[MyAppleMenu] Apr 14, 2010

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**** How To Move From iPhoto '09 To Aperture 3 <http://www.macworld.com/article/150565/2010/04/iphoto09_to_aperture3.html?lsrc=rss_main>
Derrick Story, Macworld

iPhoto '09 integration is one of the many improvements added to Aperture 3. With a little planning, you can migrate your iPhoto library quickly and easily.

**** TypeIt4Me 5.0 Now Faster With 64-bit Compatibility <http://www.macworld.com/article/150574/2010/04/typeit4me5.html?lsrc=rss_main>
Lex Friedman, Macworld

This 5.0 release offers full 64-bit Snow Leopard compatibility, along with improved expansion performance and a freshly-redesigned interface for creating and editing text shortcuts.

**** Grumpy Old Men, The "Inmates" And Margins - iPad, iPhone And The Future Of Computing <http://radar.oreilly.com/2010/04/grumpy-old-men-the-inmates-and.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+oreilly%2Fdigitalmedia%2Fmac+%28O%27Reilly+Digital+Media%3A+Mac%29>
Mark Sigal, O'Reilly Media

As the iPad descends upon us, it is fair to ask, "Is this the beginning of the end, or the end of the beginning?" Depending upon whom you ask, the conclusions widely vary.

**** My Mac Windows Switch <http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Apple/My-Mac-Windows-Switch-740774/?kc=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+RSS%2Feweek_apple+%28Apple+News+and+Commentary+from+eWEEK.com+and+Ziff+Davis+Enterprise%29>
Cameron Sturdevant, eWeek

My MacWorld experience showed that enterprise management tools for Apple products are bobbing to the surface. IT managers in regulated industries should acquire tools that bring the Mac into the management fold for compliance reasons. Configuration management tools are also available to help ensure that required software and patches are available so end users can concentrate on work, not system management.

**** New MacBook Pros Support Audio Over Mini DisplayPort <http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/04/new-macbook-pros-support-audio-over-mini-displayport.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss>
Chris Foresman, Ars Technica

Those hooking up the latest MacBook Pros to an HDTV using an HDMI adapter can now do so a little more easily: Apple has updated its implementation of Mini DisplayPort to pass audio signals through to any device that supports them.

**** Steve Jobs Emails Again: OS X Is Not On Backburner <http://www.cultofmac.com/steve-jobs-emails-again-os-x-is-not-on-backburner/37927?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+cultofmac%2FbFow+%28Cult+of+Mac%29>
Leander Kahney, Cult of Mac

**** Apple's Naked Self Interest <http://www.circleid.com/posts/apple_api_naked_self_interest/>
Alec Saunders, CircleID

As Microsoft learned from their experience with Borland, Jobs and co need to be mindful that developers will naturally migrate to tools which offer advantages such as productivity improvements, cost savings, or user experience benefits. Prohibitions, unfortunately, will only work for Apple for a short time. Ultimately, they must choose to compete for the hearts and minds of developers.

**** Benchmarks Show Core I7 MacBook Pros Offer 50% Speed Boost <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/04/13/benchmarks_show_core_i7_macbook_pros_offer_50_speed_boost.html>
AppleInsider

Preliminary benchmark tests with Apple's new 15-inch Intel Core i7 MacBook Pro shows the notebook's CPU has gained a 50 percent performance boost over its Core 2 Duo predecessor.

**** Inside Apple's Automatic Graphics Switching <http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/04/inside-apples-automatic-gpu-switching.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss>
Chris Foresman, Ars Technica

Apple's approach in the new 15" and 17" MacBook Pros differs from Optimus in two key ways. The first is that the switching is all handled automatically by Mac OS X without any user intervention (though there is actually a System Preference to deactivate it, if you choose). The second way that it differs from Optimus is that the integrated graphics are powered down when the discrete GPU is active. This saves even more power than Optimus does, leading to a stated battery life as long as nine hours.

**** How I Almost Bought An iPad <http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-18438_7-20002394-82.html?part=rss&amp;subj=news&amp;tag=2547-1_3-0-20>
David Carnoy, CNET News

God, I loved her. Honest, smart, a good sense of humor. Why should I care that the iPad was a first-generation device? I wanted one. I had to have one. She'd sold me with her zen-like anti-sell and I realized that a thousand iPad ads seared into my retinas had taken their toll and worn me down. I was a beaten man, ready to submit.

**** Eric Schmidt Is The Nicest Guy In Tech <http://www.slate.com/id/2250704/?from=rss>
Farhad Manjoo, Slate Magazine

Does that mean Google is doomed to lose to Apple?

**** Steve Jobs: Apple Owns "Pad" Trademark <http://www.tuaw.com/2010/04/13/steve-jobs-apple-owns-pad-trademark/>
Michael Grothaus, TUAW

The problem with Jobs' answer is that Apple does not own any trademark on the word "pad." In fact, a quick check of Apple's Trademark List reveals only two trademarks with the word "pad" in them: iPad and MacPAD.

**** Adobe Vs. Apple Is Going To Get Uglier <http://www.itworld.com/legal/104320/adobe-vs-apple-going-get-uglier>
IT World

So, unless things change drastically between Apple and Adobe in the next few weeks, from what I'm hearing you can expect to see Adobe taking Apple to court over the issue. It's not going to be pretty.

**** Apple Can't Kill Adobe <http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2010/04/13/apple-cant-kill-adobe.aspx>
Anders Bylund, Motley Fool

So it's in Adobe's best interests to talk peace with Apple, but posturing on both sides makes that look impossible.

**** Road Thinking <http://www.scripting.com/stories/2010/04/14/roadThinking.html>
Dave Winer, Scripting News

To be clear -- the future iPad has a keyboard and word processing software. They're going to roll out all the features of the Mac, one step at a time, bud this time they're going to avoid the pitfalls. Their ace in the hole -- if they don't like how something is going, they have the power to nuke it. Adobe is the first BigCo to get the message. Everyone who follows will get the same message.

**** Create Playlists On An iPad <http://www.macworld.com/article/150560/2010/04/ipad_playlists.html?lsrc=rss_main>
Kirk McElhearn, Macworld

One feature that is greatly improved compared to both the iPhone and iPod touch is the ability to create and edit playlists on the iPad. The only possibility on these smaller devices is to use the on-the-go playlist feature. But the iPad has some extra-large playlist creation features—here’s what you can do to make your own playlists on the iPad.

**** FastTrack Schedule 10 Adds New Mac-like Look <http://www.macworld.com/article/150601/2010/04/fasttrackschedule10.html?lsrc=rss_main>
Philip Michaels, Macworld

**** Apple Delays International Launch Of iPad Due To High Demand <http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/04/apple-delays-international-launch-of-ipad-due-to-high-demand.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss>
Chris Foresman, Ars Technica

Apple had originally planned to slowly roll out the iPad around the world beginning April 24. However, due to "surprisingly strong US demand," Apple has announced that it will delay the international launch of the iPad until late May.



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**** Puzzled <http://www.thesmartset.com/article/article04131001.aspx>
Stefany Anne Golberg, The Smart Set

Why would anyone want to play with a toy that is so damn hard? The Rubik’s Cube entered our collective cultural experience 30 years ago, next month, and there is still no satisfying answer.

**** Untimely <http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/atlarge/2010/04/19/100419crat_atlarge_lepore?currentPage=all>
Jill Lepore, New Yorker

What was at stake in the spat between Henry Luce and Harold Ross?

**** Dead Poets' Society <http://chronicle.com/article/Dead-Poets-Society/64989/>
Jay Parini, The Chronicle Of Higher Education

Relationships among poets are about much more than anxiety.

**** Can The Jewish Deli Be Reformed? <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/14/dining/14deli.html?partner=rss&emc=rss>
Julia Moskin, New York Times

New delis, with small menus, passionate owners and excellent pickles and pastrami, are rising up and rewriting the menu of the traditional Jewish deli, saying that it must change, or die. For some of them, the main drawback is the food itself, not its ideological underpinnings.



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**** Well Done But... <http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/Story/STIStory_514180.html>
Patrick Sio, Straits Times

While the government's timely interference helped, it leads to one question: How much government interference is desirable in the open market?

**** Singapore Optimistic Football Fans Will Be Able To Watch World Cup <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1049904/1/.html>
Gladys Ow, Channel NewsAsia

The acting minister for information, communications and the arts, Lui Tuck Yew, is optimistic that football fans in Singapore will be able to watch the World Cup 'live' on television. He said it is mutually beneficial for FIFA and local content providers to ensure Singapore gets to broadcast the event held in South Africa.

**** What Next For The Less Able If Cross-country Bus Routes Are Scrapped? <http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC100414-0000048/What-next-for-the-less-able-if-cross-country-bus-routes-are-scrapped?>
Esther Ng, Today

It is wheelchair users and visually-handicapped commuters who would be most inconvenienced and who would also face longer travelling times if cross-country bus routes are broken up and transfers have to be made.

So said Mr Kua Cheng Hock, a blindness technology specialist who has been blind since birth.

**** Control Crowds In Trains, Buses <http://www.todayonline.com/Voices/EDC100414-0000060/Control-crowds-in-trains,-buses>
Chua Peck Lan, Today

I read with interest that the Singapore Civil Defence Force is controlling the crowd at Mustafa Centre. But nothing is being done to prevent overcrowding in public transport vehicles like trains and buses, which are often packed to capacity.

**** Government To Step In On Pay-TV <http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_514302.html>
Straits Times

A drop in the quality of pay-TV programming forced the government to intervene and set up new rules requiring telcos to share exclusive content last month. In the first official comments about the changes, which have been criticised by analysts and the telcos but praised by viewers, acting minister for information, communications and the arts, Rear-Admiral (NS) Lui Tuck Yew, said there was concern that the telcos 'did not put enough resources and investments into packaging and providing value-add'.

Instead of solving the problem of a lack of competition due to tight regulations, the government instead chose to tighten the regulations, thus raising the barrier of entry for other players. Where is iTunes Store? Netflix streaming? Hulu?

**** The Teddy Bears Of Rocky Shores <http://blog.nus.edu.sg/lsm2251student/2010/04/13/the-teddy-bears-of-rocky-shores/>
Ecological Observations In Singapore

My interest towards the hairy crab Pilumnus vespertilio (Fabricius, 1793) was piqued after the Labrador rocky shore field trip, especially after I got to hold the tiny crab in my palm!

**** Whither Goes Chinese Identity? <http://search.japantimes.co.jp/rss/eo20100414ko.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+japantimes_news+%28The+Japan+Times+Headline+News+-+News+%26+Business%29>
Kazuo Ogoura, Japan Times

All in all, the basic question that confronts Singapore today and that China is likely to face in the future is as follows: how to preserve Chineseness with more prosperity, greater international exposure and less political control.

**** S'pore Set To Grow 7-9% <http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_514364.html>
Straits Times

THE Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) on Wednesday revised the growth forecast for Singapore economy to between 7 and 9 per cent this year from the earlier 4.5 to 6.5 per cent, after an exceptionally strong first quarter led by manufacturing.

**** Singapore Central Bank Seeks One-Time Revaluation of Currency <http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-04-13/singapore-central-bank-seeks-one-time-revaluation-of-currency.html>
Patricia Lui and Simon Harvey, Bloomberg

Singapore’s central bank tightened its currency policy by seeking a defacto one-time revaluation in the local dollar to curb inflation as growth in the economy accelerated in the first quarter.

**** Singapore's GDP Soars 32 Percent In First Quarter <http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=10367379>
Associated Press

Singapore says its economy soared in the first three months of 2010 as manufacturing more than doubled. The Trade and Industry Ministry said Wednesday that gross domestic product grew an annualized, seasonally adjusted 32.1 percent in the first quarter, bouncing back from a 2.8 percent drop in the fourth quarter of 2009.

**** Cab Firm To Hike Rental <http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_514373.html>
Straits Times

**** Inflation To Rise Up To 3.5% <http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_514389.html>
Straits Times

The government expects Singapore's inflation to rise between 2.5 and 3.5 per cent this year, slightly higher than the earlier 2 to 3 per cent forecast.

**** Why Al-Jazeera Pulled Out <http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_514382.html>
Straits Times

At a media round table in Cannes yesterday, acting minister for information, communications and the arts, Rear-Admiral (NS) Lui Tuck Yew, shot down spe-culation that the channel was dropped because it had done unflattering stories about Singapore.

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林佩碧 洪于杰, 联合早报

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**** “分享独家节目条例”宣布前外泄？ 吕德耀 ：媒发局将调查“走漏消息”说法 <http://www.zaobao.com/sp/sp100414_030.shtml>
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**** Singapore Unexpectedly Revalues Dollar To Curb Prices <http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=acLgHOdwni4c>
Patricia Lui, Bloomberg

Singapore unexpectedly revalued its currency, triggering the biggest gain in 10 months, after the government raised forecasts for economic growth and inflation.

Singapore’s dollar rose as much as 1 percent to S$1.3791 against the greenback, its biggest gain since June 2009 and the strongest level this year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. It last traded at S$1.3799 as of 9 a.m. local time from S$1.3923 in New York yesterday.

**** Singapore Moves To Stem Inflation <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303695604575182750953064196.html?mod=googlenews_wsj>
P.R. Venkat and Sam Holmes, Wall Street Journal

Singapore's central bank tightened monetary policy Wednesday to stem inflationary pressures that have grown with the island's sharp recovery from last year's slump.

The move, which came as the government reported surprisingly fast surge in economic growth for the first quarter, suggests the authorities believe the economy--and the outlook for its export markets--is strong enough for them to shift their focus from spurring the recovery to keeping consumer prices in check.

**** Tweak Fundamentals Of Housing Policy <http://www.asiaone.com/Business/My+Money/Property/Story/A1Story20100413-210037.html>
Sue-Ann Chia, The Online Citizen

But rather than just putting the blame on home buyers, it could be time for the government to relook a number of the political messages it has been sending to citizens over the years. To manage their expectations better, some fundamentals need to be relooked.

**** Jacob And Sally <http://www.raviphilemon.net/2010/04/jacob-and-sally.html>
Ravi Philemon

There are many reasons why people become homeless and government policies also force some hard-working people like Jacob and his family to be homeless.  They are neither drug, nor gambling, nor alcohol, nor sex addicts. Neither do they display family abuse nor truant behaviour.  They are neither jobless, nor lazy bummers, nor unmotivated.

**** PAYM Policy Forum: Now I Know Why Flats Are “affordable”? (Part 2) <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2010/04/paym-hdb-policy-forum-now-i-know-why-flats-are-affordable-part-2-2/>
Leong Sze Hian, The Online Citizen

**** M1 Denies Report It Signed Deal To Carry Al Jazeera Content <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/1050063/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia

Local teleco M1 today denied a report in the Straits Times that it had "inked a deal" with Qatar-based broadcaster Al Jazeera to carry its news bulletins and other content.