[MyAppleMenu] Apr 17, 2007

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**** iPhone, The Elephant In Your Pocket <http://justinblanton.com/2007/04/iphone-elephant>
by Justin Blanton
There's a reason Wall Street is still bullish on Apple even after the Leopard news; they know that the future is mobile and that Apple is not just preparing to /ride/ the wave, but could actually have a large hand in /controlling/creating/ it.

**** What's Happening To Our Lovely Cult? <http://www.wired.com/gadgets/mac/commentary/cultofmac/2007/04/cultofmac_0417>
by Leander Kahney, Wired
At the moment, the revolution is the iPhone's touchscreen, not OS X Leopard's point-and-click backup and recovery system.

**** Apple Fined For Air Quality Violation In Elk Grove <http://sacramento.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/2007/04/16/daily9.html>
by Melanie Turner, Sacramento Business Journal
The violation occured over several days as Apple operated its emergency standby generator for a purpose other than maintenance or emergency power.

**** 3 Hours Of WWDC Keynote Goodness Penciled In <http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2007/04/17/3hours-of-wwdc-keynote-goodness-penciled-in>
by Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica
That's an awful lot of Photoshop benchmarks and 8-core Mac Pro willy-wagging. Just teasing...

**** Leopard's Delay Is A Leadership Failure <http://www.macobserver.com/columns/hiddendimensions/2007/04/16.1.shtml>
by John Martellaro, Mac Observer
Apple's organizational structure didn't change to meet these new challenges.

**** Promising Prospect: TabExpose 1.1 <http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/macgems/2007/04/tabexpose/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
by Dan Frakes, Macworld
If you're a fan of Expose's approach to windows management, but you also like tabbed web browsing &mdash; and your browser of choice is Safari &mdash; check out Cocoamug's TabExpose 1.1.

**** Product Activation Sucks <http://fishbowl.pastiche.org/2007/04/15/product_activation_sucks>
by The Fishbowl
Product activation sucks. It sucks because your continued use of the software you purchased is forever dependent on the continued availability of the licence server. And it sucks because your licence can be unilaterally revoked because someone, somewhere has decided you must be a pirate.

**** Say What You LIke, The HIG Are Still Relevant <http://dev.lipidity.com/apple/apple-hig-still-relevant>
by Vacuous Virtuoso
I'm sorry, but the HIG /aren't/ dead. Quite the contrary; guidelines are needed now more than ever if the Macintosh is to remain the great example of usability it was.

**** Six Things You Didn't Know About Apple Final Cut Studio 2 <http://rotophonic.com/2007/04/16/six-things-you-didnt-know-about-apple-final-cut-studio-2/>
by Rotophonic
Sorry, MacBook andIntel Mac Mini users, Apple has apparently removed support for your graphics cards.

**** Apple's Steve Jobs Maintains $1 Salary <http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/04/16/ap3618551.html>
by May Wong, Associated Press
Apple Inc. chief executive Steve Jobs recieved a salary of $1 last year, according to documents filed Monday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
But as of March 20, Jobs, 52, still owns more than 5.4 million in restricted shares, worth about $496 million at Monday's closing stock price.

**** New Patent Hints At Apple TV 2.0 <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070415-new-patent-hints-at-apple-tv-expansion.html>
by Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica
A new Apple patent may give some foresight to the company's plans for offering a "true" multimedia center experience for the living room, as either enhancements to the Apple TV or an entirely new device.

**** Why You Should Back Up Your Data <http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/04/16/why-you-should-back-up-your-data/>
by Dan Gillmor, Center For Citizen Media
You can't buy peace of mind for such things; you have to create it ahead of time.

**** How-To: Understanding Mac OS X Open Directory <http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9016687>
by Ryan Faas, Computerworld
Directory services are a critical component of any enterprise environment. These services provide a database for central account management for both user and computer, as well as a framework for sharing that information among workstations and servers. Mac OS X's native directory service is called Open Directory.

**** Four Ways To Windows: Find The Best Software For Running Windows On Your Mac <http://www.macworld.com/2007/04/features/windows_intro/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
by Rob Griffiths and Christopher Breen, Macworld
Which one is right for you?

**** SpamSieve 2.6: The Gold Standard Of Macintosh Spam Utilities <http://www.macworld.com/2007/04/reviews/spamsieve26/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
by Christopher Breen, Macworld
It's affordable, effective, easy to use, and as configurable as just about anyone needs a spam utility to be. While other spam software may filter your mail nearly as well, none performs the job as transparently as SpamSieve.

**** Why The Leopard Delay Is A (Somewhat) Big Deal <http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2007/04/16/why-the-leopard-delay-is-a-somewhat-big-deal>
by Iljitsch van Beijnum, Ars Technica

The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Computer Science Takes Steps To Bring Women To The Fold <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/17/science/17comp.html?ex=1334462400&en=6f1819d7ca2ea7e0&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
by Cornelia Dean, New York Times
Even as women approach or exceed enrollment parity in mathematics, biology and other fields, their presence in computer science is static or even shrinking.

**** Rural Arkansas School Turns School Buses Into Classrooms <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070417-rural-arkansas-school-uses-ipods-to-turn-schoolbuses-into-classrooms.html>
by Ryan Paul, Ars Technica

**** Microsoft Aims To Outshine Adobe's Flash <http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/apr2007/tc20070416_797351.htm?campaign_id=rss_as>
by Aaron Ricadela, BusinessWeek
In a bid to capitalize on the burgeoning online video market, the tech titan is launching Silverlight, its new video-player software.

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**** How To Be An Asparagus Superhero <http://www.salon.com/mwt/food/eat_drink/2007/04/17/asparagus_superhero/>
by Phoebe Nobles, Salon
Raw, steamed, roasted, grilled: For two months straight, I ate asparagus like I was savoring each minute of spring.

**** Civil Twilight <http://www.slate.com/id/2158520/fr/rss/>
by Terri Witek, Slate

**** Know Thyself - Man, Rat Or Bot <http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18108859/site/newsweek/>
by Sharon Begley, Newsweek
Can animals and robots be self-aware?

**** To My Soul <http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/poetry/2007/04/23/070423po_poem_valentine>
by Jean Valentine, New Yorker

**** Something Like Happy <http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/features/2007/04/23/070423fi_fiction_burnside>
by John Burnside, New Yorker

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**** Singapore Clarifies Stance On Genting, Says Minister Was Misunderstood <http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/04/17/business/AS-FIN-Singapore-Casino-Genting.php>
by Associated Press
Singapore's trade ministry on Tuesday said reports that it had resovled its concerns about casino operator Genting International were inaccurate, saying the minister's comments were misunderstood by some media.
A ministry spokeswoman on Tuesday said Lim meant that Genting understood its responsibility with regard to the suitability checks, which are necessary before winning a casino license, not that the company had been cleared to operate the casino.

**** KTM Unfazed By Proposed Bullet Train To Singapore <http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/4/17/business/20070417181022&sec=business>
by The Star
Malaysia's unprofitable national railway firm is not worried about competition from a proposed high-speed bullet train linking Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, a top official said Tuesday.
KTM managing director Mohamad Salleh Abdullah said the bullet train doesn't cater to the average working class as its fares are likely to be much costlier.

**** A Treatise On The Civil Service Appraisal System <http://www.singaporeangle.com/2007/04/a_treatise_on_the_civil_servic.html>
by The Kway Teow Man, Singapore Angle
No appraisal system is perfect as long as it depends on people to make the decisions. People have biases, they have baggage. Lots of problems. Question is how to run a system that mostly works and that's reasonable sane and manageable.

**** Aussie Author Questions The Singapore Miracle <http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v3/news_lite.php?id=257207>
by Bernama
Australian writer Rodney King, in his book, "The Singapore Miracle, Myth and Reality", has taken a contrarian view of the city-state's claims of cutting-edge efficiency, global competitiveness, economic freedom and transparency.
King claimed that to sell itself to the world, Singapore had denigrated and patronised its lesser-developed neighbours.

**** Films And Political Statements <http://chemgen.blogspot.com/2007/04/films-and-political-statements.html>
by Chemical Generation Singapore
regardless of whether we think Zahari is public enemy number one, we should critically hear his side of the story and compare it with the MIW's version on what happened from that day in 1963.

**** Singapore Inc - PE Ratio Not Quite Right <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/04/17/singapore-inc-4-trillion/>
by Leong Sze Hian, theonlinecitizen
What's my best guess? The incremental value of GDP per annum is perhaps the best equivalent to the profits of company.

**** Tissue System's A Time Saver <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/183572.asp>
by Linda Yan Zhangting, Today
I cannot fathom why people are so irked at the use of tissue packets to reserve tables. Would they feel better if a person was sitting there instead?

**** Worry And Questions About Means Testing <http://www.straitstimes.com/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=6fadbe120b93a010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:1876b274feaf1110VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD>
by Xu Wensong and Soo Kuo-Ooi, Straits Times
If the five-day hospital stay is used as a trigger point for means testing, there is a worry that patients requiring longer stay may choose to receive treatment for only five days in order to avoid the 'penalty' arising from a reduced subsidy.

**** Set Up A System Of Food Vouchers <http://www.straitstimes.com/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=7532758920e39010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:2137b274feaf1110VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD>
by Mary Chong Foong Fong, Straits Times
Contributions from the public would sponsor these food vouchers, which can then be exchanged for meals from various food centres (especially in areas lacking free-meal services) by these elderly poor.