[MyAppleMenu] Jul 1, 2006

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu
==================================================
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/>
Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** The Job-Less Factor
<http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=BOX0JBFQZKPQYQSNDLRCKHSCJUNN2JVN?articleID=189700160&subSection=>
Alice LaPlante, InformationWeek

Industry analysts evaluate Apple's decision with and without Steve Jobs at the helm.

*** Options Probe Not Likely To Hurt Apple: Report
<http://www.forbes.com/2006/06/30/apple-jobs-0630markets03.html?partner=yahootix>
R.M. Schneiderman, Forbes

*** Apple Breathes Easier Over France's iTunes Law
<http://money.cnn.com/2006/06/30/news/international/apple_france.reut/index.htm?section=money_latest>
Reuters

Parliament adopts diluted version of law, which could have prevented companies such as Apple from restricting content to their branded equipment.

*** Apple's Says Foxconn Investigation Remains Open
<http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=1853>
AppleInsider

Contrary to reports published earlier this week, Apple says its investigation into working conditions at Chinese factories taht build its iPod digital music players is not over.

*** Graham Watson: Breaking Away
<http://www.apple.com/pro/profiles/watson/>
Joe Cellini, Apple

"20 or 30 years ago I would actually go to the Tour de France and come back after three weeks with 40 rolls of films in my pocket. Nobody wanted pictures immediately -- they kind of expected to wait. That's all changed with digital."

[Review]

*** Keep Your Mac Cool This Summer
<http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2003097710_ptmacc01.html>
Glenn Fleishman, Seattle Times

Now that summer is upon us, here are some ways to keep your Macs cool.

*** Parallels Desktop For Mac
<http://www.macworld.com/2006/06/reviews/parallels/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Rob Griffiths, Macworld

[Sidetrack]

*** The Power Of The Crowd
Heng-Cheong Leong

If everyone of us flash-mob down to, say, the Glass Cube at NYC, do you think Steve Jobs will give us some juicy discounts on the latest MacBook Pro?

Well, hey, if the Chinese can do it <http://www.economist.com/business/displaystory.cfm?story_id=7121669>, so can we? Can't we?

The Tomorrow Weblog
==================================================
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/tomorrow/>
Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** Polluting The Blogosphere
<http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_28/b3992034.htm>
Jon Fine, BusinessWeek

Bloggers are getting paid to push products. Disclosure is optional.

MyAppleMenu Reader
==================================================
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/reader/>
The other things in life

[Tech & Science]

*** Creative Destruction In The Library
<http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=7109062>
The Economist

Free access to research is proving more expensive than hoped. But it is spreading, nevertheless.

[Life]

*** Dining Amid The Din
<http://www.ft.com/cms/s/ef46c5f0-081f-11db-b9b2-0000779e2340.html>
Nicholas Lander, Financial Times

Why are so many modern restaurants so noisy?

*** Yearning To Put Papers Back In Local Hands
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/01/business/media/01paper.html>
Laura M. Holson, New York Times

Increasingly, businesspeople and civic leaders are showing interest in owning their local papers again.

*** Flooded And Forgotten
<http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/07/01/forgotten/index_np.html>
Susan Straight, Salon

Louisiana is still devastated, and its people -- black and white, rich and poor -- feel like the rest of the country doesn't care.

*** Copycat
<http://www.slate.com/id/2144789/>
Tim Wu, Slate

Can China create its own Hollywood?

SingaporeSurf
==================================================
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/singapore/>
Life in the city

[News]

*** Dr M Suggests Govt Declasify Documents On Bridge Talks
<http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news.php?id=206137>
Bernama

Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad Saturday suggested that the government declassify documents relating to talks between Malaysia and Singapore on the aborted bridge project. This would enable Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar to provide documented proof to substantiate his claims that Malaysia, in its pursuit to build a new bridge to Singapore, did not offer the sale of sand to the republic and use of Johor airspace by the Singapore airforce planes, he said in a statement.

*** Smokers Flout Ruling On First Day Of Ban In Food Outlets
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/216675/1/.html>
Pearl Forss, Channel NewsAsia

*** Singapore Detains 5 More Terrorist Suspects, Releases 5 Others
<http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=aZu5Eb2t3P_Q&refer=asia>
Bloomberg

*** Changi's 'Other' Terminal
<http://atwonline.com/magazine/article.html?articleID=1628>
Sandra Arnoult, Airport Equipment & Technology

The new Budget Terminal that opened in March offers a study in contrast. It features a functional, no-frills, utilitarian design that caters specifically to low-cost carriers.