[MyAppleMenu] Jul 4, 2008

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**** Review: SOHO Organizer 7.0.2 <http://www.macworld.com/article/134046/2008/07/soho702.html>
by Tom Negrino, Macworld
SOHO Organizer allows for easy sharing of contacts, calendars, and notes in small groups, with good synchronization of that data to mobiled devices. Its contact and celandar features are far superior to Address Book and iCal, while remaining easy to learn and use.

**** Review: iCal 3.0.3 <http://www.macworld.com/article/134213/2008/07/ical3.html>
by William Porter, Macworld
It's a bit weak in the task-management department, but even business users may now find that iCal can manage everybody's calendars easily, effectively, and economically.

**** Espy 1.0 <http://www.macworld.com/article/133987/2008/07/espy1.html>
by Roman Loyola, Macworld
I'm one of those people who can't remember names, but I do remember faces. That's why I like GoGoalSoft's Espy, an address book that uses an iPhoto-inspired interface for sifting through your contacts.
/I'll be frank: I cannot reember names, nor can I remember faces./

**** Dear Steve Jobs <http://www.bettina-wohlgemuth.com/2008/07/03/dear-steve-jobs/>
by Bettina Wohlgemuth
I was wondering whether you have ever considered inventing an "Apple Family of the Year" award. I am asking because my family &mdash; being my hubby-to-be, our unborn baby (due at the beginning of September) and me - would perfectly qualify for it.

**** Jobs 2.0 <http://www.forbes.com/2008/07/02/steve-jobs-successor-tech-ebiz-cx_bc_0703jobs.html>
by Brian Caulfield, Forbes
Pity whoever has to follow Steve Jobs at Apple.

**** Decision Central <http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/decisioncentral/?p=118>
by John Sheesley, TechRepublic
Can you /really/ declare independence if you wanted to? I'm not so sure.

**** Counterpoint: "Hello", Don't Change The Design <http://cultofmac.com/counterpoint-hello-dont-change-the-design/2229>
by Leigh McMullen, Cult Of Mac
The point: A classic is a classic.

**** Early Photos Of Beijing Apple Store Emerge <http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/03/beijing.apple.store.photos/>
by MacNN
The store is inside a commercial complex called The Village, also home to companies like Nike and Zara.

**** Will Higher Data Plan Costs Hurt iPhone 3G Sales? <http://www.macworld.com/article/134296/2008/07/iphone3g_cost.html>
by Roman Loyola and Christopher Breen, Macworld

**** Gain Quick Access To Log Files In 10.5 <http://www.macworld.com/article/134294/2008/07/105logfiles.html>
by Rob Griffiths, Macworld
Console is a front-end for all the various log files created by both OS X itself and the programs you use with the system.

**** Apple Slashes $500 From MB Air SSD Price <http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/07/03/mb.air.ssd.price.cut/>
by Electronista
Apple on Friday has quietly cut the price on the MacBook Air's solid-state drive by $500, bringing the price of the pre-built 1.8GHz model with the 64GB flash drive to $2,598 from its previous $3,098.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Google Told To Turn Over User Data Of YouTube <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/04/technology/04youtube.html?_r=1&oref=slogin>
by Miguel Helft, New York Times
A federal judge has ordered Google to turn over to Viacom its records of which users watched which videos on YouTube, the web's largest video site by far.

**** Why Application Developers Think CIOs Are Clueless <http://www.pcworld.com/article/147925/why_application_developers_think_cios_are_clueless.html>
by Mike Gualtieri, CIO.com

>From being a control freak to being a vendor puppet, here are nine behaviors management needs to steer clear of or risk being labeled "clueless."


MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** United States Of Anxiety <http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=612062&ft>
by Trisha Ready, The Stranger
The floods, the Calfornia wildfires, and the violence in Chicago are nothing compared to what the slow-motion disaster of a crumbling economy is doing to us. A personal account of a breakdown.

**** Humor Isn't Funny <http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=611997&bk>
by Paul Constant, The Stranger
But Steven Segal is. (Kind of.)

SingaporeSurf
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**** Chee Lies &amp; Is Ungrammatical! <http://mollymeek.livejournal.com/192807.html>
by Mollymeek
With no reference to any particular person, the manipulative use facts to cause others to form their own distortions; the foolish distort facts and eventually convince themselves of the veracity of their own distortions; and the wise arrive at truths by themselves.
The bimbotic merely watches, half weeping, half laughing.

**** Transcript Confirms Yeong's Dishonesty <http://yoursdp.org/index.php/component/content/article/1-singapore/592-transcript-confims-yeongs-lie>
by Chee Soon Juan, Singapore Democratic Party
You hide the fact ath I was referring to Mr Singh's wild conclusions, and that since /he/ was making all these allegations, /he/ might as well throw in these terms.
Your letter was not even a case of taking my words out of context, it was a wholesale twist of imputing to me something I was not saying. It is childish, unbecoming and a gross lack of intellectual decency.

**** Online Journey Planner To Help Commuters Plot Their Travel <http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/Singapore/STIStory_254493.html>
by Straits Times
Launched by the Land Transport Authority and Transitlink on Friday, the online service integrates information on both buses and trains and will help commuters travel more seamlessly.

**** Enforcement May Be Partly Lacking, Says NEA <http://www.straitstimes.com/ST%2BForum/Story/STIStory_254378.html>
by S Satish Appoo, National Environment Agency, Straits Times
We accept there will be areas where enforcement may not be adequate. We encourage the public to continue giving feedback on smoking-prohibition infringements they come across by calling our 24-hour hotline.

**** A Justice System To Protect The Strong Or The Weak? <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2008/07/a-justice-system-to-protect-the-strong-or-the-weak/>
by Gerald Giam, The Online Citizen
The organ sellers &mdash; poor, rural Indonesians &mdash; were punished with the full force of the law, while their rich buyers may not even face prosecution.

**** Chee Lies Again <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/263197.asp>
by Yeong Yoon Ying, Press Secretary To Minister Mentor, Today
I enclose p. 115 of the verbatim court reporting transcript of the hearing on 28 May 2008. Line 11 onwards reads:
Mr Davinder Singh: "... And to conclude on Dr Chee's submissions, he says that he doesn't wish Mr Lee Kuan Yew and Mr Lee Hsien Loong ill. In that same breath, he says he stands by The New Democrat article, which alleged that they are 'criminals, corrupt, and covered up matters in the NKF'. And under his breath he's now just said 'murderers and robbers'."
Dr Chee: "And rapists, too, you might as throw it in, you know, right? Child molesters".
Mr Singh: "And this is the man who says 'I don't wish them ill'."

**** NSmen Go Through 7 Screening Tests <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/263123.asp>
by Sheralyn Tay, Today
But government should do more, says top cardiologist, urging more heart checks.