[MyAppleMenu] Jun 17, 2008

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**** The Agony Of A Brand-New MacBook Pro Purchase <http://cultofmac.com/the-agony-of-a-brand-new-macbook-pro-purchase/2094>
by Pete Mortensen, Cult Of Mac
Apple does such an amazing job adding features over time, that even a three month-old Mac can look a little long in the tooth.

**** SoftBank iPhone Pricing Plan Leaked <http://whatjapanthinks.com/2008/06/17/softbank-iphone-pricing-plan-leaked/>
by What Japan Thinks
A number of Japanese blogs ar epublishing what purports to be a confidential memo from SoftBank on the pricing plan for the new 3G iPhone.

**** Apple's Grand Central Threat To Microsoft <http://blogs.zdnet.com/storage/?p=334>
by Robin Harris, ZDNet.com
Whether Windows 7 is simply perfuming the Vista pig or a significant re-write, Apple's Grand Cenral challenge can't be ignored. If Apple achieves real speed-ups and Microsoft doesn't they will look like a pitiful, helpless giant. And their IT defenders will look like idiots.
/Of course, writing applications that take full advantage of parallel processing is hard, no matter Grand Central exists or not. It's just that Moore's Law probably have no where else to go except parallel, and Microsoft was caught unprepared./

**** RapidoWrite: The Mac App That Your Fingers Will Love <http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/rapidowrite-the-mac-app-that-your-fingers-will-love-2/>
by Kevin Richard, MakeUseOf.com

**** Steve Jobs And Apple's $19 Billion Sneeze <http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/chris_ayres/article4152295.ece>
by Chris Ayres, The Times
For most of us, the flu costs nothing more thna the price of a box of Lemsip and a couple of days off work. For Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple, the illness has turned out to be a bit more expensive than that.

**** The iPhone Vs. IT's Culture Of 'No' <http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=mobile_and_wireless&articleId=320587&taxonomyId=15&intsrc=kc_feat>
by Frank Hayes, Computerworld
PCs are the devil we know. We're stuck with them. And we can still nurse the fantasy that we can keep iPhones out by just saying no.

**** Why Korea Won't Bite The Apple <http://vaiguoren.wordpress.com/2008/06/16/why-korea-won%E2%80%99t-bite-the-apple/>
by Waiguoren's Weblog
South Korea is proud of its electronics makers and tech-savvy consumers. Samsung and LG won't roll out the welcome mat for the new iPhone 3G.

**** Big Mac Attack <http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/06/16/f-trends-mac.html>
by Luigi Benetton, CBC
Winning over consumers who like Apple phones and music players is one thing, but are experiemnts like the pilot project IBM has started, along with Apple's strengths and Microsoft's woes with Vista, enough to encourage companies to bet their business operations on a switch from Widnows computers to Macs?

**** Parallels Slices Up Apple Xserve <http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Infrastructure/Parallels-Slices-Up-Apple-Xserve/>
by Scott Ferguson, eWeek
Paralles is releasing the full version of its Parallels Server for Mac June 17, which works with any of Apple's Intel-based hardware such as the Xserve or the Mac Pro. The virtualization software also works with Apple's OS X Leopard Server.

**** The Infinite Loop <http://macdaddyworld.com/2008/06/15/wwdc-the-line/>
by Mac Daddy World
You can separate the OS X feature engineering work done by Apple into two categories. There's the features that are exciting to the typical Mac user, and then there's the features that are only exciting to software developers. When Apple says that they're "hitting the pause button on new features", they're talking about the first category of features.

**** Grand Opening Of Australia's First Apple Store On June 19Th <http://www.macuser.com/stores/grand_opening_of_australias_fi.php?lsrc=murss>
by Aayush Arya, MacUser

**** Visual Voicemail Dispute Settled, Licensing Deal <http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/16/visual.voicemail.dispute/>
by MacNN
Apple and AT&amp;T have reached a settlement with lausner Technology over patent disputes, and have agreed to license the technology from the firm.

**** Will Current iPhone Owners Upgrade To 3G? <http://www.macworld.com/article/133990/2008/06/iphone3g_upgrade.html>
by Peter Cohen, Macworld

**** Apple Restricting iDisk Browser Access <http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/16/idisk.browser.support/>
by MacNN
Apple has begun restricting the supported browsers for the iDisk storage compnent of .Mac, reports say.

**** United Connects iPods, iPhones On International Flights <http://www.macworld.com/article/133982/2008/06/united.html>
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
United Airlines on Monday announced plans to offer a new in-flight entertainment system on some of its aircraft that will enable iPod and iPhone users to connect their devices.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Demand For Data Puts Engineers In Spotlight <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/17/technology/17data.html>
by Steve Lohr, New York Times
Today, data center experts are no longer taken for granted. The torrid growth in data centers to keep pace with the demands of internet-era computing, their immense need for electricity and their inefficient use of that energy pose environmental, energy and economic challenges, experts say.

**** AP Wants Change In Blog Excerpting, Just Not Sure What <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/16/AR2008061601011.html>
by Joseph Weisenthal, PaidContent.org
The AP is spoiling for a fight it can't win.

MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** The Web Time Forgot <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/17/science/17mund.html?_r=1&oref=slogin>
by Alex Wright, New York Times
Historians typically trace the origins of the World Wide Web through a lineage of Anglo-American inventors like Vannevar Bush, Doug Engelbart and Ted Nelson. But more than half a century before Tim Berners-Lee released the first web browser in 1991, Otlet (pronounced ot-LAY) described a networked world where "anyone in his armchair would be able to contemplate the whole of creation."

SingaporeSurf
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**** Reform Party Approved!! Congratulations! <http://uncleyap-news.blogspot.com/2008/06/reform-party-approved-congratulations.html>
by Kengho Yap, News Release By UncleYap

**** 8 In 10 Singapore Households Now Hooked On Broadband <http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/Singapore/STIStory_248810.html>
by Straits Times
82.5 per cent of households here are now hooked up to broadband service, according to minister for information, communications and the arts Lee Boon Yang.

**** Praised Be Singaporean Dissidents <http://markskatz.com/justiceblog/archives/1199-Praised-be-Singaporean-dissidents..html>
by Jon Katz, Underdog
Fortunately, Singapore is not the monolithic lockstep place that many of its rulers have sought. Numerous Singaporean dissidents are willing to speak out, and to do so in a vibrant, fearless, calm, intelligent and apparently effective way.

**** Government's Graduate Equation Needs Balancing <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2008/06/govts-graduate-equation-needs-balancing/>
by Gerald Giam, The Online Citizen
The argument that having more universities will /lower/ overall standards is a red herring. No one wants the NUS, NTU and SMU to lower their standards and rankings. There is no reason to expect this to happen if a fourth or fifth university were to set up. Why can't each university be the "best in the class"?

**** All-Time High Of 52M Train Rides In May <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/354587/1/.html>
by Leong Wee Keat, Today
Both operators say the hike can be attributed to many factors, such as a change in travel patterns, population growth, employment growth and the government's push for more people to take public transport.

**** In The Wake Of His Trail <http://ketsugi.com/blog/in-the-wake-of-his-trail/>
by The Panegyrist
I'm not really sure that the Mas Selamat incident had &mdash; or will have &mdash; any real lasting effect on Singaporean trust in the PAP.

**** Should We Hang Illegal Immigrants Or Children Beyond Parental Control? <http://community.livejournal.com/sg_ljers/1341391.html>
by The J-Thing
Is there really a need to kill the dog?

**** Why Shut Down RSI? <http://www.zaobao.com/yl/yl080617_501.shtml>
by Zhuang Yongkang, Lianhe Zaobao

**** Sports Hub May Now Be Ready Only By 2012 <http://www.straitstimes.com/Free/Story/STIStory_248603.html>
by Leonard Lim, Straits Times
The completion date for the Singapore Sports Hub has again been pushed back - and looks likely to be ready only by 2012. The two-year delay has disappointed some national sports associations, who were hoping to bid to host world-class competitions at the new venue.

**** After The Flurry, Tame Response To Telcos' Offers <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/260019.asp>
by Hedirman Supian, Today
Offers galore were dangled by telcos as mobile number portability was launched last Friday, but subscribers have not exactly been jumping to switch providers &mdash; yet.

**** Bikes Vs Bus <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/260002.asp>
by Sharon Lim, Today
If the authorities are serious about encouraging Singaoreans to cycle to work or school, shouldn't they also ensure the cyclists are treated as rightful road users?