[MyAppleMenu] Apr 21, 2007

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**** Windows Me? Never Heard Of It!
by Heng-Cheong Leong, MyAppleMenu
If you havve ever worked with Windows Me &mdash; that's the consumer version of Windows that is after Windows 98 and before Windows XP &mdash; you would understand perfectly why Microsoft wants to change history <http://www.thisisbroken.com/b/2007/04/windows_milleni.html> and pretend that this version never existed. :-)
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**** Don't Be A Hater - Think Different <http://memeagora.blogspot.com/2007/04/dont-be-hater-think-different.html>
by Meme Agora
I can't resist beating everyone on the head with the moral: Don't succumb to FUD because something is different.

**** Apple's Interface Held To The Fire In Dubious Suit <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/04/21/apples_interface_held_to_the_fire_in_dubious_suit.html>
by Aidan Malley, AppleInsider
An Illinois-based company and its Nevada partner have filed a lawsuit against Apple, alleging that Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger" treads on an interface patent that affects the operating system's nearly universal use of tabs.

**** Does Microsoft Adore Apple's iPhoto? <http://www.zdnet.com.au/blogs/securifythis/soa/Does-Microsoft-adore-Apple-s-iPhoto-/0,139033343,339274959,00.htm>
by Munir Kotadia, ZDNet Australia
This week I stumbled across a very clever video that shows someone demonstrating Apple's iPhoto software, with a voiceover from a Microsoft presentation describing some very similar features in Windows Vista.

**** Battle Over - And Apple Won <http://www.valleywag.com/tech/podcasting/battle-over-++-and-apple-won-254171.php>
by Valleywag
The main beneficiary will be Apple, which dominates podcasting with iTunes, and the window for new intermediaries, between broadcasters and their audience, is fading.
See Also: Dave Winer <http://www.scripting.com/stories/2007/04/20/ohValleywag.html>: I strongly disagree. The users won. And the people with programming that the users like won.

**** Hacker Breaks Into Mac At Security Conference <http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9017380&source=rss_topic123>
by Nancy Gohring, Computerworld
A hacker managed to break into a Mac and win a $10,000 prize as part of a contest started at the CanSecWest security conference in Vancouver.
In winning the contest, he exposed a hole in Safari, Apple Inc.'s browser. "Currently, every copy of OS X out there now is vulnerable to this," said Sean Comeau, one of the organizers of CanSecWest.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Google's Data-Storing Feature Fuels Privacy Fears <http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-google21apr21,0,1223322.story?track=mostviewed-splashpage>
by Joseph Menn, Los Angeles Times
Facing worries about its tracking web surfers' every move, Google Inc. is now offering a feature to track web surfers' every move.

**** Southwest Reaching For Wi-Fi In Sky <http://www.denverpost.com/portal/ci_5708425?source=rss&_loopback=1>
by Kelly Yamanouchi, Denver Post
Southwest Airlines is exploring how to put Wi-Fi internet service on its airplanes, as the no-frills carrier seeks to add some frills.

MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Don't Assume The Worst <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/21/opinion/21garrow.html?_r=1&oref=slogin>
by David J. Garrow, New York Times
Pro-choice doctors &mdash; and their lawyers &mdash; must have the courage to take Justice Kennedy at his word and read this decision's explicit approval of all abortion procedures save on ein a manner that will most expansively continue to protect women's reproductive rights.

**** But What Kind Of Art? <http://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/?p=342>
by David Bordwell
We have different conceptions of cinema's artistic dimensions, and we won't find unanimity of opinion among filmmakers, critics, academics, or audiences.

**** Make This Earth Day Your Last! <http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/006520.html>
by Alex Steffen and Sarah Rich, WorldChanging
Earth Day has served its time, and it must go.

SingaporeSurf
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**** Revisting Means Testing <http://mysingaporenews.blogspot.com/2007/04/revisiting-means-testing.html>
by My Singapore News
How I wish all the Singaporeans are all earning a million dollars and their family units are functional. The reality is far from it.

**** Singlish And Driving <http://thetennysonian.blogspot.com/2006/11/singlish-and-driving.html>
by The Tennysonian Blog
Today was all about learning how to interpret Singlish and driving on the wrong side of the car/road.

**** Singapore Company Develops A Cheaper Substitute For Granite <http://news.monstersandcritics.com/business/news/article_1294432.php/Singapore_company_develops_a_cheaper_substitute_for_granite>
by DPA
A Singapore company has developed a replacement for granite and successfully used it to build roads in Brunei and widen runways at Changi Airport, a news report said on Saturday.

**** South Africa: Singapore Can Strengthen Africa-Asia Links <http://allafrica.com/stories/200704201091.html>
by Oupa Segalwe, BuaNews
Singapore could help strengthen relations between African regional organisations and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), says president Thabo Mbeki.

**** Argument That Food Sold At Changi Airport Will Not Entice Tourists A Flawed One <http://www.straitstimes.com/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=f832758920e39010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:7f9c133853f02110VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD>
by Alvin Sim Khim Woon, Straits Times
By bringing the island's 'best' foods to the airport, it would turn Changi Airport into one big hawker centre, with Singaporeans and locals all flocking to the airport merely to have their meals.
/There's a business case for selling bad food! :-)/

**** Means Testing: Allow Less Well-Off To Pay Less <http://www.straitstimes.com/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=7532758920e39010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:acc1d9e6c6f02110VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD>
by Fang Shihan, Straits Times
The operationalisation of the aim should not be to make the better-off pay more but to allow the less well-off to pay less.

**** Have We Become A Nation Of Numbers? <http://tnp.sg/columnists/story/0,4136,128217,00.html?>
by Ng Tze Yong, New Paper
"You guys all ask the same question, you know that?"
"How much?"
How much is this, how much is that.

**** Attention Singaporeans: "On" Is Not A Verb <http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=25947148&blogID=255568970>
by Chris O.
I don't know why, but this little fragment of local culture particularly drives me nuts!

**** Malaysian Authorities Addressing Problems Faced By Singapore Tourists <http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news.php?id=257858>
by Bernama
Tourism Malaysia has assured tourists from Singapore that the Malaysian authorities are already addressing some of the issues they face while visiting the country.