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**** Apple And Child Labor, Why It's A Non-story <http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=6144&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zdnet%2FApple+%28ZDNet+The+Apple+Core%29>
Jason D. O'Grady, ZDNet
Some Apple suppliers in China used underage labor, Apple looked into it and took care of the problem. Please move along.
**** Apple's MobileMe Technology Chief Departs To Lead Thumbplay <http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=4d72f5bdb7b4b619dbcb6dd0f892af03>
AppleInsider
The director of technology for Apple's MobileMe service has departed to become the chief technology officer at Thumbplay, a U.S. media subscription service, the company revealed Monday.
**** Eject Items Without Losing Windows <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=3d37d05b1f8504297f522d524333fc5b>
Christopher Breen, Macworld
Is there a way to eject volumes, drives, or discs without also closing Finder windows? Sure. Just know what to select.
**** Zero-days Flaws Surface In Apple Safari <http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=5568>
Ryan Naraine, ZDNet
Over the last two weeks, security researchers have reported eight different zero-day vulnerabilities in Apple’s Safari browser.
**** iPhone's LED Screen Is Better Than Nexus One's OLED, Experts Claim <http://crave.cnet.co.uk/mobiles/0,39029453,49305141,00.htm?s_cid=33&tag=mncol;txt>
Luke Westaway, CNET UK
**** New, Arbitrary App Store Rejection Reason: “Minimum User Functionality†<http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/03/01/new-arbitrary-app-store-rejection-reason-minimum-user-functionality/>
John Biggs, CrunchGear
Seriously, Apple, WTDuck?
**** The Myth Of iPhone App Piracy <http://gizmodo.com/5477732/the-myth-of-iphone-app-piracy?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+gizmodo%2Ffull+%28Gizmodo%29>
John Herrman, Gizmodo
People rarely talk about iPhone app piracy, but when they do, it sounds devastating: 90% piracy rates, $450 million in lost sales, etc. Here's the truth: App Store piracy isn't a big deal—and it never will be.
**** Some Of The Best Things For Macs Are Free <http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/6892261.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+houstonchronicle%2Ftechdrmac+%28HoustonChronicle.com+--+Dr.+Mac%29>
Bob LeVitus, Houston Chronicle
They say the best things in life are free, and here are four truly useful Mac software offerings that are absolutely free and unbelievably useful.
**** Skype On TV: Will The Videophone Finally Be Reality? <http://news.cnet.com/8301-31021_3-10461751-260.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20>
Erica Ogg, CNET News
The addition of Skype to new TVs from Samsung, Panasonic, and LG could bring about the long-predicted videophone.
**** Ex-Mozilla Security Chief Takes Job At Apple <http://www.pcworld.com/article/190524/exmozilla_security_chief_takes_job_at_apple.html>
Robert McMillan, IDG News Service
Former Mozilla security chief Window Snyder has been hired by Apple.
**** Apple Sues HTC For Alleged Infringement Of 20 iPhone Patents <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/03/02/apple_sues_htc_for_alleged_infringement_of_20_iphone_patents.html>
AppleInsider
Apple on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against rival handset maker HTC over the alleged infringement of 20 patents related to the iPhone's user interface, underlying architecture and hardware.
The suit was officially filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission and in a U.S. District Court in Delaware. Exactly what patents HTC is alleged to have violated were not detailed.
**** Review: BrainDistrict LifeAssets Personal Finance Software <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=9ea5d628bf7b28e73d87a199fc0f9252>
Jeffery Battersby, Macworld
LifeAssets 1.0 offers an interesting twist on the way you view and plan for your financial future. It sets your focus forward, so that you can see where your financial future lies.
**** Apple Sues HTC [Complete Court Filings] <http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20100302/apples-suits-against-htc-both-documents/>
John Paczkowski, Wall Street Journal
Named as exhibits in the litigation: A handful of Android and Windows Mobile devices, including Google’s (GOOG) Nexus One, the T-Mobile G1, the Droid Eris, the Touch Diamond, the Touch Pro2 and the Imagio.
The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** The New News Junkie Is Online And On The Phone <http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=a96e7864c94dd904564ac3947d7e52a1>
Claire Cain Miller, New York Times
The new news junkie looks very different from even five years ago. Now, she is likely to scan the headlines on her phone in the morning, check a handful of different Web sites over the course of the day and click on links that friends have e-mailed or posted on Facebook or Twitter.
MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Human Culture, An Evolutionary Force <http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=112db6adb85bfffe2d910893b9ab3a6e>
Nicholas Wade, New York Times
As with any other species, human populations are shaped by the usual forces of natural selection, like famine, disease or climate. A new force is now coming into focus. It is one with a surprising implication — that for the last 20,000 years or so, people have inadvertently been shaping their own evolution.
The force is human culture, broadly defined as any learned behavior, including technology.
**** Thinkwriting About Don DeLillo | Darragh McManus <http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2010/feb/26/don-delillo-writing-fiction?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fbooks%2Frss+%28Books%29>
Darragh McManus, The Guardian
Don DeLillo's fierce, complex love of language should inspire all of us who are struggling to write fiction.
**** Hydrangea <http://feeds.slate.com/click.phdo?i=a5f92e2fac0ff6ae95ba236dc7bb5779>
Rosanna Warren, Slate Magazine
SingaporeSurf
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**** Singapore: A Cheap Play On Asian Growth <http://www.moneyweek.com/investments/stock-markets/moneyweek-asia-singapore-a-cheap-play-on-asian-growth-00904.aspx>
Cris Sholto Heaton, Moneyweek
Singapore has made mistakes in its attempt to push its economy in new directions. Attempts to promote the Singapore exchange to Chinese firms looking for a foreign listing, led to lower standards and a series of scandals. And the budget's focus on productivity reinforces one thing. Singapore has failed to produce a single world-beating large company. Its largest government-linked companies (GLCs) are often inefficient and lack innovation. Their existence squeezes smaller, more innovative private-sector rivals. That's unlikely to change until the politics does, irrespective of how much money is thrown at the problem.
Yet Singapore will continue to prosper.
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刘雨桦, 北京é’年报
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**** No Winner In Tipping Game For Singapore <http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/Story/STIStory_496594.html>
Wang Seow Pang, Straits Times
There is no winner in the tipping game. It will only increase cost and stress levels for everyone.
**** Singapore Needs Far Better Leadership..... <http://singaporemind.blogspot.com/2010/03/singapore-needs-far-better-leadership.html>
Diary of A Singaporean Mind
These leaders who demand millions cannot even understand the problems Singaporeans have to struggle with day after day. At the end of the day what is needed from them is what money cannot buy - real integrity, empathy, care, respect and humility.
**** So How Much Did you Pay Your Agent? <http://lianain.blogspot.com/2010/03/so-how-much-did-you-pay-your-agent.html>
Lianain Films
If levies go up, workers are simply charged more by their agents. Employers will barely feel the pinch. Which is why MOM's latest move makes no sense at all.
**** How PAP Screws Up Singapore’s Labor Productivity With Its “Open Door†Policy To Foreign Workers <http://www.temasekreview.com/2010/03/01/how-pap-screws-up-singapores-labor-productivity-with-its-open-door-policy-to-foreign-workers/>
The Temasek Review
Without liberalizing both the economy and political landscape to allow for freedom of speech and independent thinking to thrive, it is foolhardly to expect the PAP’s one-dimensional and unimaginative approach to boost productivity to work.
It is time the PAP realizes that it is part of the problem itself and that it is becoming a stumbling block in Singapore’s future development.
**** Businesses Fear Increase In Foreign Worker Levy Could Hurt Growth <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1040951/1/.html>
S Ramesh , Channel NewsAsia
This concern was raised by Teo Siong Seng, nominated Member of Parliament (MP) and president of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, during the Budget debate in Parliament on Tuesday. Mr Teo said SMEs are not comfortable with the possibility of the foreign worker levy ending up as a price mechanism to control the growth of the foreign workforce.
**** Singapore, Abu Dhabi Face $10 Billion Loss On UBS, Citigroup <http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-03-02/singapore-abu-dhabi-face-10-billion-loss-on-ubs-citigroup.html>
Elena Logutenkova and Yalman Onaran, Bloomberg
Singapore isn’t alone among sovereign wealth funds facing losses from supporting banks in Europe and the U.S. in the credit crisis. More than $69 billion in investments by such funds has so far produced $20 billion in realized and paper losses, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Hurt by their contributions to the health of the financial system and stuck with some of the investments for years, sovereign wealth funds may shy away from coming to the banks’ aid the next time.
**** Jakarta Shuns Singapore New Migrant Levy Increase <http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/03/02/jakarta-shuns-singapore-new-migrant-levy-increase.html>
Lilian Budianto, Jakarta Post
Indonesia has voiced concern at Singapore’s move to increase levies for professional foreign workers, saying the city-state could hurt its commitment to easing the flow of skilled migrants under ASEAN economic blueprints.
**** Temasek-Owned Stocks Fall After Thai Thaksin Ruling <http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-03-02/temasek-owned-stocks-fall-after-thai-thaksin-ruling-update1-.html>
Daniel Ten Kate and Anuchit Nguyen, Bloomberg
Stocks majority-owned by Singapore’s Temasek Holdings Pte fell in Bangkok trading after a Thai court ruled Feb. 26 that ex-leader Thaksin Shinawatra abused his power to benefit those companies.
**** Former Romanian Envoy To Compensate Victims Of Fatal Accident <http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/312010,former-romanian-envoy-to-compensate-victims-of-fatal-accident.html>
DPA
A former Romanian envoy to Singapore, suspected of being involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident, said he would compensate the victims, but maintained his innocence and declined to return for a coroner's inquiry, a media report said Tuesday. In an e-mail to Singapore's Foreign Ministry, ex-diplomat Silviu Ionescu, 49, offered "moral compensation" to the wife of Malaysian Tong Kok Wai, who died 10 days after being hit by a Romanian embassy car on December 15, the Straits Times newspaper reported.
**** Don't Create Underclass: MP <http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_496877.html>
Straits Times
The government must provide opportunities for the Malay community so that it can be part of the economic transformation or it may risk creating an underclass that will be 'tough to manage', an MP warned on Tuesday. MP for Hong Kah GRC Zaqy Mohamad said as Singapore transforms to tap on the growth of a rising Asia, the Government must ensure that no one is left behind.
**** Not All Foreign Workers Are Counted? <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2010/03/not-all-foreign-workers-are-counted/>
Leong Sze Hian, The Online Citizen
So, now that the IRs are poised to open fully, and in the light of my experience at this restaurant where 100 per cent of the service staff are foreigners, can we have a clarification on the number of jobs in IRs that would go to Singaporeans, permanent residents (PRs) and foreigners?
**** EZ-Link Cards Can Now Be Used On Some Private Bus Services <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1041034/1/.html>
Seet Sok Hwee / Dylan Loh, Channel NewsAsia
Cashless payment with EZ-Link cards is now an option offered on some buses managed by Woodlands Transport Services.
**** Review Housing Policies <http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_496966.html>
Jessica Cheam, Straits Times
Fears on the ground that housing is becoming unaffordable were reflected in several MP speeches on the first day of the Budget debate on Tuesday.
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