[MyAppleMenu] Aug 2, 2007

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MyAppleMenu
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**** Security Fears May Handcuff iPhone <http://www.boston.com/business/personaltech/articles/2007/08/02/security_fears_may_handcuff_iphone/?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Technology+stories>
by Hiawatha Bray, Boston Globe

**** VMware Fusion 1.0 Launches Aug 6 <http://www.macobserver.com/article/2007/08/02.2.shtml>
by Jeff Gamet, Mac Observer

**** Apple Begins Testing Mac OS X 10.4.11 <http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/08/01/apple.testing.os.x.10411/>
by MacNN

**** Microsoft Delays Office For Mac Release <http://www.lompocrecord.com/articles/2007/08/02/ap/hitech/d8qooc1o0.txt>
by Jessica Mintz, Associated Press
Microsoft Corp. will delay the release of Office 2008 for Apple Inc.'s Macintosh computers until the middle of January 2008, in order to fix lingering bugs in the software.
"It really is just a quality issue across the boad," Craig Eisler, general manager of Microsoft's Macintosh business unit, said in an interview Wednesday.

**** Breaking Down The Walls Of Phones' Web Gardens <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118601819121785624.html?mod=googlenews_wsj>
by Li Yuan, Wall Street Journal

**** EDN: iPhone Is Precisely Designed <http://www.ipodobserver.com/story/32432>
by John Martellaro, iPod Observer
It appears that Apple engineers made a conscious decision to not rely too much on hardwired circuits &mdash; even though they would deliver higher performance and lower power consumption. The goal seems to have been to trade that against increased future flexibility and functionality with software.

**** Can Your Mouse Last 18 Years? <http://www.marialanger.com/2007/08/01/can-your-mouse-last-18-years/>
by Maria Langer
Yes, that's right: she's using an 18-year-old computer daily to manage a radio station's accounting.
I think she got her money's worth.

**** Linux Vs. Mac: Which Is The Better Alternative To Microsoft Windows? <http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201002048>
by Serdar Yegulalp and Mitch Wagner, InformationWeek
If you're a Vista-wary Windows user who would rather switch than fight, should you move to a Linux distro or Apple's OS X? We asked a Mac fan and a Linux advocate to lead a guided tour of each OS.

**** Traders Take Another Bite Of Apple <http://www.forbes.com/markets/2007/08/01/apple-ipod-closer-markets-equity-cx_jl_0801markets34.html>
by Joshua Lipton, Forbes
Shares of Apple finished up on Wednesday after traders, briefly spooked, decided that the company was still a smart place to park their cash.

**** UniSudoku 1.7 <http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/macgems/2007/08/unisudoku/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
by Dan Frakes, Macworld
UniSudoku is the best computer-based Sudoku game I've tried because it foregoes the fancy visuals of other Sudoku offerings in favor of apuzzle-lover's clear and clean interface, gets the gameplay right, and adds useful features for actually playing and solving puzzles.

**** Leopard Gets Unix Seal Of Approval <http://www.macuser.com/geekery/leopard_gets_unix_seal_of_appr_1.php?lsrc=murss>
by Dan Moren, MacUser
The Open Group has officially certified Leopard as Unix "on Intel-based Macintosh computers."

The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Bubble 2.0 Coming Soon <http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2164136,00.asp>
by John C. Dvorak, PC Magazine

**** The Long Hard Road To Open Source <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6922507.stm>
by Bill Thompson, BBC News
Will Microsof't's new licenses change the way we think about open source?

MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** And The Band Stayed On <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/02/opinion/02tiongson.html?ex=1343707200&en=97010674a66675db&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
by Erwin R. Tiongson, New York Times
It is a terrible gift, the transitory loss &mdash; the momentary panic, the unexpected restoration and the one, final, permanent loss indelibly etched into it.

**** As I Lay Wired <http://www.identitytheory.com/fiction/smith_wired.php>
by Tyler Smith, Identity Theory

SingaporeSurf
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**** Singapore Courts The Sheikhs <http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/IH03Ae01.html>
by Andrew Symon, Asia Times
Singapore is bidding to position itself at the center of growing diplomatic and business ties between the Middle East and East Asia, a state-led strategy aimed at enhancing the city-state's staning as a regional finance and energy hub.

**** Shin Corp Cuts Temasek Profits <http://www.ft.com/cms/s/bf104908-40cf-11dc-8f37-0000779fd2ac.html>
by Reuters
Singapore's state-owned Temasek Holdings warned that growing protectionism in Europe and the United States towards it and other sovereign wealth funds could hurt its expansion abroad in search of higher returns.

**** Public Transport Fare Hike: The Fare Increase Formula <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/08/02/public-transport-hike-the-fare-increase-formula/>
by Leong Sze Hian, theonlinecitizen

**** Communication In A More Transparent - And Tricky - Media Environment <http://journalism.sg/2007/08/02/communicating-in-a-more-transparent-%e2%80%93-and-tricky-%e2%80%93-media-environment/>
by Christopher Chia, Journalism.sg
The new media consumption habits and the rise of citizen journalism present fresh challenges for regulators. Where do we draw the line between freedom of expression and the responsibility of creation?

**** Temasek Profit Falls 29% Hit By Shin, Lower Gains <http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/Money/STIStory_144834.html>
by Reuters
Singapore's Temasek Holdings, which owns stakes n Barclays, Standard Chartered, and Chinese banks, said full-year profit fell 29 per cent, hit by Thai telco Shin Corp and lower divestment gains.
Temasek, one of a growing stable of huge state investment funds with deep pockets and global ambitions, said on Thursday that net profit fell to $9.1 billion in the year ending March 31, from $12.8 billion a year ago.

**** MOE To Offer Online Submission Of School Choices In PSLE <http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/Singapore/STIStory_144801.html>
by Straits Times

**** China, Japan Seek Singapore GIC Advice On Investing Reserves <http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=22&art_id=50343&sid=14750796&con_type=1>
by The Standard
The famously secretive Government of Singapore Investment Corp is opening its doors to central bankers who want to improve returns on their foreign exchange hoards.
Officials from China, Japan and South Korea, which have hundreds of billions of dollars in surpluses, have turned for advice to the GIC, which invests more than US$100 billion of Singapore's foreign reserves abroad.

**** Singapore Goes Back To Its Roots <http://www.ft.com/cms/s/ad489ffc-4045-11dc-9d0c-0000779fd2ac.html>
by John Burton, Financial Times
The main focus: attracting skilled workers from China and India, the countries that provided the waves of immigrants who helped to turn Singapore from a 19th-century swamp into the financial centre it is now.

**** Singapore Gays Hold Annual Pride Festival <http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070801/lf_afp/singaporebritainlifestylepoliticsgaysmckellen_070801050028>
by AFP
Singapore's gay community began its annual pride festival Wednesday with renowned British actor Ian McKellen voicing his support for the event.
See Also:
Sir Ian McKellen On Singapore's Pride <http://baklaako.myjournal.ph/2007/08/02/sir-ian-mckellen-on-singapores-pride/>, by Bakla Ako, May Reklamo?
'Gross Indency' At Singapore Gay Pride <http://www.gaynz.com/news/default.asp?dismode=article&artid=4945>, by GayNZ.com.

**** It's About Enforcement <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/203488.asp>
by David Soh Poh Huat, Today
Could the PTC clarify how it intends to monitor and enforce these standards?
See Also:
Bus Operators To Reduce Waiting Time For Buses <http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/Singapore/STIStory_144165.html>, by Straits Times.

**** Where To Draw The Line On Marriage? <http://www.yawningbread.org/guest_2007/guw-138.htm>
by William B Kelley, Yawning Bread
Ending discrimination isn't some new morality; it's a correction of a moral injustice.

**** System Aims To Enhance Travelling Experience <http://www.straitstimes.com/ST%2BForum/Story/STIStory_144714.html>
by Cindy Lim, Press Secretary to Minister for Transport, Straits Times
This initiative is one of the measures that we have taken to promote public transport as a choice mode. However, it is not intended, nor able, to shorten travel or waiting time for buses during peak hours.