[MyAppleMenu] Feb 8, 2008

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MyAppleMenu
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**** Getting Testy With The MacBook Air <http://www.macworld.com/article/132007/2008/02/macbookair_lab.html>
by Brian Chen, Macworld
The MacBook Air is a different kind of beast, and it's going to take a little while for us to learn all its idosyncracies.

**** 16GB iPhone Upgrade Doesn't Extend Contract <http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/02/07/16gb.iphone.upgrade/>
by MacNN

**** Apple No. 2 In Smartphone Sales In US, No. 3 Worldwide <http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=19&entry_id=24087>
by Ryan Kim, San Francisco Chronicle

**** Solid-State Drives Challenge Hard Drives In Speed, But Not Value <http://ptech.allthingsd.com/20080207/solid-state-drives-challenge-hard-drives-in-speed-but-not-value/>
by Walter S. Mossberg, AllThingsD
The SSD is a promising improvement over the hard drive, but now is not the time for most users to buy it.

**** Cake Mania <http://www.macworld.com/article/131998/2008/02/cakemania.html>
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
Cake Mania is a basic, by the numbers Diner Dash clone that's good, but unremarkable.

**** Remote Instlal Mac OS X On MacBook Air: Pokey, But It Works <http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/02/07/remote-install-mac-os-x-on-macbook-air-pokey-but-it-works>
by Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica

**** Xcode: Apple's Not-So-Secret Weapon <http://www.macworld.com/article/132003/2008/02/xcode.html>
by John C. Welch, Macworld
One of OS X's biggest strengths is hiding in plain sight.
/I used to pay good money for CodeWarrior. Imagine that!/

**** Apple Exec Touts MacBook Air Innovations <http://blogs.computerworld.com/apple_exec_touts_macbook_air_innovations>
by Ken Mingis, Computerworld
"MacBook Air is designed for people who value portability."

**** Apple Hit With Summos Over iTunes Store Allowance Feature <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/02/07/apple_hit_with_summons_over_itunes_store_allowance_feature.html>
by Kasper Jade, AppleInsider

**** xScope 2.0 <http://www.macworld.com/article/132011/2008/02/xscope2.html>
by Dan Frakes, Macworld
XScope combines a number of onscreen-measurement tools into a single, convenient utility.

**** Apple Drops Out Of NAB Show <http://tvtechnology.com/pages/s.0157/t.11096.html>
by TVTechnology.com
Apple has announcd that it will not have a booth at The NAB Show this year.
See Also:<br/>Apple: "There Are Better Ways To Reach Customers" Than NAB 2008 <http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/02/07/apple-there-are-better-ways-to-reach-customers-than-nab-2008>, by Jeff Smykil, Ars Technica.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Google Lets Enterprise Users Aim For The Cloud <http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/02/google_lets_ent.html>
by Eric Zeman, InformationWeek

MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** The Impossible Art Of Deciphering Manuscripts <http://www.slate.com/id/2183903/fr/rss/>
by Megan Marshall, Slate
Robert Frost is hardly the first to give editors trouble.

SingaporeSurf
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**** Ah Meng, Icon Of Singapore Zoo, Dies Of Old Age <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/327689/1/.html>
by Hasnita A Majid, Channel NewsAsia
Ah Meng, the Sumantran orgn utan that was considered an icon at the Singapore Zoo, died on Friday. She was about 48 years old and had died of old age.