[MyAppleMenu] Jun 8, 2008

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**** Who Will Rule The New Internet? <http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1811814,00.html>
by Josh Quittner, Time
Every major player in Techland wants to create the next great platform, of course. What's new here is that it's possible for any number of them to succeed.

**** One Month With Our iMac <http://withfries.blogspot.com/2008/06/one-month-with-our-imac.html>
by Frank And Fedora's Blog
In this web-centric world of ours, I was surprised at how much the OS still matters.

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**** Fiction Review: Joan Siber's 'Size Of The World' <http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/06/07/DD8110P3DB.DTL&feed=rss.books>
by Karan Mahajan, San Francisco Chronicle
Joan Silber's beautiful new novel is called "The Size of the World," but thankfully it makes no attempt to ccount for the world's bigness with its page count. It is instead a marvel of compression - a mere 320 pages even as it spans several continents and lifetimes.

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**** Tampines Considers Extending Trial To Let Cyclists Share Footpath With Pedestrians <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/352768/1/.html>
by Asha Popatlal, Channel NewsAsia

**** Temasek-Owned Telecom Unit Disposes Stake In Indoensia's Indosat <http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hwqMHm7S3MHThtGru0dL4sxYEydw>
by AFP

**** Malaysia Should Start Talks To Take Over Lighthouse On Pulau Pisang, Says MP <http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news.php?id=338035>
by Bernama
Malaysia should start negotiations with Singapore to take over the administration and management of the lighthouse in Pulau Pisang from the republic, said Pontian member of parliament Ahmad Msalan.
/If this happens, my guess is Singapore will want to get the KTM out of the republic./

**** The Singapore Democratic Party: Method Or Madness? <http://www.yawningbread.org/arch_2008/yax-892.htm>
by Au Waipang, Yawning Bread
If you look at it from this angle, you find yourself conceding, grudgingly perhaps, that the SDP is not completely unsuccessful. Time and again, they bring out the worst in the PAP for everyone to see. The police overreact at Hong Lim Green. Four people standing on the sidewalk saying nothing but wearing similar T-shirts (i.e. less than the minimum five that require a police permit) are nevertheless arrested for refusing to disperse. Judges are made to look like hatchet men for the PAP and both the attorney-general and the law minister have recently been provoked to say outrageous things, making themselves look quite unbecoming. Lee Kuan Yew himself is made to look the bully that he is while on the witness stand.

**** Caught In The Pay Squeeze <http://www.straitstimes.com/Free/Story/STIStory_245594.html>
by Braema Mathi, Straits Times
Many have seen their salaries and work benefits shrink over the years as bosses seek to cut costs.

**** Fishermen Happy With News <http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Sunday/National/2261783/Article/index_html>
by Rizalman Hammim, New Straits Times
The fishermen around Sungai Rengit, Pengerang, about 65 km from Kota Tinggi, are looking forward to a better catch with the news that they can now fish around Pedra Branca, Middle ROcks and South Ledge.