[MyAppleMenu] Jul 24, 2008

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**** Why iPhone 2.0 Won't Yet Rule The Roost In The Enterprise <http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/07/24/30TC-iphone-enterprise-flaws_1.html?source-fssr>
by Galen Gruman, InfoWorld
The 13 key omissions Apple must fix before it can really compete with BlackBerry and Treo.

**** iPod Touch Update Coming Soon?
by Heng-Cheong Leong, MyAppleMenu
Why is the Apple store still selling iPod touch /without/ the 2.0 software and the App Store goodness? Could it be a new iPod touch &mdash; or a brand new replacement &mdash; is coming soon, so Apple doesn't bother to update the Apple Store with new iPod Touches?
<p class="permlink">Permanent Link to This Post <http://www.myapplemenu.com/2008/07/24/id0038/>

**** Steve Jobs' Diets Secrets <http://www.forbes.com/technology/2008/07/24/steve-jobs-diet-tech-personal-cx_bc_0724jobs.html>
by Brian Caulfield, Forbes
While Apple employees eat healthy, Jobs takes it to an extreme, one employee says, eating dark green vegetables such as broccli and asparagus, grilled or steamed.

**** MobileMe's E-Mail Outage Costs Apple A Customer <http://www.baltimoresun.com/technology/bal-bz.pl.apple24jul24,0,7229776.story>
by David Zeiler, Baltimore Sun
Apple gets points for acknowledging the issues and trying to make it right, but that will do little to placate people who just want the service to work as promised.

**** Apple Appoints Hong Kong Agency <http://shanghaiist.com/2008/07/24/apple_appoints_hong_kong_agency.php>
by Dedric Lam, Shanghaiist
Hong Kong based agency Eight Partnership has just been appointed to handle Apple's creative marketing in Asia.

**** The Trouble With Software People <http://www.edn.com/article/CA6578140.html>
by Paul Rako, EDN
When you think about it, almost every major development in the last decade has been the result of overcoming the problems that software managers cause.
/As the saying goes, make it simple, but no simplier than what is needed./

**** Review: MobileMe 1.1 <http://www.macworld.com/article/134622/2008/07/mobileme11.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Jeff Carlson, Macworld
Overhauled .Mac service gets pushy&mdash;and that's a good thing.

**** Apple's Blind Side <http://a.wholelottanothing.org/2008/07/23/apples-blind-side/>
by Matt Haughey, A Whole Lotta Nothing
This is one of the few times I have to say Windows has it right (and has had right for many years) &mdash; it is extremly easy to find a way to bump the entire OS to larger more legible fonts with just a couple clicks, but I'm not seeing it anywhere on a Mac running Leopard.

**** Why We Still Need The iPhone App Black Market <http://gizmodo.com/5027790/why-we-still-need-the-iphone-app-black-market>
by Gizmodo
The most innovative, game-changing apps might not ever make it to your squeaky clean iPhone.

**** First iPhone App Cracked? Super Monkey Ball For All? <http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/24/iphone.monkey.ball.hack/>
by MacNN
A group of hackers say they have cracked Apple's close Fairplay DRM on Sega's Super Monkey Ball for iPhone.

**** Apple's MobileMe Is Far Too Flawed To Be Reliable <http://ptech.allthingsd.com/20080723/apples-mobileme-is-far-too-flawed-to-be-reliable/>
by Walter S. Mossberg, AllThingsD
If Apple does get MobileMe working smoothly, it could be a terrific service. But it's way too ragged now.

**** The Mac Switch <http://jshirley.vox.com/library/post/the-mac-switch.html?_c=feed-atom>
by J. Shirley
I found myself getting more done and in less time.

**** The Apple Imprint On Open Source Continues <http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-9997278-16.html>
by Matt Asay, CNET News.com
I'm increasingly of the mind that open-source developers appreciate the excellence of Apple's products.

**** Apple Tells Us Everything Without Saying Anything <http://www.cnbc.com/id/25819515>
by Jim Goldman, CNBC
The simple truth is this: Apple knows that it must disclose Jobs' health status if it is somehow material to the company. By not disclosing his health issues, and calling them a private matter, Apple is tacitly telling all of us that whatever is ailing Jobs is not seroius enough to be material to the company.

**** Why Apple And China Are Simply Incompatible <http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/columns/article.php/3760826/Why+Apple+and+China+are+Simply+Incompatible.htm>
by Mike Elgan, Datamation
Apple succeeds because customers love the products and the brand. But in China, brands mean little to most potential customers, and hardware even less. Chinese consumers prize value above all.
/On the other hand, status, and the toys that come with status, does mean something in China, I believe./

**** Stop The iPod Touch's Constant Beeping <http://db.tidbits.com/article/9703>
by Adam C. Engst, TidBITS
Apparently, the new version of Mail feels the need to beep every time a new message comes in, and that's a problem given that MobileMe's "push" option for email means that new messages are being received constantly. Maddening!

**** Get An iPhone In 3 Days From AT&amp;T <http://cultofmac.com/att-offers-3-day-service-to-some-iphone-customers/2385>
by Lonnie Lazar, Cult Of Mac
AT&amp;T has authorized stores in its Northern California region to begin taking iPhone pre-sale orders with a promise of 72hr availability, according to the manager of one of the region's busiest stores.

**** Researcher Warns Of Unpatched iPhone Bugs <http://www.macworld.com/article/134656/2008/07/iphone_security.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
Security vulnerabilities in the iPhone's e-mail application and Safari web browser can be used by phishers to dupe users into visiting malicious sites or by spammers to flood the phone's inbox with junk mail, a researcher warned Wednesday.

**** The Mac Keeps Driving Apple <http://www.macworld.com/article/134655/2008/07/macsales.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Philip Michaels, Macworld
What still stands out about Apple's third-quarter performance&mdash;for me, at any rate&mdash;is just how well the company's Mac business did.

**** Apple Launches "What Is 3G" International Commercial <http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/23/what.is.3g.tv.spot/>
by MacNN
The new iPhone 3G commercials feature similiar aspects, but are stylized differently depending on the country in which they are aired.

**** The Case Of THe Massive iDisk Archive <http://www.macworld.com/article/134651/2008/07/massiveidiskarchive.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Christopher Breen, Macworld

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**** Software Piracy Hurts The Open-Source Community Too <http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;1429115648;fp;2;fpid;1>
by Todd R. Weiss, Computerworld
When stolen proprietary software is used by consumers, that's a lost opportunity for open source software makers to get their own software onto the computer hard drives of new users.

**** Find A Parking Space Online <http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/21123/?a=f>
by Kristina Grifantini, MIT Technology Review
This fall, San Francisco will implement the largest mesh network for monitoring parking to date.

**** Google Opens Knol Website, A Wiki With Bylines <http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNewsMolt/idUKN2325911820080723>
by Eric Auchard, Reuters
Google Inc opened its website Knol to the public on Wednesday, allowing people to write about their areas of expertise under their bylines in a twist on encyclopedia Wikipedia, which allows anonymity.

**** Helping The Almost-Journalists Do Journalism <http://citmedia.org/blog/2008/07/23/helping-the-almost-journalists-do-journalism/>
by Dan Gillmor, Center For Citizen Media
If we can get this right, the advocates and think tanks will have more crediblity. The public will have more credible information sources. Isn't that what we all want, and need?

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**** Read Giles Coren's Letter To Times Subs <http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/jul/23/mediamonkey?gusrc=rss&feed=media>
by Giles Coren, The Guardian
Sorry to go on. Anger, real steaming fucking anger can make a man verbose.

**** Scully Have I Loved <http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2008/07/24/scully/index.html>
by Rebecca Traister, Salon
Fox Mulder was brilliant and sexy in "The X-Files" &mdash; but it's Dana Scully who has my heart.

**** Supply-Side Education <http://chronicle.com:80/free/v54/i46/46b01001.htm>
by David Glenn, The Chronicle Of Higher Education
What explains the growing gap in wages?

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**** Gopalan Nair Claims Trial To Abusing Police, Disorderly Conduct Charges <http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/Courts%2Band%2BCrime/STIStory_260880.html>
by Elena Chong, Straits Times

**** Singapore's Central Bank Ups Inflation View Once Again <http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/7674287>
by Jan Dahinten and Koh Gui Qing, The Guardian
Singapore's central bank on Thursday raised its 2008 inflation forecast to 6-7 percent, the third upgrade this year, and warned that price pressures will persist despite a slowdown in economic growth.

**** Navigating Choppy Waters <http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Thursday/Columns/2300890/Article/index_html>
by New Straits Times
Be that as it may, the fact that what appears to be a routine regurgitation of standard policy can ruffle diplomatic feathers serves to show that it does not take much to make waves between two countries with a lot of contentious issues to settle.

**** Malaysia To Wait For Technical Report, Says Rais <http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/7/24/nation/21905854&sec=nation>
by Mazwin Nik Anis, The Star
Malaysia will wait for the report from a technical committee before deciding on Singapore's claim to territorial sea and exclusive economic zone (EEZ) around Batu Puteh. "There is no question of intimidation or untoward expectations," foreign minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim said when clarifying a report quoting him as saying that Malaysia would have to study Singapore's recent decision on Batu Puteh to see if the matter was intimidating.

**** Win-Win Subsidy For Public Transport <http://www.straitstimes.com/ST%2BForum/Story/STIStory_260748.html>
by Yeung Wing Chuen, Straits Times

**** Singapore's Bid To Claim Territorial Sea Around Batu Puteh Unlawful, Says Legal Expert <http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news.php?id=348052>
by Bernama
An international law professor said Wednesday that it was unlawful of Singapore to want to claim a territorial sea and an exclusive economic zone (EEZ) around Batu Puteh, the rocky outcrop awarded to the republic by the International Cour tof Justice last May in settling an ownership dispute with Malaysia.
Prof Dr Abdul Ghafur Hamid, international law lecturer at the International Islamic University, said the move was ocntrary to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) 1982. UNCLOS stated the rocks which could sustain human habitation or economic life of their own shall have no exclusive economic zone or continental shelf, he said.
See Also:
Pedra Branca EEZ: Singapore's Claim On Shaky Ground <http://www.nst.com.my/Thursday/Frontpage/2301672/Article/index_html>, by Evangeline Majawat, New Straits Times.

**** First Proper Housing For Maids To Open In Sept <http://www.straitstimes.com/Free/Story/STIStory_260711.html>
by Lim Heng Laing and Arlina Arshad, Straits Times
A dormitory for maids, the first of its kind here, will open in Woodlands in September, a development that has been welcomed by activists championing their cause.

**** Feeding Our Babies To The Economy Monster <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2008/07/feeding-our-babies-to-the-economy-monster/>
by Andrew Loh, The Online Citizen
Perhaps what is needed to solve the problem of a declining birth rate is to see Singaporeans first and foremost and always as people, human beings - and treat them as such,. It is, as the prime minister said, about values.
/Believe in its people, that what the government need to do first./

**** 24 Hours After US Watches 24 <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/362382/1/.html>
by Hedirman Supian, Today
Singapoeans will be the first in Asia to watch the latest episodes of top television shows from the United States, although the premium they will have to pay for this privilege remains to be seen.
/Can I get this on my iPod too? Singtel? Starhub? Apple?/

**** Jurong MPs To Rotate Responsibilities <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/362380/1/.html>
by Zul Othman, Today
Every six months, constituents of the late Dr Ong CHit Chung's Bukit Batok ward will see a different Member of Parliament (MP) from the Jurong GRC, of which it is a part, taking care of their zone's affairs.
/The other GRCs should take note: If Jurong can do it with one less MP, other GRCs can also simply shave off one MP, and save more than $10,000 per month! Do it for your country! :-)/

**** Singaporeans, Let's Give This Practice The Chop <http://tnp.sg/news/story/0,4136,171457,00.html?>
by Aditi Shivaramakrishnan, New Paper
We all know how Singaporeans often reserve tables at foodcourts, most of hte time with packets of tissue paper. Some may tolerate it. Not Mr Steven Lee, who works in the CBD area. He wants this habit to stop, saying it reflects poorly on Singaporeans.
/If "reservation-by-tissue-paper" is stopped, we'd just have "reservation-by-butt". (One person sits at the table, while others go buy food first.)/
/No, the "correct" way to do it, in my opinion, is to have the food-court operator taking orders at the entrance, and assigning tables to people. And yes, food-court operators will increase rentals, and the increment will be passed on to the customers./

**** Singapore Ranked Fifth Most Expensive City In Asia <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/362344/1/.html>
by Heather Tan, Channel NewsAsia
Singapore is now the fifth most expensive city in Asia, according to Mercer Worldwide Cost of Living Survey. Tokyo is the costliest Asian city, followed by Seoul, Hong Kong and Osaka.
/And unlike the other cities, there's no easy escape. You can't lower your cost of living by moving to a cheaper area./