[MyAppleMenu] May 26, 2007

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MyAppleMenu
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**** Thoughts On iPod Amnesty Bin <http://blog.retrosight.com/ThoughtsOnIPodAmnestyBin.aspx>
by Charlie Owen
Comedic relief. Honestl, I think this is the real reason.

**** Set-Top Boxes Put To The Test <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/6690939.stm>
by Dan Simmons, BBC Click
If you want style and something that just works out of the box go for the Apple TV, but do so knowing that it is essentially an iPod for your television.

**** Apple Aficionados Left Guessing: Is A Flagship Store On The Way? <http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/business/story.html?id=92ac1094-0da9-4a79-8d90-efa81563b7e1>
by Gillian Shaw, Vancouver Sun
Company executive Ron Johnson recently quipped that Vancouver's patience 'will be rewarded soon'.

**** Be Smart About Sorting Your Music Playlist <http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2003722800_ptmacc26.html>
by Jeff Carlson, Seattle Times
Smart selectors enable you to group things together and apply smart sorting criteria.

**** Brain-Eating Zombies Invade SF Apple Store <http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9723086-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20>
by Declan McCullagh, CNET News.com
A horde of decaying zombies invaded San Francisco's downtown Apple store on Friday evening, hunting for brains, terrifying the customers, and gnawing on iMacs.

**** Museums, Empire State, UN, And Apple Store
by Heng-Cheong Leong, MyAppleMenu
If you are heading to New York city for a weekend architectural landmark tour, don't forget to visit the Apple Store.
Tell them that the New York Times <http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/05/27/travel/27weekend.html?ref=travel> sent you.
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**** Shocking Apple Customer Service <http://www.legiontech.net/node/19?from=myapplemenu>
by John Siepierski, LegionTech
The service was so great that it actually brightened up my day.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Loose Lips Cause Pink Slips: 40% Of Bloggers Post Damaging Info About Jobs <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070525-loose-lips-cause-pink-slips-40-of-bloggers-post-damaging-info-about-jobs.html>
by Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica

MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** The Known World <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/27/books/review/Pinker-t.html?ex=1337918400&en=4e3122bf38b715b9&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
by Stven Pinker, New York Times
Though we live in an era of stunning scientific understanding, all too often the average educated person will have none of it. People who would sneer at the vulgarian who has never red Virginia Woolf will insouciantly bast of their ignorance of basic physics.
The costs of an ignorance of science are not just practical ones like misbegotten policies, forgone cures and a unilateral disarmament in national compettiveness. There is a moral cost as well.

SingaporeSurf
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**** F1 Race In Singapore Will Not Harm He Environment: S Iswaran <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/278574/1/.html>
by Valarie Tan, Channel NewsAsia
There will be measures in place to make sure the F1 race in Singapore will not harm the environment. Minister of state for trade and industry, S Iswaran, said this to reporters at the Great Singapore Sales Challenge.

**** Najib Off To Singapore On 'Important Government Mission' <http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Saturday/NewsBreak/20070526140751/Article/index_html>
by Bernama
Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak is making a two-day visit to Singapore from Monday to find investors, especially fund managers, to invest in the country's stock market.

**** Singapore Teachers Observe Area Schools <http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/heraldnews/news/402364,4_1_JO26_SINGAPORE_S1.article>
by Catherine Ann Velasco, Herald News
Despite the fact that Singapore's eighth-graders rank No. 1 globally in science and math, a group of eight educators from the small Asian country came to Illinois to look at ways to engage their students in more hands-on learning that will last a lifetime.

**** Parliament Press Release, 25 May 2007: Report Of THe Public Accounts Committee <http://app.sprinter.gov.sg/data/pr/20070525986.pdf>
by Singapore Government
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