[MyAppleMenu] Feb 1, 2008

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**** Could The MacBook Air's Trackpad Support Pen Input? <http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=1245>
by David Morgenstern, ZDNet.com

**** Is Apple In Over Its Head With The iPhone <http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13506_1-9861932-17.html?part=rss&subj=TheDigitalHome>
by Don Reisinger, CNET News.com
In an environment where competition is fierce and hype dies quickly, Apple looks a bit lost at this point.
/All indications seems to point to Apple doing quite well in the smartphone market  &mdash; which is a different market from the general cellphone market./

**** Apple's Mac Moves In On Broadcast Industry <http://www.macworld.co.uk/procreative/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=20306>
by Karen Haslam, Macworld UK
Thanks to the move to Intel, Apple is no longer dismissed by broadcast facilities. Autodesk senior product marketing manager Rob Hoffman has revealed that his company, the maker of 3D animation software Maya, is seeing more and more interest from Mac using professionals.

**** 6 Things That Confuse Windows Users Who Switch To A Mac <http://blogs.chron.com/techblog/archives/2008/01/6_things_that_confuse_windows_users_who_switc_1.html>
by Dwight Silverman, Houston Chronicle
There are recurring items that seem to regularly flummox Mac newbies.
/As this author also pointed out, the green button is also a source of confusion &mdash; even for some Mac developers. The green button is "Zoom", not "Maximise". There is a difference./
/P.S. Or maybe the 'confused' Mac developers are just lazy developers. :-)/

**** Waiting For The MacBook Air Pro <http://voices.allthingsd.com/20080131/gillmor/>
by Dan Gillmor, AllThingsD
I suspect I'm in a large class of potential customers. I'd love a computer that's high art, but I need one that's right for hard work.
/On the other hand, I'm suspecting that many of the designs &mdash; and perhaps even compromises &mdash; of the MacBook Air will make their way to the MacBook and MacBook Pro lines./

**** New MacBook Pro Identifier Hints That An Update Is Imminent <http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/01/31/new-macbook-pro-identifier-hints-that-an-update-is-imminent>
by Jutin Berka, Ars Technica

**** PMA Notes: Whither Aperture? <http://www.macworld.com/article/131894/2008/01/pma-apeture.html>
by Rick LePage, Macworld
What's most interesting to me is the shift in attitudes and usage. People aren't actually /excited/ about an Aperture update; it's more of a "will it be significantly better" type of vibe.

**** Restoring Media And Info From iPod Touch <http://www.macworld.com/article/131895/2008/01/restoreipodtouch.html>
by Christoper Breen, Macworld

**** MarsEdit 2.1 Bring sTagging, Server Drafts <http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/01/31/marsedit-2-1-brings-tagging-server-drafts>
by David Chartier, Ars Technica

**** Analyst: Apple To Double Market Share By 2011 <http://www.macworld.com/article/131899/2008/01/marketshare.html>
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
In a recent report, market research firm Gartner predicted Apple will double its U.S. and Western Europe computer market share.
/Now, the viruses will finally be here? Right? Yes?/

**** Analysis: Inside Apple's iPod Sales Figures <http://www.macworld.com/article/131874/2008/01/ipodsales.html>
by Dan Moren, Macworld
What the analysts and the media were reacting to was a lack of /growth/ in iPod sales over the previous year.

**** iTunes Usage Overtakes RealPlayer For The First Time <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/01/31/itunes_usage_overtakes_realplayer_for_the_first_time.html>
by Aidan Malley, AppleInsider

The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Microsoft Offers To Buy Yahoo For $44.6 Billion <http://www.macworld.com/article/131908/2008/02/msyahoo.html>
by Jeremy Kirk, Macworld
Microsoft has offered to buy Yahoo for around $44.6 billion in cash and shares, to better compete with Google in the market for online services.

**** How To Get Rich As An Author: Give Yor Work Away <http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/01/how_to_get_rich_as_an_author_g.html>
by Sean Dodson, Guardian

**** Social Search <http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/20138/>
by Erica Naone, MIT Technology Review
A new website will offer personalized search results based on the user's social network.

**** Airwaves Auction Bidder Must Open Up Network <http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/telecom/2008-01-31-fcc-auction_N.htm>
by Paul Davidson, USA Today

**** Stretching The Truth Just Became Easier (And Cheaper) <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/31/technology/personaltech/31basics.html?ex=1359435600&en=b1f076e1c5654235&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
by Peter Wayner, New York Times
Automated tools are changing the editing of photography by making it possible for anyone to tweak a picture, delete unwanted items or even combine the best aspects of several similar pictures into one.

**** The Internet Rewards The Lazy And Punishes The Intrepid <http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jan/31/navigationsystems>
by Nicholas Carr, The Guardian
When we all know what everyone else knows, it becomes ever harder to escape the pack.

MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Poetry's Eternal Youths <http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/01/poetrys_eternal_youths.html>
by Shirley Dent, Guardian
It's not just that so man poets have been startlingly young, it's an art that always requires fresh eyes and ears.

**** No-Man's_land <http://www.believermag.com/issues/200802/?read=article_biss>
by Eula Biss, The Believer
Fear, racism, and the historically troubling attitude of American pioneers.

**** A Handmade Home <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/31/garden/31elephante.html?ex=1359435600&en=c3aecfe6146c8f18&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
by Joyce Wadler, New York Times
Any fool can hire an architect to draw up a plan for a house, but it takes a truly inspired fool &mdash; which is to say, an artist &mdash; to start building and see where the earth and driftwood and shards of broken pottery take him, and an equally impassioned fool &mdash; say, a woman in love &mdash; to go along and carry the rocks on her back.

**** The Stupid Bowl <http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1708842,00.html>
by Joel Stein, Time
Gambling for men isn't about winning money but about boosting our self-esteem by proving that we're always right.

**** Those Fabulous Fabricators And Their Finish Fetish <http://www.laweekly.com/art+books/art/those-fabulous-fabricators-and-their-finish-fetish/18038/>
by Paul Young, LA Weekly
At Carlson &amp; Co., they do it with art.

SingaporeSurf
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**** MM Lee 'Not Quite Sold' On Idea Of 6.5 Million Population <http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/Singapore/STIStory_202472.html>
by Li Xueying, Straits Times
"I think there's an optimum size for the land that we have, to preserve the open spaces and the sense of comfort."

**** Punitive ERP May Be Way To Avert Gridlock: MM Lee <http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/Singapore/STIStory_202474.html>
by Zakir Hussain, Straits Times

**** Out Of The Crib - A Singaproean's Perspective <http://homeandbeyond.blogspot.com/2008/02/out-of-crib-singaporeans-perspective.html>
by Nurun Nisha M Heallmy, Home &amp; Beyond
Spending the last 19 years of my life in Singapore, and hardly crossing the little body of water that the island is surrounded by, September 17, 2007 will forever be negraved in my memory as the day I left the all too familiar concrete city, and start to embrace chaos and see that the world stretches beyond strict laws and mundane routines.

**** First Budget Flights Take Off On KL-Singapore Route <http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/Singapore/STIStory_202361.html>
by Karamjit Kaur, Straits Times
After six years of lobbying by carriers and travellers on both sides of the Causeway, budget airlines began flying the Singapore-Kuala Lumpur route on Friday, ending 30 years of fare-fixing by the national cariers and opening the way for wider liberalisation of the region's air corridors.

**** The Consequence Of A 'Regulated' Press <http://jeremytoh.blogspot.com/2008/01/consequence-of-regulated-press.html>
by Jeremy Toh
The Straits Times might have altered the numbers in the headlines, through the use of ambiguous writing, to make it seem that foreigners are getting less of jobs created in Singapore than they actually are.
See Also:<br/>Reporter Under Pressure To Change Article Title &amp; Content? Creative Reporting! <http://ahgonghippo.wordpress.com/2008/02/01/reporter-under-pressure-to-change-article-title-content-creative-reporting/>, by Ahgong Hippo's Blork.

**** Suharto <http://beyondsg.typepad.com/beyondsg/2008/02/suharto.html>
by George Yeo, Beyond SG
A proper historical evaluation of a great man needs the efflux of time after the early positive or negative emotions upon his death had subsided.

**** Premium Buses Better Than Park And Ride? <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/235405.asp>
by Leong Wee Keat, Today
The Park and Ride scheme seems to have been left behind even as its premium counterpart got a major boost in the recently-unveiled Land Transport Review.
/Given that traffic jams are now frequent even at locations far away from the city fringes, I don't see a good future for any Park-and-Ride schemes./

**** Fnacy A 'Lifelong Income Scheme'? <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/235374.asp>
by Loh chee Kong, Today
What was floated as a risk-pooling annuity &mdash; which families will not get back if members fail to live beyond 85 years &mdash; could no turn out to be a refundable "lifelong income scheme" that starts dishing out monthly payments to members from the age of 80.
/Professor Lim Pin said that there are no 'robust data' to support the 'perception' that the rich live longer than the poor. No details are given, but this will need to justified by the government with real hard data. I am not convinced./

**** Complaints Choir Penalised Undeservedly <http://www.straitstimes.com/ST%2BForum/Story/STIStory_202224.html>
by Lau Ai Lin, Straits Times
Involving foreigners in the performance not only works towards being an inclusive society in which foreigners now make a large part of, but it would also highlight our ability to be self-deprecating among foreigners without losing our self-respect.
That the orginators were from Finland and have taken the project to cities such as Helsinki, Birmingham, Hamburg and St Petersburg without a hithc proves that Singapore, in its endeavour to be a 'Global Arts City', has lost itself to rigidities in legislation.

**** Train Frequency In Line With Passenger Demand <http://www.straitstimes.com/ST%2BForum/Story/STIStory_202225.html>
by Kuek Chor Ling, SMRT Corporation Ltd, Straits Times
We would like to clarify that SMRT adjusted train services along the East-West Line in 2003 to better serve our passengers. In the adjustment, the direct train service from Boon Lay Station to Changi Airport Station was replaced with a shuttle train service between Tanah Merah and Changi Airport stations, which led to the reduction in total train kilometres operated.

**** GV Leaks E-Mail Contacts Of 7,000 Patrons <http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article-southeastasia.asp?parentid=86455>
by Alfred Siew, Straits Times
A few hundred movie-goers suddenly found their contact list expanded over the weekend when an attachment containing e-mail addresses of more than 7,000 people was sent to their inboxes.