[MyAppleMenu] Sep 18, 2007

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**** Apple Re-Releases 3 Games For New iPods <http://ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/apple-re-releases-3-games-for-new-ipods/>
by Jeremy Horwitz, iLounge

**** Apple Announces iPhone Availability In United Kingdom <http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2007/09/18/apple-announces-iphone-availability-in-united-kingdom>
by Iljitsch van Beijnum, Ars Technica
That's right: GSM and EDGE, no 3G. And even EDGE coverage is limited to around "30 percent" (by population?) at the time of the iPhone's launch, so many users mayhave to endure GPRS speeds, which are about a third of what EDGE can deliver.
See Also:
iPhone To Go On Sale In UK On Nov 9 <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/09/18/niphone218.xml>, by Nicole Martin, Telegraph.

**** Mark Cuban Is Just Your Average Mac Convert, And I Can Relate, Welcome To The Age Of Apple <http://www.parislemon.com/2007/09/mark-cuban-is-just-your-average-mac.html>
by ParisLemon
Going forward it's going to be less about the standard desktop PC and more about laptops, sub-laptops, handhelds, cellphones, and the like that make up computing. Which OS looks more poised for that, Windows or OS X?

**** iPod Touch Designed To Push iPhones? <http://theappleblog.com/2007/09/17/ipod-touch-designed-to-push-iphones/>
by Louis Gray, The Apple Blog
This feeling is reinforced by Apple's leaving half the screen empty of icons - a subtle reminder every time you fire up the iPod touch that you made a compromise.

**** Adobe Says Software Not Fully Tested On New Mac OS <http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070918/tc_nm/adobe_apple_dc>
by Jim Finkle, Reuters
Adobe Systems Inc's Photoshop, Illustrator and other Creative Suite 3 programs have not been fully tested with the latest version of Apple Inc's operating system due out next month, which could lead to incompatibility issues.
"CS3 hasn't fully been tested under Leopard," Adobe chief executive Bruce Chizen told Retuers in an interview. "If it doesn't work, we will make the necessary adjustments."
See Also:
Adobe Exeeds Profit Expectations <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/18/technology/18adobe.html?ex=1347768000&en=aad3df808098d5ea&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>, by Reuters.

**** Losing Money On The iPhone And Making It Up On Volume <http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/09/17/losing-money-on-the-iphone-and-making-it-up-on-volume/>
by Matt Richtel, New York Times Blog
Apple is likely to make so much money from its share of iPhone usage fees paid to wireless phone companies that it can sell the product at a loss and still make money. That's the conclusion of Toni Sacconaghi, an analyst with Sanford C. Bernstein.

**** Report: MS, Apple, Oracle Are Top Vulnerable Vendors <http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2184206,00.asp?kc=ZDRSS05089TX1K0001002>
by Lisa Vaas, eWeek
Not surprising: In the first half of 2007, Microsoft was the top vendor when it came to publicly disclosed vulnerabilities. Likely surprising to some: Apple got second place.

**** Singing The iPod Touch LCD Quality Blues <http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2007/09/17/singing-the-ipod-touch-lcd-quality-blues>
by David Chartier, Ars Technica
Many iPod touch owners across the web are pretty upsdet over significant quality problems with the iPod touch display. Some of the shipping units suffer from questionable color replication, particularly with blacks.

**** Logic Pro 8 Looks Like The Real Deal <http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/creative/2007/09/logic-studio-8/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
By and large, it was the simpler things about Logic that make me giddy with anticipation: things like multi-take recording, portable preferences and recording a bus.

**** iWant My iPhone Now <http://www.smh.com.au/news/articles/iwant-my-iphone-now/2007/09/15/1189881408628.html>
by Darren Osborne, Sydney Morning Herald
For many technology geeks it's a given that Australia sits at the end of the roll-out queue. But it hasn't stopped many from getting their hands on Apple's iPhone.

**** Review: Vmware Fusion <http://www.macnn.com/reviews/vmware-fusion.html>
by Jonathan Fingas and Victor Marks, MacNN

**** Painter X: Real Paint And Brushes For Real Artists <http://www.macworld.com/2007/09/reviews/painterx/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
by Lesa Snider King, Macworld
For the aspiring artist, Painter is a great way to learn&mdash;the digital advantage being that every canvas, brush, and tube of paint is free. If you're a professional photographer, you'll love the ability to transform photos into beautiful paintings with little effort; and, as your skills increase, so may your fees.

**** Don't Break My Third-Party iPhone Apps <http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/2007/09/iphoneapps/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
by Rob Griffiths, Macworld
Just do nothing at all regarding third-party application development on the iPhone. Nothing to encourage it, and most importantly, nothing to discourage it, prevent it, shut it down, or otherwise stop it from happening. Thank you.

**** Apple Releases iTunes 7.4.2, Breaks Some Custom Ringtones Again <http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2007/09/17/apple-releases-itunes-7-4-2-breaks-some-custom-ringtones-again>
by David Chartier, Ars Technica
In what seems to be a new habit for Apple, a new iTunes 7.4.2 update includes not much more than a few bug fixes&mdash;this includes one involving making iTunes Store ringtones from iTunes Plus tracks. More importantly, however, custom ringtone enthusiasts have another reason to make voodoo dolls for Apple and their favorite music label CEOs: the update doesn't play well with Rogue Amoeba's MakeiPhoneRingtone freeware app.

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**** Computer In The Cloud: Online Desktop Systems Could Bridge The Digital Divide <http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/19397/?a=f>
by Erica Naone, MIT Technology Review
Cloud computing&mdash;the idea of relying on web-based applications and storing data in the "cloud" of the internet&mdash;has long been touted as a way to do business on the road. Now software companies are making entire web-based operating systems. Built to work like a whole computer in the cloud and aimed at a wider audience, these browser-based services could help those who can't afford their own computer.

**** Privacy Groups: Google's Call For Standard Insufficient <http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/09/17/Privacy-groups-Google-call-for-standard-not-enough_1.html>
by Grant Gross, IDG News Service

**** 'The New York Times' Drops Online Subscription Service <http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9780063-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20>
by Greg Sandoval, CNET News.com
/The New York Times/ has finally given up on the web-subscription model, announcing Monday that the newspaper's online site will no longer charge for any content.

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**** Focus On The Words - Not On The Writer <http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/09/16/RVDUS18LI.DTL>
by Stephen Elliott, San Francisco Chronicle
What does it matter if a novelist is also a pundit or a performer or a narcissist?

**** When I Think About The Time The Man Asked Me To Stop Fidgeting With My PEncil <http://www.slate.com/id/2171769/fr/rss/>
by Christopher Cunningham, Slate

**** Not For Chopin <http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/poetry/2007/09/24/070924po_poem_collins>
by Arda Collins, New Yorker

**** The Maserati Years <http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/features/2007/09/24/070924fi_fiction_biller>
by Maxim Biller, New Yorker

**** Is 'Do Unto Others' Written Into Our Genes? <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/18/science/18mora.html?ex=1347768000&en=dd9759e9cc299aa1&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
by Nicholas Wade, New York Times
Where do moral rules come from? From reason, some philosophers say. From God, say believers. Seldom considered is a source now being advocated by some biologists, that of evolution.
At first glance, natural selection and the survival of the fittest may seem to reward only the most selfish values. But for animals that live in groups, selfishness mut be strictly curbed or there will be no advantage to social living. Coul dthe behaviors evolved by social animals to make societies work be the foundation from which human morality evolved?

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**** The Stingy Government <http://singaporealternatives.blogspot.com/2007/09/stingy-government.html>
by Goh Meng Seng, Singapore Alternatives
If our government has reserves of US$300 billion that could earn 10% return, S$96.6 million is really peanuts to start with.

**** Ignorance Of HIV Status No Defence For High-Risk Behaviour Soon <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/300549/1/.html>
by Julia Ng, Channel NewsAsia
In time to come, no one will be able to claim ignorance of one's HIV-positive status as defence against charges of high-risk beaviour.
Health minister Khaw Boon Wan told parliament on Tuesday he would be moving to change the law on this.

**** Investment Decisions In IDR Up To Private Sector: Lim Hng Kiang <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/300580/1/.html>
by Hoe Yeen Nie, Channel NewsAsia

**** Uniformed Officers To Be Exempt From Re-Employment Legislation <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/300589/1/.html>
by Hoe Yeen Nie, Channel NewsAsia
Manpower minister Ng Eng Hen told parliament on Tuesday that these officers are not covered by the Reitrement Act, due to the physical demands and hazardous nature of their jobs.

**** Foreigners Will Not Be Allowed To Interfere In Singapore's Domestic Affairs <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/300607/1/.html>
by Julia Ng, Channel NewsAsia
The home affairs ministry reiterated this in parliament on Tuesday, when it explained why it revoked an approved licence for gay activist Professor Douglas Sanders to speak at a public lecture in Singapore on 7 August.

**** CPF Changes Will Not Draw On Past Reserves: Tharman <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/300608/1/.html>
by Wong Siew Ying, Channel NewsAsia
The proposed changes to the Central Provident Fund (CPF) to help Singaporeans meet their retirement needs are sustainable and will not draw on past reserves, said second finance minister tharman Shanmugaratnam.

**** Better Marketing Of Longevity Insurance Scheme Needed: Dr Lily Neo <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/300612/1/.html>
by Channel NewsAsia
There is a need for better communicatio of the CPF changes coming up, and better marketing of the Longevity Insurance Scheme as well. MP for Jalan Besar Dr Lily Neo made this point when she spoke in parliament in support of the mnisterial statement on CPF reforms on Tuesday.
/If a product is bad, no amount of marketing can changes that. And that's the fundamental truth./

**** Ex-NKF Chairman Richard Yong Sentenced To 15 Months Jail <http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/Courts%2Band%2BCrime/STIStory_159028.html>
by Straits Times
Former National Kidney Foundation (NKF) director Richard Yong has been sentenced to 15 months of jail, becoming the first member of the old NKF board to do jail time.

**** Shifting Track <http://singaporelifetimes.blogspot.com/2007/09/shifting-track.html>
by Singapore Life And Times
It seems that someone or some people just pushed out a half-baked cake for the PM to sell at a very public occasion.

**** Indoensian Govt Urged To Cancel Singapore Defense Pact <http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/6265333.html>
by Xinhua

**** Eric Low's Dialogue Session <http://leelilian.blogspot.com/2007/09/eric-lows-dialogue-session.html>
by Lee Lilian, The Itch To Write
That's it? The residents are here to listen to addressing speeches?

**** There Is A Reason Why Singapore Outdoes Jakarta <http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailcity.asp?fileid=20070918.C04&irec=3>
by Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta Post
In Singapore it's quite normal for people, entire families, young and old, to wander the streets, ride a bus or stroll home from work late at night &mdash; because, unlike Jakarta, the city state is a safe place to live and work.

**** Join The Circus To Oppose The PAP? No Thanks! <http://singaporeboy.blogspot.com/2007/09/join-circus-to-oppose-pap-no-thanks.html>
by Singapore Boy

**** ASEAN Not Aiming To Become Like EU Even If Integration Completed - Singapore <http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2007/09/17/afx4123723.html>
by Thomson Financial
Foreign minister George Yeo said the 10-nation Asociation of Southeast Asian Nations is too diverse to achieve the same degree of integration as the EU.
Yeo, whose country assumed the rotating ASEAN chair from the Philippines in July, said that ASEAN leaders have recognised the reality of the region's diversity and agreed that the pac eof integration should not be set by the region's poorest members.

**** Oral, Anal Sex Legal In Singapore <http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22437607-5005961,00.html>
by Herald Sun
Oral and anal sex in private between consenting heterosexual adults woul dbe legalised under a bill introduced in Singapore's parliament.
Under the city-state's first major penal code amendments in 22 years, a section criminalising "carnal intercourse against the order of nature" would be repealed.

**** Why Singapore Bashing Is No Longer In <http://tnp.sg/news/story/0,4136,142206,00.html?>
by Low Ching Ling, New Paper
One could almost be forgiven for thinking Singapore-bashing has gone out of style across the Causeway. Instead, we hear praise.

**** He Claims He's 'Curious' Photo Buff, But He's Really... <http://tnp.sg/news/story/0,4136,142187,00.html?>
by Crystal Chan, New Paper
Just who is this man who was seen filming Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) members outside the Istana yesterday?
Checks showed that he is the executive director of Worldrights, a four-year-old US-based non-profit human rights organisation.

**** Flexi-Approach Is What's Needed <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/211824.asp>
by Lee U-Wen, Today
The idea of a "longevity insurance" makes much sense for Singapore's rapidly ageing society. But add an element of compulsion to it, and many start viewing the proposed annuity scheme in a less favourable light.
In a tacit acknowledgment of public concerns over the plan, the government has given its strongest indication yet that it would adopt a flexible approach in implementing the  National Longevity Insurance Scheme.
See Also:
Govt Should Top Up Annuities: MPs <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/211842.asp>, by Nazry Bahrawi, Today.

**** Bond Rates + 1% = 'Risk Free' CPF Formula <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/211808.asp>
by Lee U-Wen, Today