[MyAppleMenu] Apr 26, 2008

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**** iPhone Is Pricey, But Well Worth It <http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2004374783_ptmacc26.html>
by Jeff Carlson, Seattle Times

**** Analysis: What's Behind Apple's P.A. Semi Purchase <http://www.macworld.com/article/133191/2008/04/pasemi.html>
by Rik Myslewski, Macworld
Apple bought the engineering expertise and low-power savvy of P.A. Semi's 150-person team in order to better work with suppliers such as Intel.
/Isn't this like buying the star programmer from another company, so that she can manage your vendor? Isn't this like buying a star basketball player, so that he can be in charge of choosing the basketball? Isn't this scenario a little, well, stupid?/

**** Will iPhone Multimedia Traffic Overwhelm WiFi Networks? <http://www.itbusiness.ca/it/client/en/Comm_Network/News.asp?id=48078>
by Ephraim Schwartz, IT Business
The iPHone has realized the old promise of the mobile web, but it's not clear whether the wireless networks can handle the load.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Why It's Time To Dump The Web 2.0 Sobriquet Once And For ALl <http://www.news.com/8301-10787_3-9929415-60.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20>
by Charles Cooper, CNET News.com

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**** Movable Feast Carries A Pollution Price Tag <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/26/business/worldbusiness/26food.html?ex=1366948800&en=01bd2d305d1a40f0&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
by Elisabeth Rosenthal, New York Times
Cod caught off Norway is shipped to China to be turned into filets, then shipped back to Norway for sale. Argentine lemons fill supermarket shelves on the Citrus Coast of Spain, as local lemons rot on the ground. Half of Europe's peas are grown and packaged in Kenya.

**** Washington's Future, A History <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/23/AR2008042302930.html?nav=rss_print/washpostmagazine>
by Marc Fisher, Washington Post
We picked some of the best brains in town to write an account of the next 17 years.

**** 'Farewell, My Subaru' By Doug Fine <http://www.latimes.com/features/books/la-et-book26apr26,0,656558.story?track=rss>
by Erika Schickel, Los Angeles Times
At age 36, Doug Fine decided "to see if a regular guy who enjoyed his comforts could maintain them with a reduced oil footprint." And so he bought a parcel of land in southwestern New Mexico, dubbed it the Funky Butte Ranch and dug right into his greener lifestyle.

**** The Seven Myths Of Energy Independence <http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2008/05/the-seven-myths-of-energy-independence.html>
by Paul Roberts, Mother Jones
Why forging a sustainable energy future is dependent on foreign oil.

**** Suspending Life <http://www.seedmagazine.com/news/2008/04/suspending_life.php>
by Peter Ward, Seed
If almost every species on Earth was killed some 250 million years ago, how did our ancient ancestors survive and evolve into us?

**** Cartoon Apocalypse <http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/sciencefiction/story/0,,2276354,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=10>
by Benjamin Kunkel, Guardian
Published a year after the Cuban missile crisis, Cat's Cradle is a classic of cold-war science fiction. Its hallucinatory quality made Kurt Vonnegut a hero to hippies and peaceniks.

SingaporeSurf
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**** Deepavali This Year Will Fall On 27 Oct Instead Of 28 Oct <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/343804/1/.html>
by Channel NewsAsia

**** SM Goh Says Its Time To Repair Reputation After Mas Selamat's Escape <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/343852/1/.html>
by Dominique Loh, Channel NewsAsia
While senior minister Goh Chok Tong ackowledged the debate's focus for many Singaporeans has shifted from reasons for the escape to the issue of accountability, he believes it's time to enter a "new phase of reflection and repair" and to move on.
/We are no longer in a world where we can only read Straits Times and watch Channel 5 and 8. Bloggers have an important role to play now: to remind ourselves again and again what the government is trying to "move on" away from./

**** Electoral Tidal Wave Forming <http://thestar.com.my/columnists/story.asp?col=insightdownsouth&file=/2008/4/26/columnists/insightdownsouth/21061581&sec=Insight%20Down%20South>
by Seah Chiang Nee, The Star
The saga of the Jemaah Islamiah leader's escape from the Whitley Detention Centre has moved beyond security concerns and the negative international image.
It has raised doubts on government accountability in Singapore and revisited the unpopular issue of high cabinet pay.

**** The Big Smoke And Kebab Automata <http://singaporesojourn.blogspot.com/2008/04/big-smoke-and-kebab-automata.html>
by Singapore Sojourn

**** The Minister Should Resign <http://badnewsonthedoorstep.blogspot.com/2008/04/minister-should-resign.html>
by Bad News On The Doorstep
DPM Wong should resign to accept responsibility for the failure of his ministry.

**** The MSK/WKS Saga <http://nedstark.wordpress.com/2008/04/26/the-mskwks-saga/>
by Winter Is Coming
What I was hoping to see from this COI exercise was humble contrition for a mistake made. It is one of the tenets of leadership that the leader assumes responsibility for the folies of his subordinate, notwithstanding that he may or may not have had a direct link to the deplorable event.

**** Shit Happens <http://www.insanepoly.com/blog/?p=515>
by Insane Polygons
This was the time to show some balls, leadership and backbone. Instead our PM failed on all 3 counts.

**** Smoking To Be Allowed At Singapore's Casino Gaming Halls <http://www.straitstimes.com/Free/Story/STIStory_231054.html>
by Jermyn Chow, Straits Times
The government has decided to leae gaming halls out of a nationwide ban on smoking in indoor public spaces, which is being rolled out in the next few years. But the two integrated resorts will be required to draw up 'house rules' to protect non-smokers.

**** The Silence Of Low Thia Khiang <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/250454.asp>
by Dharmendra Yadav, Today
In the constituency of public opinion, that silence of Mr Low has now been replaced by a complaining chorus: "Why, Mr Low? Why?"

**** Spoilt For Choice <http://www.business-standard.com/common/news_article.php?autono=321118&leftnm=5&subLeft=0&chkFlg=>
by Marryam H Reshii, Business Standard
The phrase "spoilt for choice" takes on an altogether different connotation for three weeks every April in Singapore. That is when the World Gourmet Summit is on with 73 events packed into 21 days.

**** Wedding Bed, Garments Adorn Refitted Singapore Peranakan Museum <http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aLkU.2wQvl8I&refer=muse>
by Yoolim Lee and Adam Majendie, Bloomberg
The refurbished schoolhouse shows the culture &mdash; a blend of Chinese, Malay and European influences &mdash; through domestic themes such as a wedding chamber, a dining room and a kitchen.