[MyAppleMenu] May 24, 2007

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**** Apple And Music Labels Accused Of Shortchanging Artists <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/05/24/apple_and_music_labels_accused_of_shortchanging_artists.html>
by Aidan Malley, AppleInsider
A fresh class action lawsuit charges Apple's iTunes, major online music shops, and top record labels with performing an end-run around a musician's permission and his royalty payments.

**** Using Smart Albums For Wedding Photograpy Projects <http://www.oreillynet.com/digitalmedia/blog/2007/05/using_smart_albums_for_wedding.html>
by Bakari Chavanu, O'Reilly Digital Media Blog
Tucking away a project collection of Smart Albums in a folder keeps my Project Panel less crowded and easier to access.

**** Madison Avenue Says Hello To 'Hello' Again <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/24/business/media/24adco.html?ex=1337659200&en=fdb877d785e3eace&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
by Stuart Elliott, New York Times
"Advertising being an annoying, interruptive medium, 'Hello' is a kind of nice saluation, a friendly way of introducing yourself," said Lee Clow, chairman and chief creative officer at the TBWA Worldwide unit of the Omnicom Group who has long worked for Apple.
The "Hello" in the iPhone commercial, which started running in February, was intended to acomplish the same task, Mr Clow said, as well as echo the "Hello" from the Macintosh campaign 23 years earlier.

**** iPod Sex Toy Arouses Apple's Ire <http://www.smh.com.au/news/digital-music/ipod-toy-arouses-apples-ire/2007/05/24/1179601537754.html>
by Asher Moses, Sydney Morning Herald

**** Bill Gates, Steve Jobs Set For Historic Conversation <http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/gates-jobs-get-set-historic/story.aspx?guid=%7B5EDF0BDA%2D8A90%2D4525%2D80C8%2DBC5834F51C81%7D&siteid=yhoof>
by John Shinal, MarketWatch

**** xPad 1.2.5 <http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/macgems/2007/05/xpad/index.php>
by Dan Frakes, Macworld
xPad is a considerable upgrade over the original NotePad and a nifty utility for those who don't need an powerful (and expensive) outliner or data-management app.

**** Adobe Lies, Badly <http://www.extrapepperoni.com/2007/05/22/adobe-lies-badly/>
by Extra Pepperoni
Saying this is /necessary/ is either a lie about security (never a good idea) or gross technical incompetence (not a real improvement).

**** Customers Quietly Queuing Up For iPhones <http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2007/05/23/customers-quietly-queuing-up-for-iphones>
by Charles Jade, Ars Technica

**** Analyst: Apple Will Be Bigger Than IBM <http://www.macobserver.com/stockwatch/2007/05/23.3.shtml>
by Bryan Chaffin, Mac Observer

**** Analyst: June Quarter iPod Sales May Be Down <http://www.macobserver.com/stockwatch/2007/05/23.2.shtml>
by Jeff Gamet, Mac Observer

**** Mozilla May Drop Firefox Support For Older Mac OS <http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9020879&source=rss_topic123>
by Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
Mozila Corp. is thinking about dropping Firefox support for Appel's Mac OS 10.3, the three-and-a-half-year-old operating system also known as Panther.

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**** Cellphone Banking Is Coming Of Age <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/24/technology/24basics.html?ref=technology>
by John R. Quain, New York Times

**** Sprint To Offer Pandora Streaming Radio <http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070523/ap_on_hi_te/sprint_streaming_radio>
by May Wong, Associated Press

MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** New Grub Street <http://www.cjr.org/essay/new_grub_street.php?page=all>
by Christopher Shea, Columbia Journalism Review
How did ethics become a staple of contemporary food writing?

**** How We Almost Ate At Ye Waverly Inn <http://www.amateurgourmet.com/the_amateur_gourmet/2007/05/how_we_almost_a.html>
by Adam Roberts, Amateur Gourmet
I think I'll stick to burritos in Park Slope.

SingaporeSurf
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**** Singapore For The Indecisive <http://theoffseason.wordpress.com/2007/05/24/singapore-for-the-indecisive/>
by The Off Season

**** Singapore's New Look <http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1624897,00.html?from=myapplemenu>
by Kathleen Kingsbury, Time
Faced with challenging long-term economic prospects and a flagging birth rate, Singapore's leaders have determined that the future of its 4.4 million citizens depends upon attracting multinational corporations along with hundreds of thousands of ambitious, educated (and preferably wealthy) foreigners to work and live there.
See Also:
Singapore: Morphing Metropolis <http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1624899,00.html>, by Time.

**** Malaysia's Islamic Banking More Advanced, Dewan Negara Told <http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news.php?id=263848>
by Bernama
The Islamic banking performance in Malaysia is more advanced compared to Hong Kong and Singapore even though the two countries are strong and big financial centres, the Dewan Negara was told Thursday.

**** University Pulls Out Of Singapore <http://www.ft.com/cms/s/8337f6ee-09a0-11dc-a349-000b5df10621.html>
by John Burton, Financial Times
The UNSW decision raises "substantial questions about the capacity of Singapore to move from plan to reality in its global schoolhouse development agenda" and will be discussed "in overseas university circles for months, if not years to come," said Kristopher Olds at the University of Wisconsin who studies the globl growth of universities.
Mr Olds said that UNSW had requested a A$113m loan from the Australian government for the project and an estimated S$80m in subsidies from the Singapore government.

**** Indon Lawmakers May Scuttle Singapore Defence Pact <http://news.asiaone.com.sg/a1news/20070524_story13_1.html>
by Reuters
Indonesia's parliament may refuse to ratify a defence pact with Singapore if its provisions are against Indonesia's interests, a lawmaker from the country's largest political party said on Thursday.

**** UNSW Closure A Setback But We Soldier On: EDB <http://news.asiaone.com.sg/a1news/20070524_story14_1.html>
by AsiaOne
Shocked and dismayed students say they were kept in the dark about campus shutdown. They were not told till yesterday and are in a bind despite scholarship.

**** Riau Islands Reject Singapore Military Exercise <http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news.php?id=263811>
by Mohd Nasir Yusoff, Bernama
The Riau Islands provincial administration is objecting to a military exercise between Indonesia and Singapore which is to be held in parts of the province.

**** Suspecting Singapore <http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaileditorial.asp?fileid=20070524.E02&irec=1>
by Jakarta Post
Like it or not, this nation is becoming more and more xenophobic, if not paranoid of foreigners.

**** Singapore's Health Minister Says Dengue Outbreak Worsened By Spread Of New Strain <http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/24/asia/AS-MED-Singapore-Dengue.php>
by Associated Press
A strain of dengue new to Singapore is impeding efforts to stem the spread of the mosquito-borne disease that has infected hundreds in the affluent city-state this year, a top official said Thursday.

**** CNA Publishes Two Versions Of UNSW Closure Report <http://singaporeelection.blogspot.com/2007/05/cna-publishes-two-kinds-of-unsw-closure.html>
by Singapore Election Watch

**** Temasek Faces Price-Fix Probe <http://www.ft.com/cms/s/c8080286-0988-11dc-a349-000b5df10621.html>
by John Aglionby, Financial Times
Indonesia's business competition authority on Wednesday accused Temasek, the investment arm of the Singapore government, of violating competition laws by using subsidiaries' shareholdngs in the two largest mobile phone operators to fix prices.
Although Temasek has not been charged, the matter could further strain bilateral relations.

**** The Irony That Is This Country <http://nedstark.wordpress.com/2007/05/23/the-irony-that-is-this-country/>
by Ned Stark, Winter Is Coming

**** Shock Exit By UNSW <http://www.straitstimes.com/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=6fadbe120b93a010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:e89053f2a79b2110VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD>
by Sandra Davie, Straits Times
Australia's University of New South Whales (UNSW) dropped a bombshell yesterday by announcing that it is making a quick exit from Singapore.
See Also:
Questions On The UNSW Asia Debacle <http://blog.beerkens.info/2007/05/questions-on-unsw-asia-debacle.html>, by BoG,U+S.
UNSW To Close Its Singpaore Campus <http://www.theage.com.au/news/World/UNSW-to-close-its-Singapore-campus/2007/05/23/1179601482881.html>, by Reuters.

**** Don't Let Pedestrian Walkways Become Highways <http://www.straitstimes.com/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=f832758920e39010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:0af60bfd4f8b2110VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD>
by Anthony J De Silva, Straits Times
All sorts of campaigns and the like can be thought of and implemented, yet when no serious deterrents are implemented, there will be no improvement and the pedestrians have to suffer for this.

**** Minister's Call To Give Singapore A Buzz <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/190267.asp>
by Joseph Yadao, Today
Singapore does not need to remake itself in the image of other cities in order to lure foreigners to its shores. Instead, it must find its "own buzz as a global city, our own distinctive appeal", said Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, minister for education and second minister for finance.

**** Eng Wah May Bow Out Of Cinema <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/190278.asp>
by Christie Loh, Today
After a failed venture to run topless cabaret shows in Singapore, mainboard-listed Eng Wah Organisation is now betting on high-tech skin patches to rake in the big bucks.

**** Singapore Aquarium Puts Chips In Fish <http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSSIN15180520070523?feedType=RSS>
by Reuters
Singapore's aquarium has tagged some of its fishes using microchips to help visitors identify the different species on display.

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**** Runaway <http://www.plainsunset.com/>
by Plainsunset
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