[MyAppleMenu] Apr 4, 2008

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MyAppleMenu
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**** Network Apps For Macs Abound <http://www.macworld.co.uk/macsoftware/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=20903>
by Jonny Evans, Macworld UK
A pair of remote access solutions for Macs have appeared from different developers.

**** Social Network Service For Mac Users Debuts <http://www.macworld.com/article/132839/2008/04/net4mac.html>
by Peter Cohen, Macworld

**** XP Vs. OS X: Epilogue <http://blog.iso50.com/?p=1316>
by Scott Hansen, ISO50
Mac is far superior in this arena and delivers an experience that's so far advanced compared to Windows, it's seriously sad.

**** 5 Reasons To Say Yes To Macs, When Your Company Says No <http://www.cio.com/article/328213>
by Robert Lemos, CIO.com
Sometimes, IT leaders are told that the company runs Windows, period. But that doesn't stop them from wishing for the forbidden fruit: One CIO explains why he'd like to bring Apple to his enterprise.

**** Aperture Not Only For The Pros <http://www.hydrapinion.com/index.php/mac/2008/04/03/aperture-not-only-for-the-pros>
by Stephen Withers, Hydrapinion

**** iPhone Picks Up Serious Steam In Smart Phone Market <http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=hardware_and_devices&articleId=9074678&taxonomyId=140&intsrc=kc_top>
by Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
The smart phone market has been reduced to a two-horse race between Apple Inc.'s iPhone and Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry, according to consumer surveys publshed this week.

**** Apple Updates Keynote To Version 4.0.3 <http://www.macobserver.com/article/2008/04/03.16.shtml>
by Bryan Chaffin, Mac Observer

**** Adobe Adds Mac OS X 64-Bit Support To ColdFusion 8 <http://www.macobserver.com/article/2008/04/04.1.shtml>
by Jeff Gamet, Mac Observer

**** Reel Battle <http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2008/04/04/reel_battle/>
by Hiawatha Bray, Boston Globe
With a new chief executive at the helm, Avid is slashing prices, upgrading customer service, and overhauling its product line.

**** A Windows User's First Time With A Mac <http://weblog.infoworld.com/enterprisewindows/archives/2008/04/mac_windows.html>
by J. Peter Bruzzese, InfoWorld
The entire system feels like something out of "The Jetsons." Everything I plugged in &mdash; printer, camera, USB keychain, network connection &mdash; just worked, and it all worked immediately.

**** Firefox 3B5 Fastest Browser On Mac OS X? Depends On The Test <http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/04/03/firefox-3b5-fastest-browser-on-mac-os-x-depends-on-the-test>
by Chris Foresman, Ars Technica

**** Can Blogger-Bashers Predict The Success Of A Product? Unlikely <http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/03/can-blogger-bashers-predict-the-success-of-a-product-unlikely/>
by David Pogue, New York Times
Every now and then, a couple of messages come in that really irk me. These messages tell me how wrong I am about something I reviewed, which is fine &mdash; but they come from people who have /never even tried the product/.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** The Genius Of Crowds <http://www.chicagoreader.com/features/stories/sharpdarts/080403/>
by Miles Raymer, Chicago Reader
The internet has made the fan remix an integral tool for artists.

**** Intel's New Tech Will Render Stolen Laptops Unbootable <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080402-intels-new-tech-will-render-stolen-laptops-unbootable.html>
by Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica

**** Turing'd <http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2008/03/turingd.php>
by Kevin Kelly, The Technium
I realized the types of pros who are most eager to employ the latest technology are those fields which have already been Turing'd.

MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** The End Of The Line? <http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/04/france.britishidentity>
by Jon Henley, The Guardian
An unlikely row has erupted in France over suggestions that the semicolon's days are numbered; worse, the growing influence of English is apparently to blame.

**** The Day I Saw The Emperor's Clay Soldiers <http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200804/poem-musgrove>
by Jonathan Musgrove, The Atlantic

**** Barefoot <http://www.foumagazine.net/JD.htm>
by Julie Doxsee, Fou

**** 'My Uncle Is Not A Slum Landlord' <http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/generalfiction/story/0,,2270329,00.html>
by Linda Grant, Guardian
What you are writing about is how you feel and understand, not what you did or where you lived or whom you slept with.

**** Three Poems <http://www.guernicamag.com/poetry/543/three_poems_6/>
by Monica Youn, Guernica

**** How Wong Kar-Wai Lost His Way <http://www.slate.com/id/2188155/?from=rss>
by Grady Hendrix, Slate
At some point he must have decided to reverse the formula&mdash;valuing critical acclaim over audience enjoyment&mdash;because this week his first American film, /My Blueberry Nights/, arrives in the United States, and it's the cinematic equivalent of seeing Wong disappear up his own posterior, eased by gobs of critical praise.

SingaporeSurf
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**** The Children We Leave Behind <http://www.yawningbread.org/arch_2008/yax-859.htm>
by Au Waipang, Yawning Bread

**** Singapore Not Affected By Rice Shortage - Report <http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2008/04/04/afx4853369.html>
by Thomson Financial
Singapore is not affected by the rice shortage gripping some of its rice-producing neighbours like the Philippines as the wealthy city-state can afford to pay a higher price for the staple, the Straits Times newspaper reported on Friday.

**** Business As Usual When $40M Orchard Makeover Begins End April <http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/Singapore/STIStory_223690.html>
by Lim Wei Chean, Straits Times
Finally, the long anticipated $40 million works that will give Singapore's top shopping street the shine will begin on April 28. The facelift is expected to be completed by next February.

**** Government Announces Plans For Jurong Lake District <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/339270/1/.html>
by Wong Siew Ying, Channel NewsAsia
Under the proposed plan, some 750,000 square metres of land will be set aside at Jurong Gateway for offices, hotels, food and beverage, and entertainment uses.

**** 1996AD (Not Exactly 10,000BC) - Origins Of Enbloc Nightmare? <http://enblocsingapore.blogspot.com/2008/04/1996ad-not-exactly-10000bc-origins-of.html>
by Enblocing Singapore

**** Why Malaysians Love Singapore <http://quachee.blogspot.com/2008/04/why-malaysians-love-singapore.html>
by Quachee's Blog

**** Young, Affluent Singaporeans Expect World-Class Standards <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/339235/1/.html>
by Ng Jing Yng, Today

**** Building Social Cohesion, Respecting Diversity <http://www.p65.sg/2008/04/03/building-social-cohesion-respecting-diversity/>
by Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim, P65

**** "Molly", The NLB Mobile Library Bus <http://ramblinglibrarian.blogspot.com/2008/04/molly-nlb-mobile-library-bus.html>
by Ivan Chew, Rambling Librarian

**** My Rights <http://singaporelifetimes.blogspot.com/2008/04/my-rights.html>
by Singapore Life And Times
Incoming Singapore Law Society president Mr Michael Hwang is right. One should never take the word of a civil servant, or even a senior civil servant to be the last word on anything.

**** Subsidised HDB Rental Flats In Greater Demand Now <http://www.straitstimes.com/Free/Story/STIStory_223558.html>
by Theresa Tan, Straits Times
The number of people applying for heavily subsidised HDB rental flats has shot up by at least 30 per cent in the past few months - to about 4,000 eligible applicants on the waiting list now.