[MyAppleMenu] Nov 29, 2009

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**** Psystar Is Crazy In Every Way <http://gizmodo.com/5414314/psystar-is-crazy-in-every-way>
Chris Jacob, Gizmodo

Psystar's recent legal woes keep proving the company's insanity. New documents show that these guys planned to sell at least 1.45 million Mac clones by 2011. How many did they actually sell in the past year? 768.

**** A Tale Of Two Hard Drives: Apple’s Secret Weapon? <http://theappleblog.com/2009/11/24/a-tale-of-two-hard-drives-apples-secret-weapon/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheAppleBlog+%28TheAppleBlog%29>
Dave Greenbaum, TheAppleBlog

Recently, two clients came in, one right after another, and it really illustrated the differences between Apple and everyone else when it comes to hardware support.

**** Jonathan Ive: Inventor Of The Decade <http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/nov/29/ipod-jonathan-ive-designer?>
Sheryl Garratt, The Guardian

Ive has a talent for imagining beautiful things that work with minimal hassle. He changed home computers in 1998 with his translucent iMacs, and has continued to shape the way we work and play, most recently with the iPhone.

**** 10 App Store Shortcomings Apple Should Fix <http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eweek.com%2Fc%2Fa%2FApplication-Development%2F10-App-Store-Shortcomings-Apple-Should-Fix-288698%2F&usg=AFQjCNGHaal0v8xc-lvVN8Y9Fmku_JRE_Q>
Don Reisinger, eWeek

There are many things that Apple could do to improve the quality of the applications sold as well as the quality of the service it provides to users and the support it gives to the developer community.

**** Apple To Take iPhone's Maps App To 'the Next Level' <http://www.macrumors.com/2009/11/27/apple-to-take-iphones-maps-app-to-the-next-level/>
MacRumors

MacRumors has found a new Apple job listing seeking an iPhone Software Engineer to join the iPhone and iPod Touch Maps team with the goal of taking the iPhone's built-in Maps App to "the next level".

**** Server Admin Tools 10.6.2 <http://db.tidbits.com/article/10790?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+tidbits_main+%28TidBITS%3A+Mac+News+for+the+Rest+of+Us%29>
Doug McLean, TidBITS

Apple has released an update to its Server Admin Tools package that enables users to manage Mac OS X Server 10.6.2.



The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Buying, Selling And Twittering All The Way <http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/28/technology/28twitter.html?_r=1&ref=technology>
Stephanie Rosenbloom and Karen Ann Cullotta, New York Times

Once upon a time, people mailed their holiday wishes to the North Pole and hoped for a reply on Christmas Day. Nowadays they are sending their wishes into cyberspace and are apt to get a reply in minutes.



MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Walking Into The Earth’s Heart: The Grand Canyon <http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/11/29/travel/29canyon.html?8dpc>
Henry Shukman, New York Times

“I have heard rumors of visitors who were disappointed,” J. B. Priestley once said of the Grand Canyon. “The same people will be disappointed at the Day of Judgment.”

**** (Fish) (Delicious) <http://www.latimesmagazine.com/2009/11/fish-delicious.html>
Lora Zarubin, Los Angeles Times

In a city where even supermarkets offer sushi, we try to make sense of our obsession.

**** Beyond Borders: The Future Of Bookselling <http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2009/nov/29/borders-bookshops-independent-lutyens-rubinstein>
Rachel Cooke, The Guardian

Borders has gone belly-up, Amazon thrives, and doom-mongers are proclaiming the death of literature on the high street. But this could be the opening of a fine new chapter…



SingaporeSurf
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**** Standing Against The Death Penalty In Singapore <http://rachelzeng.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/standing-against-the-death-penalty-in-singapore/>
Rachel Zeng's blog

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华尔街日报

**** 政府不爱，本地薑名扬海外 <http://xiong5205.blogspot.com/2009/11/blog-post_28.html>
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**** Why I Prefer Canada’s Education System – World-ranking Or Not <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2009/11/why-i-prefer-canadas-education-system-world-ranking-or-not/>
Wing Lee Cheong, The Online Citizen

**** Tamil Teachers From Singapore On A Learning Curve <http://www.hindu.com/2009/11/29/stories/2009112950930200.htm>
Hindu

**** Singapore Men Put Love On Hold On Financial Worry <http://www.canada.com/life/Singapore+love+hold+financial+worry/973462/story.html?id=973462>
Reuters

"No money no honey" seems to be ringing true for Singapore's bridal agencies, which are seeing slowing business as the financial crisis and a looming recession hit love in the country.

**** Can Lie-detector Test Results Be Used As Evidence? <http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/Story/STIStory_460619.html>
Paul Antony Fernandez, Straits Times

Has there been an unannounced change in the Evidence Act? If not, why was the officer's testimony admitted as proof of innocence?

**** Behind The Drop In HDB Arrears <http://yoursdp.org/index.php/perspective/vantage/3138-behind-the-drop-in-hdb-arrears>
Jufri Salim, Singapore Democrats

**** How GRC Fits Into The Picture Of PAP’s Electoral Strategy <http://kelvinteowrites.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/how-grc-fits-into-the-picture-of-paps-electoral-strategy/>
Kelvin Teo Writes

How the GRC fits into the picture of PAP’s electoral strategy is that the current number of such wards in relation to the number of cabinet positions allows for a sufficient buffer of cabinet ministers, who could be deployed at any point of time to boost the challenge at any GRC where the opposition is deemed to mount the strongest challenge. Is it any wonder that the Workers’ Party A team could be facing more than one cabinet minister if it intends to contest Aljunied again during the next elections? Ditto for the opposition who intends to contest Bishan-Toa Payoh.