Hack Exposed: The Key Facts by Ben Parr, Mashable The technical detail involved in the hack can be overwhelming, so we???re synthesizing it down to the key points ??? as well what you can expect. Don???t be alarmed, but be vigilant. Here???s the security breakdown. **** I???m Furious With Apple And AT&T Right Now, With Regard To The iPhone. by Steven Frank But forget developers. You, the consumer, are getting screwed too. You are missing out on some great software that???s available on other phones on the same network, without issue, for no apparent logical reason. **** Crazy Talk: Apple Should Ditch The Mac? by David Morgenstern, ZDNet Is the success of the iPhone some kind of a sign that Apple should toss aside its computer hardware and software businesses and become a one-platform company again? A move that would make it totally dependent on the cycles of a single technology, again? **** New China Unicom iPhone Model, Sans Wi-Fi, Given Approval by AppleInsider Reports of regulatory approval of a new model of the iPhone in China seem to confirm that Apple's hardware will appear on the China Unicom network, and also suggest that a new model was created for the country of over 1 billion. **** Luxor 3 by Charlie Fletcher, Inside Mac Games I thought Luxor 3 was a tremendously good follow-on to the previous Luxor 2. It was great fun, and I found myself playing it for hours on end. The Tomorrow Weblog ==================================== **** How Wolfram Alpha Could Change Software by Neil Mcallister, InfoWorld The upstart "computational knowledge engine" claims its results are original works, raising important questions about software and intellectual property. MyAppleMenu Reader ==================================== **** Out Of The Kitchen, Onto The Couch by Michael Pollan, New York Times How is it that we are so eager to watch other people browning beef cubes on screen but so much less eager to brown them ourselves? For the rise of Julia Child as a figure of cultural consequence ??? along with Alice Waters and Mario Batali and Martha Stewart and Emeril Lagasse and whoever is crowned the next Food Network star ??? has, paradoxically, coincided with the rise of fast food, home-meal replacements and the decline and fall of everyday home cooking. **** Once Upon A Time, A Real Leading Man by Mike Hale, New York Times Grant made more than 50 movies as a leading man, but the only thing that ties them together is that they starred Cary Grant, playing some version of his man-of-the-world persona, or of himself, which seemed to amount to the same thing. SingaporeSurf ==================================== **** It Never Rains In Temasek! by Feed Me To The Fish Even tens of billions of dollars were lost in investments (ShinCorp, Merrill Lynch, Barclays, ABC and lately Australand just to name a few) and vanished into thin air, there is not a tinge of contrition, remorse or regret for the losses from those responsible. **** New Media, Political Flims, Open Society & Fair Play by Goh Meng Seng, Singapore Alternatives We may not have built a strong national identity but we definitely have one common trait, i.e. political fear initiated and cultivated by PAP's four decades of autocratic rule. This is really the sad situation we are facing right now. **** 16 Bus Operators Fined For Alleged Price Fixing On Express Fares To Malaysia by Rekha Manoharan, Channel NewsAsia **** Unfair Stance On Credit Cards; Banks Should First Do Utmost To Protect Customers by Balwant Singh Boachoo Singh, Straits Times Why should Singapore credit card customers be responsible if Singapore banks do not use their best efforts to protect them? **** Here's What Happened by Tan Shock Ling, Straits Times As the individual mentioned in the report, 'Thieves use her credit cards to charge $17k' (July 13), I wish to share what transpired between the banks and me to illustrate how banks handle victims of credit card theft. **** ????????????????????????????????? by ?????? ?????????, ???????????? ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? **** SPH To Invest More In ???Quality??? And ???Credible??? Content by The Temasek Review With the print media in complete control by the PAP, news articles critical of the government are hardly heard of in post-independent Singapore which explains the political apathy and ignorance of most Singaporeans. If SPH is serious about investing more in ???quality??? and ???credible??? content, it should do more to improve its coverage on local political news in terms of objectivity, accuracy and fairness instead of its current lop-sided pro-government stance. **** Singapore Employers Fire Fewer Workers Amid Signs Of Recovery by Shamim Adam, Bloomberg Singapore employers fired fewer workers last quarter as the economy emerged from its deepest recession since independence in 1965. Employers cut 5,500 jobs in the three months ended June, compared with 12,760 in the first quarter, the Ministry of Manpower said today. The Southeast Asian nation???s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 3.3 percent, unchanged from the previous quarter. That???s better than the 3.7 percent median forecast in a Bloomberg News survey of economists **** The Dearth Of Public Opinion In Singapore by Eugene Yeo, The Temasek Review Prime minister Lee and his team should always bear in mind that their position, power and salaries are given by the people of Singapore. It is only right that we are given the opportunity to air our support or dissatisfaction openly for them to know. **** Ho Ching's TLC by Emiliya Mychasuk and Emiko Terazono, Financial Times Temasek ruler Ho Ching is sparing in any interest in investing in Europe, with the fund's most recent public foray in the UK resulting in a loss on a small Barclays stake. **** Risky Business by Sg Pirate Game **** Temasek Staff To Get No Bonus Or Less Bonus? by Simply Gab "It is a tough challenge to share negative bonuses". You can't share zero but you can share less. **** After 100 Years Of Self-Rule... by Ho Kwon Ping, Straits Times **** Government Resorts Deactivated As H1N1 Quarantine Facilities by Imelda Saad, Channel NewsAsia The three government resorts which were used as H1N1 quarantine centres were deactivated on Friday. **** Optimism Over Singapore Air Is Unfounded by P.R. Venkat and Mohammed Hadi, Wall Street Journal It is difficult to understand bullishness about Singapore Airlines when the carrier itself is warning of a difficult year. **** Malls In A Jam by Straits Times The latest shopping centre to suffer from traffic problems is Ion Orchard, which opened two weeks ago. The first couple of days, motorists griped about the nightmare of getting in and out of its multi-storey carpark.