[MyAppleMenu] Jan 19, 2010

applesurf at myapplemenu.com applesurf at myapplemenu.com
Tue Jan 19 18:59:01 EST 2010

MyAppleMenu
====================================

**** Is It All Just A Game For Mac Users? <http://www.nzherald.co.nz/games/news/article.cfm?c_id=38&objectid=10621026>
Mark Webster, New Zealand Herald

Apple's Intel processor and the Boot Camp phenomenon of allowing Windows apps to run on Macs was probably the most serious threat to Mac gaming aspirations and yeah, that came straight from Apple.

That's one way of looking at it. The other way to look at it is that virtualisation means Mac users have access to all those PC game titles. But once again, talk about conceding the space to Microsoft's OS.



The Tomorrow Weblog
====================================

**** China Details Homemade Supercomputer Plans <http://feeds.technologyreview.com/click.phdo?i=749dadfd69f2ac219ad215a1c3ef90f2>
Christopher Mims, Technology Review

The machine will use an unfashionable chip design.



MyAppleMenu Reader
====================================

**** Resort <http://www.slate.com/id/2241818/?from=rss>
Rafael Campo, Slate Magazine



SingaporeSurf
====================================

**** Bt Panjang Residents Complain New Bamboo Holders Hazardous <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1031545/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia

Residents at Pending Road said their bamboo poles are too big to fit into the new holders, increasing the risk of falling poles. The new holders are 2.5-millimetre smaller in diameter than the original holders.

**** SBS Transit Offering More Pay To Singaporean Bus Captains <http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/Singaporeroundup/EDC100119-0000069/SBS-Transit-offering-more-pay-to-Singaporean-bus-captains>
Today

SBS Transit is offering 15 per cent more pay to Singaporeans who join them as bus captains. SBS Transit executive director Gan Juay Kiat said fewer Singaporeans have been joining the firm as bus captains in recent years. Only 38 per cent of its 5,500 bus captains are locals. By upping the pay, the operator hopes to make it a more attractive profession.

**** Ban PRs From Reselling HDB Flats At A Profit <http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/Story/STIStory_479074.html>
Lua Eng Chuan, Straits Times

Such a rule will prevent PRs who do not intend to take up citizenship from reaping a windfall when they return home after a few years. It will indeed ensure that foreigners are not responsible for high flat prices.

**** Deliberately Set High At $1m <http://www.todayonline.com/Voices/EDC100119-0000026/Deliberately-set-high-at-$1m>
Deanna Choo, Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore, Today

Small businesses therefore have to make a business decision on whether to register for GST voluntarily to allow their customers to claim GST refund on their purchases.

**** 过去一年 不到1％德士“滞放” <http://www.zaobao.com/sp/sp100119_019.shtml>
李静仪, 联合早报

虽然德士乘客量仍未走出谷底，德士的租用率还是相当强劲，只有少数德士因为租不出去而“滞放”在特别停车场，以享有政府给予豁免缴交特别（柴油）税的好处。

**** Top S'porean Concern: Costs <http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_479202.html>
My Paper

**** Minister Shanmugam : Don't Blame Foreigners.... <http://singaporemind.blogspot.com/2010/01/minister-shanmugam-dont-blame.html>
Diary of A Singaporean Mind

What Shanmugam said is absurd. It is an insult to Singaporeans' intelligence.

**** Homeless In The Parks – A Symptom Of Flawed Housing Policies? <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2010/01/homeless-in-the-parks-a-symptom-of-flawed-housing-policies/>
Andrew Loh, The Online Citizen

Does that sound like “helping” the homeless?

**** Big Hopes From Little Singapore <http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10620873>
Lincoln Tan, New Zealand Herald

Immigration New Zealand is for the first time shifting its migrant marketing focus away from America and Europe to Asia. Singapore - with a land area about the size of Lake Taupo and a population of 4.9 million - will be the agency's newest target for migrants.

**** Debunking The Three Fallacies Inherent In SM Goh’s Argument That Good Leadership Is Linked To Economic Performance <http://www.temasekreview.com/2010/01/18/debunking-the-three-fallacies-inherent-in-sm-gohs-argument-that-good-leadership-is-linked-to-economic-performance/>
The Temasek Review

**** Electoral Fairness, Not Patronage! <http://www.sgpolitics.net/?p=3755>
Ng E-Jay, Sgpolitics.net

**** Authorities Fence Up Camping Site At Sembawang Park <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2010/01/breaking-news-authorities-fence-up-camping-site-at-sembawang-park/>
The Online Citizen

**** Bloggers Strike A Blow For Investigative Journalism In Singapore <http://us.asiancorrespondent.com/the-asia-file/bloggers-strike-a-blow-for-investigative-journalism-in-singapore>
Ben Bland, Asian Correspondent

While the government may find it inconvenient in a possible election year for pesky citizen journalists to reveal the real nature of poverty and the limits of social welfare in Singapore, how can you argue that TOC's unpaid reporters have not provided a valuable service to their nation?

One of the societal benfits of citizen journalists is that they are more likely to follow a story through from beginning to end rather than abandon it after the first big exclusive. If TOC hadn't followed up on its first story, the campers would probably have been forced out by the police, arrested or made to move elsewhere and the matter would have dropped off the public radar.

**** 7 Ways That Taipei Beats Singapore <http://www.cnngo.com/singapore/none/mrbrown-7-ways-taipei-beats-singapore-432166>
mrbrown, CNNGo

Let me share some ways Taipei kicks Singapore's behind.




More information about the applesurf-list mailing list