From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Mon Jun 1 18:59:00 2009 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com) Date: 1 Jun 2009 22:59:00 -0000 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jun 1, 2009 Message-ID: <20090601225900.37564.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ==================================== **** In Music, Apple's Strength Becomes A Vulnerability by Paul Bonanos, GigaOM On-demand streaming isn???t a perfect science, and Apple???s user experience is still stronger than any application can provide. Nor is multitasking an option with most apps, never mind how much the ones that do can drain a device???s battery life. But as the trend toward streaming music rather than owning it, once confined to the desktop, shifts to the mobile sphere, Apple will have to make new choices to fend off its competition. **** Snowtape App Enables Live Radio Recording by MacNN Vemedio has released the full version of Snowtape, an application for playing and recording live radio. **** 1Password Touch 2.0 Now Available by Rene Ritchie, The iPhone Blog **** Clipstart, For All Your Video-Organizing Needs by Dan Moren, Macworld **** What's Wrong With Apple TV by MacJournals.com Who would have bought an iPod if 90 percent of the first-level and second-level menu choices were about buying music rather than playing it? The Apple TV is the complete opposite of what it should be. The Tomorrow Weblog ==================================== **** Preparing To Sell E-Books, Google Takes On Amazon by Motoko Rich, New York Times In discussions with publishers at the annual BookExpo convention in New York over the weekend, Google signaled its intent to introduce a program by that would enable publishers to sell digital versions of their newest books direct to consumers through Google. The move would pit Google against Amazon.com, which is seeking to control the e-book market with the versions it sells for its Kindle reading device. **** Adobe's New Tools For Web Apps by Erica Naone, MIT Technology Review Flash Catalyst and Flash Builder aim to simplify the construction of rich Internet applications. MyAppleMenu Reader ==================================== **** Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Data-Entry Supervisor by Alain de Botton, Boston Globe If a proverbial alien landed on earth and tried to figure out what human beings did with their time simply on the evidence of the literature sections of a typical bookstore, he or she would come away thinking that we devote ourselves almost exclusively to leading complex relationships, squabbling with our parents, and occasionally murdering people. What is too often missing is what we really get up to outside of catching up on sleep, which is going to work at the office, store, or factory. **** The Elephant In The Room by Jesse Smith, The Smart Set Zoos were once full of compelling architecture. What happened? **** Survivorman by Sherman Alexie, The New Yorker **** Good Neighbors by Jonathan Franzen, The New Yorker **** Don't Do That by Stephen Dunn, The New Yorker SingaporeSurf ==================================== **** Khaw Says Communal Spread Of H1N1 Likely To Happen Soon by Satish Cheney, Channel NewsAsia Expect more H1N1 cases, says Mr Khaw. It is just a matter of time before the communal spread of the virus will take place, as patients would have had contact with numerous people in the community. **** More People Apply But Less People Get Help? by Leong Sze Hian, The Online Citizen **** Beyond Counting Weapons by Nicholas Yong, Straits Times Being transparent about military armaments will help avoid misunderstandings and increase trust and confidence for the Asia-Pacific, suggested deputy prime minister and defence minister Teo Chee Hean at the Shangri-La Dialogue on Sunday. **** Worker's Party's Capitulation To PAP's NCMP Gambit Is Regrettable by Ng E-Jay, Sgpolitics.net Even if WP manages to get in significant number of NCMPs into Parliament during the next General Elections, to me it will be a pyrrhic victory gained at the expense of democratic ideals. They would have insulted Singaporeans who have made monumental sacrifies over the past 5 decades in their struggles against the PAP and for democracy, and they would have insulted themselves. **** ??????????????????????????????????????? by ???????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? **** H1N1?????????????????? by ????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????? **** State Media Versus Militant Religionism: Which Is The Lesser Evil? by Eugene Yeo, The Wayang Party Club **** PAP Good, Opposition Bad? by Times They Are A-Chaingin' **** Singapore's Temasek To Invest S$437.5 Million In Olam by Chen Shiyin, Bloomberg Temasek Holdings Pte. will invest S$437.5 million ($303 million) for a 13.76 percent stake in Olam International Ltd., a Singapore-based agricultural commodities supplier. **** 'I Was Drugged And Abused' by Nurfika Osman, Jakarta Globe Safe again on Indonesian soil, teenage model Manohara Odelia Pinot outlined a horrific story of sexual abuse, confinement and torture at the hands of her Malaysian prince husband after returning to Jakarta on Sunday, following a dramatic weekend escape from him in Singapore. **** Suspected Sabotage At Royals Premium Cakes Factory by Vina Mubtadi, 938Live From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Tue Jun 2 18:59:01 2009 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com) Date: 2 Jun 2009 22:59:01 -0000 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jun 2, 2009 Message-ID: <20090602225901.62199.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ==================================== **** Hands On With The Sim 3 For iPhone And iPod Touch by Chris Holt, Macworld **** Best Buy Issues Memo Warning Of iPhone Constraints by Sam Oliver, AppleInsider Best Buy over the weekend became the latest Apple partner to warn staffers of dwindling iPhone supply that could leave some of its stores without product to sell for a few weeks later this month. **** Truphone Improves WiFi Calling On iPod Touch by Lonnie Lazar, Cult Of Mac Truphone, arguably the most persistent VoIP developer for Apple???s mobile products iPhone and iPod Touch, released the 3.0 iteration of its app for the iPod Touch Monday, making a very strong case for the portable gadget as an effective communication device. **** TheMacBundles.com Offers Alternative Approach To Bundle Deals by Adam C. Engst, TidBITS Over the last few years, several groups, most notably MacHeist and MacUpdate, have taken to offering bundles of Mac software for what seems like insanely low prices. But while these bundles have proven popular with Mac users, they've also generated controversy among the developer community. In an attempt to address these concerns, shareware developer Steve Becker, working with long-time ecommerce site Kagi, has launched an alternative site - TheMacBundles.com. **** iTunes 8.2 Ships, Hints At iPhone 3.0 At WWDC? by Jeff Carlson, TidBITS More likely, I think, is that Apple released iPhone 3.0 compatibility so developers can test live interactions between iTunes and the new software before iPhone 3.0 ships. **** DVD Jon: Apple Can Block Palm Pr?? Syncing by MacUser UK Johansen says that Palm gets the the Pr?? to sync with iTunes by mimicking the identity of an iPod. All Apple has to do is get its hands on the new smartphone, which is released this coming weekend, and analyse the data that the Pr?? is sending to iTunes. **** LittleSnapper 1.0.4 Review by Mark Hattersley, Macworld UK Anybody who has ever created websites will understand what a pain it is to show them off. Realmac???s LittleSnapper aims to make this process as easy as possible. **** The Real Meaning Of The iPhone by Eric Knorr, InfoWorld I thought I was too old for mobile — until, last year, I got an iPhone. Yes, I was late to the game, but like millions of others I flipped over the iPhone's mix of whimsy and common sense. And like many people, I saw the iPhone as not only a breakthrough, but as a sign: Before long, this lovely device would be matched or exceeded by a fresh wave of mobile marvels. **** GroBoto 2.3 by Jeff Foster, Macworld At first glance, GroBoto 2.3.3 looks like it might be just another 3-D modeler???until you launch it. Then you discover an entirely different process for creating 3-D models and scenes that actually forces you to think creatively and organically. **** The Truth About Apple, Mac Security, And Responsibility by Rich Mogull, Macworld Despite a bungled Java fix, the Mac is still safer than Windows. **** BdContacts: An Alternative To Address Book by Rob Griffiths, Macworld Do you find the standard OS X Address Book too limiting? If so, BdContacts might be just the solution for you. The Tomorrow Weblog ==================================== **** The Mobile Internet Makes Its Way Into Cars by Dan Carney, MSNBC Just as radios evolved from hulking home consoles into expected accessories in virtually all cars, so may Wi-Fi Internet access break free to become a commonplace automotive feature. That???s the hope of Autonet Mobile, a company that supplies in-car Wi-Fi routers that let passengers use laptops and other mobile devices in their vehicles. MyAppleMenu Reader ==================================== **** See Dick Pay Jane: Chaste Dating For Cash by Emily Brady, The Village Voice Recession desperation produces a quaint throwback. **** Rethinking The Mall by Allison Arieff, New York Times At a convention for shopping mall designers and developers, a glimpse of the future and, unfortunately, the past. **** Ocean by Jason Shinder, Slate SingaporeSurf ==================================== **** Singaporean Apathy And Red Tape On Display At Aung San Suu Kyi Rally by Au Yaipang, Yawning Bread Overlapping pieces of legislation and multiple layers of licences and permits are becoming all too common in Singapore, as the government adds more and more powers to its arsenal of control. Somehow, the tape that was put up on Hong Lim Park symbolised all that was wrong about this little place even as people gathered to protest all that was wrong about Burma. **** Malaysia Knew When Mas Selamat Arrived: Report by Today Did Malaysia know that Mas Selamat Kastari had entered the country months ago, butallowed him to remain free so that he might lead the authorities to other militants - as a media report suggests? **** 200 Condo Tenants Evicted by Tan Weizhen, Straits Times Two hundred tenants living in 140 apartments in a condominium off Orchard Road were caught totally off-guard after being told on Sunday night that they have to clear out by tomorrow (Wed). Their landlord, Ideal Accommodation, had known for at least a month that the tenants - a mix of mostly-young expatriate and local professionals and college students - would have to leave, but kept the news from them. **** We're Sorry For 'Trauma' But Not For Our Programmes by New Paper **** Opposition Won't Gain Muscle With NCMPs by V.P. Nair, Straits Times If the opposition is to be legitimate and pragmatic and play a useful part in Singapore's future development, it should not be government-appointed but truly chosen by the people. This will not be achieved by increasing the number of NCMPs. **** iShop Is Dead by MacRyu Since about a year or so ago, iShop???s performance has been going down the drain. **** Temasek Diversity Bid Leads To Olam Stake by Se Young Lee and P.R. Venkat, Wall Street Journal **** Singapore 09: The New Kids On The Block by ALB Legal News Not since Singapore Inc opened its doors for business some 40 years have so many new law firms entered the market. The past 12 months alone have seen no less than nine international firms make the move, with more tipped to open later this year. **** Singapore, Japan Showing Weak Transactional Activity by Khalil Adis, Property Report Asia **** 180?????????????????????????????????????????? by ???????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????6???1????????????180???????????????????????????????????????11???45?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? **** 93 Childcare Centres Already Close Late by Lee Kim Hua, Ministry Of Community Development, Youth And Sports, Today Notwithstanding this, parents should be aware that it may be tiring for young children to be away from home for too long. It may also raise the fees for the majority of parents who may not require extended hours if the longer hours are mandated. **** ?????????????????????????????? by ?????????, ???????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? **** SilkAir To Focus On Main Routes by David Tan, The Star Singapore???s low-cost carrier SilkAir???s business strategy is to focus on growing the capacity for the five destinations that it currently flies to in Malaysia. **** The Singapore That We Aspire To Build by Singapore Democrats To the PAP, any group that poses a serious challenge to its rule is labeled either a communist, a communalist or a religious extremist. And it never fails to play the racial card whenever it suits its purpose. **** The Art Of Blogging by Jonathan Koh, The Online Citizen While most blogs thrive in the internet???s unbridled nature, credible blogging is an art that needs to be mastered, so says the speakers at a blogging seminar held last week. **** Temasek May Cut Big Exposure To Banks: Nomura Report by Saeed Azhar, Reuters Singapore state investor Temasek's new CEO Charles Goodyear may cut the fund's large holdings in banks and trim stakes in other firms such as SingTel as he reallocates money to energy and consumer sectors, Nomura said in a report. Temasek's portfolio value slumped S$58 billion ($40 billion) or 31 percent in the eight months to November to $87 billion, as a turmoil in global markets slashed the value of its investments in financials such as Merrill Lynch and Barclays. **** The Bureaucratic Hurdle by Singapore BMX **** Singapore's A380 French Fling by Julietta Jameson, WAToday Eighteen months and an economic downturn later, Singapore Airlines is continuing the expansion of its global A380 services out of Changi with the addition of Paris to its itinerary. **** Singapore! by Gary Hoover, Hoovers World Singapore seems to have set a goal to become the most advanced and livable city in the world. I think they just may make it. If they haven???t already. **** Indulge In Gourmet And Help Feed A Child, Charity Says by Eveline Danubrata, Reuters Dining at top-notch restaurants just got more meaningful with a charity drive that hopes to turn gourmet meals across Asia into food for children in one of the world's poorest nations, East Timor. **** Reform The Internal Security Act by Donaldson Tan, The Online Citizen The build-in checks and balances in the ISA are still inadequate to address the rights and justice of the suspects and detainees as afforded by the Singapore Constitution. Although it has been claimed that the very nature of clandestine activities would make disclosure of intelligence a threat to national security, this is still no reason to violate the legal right to the presumption of innocence. **** Updated: AMazing U-Turn By Singapore Government To Reverse Ban On Tiananmen Art Project By The Substation In Less Than A Day by The Wayang Party Club **** Government Reverses Ban On Tiananmen Performance by Singapore Democrats The reversal, the Singapore Democrats understand, was because the government did not want the bad publicity that the ban would attract as it was part of a worldwide project. **** Recession Far From Bottoming Out, Says PM Lee by Imelda Saad, Channel NewsAsia Speaking at the ASEAN-South Korea Summit on Tuesday, Mr Lee Hsien Loong urged countries to persevere with reforms and consolidation, especially in support of free trade. **** Is Singapore's E-Government Model Exportable? by FutureGov Singapore wants to sell its e-government model to the world. But do other countries want or need what Singapore is offering? From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Wed Jun 3 18:59:00 2009 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com) Date: 3 Jun 2009 22:59:00 -0000 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jun 3, 2009 Message-ID: <20090603225900.57777.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ==================================== **** The Sims 3 Launches Simultaneously For Mac, PC, iPhone And iPod Touch by Peter Cohen, Macworld The new game features unprecedented customization capabilities ??? you can create a Sim that???s more realistic than ever, with dozens of unique personality traits. You can also extensively customize the interior and exterior of your Sims??? homes. And unlike past games, you don???t have to micromanage basic aspects of your Sims??? lives, like using the toilet and bathing. Plus, you can purchase additional, unique items for your Sims using an in-game store. **** Apple Launches New One To One Personal Training Service by Sam Oliver, AppleInsider Priced at $99, the new year-long One to One membership is available at the time of purchase to those customers who buy their new Mac in an Apple retail store, from the Apple online store, or through Apple Telesales. Apple says the ???time of purchase??? may extend from the day of a purchase until the end of its 14-day return period. **** Slideshow: Macs At The Maker Faire by Heather Kelly, Macworld **** Apple Wraps Up Push Notification Testing Ahead Of WWDC by Eric Slivka, MacRumors.com While the test was scheduled to last one week, Apple is apparently just now putting the final wraps on its testing, thanking developers for their assistance throughout the testing process. **** Apple Sued Over Methods For Repeat iTunes, App Store Sales by Slash Lane, AppleInsider Apple, along with more than a dozen other firms conducting e-commerce, have been hit with a lawsuit from a patent trolling claiming first rights to technology that simplifies the re-billing process for repeat customers making purchases through online stores. **** Using Video Playlists On The iPhone/iPod Touch by Christopher Breen, Macworld The iPhone and iPod touch generally don???t respect video playlists. Sure, they???ll sync these playlists but, for the most part, they don???t gang together the items in them under one playlist entry. The differences in how iPods and iPhones handle playlists frustrate me. **** No Recession At Apple's Fifth Ave. NYC Store by Erica Ogg, CNET **** Early Apple Documents Posted To Computer History Museum Site by Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica Are you a history buff and a computer nerd? If so, the Computer History Museum in Mountain View has some Apple documents from as far back as 1977 that give some insight into Apple's beginnings. **** NC House Passes Tax Code That Could Bring Apple Data Center by Chris Foresman, Ars Technica **** Comic Life Gains Enhancements In 1.5 Update by Macworld Comic Life users will now be able to create single page comics by dragging and dropping images, thanks to a new version of the comic-creation software announced by Freeverse on Tuesday. Also announced: Updates for Involer, BlogAssist, GraphicDesingerToolbox, Portrait Professional. **** Lonely Planet San Francisco City Guide For iPhone Free For A Limited Time by Victor Agreda, Jr., The Unofficial Apple Weblog As a guide full of history and photos, hotel and restaurant data, workable maps and tons of "getting around" data, the Lonely Planet San Francisco City Guide is incredibly handy. **** With 2M Downloads, Where Is Right On Track by Om Malik, GigaOM I like using the Where app on my iPod Touch, mostly because it acts like a ???portal??? for a lot a location-based services. **** Fetch 5.5 Adds Quick Look, Improves Remote Editing by Adam C. Engst, TidBITS Fetch Softworks has released Fetch 5.5, a notable upgrade to the venerable FTP client, focusing improvements on user interaction with remote files and reliability of transfers. **** Portrait Professional 9 Adds ClearSkin Technology by MacNN The software allows users to airbrush photographs to correct undesirable skin appearance. Portrait Professional 9 utilizes the new ClearSkin technology and is claimed to be programed with a knowledge base of "human beauty," referenced to automatically fix pictures. **** iPod Touch Gets Touchy About Upgrade by Steve Alexander, Star Tribune **** Apple Quietly Sews Up School Sector by Mirror.co.uk New stats show that Macs are invading the classrooms at a surprising rate, with Cupertino dominating the education market in the first quarter of the year. **** Why Apple Can Afford To Phone It In With The Next iPhone by Brian X. Chen, Wired Apple could sleepwalk through its next iPhone release and competitors still couldn???t catch up, analysts say. Apple???s dominance in the smartphone market, combined with the iPhone???s already innovative feature set, put the company in a strong position to stave off competitors, including the upcoming Palm Pre, said Roger Entner, an analyst at Nielsen Mobile. **** Apple's Nehalem-Based Xserve Is Feature-Rich, Competitive Priced by Cameron Sturdevant, eWeek The well-priced Apple Xserve rackmount server has been significantly upgraded and is now among the first servers to run the latest generation of quad-core Intel Xeon "Nehalem" processors. However, the bundled Apple OS X operating system—while feature-rich—makes the Xserve most appropriate for use in departments where users work on Apple Mac clients. **** Federal Antitrust Probe Targets Tech Giants, Sources Say by Cecilia Kang, Washington Post The Justice Department has launched an investigation into whether some of the nation's largest technology companies violated antitrust laws by negotiating the recruiting and hiring of one another's employees, according to two sources with knowledge of the review. The review, which is said to be in its preliminary stages, is focused on the search engine giant Google; its competitor Yahoo; Apple, maker of the popular iPhone; and the biotech firm Genentech, among others, according to the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing. **** Avid Media Composer 3.5 Review by James Morris, Macworld UK **** Your Mac, Your Way: The Workspace by Macworld Forget about the stock Apple wallpaper and icons: Customize! **** WWDC 2009 Banners: 'One Year Later, Light-Years Ahead' by Arnold Kim, Mac Rumors **** Apple Has Squandered The Gift That Was Vista by Michael Scallisi, PC World **** Apple Rejects Electronic Frontier Foundation App Over YouTube F-Word Parody by Nick Spence, Macworld UK The Tomorrow Weblog ==================================== **** PC Touch Screens Move Ahead by Ashlee Vance, New York Times Both personal computer manufacturers and software makers hope to do more with touch on larger devices by giving people a 10-fingered go at their screens. MyAppleMenu Reader ==================================== **** The Last Empire: China's Pollution Problem Goes Global by Jacques Leslie, Mother Jones Can the world survive China's headlong rush to emulate the American way of life? **** Live Your Best Life Ever! by Weston Kosova and Pat Wingert, Newsweek Why health advice on 'Oprah' could make you sick. **** The Puffington Host by Isaac Chotiner, The New Republic The many versions of Arianna Huffington, and their consequences. **** Show Or Tell by Louis Menand, The New Yorker Should creative writing be taught? **** In Tales Of The Cashier's Tape, Writers Tap The Till For Inspiration by Cecilie Rohwedder, Wall Street Journal Workers take pen in hand to register opinions of those who are always right. **** Bringing Flavor Back To The Ham by Harold McGee, New York Times Have you ever placed a vanishingly thin morsel of rosy meat on your tongue and had it fill your mouth with deepest porkiness, or the aroma of tropical fruits, or caramel, or chocolate? Or all of the above? **** Bar? What Bar? by William Grimes, New York Times On a nondescript block in Williamsburg, not far from the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, a new bar and restaurant called Rye opened last week. Try to find it. SingaporeSurf ==================================== **** Singapore Confirms Eighth H1N1 Case, Patient Is 15-Year-Old Student by Cheryl Lim, Channel NewsAsia The Ministry of Health has confirmed Singapore's eighth H1N1 flu case. The patient is a 15-year-old Singaporean student studying in India. **** Cakeshop In Serangoon North Fined For Drying Noodles In The Sun by Channel NewsAsia Although officers found the shop hygienic and clean, the licensee occasionally dried the noodles in the sun before packing them for sale. **** 10-Year Series Back - But Do We Still Need Them? by Pearly Tan, New Paper What started out as a supplement to textbooks seems to have become a necessity for many students. **** Entitled To 'Full' Medical Benefits But Told To Pay by Ong Kwee Hong, Straits Times **** Make Causeway Crossing Akin To Changi Airport Experience by Amarjit S. Wasan, Straits Times It took 90 minutes to cross the Singapore checkpoint and get on the Causeway, and another hour thereafter to arrive at and clear the immigration and customs counters at JB. The return journey was a little less unpleasant, but it also took 90 minutes in all. We spent six hours on the road that evening to attend a two-hour wedding function in JB. With no opportunities to collect rents from duty-free shops and restaurants, I doubt there will be any changes anytime soon. **** Many Ways To Access Parliamentary Speech by Ng Sheau Jiuan, Clerk of Parliament, Straits Times Our periodic reviews show that the demand for full texts of speeches made in Parliament during previous terms is not high and largely comprises academic and legal research requests. To better meet research needs and technical support requirements of online access, parliamentary reports, together with other legal resources, are placed on LawNet, which offers various subscription options suited to the user's need. In other words, we find that there are people that are willing to pay us money for things that should be in public domain, so we are not putting 'em in public domain. We like money. **** P1 Places Not For Sale by Lim Huay Chih, Ministry of Education, Straits Times Phase 2 recognises the contributions and ties that parents have with schools and communities. And aren't these "contributions" merely an indirect way of saying "money"? **** MM Lee Goes "Jiat Hong" Again And List Of Overseas Trips Made By MM And SM Since 2008 by The Wayang Party Club **** PM Lee Hsien Loong Vs. Dr. Ow Chin Hock On Population Growth by Singapore Peak Oil **** Warning Signs Of Unhappy Sentiments Against Foreigners by Kelvin Teo, Kent Ridge Common Like those who were concerned over the badminton showdown between JJC and RJC, there were repeated calls to exercise a strict cap or quota on the number of foreign employees a company can hire. Like local badminton players losing out on the opportunity to represent their school, local employees fear losing their rice bowls to foreign employees. If the calls remained unheeded, such unhappy sentiments against foreigners will rear its ugly head. The events at the badminton final provided a stark reminder to all. **** Manage Divides Carefully by Yen Feng, Straits Times Potential divides emerging within Singapore society must be handled carefully to preserve the nation's social cohesion amid a global recession, said second minister for finance and transport Lim Hwee Hua on Wednesday. **** Singapore Arts Thriving In Financial Crisis by Philip Lim, AFP The most severe recession in Singapore's history is proving a boon for the arts scene, as local works and performers share the limelight at the annual arts festival with foreign productions. **** Aerospace Park On Track by Karamjit Kaur, Straits Times **** Limitations Of New Media In Promoting Civil Activism In Singapore In Contrast To Malaysia by The Wayang Party Club **** Singapore Confirms Ninth H1N1 Case by Channel NewsAsia **** Suspension Extended 6 Months by Straits Times THE suspension of the Government Land Sales (GLS) programme will be extended for another six months due to the prevailing market uncertainties, said the Ministry of National Development on Wednesday. **** NWC Recommends Concerted Efforts To Cut Costs, Save Jobs by S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia Singapore's tripartite National Wages Council (NWC) has urged employers, unions and the government to press on with concerted actions to cut costs, save jobs and enhance competitiveness. **** No Defibrillator Out In The Field?! by Gerard Wong, Straits Times If your upcoming reservist stints include military exercises that require you to spend several days and nights out in the field, then please, please make sure your full pack is well-stocked with basic medicines for common ailments such as fever, flu, diarrhoea, nausea, and even ointments for rashes. Because if you ever fall sick or find yourself suffering from the runs during the field exercise, the medic who is assigned to your exercise will not be able to provide you with much help or relief. **** Singapore's Temasek Sold Barclays Stake - Sources by Steve Slater, Reuters Singapore state investor Temasek sold its stake in British bank Barclays Plc several months ago at a big loss, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. After spending over 1 billion pounds on the shares in the last two years, unlisted Temasek may have lost over 800 million pounds ($1.3 billion) on the investment, according to calculations by Reuters. **** Singapore Bureaucracy Best In Asia, India Worst - Survey by Reuters From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Thu Jun 4 18:59:00 2009 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com) Date: 4 Jun 2009 22:59:00 -0000 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jun 4, 2009 Message-ID: <20090604225900.59417.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ==================================== **** Recover Erased Photos From A Memory Card by Jeff Carlson, TidBITS If you're reading this article because you just accidentally erased a card and searched the Web for a solution, take a breath and know that it's highly likely you'll get your photos back. Take the card out of the camera so you don't shoot any more pictures that could overwrite your "erased" ones, and read on. **** Reposition Mail's Preview Pane by Christopher Breen, Macworld **** Blue Man Group: iPhone 3G: Top Performer by Apple Mute, earless, and clearly mystified by modern technology, the blue-skinned trio that performs as Blue Man Group might seem like improbable iPhone users. But behind the scenes, Blue Man Group is an international business with more than 400 technical and creative specialists, performers, and support staff in seven concurrent productions. And iPhone 3G has landed a vital role in the group???s artistic and business operations, thanks to features like Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync support and a rich collection of third-party apps that boost both creativity and productivity. **** Apple Confirms North Carolina Facility by Jim Dalrymple, CNET After weeks of speculation, Apple on Wednesday confirmed its plans to build a server farm facility in North Carolina. Gov. Bev Perdue officially welcomed Apple to North Carolina after signing a bill giving the company a state tax credit worth $46 million. **** A Noob At WWDC by MacNoob As I try to plan my week using the published schedule of sessions and labs, I get snapped back to reality in short order. This is going to be real work! **** SongGenie 1.1 Review by Kirk McElhearn, Macworld UK SongGenie can help tidy up your music library. The program analyses all your tracks using ???acoustic fingerprints??? to compare them with information in the online MusicIP database, which contains some 8 million tracks (and apparently works with MusicBrainz.org), to find missing tags or discrepancies. **** Zinc Internet Video Browser Comes To Mac by MacNN The application is an Internet video browser that compiles movies, television shows, news, and other videos from the internet. **** Manage Files In OS X Your Way by Macworld OS X???s basic tools for finding and managing files???the Finder and Spotlight???are fine. But savvy users find ways to make them better. For some, that means making the Finder work better, with smart folders and meticulous filing systems. For others, that means turning to some third-party utilities that let them manage files their way. The Tomorrow Weblog ==================================== **** Palm's New Pre Takes On iPhone by Walter S. Mossberg, Wall Street Journal I believe the Pre is a smart, sophisticated product that will have particular appeal for those who want a physical keyboard. It is thoughtfully designed, works well and could give the iPhone and BlackBerry strong competition ??? but only if it fixes its app store and can attract third-party developers. **** Future Of Netbooks, Laptops Unfolds At Computex by Scott Stein, CNET MyAppleMenu Reader ==================================== **** Big Food Under Fire by Tom Laskawy, Slate Industrial agriculture shouldn't worry about the government. Mother Nature is a far more potent foe. **** Reluctant Dad Fesses Up To Becoming Smitten Softy by Janet Maslin, New York Times Michael Lewis???s ???Home Game??? is meant for the man who has everything ??? including a grudging attitude toward raising his own children. Affecting a curmudgeonly stance that owes something to Professor Henry Higgins, Mr. Lewis writes of how he deigned not just to let a woman into his life, but also three children. **** Bullets Over Beijing by Nicholas D. Kristof, New York Times So, 20 years later, what happened to that bold yearning for democracy? Why is China still frozen politically ??? the regime controls the press more tightly today than it did for much of the 1980s ??? even as China has transformed economically? Why are there so few protests today? **** In Vino Veritas: I'll Drink To That by Roger Scruton, Standpoint Wine intoxicates; but we should distinguish intoxication from drunkenness. **** Excuse Me, Do You Speak Klingon? by Andrew O'Hehir, Salon A delightful journey through the realm of invented languages and its cast of dreamers, weirdos and obsessives. SingaporeSurf ==================================== **** Reflections On 4th June by George Yeo, Beyond SG In Chinese historical terms, 20 years is not a long time. Only after almost a century is the official history of the Qing Dynasty now being written up in China. While one might reasonably argue that the student uprising at Tiananmen could have been put down with less bloodshed, few doubt that China could be where it is today without strong and decisive leadership. Strong and decisive? Or is it just cowardly? **** Temasek's Portfolio Significantly Underperforms Regional Markets by Ng E-Jay, Sgpolitics.net Temasek???s reckless investment decisions and its lack of transparency and accountability in the way it manages the nation???s wealth is but the tip of the iceberg: The real ship-sinker is the PAP Government???s refusal to use our accumulated surpluses to provide a comprehensive safety net for the poor, aged and needy, whilst maintaining an undemocratic regime of self-serving paternalism. **** Should Opposition Parties Reject The Enhanced NCMP Scheme? by Au Yaipang, Yawning Bread In a way, the augmented NCMP scheme is a step towards proportional representation. The legitimacy of parliamentarians elected under proportional representation is based on the fact that significant fractions of the electorate voted for them, not because they won in such and such a constituency. So yes, I support the enhanced scheme. It goes a little way to a more representative system. It is far from satisfactory, and it does not address bigger issues of an uneven playing field as I have discussed in Latest electoral changes only treat the symptoms. But I think it would be churlish to reject it. **** Don't Resent Foreign Talent by Han Yongming, New Paper Singaporeans should stop acting like crybabies. That is Jurong Junior College (JJC) badminton coach Haden Hee's return shot to detractors of his school's foreigner-dominated badminton squad. See Also: They Represent School To Bond With Local Students, by Yoo Seung Hee, and Cap On DSA Students?, by Khoo Kian Boon. **** Poor, But Not Poor Enough For Assistance by Jovita Chua, New Paper **** ????????????????????????????????? by ?????????, ???????????? ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? **** Temasek Faces Loss From Barclays Stake Sale by Jane Croft and John Burton, Financial Times By contrast, Abu Dhabi-based International Petroleum Investment Corp generated a healthy profit from its Barclays investment. **** Temasek: Value Destruction Redux - Barclays by Proprietary Trader **** 'A' Division Badminton Finals: RJC Vs China by Who Moved My Singapore Cheese "Their school don't care. They return to their country or find other things to do after the 2yrs in JC." **** Should Singapore Focus More Investment In "Soft" Science Research? by Peijing Teh, Inquivision: Perspective Of A Singaporean Humanist **** ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? by waterwater **** ???????????? by ??????, ???????????? ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? **** Temasek Losses - Enough Is Enough by Leong Sze Hian, The Online Citizen Both the Merrill and BoA losses came to light only after securities filings in other countries or when international news agencies reported them ??? and were not voluntarily disclosed by Temasek or the government. **** 6 Library Items Allowed by Cheryl Ong, Straits Times >From July 1, basic library members will be able to sign out six library items - this includes books and up to two CDs and DVDs - from the library. **** No Mid-Year Bonus For Civil Servants This Year by S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia Over 60,000 civil servants in Singapore will not be getting any mid-year annual variable component this year. The Public Service Division said this is due to the uncertain economic outlook. **** Reform Not Repeal The ISA by Chemical Generation Singapore This debate over detention and trial technicalities sounds like a good starting point for the pro and anti-ISA stakeholders to retain but reform the ISA. **** A Group Of Singaporeans Experiment With Sustainable Urban Farming by Lynda Hong, Channel NewsAsia **** Singapore Faces Long Haul Back by R M Cutler, Asia Times Hopes that surging share prices in Singapore over the past three months point to an early recovery may be short-lived. A decline in exports, the city's life-blood, is picking up pace even after 13 months of falls, and stock declines this week may herald a longer pull back. **** Sentencing Of Couple Guilty Of Distributing Seditious Publication Postponed by Ong Dai Lin, Today **** Temasek Scores Perfect 10 Points In Transparency Index by Irene Chan, Channel NewsAsia Temasek scored a perfect 10 points in the latest Linaburg-Maduell transparency index. The index, developed by the US-based Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute, rates transparency in respect to SWFs. **** Temasek Losing Its Touch? by Simply Gab From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Fri Jun 5 18:59:01 2009 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com) Date: 5 Jun 2009 22:59:01 -0000 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jun 5, 2009 Message-ID: <20090605225901.9798.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ==================================== **** Apple Releases AirPort Utility 5.4.2 Update by David Dahlquist, Macworld Released on Wednesday, the AirPort Utility 5.4.2 update provides a number of fixes, including an issue that kept AirPort Utility from reading certain AirPort wireless device configurations, and a bug that prevented the software from downloading firmware for the devices. **** Combine Multiple Mail Messages For Forwarding by Rob Griffiths, Macworld **** New Beijing Apple Store Design A Blend Of East Meets West by David Dahlquist, Macworld Apple has given its patented "giant glass box" retail store concept a localized makeover for its second Beijing store. **** Apple Updates iLife Apps, Digital Camera Raw Compatibility by Peter Cohen, Macworld Apple on Thursday released updates to its iLife ???09 applications, the iLife Support software those apps rely on, and a Digital Camera Raw Compatibility Update, which extends raw image compatibility for applications like Aperture and iPhoto. **** The Short Lifespan Of The iPhone by MG Siegler, TechCrunch **** Just Having An iPhone App Isn't Enough by Michael Learmonth, Advertising Age Once, just having a smartphone application was enough, but the era of novelty — the blowing, shaking, one-trick-pony app — is pretty much over. To rise above the clutter, an app has to be truly useful, whether it's created by a brand or by an entrepreneur. **** 10 Really Useful Menu Bar Extras For Mac OS X by TechRadar So you've got your brand-new Mac with a shiny widescreen display; acres of space sits between the Help menu and Apple's handful of default menu extras, begging to be used to the full. **** Unwritten Code Rules Silicon Valley Hiring by Miguel Helft, New York Times Some veteran human resources executives said that hiring was not so much the issue; employees are free to look for work pretty much anywhere. But they say major companies often have an unwritten agreement to not actively poach employees from their partners. **** Palm's Pre Is Winning Rave Reviews. But Apple Is Aout To Extend Its Most Important Advantage: Apps by Peter Burrows, BusinessWeek With iPhone 3.0, developers will be able to crank up their ARPU, by building recurring revenue streams via subscriptions and what???s known as in-app commerce. **** Jobs Ready To Return To Apple Helm by Yukari Iwatani Kane and Joann S. Lublin, Wall Street Journal After months of uncertainty about Steve Jobs's health, the Apple Inc. chief executive appears on track to return from medical leave this month, said people familiar with Apple. While Mr. Jobs has been on sick leave, some Apple directors have gotten weekly updates about his medical condition from the CEO's physician, according to a person familiar with the matter. Mr. Jobs's recovery "is coming along" and he is on schedule to return to work later this month, said this person, who has seen Mr. Jobs in recent weeks. **** Google Releases Dev Version Of Chrome For Mac And Linux. But It Doesn't Want You To Use It. by Jason Kincaid, TechCrunch **** Launching Apps: Beyond The Dock by Macworld Sure, you could use the Dock and the Applications folder to launch applications. But there are plenty of ways to tweak OS X to make that everyday chore easier, from launchers like LaunchBar to customized hot-key shortcuts. **** NoteBook 3.0 by Nathan Alderman, Macworld However you use your Mac, a little more organization probably wouldn't hurt. Circus Ponies' NoteBook 3.0 gives you astounding powers to manage your digital life???provided you???re not initially terrified by its mind-boggling scope. NoteBook, a premiere notetaker and organizing tool, isn't unfriendly by any means. Multiple paper and binding types (including legal pads, three-ring binders, and graph paper) and virtual sticky notes and tabs give the program a welcome touch of whimsy. Still, the sheer extent of its features can seem intimidating at first. The Tomorrow Weblog ==================================== **** Mono Develop 2.0 Rivals Microsoft Visual Studio by Jeff Cogswell, eWeek The Mono Project's MonoDevelop is a full IDE for developing C# programs under the Mono runtime. If you???ve worked with Microsoft Visual Studio, you will see many similarities in MonoDevelop and will feel quite comfortable in the Mono environment. If you???re new to MonoDevelop and haven???t worked in Visual Studio, you???ll find that the learning curve is not very steep. **** Software 'Gives Children A Voice' by BBC News Scientists claim to have developed the first technology of its kind to allow children with communication problems to converse better. MyAppleMenu Reader ==================================== **** Cloned Species by Tom Mueller, National Geographic Bringing extinct species back to life is no longer considered science fiction. But is it a good idea? **** Econs And Humans by Lawrence M. Mead, The Claremont Institute The ethos of modern economics is at war with the moral basis of capitalism. SingaporeSurf ==================================== **** Singapore Confirms 12th H1N1 Case by Hasnita A Majid, Channel NewsAsia **** Grangeford Residents Refuse To Vacate Premises, Demand Compensation by Valarie Tan, Channel NewsAsia **** Lady Bracknell Admonishes Temasek by Au Yaipang, Yawning Bread Aside from the nitty-gritty of financial transactions, what is worrying is how quickly assurances that "we are long term investors" are jettisoned. The gap between the "no need to worry, it's only paper losses" rhetoric and billions in real losses is so wide, there is an urgent need for Temasek to explain itself. **** Secular Fundamentalists Are Oppressive, Says Thio Li-Ann by Au Yaipang, Yawning Bread Forget principles of social and legal justice. Forget scientific evidence. Forget objectivity. Belief is everything. This is the kind of "secular state" Thio wants. **** Lame Excuses Given By Tharman On Temasek's Loss by Jeremy Koh and Eugene Yeo, The Wayang Party Club **** Temasek's Investment In Barclays - A Lesson In Bad Timing by Peter Stein, Wall Street Journal Temasek came under fire from a few Singapore lawmakers recently for offloading its stake in Bank of America at a loss of about $4.6 billion. (Click here to see Temasek???s response.) Given how well Barclays share have performed since Temasek decided to cut its losses, it will be interesting to see if this part of its portfolio rebalancing proves as controversial. **** Temasek Issues Rare Warning by Christie Loh, Today ???It is not Temasek???s policy to respond to them ... (Temasek) advises the public to take steps to verify the information independently, before acting on any such reports,??? said Mr Goh Yong Siang, senior managing director of international and strategic relations at Temasek. But market watchers pointed out that members of the public have few avenues to turn to for official information. **** Why Temasek Sold Barclays by Fiona Chan, Straits Times Uncertainty may have been one of the reasons behind Temasek Holdings' decision to sell off its stake in British bank Barclays in December and January despite the huge loss it would make, fund managers said on Thursday. **** Why Barclays Is Unlikely To Be Nationalized: How Temasek Got Played Out By Abu Dhabi Investment Corp by The Wayang Party Club **** Sky's The Limit For Singapore Gardens by AFP **** Singapore: Buy High, Sell Low II by Asia Sentinel The citizens of Singapore were apparently not worthy of being told of how their money is being mismanaged. **** China Teams Up With Singapore To Build Huge Eco City by Jonathan Watts, The Guardian China and Singapore are pooling expertise and finance to build a green urban community in north-east China, with the capacity for 350,000 people, naer the western shore of the Bohai, one of the most polluted seas in the world. From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Sat Jun 6 18:59:00 2009 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com) Date: 6 Jun 2009 22:59:00 -0000 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jun 6, 2009 Message-ID: <20090606225900.82006.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ==================================== **** Five Ways Apple Can Improve Mac And iPhone Security by Rich Mogull, TidBITS Rather than focusing on narrow issues of specific vulnerabilities or incidents, or offering mere criticism, I humbly present a few suggestions on how Apple can become a leader in consumer computing security over the long haul. **** Scosche Announces TapStick iPod Shuffle Case With Built-In Controls by Dan Frakes, Macworld Available in black or white, the TapStick is a polycarbonate case that fits around the front and sides of the shuffle, extending its length by approximately half an inch, and provides the same volume and playback controls as Apple's included headphones. **** Apple Removes Popular EDGE Game From App Store On Trademark Claim by Lonnie Lazar, Cult Of Mac **** 13-Inch MacBook/2.13GHz (White) by James Galbraith, Macworld If you???re in the market for an affordable Mac laptop, the white MacBook is a better bargain than ever. With its impressive performance, battery life, the inclusion of FireWire, and more common mini-DVI connector, the only reason to pay more for the low-end aluminum is the updated unibody design. **** The Sims 3 by Gameplanet All in all, Maxis have done an amazing job at making the game deeper and more exciting in almost every way, and yet somehow have managed to make the game overall much more manageable and understandable. **** iMovie '09 8.0.3 Adds New Hidden Features by Jeff Carlson, TidBITS I've discovered that this small iteration turns out to have two new features, along with some other undocumented changes. **** AudioMulch 2.0 Now Available For Mac Users by Bryan Fergus, The Mac Observer AudioMulch 2.0 is an audio processing application designed for audio engineering, composition, and live performances. **** BBC Debuts World News Live App For iPhone, Touch by MacNN Users are able to stream the BBC's 24-hour TV news feed, using either a 3G or a Wi-Fi connection. **** MacGourmet Organizes And Helps Find New Recipes by Jackie Dove, Macworld If you???re a recipe geek and need a place to store, organize, and categorize your current and potential meals, look no further than MacGourmet. MyAppleMenu Reader ==================================== **** Halal: Buying Muslim by Carla Power, Time Time was, buying Muslim meant avoiding pork and alcohol and getting your meat from a halal butcher, who slaughtered in accordance with Islamic principles. But the halal food market has exploded in the past decade and is now worth an estimated $632 billion annually, according to the Halal Journal, a Kuala Lumpur-based magazine. That's about 16% of the entire global food industry. Throw in the fast-growing Islam-friendly finance sector and the myriad other products and services ??? cosmetics, real estate, hotels, fashion, insurance ??? that comply with Islamic law and the teachings of the Koran, and the sector is worth well over $1 trillion a year. **** Secret Of Googlenomics: Data-Fueled Recipe Brews Profitability by Steven Levy, Wired AdWords analyzes every Google search to determine which advertisers get each of up to 11 "sponsored links" on every results page. It's the world's biggest, fastest auction, a never-ending, automated, self-service version of Tokyo's boisterous Tsukiji fish market, and it takes place, Hal Varian says, "every time you search." He never mentions how much revenue advertising brings in. But Google is a public company, so anyone can find the number: It was $21 billion last year. SingaporeSurf ==================================== **** Landlord Tells Grangeford Tenants To Stay Till End-June by Lynda Hong, Channel NewsAsia **** GIC, Temasek And Transparency by The Online Citizen It seems that even our Members of Parliament are helpless in demanding transparency from these two funds. **** From Stifled Dissent To Managed Dissent by Ng E-Jay, Sgpolitics.net These schemes allow for more voices to be heard, but always under the watchful eye of the ruling clique, who on one hand give token space to groups whom they deem acceptable, whilst simultaneously clamping down harder on specific groups that they deem a threat to their political hegemony. **** Fewer People Taking Cabs by Maria Almenoar, Straits Times On average, there were 893,674 taxi trips made a day in the first three months of the year, the lowest in five years, after recovering steadily from a post-Sars low. **** Straits Times' Latest Spin On PAP MPs by The Wayang Party Club The PAP has cleverly made use of the mainstream media to give its MPs a complete makeover such that their flaws are conveniently forgotten and positive attributes magnified a million times. **** Boys Taking Porn To School - In Handphones? by New Paper School-leavers say they watch porn between classes or during recess. **** ?????????????????????????????????????????? by ?????????????????????, ???????????? ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????6?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? **** Temasek's Non-Answer by The Online Citizen **** The NCMP Cat Among The Opposition Pigeons by Andrew Loh / Khairulanwar Zaini, The Online Citizen A week after changes to the Non-Constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) scheme were announced by the Prime Minister, the opposition parties seem unsure of how to react. **** ?????????????????????Made in China by ???????????????????????????????????? **** Asia Trade Begins To Stabilize - Singapore's Lim by Roberta Rampton, Reuters Exports from Asia are beginning to show signs of stability after "falling off a cliff" earlier this year, but recovery will hinge on world markets remaining open to trade, Singapore's trade minister said on Friday. **** Singapore Concerned Over 'Buy American' Clause by AFP Singapore expressed concern Friday over a controversial "Buy American" plan in US efforts to stimulate recovery, saying some nations were exploiting gray areas in global trade rules. Lim, without pointing his finger at the United States, also said it might be difficult to pin down countries that took steps that bordered on protectionism, at the World Trade Organization, the global trade watchdog. **** Public Apathy Worrying by Seah Chiang Nee, The Star Why is this economically advanced city so backward in political development? From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Sun Jun 7 18:59:00 2009 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com) Date: 7 Jun 2009 22:59:00 -0000 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jun 7, 2009 Message-ID: <20090607225900.14690.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ==================================== **** Brent's WWDC Tips by Brent Simmons, Inessential.com The single most important thing to remember at WWDC: drink plenty of water! You???re not at your usual places, and you???ll forget. **** Warranty Hero Helps Track Product Warranties by Dan Frakes, Macworld Warranty Hero is a simple program that aims to fix the problem of lost or forgotten warranties by providing you with an easy way to keep a record of purchases and warranty data. SingaporeSurf ==================================== **** Aunt Of H1N1 Patient Becomes 15th Case by Desmond Wong, Channel NewsAsia **** ??????????????? ?????????????????? by ?????????, ???????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? **** Lee Kuan Yew On 8-Day 'Trip Down Memory Lane' by New Straits Times Singapore minister mentor Lee Kuan Yew is to visit Malaysia tomorrow and tour several states and meet a number of Malaysian leaders, businessmen, opinion leaders and senior journalists. **** Singapore Airlines Says Airbus A330 Is A Safe Plane by Reuters Singapore Airlines will honour all existing contracts for plane orders, its CEO said on Sunday. Chew Choon Seng also told Reuters on the sidelines of an aviation meeting in Kuala Lumpur that the Airbus A330 was a good plane. **** Getting Tested For H1N1 Flu In Singapore by Nathaniel Forbes, ZDNet Asia I really appreciate the work done by these doctors and nurses. They have to be full-suited the whole day, don???t seem to get much rest and are probably not paid enough for the risks they have to take. **** Temasek: Quite Amazing Isn't It? by Diary Of A Singaproean Mind The attempt to spin away Temasek's losses leaves much to be desired. Every explanation just leaves more unanswered questions. **** Kuan Yew's Trip To Malaysia Next Week Sparks Cynicism by Malaysia Today Concerns are high that the 85-year old Singapore leader might use his observations here not just to boost Najib???s prestige, but also to score points back home in his city state. From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Mon Jun 8 18:59:01 2009 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com) Date: 8 Jun 2009 22:59:01 -0000 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jun 8, 2009 Message-ID: <20090608225901.47415.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ==================================== **** Apple Asks Court To Resume Psystar Case by Jeff Gamet, The Mac Observer Apple filed a motion with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Miami on Friday requesting a modification of the stay that is preventing it from moving forward with its case against Psystar in the Northern District Court in California. **** Why Apple Could Play It Cool by Brian Caulfield, Forbes **** Apple's CEO Conundrum by Arik Hesseldahl, BusinessWeek Tim Cook has run Apple well in Steve Jobs' absence, keeping alive the question of whether and how soon he might be named CEO. **** Apps Boom As Companies Seek A Place On Your Phone by Jenna Wortham, New York Times Developers of programs for the iPhone have already managed to make a decent living selling hundreds of thousands of copies of games from their living rooms or garages. But now, a new way to profit from writing software for the iPhone is emerging: Sell the apps, then sell your company. **** DVDJon Mocks Apple On Its Own Turf by Pete Mortensen, Cult of Mac **** Troubleshoot Your Internet Connection by Glenn Fleishman, Macworld How to figure out what's slowing down your downloads???and to get them back up to speed. **** Mini$: Easy-to-use Personal Finance Software by Heather Kelly, Macworld Mini$ is perfect for anyone with straightforward accounting needs looking for an easy-to-understand money managing program, and it???s especially great for those who don???t feel safe with the more automated online options. **** Apple's Not Out Of The Woods Yet by Nik Rawlinson, Mac User Apple must get its legals sorted if it's to fight off a second wave of cloners. **** Apple Updates MacBooks, MacBook Pros by Peter Cohen, Macworld Apple senior vice president of worldwide product marketing Phil Schiller wasted no time during the keynote of Apple???s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) on Monday morning, unveiling a new generation of MacBook and MacBook Pro laptops within minutes of taking the stage. **** Apple Releases Safari 4 For Mac, Windows by Philip Michaels, Macworld Apple on Monday released Safari 4, the next version of its Web browser for OS X and Windows users. The updated browser will also ship with Snow Leopard once the planned OS X 10.6 update arrives in September. **** OS X Installed User Base Has Tripled In Two Years, Says Apple by Peter Cohen, Macworld In the past two years, there???s been a ???huge spike??? of new OS X users, according to Schiller, and Apple has seen the user base grow from 25 million to near 75 million users today, in 2009. That's thanks to extraordinary success of the iPhone and iPod touch, which both run a version of OS X. **** Snow Leopard Gets A September Ship Date by Philip Michaels, Macworld Snow Leopard, the next major update to OS X, will be available in September, Apple announced during Monday???s Worldwide Developer Conference keynote. However, OS X 10.6 will only work on Intel-based Macs, leaving the owners of aging PowerPC-based hardware without the ability to upgrade. Snow Leopard will cost $29 for Leopard users, with a family pack available for $49. **** iPhone OS 3.0 Coming On June 17 by Peter Cohen, Macworld Apple senior vice president of iPhone software Scott Forstall used Monday???s WWDC keynote with the news that iPhone users have waited months to hear: The new iPhone 3.0 OS will be released on June 17, 2009. **** iPhone 3G S Offers Speed Boost, Video Capture by Philip Michaels and Jason Snell, Macworld Apple on Monday unveiled a new version of the iPhone. Dubbed the iPhone 3GS, the latest version of Apple???s popular smartphone promises to launch applications and run software faster than the previous model. While the iPhone 3GS looks similar on the outside to the previous 3G model, the new phone offers a brand-new camera that lets you control the focus either by tapping on the screen or using the autofocus feature. In addition, the iPhone???s new camera captures video in addition to still photos???a heavily requested feature among iPhone owners. **** Exchange Support Coming With Snow Leopard by Robert Strohmeyer, PC World In the forthcoming OS X update, users will at last be able to use Microsoft Exchange without requiring the aid of outside software such as Microsoft Entourage. The Tomorrow Weblog ==================================== **** 'Franken-Products' Abound At Taiwan Computer Show by Ashlee Vance, New York Times MyAppleMenu Reader ==================================== **** The Great Breath Of Hell by Algis Valiunas, The New Atlantis What is madness, and how is a civilized liberal society to treat the mad among us? **** Zoom Shot by Stephen Joiner, Air & Space Smithsonian One day in L.A., a helicopter changed television news forever. **** The Joy Of Less by Pico Iyer, New York Times In New York, a part of me was always somewhere else, thinking of what a simple life in Japan might be like. Now I???m there, I find that I almost never think of Rockefeller Center or Park Avenue at all. **** Lands Of Erotic Fantasy And Their Complex Reality by Simon Winchester, New York Times Richard Bernstein???s provocative and intriguing book examines the notion of the East as a sensual and sexual paradise. **** The Examined, and Exhibited, Life by Brad Leithauser, Slate Magazine Updike was the consummate stylist with a blogger mentality. SingaporeSurf ==================================== **** Shop N Save - The Voucher Aunties by Aussie Pete **** Don't Use Public Funds To Up Taxi Ridership by Bryan Tan, Straits Times Promoting taxi ridership goes against the pro-environment campaign to encourage more to switch to mass transport. Doing so also aggravates road congestion as taxis form a significant portion of traffic volume. **** Budget Hotel Causes Stir by Jessica Cheam, Straits Times Tiong Bahru residents worry that Hotel 81's presence might give area a sleazy image. **** Foreign Vs Local Debate by Aaron Low, Straits Times The foreign-versus-local debate dominated a community dialogue on Sunday, with both sides expressing dismay. **** Singapore Air CEO: Business Environment Remains Challenging by Dow Jones Singapore Airlines Ltd.'s chief executive Sunday said the business environment remains challenging due to the slowing global economy and conditions in the crude oil market. **** Probe Into Malaria Hot Spots by Straits Times A total of 14 people, all but one of whom are foreign workers, fell ill last month and were found to have malaria. One full-time national serviceman was also among the clusters. Twelve of them have been discharged as of last Saturday. **** Campus Evangelism Irks Students by Daryll Nanayakara, My Paper Some students at Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP) are seeing red over how a number of their schoolmates are trying to evangelise by approaching them in pairs on their campus in Clementi Road. **** ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? by ??????????????? **** ????????????????????????????????? by ??????????????? ?????????????????????????????? **** Will Temasek Raise The Bar? by Conrad Raj, Today As a nation that has always prided itself on setting the benchmark, why not let Temasek set a new standard for transparency, pro-active disclosure and public communication that other SWFs can benchmark against? **** The Great U-Turn by Patrick Barta and Joel Millman, Wall Street Journal **** 9 Long Weekends In 2010 by Felicia Wong, Straits Times Singaporeans can look forward to nine long weekends next year as all public holidays except one fall on the weekend, Friday or Monday. **** Singapore's Sham Political Reforms by Asia Sentinel In reality, the latest reforms are nothing more than Trojan horse politics, designed to head off the growing clamor for more alternative voices and to sow discord between Singapore's spattering of brave but fractious opposition politicians. **** Singapore Artist DNA Tests Trees To Reveal Wood Origins by Gillian Murdoch, Reuters If a tree falls in one of Southeast Asia's rainforests, is smuggled overseas, made into a table or chair, and years later thrown into the street, can the pieces be put together again? **** Former Singapore PM Visits Myanmar: Officials by AFP Former Singapore prime minister Goh Chok Tong visited Myanmar, officials said, amid international pressure on the military regime to halt its trial of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi. The visit comes just days after the Singaporean government said that expelling Myanmar from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was not the way to bring about reform in the army-ruled country. **** ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? by ????????? **** GIC Will Be Cautious: MM Lee by Neil Chatterjee, Reuters The chairman of the Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC), the city-state's biggest sovereign wealth fund, said on Monday the fund will be cautious and take few risks. His comments came after the country's other sovereign fund Temasek saw big losses on its investments in Western banks. **** 46 Names Submitted For Appointment As NMPs by Channel NewsAsia From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Tue Jun 9 18:59:00 2009 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com) Date: 9 Jun 2009 22:59:00 -0000 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jun 9, 2009 Message-ID: <20090609225900.39059.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ==================================== **** WWDC: Rumored iPhone 3.0 App Demoed: Find My iPhone by Leander Kahney, Cult of Mac Find My iPhone is a MobileMe service that helps you find your lost iPhone, or wipe it remotely. **** Apple's Snow Leopard Server To Offer 64-bit Power For $499 by AppleInsider Apple on Monday outlined plans for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Server, a full 64-bit UNIX server operating system based on open standards that is up to twice as fast as its predecessor. It will be priced at $499 with unlimited client licensing when it ships in September 2009. **** The Downside Of Subsidized Pricing by James Duncan Davidson Of course, we all agreed to contracts and the terms. But, a fact that also isn???t lost on me is the fact that if you want an iPhone, you have exactly one choice of contract. **** No More Greasy Screen, New iPhone Gets Fingerprint-Resistant Coating by Leander Kahney, Cult of Mac As well as faster hardware and a better camera, the new iPhone 3GS has a surprise feature that totally sells it for me: an oleophobic coating that makes the screen resistant to face oil and fingerprints. **** AT&T To Eventually Offer Tethering In The U.S. by MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors An AT&T rep is said to have confirmed that Tethering is in the works for U.S. customers but that nothing could be announced at this time. **** Snow Leopard More Feature-laden Than Expected by Rob Griffiths, Macworld **** Top 6 iPhone 3.0 Apps To Watch by Ben Parr, Mashable >From monitoring your blood sugar to in-app purchases, these applications are going to make waves when the new iPhone 3.0 is released on June 17th. **** MacBook Air Gets A Lot Thinner ??? In Price by Brooke Crothers, CNET **** iPhone OS 3.0 Adopts Some BlackBerry-like Security by InfoWorld **** Final Release Of Safari 4 Tweaks Interface From Beta Version by Scott McNulty, Macworld The most controversial new feature of Safari 4 was the placement of tabs on the top of the Safari browser window instead of below the bookmarks bar. At first, I was against this new UI quirk, but the more I used the Safari 4 Beta the more I liked the placement of the tabs on top of the window. Sadly, in the shipping version of Safari 4 tabs have returned to their traditional place. **** Inside The iPhone 3G S's Pricing by Dan Moren, Macworld Low iPhone prices are tempting, but unavailable to many iPhone upgraders. **** You Can Live Without The New iPhone, But It's Getting Harder To Live Without The App Store. by Farhad Manjoo, Slate Magazine There are now more than 50,000 applications available in the iPhone's built-in App Store, and Apple says that the pace at which developers are adding programs is accelerating. None of Apple's competitors comes close to these numbers. Android is in second place with 5,000 apps, and the Nokia and BlackBerry stores have just over 1,000 apps each. If you buy a Pre, brace yourself for a comically small number of add-ons???today you'll find just 18 apps in Palm's online store. **** Apple???s Cool Matrix-Style App Wall by MG Siegler, TechCrunch Today at Apple???s WWDC event in San Francisco, Apple had a bunch of Cinema Display monitors mounted together on a wall showing what looked to be some sort of pulsating canvas. But a closer look revealed that it was actually a huge collection of icons for many of the apps available in the App Store, arranged by color. **** Apple Posts QuickTime Video Of WWDC 2009 Keynote Address by AppleInsider Apple Monday evening made available through its website a QuickTime video stream of its WWDC 2009 keynote address from earlier in the day that ushered in more affordable Mac notebooks and the iPhone 3G S. **** Safari 4 Fast, But Only Minor Tweaks From Beta by Seth Rosenblatt, CNET News - Apple Safari is now a serious browser for serious Windows users, and its position on Macs has been bolstered. **** Even SanDisk Is Surprised By MacBook Pro Add-On by David Lidsky, Fast Company This is huge news for SanDisk, which has been laboring mightily to communicate that SD cards are for more than just moving images off your camera to your PC. **** Why Apple Stuck With The Same iPhone Hardware Design by Pete Mortensen, Cult Of Mac Eleven days from now, when I pull my iPhone 3G S out of its box, I will be a little sorry that its back is glossy and fingerprint-laden. But I???ll be happier to know that Apple???s design team is working on something new, interesting and complex ??? exactly the kind of problem they???re brilliant at solving. **** Snow Leopard Taps Into The Mac's Core Power by Agam Shah, Macworld **** Apple iPhone 3G S Gets FCC Clearance Like Clockwork by Engadget **** The MacBook Turns Pro by Dan Frakes, Macworld Whatever the reason, from a consumer???s point of view Apple???s new laptop line sports the company???s most aggresive pricing, and provides the best value, to date. **** WWDC Keynote Observations And Nuances by John Martellaro, The Mac Observer That's why when Apple does something new and cool and daring, the competition has to respond right away, in force, with resources, imagination, and salesmanship. Not many companies can manage that, recession or not. **** Racing Toward An iPhone App by Tom Kaneshige, CIO How WhippleHill developed a new iPhone app on the cheap. **** Apple's Future In Mobile Computing by Peter Glaskowsky, CNET **** Don't Look Inside Apple's Black Box by Jason Snell, Macworld Apple doesn???t want people thinking of the iPhone as a computer???and it has a point. **** MyAppleMenu Goes Dark by Heng-Cheong Leong, MyAppleMenu I'm taking a break. MyAppleMenu will return on either June 11 or 12, 2009. **** The Case Of The Missing ExpressCard Slot by Peter Cohen, Macworld **** What's New In iPhone 3.0 by Dan Moren, Macworld The Tomorrow Weblog ==================================== **** Opening Doors On The Way To A Personal Robot by John Markoff, New York Times Consider it one small step ??? or a roll, actually ??? for a robot, one not giant, but significant step for robotics. **** A Full-Color Screen That Bends by Prachi Patel, MIT Technology Review A new way to mass-produce flexible OLED displays could mean affordable commercial products. MyAppleMenu Reader ==================================== **** Duck, Duck, Goose by Jesse Smith, The Smart Set Celebrating deception at the bird carving world championship. **** In That Tucked Tail, Real Pangs Of Regret? by John Tierney, New York Times As new reports keep appearing ??? moping coyotes, rueful monkeys, tigers that cover their eyes in remorse, chimpanzees that second-guess their choices ??? the more I wonder if animals do indulge in a little paw-wringing. **** One Sock On, One Sock Off by Jim Powell, The Threepenny Review **** In The Cafe by Louise Gl??ck, Slate **** The Safety Sealt Is Ruining American Family Life In Your Metal Death Box by Tom Scocca, Underparenting The safety seat is ruining American family life and the automotive experience. SingaporeSurf ==================================== **** Singapore ??? The Foreign Worker Abuse Cum Human Trafficking Hub by Ng E-Jay, Sgpolitics.net It is a great shame that our authorities are dragging their feet on the serious issue of human trafficking in Singapore, but are instead focussed obsessively on pump-priming the economy without regard to the environmental or social consequences of their policies. **** Charting A Brave New World by The Online Citizen The government???s latest exercise in newspeak. **** Spike In Malaria by Salma Khalik, Straits Times Singapore is fighting the biggest outbreak of locally transmitted malaria it has seen in possibly more than a decade. Over the past five weeks, at least 15 people have been infected with malaria locally, with the latest case only known on Monday. **** Temasek's Direction Under New Management by Sameera Anand, FinanceAsia Nomura research on Temasek reckons changes are likely under incoming CEO Charles Goodyear and comments on the firm's returns on its financial sector investments. **** State Raps Singapore On 'Hasty' Travel Alert by Rick Wallace, The Australian Despite the number of Victorian swine flu victims topping 1000 in figures released last night, environment minister Gavin Jennings denied his state was unsafe to visit. **** The Hidden Agenda Of MM Lee???s Official Visit To Malaysia (Part 1) by Fang Zhi Yuan and Lim Siow Kuan, The Wayang Party Singapore is used to dealing with Barisan Nasional since independence. As the saying goes, ???it is safer to sleep with the devil you know than an unknown angel???. How should Singapore realign its foreign policy and tricky bilateral ties with Malaysia if the Pakatan Rakyat were to assume power one day, which is no longer a far-fetched proposition? **** Soundbuzz Fades Out by Straits Times **** More Hiring Than Firing by Jeremy Au Yong, Straits Times Employers planning to hire will outnumber those looking to shed workers in the third quarter of the year, according to a survey. This marks a turnaround in hiring sentiments by Singapore bosses for the first time this year, said global human resource consultancy Manpower Inc. **** A Burmese ???Wayang Kulit??? For SM Goh by The Wayang Party Our government will continue to invest in the country to bring ???development??? to the blood-thirsty generals and its inner circle of cronies, leaving the rest of the populace improverished, hungry and deprived. **** Singapore Air Says No Acquisitions In China For Now by Sara Webb, Reuters Singapore Airlines, the world's leading carrier by market value, is only keen on acquisitions in China in the longer-term, when the regulatory environment is proper, its CEO said on Tuesday. Asked if the carrier was looking at acquisitions in China, Chew Choon Seng told Reuters: "Not at this point in time, but in the longer-term, yes." **** ????????????????????????????????? by ?????????, ???????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????Michelin Green Guide Singapore ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????150?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????UNESCO??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? **** ????????????????????? ????????????????????? by ?????????, ???????????? ??????5.7???????????????????????????????????????????????????28?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? **** $1 Billion Oil Terminal 'to Compete' With Singapore by Portworld Malaysia's Dialog Group Berhad is building a storage terminal capable of handling VLCCs in Malaysia's southernmost state of Johor, reportedly in a bid to compete with Singapore as a regional fuel-trading hub. **** ???????????????????????????1717????????? by ???????????? ???????????????5??????????????????????????????1717???6000?????????????????????????????????1701????????????????????????????????????1758???????????? **** ???????????????????????????????????? by ????????? ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? **** ????????????????????????????????? by ??????????????? **** ????????????????????? by ???????????????BLOG ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? **** Two Historic Letters - Separation Of Singapore From Malaya by Paradise Storm The then prime minister of Malaya Tunku Abdul Rahman made a decision to end our ties seems to be the best decision for Singapore. Singapore is without resources and rely mostly on trading. Yet, they can survive and bring Singapore forward. Malaysia has plenty of resources yet we seem to be nowhere. **** Silencing Singapore by Lawrence Ferber, Advocate.com For Singaporean filmmaker Zihan Loo, the love that dare not speak its name doesn't require words. **** Singapore's GIC To Take Path Of Low Risks, Returns by P.R. Venkat, Wall Street Journal "GIC will play a very cautious role, low risks and low returns," Lee Kuan Yew said. "Temasek takes a more active interest...and higher risks." Mr. Lee said the recent decision to name former BHP Billiton Ltd. Chief Executive Charles Goodyear to succeed current Temasek CEO Ho Ching was because the government was seeking a fresh mind. **** Singapore Confirms Two More H1N1 Cases, Bringing Total Cases To 17 by Channel NewsAsia **** Find More Niche Areas by Reico Wong, Straits Times Singapore must find more niche areas to position itself to face a new world after the global economic storm, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Tuesday. **** Upfront With: Dr Chee Soon Juan by Kent Ridge Common **** iPhone 3G S To Come To Singapore In July by Jimmy Yap, The Singapore iPhone Guide **** 5 Places Where You Still Find Durian Trees In Singapore by Lam Chun See, Good Morning Yesterday **** Bread And Butter Issues Top Concerns In Feedback To REACH by Hasnita Majid, Channel NewsAsia **** Souped-Up iPhone Model by Chua Hian Hou, Straits Times A SingTel spokesman said the company will reveal pricing details closer to the phone's July launch date. **** SingaporeSurf Goes Dark by Heng-Cheong Leong, MyAppleMenu I'm taking a break. SingaporeSurf will return on either June 11 or 12, 2009. From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Thu Jun 11 18:59:00 2009 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com) Date: 11 Jun 2009 22:59:00 -0000 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jun 11, 2009 Message-ID: <20090611225900.57172.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ==================================== **** Chinese iPhone Deal Shows More Hints Of Progress by Owen Fletcher, IDG News Service An Apple handset that uses one of the next-generation mobile standards offered in China has appeared on the approved product list of the State Wireless Inspection Center, a government-managed industry arbiter. The handset, apparently an iPhone, was cleared last month to use its assigned frequency range for five years, according to the center???s Web site. **** MacBook Pro SD Slot Not Just For Digital Camera Cards by Aulia Masna, Macworld **** Is AT&T Going To Charge Extra For New iPhone Services? by Bill Snyder, InfoWorld AT&T's strange delay on iPhone tethering and MMS may be an early warning that the new services will pack a hefty price tag. It's time to say no. **** How To Get Your Hands On An iPhone 3G S As Early As Possible by Chris Foresman, Ars Technica - Infinite Loop In addition to pre-ordeing an iPhone 3G S, AT&T and Apple will have some special hours for those hoping to grab the new iPhone as soon as humanly possible. **** Spring Cleaning???but How? by Jackie Dove, Macworld Communing with equipment from the past. The Tomorrow Weblog ==================================== **** Extracting Meaning From Millions Of Pages by David Talbot, MIT Technology Review A software engine that pulls together facts by combing through more than 500 million Web pages has been developed by researchers at the University of Washington. The tool extracts information from billions of lines of text by analyzing basic relationships between words. MyAppleMenu Reader ==================================== **** Lights, Camera, Contraction! by Malia Wollan, New York Times The thousands of online childbirth videos, garrulous mommy chat rooms and endless pregnancy blogs are changing the dynamic between pregnant women and their attendant medical professionals. SingaporeSurf ==================================== **** Singapore's Treatment Of Terrorists by Chan Heng Chee, Embassy Of Singapore, Washington, Washington Post In his May 23 letter, "Don't Follow Singapore's Lead," Chee Soon Juan of the Singapore Democratic Party asserted that rehabilitation of terrorists detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA) in Singapore entails beatings and torture. He also said that there have been deaths of detainees in their cells and that there is no mechanism for looking into detainees' well-being. These assertions are false. **** Singapore Keen On Third Bridge As 'Crooked' One Dropped by Farrah Naz Karim, New Straits Times Prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak???s idea of a new bridge to link eastern Johor to Singapore has been embraced by Singapore. The republic???s nod for the project was conveyed by its minister mentor Lee Kuan Yew during his meeting with Najib on today. **** Mahathir Sees No Reason For Kuan Yew To Meet Him by Bernama Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said today he did not see any reason why Singapore's Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew would want to see him. **** Government To Create Framework For Assessing Town Councils by Hoe Yeen Nie, Channel NewsAsia From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Fri Jun 12 18:59:00 2009 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com) Date: 12 Jun 2009 22:59:00 -0000 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jun 12, 2009 Message-ID: <20090612225900.19111.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ==================================== **** Apple Safari 4 Commands New Attention, EWEEK Labs Finds by Jim Rapoza, eWeek The new browser one of the the most attractive and interactive browsers available today. **** Apple Stores Knock Hundreds Off Leftover MacBooks To Clear Inventory [Dealzmodo] by John Herman, Gizmodo What do you do when you've instituted a bottom-to-top refresh in your product line, your new shipments are imminent, but you still have hundreds of stores with leftover inventory? FIRE SALE, is what. **** T-Mobile Accidentally Posts Secret iPhone 3G S Specs by Charlie Sorrel, Wired The relevant numbers are 256MB RAM for the OS, double that of the 128MB in the original iPhone, and a 600MHz processor, up from the pedestrian 412MHz of the first two models **** Will Future iPhone Games Run On Your iPhone 3G? [Apple] by Jesus Diaz, Gizmodo The short answer: For the time being, yes. But in the future, you may want to upgrade. **** 4 Reasons Why The iPhone App Store Is Bad News For Google by Dan Frommer, Silicon Alley Insider **** MacBook Pro 2009 Review by Jason Chen, Gizmodo Apple did two things simultaneously that are usually contradictory; they lowered the price of their entire MacBook Pro line while at the same time bumping up the specs. **** WinTel 3.0 Adds Support For True Virtualization by Bryan Fergus, The Mac Observer OpenOSX announced Thursday version 3.0 version of WinTel, the company's Windows, Linux and other OS virtualization solution for Mac OS X. The new version adds support for true virtualization to their product. **** Apple???s Awesome App Wall Gets Photosynthed by Jason Kincaid, TechCrunch Developers Andres Douglas and Greg Pascale (who was behind the iSynth application) have taken a whopping 273 photos of the App Wall and used them to build a virtual recreation using Microsoft Photosynth. **** The Missing Sync Extends To Pre, iPhone On Windows by MacNN The Missing Sync for the Pre allows users to sync data, such as iCal or Entourage, between a Mac and the smartphone. The service also works when the Pre is placed on the Touchstone charger. **** Everyone Calm Down, You Won???t Have To Pay To Re-Download Apps On The iPhone by MG Siegler, TechCrunch In the latest iPhone 3.0 GM build, which went live shortly after the WWDC keynote on Monday, the ability to re-download an app you???ve already purchased, looks to be have been restored. **** Two New Mac Attacks Surface by Elinor Mills, CNET News.com Security experts have discovered two new attacks targeting Mac users, a new version of a worm and a Trojan hidden inside a porn site. **** Loyalty To (or Investment In) Apple App Store Makes Switch From iPhone Tough by Andrew Garcia, eWeek The G1 with Google and Palm Pre devices and carriers are enticing, but a big time and money investment in Apple App Store makes moving to a new platform difficult to justify, especially as vendors run out of ways to differentiate the actual devices. **** How Apple Can Take Bite Of Business Market by Eric Auchard, Reuters Apple Inc is taking steps to make its computers run on corporate networks, but these moves fall far short of ensuring Mac users win equal standing in business. **** Apple's Cheap Tricks by Dan Costa, PC Magazine For the most part, Apple products still cost more???often a few hundred dollars more???than competing Windows-based machines. But now that the Apple Tax has been trimmed to a reasonable size, a lot more people will find it worth paying. **** How Green Is My iPhone? Not Very, Says Greenpeace by Tom Kaneshige, CIO.com Environmental group questions "green" claims and asks if Apple will offer options to prevent phones from becoming e-waste. **** MovieChapterizer 3.0 Adds Menu Options, Improvements by MacNN **** Platform Vendors by Joel Spolsky, Joel On Software Filling little gaps in another company???s product lineup is snatching nickels from the path of an oncoming steam roller. **** Random Idea: Bring Back Shareware For iPhone Doom by Jared Newman, Technologizer With the iPhone and iPod Touch, we???re seeing a resurgence of these small-time developers, looking to strike gold in an increasingly crowded playing field. If there was ever a time to bring back gaming shareware, this is it. **** Why MacBook Is About To Mean Something Else Entirely by Matt Buchanan, Gizmodo.com So, why is Apple basically wasting one of their most powerful brands, their "most popular Mac"? Because they're about to call something else MacBook. **** Anti-iPhone Ad Too Close For Apple's Comfort by Asher Moses, Sydney Morning Herald Within a day, the ad was removed. Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), which operates the train system, said it pulled the ad down because it was "too dark" and did not let enough light through. **** MacBook Price Cuts Highlight Tough Choices For Apple As Growth Slows by Brian X. Chen, Wired Apple has traditionally held its ground as a premium computer manufacturer, but it might just be getting sucked into a recession-prompted price war. **** Could The iPhone Trip While Leaping Forward? by Andy Patrizio, Internet News The new iPhone 3G S uses an incompatible graphics library from the previous phones. **** Even At WWDC, Developers Can't Get Straight Answers About App Store Rejections by Charistina Warren, The Unofficial Apple Weblog **** 'Star Defense' - Bam! A Galaxy In My Pocket by Eli Hodapp, Touch Arcade **** TimeTable Tracks Time Spent In Meeting, Events by Dan Frakes, Macworld **** Apple Sees 11 Million Downloads Of Safari 4 In Three Days by Sam Oliver, AppleInsider Apple said Friday that more than 11 million copies of its new Safari 4 web browser have been downloaded in the first three days of its release, including more than six million downloads by users of Microsoft's Windows operating systems. **** Font Changes Coming To Mac OS X Snow Leopard by Chris Foresman, Ars Technica One Mac developer has discovered a few interesting changes to fonts that are coming to the next version of Mac OS X. Apple is planning to say goodbye to a long-time monospaced friend of Mac developers. The Tomorrow Weblog ==================================== **** First Look: Microsoft Silverlight 3 Challenges Adobe AIR by InfoWorld MyAppleMenu Reader ==================================== **** The Same-Sex Future by David Cole, The New York Review of Books What explains the apparent trend toward legal recognition of same-sex marriage or civil unions? And how should we understand the sharp discrepancy between the law and the politics of same-sex marriage? **** China's Dictators At Work: The Secret Story by Jonathan Mirsky, The New York Review of Books Twenty years ago, just before the Tiananmen killings on June 3 and 4, 1989, Zhao was thrown out of office for sympathizing with the students; until his death in 2005 he spent almost sixteen years under house arrest. Born in 1919 and a member of the Communist Party since 1938, once he achieved great power he was a political loner, with only???a big only???Deng Xiaoping to back him. But when Deng decided to smash the Tiananmen demonstrations, he also smashed Zhao. When Zhao died in 2005, he was nearly forgotten; but the state was still put on high security alert. **** A Table For Few At T.G.I. Friday's by Craig Fehrman, Salon Casual-dining execs talk about innovation, evolution and, yes, a few failures; they parrot the rhetoric of "never letting a serious crisis go to waste." But, honestly, what can they change? SingaporeSurf ==================================== **** Share With The Commuting Public The $1m Meant For Taxis by Gan Gim Teck, Straits Times Taxi companies should look into how they can improve ridership, on their own. **** Automation A Myth by William Claxton, Straits Times The IT industry is promoting a myth that Singapore leads the world in automation. Small and medium-sized businesses like mine can only call it 'fake automation'. **** 'My Wheels Got Stuck In The Gap' by Lediati Tan, New Paper Disabled man hit by MRT train doors stranded after train leaves with wheelchair. **** S'pore Maintains Alert Status by Leow Si Wan, Straits Times While the World Health Organisation raised its alert level for the Influenza A (H1N1) virus and declared a global pandemic yesterday, Singapore's Health Ministry (MOH) will not be upping its measures. This is because Singapore had already been on high alert and had put in place adequate measures to curb the spread of the virus. **** Concession Card Only For Citizens by Corrine Ng, Today We would like to clarify that the Travel Concession Scheme, which is granted by the public transport operators and administered by TransitLink, is applicable to international schools registered with the Ministry of Education. However, the student must be a Singapore citizen and below 21 years of age at the time of application to be eligible for the student concession card. **** Shoppers Spoilt For Choice by Tessa Wong & Jessica Lim, Straits Times With belts being tightened and consumer spending dropping in the past few months, credit card companies and banks have been going all out to tempt shoppers with irresistible buys during the annual Great Singapore Sale (GSS). **** Perdition And Sedition by The Online Citizen The invoking of the Sedition Act in the persecution of the Christian couple for distributing offensive tracts may seem overly harsh ??? setting a dangerous precedent for the future. **** Cabbies Go Overboard? by My Paper Taxi drivers are taking care to avoid places such as hospitals and airports because they are afraid they would catch the Influenza A (H1N1) virus there. **** Why Is Lee Kuan Yew Strutting The Length And Breath Of Malaysia? by Matthias Chang, Future Fastforward Malaysians must be vigilant. Lee Kuan Yew cannot be trusted and while Singapore is our neighbour and a member of ASEAN, we must never forget that Singapore has never ceased to dictate terms to Malaysia whenever she perceives Malaysia as being weak. **** Rich City-state Singapore Faces Tougher Future As Crisis Reveals Cost Of Heavy Export Reliance by Associated Press This speck on the map leapt from poverty to First World riches in a generation. Now its halcyon years of breakneck growth may be over. **** Singapore Asked To Join In Combating Smuggling by Tempo **** Developing Ties Between Singapore, Malaysia Must Be A Long Term Commitment: MM Lee by Channel NewsAsia **** Forum Cancelled Because Of Police Investigations by Singapore Democrats The Singapore shame continues. **** Crisis-Hit Singapore Tigthens Grip by Tony Sitathan, Asia Times From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Sat Jun 13 18:59:00 2009 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com) Date: 13 Jun 2009 22:59:00 -0000 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jun 13, 2009 Message-ID: <20090613225900.41067.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ==================================== **** Apple Readies New Retail Store Design In Arizona by Jim Dalrymple, CNET News **** Are Missing iPhone 3G S Specs An Apple Smoke Screen? by David Chartier, Macworld **** iPhone 3G S: What You Need To Know by Macworld **** Mariner Calc 1.2 For iPhone by Rob Griffiths, Macworld **** Welcome To Internet U, Via Video by Doug McLean, Tidbits **** New MacBook Pro Speed Tests by James Galbraith, Macworld **** Whoever Steals Your iPhone Can Just Turn Off Find My iPhone Location Tracking by Gizmodo **** Hollywood Just Can't Quit Apple by Variety **** Who's Really Behind The iPhone's Success by Barron's Online SingaporeSurf ==================================== **** Cut In Funding Unlikely For Underperforming Town Councils by Today **** ?????????8???????????????400????????????????????????????????? by ????????? **** Exotic Adventures In The Lap Of Luxury by The Herald **** Lee Has Guarded Optimism For KL-Singapore Ties by The Stat **** Revamp The Role Of MPs To Attract Potential Ministers by Gerald Giam From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Sun Jun 14 18:59:00 2009 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com) Date: 14 Jun 2009 22:59:00 -0000 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jun 14, 2009 Message-ID: <20090614225900.49071.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ==================================== **** The Best Battery Life I've Ever Seen by AnandTech It looks like, once again, other notebook makers will have to play catch up to Apple in this department. **** AT&T Already Sold Out Of Launch Day iPhone 3G S Pre-Orders by Aidan Malley, AppleInsider Signaling a likely repeat of Apple's iPhone sell-outs of the past two years, AT&T is already warning that those making iPhone 3G S pre-orders that they won't get their handsets on launch. **** Twitter "Twitpocalypse" Affects Mac, iPhone Apps by Jason Snell, Macworld The surging popularity of the Twitter messaging service has broken at least one Twitter client application and affected another as a part of what is being called ???the Twitpocalypse.??? **** Trust, Hostility, And The Human Side Of Apple by Marco Arment, Marco.org I???m satisfied and somewhat comforted by the human side of Apple that I???ve met so far, but nothing could replace better (than zero) transparency. While I???m glad I met some employees to finally get some insight into how they operate, I wish I didn???t need to. **** The App Store Needs A Genius Feature, ASAP by MG Siegler, TechCrunch Apple needs to make sure its ecosystem is enticing for the small developers to work in. And that???s getting to be a problem with so many apps now in the store, and with so many big name development houses now making apps. I think a Genius app recommendation feature would go a long way to help this. **** Everything New Is Old Again by Mike Musgrove, Washington Post As Kaufman at AT&T put it, "You're not a sucker, Mike, you're an early adopter." Yup. **** Safari Reloaded by Sven-S. Porst, Quarter Life Crisis The more critical points about Safari 4 are the changes to its user interface. **** Review: 2009 MacBook Pro 13-Inch Is Freakin Awesome by Leander Kahney, Cult of Mac **** Yum 3.0.7 by Jackie Dove, Macworld The Tomorrow Weblog ==================================== **** Hey, Just A Minute (or Why Google Isn???t Twitter) by Randall Stross, New York Times MyAppleMenu Reader ==================================== **** Why Old Dogs Are The Best Dogs by Gene Weingarten, The Week They can be eccentric, slow afoot, even grouchy. But dogs live out their final days with a humility and grace we all could learn from. **** A (Radical) Way To Fix Suburban Sprawl by Lisa Selin Davis, Time Some 120,000 people work in Tysons Corner, Va., but only 17,000 live there. To transform this hotbed of suburban gridlock into a green, walkable city, a soon-to-be-adopted plan-as envisioned by our artist-calls for as much as tripling the current square footage by expanding upward, with the tallest buildings located next to four new train stations, which should be completed by 2013. **** How To Talk About Abortion by Frances Kissling, Salon President Obama wants supporters and opponents of choice to find "common ground." Can that really happen? **** The Secret Lives Of Strangers by M. Miller, Washington Post In search of free stuff, I got more than I bargained for. SingaporeSurf ==================================== **** Kuan Yew Not Impressed With Penang Infrastructure by New Straits Times The state government should improve its infrastructure as it is inferior in comparison with those in Ipoh and Seremban. This was the view of Singapore's Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew, said chief minister Lim Guan Eng. **** Remarks Spark Reaction by Malaysia Star Comments by Singapore???s Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew that Penang???s infrastructure is found wanting have led to the Chief Minister and his predecessor pointing fingers at each other. **** Johor To Discuss With PM's Dept On Third Bridge Issue by Malaysia Star The Johor state government will work with the Prime Minister???s Department to analyse all aspects in the construction of the third bridge linking Malaysia and Singapore, if it is approved. **** ??????????????????????????????????????? by ???????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? **** H1N1 Flu Cases In Singapore Rise To 34 by Channel NewsAsia Singapore has confirmed seven more cases of Influenza A (H1N1), bringing the total number of confirmed cases here to 34. **** Kelantan Wants To Emulate Singapore's Success In Cleanliness, Fighting Graft by Channel NewsAsia Malaysia's opposition Islamic state of Kelantan wants to emulate Singapore's success in fighting graft and keeping the city clean. From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Mon Jun 15 18:59:01 2009 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com) Date: 15 Jun 2009 22:59:01 -0000 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jun 15, 2009 Message-ID: <20090615225901.54655.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ==================================== **** Mac Laptop Glossy Screens Hazardous To Your Posture? by Mel Martin, TUAW **** 13" And 15" MacBook Pros Have A Slower SATA Interface by Mac Rumors The slower SATA interface is unlikely to affect the bulk of users as even the fastest traditional hard drives are unable to saturate even the 1.5 Gbit interfaces. However, if you are planning on buying a fast Solid State Drive (SSD), it could affect the drive's performance. **** Finally???A Blind-Friendly iPhone by HealthNews Several weeks ago, I wrote that I envied those incredibly lucky people who owned an iPhone. Earlier this week, I found to my immense surprise and pleasure that I no longer need be envious, because very soon I too could be the proud owner of one of these devices. **** Review: Documents To Go Raises The Bar For iPhone Word Processing by Matthew Miller, ZDNet **** Parent's Little Helper: iPhone Applications by Robyn Kurth, Examiner.com If a preschooler becomes bored, noisy, or goes into full tantrum mode in a public place, traditionally parents have had limited options: ride it out, give in to the child's demands (not a good option in the long run), or give up and go home. Now 21st century technology has given parents one extra method to placate a restless child on the road: iPhone applications. **** WWDC 2009: 10 Lessons Learnt About The Future Of iPhone Gaming by Pocket Gamer.Biz WWDC 2009: 10 lessons learnt about the future of iPhone gamingPocket Gamer.Biz,??UKAlmost all iPhone game developers we spoke to are increasing their number of releases. Maximum development cycles remain three months but many companies are also looking to release much smaller, viral games and entertainment apps. ... **** Rethinking The iPhone's Role In Computing by Tim Bajarin, PC Magazine Is the iPhone a personal computer that just happens to make phone calls, or a phone that just happens to run apps? And if it's really a PC that fits in your pocket, does that change how you use it? **** Reality Check For iPhone Developers by Louisa Hearn, The Sydney Morning Herald Rick Bavage turned his back on the corporate world last September, swapping a successful career as a marketing executive for an uncertain future building iPhone applications. **** Review: Studiometry 6.1 by John Brandon, Macworld Studiometry 6.1.7 is a sensible business choice because it combines some low-level accounting features with contact and project management characteristics. **** When Kama Sutra Was Banned By Apple by The Guardian **** Analysts: iPhone 3G S Still Not Enterprise-ready by Matt Hamblen, Computerworld Despite some enterprise-geared improvements in the latest iPhone, the analysts Computerworld spoke to say those steps are not good enough for widespread adoption of the new smartphone inside large businesses. **** Apple Begins Shipping First iPhone 3G S Pre-orders by AppleInsider Apple on Monday began shipping its new iPhone 3G S handsets to customers who were among the first to place their pre-orders last week following the handset&#39;s introduction at the company&#39;s annual developers conference. MyAppleMenu Reader ==================================== **** Bereavement by Kevin Young, New Yorker **** Hubris At Zunzal by Rodney Jones, New Yorker **** Idols by Tim Gautreaux, New Yorker SingaporeSurf ==================================== **** Don't Take The Road To Less Accountability by Netina Tan Chiew Pheng, Straits Times Nominated ministers will undermine the accountability, representativeness and effectiveness of the Cabinet. **** MM Lee And Nik Aziz Meet by Reme Ahmad, Straits Times Two veteran politicians met for the first time on Sunday in the capital of the Malaysian state of Kelantan. Minister mentor Lee Kuan Yew met with Datuk Nik Aziz Nik Mat for an hour at Kota Darul Naim, Kelantan's government complex that houses the office of the chief minister and the state assembly hall. **** Gerakan: Lee Too Quick To Judge Penang by Chan Li Leen, Malaysia Star Singapore minister mentor Lee Kuan Yew had been too quick to judge Penang when he was there only for a day, said Gerakan deputy president Datuk Chang Ko Youn. **** ?????????????????????????????? by ?????????, ???????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? **** A Social Stereotype by Allan Koay, The Star The Ah Beng has gone global and is now internationally recognised as a cultural figure in Malaysia and Singapore. **** 12,760 Jobs Lost In Q1 by Straits Times A total of 12,760 jobs were lost in the first quarter, government data showed on Monday, pushing Singapore's overall unemployment rate to a three-year high of 3.3 per cent. **** Sending Ah Gong Back To The Children by Ng E-Jay, The Online Citizen Recent proposals to amend the Maintenance of Parents Act suggests an act by the government to pass the buck of caring for the elderly to their children, but this puts an inconsiderable strain especially on lower-income groups. **** S'pore's Retail Sales Fell For 7th Straight Month In April, Down 11.7% On Year by Irene Chan, Channel NewsAsia Singapore's retail sales fell for a seventh straight month in April as consumers reined in spending on big ticket items amid the deepening economic recession. **** Another Scandal Mars Indian Defense by Asia Sentinel Israel, Singapore among the major offenders. **** SIA's Passenger Load Drops To 66.9% In May by Channel NewsAsia From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Tue Jun 16 18:59:00 2009 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com) Date: 16 Jun 2009 22:59:00 -0000 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jun 16, 2009 Message-ID: <20090616225900.53489.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ==================================== **** Resolving iPhoto Library Size Discrepancy by Christopher Breen, Macworld There???s very little you can do about the contents of the iPhoto Library package, but there is something you can do in iPhoto. Control-click on the Trash icon in iPhoto???s Library list and choose Empty Trash. **** AT&T: MMS 'no Extra Cost' For Text Bundle Customers by David Chartier, Macworld Good news, everyone: it sounds like you can take a (brief) break from throwing darts at AT&T's logo and photos of its various executives. Thanks to a new FAQ from the carrier that focuses on iPhone 3G S and some of iPhone OS 3.0's new features, we have a little more information on what to expect when MMS goes live later this summer. **** Call AT&T For The Best iPhone Upgrade Price by Rich Mogull, TidBITS If you don't know, for sure, that you're getting the $199/$299 pricing, we recommend that you call AT&T, stop by a store, or check their online system for your upgrade eligibility date. If you think it's wrong, especially if you have an original iPhone, ask to talk to a supervisor and see if there might be a mistake on your account. **** Apple Java Update Fixes Security Hole by Peter Cohen, Macworld Apple on Monday released Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 4 and Java for Mac OS X 10.4 Release 9, two updates that ???deliver improved reliability, security and compatibility.??? **** How I Spend My WWDC by Neven Mrgan's Tumbl I???m very food-aware wherever I go, but I sure heard a lot of talk about where to eat what to eat how to eat it around the conference. Here???s what my experience has taught me. **** Buy A Mac On Or After June 8, Get Snow Leopard For $10 by Nicholas Deleon, CrunchGear **** My Journey From Mac To PC, And Back Again by Chris Obrien, SiliconBeat I wanted a machine that worked well, and made me passionate (but hopefully, not obnoxious). **** Apple's Mac Isn't As Secure As Some Want Us To Believe by Don Reisinger, eWeek Mac OS X is widely considered the most secure operating system around. But is it really as secure as Apple and its supporters want us to believe? **** Shion 2.0 Environment Automator Supports X10 Devices by MacNN The software is used to monitor and control a chosen environment's lighting fixtures, appliances, and other electronic devices. **** The Buzz About Apple's New Batteries by Philip Elmer-DeWitt, Fortune There???s a surprising level of awe and wonder in the tech press about the batteries in the MacBook Pro computers that Apple unveiled last week ??? especially since they???ve been around for more than a year. **** Why Mac Users Need To Grow Up About Viruses by Graham Cluley, TechRadar UK Yes, there aren't as many Mac malware threats as Windows threats - not by a long shot. But they do exist, and we are seeing some hacking gangs writing malware for both platforms, and planting their attacks on webpages in such a way as to serve up a Mac threat when Apple users visit, and a Windows attack when PC users surf by. **** Judge Denies Apple???s Transfer Request by Ben Charny, Wall Street Journal U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken recently denied a request from the Cupertino, Calif., company to transfer an unusual lawsuit it faces to a federal judge in San Jose, Calif. **** RooSwitch: Application-Based User Switching by Deborah Shadovitz, Macworld Think of rooSwitch as an app that lets you perform user switching at the application level. Instead of logging in and out of different user accounts on your Mac, rooSwitch lets you switch users for only one app at a time by switching what rooSwitch calls Profiles. **** Review : The Sims 3 For iPhone OS by Seattle Post Intelligencer **** Apple Allows Airtel To 'unlock' Its 3G iPhones by Business Standard Apple has authorised Bharti Airtel to ???unlock??? its 3G iPhones, launched earlier, enabling the Indian company to sell it through their stores to any user, not necessarily only an Airtel subscriber. **** Playing The Slots On Apple's New Laptops by Stephen Williams, New York Times Apple???s decision to build an SD (for Secure Digital) card slot into its new 13 and 15-inch MacBook Pro laptops has raised some eyebrows from those who question its utility. Not to mention the fact that there???s no longer a functional ExpressCard slot in those Pro models. **** Apple's MacBook Hinge Affair: Something's In The Air by Brian Dipert, EDN **** Apple And The Magical Retail Experience In Its Global Stores by Bob Evans, InformationWeek **** Review: More iPhone Wine Apps by Ben Boychuk, Macworld **** Photo Wrangler Makes It Easy To Quickly Scan Through A Folder Of Photos by Dan Frakes, Macworld **** Taptu, The Alternative Search Machine For iPhone by Scott Merrill, TechCrunch **** Doing The iPod Shuffle by John O'Brien, Courier Mail The iPod shuffle is simultaneously the most boring and most fascinating model in Apple's iPod lineup. **** You iPhone. Me iPod Touch. by Philip Elmer-DeWitt, Fortune The Tomorrow Weblog ==================================== **** Hunch: A Cure For Indecision? by Erica Naone, MIT Technology Review A new site provides answers to life, the universe, and just about everything. **** A Wireless Mouse That's Surfaceless, Too by Eric A. Taub, New York Times **** Opera Unite Service Opens A Door To The PC by CNET News.com MyAppleMenu Reader ==================================== **** New Glimpses Of Life???s Puzzling Origins by Nicholas Wade, New York Times The origins of life on Earth bristle with puzzle and paradox. **** Titlenomics, Or Creating Best Sellers by Patricia Cohen, New York Times Capitalizing on popular titles has a long pedigree in the publishing industry. A well-turned phrase can give birth to dozens of offspring. **** Save That Old TV - There's A Message In The 'Snow' by Paul Saffo, San Francisco Chronicle That snow you saw wasn't noise; it was the universe whispering it's secrets to you while you dozed in it's gentle glow. **** Last Words by Jane Shore, Slate Magazine SingaporeSurf ==================================== **** New Policies, Not New Parks, Needed For Social Harmony by Ng E-Jay, Sgpolitics.net With its ???growth-at-all-cost??? model of economic management, our Government is taking its pro-foreigner policies to the extreme, and its policies often leaves its own citizens feeling like second class residents living in a hotel rather than a home. **** When Age Is The Limit by Leong Wee Keat, Today Older jobseekers cite qualifications and skills as other obstacles **** Taking A Leaf From Apple by Alicia Wong, Today Just as Apple created the basic iPhone, then spawned an entire business of developers building applications for it, Singapore will be taking its accolade-winning e-Government model to another new level. Instead of being the sole provider of public services, it must evolve to become ???an open IT platform to nurture an ecosystem of IT services???, said senior minister Goh Chok Tong who urged ???transformational shifts??? in the way e-Government is thought about. **** In Health Care, Do We All Lose To Singapore? by Derek Thompson, The Atlantic There's a problem with turning Singapore into a sexy pin-up for health care wonks: it breaks a lot of rules. **** Singapore Retail Sales Plunge Most In 10 Years by Forbes **** Lee Kuan Yew's Visit To Malaysia by Malaysia Star **** Many Asians Count On Their Pet Fish For Good Luck by Eveline Danubrata, Reuters In the Chinese culture, owning a fish is considered a good investment because the Mandarin characters for fish and water are associated with wealth and plenty. **** Lee Kuan Yew Misled Into Believing Penang Had Little Progress by Lee Keng Fatt, New Straits Times **** Grangeford Sub-tenants Were In Danger Of Having Power Cut Off by Zul Othman, Today A new twist has emerged in the ongoing saga at The Grangeford. TODAY has learnt that more than 200 sub-tenants at the condominium in Leonie Hill were in danger of having their power cut off because former master tenant Ideal Accommodation did not pay the electricity bill. **** Mahathir Scoffs At MM's Visit by Straits Times Former Malaysian premier Mahathir Mohamad yesterday poured fresh vitriol on Singapore, calling minister mentor Lee Kuan Yew a 'little Emperor' and describing the republic as a 'new Middle Kingdom'. In a no-holds-barred tirade on his blog Che Det that coincided with the tail-end of an official visit by Mr Lee to Malaysia, he slammed Singapore for putting itself in the centre of the region, and also took issue with other topics such as the Iskandar development in Johor and the supply of water. **** Q1 Job Market Dismal by Aaron Low, Straits Times The latest quarterly labour market data paint a picture as dismal as when Sars hit Singapore six years ago. **** The Modern Middle Kingdom by Mahathir Mohamad **** Job-hopping Foreigners by Straits Times Some employers of foreign workers say they are grappling with a problem of job-hopping China workers. **** Legal Recourse For Foreign Workers by The Online Citizen **** The Case For Income Equality In Singapore by Readings From A Political Duo-ble **** Commentary: Free Wi-Fi Extended To 2013 In Singapore by Alfred Siew, Techgoondu Singapore???s free islandwide Wi-Fi service will be extended for another four years, until 2013, in a move that will delight users who have enjoyed not just free surfing on the go, but increased competition in telecom services as a result of the free offering. **** Learn From Singapore by Goh Ban Lee, The Sun Penang could and should learn from Singapore about public transport. The world is also learning from the island state. In fact, Penang could learn from the republic about housing, open space and landscaping, public safety, pedestrian walkways and cleanliness, just to name the obvious ones. Most important of all, Penang and for that matter Malaysia should learn from Singapore about compliance with municipal rules. **** Kuan Yew's Trip For The Future by Joceline Tan, The Star Singapore leaders have been observing Malaysia???s politics with some concern since the 2008 election and they are not taking the Pakatan claims about capturing Putrajaya lightly. **** Singapore Pushes For Online Economy by Financial Standard There is a new threat to Australia's aspirations to become Asia's financial hub and it is "virtual", after Singapore announced this month that it plans to spend big on IT to build an "online economy". **** Check When Fibre Is Coming To Your Home by Alfred Siew, Techgoondu **** ????????????????????????????????? by ???????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? **** ??????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????? by ???????????? **** Among Equals: Mahathir Versus Lee Kuan Yew by Hantulaut Lee must be a grudging old man and is still sore. The least he could do is to pay a courtesy call on his old foe and let bygones be bygones.Mahathir, rightfully, must have been slighted by Lee's lack of statesmanship. **** Two Countries And Two Men by Mr Wang Says So A beautiful friendship is possible between Malaysia and Singapore. It really just depends on the deaths of these two men. **** The Wretched Nobody by Imagine... What a pathetic and sorry stunt indeed. **** No He Won't Shut Up by My Singapore News **** Beyond Lee Kuan Yew's Visit by SAKMONGKOL AK47 **** Rewriting The Unwritten Social Contract by Singapore Social Activist The town council report certainly seems to be another exercise by the ruling party to remind Singaporeans of the unwritten social contract it has with them - ???I give you prosperity (in this case spruced up estates which will command better resale value for your HDB house) while you give me your votes???. **** Blueprint For Media Sector by Straits Times **** CCS Acts On Price-fixing by Straits Times The Express Bus Agencies Association (EBAA) and 16 companies have been asked to show cause for fixing prices of express bus tickets from Singapore to various destinations in Malaysia from 2006 to 2008. **** Expressway Surveillance System To Be Expanded To Major Roads by Lynda Hong, Channel NewsAsia The Expressway Monitoring and Advisory System (EMAS) will be extended to 10 major arterial road corridors by 2013. **** MHA Places Two Singaporeans On Restriction Orders by Cheryl Lim, Channel NewsAsia Singapore's Home Affairs Ministry (MHA) has placed two Singaporeans on Restriction Orders under the Internal Security Act (ISA). See Also: Release of ISA Detainee and Issuance of Restriction Orders under the Internal Security Act, 16 June 2009 [http://www.mha.gov.sg/news_details.aspx?nid=MTQ1Mw%3d%3d-WoiQG6UV3n4%3d], by Ministry of Home Affairs, Singapore Government. **** ?????????????????????????????????????????? by ??????, ???????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????80%??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? **** Temasek Holdings Investment Performance And Transparency by Hedged.biz It is not a bad performance for an effectively long only private equity, strategic investment mandate. From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Wed Jun 17 18:59:00 2009 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com) Date: 17 Jun 2009 22:59:00 -0000 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jun 17, 2009 Message-ID: <20090617225900.63445.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ==================================== **** CrossOver 8 Virtualization Software Released by Peter Cohen, Macworld **** Change The Add Bookmark Button's Location In Safari 4 by Rob Griffiths, Macworld **** Snow Leopard Features Hint At Apple Tablet by Erica Ogg, CNET News - Apple Based on the features demonstrated at the developer conference last week, the newest version of the Mac operating system, OS X 10.6, dubbed Snow Leopard, could turn out to be the most touchscreen-friendly Mac OS the company has ever built. Snow Leopard won't be available until September, and so far, Apple does not sell a touchscreen notebook or tablet. But some of the features in the upcoming OS at least show a path on which Apple could be headed toward offering a larger touchscreen device. **** Senators To Examine Exclusive Handset Deals, Like AT&T And iPhone by Nancy Gohring, IDG News Service **** Is The iPhone's iPod Feature Perfect? by Christopher Breen, Macworld There???s been a great amount of both hoop as well as la in the last couple of weeks in regard to the iPhone 3G S and the iPhone 3.0 software. Yet very little of the noise generated by either focuses on the iPhone???s iPod capabilities. Not that Apple hasn't made improvements. **** Apple's Snow Leopard Up-to-Date Program Is Now Live by Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica Get Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard for (almost) free even if you have bought a Mac before Snow Leopard's release. With Apple's Up-to-Date program, you'll just have to pay for shipping if you have a qualifying Mac or Xserve. **** Daz 3D Releases Enhanced Version Of Animation Program by Macworld Also announced: Updates to DutyWatch, Combine PDFs, Pages Clipart. **** Big In Japan: Apple Retail Experience by Seeking Alpha Most new Mac users rave about the solidity of the product, the no-bloatware out-of-box experience, and the sheer beauty of Apple's technology. What I want to focus on today, however, is Apple's superb retail experience. **** Why A MacBook Air Is My Newest Notebook, Andrew J Fishkin, Best Tools For The Job by Andrew Fishkin, Low End Mac One thing is certain, the MacBook Air is even more impressive in actual use than it ever was in magazine and online reviews - or on display at the Apple Store. I don't even notice it in my briefcase, which for the first time in two years is not one designed specifically to carry a laptop computer. **** How To Avoid Paying The iPhone 3GS Upgrade Tax by Brian X. Chen, Wired **** FileWave 9 Adds Product Database, More Security by MacNN FileWave has released version 9 of its self-named distribution and management application. **** Pixel Research Debuts Ringer Ringtone Creator by MacNN | The Macintosh News Network Users can import any unprotected MP3, AAC, MOV, AP4 or M4V file, which is then converted into the appropriate format. **** Apple: Yeah, About That Palm Pre ITunes Sync Feature??? by MG Siegler, TechCrunch In a rather odd update on the support area of its site today, Apple has an entry titled: iTunes: About unsupported third-party digital media players. While it never explicitly mentions the Pre, or any other device, it doesn???t take an Apple Store Genius to figure out what it means. **** Where Macintosh And Windows Meet by Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson, Courier Mail Those who prefer Apple's stylish approach to notebooks, complete with ready-to-use, intuitive software, Multi-Touch controls and iLife software should withstand the initial frustration and personal investment. Now that both will run common tasks, it is possible for Mac and PC users to co-exist and even collaborate. **** Sharing A MacBook's Internet Connection by David Pogue, New York Times **** Has Apple Nullified The iPhone/iPod Touch Jailbreak? by David Murphy, PC World The expansive feature list of both the iPhone's 3.0 firmware and the new abilities brought on as part of the iPhone 3GS have made many of my Cydia customizations... irrelevant. **** AT&T Network Not Ready Yet For All Apple iPhone 3G S Functions by Leslie Cauley, USA Today AT&T's wireless network is having a hard time keeping up with the Apple iPhone, a top wireless analyst says. **** Apple Steals Microsoft's Multicore Thunder With Grand Central by Randall C. Kennedy, InfoWorld How Apple takes something dry and boring — like multicore tuning — and turns into something shiny, new, and Apple-"exclusive". **** Your iPhone 3G S Is Here. But You Can???t Get It Until Friday. by MG Siegler, TechCrunch It looks like Apple is holding back delivery of the iPhone 3G S units that we pre-ordered over the web, until Friday. **** WWDC 2009 Wrap-Up by John Gruber, Daring Fireball This year, the emblematic session was titled ???Mac Programming for iPhone Developers???. I???m not even sure what to say about that, other than to confirm that anecdotal evidence suggests that new-to-Apple iPhone developers are indeed very much interested in developing for the Mac now, too. **** Stop Hitting F5, iPhone OS 3.0 Release Still Hours Away? by Engadget The carrier 3 in Hong Kong sent a network-wide SMS notifying iPhone owners that OS 3.0 will be available on June 18th, 01:00 local time. That's 1pm on the 17th in New York, 6pm in London, and 1900 in central Europe. **** New iPhone Is Better Model ??? Or Just Get OS 3.0 by Walter S. Mossberg, Wall Street Journal Both the new iPhone and iPhone OS are packed with features that make a great product even better. But, for many users, the software may be enough of a boost to keep them from buying the new model. **** MLB At Bat App Embraces iPhone 3.0, Adds Live Video by Jason Snell, Macworld **** Palm Calls Apple's Bluff On Media Syncing by Dan Moren, Macworld There???s nothing quite like watching a good poker game: the bets, the raises, the subtle tics that reveal too much, the hushed murmurs of the crowd, and the simple knowledge that ultimately only one can walk away victorious. The Tomorrow Weblog ==================================== **** HTML 5: Could It Kill Flash And Silverlight? by Paul Krill, InfoWorld The budding web spec just might remove the need for proprietary rich internet app add-ins. MyAppleMenu Reader ==================================== **** Beach Chairs In Times Square by Tom Vanderbilt, Slate Magazine How closing Broadway to cars could solve a century of traffic woes. **** With This Burger, I Thee Wed by Laura M. Holson, New York Times As the wedding season gets into full swing, many brides and bridegrooms are taking a decidedly down-home approach. Bring on the grilled steak, sweet potato fries and Rice Krispie treats (not to mention the checkered tablecloths). It???s enough to have the most sophisticated bride scrambling for her grandmother???s Betty Crocker cookbook. SingaporeSurf ==================================== **** Back To The Future Enhancements by Singapore Angle It's important to have a good policy. But it's also important to implement it in a way that will not cause a lot of fear and resentment. Particularly when it's in sectors that you can't wave away manpower problems by importing foreigners. **** Why Causeway Clearance Can't Be A Breeze Like Changi by Chia Hui Keng, Immigration & Checkpoints Authority, Straits Times Unlike the airport, vehicular traffic at the land checkpoints is largely free-flowing and often unpredictable since it is determined solely by the traveller. The modes of transport of travellers at the land checkpoints are also varied, ranging from motorcycles to buses. This in turn means that the design and location of immigration and security stations and the processes and procedures are also different between the airport and land checkpoints. **** Dr M Plays Same Old Caustic Tune by Jeffrey Law, Straits Times **** Haw Par Villa, Caldecott Named As Circle Line Stations by Today The Land Transport Authority (LTA) said on Tuesday that these stations were not included in the naming exercise four years ago, but since the pace of the development around these two stations is picking up, they will be fitted out and opened together with other CCL stations. **** Less Taking Out CPF Savings by Goh Chin Lian, Straits Times More people are leaving their Central Provident Fund (CPF) savings untouched instead of making a withdrawal on turning 55. **** No Sand Sale To S'pore by Straits Times UMNO Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin on Tuesday dismissed outright the possibility of Malaysia selling sand to Singapore. The MP for Rembau said he did not believe Malaysians, particularly Umno, would find a deal linking the sand issue to the building of a third bridge connecting the two countries acceptable. **** Not Against Tun by Under A Pipala Tree **** Sniping Mahathir by Undurlah **** Singapore's Exports Down 12% On-year In May by Yasmine Yahya, Channel NewsAsia Singapore's exports continued to fall in May, but not as much as analysts expected. **** Second Payout For GST Credits, Senior Citizens' Bonus On July 1 by Imelda Saad, Channel NewsAsia **** Spore's Population Is 4.84m by Diana Othman, Straits Times Singapore's population grew 5.5 per cent last year to reach 4.84 million, due largely to the influx of foreigners. **** S'pore Confirms 17 New Cases Of H1N1 Flu, Bringing Total To 66 by Channel NewsAsia From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Thu Jun 18 18:59:00 2009 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com) Date: 18 Jun 2009 22:59:00 -0000 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jun 18, 2009 Message-ID: <20090618225900.32299.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ==================================== **** The 5 Best Things About iPhone OS 3.0 by Michael DeAgonia, Computerworld iPhone users finally get copy/paste, Spotlighting searches and push. **** MobileMe Pushes Out New Find My iPhone, Remote Wipe Service by Prince McLean, AppleInsider **** Apple Releases Safari 4.0.1, Bluetooth Firmware Update 2.0 by Dan Moren, Macworld Safari 4.0.1, available via Software Update or Apple???s Safari download page, is a small fix for the latest version of Apple???s Web browser. The 43.8MB download features compatibility fixes for problems with Safari and iPhoto ???09, specifically those related to the photo software's Places feature and publishing pictures to Facebook. **** Splitting And Archiving IPhoto Libraries by Christopher Breen, Macworld You have two tasks to perform. The first is to organize your photos by year and the second is to then copy those photos to a new library and delete them from the original library. **** Web Standards Group Scrutinizing Apple Patent by Stephen Shankland, CNET The World Wide Web Consortium is opening the possibility of pushing back against an Apple patent on software updates that Apple had refused to license royalty-free for use in a proposed web standard. **** iPhone 3.0 Finds Your Lost iPhone And iPod Touch by Glenn Fleishman, TidBITS: Mac News for the Rest of Us Darn it - where's my iPhone? My iPod touch? My keys? Okay, my keys are in my hand, but I have no idea where the other two are. Ow! Now I remember where I left the barbells. I'd better find my Mac - I know where that is, at least - and fire up MobileMe. **** Apple Fills In Some Gaps With Latest iPhone by David Pogue, New York Times In short, the substantially improved, still elegant iPhone 3G S makes it dangerously easy for your heart and your head to agree. **** iPhone 3GS ??? First Hands On by Michael Gartenberg, GartenBlog The S in 3G S stands for speed and Apple isn???t kidding. **** Upgrade Makes Great iPhone Even Better by Edward C. Baig, USA Today The 3.0 software and 3G S phone may not check off everything on your iPhone wish list. But they give iPhone loyalists plenty of new reasons to celebrate. **** iPhone OS 3.0 Just Launched. Here Are 20 Things To Do With It. by Greg Kumparak, TechCrunch **** Scattered Reports Of iPhone OS 3.0 Update Problems by Erica Ogg, CNET While the majority of commenters on CNET and around the Web are reporting success in downloading iPhone OS 3.0 Wednesday, there were scattered reports of problems. **** How I Use iPhone 3.0's Spotlight Search by Rob Griffiths, Macworld Overall, I???m thrilled with Spotlight on the iPhone???with the sole exception of the lack of an index for the content of Mail messages. I???m not sure if it???s feasible, but it???s something that would make this near-perfect addition to the iPhone OS even better. **** Hands On With iPhone 3.0's Spotlight by Dan Frakes, Macworld Finding information and content on your mobile device is easier than ever. **** Security Improvements Punctuate iPhone 3.0 by Peter Cohen, Macworld In addition to the myriad functional changes offered in iPhone OS 3.0, many security improvements have also been made. Apple has outlined those changes in a lengthy technical note, which we???ve summarized here. **** AT&T Extends iPhone 3G S Upgrade Pricing To Many Customers by Eric Slivka, MacRumors.com **** Hands On Review: iPhone OS 3.0 Chock Full Of Changes by Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica The one-word summary for iPhone 3.0 should be "subtle." But don't go thinking that subtlety means boring???the changes that come with Apple's latest mobile OS are plentiful and hidden in many corners of the device. **** AT&T Makes Wi-Fi Hot Spot Usage Much More Convenient With iPhone 3.0 by Arnold Kim, MacRumors **** Reflections Of App Store Ratings by Christopher Breen, Macworld Force the user to agree to download such an app (and swear they???re of age to do so) and Apple???s responsibilities as censor presumably lighten. **** Leo The Camera-hearted by Andy Ihnatko, Flickr **** 10 Nifty Things About iPhone OS 3.0 That I'd Have Liked To Have Known From Day One by Andy Ihnatko, Chicago Sun-Times **** iPhone OS 3.0 Plays Catch-Up, But In A Forward-Looking Way by Andy Ihnatko, Chicago Sun-Times Many of the demonstratable user features of iPhone OS 3.0 will keep them interested, but the ever-broadening possibilities of the iPhone hardware and software library is the far more powerful motivation to keep writing monthly checks to the company who thinks it???s perfectly OK that countries that are only just now getting their own regional edition of ???American Idol??? should get MMS and tethering before we do. **** First Look: TweetDeck For iPhone by Tim Wasson, TUAW **** First Look: Apple Stays Ahead Of The Curve With iPhone 3.0 OS by Brian X. Chen, Wired Top Stories The free software update is significant enough to beautify even the two-year-old, original iPhone, making it feel brand new. **** Sirius XM App Now Live At The App Store by Mel Martin, TUAW Sirius has released the free iPhone/iPod touch app so satellite radio fans can listen wherever they go if they have an online subscription. **** Review: Safari 4 Web Browser by Nathan Alderman, Macworld It lacks the endless flexibility of Firefox???s plug-ins, and it???s far less svelte than its rival browsers. But despite its extra bulk, Safari combines raw power and a thoughtful, well-crafted interface to give Mac users the best of both worlds. **** An IT Take On iPhone 3.0 by John C. Welch, Macworld Along with the ???Big Two??? enhancements, Apple has delivered a solid set of new features that will help the iPhone on corporate networks too. **** iPhone 3.0 Excels At Wi-Fi Hotspots by Glenn Fleishman, Macworld Thanks to improvements in the iPhone OS 3.0 software update released Wednesday, connecting to a Wi-Fi hotspot with your iPhone or iPod touch should become almost as easy as roaming on the cellular network. Two new features radically improve the process of logging in (when you???ve already got an account with the Wi-Fi hotspot provider) and filling out information when it???s required for free access. However, there are some catches, and???wouldn???t you know it????an incompatibility or two. **** Simpler Workaround Enables iPhone 3.0 Tethering by MacNN A simpler method exists for enabling tethering with unsupported iPhone carriers, a new report claims. **** Apple Drops Bite In Major UK PR Shake-up by Nick Spence, MacWorld UK Apple and PR may not be two words you often see in the same sentence, but after a 14-year relationship Apple is dropping communications firm Bite in the UK and taking all promotional activities in house. **** iPhone 3.0 Update: 10 Hidden Features by Daniel Lonescu, IDG News Service Now that many had the chance to play around with the new iPhone OS, plenty of undocumented features and nifty updates are started showing up. **** NetShred X Updated For Safari 4 by Peter Cohen, Macworld The Tomorrow Weblog ==================================== **** Secrets Of A Nimble Giant by Jemima Kiss, The Guardian Technology companies usually get slower as they get bigger - so why is Google as fast as ever? MyAppleMenu Reader ==================================== **** Zipper Rippers by Heather Harris, Baltimore City Paper Women write gay male romance novels for women. **** The Next Frontier Of The Stem Cell Debate by Jessie Beauchaine, Village Voice "Snowflake" babies, embryo "adoption," and being pre-born again. SingaporeSurf ==================================== **** Birth Rate Continues Its Downward Trend, A Fresh Look At Our Population Problem Is Needed by Sgpolitics.net What we need is a more conducive environment for people to reproduce, which include managing stress levels in society (a problem ironically brought about partly by the aggressive pro-foreigner policy), keeping the cost of living from ballooning, and providing comprehensive social nets for families struggling to balance career and child-raising, as well as for single parents who have bravely taken the responsibility for their own choices. **** MOH Statement Denied by Straits Times A minor storm has broken out over a German researcher who caught the H1N1 virus after a trip to Philadelphia. In a statement on Wednesday, the A*Star scientist denied that he had continued to work and socialise for a week, despite having symptoms, before he sought help, which the Ministry of Health (MOH) had said on Tuesday. **** Mandatory Give-way Scheme Extended To Choa Chu Kang by Today >From June 27, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) will extend the Mandatory Give Way to Buses scheme to four bus bays in Choa Chu Kang. These bus bays are located along Choa Chu Kang Road opposite Phoenix LRT Station and along Choa Chu Kang Drive. **** 16 Bus Firms Could Face Total $1.7m Fine by Leong Wee Keat, Today Two entrenched business practices of setting minimum bus fares and fuel surcharges could cost 16 tour coach agencies and a bus association a hefty fine. Today understands that they could be fined around $1.7 million for allegedly fixing bus fares to Malaysia. Operators who spoke to Today on the condition of anonymity said the amount had been mentioned in letters sent by the Competition Commission of Singapore on Tuesday. **** Fewer New Citizens And PRs This Year? by Today The number of new citizens and permanent residents may have surged last year, but with the downturn shrinking employment growth, the increase in foreigners making Singapore their home is likely to slow down this year, according to the National Population Secretariat. **** Why Can't SMRT Make Train Journeys Pleasant On Weekends? by Chua Lee Huang, Straits Times **** Why Can't They Job-hop? by Stephanie Chok, Straits Times The article neglects the underlying push factors workers cite when leaving such exploitative jobs. **** Low-wage Workers Better Off, Now Everybody Worse Off? by Leong Sze Hian, The Online Citizen **** ????????????????????????????????? by ?????????, ???????????? ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????42???????????????23??????????????????193?????????????????????????????????5.5???????????????????????????700?????????????????????80??????????????????????????????????????? **** List Of Restaurants That Do Not Serve Free Water by Sparklette I am compiling a list of greedy dining establishments that refuse to serve free water. **** ?????????????????? ??????????????????????????????????????? by ??????????????? ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? **** Singapore Sewerage: No Space To Waste by Jessica Rowson, New Civil Engineer Increasing demands on Singapore???s constrained sewerage system has seen its water authority radically rethink its strategy. **** ???????????????????????? 300???????????????130????????? by ?????????, ???????????? ??????????????????????????????300????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????130?????? **** Lim Siong Guan Appointed As GIC Group President by Channel NewsAsia The Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) has appointed Lim Siong Guan as group president and chairman of its asset management arm. **** Singapore May Container Traffic Rises From April by Neil Chatterjee, Reuters Singapore port terminals handled 20.3 percent fewer containers in May from a year ago but traffic edged up 0.7 percent from April, data from the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore shows. **** Sultan Of Johor Shoots Down Najib???s Third Bridge by Wong Choon Mei, Suara Keadilan In a move bound to be welcomed by Malaysians, regardless of their feelings for a third link to Singapore, the Sultan of Johor has given unpopular prime minister Najib Razak his due comeuppance by rejecting the proposed construction. **** Another Stupid Name For A Metro Station by Yawning Bread Most names are pretty clear to Singaporeans; you will know straight away where each one is. But "Downtown", "Bayfront" and "Tan Kah Kee" would leave many of you scratching your heads. **** No Decision On Third Bridge Yet ??? Najib by Bernama The government has not decided whether to go ahead with the proposed building of the third bridge linking Malaysia and Singapore. Prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said the matter was still at the proposal stage, and an indepth study must be carried out before implementing it to determine whether it would benefit both countries. **** Where Was The Baharuddin Vocational Institute? by Lam Chun See, Good Morning Yesterday **** Singapore May Have Its First Unlinked Local H1N1 Flu Case by Channel NewsAsia **** Temasek Still Outperforms by Straits Times From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Fri Jun 19 18:59:00 2009 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com) Date: 19 Jun 2009 22:59:00 -0000 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jun 19, 2009 Message-ID: <20090619225900.23042.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ==================================== **** The Push Is On: Apple Turns On Push Notifications by Frederic Lardinois, ReadWriteWeb After thinking about how Apple has implemented notifications, however, we think that while this is a great feature, there are a couple of areas where we would like to see some changes. **** iPhone 3G S Line Begins In NY, Weather Be Damned by Paul Miller, Engadget Sure, they could've pre-ordered for delivery and stayed dry, but what's the fun in that? **** MacSpeech Launches MacSpeech Dictate Medical by MacNN MacSpeech has launched MacSpeech Dictate Medical, providing speech recognition and dictation software for medical professionals on the Mac platform. **** Is Apple Moving From Luxury To Selling To The Masses? by Dennis Sellers, Macsimum **** Apple iPhone OS 3.0 by Sascha Segan, PC Magazine Apple provides clearer, more progressive OS upgrades than anyone else in the smartphone business. The fact that OS 3.0 even runs on original iPhones at all should be celebrated, even if it lacks stereo Bluetooth and MMS. Apple has made it clear that you're not just buying a device, you're buying a platform that will evolve with time. Apple's upgrades set a standard that Microsoft, Google, and RIM are still struggling to meet. **** Braving Stormy Weather For iPhone: Well, Sorta by Franklin Paul, Reuters Braving a downpour at Apple???s New York flagship store in midtown, three college students were already lined up waiting to be first to nab the new iPhone 3GS when it goes on sale on Friday. **** Hands On With Stereo Bluetooth And The iPhone 3.0 Update by Dan Frakes, Macworld **** Bigger Than The New iPhone by Brian Caulfield, Forbes Apple's most important product this year isn't a smart phone. It's software. **** Apple Investors Get Used To Life Without Jobs As Stock Surges by Connie Guglielmo and Joseph Galante, Bloomberg Apple Inc. shares have climbed 59 percent since chief executive officer Steve Jobs went on medical leave, signaling investors are confident the maker of the iPhone can succeed without its co-founder at the helm. **** MyVibe: Hands-On The First iPhone Vibrator App Approved By Apple by Gizmodo The intensity of the vibration MyPleasure could use for this app is obviously limited by the amount of vibration that the iPhone offers, so the orgasmic potential of the MyVibe app is similarly limited. However, orgasms???while fun???aren't everything. **** iPhone 3G S Teardown Shows 720p-Capable CPU by MacNN A teardown of the just-launched iPhone 3G S by RapidRepair this morning has revealed that Apple is using a processor capable of HD video and otherwise more than what Apple has enabled. **** iPhone 3G S Debuts Across U.S. by Chris Barylick, Macworld For the third consecutive summer, Apple released a new phone, and for the third consecutive summer, crowds flocked to buy it???though perhaps not in as large a number as they had in the past. MyAppleMenu Reader ==================================== **** Jodi Picoult And The Anxious Parent by Ginia Bellafante, New York Times Picoult???s message is at once cautionary and subverting. As much as her novels underscore the hazards of parental shortcomings, at a certain level they seem to exist to make a mockery of the cherished idea that we ought not to have any. To read them is to feel that hoisting a toddler into one of the Humvee strollers of the current age is like applying an exfoliant to a malignant tumor in the hope that it can be scrubbed away. SingaporeSurf ==================================== **** Worth A Thought by Adrian Tan, Straits Times It would be liberating for Singapore if the best person for the job is selected to serve as a minister, regardless of whether or not he is a member of the ruling party. **** Online Improvement A Continuous Govt Process by Chin Sau Ho, Ministry of Finance, Straits Times **** The Royals Just Want Their Say by Farish A Noor, Today I see this statement from the Johor royal family as domestic politicking, but with implications for ties with Singapore. It will require Mr Najib to act fast to contain the potential damage this might do to the deal. **** Sultan Of Johor Rejects 3rd Bridge - But Why? by Today **** ?????????????????? by ?????????, ???????????? ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? **** Powerful Singapore Bureaucrat To Head GIC by John Burton, Financial Times One of Singapore???s most influential bureaucrats was on Thursday appointed to the top management post at the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC), one of the world???s five biggest sovereign wealth funds. **** Chatterbox Chicken Rice by ieatishootipost **** What Ails Singapore Entrepreneurs? by Subbaraman Iyer, Serendipitous Moments **** Singapore's Oversupply Of New Condos Could Slow Recovery by Property Wire A glut of new condo apartments in Singapore is adding to the property downturn as real estate investors adopt a wait and see attitude rather than jump into the market, it is claimed. **** Foreigners On Foreign Issues In Singapore by Chee Siok Chin , Singapore Democrats What happened at the Aung San Suu Kyi event at Speakers' Corner is yet another example of how authoritarian regimes make its people comply with policies that not only make no sense, but also make us look silly. **** No To Sex Offender Registry by The Online Citizen **** Orchard Central To Woo Shoppers By Integrating With Other Malls by Ng Baoying, Channel NewsAsia Orchard Central said it will work with neighbouring malls to collectively draw shoppers and capitalise on the physical connectivity between the buildings. **** 'Sultan Will Be Consulted On Third Bridge' by New Straits Times Prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak gave his assurance yesterday that the Sultan of Johor would be consulted on the proposal for a third bridge to Singapore. **** ????????????????????????????????????????????? by ??????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? **** Negotiating With Singapore by P. Gunasegaram, The Star Malaysia must not compromise its integrity and sovereignty to unreasonable demands from countries which drive bargains that are simply too hard. Lee and Singapore must realise that in negotiations, there must be give and take. A bridge connects two countries to each other, not just one to the other. Where is the cooperation and goodwill from Singapore when it can???t even discuss and agree on the building of a bridge for mutual benefit without bringing in all manner of extraneous things? **** ???????????????????????? by ?????? ?????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? **** Why Mahathir Hates Lee Kuan Yew? by Mohamad Zaki Samsudin, Psychology, Religon & Politics Both are strong leaders with almost absolute convictions on their own abilities and strengths. Both share the same leadership motive patterns of having high need for power and low need for affiliation. They care more about doing things they believe to be right; hence have very little concern about whether they are popular and conventional. **** Singapore To Host Own Version Of "Night At The Museum" by Candida Ng, Reuters Art-lovers and film buffs alike will get to compare real life with the reel comedy "Night at the Museum" when three Singapore museums keep their doors open into the small hours of the morning as part of the city-state's upcoming Night Festival in July. **** Sultan Says ???no??? by Francis C. Nantha, Malay Mail Kuan Yew???s ???sand??? comment may have killed plan. **** Singapore Troops Join China Drill by BBC News | Asia-Pacific | World Edition **** Haze May Return To Singapore by Desmond Wong, Channel NewsAsia The best way for Singapore to mitigate this danger is to work with its partners in Indonesia, said environment and water resources minister Yaacob Ibrahim. **** ????????????????????????????????? ??????????????????????????? by ????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????2007?????????2???4000???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? **** What Will Life Be Like With 6 Million People? by John Lucas, Today **** Iran Students In Singapore Protest Presidential Election by Gulf News **** Why I Love Singapore by Andrea Di Maio, Gartner I???ve been in Singapore many times, although just for a few days each time, and I???ve come to the conclusion that it is one of my favorite destinations. From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Sat Jun 20 18:59:00 2009 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com) Date: 20 Jun 2009 22:59:00 -0000 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jun 20, 2009 Message-ID: <20090620225900.95190.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ==================================== **** Why Does Mac OS X Keep Snubbing The Enterprise? by Don Reisinger, eWeek Does Mac OS X keep snubbing the enterprise? It's possible and there's no explanation for it. But it could be one of many reasons why Apple continues to lag behind Microsoft Windows in market share in the enterprise. It???s also becoming clear that Snow Leopard, the next edition of the Mac OS, is unlikely to help Apple application software make significant new inroads into the enterprise. **** Apple Warns iPhone 3G S Activations May Take Up To 2 Days by AppleInsider In a near repeat of problems that plagued last year's iPhone 3G launch, Apple's iPhone activation servers are showing signs of buckling under the pressure of hundreds of thousands of customers who are attempting to activate their new handsets and warning of delays that could span two days. **** Review: MacBook Pro (17-inch, Mid 2009) by Dan Frakes, Macworld The latest 17-inch MacBook Pro is by all measures a minor hardware upgrade over its predecessor, offering only slightly faster processor options and a bump in hard-drive capacity. The more significant change is the value you get for your money: Apple has dropped the price of the computer by $300 and similarly reduced the price of build-to-order upgrades. **** Apple's iPhone Enterprise Strategy: Constant Improvement by Chris Foresman, Ars Technica The iPhone OS 3.0 update has added plenty of features that make the iPhone a better corporate enterprise citizen. Apple has also given IT admins a new configuration utility and a guide for deploying the iPhone for business use. **** iPhone 3.0 Opens Up New Features For Developers by Macworld We round up some of the recently updated apps taking advantage of iPhone 3.0. **** Crowds And Glitches Come With iPhone by Jenna Wortham, New York Times Hollywood has its red-carpet premieres. The National Football League has its opening kickoff celebration. For technology fans, Apple???s release of its latest devices are as good as it gets. **** Why iPhone Navigation Is Expensive by Stephen Wildstrom, BusinessWeek There are two main sources of maps, Navteq (owned by Nokia) and Tele Atlas (a TomTom unit) and they aren't cheap. **** Jobs Had Liver Transplant by Wall Street Journal Steve Jobs, who has been on medical leave from Apple Inc. since January to treat an undisclosed medical condition, received a liver transplant in Tennessee about two months ago. MyAppleMenu Reader ==================================== **** The Newsweekly???s Last Stand by Michael Hirschorn, The Atlantic As The Economist demonstrates, week in and week out???is that niche is sometimes the smartest way to take over the world. **** The Capitalist Manifesto: Greed Is Good (To A Point) by Fareed Zakaria, Newsweek No economic system ever remains unchanged, of course, and certainly not after a deep financial collapse and a broad global recession. But over the past few months, even though we've had an imperfect stimulus package, nationalized no banks and undergone no grand reinvention of capitalism, the sense of panic seems to be easing. Perhaps this is a mirage???or perhaps the measures taken by states around the world, chiefly the U.S. government, have restored normalcy. Every expert has a critique of specific policies, but over time we might see that faced with the decision to underreact or overreact, most governments chose the latter. That choice might produce new problems in due course???a topic for another essay???but it appears to have averted a systemic breakdown. SingaporeSurf ==================================== **** 'Schools Thinking Of Even Mailing Lessons To Students' by Santokh Singh and Veena Bharwani, New Paper It seems most schools have seriously started gearing up for a longer break. Messages and e-mails have been sent out to teachers by heads of departments and principals asking them for their online lesson plans. **** ICA Can Do More To Solve The Causeway Choke by Joe Kwan, Straits Times The situation used to be the other way round in the early 1980s when Singaporeans used to gripe about the slow and inefficient Malaysian immigration. Now I am among the many Singaporeans who would readily sing praises about Malaysia's efficient immigration clearance. The ICA has to ask itself how things have reached such a level? How much is really due to stepped-up security? **** Jitters Over Religion Hard Sell by Seah Chiang Nee, The Star Increasing reports of insensitive evangelism have irked many Singaporeans and raised fears about a possible backlash. **** Mooting A Social Assistance Scheme Search Engine by The Online Citizen **** Singapore Says Would Act If North Korea Ship Has WMD by Reuters Singapore will take action against a North Korean ship that the United States is monitoring, if the vessel heads to its port with a cargo of weapons, the government said on Saturday. **** Flu Victim Didn't Attend Concert by Judith Tan , Straits Times Did the German researcher who had flu symptoms attend the Lady Gaga concert last Sunday? According to the health ministry (MOH), the 56-year-old did not. However, its spokesman did not reveal which concert he had gone to. From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Sun Jun 21 18:59:00 2009 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com) Date: 21 Jun 2009 22:59:00 -0000 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jun 21, 2009 Message-ID: <20090621225900.40864.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ==================================== **** Full Commodore 64 Emulator Rejected From App Store by Touch Arcade Aside from Apple Europe's early assurance, Lyscarz pointed out to us that there are a number of apps in the App Store that do exactly the same thing from CHIP-8 emulators, programmable calculators and, of course, Frotz, a Z-machine interpreter. **** It Really Should Have Been Called The iPhone 3G V - For Video by MG Siegler, TechCrunch But really, it???s the whole package of the iPhone as an extremely consumer-friendly device mixed with this video functionality that is killer. **** Steve Jobs' Return Is Still Vaporware by Joe Wilcox Apple is once again up to its media manipulation tactics, or so I allege. Surely I can???t be the only person seeing just how transparent was yesterday???s Wall Street Journal Steve Jobs liver transplant story. The timing, on day of iPhone 3GS launch, helps protect Apple???s share price and deemphasize an important fact: Steve isn???t really coming back this month. The Tomorrow Weblog ==================================== **** Those Big Bright Eyes May Soon Be Brighter by Anne Eisenberg, New York Times Now people who shoot impromptu videos on their cellphones and other handheld devices may find some help in stabilizing the rough spots ??? or in bringing their new baby???s face into focus ??? before posting their clips online. And it comes from specialized algorithms more common in a forensics lab than on Facebook. MyAppleMenu Reader ==================================== **** My Father???s Words by Doug Glanville, New York Times Despite living the dream of so many Americans and reaching its highest level, I have no doubt that he would be even prouder of what I am doing with my words. Words that I can leave for my son to read...one day. SingaporeSurf ==================================== **** Speaking Of Those Who???ve Gone Before Us by Yawning Bread **** Seeing Red Over Seletar by Shuli Sudderuddin, Straits Times **** ?????????????????????????????? by ??????, ???????????? ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? **** My Book Launch ... And Some Reflections On Airports by Mr Wang Says So Since Changi Airport had lost, even a very little bit, therefore something - and someone, somewhere - needs to be blamed for the defeat. This time the blame goes to the airport toilets. And also to the management person in charge of the toilets - you can be sure about that. Whoever he is, he can say bye bye to his bonus. **** Influenza A: Community Spread In Singapore A Matter Of Time by Bernama **** Kang Nam Headed To Singapore by Singapore Social Activist It would indeed be sad if Singapore has unwittingly played itself into the hands of rogue states like North Korea and Myanmar. **** A Nation Of Foreigners In 11 Years by Ng E-Jay, The Online Citizen From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Mon Jun 22 18:59:00 2009 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com) Date: 22 Jun 2009 22:59:00 -0000 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jun 22, 2009 Message-ID: <20090622225900.60113.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ==================================== **** Apple Stuck Apologizing For AT&T Yet Again With A $30 ITunes Credit by MG Siegler, TechCrunch We???ve received a few tips of people saying they???ve gotten an email from Apple offering them a $30 iTunes Store credit due to the problems activating the new iPhone 3G S. Apple claims it is still working with AT&T to resolve the issue that has caused some new iPhones to still not be activated 2 days after the launch of the device. And it warns that it may be another 48 hours before it???s resolved. **** 3.0 Is Here, But Where's The Free Security Update For iPod Touch 2.x? by Robert Palmer, TUAW **** Jobs' Health Again Fuels Speculation by Michelle Kessler, USA Today Reports that Apple CEO Steve Jobs recently had a liver transplant are sparking speculation about the future of the electronics maker ??? and questions about what other issues the company may not be revealing. **** On The iPhone App Store???s Prohibition Of Emulators by The Fishbowl Other phone manufacturers have to go to great lengths to sandbox third-party applications, building a complex security model to defend against malware. Apple instead said ???screw that??? and moved the security model up a level into the app store. **** My First Day At Stanford Learning To Program The iPhone by Ken Fogel, Ulitzer.com **** How Apple, AT&T Are Closing The Mobile Web by Brian X. Chen, Wired A growing chorus claims that Apple???s questionable approval policy for its iPhone application store raises issues with net neutrality. **** Apple: Bruised Or Burnished? by Arik Hesseldahl, BusinessWeek So Apple investors will be judging two competing headlines as the market opens on June 22: Will they worry about the mortality of Jobs, long believed to be the irreplaceable creative and aesthetic powerhouse of Apple, or will they decide that the successful launch of the latest iPhone is sufficiently good news to warrant buying more Apple stock? **** Apple Should Disclose Transplant If Jobs Stays CEO, Experts Say by Connie Guglielmo, Bloomberg Apple Inc. should disclose whether Steve Jobs had a liver transplant if he returns to work this month in the role of chief executive officer, corporate governance experts said. **** Review: Mellel 2.6 by William Porter, Macworld Do you outline your thank-you notes, number (and then renumber) the items on your shopping lists, or use footnotes in e-mail? Then Mellel is probably the word processor for you. Writers of long technical documents will love the control that Mellel offers over outlines, cross-references, footnotes, table of contents generation, figures, and more. **** Apple Touts Over 1 Million iPhone 3GS Devices Sold, Quotes Steve Jobs by Robin Wauters, TechCrunch In addition, the company says six million customers have downloaded the new iPhone 3.0 software in the first five days since its release. **** Review: iPhone 3G S by Jason Snell, Macworld Apple???s smartphone still at the top of its game. **** Black & White 2 by Zack Stern, Mac Life While Black & White 2 initially shows its variety, it turns into a dull, slow march. Only the most forgiving gods could overlook its basic problems. **** iPhone 3G S Benchmarks And Comparisons: Up To 4x Faster Than 3G by MacRumors **** Does Apple Still Need Steve Jobs? by CNN The Tomorrow Weblog ==================================== **** Investors Bet On Payments Via Cellphone by Claire Cain Miller and Matt Richtel, New York Times The aim is to turn phones into virtual credit cards or checkbooks, enabling the kind of click-and-buy commerce and online banking that people have come to expect on their PCs. But shrinking down those services to fit onto cellphones presents serious challenges. **** Google's Vision Improving For Image Search by CNET MyAppleMenu Reader ==================================== **** A Car of One???s Own by Andrew O???Hagan, London Review Of Books This was the day General Motors came to the end of the road. I once asked a Sudanese politician to name the thing that in his eyes proved a nation was a nation. He didn???t hesitate: ???The ability to make cars.??? Britain was a nation because it made Jaguars. Germany was a nation because of Volkswagen. America ran the world because of General Motors. Italy made Fiats and France made Peugeots, Japan made Toyotas, and even the Russians, struggling along the highway towards modernity, had the easily underestimated Lada. Was making cars once an indicator of national self-sufficiency? Is it still? **** Five Houses Down by Christian Wiman, New Yorker **** The ???World-Famous??? Lipizzaners by Julie Bruck, New Yorker **** Ziggurat by Stephen O’Connor, New Yorker The new girl sat at the computer in the corner playing Ziggurat, Panic!, and U-Turn. This was in the pine-panelled section of the Labyrinth, which is where the Minotaur had been hanging out lately, mainly because he didn???t remember ever having been there before, and he liked sleeping on the pool table. The new girl was smaller than most of the others. Peanut-colored. Her shoulders shook. Her fingers twitched on the computer keys, making noises like munching rodents. Her eyes were filled with rhomboids of white, then blue, then red. Yellow. Then red again. Lots of red. And they were separated by two wrinkles that said to the Minotaur, Go away! I???m too busy for you! SingaporeSurf ==================================== **** Sentosa Beats Disneyland - But At What Price? by New Paper >From $4 Cokes to five-minute video games that cost $12 a pop, there are some things that are simply overpriced in my view. **** Parents Not So Keen To Close Schools by Lin Yanqin, Today The H1N1 statistics may be rising fast - among them seven students aged 12 to 20 linked to Riverlife Church, a cluster reported over the weekend - but parents appear to think extending the school holidays is not quite necessary for now. **** It Can Be Difficult To Gauge Length Of Train Delay: SMRT by Bernadette Low, SMRT Corporation, Today SMRT???s aim during any service disruption is to recover service as soon as possible. However, at the initial stages, it may not be possible to determine how long the recovery will take. Hence, we seek passengers??? understanding if we are unable to provide accurate information at the onset on the time needed for service to recover. **** Is Building 2 And 3 Room Flats A Sign Of Progress? by My Singapore News How many of you agree that building more 2 and 3 room flats is a sign of progress? To me it is the clearest indicator that we are going down, getting poorer as a people. Actually, I believe that stopping to build 2 and 3 room flats was a mistake in the first place. **** I Heart Singapore... by A Singaporean Renaissance It would be really good if entry and exit barriers were lowered as far as possible. **** Third Bridge? by My Another Attempt To Blog... **** ???????????????????????????-??????????????????????????????????????? by ?????????YOUNG??? **** ???????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????? by ????????? 6???19?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????-2009?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? **** Losing Touch And Sense Of Proportion by Gabriel Sim, The Wayang Party **** ???????????????????????????????????? by ?????????, ???????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? **** Singapore Tries Hard To Counter Demographic Challenges by DPA In its efforts to counter the demographic challenges of low fertility and an ageing population, Singapore's government leaves no stone unturned, even using death to sell marriage. **** Local Media Can Write About Gay Pride Events In China, Not Singapore by Yawning Bread The first thing that struck me when I saw the feature article in the Straits Times about Gay Pride events in China was why no similar kind of reporting has been done about pride events in Singapore. **** Singapore Changes Tactics To Battle H1N1 Influenza by Channel NewsAsia Health minister Khaw Boon Wan has spelt out measures in the country's tactics to battle the H1N1 virus as circumstances in the country change. Speaking at a news conference on Monday, he said as the numbers in the country escalate, agencies have to shift their resources to focus on detecting and treating infected cases, paying special attention to high-risk patients. **** Schools To Re-open As Scheduled Despite H1N1 Situation by S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia Health minister Khaw Boon Wan has said schools will re-open and the Asian Youth Games and National Day celebrations will carry on. **** Faster Ferries To Bintan by Straits Times From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Tue Jun 23 18:59:00 2009 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com) Date: 23 Jun 2009 22:59:00 -0000 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jun 23, 2009 Message-ID: <20090623225900.40943.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ==================================== **** The iPhone 3.0 Feature Compendium by Dan Moren, Macworld About halfway through writing the enormous tome of an iPhone 3.0 review, I realized that there just wasn???t enough room. For every huge new feature, like landscape keyboard, cut-and-paste, etc., it seemed like there were a dozen more smaller improvements and enhancements that cried out for equal attention. **** Find My iPhone Works, And It Is Awesome by The Intermittent Kevin Even though iPhone's alert notification plays whether it's on vibrate or not, it still obeys the ringer volume - so you can still, regrettably, keep it from playing. Also it's a lighter daintier sound effect than we'd prefer for locating something by sound. Hell, I'd prefer it if I could take pictures, play my iTunes library, and tase whoever was holding it. **** Ding, Dong, The iPhone 3GS Space Is Dead by Adam C. Engst, TidBITS Call me obsessive, call me retentive, but just don't call me on an "iPhone 3G S," since Apple has quietly started changing the new iPhone's name to "iPhone 3GS," removing the space before the trailing S. This coming from a fellow who spelled Tidbits funny. :-) **** Mac News Briefs: IFinance 3 Out Of Beta by Macworld Also Announced: Updates for Xcode, AutoCorrectXT, Adium. **** Apple Releases MacBook Pro, iMac Firmware Updates by Dan Moren, Macworld MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update 1.7 lets those MacBook Pros use the 3Gbps specification, though Apple also warns that it has not offered drives that support the faster speeds???all previous and current MacBooks use 1.5Gbps drives???so the use of faster drives remains unsupported. **** A Closer Look At C64's Rejection by Touch Arcade **** Most iPhone Owners Haven't Upgraded To iPhone 3.0 Software by Dan Frommer, Silicon Alley Insider **** By Giving Credits, Apple Gets Credit by Don Reisinger, CNET Apple has a proven record of trying to do what's right after it makes mistakes; this is no exception. **** How The iPhone Rekindled Reading by Marion Maneker, The Big Money **** AIM And Beejive Instant Messaging iPhone Apps Updated With Push Notifications by MacRumors Two major instant messaging clients (AIM and Beejive) for the iPhone and iPod Touch were updated tonight with support for Push notifications. Instant messaging was always cited as one of the major reasons the iPhone and iPod Touch needed some form of background processing. **** Review: iPhone 3GS Lives Up To Its Speedy Claims by Jacqui Cheng, Clint Ecker, Ars Technica While the camera could still use some work, its other new features are useful and the phone's speed definitely lives up to its name. MyAppleMenu Reader ==================================== **** McSushi by Daniel Gross, Slate It struck me that while Esperanto may be dead, the language of food may have replaced it as one that transcends borders and can be universally understood. **** So Many Vampires, So Little Time by Laura Miller, Salon A guide to a literary genre in which Buffy's spirit lives on, with young heroines battling demons -- and adulthood. **** The Baby And I, And Doodle Pads by Lisa Unger, New York Times I was once a streamlined business traveler. I was efficient, rarely checking a bag. I never had a hair out of place or a wrinkle in my blouse. I would breeze through security. Now, I look like a refugee fleeing a burning village, with all of my belongings on my back. The reason: I travel with my 3-year-old daughter, Ocean. And my husband comes along for the ride, too. SingaporeSurf ==================================== **** Najib Says Malaysia Did Not "overwelcome" MM Lee by S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia The Malaysian premier was reported by the country's official news agency Bernama on Monday as saying that Mr Lee was not accorded more than what he deserved. **** Standing Up For The People On Bended Knees by Ng E-Jay, Sgpolitics.net While I acknowledge the WP???s efforts in providing constructive criticism of government policies, their implicit support of the system only serves to enable the PAP to entrench the system further. **** Australian TV Journalist Freed From Singapore Jail by Channel NewsAsia **** Twittering MPs In Parliament? by Random Thoughts Of A Free Thinker **** Leave Of Absence For School Staff, Students Returning From H1N1 Affected Nations by Channel NewsAsia **** 344 Sign Up For HDB Lease Buyback Scheme by Channel NewsAsia **** Bilateral Talks In KL by Goh Chin Lian, Straits Times Foreign affairs minister George Yeo met his Malaysian counterpart Anifah Aman in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday for talks on bilateral issues, including on the Points of Agreement (POA), a document signed almost two decades ago. From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Wed Jun 24 18:59:00 2009 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com) Date: 24 Jun 2009 22:59:00 -0000 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jun 24, 2009 Message-ID: <20090624225900.40757.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ==================================== **** AT&T Navigator Turn-by-turn GPS Solution Hits The App Store by AppleInsider AT&T on Tuesday became the latest player to attempt to capitalize on what's sure to become a multi-million dollar market for iPhone-based turn-by-turn GPS driving solutions, launching its AT&T Navigator software on the App Store. **** Syncing Large Music Libraries by Kirk McElhearn, Macworld When you???ve got a lot of music, you generally have no problem fitting it on your Mac, but you may run into problems syncing your iPod or iPhone. Depending on which model you own, you may not be able to put all your music on your portable device. **** Review: MacBook Pros (13-inch, Mid 2009) by James Galbraith, Macworld With its lower price, the return of FireWire (woo-hoo!), longer battery life, better looking display and a new built-in SD Card slot that you can boot from, the newest member of the MacBook Pro makes an impressive debut. **** Touched By The iPod Update by Lance Whitney, CNET **** Absent Jobs, Cook Emerges As Key To Apple's Core by Wall Street Journal Tim Cook, who has run Apple Inc. for five months while Steve Jobs has been on medical leave, has emerged as a star in his own right -- and one that the company needs to make sure stays put. **** Review: Brushes For iPhone by Tim Mercer, Macworld I???m definitely impressed with what can be done in Brushes, and it has inspired me to further dive into digital painting. If you???re an artist, you???ll certainly want this app on your mobile device. **** Apple Has Psystar's Lawsuit Stay Lifted; Palm Pre Unhurt By iPhone by AppleInsider Psystar's hopes of stalling Apple's lawsuit have crumbled as the Mac maker has successfully overturned the court stay on its case. **** Apple Updates Final Cut Pro, Time Capsule And AirPort Firmware by AppleInsider Apple on Tuesday released Final Cut Pro 6.0.6 to address playback issues on certain Mac Pro and Xserve systems. Separately, the company also issued a bug fix update for Time Capsule, AirPort Extreme, and AirPort Express Base Stations that include 802.11n support. **** New iPhone Loses Its Space by Mark Hattersley, Macworld UK In an oddly uncharacteristic move, Apple has quietly changed the way it is spelling the new iPhone 3GS, which now appears without a space all of Apple's press materials. **** Apple???s Obsession With Secrecy Grows Stronger by Brad Stone and Ashlee Vance, New York Times Apple is one of the world???s coolest companies. But there is one cool-company trend it has rejected: chatting with the world through blogs and dropping tidbits of information about its inner workings. Few companies, indeed, are more secretive than Apple, or as punitive to those who dare violate the company???s rules on keeping tight control over information. Employees have been fired for leaking news tidbits to outsiders, and the company has been known to spread disinformation about product plans to its own workers. **** Apple Cracks Down On Gift Card Fraud by Ginny Mies, PCworld.com **** Why We Need Steve Jobs by Daniel Lyons, Newsweek He brought us the Mac, the iPhone, and a new way of living with technology. A look at the career of Apple cofounder Steve Jobs. **** iPhone And iPod Touch Get Inductive Charging by Slippery Brick **** A Million New iPhones, $30 Apologies, And Two Kinds Of Cracking by Andrew Heining, Christian Science Monitor **** Apple's Well; Jobs? Unsure by Wailin Wong, Chicago Tribune Company calls latest iPhone a hit, but it's staying mum on the health of its founder. **** Memphis Hospital Confirms Steve Jobs???s Liver Transplant by Leander Kahney, Cult Of Mac Methodist University Hospital in Memphis has confirmed that Steve Jobs had a liver transplant ??? and the disclosure was made with Jobs???s permission, the hospital says. In a statement released on Tuesday, the hospital said Jobs was the sickest person on the waiting list at the time the donor organ became available. **** Can You Manage An iPhone Like A BlackBerry? by Doug Dineley, Galen Gruman, InfoWorld Apple's iPhone 3.0 OS and iPhone Configuration Utility 2.0 extend the iPhone's enterprise-class management and security features. The InfoWorld Test Center sees how far they really go. **** Steve Jobs And Apple: Here We Go Again by Joe Nocera, New York Times On Monday, when Mr. Jobs officially returns to work, the board should put out a straightforward, unambiguous statement about what Mr. Jobs???s health problems are, what his prognosis is and whether those problems will affect his ability to lead. And if they don???t, the Securities and Exchange Commission, which is supposedly conducting an inquiry into the way the company has handled previous announcements about Mr. Jobs???s health, should force them all to resign. **** Apple iPhone 3GS Price War Brews by Stuart Kennedy, Australian IT Carriers are cranking up the hype for the arrival of Apple's new iPhone 3GS on Friday with midnight launch events, price plan wars and the promise of a Lara Bingle visitation. **** Review: Yojimbo 1.5 by Stuart Gripman, Macworld If people describe you with words like ???meticulous??? and ???fastidious,??? you may not need a junk drawer. For the rest of us, an uncluttered place to stash serial numbers, PDFs, bookmarks, and Web archives is a welcome tool. Yojimbo 1.5.1 ably fills this need with a minimum of fuss. I???d like to see some more advanced organizational tools, but that???s a minor criticism for an otherwise well-conceived and stable product. **** Review: The Sims 3 by Chris Holt, Macworld Simulation game is an instant classic. **** PulpMotion Creates Professional Multimedia Presentations by Kris Fong, Macworld **** QuicKeys 4 Released by Peter Cohen, Macworld QuicKeys 4 helps you automate common tasks using ???Abbreviations??? and ???Shortcuts.??? Typing text, opening an application, clicking a button or making a menu selection are all examples of things you can automate using QuicKeys. The Tomorrow Weblog ==================================== **** $100 Laptop Becomes A $5 PC by David Talbot, Technology Review Putting OLPC's software on a USB drive gives old PCs a new lease on life. MyAppleMenu Reader ==================================== **** The Gay Generation Gap by Mark Harris, New York Forty years after Stonewall, the gay movement has never been more united. So why do older gay men and younger ones often seem so far apart? **** The Nike Experiment: How The Shoe Giant Unleashed The Power Of Personal Metrics by Mark McClusky, Wired Using a flood of new tools and technologies, each of us now has the ability to easily collect granular information about our lives???what we eat, how much we sleep, when our mood changes. **** Why Your Marriage Sucks by Amanda Fortini, Salon Passion has died, argues author Christina Nehring, taking domestic bliss with it. But is romance really in crisis? SingaporeSurf ==================================== **** Schools Ready To Implement Home-based Learning For Students On Leave Of Absence by S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia The Ministry of Education has said schools are well-equipped to implement home-based learning for students who have to take leave of absence when schools re-open on Monday. **** Hotel 81 In Tiong Bahru Hasn't Got A Licence Yet by Muhamad Rostam Umar, Singapore Tourism Board, Peter Tan, Urban Redevelopment Authority, Straits Times With regard to the heritage value of Tiong Bahru, URA is mindful of maintaining the unique charm of the area. In fact, this was the reason why URA decided to conserve the flats at Tiong Bahru. **** Ensure E-govt Websites Are Disabled-friendly by Chia Woon Yee, Society for the Physically Disabled, Straits Times As the Government continues to promote technology usage, government agencies should emulate MCYS and NCSS in adopting W3C standards to ensure all e-government services are universally accessible. **** S$26m Construction Work For Museum Galleries Awarded Without Competition by Hasnita A Majid, Channel NewsAsia Some S$26 million worth of construction work for museum galleries was awarded to an exhibition designer without competition, according to the Public Accounts Committee which scrutinises the use of public funds. **** 26 New H1N1 Cases In Singapore, Bringing Total To 220 by Channel NewsAsia From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Thu Jun 25 18:59:00 2009 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com) Date: 25 Jun 2009 22:59:00 -0000 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jun 25, 2009 Message-ID: <20090625225900.10501.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ==================================== **** Apple Undersells, Over-delivers On iPhone 3GS Speed - Report by AppleInsider In controlled JavaScript Web site renders, the iPhone 3GS is nearly three times as fast as the iPhone 3G and Palm Pre, and 5.5 times faster than the T-Mobile G1, according to a new study, which also reveals that the iPhone 3.0 software alone has a dramatic impact on the speed in which an iPhone 3G renders websites. **** Apple TV 2.4 Update Now Available, Updated Remote App With Gestures by MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors One particularly notable feature however appears to be support for the newest version of Apple's Remote app which adds touch screen gesture support for controlling your Apple TV. **** Securely Wipe Your Hard Drive by Christopher Breen, Macworld **** Review: MacBook Air (Mid 2009) by Jason Snell, Macworld Lower prices make Apple???s ultra portable more appealing. **** HP Releases iPhone Versions Of Classic Calculators by Dan Frakes, Macworld **** Developer Warns Push Apps Not As Useful On iPod Touch by Tyler Tschida, AppAdvice The problem with the iPod touch???s ability to receive push notifications is not only that it must rely on a Wi-Fi connection to receive the alerts, but it also doesn???t constantly check for the alerts while locked or asleep. **** Is Apple 'open Enough' To Rule The Next Decade Of Mobile? by Matt Asay, CNET For all the discussion of the importance of transparency and openness on the Web today, it's very telling that the world's fastest-growing mobile platform may also be the most proprietary. **** My iPhone Is Dead, But Apple Customer Support Is Alive And Well by eWeek John didn't ask for my driver's license to hold. He didn't make me sign anything. He didn't make me fill out a trouble ticket. Nothing. He just helped me get my iPhone back online. On one of the busiest days of the Mac year (the day the 3.0 software was released and the release of the iPhone 3G S only days away), I was up and running after intentionally killing my phone. All in less than a half-hour. **** Apple's Vow Of Silence by Stephen Hutcheon, Sydney Morning Herald **** Apple CEO And Investor Close To Deal To Move Historic House by Jason Green, San Jose Mercury News An agreement that would let Apple CEO Steve Jobs build the home of his dreams and save the historic mansion that occupies his favored site is ready to be signed, an attorney for Jobs and the Palo Alto-based angel investor who wants the place told the Woodside Town Council on Tuesday. **** Why Did A Hospital Lie About Steve Jobs? by Brian Caulfield, Forbes A Memphis hospital said Saturday Jobs had never been a patient. Then they changed the story. **** Fury As Apple Allows Porn On iPhones by Claire Bates, Daily Mail Family campaigners are furious over a new Apple application which allows teenagers to access softcore pornography via the popular iPhone. I wonder if they are furious over Safari and Google too. **** Porn Comes To The iTunes App Store by Charlie Sorrel, Wired One of the main reasons for not buying porn on the internet (apart from the vast range of free content) is fear that the purveyors will rip you off if you give them a credit card number. With the Apple Store, your stimulation is just an easy, automatically-billed click away. This first foray is quite awful, but you can be sure that there will be more, and better, very soon. **** When Will Steve Jobs Level With His Investors About His Health? by Fred Vogelstein, Wired **** CliffsNotes Now Available For Students With iPhones And iPod Touches by Dusan Belic, IntoMobile **** The iPhone Software Revolution by Jeff Atwood, Coding Horror I didn't write this to kiss Apple's ass. I wrote this because I truly feel that the iPhone is a key inflection point in software development. We will look back on this as the time when "software" stopped being something that geeks buy (or worse, bootleg), and started being something that everyone buys, every day. You'd have to be a jaded developer indeed not to find something magical and transformative in this formula, and although others will clearly follow, the iPhone is leading the way. The Tomorrow Weblog ==================================== **** Simpler Data Visualization by Kate Greene, Technology Review Protovis aims to bridge the gap between computer scientists and visual artists. **** And Data For All: Why Obama's Geeky New CIO Wants To Put All Gov't Info Online by Nicholas Thompson, Wired The Obama administration's most radical idea may also be its geekiest: Make nearly every hidden government spreadsheet and buried statistic available online, all in one place. MyAppleMenu Reader ==================================== **** Exit The Dragon by Andrew O'Hehir, Salon Now let's jump into the way-back machine and return to the beginning of this decade, when Ang Lee's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" grossed $128 million and won four Oscars, blowing the old paradigm of possibility for foreign-language movies to smithereens. A new era of globalized East-West cinema seemed to be here. Just nine years later, "Asian movies are dead in America and no one cares," says Grady Hendrix, co-director of Subway Cinema, which runs the NYAFF. "We're right back where we started." SingaporeSurf ==================================== **** Seelan Palay Under Investigation For One Nation Under Lee by Singapore Democrats **** MPA Not Told Of Intentions by Yang Huiwen, Straits Times The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) said it had not been informed of any intention by a closely watched North Korean ship to call at Singapore's port. **** MaxiCabs Now On Call by Alicia Wong, Today Following a "surge" in 993 calls, the Ministry of Health (MOH) had activated its contingency plans on Monday by supplementing the 993 ambulances with MaxiCabs. **** ICA Explains Causeway Bottlenecks by Chia Hui Keng, Immigration & Checkpoints Authority, Straits Times Mr John Ng's letter last Thursday ('Causeway bottleneck 1') pointed out that Malaysia faces the same traffic challenges, particularly during peak periods, yet it seems able to improve its system to ensure smooth-flowing traffic. Travellers who used Woodlands Checkpoint over the past two weekends would have experienced traffic tailback from the new Malaysian checkpoint at Bukit Chagar to Singapore, which started as early as 8.30am and lasted more than half a day. **** Fear Over Impact Of New Bridge by New Straits Times Datuk Abdul Halim Suleiman said there were already "too many" gateways to Malaysia from its neighbouring countries. Adding more could pose a risk to national security, he said. **** Burger King Blows Its Marketing Wad by Dan Mitchell, The Big Money Burger King's increasingly obnoxious attempts to lure young dopes to its horrible food may have gone too far this time. Some (likely slightly older) dopes have come up with a print ad shamelessly evoking oral sex to peddle the "BK Super Seven Incher" in Singapore. **** Blow Jobs, Burger King And Seven Inches Of Meat by So Good Not sure why the people who designed this ad thought it would ???work.??? Sure, it???s getting attention, but all negative. **** David Family Feels Unfairly Treated By Singapore Court by Jakarta Post **** HOTA Changes To Be Implemented In Nov by 938 LIVE **** Resorts World On Track by Straits Times **** Smaller Hospitals Better by Straits Times Smaller hospitals are the way to go, said health minister Khaw Boon Wan at a healthcare congress on Thursday. **** Mas Selamat Not Extradited To S'pore Due To Security Reasons by Channel NewsAsia Singapore's Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) militant leader Mas Selamat Kastari is still being detained in Malaysia due to security reasons. **** Singapore's Resorts World Cuts Visitors Forecast by Alex Kennedy, Associated Press Singapore's Resorts World, which plans to open Southeast Asia's first Universal Studios theme park early next year, has slashed its 2010 visitor forecasts in the face of a global economic downturn. From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Fri Jun 26 18:59:00 2009 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com) Date: 26 Jun 2009 22:59:00 -0000 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jun 26, 2009 Message-ID: <20090626225900.7136.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ==================================== **** Is Iskandar The Start Of A Beautiful Relationship? by Bernard Aw's Blog When the world geo-political and economical play changes, Singapore, Malaysia and the rest of ASEAN will be well-positioned to meet the new world order. **** iPhone 3.0 Adoption Rate Estimates In Question by Aayush Arya, Macworld Even if you take five million off that number to account for the ones that may not be in use anymore, a figure of six million downloads still means that only about 17 percent of all those users had ventured forth and downloaded firmware 3.0 in its first week. Although that would be an impressive statistic for most phones, we???ve all come to expect a bit more from the iPhone. **** For Steve Jobs, 35,420 Reasons To Talk by Tara Parker-Popet, New York Times I would argue that Mr. Jobs has 35,420 far better reasons to start talking about his health. That???s the number of people expected to die of pancreatic cancer this year. I can only imagine the impact a person of Mr. Jobs???s global stature would have on awareness and fund-raising if he braved public disclosure of his condition. **** Flicking The Apple TV by Christopher Breen, Macworld **** Evernote Enables Collaborative Notebooks, With A Catch by David Chartier, Macworld Evernote, the ubiquitous digital-scrapbook service that wishes it were your third arm, has finally taken the next logical step and enabled sharing. Users can now open up their notebooks for collaborative editing to a select few individuals, or even the entire world. **** Apple Sued Over ITunes Pricing And "fraudulent" Gift Cards by Chris Foresman, Ars Technica A couple is suing Apple because some songs purchased on the iTunes Store after April 7 cost more than the 99?? they were "promised" by some iTunes gift cards purchased at Walmart and Sam's Club. The lawsuit is seeking class action status for all others similarly "wronged." **** Mac News Briefs: Snowtape Adds Online Radio Directory by Macworld Also announced: Updates for Profcast, SQLiteManager. **** Missing Sync For iPhone 2.0.2 Syncs Voicemail, More by MacNN The update adds support for transferring and saving both voicemail and voice memos as well as brings iPhone 3.0 compatibility. **** More Than Jobs Vision Keeping Apple Ripe by Joseph Menn, Financial Times The former company officers agree that Apple would be different without Mr Jobs. But it would still be solid if the right person was tapped as CEO. In some ways, they say, it might be better, in that project leaders who hindered by fear of getting it wrong in Mr Jobs??? eyes might take more risks. **** Apple's Silence On Steve Jobs' Health May Have Broken Federal Securities Rules by David Sarno and Walter Hamilton, Los Angeles Times Firms aren't required to disclose medical details about executives, lawyers say. But they are required to divulge 'material' information investors should know before buying or selling stock. **** The Steve Jobs/SEC Question, Take II: Did Apple Say Enough? by Ashby Jones, Wall Street Journal **** Why I'll Finally Buy An iPod Touch by Eric Frederiksen, Kombo.com With many of those most fun and popular touch games hovering between $0.99 and $4.99, you can grab a whole bevy of games for the price of a single DS game. **** There May Be 50,000 Apps For The iPhone, But Only A Select Few Become Popular by Robin Wauters, TechCrunch **** Toon Boom 5 Features Stop-motion Style Animating by MacNN The update features stop-motion capabilities and time-lapse Imagery that is used to edit the speed of video frames. Toon Boom 5 also boasts a new interface and Chroma Key tools enabling users to replace the background in a video. User's can also position elements of their project more accurately using Onion Skinning. **** Making Calls Within Your iPhone App - iPhone OS 3.0 Breaks Existing Paradigm by AblePear **** Long Tail Of iPhone Apps Is Extra Long ??? And Not In A Good Way by Jordan Golson, GigaOM With more than 50,000 apps available on the iPhone, the long tail is in full effect ??? but even so, the steepness of the curve is impressive. **** Review: Caboodle 1.3 by Nathan Alderman, Macworld Organizer???s great ideas marred by shaky execution. **** Review: VideoDrive 1.9.6.03 by Jeff Carlson, Macworld Acting as a friendly middleman between your video files and iTunes, it encodes videos using QuickTime (and, optionally, El Gato???s Turbo.264 hardware device and software for faster performance), pulls metadata from IMDB.com over the Web, and hands the formatted files to iTunes. **** Apple Ups Stake In iPhone Graphics Chip Designer by AppleInsider **** Twin 1.1 Adds FTP, Snow Leopard Support by The Mac Observer The update for the automated data backup application added support for FTP transfers, and is now Mac OS X 10.6-ready. **** Sexy iPhone App Funds A Startup by Darren Gladstone, PC World The true story of how one goofball iPhone app saved a company and funded a new MMO game. **** Avoid Disneyland Lines? New iPhone App For That! by Jodi Jill, Examiner.com Using reports filed by individuals who are currently waiting in line or have reported the line wait, you can quickly find out the time??of the expecting wait period if you don't have a fastpass. **** Documents Show Apple's Tax-break Quest For NC Site by Emery P. Dalesio, Associated Press North Carolina's General Assembly changed its corporate tax law to favor Apple Inc. after fears the technology giant would take its $1 billion data center to Virginia, state documents released Thursday show. **** Complaint Box | iPod Volume by Ray Rivera, New York Times My wife and I were on a crowded 1 train last year when a young red-haired woman turned to the woman seated next to her, who was playing her iPod way too loud. **** The Curious Case Of Flash On The iPhone by Popular Science **** Apple Rejects Soft-Core Porn iPhone App by CNN The Tomorrow Weblog ==================================== **** Salesforce.com's Marc Benioff: The Future Of Computing Looks Like Twitter by Anthony Ha, Venture Beat MyAppleMenu Reader ==================================== **** How McDonald's Conquered France. by Mike Steinberger, Slate Magazine The fast-food chain's most surprising success. SingaporeSurf ==================================== **** The Right To Offend by Yawning Bread How do we ensure that the public space is sensitive to all religions? We shouldn't, I said. **** S'pore Could Move Into Full H1N1 Mitigation Phase As Early As Next Week by Imelda Saad, Channel NewsAsia Clinical evidence shows that the H1N1 situation in Singapore is past the tipping point. And the island state could move into a full mitigation phase as early as next week as flu cases spike, according to the National Scientific Committee which was tasked to study local cases and make recommendations for treatment guidelines. **** Recession Causing Employees To Work Longer Hours by Mok Fei Fei, Channel NewsAsia An online survey by recruitment consultancy Robert Walters found that three in five respondents were working between one and ten hours of overtime per week. **** Tamiflu Is Still As Potent by Jessica Jaganathan, Straits Times Roche, the manufacturer of the drug, had asked that two more years be added to the five-year shelf-life of the drug in July last year. The HSA okayed the application after checks against the manufacturer's data to ensure that the drug would be as potent as ever. **** Getting Straits Times Articles Online For Free by Oo Gin Lee, Techgoondu The articles will appear under Red Nano???s archives a day after the news went to print. **** ???????????????????????????????????? by ?????? ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? **** More Than Nostalgia Behind Kuan Yew???s Visit by Lim Boo Chang, The Sun **** Visitor Arrivals Down 13% by Lim Wei Chean, Straits Times May saw the return of double digit decline in tourism arrivals just when tourism industry thought the worst was over when the rate of decline stopped falling so sharply in April. **** Household Electricity Tariff To Go Up From July 1 by Lee Siew Hoon, Channel NewsAsia After two quarters of downward adjustment, household electricity tariff will go up by 6.93 per cent or 1.25 cents per kilo watt hour (kWh) from July 1 to September 30. **** Burger King Backlash: Seven Inches Too Much by Ben Burrowes, Marketing Interactive The huge stir which Burger King's new ???Super Seven Incher' outdoor ad has created within the international blogging community has come as somewhat of a surprise to Religion - the Singapore agency which created the not-so subtle work. **** The Khaw Strategy ??? Myth Or Fact? by Vicky Yang, The Online Citizen Perhaps my experience was an exception in the larger scheme of H1N1 testing so far.?? ???The Khaw Strategy??? was a myth for the 9 hours I was at TTSH. Yet, the long-asserted conviction that the ground is well-prepared, seems to have fallen through that night. **** Economic Strategies Committee In Safe Hands by Yawning Bread A 25-member committee has been formed to identify ideas how Singapore can grow economically, but it is stuffed with government ministers and corporate bigwigs. Intellectuals prone to question prevailing wisdom are conspicuous by their absence. **** Hawkers And Haute Cuisine by Rita Erlich, Brisbane Times If food is an index of prosperity, Singapore is one of the richest nations in the world. Singaporeans eat with unbridled enthusiasm, discussing the next meal before they have finished the last, enjoying cuisines that make even cosmopolitan Australia look restrained. From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Sat Jun 27 18:59:00 2009 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com) Date: 27 Jun 2009 22:59:00 -0000 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jun 27, 2009 Message-ID: <20090627225900.40085.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ==================================== **** Apple Pulled Adult App, Won't Distribute Porn by Dan Moren, Macworld **** Copy And Paste by John Gruber, Daring Fireball That we had to wait two years for the iPhone???s text selection and pasteboard is a good example of one aspect of the Apple way: better nothing at all than something less than great. That???s not to say Apple never releases anything less than great, but they try not to. **** What iPhone 3???s Voice Memos Actually Sound Like (not Bad!) by Tod Maffin Also, pay no attention to the (beautifully retro) VU meter. It really won???t help you. **** The Cathedral Plus The Bazaar: Open Source And Apple (Design) Envy by Matt Asay , CNET **** Why AT&T Has A Lock On The iPhone by Glenn Fleishman, TidBITS: Mac News for the Rest of Us Never say never with Apple, but I believe that AT&T is where the iPhone will remain for the next couple of years. **** Someone At Apple Should Pay by Motley Fool **** How To Sell Your Killer iPhone App by Kathleen Ryan O???Connor, CNNMoney.com A guide to breaking big in Apple???s very crowded market. **** Apple Punishes 'Hottest Girls' App Developer by International Business Times Apple had officially removed the 'Hottest Girls' App from its store and seems punished the developer of the pornographic app. **** Jobs' Vision Is Not The Only Factor Keeping Apple Ripe by Joseph Menn, Financial Times Former Apple executives and others who worked closely with Mr Jobs say outsiders fail to appreciate the care he has taken to build top-flight internal teams - a misperception spurred in part by Mr Jobs's own mythmaking. For that reason, they say, the stock fluctuations on speculation about Mr Jobs's prospects in fighting cancer are overdone. **** Apple Kills Routesy App, My iPhone Gets Less Useful by Anthony Ha, Venture Beat The legal situation remains unclear, but either way, this is a crummy situation for any developers hoping to do something cool or useful with Muni data. **** Apple, Palm: When Silence Isn't Golden by Eric J. Savitz, Barron's Here's some free advice for anyone who runs a public company but doesn't want to give any details about their business: go private. MyAppleMenu Reader ==================================== **** The Overextended Family by Peggy Orenstein, New York Times The very technology with which we choose to communicate in a relationship has become a barometer of our willingness to reveal ourselves within it. **** Help Wanted by Richard Dorment, Esquire How hard is it to find a job these days? Esquire's guy applied for more than three hundred over several weeks ??? and ended up with eight interviews. Real jobs, real interviews, real pain in the... **** I Love You, Man (As A Friend) by Douglas Quenqua, New York Times The kinship between gay men and straight women is familiar to the point of clich?? (see: ???Sex and the City,??? ???Will and Grace,??? Kathy Griffin???s audience, etc.), but friendships between gay and straight men have barely registered on the pop culture radar, perhaps because they resist easy classification. For every sweeping statement one can make about such friendships, there is a real-life counter example to undermine the stereotypes. And as with all friendships, no two are exactly alike. **** The Postmodern Me by David Gates, New York Times The best Hemon???s characters can hope for is an occasional random intersection of private fictions. His readers may have no better hope in their real lives, but in Hemon???s stories they can observe the strange, lonely artistry of the individual imagination from a distance that seems like no distance at all SingaporeSurf ==================================== **** The Concept Of Power - NCMP Better Than Proportionate Representation? by Goh Meng Seng, Singapore Alternatives **** Why Is There A Spike In Rape And Torture Scenes In Local TV Drama? by Jennifer Tay, Straits Times Are rape and violence the only way Channel 8 scriptwriters can draw audience sympathy for their characters? Furthermore, movies with violence will usually be rated at least PG or NC16, but similar violence on television shows are typically not even rated PG. **** Where Seniors Are Treated Respectfully At Checkpoints And On Public Transport by Alice Siew, Straits Times During the June holidays, my husband and I flew to Macau, then travelled to Zhuhai, Guangzhou, Zhenzhen and Hong Kong. Imagine our surprise when we discovered there were two lanes for the elderly and mothers with babies in arms, not forgetting those in wheelchairs. **** ????????????????????? by ?????????, ???????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? **** ?????????????????????????????????????????? by ?????????, ???????????? ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? **** Dr M Pushes Crooked Bridge To Singapore Once Again by The Power Of SMS **** Gone With The Wind by Seah Chiang Nee, The Star As I sat down for my last nostalgic meal there, I couldn???t help but wonder how many small coffeeshops will leave us once the recession ends and rents rise again. **** Comparing Apples With Oranges ??? ???Temasek Outdid Key Benchmarks???? by Leong Sze Hian , The Online Citizen **** Some Observations From Singapore by Thoughts???Musings???Observations Why are 2 countries which started off nearly at the same time so different? **** ???????????????????????????????????? by ???????????? **** Johor Has Enough Water, Says Exco Member by The Star Johor does not need to buy Newater from Singapore as it has enough supply of drinking water for its people. In fact, the state will continue to be generous and share its supply with both Singapore and Malacca. Johor international trade and industry, energy, water, communications and environment committee chairman Tan Kok Hong said less than 4% of total rainwater in the state was used for drinking. **** Revive The Crooked Bridge, Stupid! by Murmurs from the Heart **** Do We Really Want Democracy? by Paul Douglas' Blog **** Singapore Fights Mexican Flu With Authoritarian Efficiency by Yawning Bread **** S'pore Confirms 89 New Cases Of H1N1; Total Number Of Cases Stands At 454 by Channel NewsAsia **** More Crowded Skies by Lee Xin En, Straits Times >From Wednesday, Malaysian low-cost airline Firefly will join six other Malaysian and Singapore carriers already flying the Singapore-Kuala Lumpur route. **** Not A Piece Of Heaven by Estelle Low and Teh Joo Lin, Straits Times Based on interviews with 11 Aloha Loyang residents, some felt life could be better but others emerged from the fenced-up compound with more pleasant memories. **** Grave To Be National Monument by Teo Wan Gek , Straits Times The grave of Singapore's wartime hero Lim Bo Seng may become a national monument one day. His family has approached the National Heritage Board to accord the grave such status. From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Sun Jun 28 18:59:00 2009 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com) Date: 28 Jun 2009 22:59:00 -0000 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jun 28, 2009 Message-ID: <20090628225900.64488.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ==================================== **** Is Apple's Mac Mini A MacBook Inside? by Brooke Crothers, CNET The premium pricing of Apple's Mac Mini desktop is due to its laptop lineage, according to a teardown analysis by iSuppli. **** iPhone App Store Puts Apple In Sticky Situation by Nathan Eddy, eWeek Apple's App Store is a runaway success, but controversial applications may force the company into decisions that run counter to the free market spirit that makes the App Store so popular. **** Apple's Latest iPhone Has Learned New Tricks, But So Have Competitors by Rob Pegoraro, Washington Post Two years ago, the original iPhone was the phone that changed everything. The new iPhone 3GS can't make the same difference, not when it shares the market with both predecessors and competing models that have learned some of the same tricks. **** What The iPhone Teaches Us About Cloud Adoption by CNET **** SousChef: ITunes-like Recipe Organizer by Jackie Dove, Macworld MyAppleMenu Reader ==================================== **** Think Like A Fish by Salvatore Scibona, New York Times Unlucky fishermen are all alike: We don???t know how to see. My friend Jud has outfished me in all but one or two of the hundred times we???ve gone to the ocean and bay beaches and kettle ponds on Cape Cod. By both study and exercise, he knows the culture of striped bass better than I know my own nose. But to call him ???lucky??? would begrudge him a talent that I have never seen in anyone else and that lives underneath skill or knowledge. **** Living For Cinema, And Through It by A. O. Scott, New York Times And then there is Agn??s Varda, the only female filmmaker associated with the Nouvelle Vague at its high-water mark and now, at 81, an artist of undiminished vigor, curiosity and intelligence. **** Sands Shift In Summer Reading by Lisa Kocian, Boston Globe While area schools constantly tweak their lists and debate what deserves a spot, a consensus is growing that students should be enticed to read, even if that leads them to books that haven???t yet stood the test of time. SingaporeSurf ==================================== **** Riau Islands Residents Advised Not To Visit S`pore by Antara The provincial administration of Riau Islands has advised the public not to visit Singapore for the time being in view of the discovery of several swine flu cases in the city state. "On behalf of the provincial administration I call on the public not to visit Singapore, if not absolutely necessary," the head of tourism and cultural affairs, Robert Iwan Loreux, said Saturday. **** Singapore's Art World by Mark Holsworth, Melbourne Art & Culture Critic Singapore is not a noted internationally for its artists but that is no reason to ignore it. I won???t and I am trying to write more about Singapore???s art world. The art scene in Singapore is marginal, it has cultural, social and political problems but it is definitely improving. **** Singapore Seeks To Manage Political Change by Nopporn Wong-Anan, Reuters The global economic slowdown has thrown the trade-dependent city-state into its worst recession and issues from unemployment to huge losses at two sovereign wealth funds have set fresh challenges for the People's Action Party (PAP), which marked a half-century in power this month. Analysts say future risks include political change after the current generation of ageing leaders, possibly even from a split in the ruling party, and external threats such as conflict with neighbours and competition from cheaper manufacturing centres. **** 145 New H1N1 Cases Raise Total Infected In Singapore To 599 by Channel NewsAsia From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Mon Jun 29 18:59:01 2009 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com) Date: 29 Jun 2009 22:59:01 -0000 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jun 29, 2009 Message-ID: <20090629225901.36751.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ==================================== **** Remember The Milk - First To-Do List App To Feature Push by Tyler Tschida, AppAdvice Remember The Milk is a popular free online task managing service. ??The service allows you to keep track of your appointments and to-do items, and it can even remind you of all of this via email, SMS, and IM. ??The free Remember The Milk iPhone app allows you to do all of this while on-the-go, and thanks to recent 1.1 update you will now be able to receive reminders via push notifications. **** 3.0 And 3GS: Apple's Two-Pronged Offensive by Escapist Magazine There are plenty of other companies doing interesting things in what businessmen like to call the 'mobile space,' but since WWDC Apple has kept itself firmly in the spotlight, consigning everybody else to the relative gloom outside it. **** The Downside Of Apple Having Its Own Iphone App Store by Computerworld Apple has been plagued by what seems to be an endless string of controversies surrounding the App Store. **** Yet Another Vogue For The iPhone: Video Games by Jenna Wortham, New York Times The iPhone has sent rivals scrambling, first to duplicate its glassy touch screen, then its successful mobile application storefront. Now it is the video game industry that is sitting up and taking notice. **** Apple iPhone 3GS Has Overheating Problem, Users Say by News.com.au **** Review: ShoveBox 1.7 by Jeffery Battersby, Macworld ShoveBox 1.7.3 is a versatile and simple yet comprehensive tool that will allow you to capture a wide variety of data effortlessly. While there are some limitations to the types of files you can capture and the ways you can automatically filter what you???re capturing, overall ShoveBox offers the easiest way I???ve found so far to collect, and, yes, organize the random and disparate yet necessary information that constantly crosses my path. **** Review: EVE Online: Apocrypha by Peter Cohen, Macworld Casual gamers or people just looking to blast some aliens ought to keep looking: EVE Online isn???t for you. But if you???re willing to invest the time and effort to really get the most out of this incredibly deep and intricate game, you???ll be hard pressed to find a more rewarding game experience. **** For Games, No Big Rush To Speedy iPhone 3GS by Erica Ogg, CNET The iPhone 3GS is already wooing game developers with its faster, more powerful platform, but don't expect a ton of games fully taking advantage of it to flood the App Store--yet. **** Plex Media Center Software Competes With Front Row by Aayush Arya, Macworld It???s difficult to find a video cataloguing and playback application that rivals the formidable pairing of iTunes and Front Row. But now there???s Plex , a media center for Mac OS X that???s capable of cataloguing and playing back every major video format out there, and it works admirably with the Apple Remote to boot. **** Apple, Others Agree To Micro USB Standard In EU by MacNN Several major cellphone makers today agreed to support a European Union push for a universal charger standard. Apple, LG, Motorola, Nokia, RIM, Samsung and Sony Ericsson have signed a deal with the European Commission that will see micro USB become the default connector for powering cellphones in the continent. The Tomorrow Weblog ==================================== **** Reading Machine To Snoop On Web by CNET MyAppleMenu Reader ==================================== **** Twin Cities by Carol Muske-Dukes, New Yorker **** A Dream by Jorge Luis Borges, New Yorker **** Childcare by Lorrie Moore, New Yorker **** The Way We Love Now by Ross Douthat, New York Times These irrepressible passions make a fascinating counterpoint to the complaint, advanced this month by two of the nation???s finest essayists, that modern relationships have been drained of danger and purged of eros. **** Priced To Sell by Malcolm Gladwell, New Yorker Is free the future? SingaporeSurf ==================================== **** Singapore???s First Malay General ??? A Star Of Things To Come? by Khairulanwar Zaini, The Online Citizen **** Taxis' 'Disappearing' Act by Maria Almenoar and Wee Jun Kai , Straits Times Some taxis are holding back from joining the queues at Changi Airport just before 5pm on weekends so that they can collect the higher surcharges which kick in after that time. **** Two Schools Suspend Classes by Straits Times Singapore clocked its highest number of H1N1 cases in a day with 145 new patients on Sunday. Three of the now 599 confirmed cases are Ministry of Education (MOE) teachers from Presbyterian High, Westwood Secondary School, and Hai Sing Catholic School. **** CMIO Issues In Singapore Again by Sam Ho, Sam's thoughts **** Lee Hsien Yang To Head Corporatised CAAS by Channel NewsAsia Mr Lee Hsien Yang, chairman of Fraser & Neave, will head the corporatised Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS). **** Singapore Understanding Over Malaysia's Withdrawal From AYG Due To ... by Bernama Malaysia's withdrawal from the Asian Youth Games (AYG) starting here tomorrow because of the Influenza A(H1N1) outbreak has met with understanding from the host. **** Celebrate National Day ??? But Is This Necessary? by Andrew Loh, The Online Citizen While we may understand that MPs would like to celebrate National Day and show their patriotism and solidarity with the nation, we should also question if such spending is necessary, especially in these uncertain times. **** Building Slums & Taxing Capital Gains by The Kway Teow Man Truthfully, the situation today is not too bad. If we act now, we have a chance to keeping the housing situation in Singapore sane (as the rest of the world continues to spiral out of control after this present financial crisis); if we don't act, it will get worse and the poor will suffer. **** Singapore Proposes Changes To Tax Laws To Meet International Standard by Channel NewsAsia The Ministry of Finance (MOF) is proposing changes to Singapore's tax laws to meet the new internationally agreed standard on exchange of information for tax purposes. **** 30 New H1N1 Cases Raise Total In Singapore To 629 by Channel NewsAsia These latest cases mean locally acquired ones now make up 54 per cent of all confirmed H1N1 cases in Singapore. **** Operation Spectrum Open Forum: A Good Start by Singapore Democrats After 22 years, we are beginning to see more public events that address the Internal Security Act (ISA) detentions in 1987. From applesurf at myapplemenu.com Tue Jun 30 18:59:01 2009 From: applesurf at myapplemenu.com (applesurf at myapplemenu.com) Date: 30 Jun 2009 22:59:01 -0000 Subject: [MyAppleMenu] Jun 30, 2009 Message-ID: <20090630225901.59068.qmail@voot.pair.com> MyAppleMenu ==================================== **** Jobs Returns To Work As Apple CEO After Medical Leave by Connie Guglielmo, Bloomberg Steve Jobs is back at work at Apple Inc., returning to his job as chief executive officer as planned after taking medical leave in January. ???Steve is back to work,??? said Steve Dowling, a spokesman at the Cupertino, California-based company. Jobs is at Apple a few days a week and working from home the rest of the time, he said. ???We are very glad to have him back.??? **** Path Finder 5 Beats The Finder's Pants Off by Matt Neuburg, TidBITS If you, too, are weary of the Mac OS X Finder's frustrating shortcomings, its lack of intelligence, nimbleness, and complaisance, then you owe it to yourself to give Path Finder 5 a try. Sure, you can go on holding your breath waiting to see whether Snow Leopard can work miracles, if that's your idea of a good time; but most of us need to get stuff done now. With Cocoatech's Path Finder, you can. **** PhoneSuit To Turn iPhone, iPod Touch Into Portable Projector by Patrick Miller, PC World **** Five Tips For Conserving iPhone Battery Life by Jason D. O'Grady, The Apple Core Most of this is common sense, but the following are a couple of good iPhone battery conservation tips that will help you get more run time out of a charge. **** HOW TO: Post Video To Twitter With The iPhone 3G S by Jennifer Van Grove, Mashable **** Doom Resurrection Now Available In App Store by Tyler Tschida, AppAdvice **** Mac News Briefs: Mimio Studio 6 Now Available To Mac Users by Macworld Also announced: Today and Letter Opener updates. **** Apple Releases MacBook Air Firmware Update by Jason Snell, Macworld According to Apple???s documentation, ???This SMC firmware update adds compatibility for the latest service replacement batteries.??? **** How Secure Is Apple`s Snow Leopard For The Enterprise? by Don Reisinger, eWeek Is Mac OS X Snow Leopard really ready for the enterprise? Probably not. Security is not a single-front war. IT managers need multiple layers of security to ensure mission-critical data is kept safe. And although Apple claims it can provide that security, most third-party security applications simply aren't compatible with Mac OS X. That means companies will need to entrust Apple, a company that has yet to face too many security obstacles, with the safety of their networks. It's a tough sell. **** Are iPod Touch Users Second-class Citizens? Apple Says Yes by Andrew Nusca, ZDNet **** Birdfeed Twitter Client For iPhone Features Caching For Offline Browsing by Dan Nosowitz, Gizmodo Birdfeed , a challenger to the throne of iPhone Twitter clients currently held by Tweetie, might have the edge in some ways. It caches Tweets, so you can read your feeds even without wireless coverage, and looks super slick to boot. MyAppleMenu Reader ==================================== **** The Puzzle Of Spaces That Soothe by Abigail Zuger, New York Times After all, if your brain can make you miserable in your living room, think how much worse things are likely to be in a standard-issue hospital room, surrounded by noise, confusion, bad smells and highly unscenic views. You would think that a science so adept at scanning the brain could figure out how to soothe it with equal dexterity. **** David McCann Wrote His First Sijo On A Restaurant Napkin Two Years Ago. Three Of His Poems: by Boston Globe SingaporeSurf ==================================== **** Get With It, Tiong Bahru Residents - It's A Hotel, Not A Brothel by Kevin Kwek, Straits Times There is no social or government contract when you buy a property or choose to live in a particular location, for you to 'expect' things to be exactly how you want them. But, maybe there should? **** Singaporeans Aren't Fussy About Jobs Or Pay - Only Realistic by Raymund Koh, Straits Times If Singaporeans do not demand a decent wage commensurate with the lifestyle here to enjoy a proper living, I am sure many would end up without a roof over their heads. It is time for employers to wake up and look at the issues that cause Singaporeans to shun certain jobs. **** Hotel 81 In Tiong Bahru Is A Test About Changing Mindsets by Douglas Chua, Straits Times We have no alternative but to change our mindset - be more open with the space we must share with others. One thing I learnt in life is that there is no such thing as 'no alternative'. **** Poo-ey! There Goes $40m Worth Of Upgrading Along Orchard Road by Rosie Mei, Straits Times Has anyone from the relevant agencies taken a stroll down Orchard Road since the $40 million upgrading effort? If they did, they would notice that the $40 million spent redoing the pavements, installing fancy street furniture and glass dividers is now plastered with thick layers of pigeon poo. **** More Accessibility Soon For E-govt Sites by Ng Sook Fun, Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore, Straits Times We are in the midst of updating both the www.gov.sg and eCitizen portals. As part of the update, we will look into incorporating more Web accessibility features in these portals. **** Start-up Sues MediaCorp by Selina Lum, Straits Times An internet start-up here has taken national broadcaster MediaCorp to court for making purportedly groundless threats of legal action. Hearing for RecordTV's pre-emptive lawsuit began in the High Court yesterday. **** Change In Attitude To H1N1 by Straits Times The health ministry (MOH) is no longer telling Singaporeans to avoid countries where H1N1 is spreading rapidly. Instead, its website (www.moh.gov.sg) simply lists areas which have confirmed community spread of H1N1 or which have 'exported' the virus - and Singapore is among those named. **** Should The Use Of Dialects Be Encouraged Once More? by Cerelia Lim, The Online Citizen Should the use of dialects be encouraged once more? This question was the focus of the Dialect Forum: The Forgotten Tongue hosted by the People???s Youth Association Movement at Toa Payoh Central Community Club on 27th June. **** Government To Run LNG Terminal by Straits Times The government will take over the development and ownership of Singapore's first Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) import terminal on Jurong Island. And despite the global economic downturn, which has weakened future demand and the commercial viability of the project, the government will still go ahead to build the terminal, said Mr S Iswaran, senior minister of state for trade and industry, and education. **** What Does The TI Survey On Corruption Tell Us About Singapore? by Readings From A Political Duo-ble While these statistics imply that Singaporeans generally perceive the government of doing a good job in combating corruption, it does not necessarily mean that they agree with the exorbitant salaries of the high level ministers and bureaucrats. **** Paycut If Business Worsens by Diana Othman, Straits Times Two in five private companies said that they would need to cut wages this year if business conditions worsened, when the Singapore economy contracted sharply by 4.2 per cent in the December quarter. **** Mediacorp Should Stay Out Of Events Management by Yawning Bread **** Singapore Coins And Notes Museum To Open From Wednesday by Jessica Yeo, Channel NewsAsia **** DPM Teo Chee Hean Says SAF Training Must Go On Despite H1N1 by S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) has to stay operationally ready and will not shut down even with H1N1 cases among its personnel. Overseas training will also go on and there are no plans to change that. Deputy prime minister and defence minister Teo Chee Hean touched on this on Tuesday in an interview ahead of SAF Day. **** Operation Spectrum Forum: Breaking The Ice After 22 Years by The Online Citizen