[MyAppleMenu] Mar 12, 2010

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**** Apple's HTC Patent Suit Could Be Another Reason For Someone To Buy Palm <http://www.businessinsider.com/apples-htc-patent-suit-could-be-another-reason-for-someone-to-buy-palm-2010-3>
Gregor Schauer, The Business Insider

One of the more curious things about the patent infringement lawsuit that Apple filed against HTC is why it didn't file one against Palm first. There had already been a lot of speculation about Apple suing Palm, but virtually no one saw them taking on HTC first. Interestingly, an unintended consequence of this lawsuit is that it potentially increases the value of Palm's patent portfolio, and strengthens the case for them to be acquired.

**** Apple's Future Won't Be Brought To You By The Letter 'i' <http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/mp3s/apples-future-wont-be-brought-to-you-by-the-letter-i-20100312-q27r.html>
Julian Lee and Asher Moses, Sydney Morning Herald

Apple has been dealt a severe blow having been told that it no longer has a monopoly on the letter "i" as a prefix for all its products. A trademarks tribunal has knocked back Apple's bid to stop a small company from trademarking the name DOPi for use on its laptop bags and cases for Apple products.

**** Overdoing The Interface Metaphor <http://www.marco.org/441168915>
Marco Arment

The interface paradigm of mimicking real-world objects shouldn’t be applied universally.

**** iPhone OS 4.0 Looms, But When Will We See It? <http://techcrunch.com/2010/03/11/iphone-os-4/>
MG Siegler, TechCrunch

This year, the timeline appears a bit off.

**** iPhone 3.2 SDK Mentions Multitasking, Removes Video Calls <http://www.ipodnn.com/articles/10/03/11/implications.may.be.ambiguous/>
MacNN

Significant may be multiple references to multitasking, such as a code comment discussing a "multitasking dialog box." While multitasking is already possible in a limited sense on iPhones and iPods, several reports have suggested that Apple intends to extend the option to third-party apps.

**** Was Macworld Worth It? <http://www.manton.org/2010/03/was_macworld_worth.html>
Manton Reece

Here's my summary of the show, what it took for me to be there and what I got out of it for Riverfold. This is supposed to be in the spirit of Rogue Amoeba's excellent series on Macworld, but more from a super-tiny company perspective, and just where my experience differs.

**** Icon Software Aids Desktop Makeovers <http://www.macworld.com/article/146669/2010/03/iconsoft.html?lsrc=rss_main>
Chris McVeigh, Macworld

All of these utilities can help you create fun new icons that you can add to your favorite desktop files and folders, or use for social networking or other decorative purposes.

**** Review: Star Wars, Ultimate Sith Edition For Mac <http://www.macworld.com/article/147022/2010/03/star_wars_ultimate_sith.html?lsrc=rss_main>
Chris Holt, Macworld

I never thought I’d say this, but if you’re going to play this game, your money might be better spent on the Xbox 360 or PS3 version. A myriad of technical issues, glitches, and a complete disregard for the Mac platform makes this hard to recommend over other titles.

**** Apple Releases Safari 4.0.5 Update <http://www.macworld.com/article/147043/2010/03/safari_405.html?lsrc=rss_main>
Serenity Caldwell, Macworld

Safari 4.0.5, which is available for Tiger, Leopard, Snow Leopard, and Windows users, offers several performance and stability improvements: performance improvements to Top Sites; stability improvements for third party plug-ins; stability improvements for Websites with online forms and Scalable Vector Graphics; and a fix for an issue that prevented Safari from changing settings on some Linksys routers.

**** How To Choose The Right Apple iPad For You <http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/11/how-to-choose-the-right-apple-ipad-for-you/?partner=rss&emc=rss>
Nick Bilton, New York Times

A step-by-step guide to making a smart choice between the Wi-Fi-only and 3G versions of the tablet from Apple.

**** Watch “Welcome To MacIntosh” Documentary For Free Online <http://www.cultofmac.com/watch-welcome-to-macintosh-right-here-right-now/33248?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+cultofmac%2FbFow+%28Cult+of+Mac%29>
Giles Turnbull, Cult of Mac

**** Apple To Accept U.S. iPad Preorders Starting At 8:30 A.m. Eastern <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/03/11/apple_to_accept_u_s_ipad_preorders_starting_at_830_a_m_eastern.html>
AppleInsider

Apple is set to take preorders for its highly anticipated iPad multimedia device Friday, and the company's Web site will begin accepting advance orders from customers at 8:30 a.m. Eastern, 5:30 a.m. Pacific.

**** Apple Waits In Wings As Cable's TV Everywhere Stamps Out Free <http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=aN6WCxdsitDk&pos=10>
Ronald Grover, Tom Lowry and Cliff Edwards, Bloomberg

**** With More Than Enough Apps, Apple Pushes For Quality <http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/03/app-store-quality/>
Brian X. Chen, Wired News

Apple’s recent purge of sex-tinged iPhone apps, combined with its lesser-known ban of “cookie-cutter” apps, signifies the company’s new focus on quality, rather than quantity, in its App Store.

**** Nokia, Apple Courtroom Showdown To Wait Until Mid-2012 <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/03/12/nokia_apple_courtroom_showdown_to_wait_until_mid_2012.html>
AppleInsider

The legal battle over mobile technology patents between handset makers Apple and Nokia will likely drag out for years, with both companies looking for a court hearing to be held in 2012.



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**** Standing Up Like A Man <http://www.salon.com/life/feature/2010/03/11/pee_like_a_man/index.html>
Michelle Rabil, Salon

What kind of a woman uses a funnel to go to the bathroom? I do, and it changed my life.

**** How To Cook Up A Food Celebrity <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/14/magazine/14Lee-t.html?partner=rss&emc=rss>
Frank Bruni, New York Times

If you’re Katie Lee, start with a dollop of fame (marriage to Billy Joel), parboil a couple of cookbooks, marinate on the morning shows and serve a spec TV pilot.

**** Chinese And Doughnuts: A California Mystery <http://www.theatlantic.com/food/archive/2010/03/chinese-and-doughnuts-a-california-mystery/37319/?rss=37319>
Katie Robbins, The Atlantic

Given California's storied history of pairing unusual ingredients with winning results—from its namesake California roll to Wolfgang Puck's smoked salmon pizza to the Korean short rib taco—perhaps it should have come as no surprise several years ago when, on a trip to LA, I spotted a sign above a small hole-in-the-wall restaurant advertising Chinese food and donuts.

**** Why Poetry And Pop Are Not Such Strange Bedfellows <http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/mar/11/poetry-pop-yeats-auden?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fbooks%2Frss+%28Books%29>
Graeme Thomson, The Guardian

What is it about Yeats that is so attractive to rock stars, and why does Auden have the crowd moshing at the Forum?

**** Scarred Bodies, Entwined Souls <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/12/books/12eder.html?partner=rss&emc=rss>
Richard Eder, New York Times

Out of a mathematical conceit the Italian writer Paolo Giordano has drawn a mesmerizing portrait of a young man and woman whose injured natures draw them together over the years and inevitably pull them apart.

**** Literature For Real <http://chronicle.com/article/Literature-for-Real/64453/>
Rob Nixon, The Chronicle Of Higher Education

Are we witnessing the beginnings of a palace revolution, as reality genres—literature's foot soldiers—start clamoring to have their creativity treated with the seriousness it deserves?



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**** Singapore Governmen Supports Animal Testing. Do You? <http://yu-kym.blogspot.com/2010/03/singapore-government-supports-animal.html>
Yu-Kym's Blog

We've all heard about how cruel animal testing can be. We've all seen the email circulated with lists of products to avoid. But do you know that Singapore is a huge advocate for animal testing, i.e. we support it?

**** “YourSingapore” Whipping Up The Chatter <http://www.asiancorrespondent.com/thetransitcafe/“yoursingapore”-whipping-up-the-chatter>
Yeoh Siew Hoon, Asian Correspondent

The launch of STB's new brand and digital strategy has gotten travel bloggers talking. Some call it innovative, one wonders whether it is too whizzy. The proof is in the durian pudding, as we may say in "YourSingapore".

**** Cyclists Ignoring Road Rules <http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/OnlineStory/STIStory_500945.html>
Michael Teo, Straits Times

I was even run down by a cyclist at a pedestrian crossing once. Not only did the cyclist not stop, he swore at me and warned that I would suffer more injuries if I did not give way.

**** Arrest New Road Bully Problem <http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/OnlineStory/STIStory_500947.html>
Chiang Bak Hoi, Straits Times

The danger posed by cyclists will get worse if the authorities are not serious in taking enforcement action against those who flout the rules and in stepping up the building of separate cycling paths.

**** One Last Show Before Victoria Theatre Closes For Makeover <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1043039/1/.html>
Lynda Hong, Channel NewsAsia

The Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall will be closed later this year for a makeover that will take at least three years.

**** Another Push For Concessions For Disabled On Public Transport <http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC100312-0000131/Another-push-for-concessions-for-disabled-on-public-transport>
Neo Chai Chin, Today

The request has been rejected repeatedly, but Members of Parliament are still trying to get the Government to change its hands-off approach in extending concessions to the disabled and elderly.

**** Sylvia Lim: Increase Size Of Cohort Entering Local Universities <http://geraldgiam.sg/2010/03/sylvia-lim-increase-size-of-cohort-entering-local-universities/>
geraldgiam.sg

I agree that we need to maintain standards in university admission. However, over the years, many students who were rejected by our local universities were admitted to reputable foreign universities and did well. But this route is available only to those whose parents could afford it.

**** Aggressive Bicyclists Are Disregarding Laws And Endangering Pedestrians <http://www.bradleyfarless.com/2010/03/aggressive-bicyclists-are-disregarding.html>
Brad Farless

Singapore is a country with low crime, and as such there isn't a very visible, active police force. Unfortunately, it seems as though bicyclists are taking full advantage of this fact to do whatever they want without fear of repercussions.

**** Sgpolitics.net Salutes Tak Boleh Tahan Protesters <http://www.sgpolitics.net/?p=3905>
Ng E-Jay, Sgpolitics.net

Sgpolitics.net salutes Tak Boleh Tahan protesters for championing the right of all citizens to freedom of speech and peaceful assembly, which are fundamental human rights as well as essential cornerstones of any true democracy.

**** The Tale Of The (Local) Talent <http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/OnPU/~3/lEWXxjdZxmA/tale-of-local-talent.html>
http://military-life.blogspot.com/2010/03/tale-of-local-talent.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FOnPU+%28Military+Life%29, Military Life

The more the mainstream media sings the Government's tune of "integrating foreigners" into Singapore, the more I feel saddened for those Singaporean men who died for their country without any of one outside of their immediate family knowing and sharing with their grief.

**** Getting Into Bed With Jack Neo <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2010/03/getting-into-bed-with-jack-neo/>
Lee Song Kwang, The Online Citizen

Did I read it right? Is the MP actually saying that it is fine to sexually harass if you are successful? Why were Mr Yeo and Mr Lim so quick to jump to the defence of Jack? Is it because Jack himself is an elite in his own field much like the minister and the MP?

**** Automatic CPF Life At 65 <http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_501173.html>
Cai Haoxiang, Straits Times

Central Provident Fund (CPF) members with $60,000 in their retirement accounts when they turn 65 will be automatically included in the CPF Life annuity scheme, manpower minister Gan Kim Yong announced yesterday.

**** Why Not Apply ‘Town Council Logic’ To Worker Wages? <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2010/03/apply-tc-logic-to-worker-wages/>
The Online Citizen

Just as the costs for town councils will vary according to factors such as age, location and background, so too will the Singaporean with a family of 4 to feed need a higher wage as compared to a young unmarried foreigner living alone here – immaterial of the ease or difficulty of the job concerned.

**** Protesters Pledge To Continue Fight For Singaporeans' Rights <http://yoursdp.org/index.php/news/singapore/3483-protesters-pledge-to-continue-fight-for-singaporeans-rights>
Singapore Democrats

**** Transpot Minister Vs HDB Minister <http://singaporealternatives.blogspot.com/2010/03/transpot-minister-vs-hdb-minister.html>
Goh Meng Seng, Singapore Alternatives

Both public transport and public housing are basic social services. Entities that provide these basic social services have more social responsibility that just mere private enterprises.

**** Pay TV Retailers Now Required To Cross-carry Exclusive Content <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1043204/1/.html>
Imelda Saad, Channel NewsAsia

With immediate effect, Pay TV providers which acquire exclusive broadcast rights to any programme, must cross-carry each other's content. This applies to any contract signed or renewed from March 12. It does not affect existing contracts.

**** DBS Has Mobile Banking Plans. Seriously. <http://www.imerlion.com/2010/03/dbs-has-mobile-banking-plans-seriously.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheSingaporeIphoneGuide+%28The+Singapore+iPhone+Guide%29>
Jimmy Yap, iMerlion

We're glad that DBS finally noticed that there are a few people in Singapore have iPhones and that these people would like to do online banking on their phones.

**** Don't Be A Western Wannabe <http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_501270.html>
Straits Times

In a hard-hitting speech in Parliament on Friday, NMP Calvin Cheng did not mince his words, asserting that Singapore is the 'only country in Asia with such an overwhelming hang-up with what is Western,' based on his own observations and experience in the media, entertainment and media scene.

**** ICA Stops Accepting Walk-in Customers For Passport Services <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1043233/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia

The Immigration & Checkpoints Authority stopped accepting walk-in customers for passport services at 3.40pm on Friday. ICA said it was experiencing an overcrowding situation at its Passport Section due to overwhelming demand for ICA passport services.

**** iPad Pre-Orders Are Now Live! <http://appadvice.com/appnn/2010/03/ipad-preorder/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AppAdvice+%28AppAdvice%29>
Alexander Vaughn, App Advice

**** No Evidence That MediaCorp Engages In Anti-competitive Behaviour: MICA <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1043205/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia

Singapore's Information, Communications and the Arts Ministry said there's no evidence MediaCorp has engaged in anti-competitive behaviour that warrants functional separation of its business units. The acting minister in charge was responding to Nominated MP Calvin Cheng's suggestion to separate MediaCorp's broadcast and production functions to allow for competition.






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