[MyAppleMenu] May 23, 2007

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MyAppleMenu
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**** Analyst: Apple Stock Likely To Rise After iPhone, WWDC <http://www.macobserver.com/stockwatch/2007/05/23.1.shtml>
by Jeff Gamet, Mac Observer

**** Adobe Illustrator CS3 <http://arstechnica.com/reviews/apps/adobe-illustrator-cs3.ars>
by Dave Girard, Ars Technica
The Illustrator CS3 upgrade is good but not great.

**** When Will Apple Deliver A Decent Mouse? <http://www.macnightowl.com/2007/05/22/when-will-apple-deliver-a-decent-mouse/>
by Gene Steinberg, Mac Night Owl

**** What's Eating My Disk Space? <http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20070522104736464>
by MacFixIt

**** McCartney No-Show On iTunes <http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,132159-c,onlineentertainment/article.html>
by Gregg Keizer, PC World
Former Beatle's 25-album catalog goes live on most digital music stores and subscription services, though iTunes has yet to add it.

**** The iPhone Tipping Point <http://insidemusicmedia.blogspot.com/2007/05/iphone-tipping-point.html?from=myapplemenu>
by Jerry Del Colliano, Inside Music Media
I may be wrong but I see the advent of the first iPhone as the tipping point for radio and records. What they haven't been able to kill off by their own inability to cooperate with the future, the iPhone will kill off now.

**** Apple's 5-Year Deal With AT&amp;T Is Annoying, Strategic <http://blog.wired.com/cultofmac/2007/05/apples_5year_de.html>
by Pete Mortensen, Wired
While this announcement is thoroughly irritating to me, it might prove strategic for Apple.

**** Enjackass <http://daringfireball.net/2007/05/enjackass>
by John Gruber, Daring Fireball
Ryan Block's job is to be skeptical of sensational news.

**** State Of The Mac <http://www.macworld.com/2007/05/features/reliabilitysurvey/index.php>
by Dan Miller, Macworld
What /Macworld/ readers like &mdash; and don't like &mdash; about their Macs.

**** State Of The Mac: Know The Warning Signs <http://www.macworld.com/2007/05/features/reliability_sidebar/index.php>
by Ted Landau, Macworld
Four things you can do before a hardware disaster strikes.

**** What Transition? Moving From PowerPC Mac To Intel Core 2 Duo Mac <http://www.athensexchange.com/2007/05/what_transition_moving_from_po.asp?from=myapplemenu>
by Ash White, Athens Exchange
I swore long ago that I would never go back to a PC an dI look forward to future Apple machines.

**** AT&amp;T Eager To Wield Its iWeapon <http://www.usatoday.com/tech/wireless/2007-05-21-at&t-iphone_N.htm>
by Leslie Cauley, USA Today
The Apple iPhone, due out next month, has been breathlesly hailed as offering consumers the ultimate wireless experience.
It also could give AT&amp;T, its exclusive U.S. distributor, the ultimate experience for a wireless carrier: an easy way to handcuff rivals and steal customers.

**** Making Sense Of Our Reliability Survey <http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/2007/05/reliability_reax/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
by Dan Miller, Macworld

**** LightZone 3.0 Adds Styles, Image-Management Tools <http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/creative/2007/05/lightzone-3/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
by Rick LePage, Macworld

**** Minor MacBook Chnages Means Not-So-Minor Boost <http://www.macworld.com/2007/05/firstlooks/macbookbench/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
by James Galbraith, Macworld
Faster processors, new hard drives fuel performance gains.

**** VP Releases X3: Reunion Game <http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/05/22/x3reunion/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
by Peter Cohen, Macworld

**** Pangea Releases Runic Brickbashing Game <http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/05/22/runic/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
Runic is a brickbashing game in the spirit of Breakout, Arkanoid and countless other similar titles.

**** CDFinder 5.0 Released <http://www.macminute.com/2007/05/22/cdfinder/>
by MacMinute

The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Media Literacy In A Media Saturated World <http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=5118>
by Dan Farber, ZDNet

**** Delight In Disorder <http://www.salon.com/books/int/2007/05/23/weinberger/>
by Scott Rosenberg, Salon
Now that the web has made everything miscellaneous, as David Weinberger argues in his new book, we're free to remix the world.

**** Precision Pointing With Fat Fingers <http://technologyreview.com/Infotech/18770/>
by Michael Gibson, MIT Technology Review
A new technique for touch screens could make them easier to use.

**** Google's Goal To Organise Your Daily Life <http://www.ft.com/cms/s/c3e49548-088e-11dc-b11e-000b5df10621.html>
by Caroline Daniel and Maija Palmer, Financial Times
Google's ambition to maximise the personal information it holds on users is so great that the search engine envisages a day when it can tell people what jobs to take and how they might spend their days off.

**** Technology As Social Phenomena: The Way To Go <http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/May232007/cyberspace200705223116.asp>
by L Subramani, Deccan Herald
Technology can win wider acceptance only when it contributes to simplifying people lives.

**** Piracy Concerns Cloud A More Important Issue <http://www.postchronicle.com/news/original/article_21282201.shtml>
by Jim Bray, Post Chronicle
It's the issue of respect, something the content creators seem awfully big on insisting they be treated with, but which seems awfully lacking from their side.

MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Author At Work <http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/05/23/keillor/>
by Garrison Keillor, Salon
When it first strikes you that your book isn't going to be the next "Huck Finn," don't wallow in despair. Take a long walk.

**** A Happy Trio Of Recipes From The Lost &amp; Found <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/22/AR2007052200367.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/foodanddining>
by Bonny Wolf, Washington Post
I feel your pain. You pull out the cookbook stuffed with recipes torn from the newspaper and the backs of boxes, go to the spot where you know you tucked your favorite lavender lemon cake recipe, written on a scrap of brown paper bag. And it's gone.

**** Free To Be Al Gore <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/21/AR2007052101437.html?nav=most_emailed>
by E. J. Dionne Jr, Washington Post
Boy, it would be fun if Al Gore changed his mind and ran for president &mdash; fun for the voters, anyway. Imagine a canddiate whose preelection book is devoted in large part to an attack on the media for waging war on reason.

**** For The Love Of A Good Burger <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/23/dining/23mini.html>
by Mark Bittman, New York Times
I'm sure you know how to make a burger. But do you make a burger you love, one that people notice, one that draws raves?

**** Everything And The Kitchen Sink: The Memoir Of A Dishwasher <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/23/books/23suds.html>
by Charles McGrath, New York Times
Pete Jordan washes dishes across the country in his new book, "Dishwasher: One Man's Quest to Wash Dishes in All 50 States."

SingaporeSurf
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**** Singapore Air Confirms Deal Talks <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6682701.stm>
by BBC News
Singapore Airlines has confirmed it is in talks about buying a stake in China Eastern Airlines, a deal analysts believe could be worth $1bn.

**** Singapore  You Won't Believe What Happened In Court Yesterday <http://singabloodypore.rsfblog.org/archive/2007/05/23/singapore-you-won-t-believe-what-happened-in-court-yesterday.html>
by Singapore Democratic Party, Singabloodypore
Hasn't the Singapore courts heard of the saying that "Justice must notonly be done, but manifestly seen to be done"?

**** Minister Of State For Education Flunks His Own Test <http://www.plu.sg/society/?p=68>
by People Like Us
Minister of state for education Lui Tuck Yew's remarks about homosexuality are uninformed, prejudiced and derogatory.

**** Singapore Draws Plans To Attract More Tourists <http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=150906&version=1&template_id=36&parent_id=16>
by Gulf Times
Capitalising on a growing demand in the region, the Singapore Tourism Board, in tandem with its national carrier Singapore Airlines, has drawn out ambitious schemes to attract more travellers from the Middle East region.

**** NWC Recommends Pay Rise And One-Off Special Bonuses To Workers <http://news.asiaone.com.sg/a1news/20070523_story18_2.html>
by AsiaOne
Companies should give wage increase to workers for their contributions to their good corporate and economic performance, the National Wage Council (NWC) has recommended, adding that those which have done exceptionally well should consider giving one-off special bonuses to workers.

**** Longer Jail, Higher Fines In Singapore For Hiring Illegal Workers <http://news.monstersandcritics.com/business/news/article_1308011.php/Longer_jail_higher_fines_in_Singapore_for_hiring_illegal_workers>
by DPA

**** 48 Hours In Singapore <http://travel.iafrica.com/destin/asia/885347.htm>
by Tim Gane, iAfrica.com
At times, you'll be forgiven for thinking you're in Paris, New York or even Mumbai, as opposed to a tiny tropical island in south-east Asia. But then again, that's the real beauty of Singapore &mdash; it truly /is/ a place of many worlds and eclectic streets.

**** What Use Is Nets If It Burdens Retailers? <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/190015.asp>
by Lim Boon Hee, Today
Nets, with its larger proportion of small businesses as its customers, will be the main loser as it shoots itself in the foot by more than tripling its fees.

**** Review Practice Of Retaining Ez-Link Cards <http://www.straitstimes.com/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=7532758920e39010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:41e3c7606f4b2110VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD>
by Telma Gomez, Straits Times
It is time SBS Transit and SMRT reviewed their system of retaining students' ez-link cards.

**** Age Of Citizen Journalists On The Horizon <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/190023.asp>
by Loh Chee Kong, Today
As a medium that relies heavily on immediate and dramatic visual coverage, as compared to its print counterparts, the greatest ally for traditional broadcasters in the battle for eyeballs is the man-on-the-street, said MediaCorp Technologies' managing director Mock Pak Lum.

**** Drink Ad At Bus Stops Gets Canned <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/190043.asp>
by Daphne Chuah, Today

**** Chuck The Chalkboard, The Future Is Here <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/190022.asp>
by Gracia Chiang, Today
Students at the five schools will integrate infocomm technology into their curriculum across all levels, over a period of four years.

**** Ahh, The Foolish Masses <http://mrwangsaysso.blogspot.com/2007/05/ahh-foolish-masses.html>
by Mr Wang Says So
Almost half of all PSC scholars belong to the richest 15% of the population.

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**** When I'm 25 Or 64 <http://www.jonathancoulton.com/songdetails/When%20I'm%2025%20or%2064>
by Jonathan Coulton
Click here to listen <http://www.jonathancoulton.com/mp3/When%20I'm%2025%20or%2064.mp3>.