[MyAppleMenu] Jul 15, 2008

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**** Headline RSS Newsreader Debuts <http://www.macworld.com/article/134507/2008/07/headline.html>
by Peter Cohen, Macworld

**** iPhone "Silent" Switch Is Ignored By Many Applications <http://tech.markjaquith.com/2008/07/15/iphone-silent-switch-is-ignored-by-many-applications/>
by Mark Jaquith
Many applications, including Apple-made applications, simply /ignore this switch/ and will gladly send their noises to the external speaker, angering everyone on the plane, or waking your sleeping wife (this one actually happened to me). The only safe way to silence the iPhone is to enable the "silent" switch and plug in some headphones.
/As the writer observed, Apple has to allow applications &mdash; such as alarm clocks &mdash; to ignore the silent switch. But, please don't abuse this, app authors, please?/

**** The Kubler-Ross Of iPhone <http://blogs.zdnet.com/perlow/?p=9173>
by Jason Perlow, ZDNet.com

**** The Second Coming: Ars Goes In-Depth With The iPhone 3G <http://arstechnica.com/reviews/hardware/iphone3g-review.ars>
by Jacqui Cheng, David Chartier and Clint Ecker, Ars Technica
It's great as a consumer device, but with enterprise users' expectations having been raised this time around, we feel it still has quite a ways to go.

**** The Elephant In The Living Room <http://www.macworld.com/article/134417/2008/07/spotlight2508.html?t=206>
by John Siracusa, Macworld
Apple could succeed where TiVo has failed. In addition to its technology and design prowess, Apple has shown that it's willing and able to take on the powers that be.

**** Comic Boom Lets Kids Write Their Own Comics <http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/14/comic.boom.for.kids/>
by MacNN
Comic Boom includes unlimited drawing placement, allowing kids to quickly design four-panel comic strips to post on blogs, websites or saved sas PDF or JPG files.

**** iPhone's Location-Aware Apps <http://radar.oreilly.com/2008/07/iphone-location-aware-apps.html>
by Brady Forrest, O'Reilly Radar

**** Bugging <http://furbo.org/2008/07/14/bugging/>
by Craig Hockenberry, Furbo.org
The tools that developers use to analyze and debug <iPhone software> problems are sorely missing at this point in time.

**** Apple Sends The Wrong Signal To iPhone Customers <http://www.macworld.com/article/134494/2008/07/apple_iphonelaunch.html>
by Philip Michaels, Macworld
Apple should certainly be proud of the fact that it sold a million iPhone 3Gs in the device's first weekend&mdash;but how about a word or two of appreciation for the patience of the folks who endured a tremendous amount of inconvenience to enable Apple to hit that mark? And while we're at it, maybe Apple could also reassure its customers that it will look into what went wrong on Friday so that it will minimize the chances of repeating those mistakes at future product launches.

**** Big Media Strikes Again With iPhone <http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2325586,00.asp>
by John C. Dvorak, PC Magazine
A few opinion makers, hand-selected by Apple to get phones in advance with the expectation of a glowing review, and the editors think this is just peachy? And they wonder why blogs are so popular. Perhaps it's because you ca get a less-corrupted opinion.

**** Bugs Abound In iPhone 2.0 Operating System, Apps <http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/07/developer-despi.html>
by Brian X. Chen, Wired
Instead of happily tapping their touch screens, many iPhone users are using their fingers to point accusingly at Apple - and the developers of iPhone applications.

**** New iPhone Applications Are Buggy But Have Great Promise <http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/14/new-iphone-applications-are-buggy-but-have-great-promise/?ref=technology>
by Saul Hansell, New York Times
One behind-the-scenes aspect of the phone that I think shows some level of thoughtful design is that applications can very easily link to other aspects of the phone.

**** Crank Down MobileMe's 15 Minute Sync Time <http://www.macuser.com/internet/crank_down_mobilemes_15_minute.php?lsrc=murss>
by Dan Moren, MacUser
It appears that you can teweak that setting if you don't mind venturing into the dark realms of .plist editing.

**** iPhone App Market: A Look Into One Niche <http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/07/14/iphone-app-market-a-look-into-one-niche>
by Jeff Smykill, Ars Technica
There is one application that I am looking forward to: an eBook reader. Unfortunately, creating one may be a lot harder than it seems.

**** Apple Explains Missing iPhone Features <http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,2845,2325536,00.asp>
by Sascha Segan, ExtremeTech
Why isn't there cut and paste? Apple has a priority list of featuers, and they got as far as they could down that list with this model, Apple product head Greg Joswiak said.

**** The Best Free App Store Games (So Far) <http://www.macworld.com/article/134488/2008/07/bestfreegames.html>
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
There are some really cool games you can download that won't cost you a penny.

**** Apple: 10 Million Apps, 1 Million iPhone 3Gs <http://www.macworld.com/article/134484/2008/07/appsphones.html>
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
Apple indicates that more than 800 native applications are now available for download from the App Store, with more than 200 available for free.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Google/Viacom Agree To Preserve User Anonymity In Data Shakedown <http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/14/googleviacom-agree-to-preserve-user-anonymity-in-data-shakedown/>
by Michael Arrington, TechCrunch

**** Enterprises Become The Battleground For Social Networking <http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/07/14/social-networking_1.html>
by Paul Krill, InfoWorld

**** Sony's PlayStation 3 Gains Ground On Xbox With Games <http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aClqhxdVor6g>
by Michael White, Bloomberg

**** How CAPTCHA Got Trashed <http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;489635775;fp;2;fpid;2>
by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, Computerworld
The wiggly words are now must useful for malware authors.

MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** The Lion And The Mouse <http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/07/21/080721fa_fact_lepore>
by Jill Lepore, New Yorker
The battle that reshaped children's literature.

**** Visiting The Real Ranch <http://www.slate.com/id/2195229/?from=rss>
by Sally Ball, Slate

**** Answering Terror With Terror <http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/07/15/jane_mayer/index.html>
by Louis Bayard, Salon
In "The Dark Side," Jane Mayer chronicles the terrible, destructive decisions the Bush administration made in the name of fighting terorrism.

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**** White Card Ruling Back In Force From Aug 15 For Entering Malaysia <http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/Singapore/STIStory_257983.html>
by Diana Othman, Straits Times
THe High Commission of Malaysia in Singapore confirmed the renewl of this requirement on Tuesday, after some confusion over the move, which was to be enforced on Wednesday.

**** Singapore Central Bank Dollar Buying To Depress Money Rates <http://in.reuters.com/article/asiaCompanyAndMarkets/idINSP6703720080715>
by Kevin Yao, Reuters
Singapore's depressed money market rates will stay that way for a while as the central bank continues to buy dollars to limit currency appreciation, flooding the market with money, analysts said on Tuesday.

**** Singapore Retail Sales Growth Salows As Inflation Hurts Spending <http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=aH0qgzQJri0g&refer=asia>
by Shamim Adam, Bloomberg
Singapore's retail sales growth slowed in May as consumers bought fewer cars and spent less on furniture amid the fastest inflation in 26 years.

**** Venerable Shi Ming Yi Resigns As CEO Of Ren Ci Hospital <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/360430/1/.html>
by Channel NewsAsia
Ren Ci Hospital CEO Venerable Shi Ming Yi voluntarily resigned on Monday, according to a statement from the hospital.

**** Stage 2 Of Downtown Line Rail Network To Be Ready By 2015 <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/360422/1/.html>
by Channel NewsAsia
The 16.6 km-long line comprises one depot and 12 stations stretching from Rochor, along Bukit Timah Road and Bukit Panjang.
/I still don't understand why LTA refused to extend this line all the way to Choa Chu Kang or Yew Tee. The little Bukit Panjang LRT is not going to able to take the additional load from people transferring between the North-South line and Downtown line. Is this a case of penny-wise pound-foolish?/

**** Do Foreign Sports Talents Make Us Feel Weak? <http://redsports.sg/2008/07/15/foreign-sports-talent/>
by Les Tan, Red Sports
No self-respecting coach will ever choose a player just based on the player's place of birth.

**** Judging Singapore's Judiciary <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121605724442851527.html?mod=googlenews_wsj>
by Wall Street Journal
Singapore is unlikely to reform its political or judicial system anytime soon. But when the country is ready to join the ranks of modern democracies, the IBA's recommendations provide a good checklist of how to do so.

**** Head Of Ren Ci Hospital, Venerable Shi Ming Yi Charged In Court <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/360407/1/.html>
by Channel NewsAsia
Head of Ren Chi Hospital, the Venerable Shi Ming Yi has been charged with alleged forgery, conspiracy and misue of funds.

**** Malaysia Does Not Give In To Singapore, Says Nazri <http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news.php?id=346056>
by Bernama
Malaysia does not give in to Singapore to the extend of sacrificing national interests when dealing with the island republic. Instead, it prefers negotiations and referring to the law to resolve issues or disputes with Singapore. Minister in the prime minister's department Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz said the move had been taken in dealing with several Malaysia-Singapore issues.

**** Dragon Boat Tragedy: Victims' Families Seek Apology <http://www.straitstimes.com/Free/Story/STIStory_257763.html>
by Judith Tan and Carolyn Quek, Straits Times
The families of the five paddlers who died last November in Cambodia want the Singapore Dragon Boat Association to admit it had failed to insist that life jackets be worn for the race and apologise for this.

**** Fellow MPs To Share Ward Responsibilities <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/265095.asp>
by Lin Yanqin, Today
Mr Lim Boon Heng, minister in the prime minister's office and Jurong GRC MP, said the other four MPs in the five-member GRC will take care of the late Dr Ong's Bukit Batok ward and would be meeting to discuss the sharing of the responsibility.
There is not a requirement under the Parliamentary Elections Act should a GRC seat be vacated between General Elections, law professor and nominated MP THio Li-ann said.

**** Singapore Central Bank Warns Of Downside Risks To Markets <http://uk.reuters.com/article/governmentFilingsNews/idUKSGC00212520080714>
by Koh Gui Qing, Reuters
Singapore's central bank said it is closely monitoring financial markets in the wake of the risis surrounding U.S. mortgage finance firms Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and warned of significant downside risks in global financial markets.