[MyAppleMenu] Apr 5, 2008

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MyAppleMenu
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**** Life With The MacBook Air <http://www.tuaw.com/2008/04/05/life-with-the-macbook-air/>
by Chris Ullrich, The Unofficial Apple Weblog

**** Firefox 3 Vs. Safari 3 <http://daringfireball.net/2008/04/firefox_3_safari_3>
by John Gruber, Daring Fireball
After a few weeks in the arms of Firefox 3 betas, I've returned to Safari as my daily browser. Unsurprisingly, it's the interface that drove me back.

**** Companies Struggle As Safari Pops Up On Networks <http://www.macworld.com/article/132857/2008/04/safari.html>
by Robert McMillan, IDG News Service
Network administrators are complaining that Apple's recent decision to offer users its Safari web browser as part of an iTunes and QuickTime update has made their lives harder, as they struggle to remove the software from PCs on their networks.
/You have an environment that you trust your employees to have a general-purpose computer, yet your environment cannot handle a little web browser? Me think you have a bigger problem than Safari./

**** About That iPhone Shortage <http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/apr2008/tc2008043_912061.htm>
by Olga Kharif, BusinessWeek
The most likely explanation: Apple is gearing up for the next version of the popular handset or it underestimated demand&mdash;or both.

**** Review: OmniFocus 1.0 Task Management Software <http://www.macworld.com/article/132832/2008/04/omnifocus1.html>
by Dan Miller, Macworld
OmniFocus 1.0.1 is one of the nicest, most polished to-do managers out there. The more you buy into the whole GTD process, the more useful OmniFocus will be. But even if you haven't joined the Cult of David Allen, it's still a powerful way to help you get things done.

**** Why Windows' Flicks And iPhone Slide Gestures Are Not The Same <http://www.lorenheiny.com/2008/04/04/why-windows-flicks-and-iphone-slide-gestures-are-not-the-same/>
by Incemental Blog

**** Apple Xserve, One Sweet Byte <http://www.serverwatch.com/hreviews/article.php/3738761>
by Aaron Weiss, Server Watch
The Xserve delivers a turnkey server environment that offers out-of-the-box productivity difficult to match with enterprise PC servers.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Gartner: Open Source Will Quietly Take Over <http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39379900,00.htm>
by Peter Judge, ZDNet.co.uk
In a few years' time, almost all busiensses will use open source, according to Gartner; even though IT managers may be unaware of it, and prefer to talk about fashions such as software as a service.

**** Beware The New New Thing <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/05/opinion/05kulash.html?ref=opinion>
by Damian Kulash Jr., New York Times
We can't allow a system of gatekeepers to get built into the network.

**** Take My Book. It's Free <http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/04/DDS7VUH5M.DTL>
by Chris Cadelago, San Francisco Chronicle
Giving away books as podcasts is new way to promote sales.

**** The Case Of The Missing Clicks <http://www.economist.com/business/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10962700>
by The Economist
What does it mean when people click on Google's ads less often?

**** Gates Sees Next Windows Version 'Something' In Next Year <http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/technology/tech-microsoft-windows-gates.html?_r=1&ex=1365048000&en=8bb481ec6f31ffc3&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin>
by Reuters
Microsoft Corp, co-founder Bill Gates said on Friday he expected the new version of Windows operating software, code-named Windows 7, to be released "sometime in the next year or so."

**** Why E-Book Readers Don't Stand A Chance <http://www.cnet.com/8301-13506_1-9911511-17.html>
by Don Reisinger, CNET News.com
The economics of the e-book reader industry are off and so far, no one in the business has realized it. It's time they wake up and see what's really going on.

MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Birth Or Death: Too Slim A Difference <http://kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/04/birth-or-death-too-slim-a-difference/index.html?ref=opinion>
by Ruth Kennedy, New York Times
My job here here is to train midwives, not to deliver babies. But this was an emergency and emergency obstetrics is precisely what's missing in this corner of the world.

**** Art Of Darkness <http://arts.guardian.co.uk/art/visualart/story/0,,2271083,00.html>
by Harland Miller, Guardian
We have set out to reflect not ust the enduring appeal of Poe's work, but some of the more diverse responses to it, beyond those in literature.

SingaporeSurf
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**** Censors Ban 'Jihad' In Singapore <http://ajihadforlove.blogspot.com/2008/04/censors-ban-jihad-in-singapore.html>
by Parvez Sharma, Director's Blog
In many of the descriptions of this antiseptic shopping paradise, what is often missed is that an almost fascist regime controls every aspect of life.

**** How To Siam Questions <http://empty-vessels.blogspot.com/2008/04/how-to-siam-questions.html>
by Empty_vessels
Now I realise that the reason that we pay such huge salaries to our government is so that accountability can be thrown out the window and questions can remain unanswered.

**** Ministers Say Needy Will Receive Help To Cope With Soaring Rice Prices <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/339533/1/.html>
by Chew Wui Lynn, Channel NewsAsia

**** Mas Selamat's Escape - Government Shifting The Blame To Singaporeans' "Complacency" <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2008/04/05/mas-selamat&#8217;s-escape---government-shifting-the-blame-to-singaporeans&#8217;-&#8220;complacency&#8221;/>
by Andrew Loh, theonlinecitizen
It is propaganda at its most sublime.

**** Another Look At Talent <http://burningli.blogspot.com/2008/04/another-look-at-talent.html>
by Tang Li, TIgertang In Tangoland

**** Four Documentaries Banned From Singapore Film Festival <http://news.trend.az/index.shtml?show=news&newsid=1169618&lang=EN>
by DPA
Four documentary films have been banned from the Singapore International Film Festival including two deemed sympathetic to terrorism, a third about gay Muslims and anotehr with "explict sado-masochistic sequences," censors said in a report on Saturday.

**** Tea Chat Losing Its Shine <http://www.thestar.com.my/columnists/story.asp?file=/2008/4/5/columnists/insightdownsouth/20841289&sec=Insight%20Down%20South>
by Seah Chiang Nee, The Star
In the 21st century, this system of headhunting an exalted leader like any common corporate figure &mdash; with similar offer of high wages and perks &mdash; may be losing some of its shine for some candidates and voters.

**** Rise Of The Hoards <http://singaporelifetimes.blogspot.com/2008/04/rise-of-hoards.html>
by Singapore Life And Times

**** Looking For Singapore Culture <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/246681.asp>
by Ravi Vello, Today

**** Lights Were Switched Off As Soon As Possible <http://www.straitstimes.com/ST%2BForum/Story/STIStory_224042.html>
by Muhamad Rostam Umar, Singapore Tourism Board, Jonathan Hallett, Singapore GP, Straits Times
Alternative dates and times for the lighting demonstration were also considered, but this was the best available time, due to considerations including the availability of the venue and the lighting consultant's tight schedule.