[MyAppleMenu] Mar 27, 2010

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MyAppleMenu
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**** Does The iPad Need Microsoft Office To Succeed? <http://www.macworld.com/article/150112/2010/03/ipad_office.html?lsrc=rss_main>
Ryan Faas, Computerworld

One of the questions that keeps coming up as the iPad’s April 3 launch nears is whether it will be a good fit for office use. While some analysts have raised questions about security and management issues with corporate or education uses, others have wondered what business and productivity apps might emerge, and which ones could mean success for the nascent tablet.

**** Apple Snags iPad Trademark From Fujitsu <http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-20001294-37.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=News-Apple>
Erica Ogg, CNET News

When Apple first announced the iPad, it did not own the trademark on the name. Now, after some negotiating with Fujitsu, it does, and just in time for its touch-screen tablet to go on sale next week.

**** Steve Jobs And Eric Schmidt Spotted Together Again: Photos <http://gizmodo.com/5503004/steve-jobs-and-eric-schmidt-spotted-together-again>
Brian Lam, Gizmodo

Jobs and Schmidt, whose companies have just ended their love affair, were spotted minutes ago talking business at Calafia in the Town and Country shopping center in Palo Alto.

**** The Cost Of Apple's Products, Adjusted For Inflation <http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/26/the-cost-of-apples-products-adjusted-for-inflation/>
Chris Rawson, TUAW

**** Jobs, Schmidt Sighting A Detente -- Or Misdirection? <http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/techchron/detail?blogid=19&entry_id=60029>
James Temple, San Francisco Chronicle

The conspicuously conspicuous nature of the meeting raises the possibility that it was a staged event -- designed specifically in the hope of sending that very message.

**** So Awkward: Steve Jobs And Eric Schmidt's Body Language Analyzed <http://gizmodo.com/5503192/so-awkward-steve-jobs-and-eric-schmidts-body-language-analyzed?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+gizmodo%2Ffull+%28Gizmodo%29>
Brian Lam, Gizmodo

Janine Driver then compared these two with a baseline of 30 other images of Jobs and Schmidt to come to the conclusion that the two are about 33% trustful of each other in terms of body language. And one of these men is scared of the other.

**** Apple Launching iPad With Explicit Content In App Store <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/03/26/apple_launching_ipad_with_explicit_content_in_app_store.html>
AppleInsider

After nearly two years of criticism of its censorship of adult content in the iPhone App Store, Apple appears to be gearing up to sell explicit content for both the iPad and the iPhone and iPod touch.

**** The Wisdom Of Woz <http://www.newsweek.com/id/235567?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+newsweek%2FTechnologyScience+%28UPDATED+-+Newsweek+-+Technology+%26+Science%29>
Daniel Lyons, Newsweek

"By the way, I solved the problem of battery life and [the lack of] multitasking on the iPhone."

**** Think Really Different <http://www.newsweek.com/id/235565>
Daniel Lyons, Newsweek

The iPad will change the way you use computers, read books, and watch TV—as long as you're willing to do it the Steve Jobs way.



The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Can't Take Care Of Your Elderly Relatives? Buy A Bot <http://news.cnet.com/8301-27083_3-10470998-247.html?part=rss&amp;subj=news&amp;tag=2547-1_3-0-20>
Elizabeth Armstrong Moore, CNET News

A research project in Europe is bringing together a multidisciplinary team to create a robot, wearable smart sensor system, and alarm-and-reporting system in the hopes that together they'll enable more elderly people to live independently for longer.



MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** 'Solar: A Novel' By Ian McEwan <http://www.latimes.com/features/books/la-ca-ian-mcewan28-2010mar28,0,2896335.story?track=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+features%2Fbooks+%28Los+Angeles+Times+-+Books%29>
Taylor Antrim, Los Angeles Times

A comic global warming novel? Well . . . why not?

**** The Stewardesses Of <i>Fly Girls</i>. <http://www.slate.com/id/2248895/?from=rss>
Troy Patterson, Slate Magazine

Perhaps we can render an archaic term useful by recognizing a distinction between flight attendants and stewardesses. Flight attendants are airborne professionals charged with keeping passengers safe; stewardesses are unearthly beings. The former make sure that, buckled up, you are properly restrained; the latter, being creations of saucy marketing campaigns and creatures of sordid fantasies, are symbols of liberty teetering into libertinism.

**** The Eerie Silence: Are We Alone In The Universe? By Paul Davies <http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/mar/27/eerie-silence-alone-universe-habitable?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fbooks%2Frss+%28Books%29>
Tim Radford, The Guardian

If life spontaneously evolved and intelligence imperfectly flowered on one planet, what about all those other rocky planets?

**** Before McDonald’s <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/28/books/review/Stern-t.html?partner=rss&emc=rss>
Jane and Michael Stern, New York Times

Fried’s book details the values of generations of Harveys, and in doing so provides an expansive chronicle of dining out in America.

**** American Jeremiad: A Manifesto <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/28/books/review/Stephenson-t.html?partner=rss&emc=rss>
Wen Stephenson, New York Times

If this drumbeat of “manifestos” strikes a false cultural note, perhaps it’s because Americans aren’t much known for writing them.



SingaporeSurf
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**** 4,500 - And Still Counting <http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/3/27/focus/5936468&sec=focus>
Seah Chiang Nee, The Star

Even as Singapore continues to attract expatriates from all over the world, its home-grown skilled professionals and graduates are leaving for bigger nations at a worrying rate.

**** é™ˆæƒ åŽï¼šæœªå¿…èƒ½æ»¡è¶³éœ€æ±‚ 增巴士路线会引发更多问题 <http://www.zaobao.com/sp/sp100327_021.shtml>
赵琬仪, 联合早报

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**** é™ˆæƒ åŽï¼šé‡æ–°è§„åˆ’ç½‘ç»œ 特长巴士路线将缩短　一些路线会调整 <http://www.zaobao.com/sp/sp100327_002.shtml>
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**** PM Lee On Govt's Approach In Engaging S'poreans In New Media <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1046260/1/.html>
Imelda Saad, Channel NewsAsia

He said the government cannot make decisions simply based on the volume of emails supporting or opposing a particular situation. Mr Lee noted the government must also be cautious of what he calls "Astroturfing" campaigns.

**** Banning GRC Walkovers <http://callantham.org/blog/2010/3/27/banning-grc-walkovers.html>
Callan Tham, Trapper's Swamp

That's not how a democracy works. Nominees have to earn the votes, and a walkover, especially in a GRC with its high entry barrier, does not imply that the constituents have given their mandate to them. By holding the polls and making them earn a majority will we know the will of the voters.

**** And We Have An Answer... <http://hardhitting-nobs.blogspot.com/2010/03/and-we-have-answer.html>
Musings From the Lion City

Trick question: How do you know when you are in a property bubble and property prices had gone beyond the means of Singaporeans to buy?

Answer: When the people most involved are falling over themselves to push the blame.