[MyAppleMenu] Jul 20, 2008

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**** La La La La La I Can't Hear You <http://www.atomicbird.com/blog/2008/07/la-la-la-la-la-i-cant-hear-you>
by Atomicbird
One of the most useful sources of information for a software developer on any platform is... other developers working on the same platform. The ability to discuss issues with other developers, compare notes, and get questions answered is extremely valuable. But none of that is allowed for iPhone developers.

**** Motorola Sues Ex-Executive For Going To Apple <http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/07/motorola_sues_e.html>
by Justin Montgomery, InformationWeek
The suit claims breach of contract and misappropriation of trade secrets.

**** If You Work For Apple, We Need Your Help... <http://pragdave.blogs.pragprog.com/pragdave/2008/07/if-you-work-for.html>
by Dave Thomas, PragDave
So, to write a book about the iPhone SDK, you have to download it. In order to download it, you have to accept the agreement. And the agreement says that the download will contain confidential information that you can't pass on to third parties. That makes it hard to publish the book.

**** iPhone 3G Jailbreaking Tool Goes Live <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/07/19/iphone_3g_jailbreaking_tool_goes_live.html>
by Aidan Malley, AppleInsider
The well-known iPhone Dev Team has released one of the first utilities to jailbreak iPhone 3G and let it run unsanctioned apps, albeit one with more than a few catches.

**** Building On To The iPhone <http://www.courant.com/technology/hc-iphoneapps0719.artjul19,0,4582042.story>
by Zachary Abrahamson, The Hartford Courant
Two Connecticut software developers are among those looking to take advantage of the App Store, where iPhone users can choose from hundreds of additional features for their phones.

**** Apple Retail Invades China This Weekend (Photos) <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/07/18/apple_retail_invades_china_this_weekend_photos.html>
by Sam Oliver, AppleInsider

**** Microsoft's Windows 95 Architect Is A Happy Mac Convert <http://cultofmac.com/microsofts-windows-95-architect-is-a-happy-mac-convert/2342>
by Lonnie Lazar, Cult Of Mac
Software engineer Satoshi Nakajima, the lead architect of Microsoft's Windows 95, picked up a Mac for the first time two years ago. He was so impressed, he says he'll never touch a PC again.

**** Apple Sends Another MobileMe Apology E-Mail And Extension <http://www.macrumors.com/2008/07/19/apple-sends-another-mobileme-apology-e-mail-and-extension/>
by Arnold Kim, MacRumors.com
Apple made one other mistake that it is now apologizing for. Apple had been preauthorizing charges up to 121 GBP to European customers who signed up for a free MobileMe trial.

**** MobileMe Outages, Maintenance Persist Into 2Nd Week <http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/19/more.mobileme.troubles/>
by MacNN

The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** To Save Gas, Shoppers Stay Home And Click <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/19/business/19shop.html>
by Stephanie Rosenbloom, New York Times
TO go shopping these days, more Americans are trading in their car keys for a keyboard.

**** Android Losing Its Mojo Fast <http://blogs.zdnet.com/Google/?p=1098>
by Garett Rogers, ZDNet.com

**** Linux Torvalds On The "Four-Letter Word" Called "Innovation" <http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-9995043-16.html>
by Matt Asay, CNET News.com
In open source, we need more talented /executors/ to achieve dominance. Sure, we can innovate, but that's not really the point.

MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Search For Alien Life Gains New Impetus <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/19/AR2008071901657.html?nav=rss_nation/science>
by Marc Kaufman, Washington Post
When Paul Butler began hunting for planets beyond our solar system, few poeple took him seriously, and some, he says, questioned his credentials as a scientist. That was a decade ago, befure Butler helped find some of the first extra-solar planets, and before he and his team identified about half of the 300 discovered since.

**** The Next Kind Of Integration <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/20/magazine/20integration-t.html>
by Emily Bazelon, New York Times
With its decision in Meredith, the court was forcing Louisville to rethink the way it would assign elementary-school students and, in the process, to confront some tricky questions. Is the purpose of integration simply to mix students of different colors for the sake of equity or to foaster greater familiarity and comfort among the rces? Should integration necessarily translate into concrete gains like greater achievement for all students? If so, is mixing students by race the most effective mechanism for attaining it?

**** 'Eating Skillfully' <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/20/books/review/Drzal-t.html>
by Dawn Drzal, New York Times
WHat makes "Shark's Fin and Sichuan Pepper" a distinguished contribution to the literature of gastronomy is its demonstration, through one person's intense experience, that food is not a mere reflecton of culture but a potent shaper of cultural identity.

**** Worst Person I Know <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/20/books/review/Hodgman-t.html>
by Ann Hodgman, New York Times
Ah, the mother-in-law, that staple of stand-up comedy routines. Does she still have any power left after decades of pummeling? In Mameve Medwed's new novel, "Of Men and Their Mothers," she certainly does. Ina Pollock, Maisie Grey's loathsome ex-mother-in-law, can raise the reader's pulse with a single phone call &mdash; or, in this case, a series of messages left when there was no chance Maisie would be home.

**** I'm Y.A., And I'm O.K. <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/20/books/review/Rabb-t.html?_r=1&oref=slogin>
by Margo Rabb, New York Times
My literary novel about death and grief, which I'd worked on for eight years, was a young adult book?

SingaporeSurf
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**** Private Doctors Must Seek Accreditation Before Performing Liposuction <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/361545/1/.html>
by Valarie Tan, Channel NewsAsia
Liposuction was previously unregulated, leading to calls to plastic surgeons on the health ministry to tighten rules on the procedure.

**** Withdrawal Of Six SBS Transit Premium Services <http://singaporebuspage.wordpress.com/2008/07/19/withdrawal-of-six-sbs-transit-premium-services/>
by Singapore Bus Page

**** How Does Singapore Make Its People Live In Harmony? <http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news.php?id=347183>
by Zakaria Abdul Wahab, Bernama
According to its former prime minister Goh Chok Tong, the primary reason was that Singapore had a fair and just government.

**** Reshaping Education With 'Teach Less Learn More' Strategy <http://thestar.com.my/columnists/story.asp?col=insightdownsouth&file=/2008/7/19/columnists/insightdownsouth/21854346&sec=Insight%20Down%20South>
by Seah Chiang Nee, The Star
A quiet evolution is beginning to sweep across Singapore schools on a scale that has even taken parents by surprise.

**** Free Durians For The Picking <http://www.straitstimes.com/Free/Story/STIStory_259292.html>
by Frankie Chee, Straits Times
It's durian season now, but some Singaporeans prefer to head to the jungle for their fix.

**** More Firms Are Playing 'Happy Families' <http://www.straitstimes.com/Free/Story/STIStory_259506.html>
by Jamie Ee Wen Wei and Gabriel Yue, Straits Times
Rise in number of companies with policies to improve work-life balance.

**** Obama: Dissent Does Not Make One Unpatriotic <http://singaporepatriot.blogspot.com/2008/07/obama-dissent-does-not-make-one.html>
by Gerald Giam, Singapore Patriot
So much of his speech is applicable even to Singapore and Singaporeans.

**** A Day In The Life <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2008/07/a-day-in-the-life/>
by The Online Citizen
What is perhaps the more worrying development over the past months is the increasing chance that the government's competency could start coming into question.