[MyAppleMenu] Jul 2, 2008

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**** AT&amp;T Says Original iPhones Can Be Inactivated And Used As WiFi iPods <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/07/02/att_says_original_iphones_can_be_inactivated_and_used_as_wifi_ipods.html>
by Slash Lane, AppleInsider
Original iPhone owners who prefer not to give away their old iPhones after upgrading to an iPhone 3G can instead keep their devices and use them as WiFi-enabled iPods, AT&amp;T has confirmed.

**** CaliBrate 1.1 <http://www.macworld.com/article/133952/2008/07/woodenbraincalibrate1.html>
by Dan Frakes, Macworld
It's easy to edit a single event in iCal, but what if you want to modify multiple events?

**** Carriers Cheerfully Take Heat On iPhone Pricing <http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080702.wriphone02/BNStory/Technology/home>
by Matthew Trevisan and Matt Hartley, Globe And Mail
For all the consumer griping over pricing plans for Apple Inc.'s new iPhones, the exclusivity contracts the big telecom carriers have signed with the computer giant to distribute the coveted touchscreen devices are paying off as planned.

**** Is SproutCore Worth The Flash And Java iPhone Snub? <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/02/inside_sproutcore/>
by Tim Anderson, The Register

**** Beware The Coming Of The Mac <http://www.internetnews.com/security/article.php/3756576/Beware+the+Coming+of+the+Mac.htm>
by Richard Adhikari, Internet News
IT staff are not prepared to deal with Apple Macs, either from a management or a security perspective, as the overwhelming majority of desktops in the enterprise are Microsoft Windows boxes.

**** Current iPhones Keep Cheaper Plan On Reactivation <http://db.tidbits.com/article/9680>
by Glenn Fleishman, TidBITS
AT&amp;T gave me an answer this afternoon: The current 2G iPhone plans will continue to be available for people who want to start up new service plans with someone's old phone.

**** Apple, Execs Sued For Fraud From Backdating Scandal <http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/01/apple.sued.for.fraud/>
by MacNN
A lawsuit was brought against several key Apple executives on Friday, accusing CEO Steve Jobs and several others of fraud, in relation to the stock option backdating scandal in recent years.

**** How Apple Is Blurring The Line Between Marketing And Service <http://www.rcrnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080701/FREE/938241931/1021>
by Pete Blackshaw, RCR Wireless News
Service is marketing. As marketers struggle to "engage" consumers, service may well be the easiest ad msot gratifying starting point &mdash; and one with high sales conversion potential.

**** MacBook Air Too Light For Its Own Good? <http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2008/07/01/macbook-air-too-light-for-its-own-good/>
by Barry Collins, PC Pro
Admittedly, there's a fairly limited set of circumstances where it becomes a problem. But if Jonathan Ive could find it within himself to design an optional dead-weight attachment for the MacBook Air, I and the rest of the Sussex-bound commuters would be forever in his debt.

**** Why Instinctiv Avoided The iPhone SDK <http://news.cnet.com/8301-13526_3-9981871-27.html>
by Matt Rosoff, CNET News.com
I'm pretty skeptical about ANdroid's chances of changing the world. When buying a phone, are consumers really looking for a large choice of applications? No. They're looking for a cool phone that does a few things ver well, and a service provider that offers reasonable service int he widest possible range.

**** What's The iPhone 3G Worth? <http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/01/whats-the-iphone-3g-worth/?ref=technology>
by Laura M. Holson, New York Times

**** Are iPods About To Get Cheaper? <http://blogs.nzherald.co.nz/blog/mac-planet/2008/7/2/are-ipods-about-get-cheaper/?c_id=5>
by New Zealand Herald
To me, it would appear Apple would be very sensible to reduce the price of the iPod touch. Quite dramatically. If so, this should ripple on to effect the price of the small-screen iPod nano and the virtually control-free and screenless, ciip-on iPod shuffle.
/Or, Apple can add new features to the iPods. Smallness (as in physical dimensions) and largeness (as in storage space) are two such features./

**** How To Hand-Down Your Old iPhone After Upgrading To iPhone 3G <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/07/01/how_to_hand_down_your_old_iphone_after_upgrading_to_iphone_3g.html>
by AppleInsider

**** AT&amp;T iPhone Pricing: The Good, The Bad And The Complicated <http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/archives/2008/07/att_iphone_pric.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_byteoftheapple>
by Arik Hesseldahl, BusinessWeek
It all makes my head spin: Why not offer a single, unlimited voice and data plan? And why, oh why aren't text messages included with data?

**** Apple Posts iPhone 3G Guided Tour, "What's New" Highlights <http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/07/01/apple-posts-iphone-3g-guided-tour-whats-new-highlights>
by Chris Foresman, Ars Technica
The video covers everything from its "simple, sculpted design" to App Store and more.

**** Microsoft Releases Remote Desktop Client 2 For Mac <http://www.macworld.com/article/134251/2008/07/rdc.html>
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
Remote Desktop Connection 2 includes muliple session support, allowing users to connect to multiple computers at the same time.

**** iPhone 3G Questions, Answered <http://www.macworld.com/article/134239/2008/07/iphone_questions.html>
by Dan Moren, Macworld
Besides releasing rate plan details, AT&amp;T has also posted answers to some of the lingering queries that new and existing AT&amp;T customers might have about snagging themselves an iPhone 3G.

**** ResizeMe Batch Image And Photo Editor Debuts <http://www.macworld.com/article/134238/2008/07/resizeme.html>
by Peter Cohen, Macworld

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**** Adobe PDF Now An ISO Standard <http://www.macworld.co.uk/procreative/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=21877>
by Jonny Evans, Macworld UK
Adobe has handed over control of its Portable Document Format (PDF) format to the ISO (International Organisation for Standardization).

**** Bloggers Take Aim At Google <http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/01/business/google.php>
by Miguel Helft, International Herald Tribune

**** Spam Experiment Overloads Inboxes <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7482991.stm>
by BBC News
Surfing the web unprotected will leave the average web user with 70 spam messages each day, according to an experiment by security firm McAfee.

**** The Spam Superhighway <http://www.slate.com/id/2194603/?from=rss>
by Chris Wilson, Slate
What's "port 25," and what does it have to do with internet junk mail?

**** How Twitter Could Be Worth Nothing In A Year <http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-9981717-17.html>
by Don Reisinger, CNET News.com
It may be difficult to believe such a popular site could be worth nothing in a year, but the way I see it, it's certainly more likely than Twitter being worth $1 billion in that time.

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**** Night Visions <http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/generalfiction/story/0,,2287975,00.html>
by Hilary Mantel, The Guardian
I don't know whether the dreams of writers are better or worse than the dreams of other people, but I think perhaps they are different.

**** For The Drama Of Roottop Dining, The City Is A Backdrop <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/02/dining/02roof.html?_r=1&oref=login>
by Laura M. Holson, New York Times
When the weather gets warm, Dana Haddad takes the fun up to the roof.

**** A New York Expatriate's Magnificent Obsession: Pizza <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/02/dining/02pizza.html?_r=1&oref=login>
by Chris Ladd, New York Times
Jef Varasano woke at 2.50 a.m. so he could get to his kitchen, measure precise quantities of water, flour, salt and yeast on a digital scale, and then mix them together. Sixteen hours later about 30 guests would be arriving, and they would want pizza.

**** The (Hungry) Odd Couple Of The Nathan's Hot-Dog-Eating Contest <http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0827,the-hungry-odd-c,499195,1.html>
by Sarah DiGregorio, Village Voice
Training for July 4 with Eater X and Crazy Legs.

**** Symphony Of Millions <http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/atlarge/2008/07/07/080707crat_atlarge_ross?currentPage=all>
by Alex Ross, New Yorker
Taking stock of the Chinese music boom.

**** Why We Need Movie Reviewers <http://www.slate.com/id/2194532/?from=rss>
by Erik Lundegaard, Slate
Believe it or not, critically acclaimed films generally do better than critically panned films at the box office&mdash;if you measure their performance in the right way.

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**** Attacks By Lee Kuan Yew Getting Weirder And Weirder <http://yoursdp.org/index.php/component/content/article/1-singapore/566-attacks-by-lee-kuan-yew-getting-weirder-and-weirder>
by Chee Soon Juan, Singapore Democratic Party
The outrageousness of Madam Yeong's lie borders on the comedic. Mr Lee Kuan Yew, or his counsel, is in possession of court transcripts and audio-recordings that would show whether I had uttered those words. He must now produce the part of the transcript that quotes me saying those words or he risks destroying his own credibility.

**** Privie And Ayam Penyat No Complain Clause <http://www.themediaslut.com/2008/07/1075>
by Presenting The(new)mediaslut!
Both food establishments have devied that the best way of addressing a complain is to take down the posts. While they have erased the unhappiness in the short term, the long term damage is done.

**** Sg Politics Is Not Good For Anyone <http://kaffein-nated.blogspot.com/2008/07/sg-politics-is-not-good-for-anyone.html>
by Kaffein-nated
The PAP responses these days have really gotten weirder and weirder. I have to contend with "Singaporeans are complacent", "What to do, it has happened", "Let's move on", "I am appalled and flabbergusted", "GST is to help the poor"...

**** Dr Balakrishnan Says Internet Will Change How Politics Is Conducted <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/357792/1/.html>
by Hoe Yeen Nie, Channel NewsAsia
Minister for community development, youth and sports Vivian Balakrishnan said politics in the future will be marked by a diversity of views, but a diversity of ideas will not necessarily lead to the discovery of truths.
/Truths? Politics is never about truths. It is more about compromises./

**** Important To Build A Gracious Society <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2008/07/important-to-build-a-gracious-society/>
by Tan Kin Lian, The Online Citizen
Make our people feel that it is a privilege, and not a burden, to be a Singaporean citizen.

**** Singapore Food Festival 2008 <http://singapuradailyphoto.blogspot.com/2008/07/singapore-food-festival-2008.html>
by Singapura Daily Makan Photo

**** Use ERP Fees To Subsidise Fares <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/262705.asp>
by Kelvin Kwan Chee Hong, Today