[MyAppleMenu] Apr 25, 2008

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**** 8GB iPhone Disappears From Shelves <http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/192144/8gb-iphone-disappears-from-shelves.html>
by PC Pro
O2 and Carphone Warehouse are reporting they've sold out of 8GB iPhones, suggesting the recent price cuts may have done the trick.

**** MacJournal 5 Journaling / Blog Software Review <http://www.applelinks.com/index.php/more/macjournal_5_journaling_blog_software_review/>
by Kirk Hiner, Applelinks

**** Storyboard A Toon Boon To Visual Storytelling <http://www.macsimumnews.com/index.php/archive/review_storyboard_a_toon_boon_to_visual_storytelling/>
by Dennis Sellers, Macsimum News

**** VWWare Fusion Update Enables Time Machine Backups <http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/04/25/vmware-fusion-update-enables-time-machine-backups>
by Jef Smykil, Ars Technica

**** Apple Europe 'Can Do Better' On iPhone <http://www.macworld.co.uk/business/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=21124>
by Jonny Evans, Macworld UK
Apple's general manager of European operations Pascal Cagni believes Apple can do a better job at selling the iPhone in Europe than it has done so far.

**** Analyst Says Apple Is Selling Too Many MacBook Airs <http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/04/analyst-says-ap.html>
by Charlie Sorrel, Wired

**** iPhone Stats Confirmed; It Really Does Run My World <http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9080118&source=rss_news50>
by Michael DeAgonia, Computerworld

**** Everybody Mocks My Windows Computer! <http://www.adaptistration.com/artsaddict/2008/04/everybody-mocks.html>
by Jason Heath, Arts Addict
I've got to say that noting makes you feel like a dorky old man than having a bunch of Macintosh-toting college kids make fun of you... especially when you're supposed to be the "new media" guy!

**** Settling The OS X Focus-Follows-Mouse Debate <http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2008/04/settling-osx-focus-follows-mouse-debate.html>
by Stevey's Blog Rants

**** Safari Needs Better Protection <http://macnightowl.com/2008/04/the-apple-security-report-safari-needs-better-protection/>
by Gene Steinberg, MacNightOwl

**** Sun Continues Pursuit Of Java For iPhone <http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/04/24/Sun-continues-pursuit-of-Java-for-iPhone_1.html>
by Paul Krill, InfoWorld
Sun continues to pursue talks with Apple to have Java applications run on Apple's iPhone while ackowledging a third party's efforts toward the same goal.

**** URL Spoofing Flaw Affects Safari 3.1.1 <http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/24/url.spoofing.flaw/>
by MacNN

**** Is iPhone Ready For Business? <http://www.macworld.co.uk/blogs/index.cfm?RSS&blogid=4&entryid=358>
by Karen Haslam, Macworld UK
One issue is Apple's one-carrier-per country model. Another concern is security.

**** Apple's Big Success - It's All About Sociology, Not Technology. Does Google Get That? <http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/NussbaumOnDesign/archives/2008/04/apples_big_succ.html>
by Bruce Nussbaum, BusinessWeek

**** Apple Coming To Terms With iPhone 'Unlocking', Says Analyst <http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9080259&intsrc=news_ts_head>
by Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
Apple's attitude about unlocked iPhones hints that the company will abandon its business model of grabbing a piece of mobile carrier's revenues in order to make its goal of selling 10 million smart phones this year, an analyst said today.

**** Apple Air Laptop's Shortcomings Are Easy To Forgive <http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2008/04/24/apple_air_laptops_shortcomings_are_easy_to_forgive/>
by Hiawatha Bray, Boston Globe
The Air's elegant form sacrifices a lot of functions found on even the cheapest laptops, not to mention its closest, thinnest rival, the ThinkPad X300. Instead Apple offers gleaming aluminum, and assurances that nobody will mind the missing features. And for the msot part, I didn't.

**** VMware Fusion Gets New MacBook Air Support <http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/24/vmware.fusion/>
by MacNN

**** dpMatte Brings Greenscreen Keying To Aperture <http://www.macworld.com/article/133160/2008/04/dpmatte.html>
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
dpMatte provides greenscreen keying capabilities similar to video software, for Aperture.

**** Myth TV Now Interfacing With iPhone, No Jailbreak Required <http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/04/24/mythtv-now-interfacing-with-iphone-no-jailbreak-required>
by Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica

**** Underwhelmed By iPod Gaming <http://www.macworld.com/article/133164/2008/04/underwhelmipodgame.html>
by Christopher Breen, Macworld
Will the iPhone 2.0 software and the games that will pour in with it spell the end for gaming on traditional iPods?
/I'm guessing with iPhone and iPod Touch being the future of Apple, the traditional click-wheel will be gone as soon as the cost of touch-screen goes down./

**** Boot Camp 2.1 Update Lets Users Upgrade To Windows XP SP3 <http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/04/24/boot-camp-2-1-update-lets-users-upgrade-to-windows-xp-sp3>
by Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica
Apple released a Boot Camp 2.1 update today for Windows XP, and Windows Vista (both 32- and 64-bit versions).

**** Jobs Back In The Hot Seat Over Options <http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=1619>
by Jason D. O'Grady, ZDNet.com

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**** Web 2.0: Yahoo Rewires With Open Strategy <http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/web2.0/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=207401981>
by Thomas Claburn, InformationWeek
Following in the footsteps of Facebook, Google, and Microsoft, to name a few platform players, Yahoo is opening up to third-party developers.

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**** L.A. Without Wheels <http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-see25apr25,0,7072146.story?track=rss>
by Carolyn See, Los Angeles Times
I'm here on the ground, walking past flowers, and I don't miss those cars at all.

**** Long Live The Dress (For Now) <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/24/fashion/24DRESSES.html?_r=1&ex=1366776000&en=bd6621cfcff3bb74&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin>
by Guy Trebay, New York Times
Yes, gender play is fun, and trousers are a useful wardrobe default for the women in business. But unles you are thomas McGuane and find nothing sexier than a woman' with crow's feet, tight Wranglers and suede chaps, you will have to concede that, for flattering a woman's body, nothing is quite like a dress.

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**** Companies Need To Step Up Corporate Governance, Transparency <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/343717/1/.html>
by Rachel Kelly, Channel NewsAsia
/I wonder if this applies to GIC and Temasek./

**** Who Said Singapore Doesn't Enforce Anti-Gay Laws? <http://happyamsguy.blogspot.com/2008/04/who-said-singapore-doesnt-enforce-anti.html>
by Adventures And Random Brain Waves

**** Raising Wages To Address Rising Costs Not A Right Solution <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/343694/1/.html>
by S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia
Raising wages to address the issue of rising costs may be an enticing option but that is not the right solution, said acting manpower minister Gan Kim Yong. He said adjusting wages upwards to meet rising prices would only result in a "price-wage spiral" and Singaporeans should look at the bigger picture.
/In other words, this is the government telling the National Wage Council and NTUC &mdash; hey, you guys know what to say now, eh?/

**** Should Minister Wong Kan Seng Resign? Between A Rock And Hard Place Is The Chance To Take The Red Pill <http://ian.onthereddot.com/2008/04/25/should-minister-wong-kan-seng-resign-between-a-rock-and-hard-place-is-the-chance-to-take-the-red-pill/>
by Ian On The Red Dot
We shouldn't be afraid to punish our leaders if they had failed us just to prevent creating a risk adverse government.

**** To Resign Or Not Resign, That Is The Question? <http://searchingforenlightenment.blogspot.com/2008/04/to-resign-or-not-to-resign-that-is.html>
by Random Thoughts Of A Free Thinker

**** China Colleague Asked Me - Do You Love Your Country? <http://ian.onthereddot.com/2008/04/25/china-colleague-asked-me-do-you-love-your-country/>
by Ian On The Red Dot

**** The Government's Great Getaway <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2008/04/25/farquhar-4/>
by theonlinecitizen
The government's mishandling of the Mas Selamat case reveals a worrying lack of political acumen.
/Simply put, the men and women put in place by the PAP are managers and technocrats, and not leaders. They rose to the top not because the people put them there, but simply by having good resume that impressed the top management of the party./

**** Project Work Grading Method Is Fair: MOE <http://www.straitstimes.com/Free/Story/STIStory_230776.html>
by Jane Ng, Straits Times
To parents and students concerned about the disparate grades awarded as a result of the subject being marked internally by junior college teachers, an MOE spokesman made it clear that these teachers follow marking guidelines common to the schools.

**** Lapses Were Not Systemic, Says MHA <http://www.straitstimes.com/ST%2BForum/Story/STIStory_230802.html>
by Toh Yong Chuan, Press Secretary To DPM And Minister For Home Affairs, Straits Times

**** GIC's Dr Tony Tan Clarifies 'Worst Recesion' Remarks Just One Of 3 Scenarios Considered <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/343582/1/.html>
by Channel NewsAsia
Dr Tony Tan, the deputy chairman of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC), has clarified that recent comments made on the world facing its worst recession in 30 years is just one of three scenarios GIC is contemplating.
It is not the GIC's forecast for the global economy.

**** Singapore Philatelic Museum: A Rat's Tale <http://sparklette.net/archives/singapore-philatelic-museum-a-rats-tale/>
by Sparklette.net

**** PM Lee Speaking Up For DPM Wong... And Backfired <http://utopia8787.blogspot.com/2008/04/pm-lee-speaking-up-for-dpm-wongand.html>
by Utopia
Singaporeans do deserve high standards because the government has granted themselves the right to up their pay whenever they want to.

**** Fiscal Finagling In Singapore <http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/ID13Ae01.html>
by Shawn W Crispin, Asia Times
With the recent resurgence in economic growth, some financial analysts believe last year's total on- and off-budget surplus could have been the largest ever collected by the PAP-led government. That would go a long way in explaining the PAP's recent controversial decision to reward itself with substantially higher pay. But it also indicates just how out of touch the self-centered PAP's economic priorities have become, which over the medium term augurs ill for a small island country so highly reliant on the state for its economic, financial and moral direction.

**** Hints Of Apple's New Strategies In Its Q3 Financial Call <http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=1620>
by David Morgenstern, ZDNet.com
So, we may find other flavors of Air hardware.

**** Upholding Our 'Fine City' Reputation <http://www.yawningbread.org/arch_2008/yax-868.htm>
by Au Waipang, Yawning Bread

>From the latest MDA press release, it appears that "a balanced view" in Singapore means that the TV station has to pay a fine of S$15,000. We are a "fine city" after all, right?


**** Send This To The ST Forum 7: MDA Not Doing Enough <http://mollymeek.livejournal.com/188051.html>
by Mollymeek