[MyAppleMenu] Jun 24, 2008

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**** Print It! 3.0 Extends Mac OS X Printing Options <http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/24/macease.launches.print.it/>
by MacNN

**** Smultron 3.5 <http://www.macworld.com/article/133936/2008/06/smultron3.html>
by Rob Griffiths, Macworld
There are dozens and dozens of text editors for the Mac, so why do I use Peter Borg's Smultron?

**** Taking Your Photos To A New Level <http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/tech/drmac/5852627.html>
by Bob LeVitus, Houston Chronicle

**** Apple, iPhone Drawn Into Touch Computing Patent Lawsuit <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/06/23/apple_iphone_drawn_into_touch_computing_patent_lawsuit.html>
by Aidan Malley, AppleInsider
A small Nevada company has added Apple and a slew of other PC makers to a lawsuit it hopes wil lgive up royalities for an allegedly valid touchscreen patent that may affect the iPhone.

**** How Snow Leopard Can Save Mac OS X From Malware Attacks <http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1325>
by Ryan Naraine, ZDNet.com
Snow Leopard will hopefully raise the bar for Mac OS X as much as Vista did for Windows. Of course it won't stop all security attacks, but it should make exploiting them beyond the reach of most attackers.

**** Why Hasn't MacBook Air's SSD Gotten Cheaper? <http://techblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2008/06/why-hasnt-macbook-airs-ssd-got.html>
by Andrew Smith, The Dallas Morning News
Six months have come and gone &mdash; along with a lot of stories about SSD prices falling in general &mdash; but the SSD option on the MacBook Air is still as expensive as ever.

**** Two Apple Trojans Threaten Users <http://www.crn.com/security/208800199>
by Brian Kraemer, ChannelWeb
SecureMac and Intego Security reported that Trojans in the wild have the potential to cause serious damage to Mac desktops. One comes wrapped in a poker application and the second, and more nefarious, takes advantage of the ARDAgent.

**** Microsoft's Mac Team: 'We're The Coolest' <http://www.crn.com/software/208800361>
by Kevin McLaughlin, ChannelWeb
Microsoft's Mac business unit recently kicked off the biggest hiring spree in its 11 years of existence.
/More cool apps coming soon, or is porting Visual Basic for Application really that resource-intensive? :-)/

**** Apple Store Redefines Retail In Australia <http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,23909921-5013038,00.html>
by David Frith, The Australian
The real story is that Apple has completely redefined retailing in Australia with this store: executives from every other computer company in the country should get over there pronto to look and learn.

**** Five Undisclosed Features Of Apple's Mac OS X Snow Leopard <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/06/23/five_undisclosed_features_of_apples_mac_os_x_snow_leopard.html>
by AppleInsider
Although Apple is marketing Mac OS X Snow Leopard as an operating system update with "no new features," under the hood improvements will actually translate into a slew of new enhancements.

**** $600 For A Prepaid iPhone 3G, Says Analyst <http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/06/23/600-for-a-prepaid-iphone-3g-says-analyst>
by Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica
Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster believes that prepaid subscribers will end up having to pay more than $600 per unsubsidized iPhone 3G.

**** Firefox 3 Bounds Forward <http://db.tidbits.com/article/9662>
by Adam C. Engst, TidBITS
It looks as though Firefox 3 may significantly improve the user experience for Mac users.

**** Martians Vs. Robots Game Released <http://www.macworld.com/article/134116/2008/06/martians.html>
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
Looking for some goofy arcade-style fun?

**** In Case Of Emergency <http://www.macworld.com/article/134110/2008/06/incaseofemergency.html>
by Christopher Breen, Macworld
I can replace music. I can let go of a couple of decades worth of work. I can buy another computer. But I can't replace the images of a child's first years or a parent's last.

**** OpenMind 2 Mind Mapping Software Comes To Mac <http://www.macworld.com/article/134099/2008/06/openmind2.html>
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
Mind mapping is a brainstorming technique in which you visually connect ideas and concepts together to organize your thoughts.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Reading The Kindle With Your Morning Coffee <http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jun2008/tc20080623_917645.htm>
by Arik Hesseldahl, BusinessWeek
Print devotees will likely find Amazon's newfangled e-reader an imperfect substitute for the old-fashioned newspaper&mdash;even if it saves trees.

**** At Google, Slow Growth In News Site <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/24/technology/24google.html>
by Miguel Helft, New York Times
While news organizations continue to worry about what Google is doing to their business, the company is far from achieving the kind of dominant position in news that it has in other areas. Six years after its start, Google News appears to be stuck in neutral and struggling to keep up with rivals.

**** Go Ahead, Steal My Car <http://chronicle.com/temp/email2.php?id=4kqbrMb9gcwjgK2fbjSxdxgnCt9FYtdT>
by Bill Blake, Chronicle Of Higher Education
Video games don't make people violent any more than explicit lyrics make teens get pregnant.

**** One Billion Computers! <http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/96242>
by Yahoo Tech
The PC is dead? Don't tell the rest of the world. Gartner has released research that says that worldwide, the number of PCs has now topped a full billion machines. That's just machines actually in use, not including those that have already been decommissioned.

MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Medals And Rights <http://www.tnr.com/booksarts/story.html?id=f48d8fb7-6db3-4279-98a4-0be7964e5909>
by Andrew J. Nathan, The New Republic
What the Olympics reveal, and conceal, about China.

**** Is Local Food Really Miles Better? <http://www.salon.com/mwt/food/eat_drink/2008/06/24/food_miles/index.html>
by Roberta Kwok, Salon
Many of us now count "food miles." But local fruits and veggies may not be more carbon-friendly than produce at the supermarket.

**** Victoria's Circuit <http://www.slate.com/id/2193827/?from=rss>
by Adrienne So, Slate
Harnessing the untapped power of breast motion.

**** What's Up With Chinese Menus? <http://www.slate.com/id/2194074/?from=rss>
by Brian Palmer, Slate
The stories behind "Chicken Without Sexual Life" and "Bean Curd Made by a Pockmarked Woman."

**** At California's Asian Fish Markets, Freshness Is Everything <http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la-me-fishnew23-2008jun23,0,4232313.story?track=rss>
by John M. Glionnna, Los Angeles Times
In Asian cuisine, live fish are a delicacy. Asian diners insist they can distinguish on the plate between a fish freshly plucked from a tank or stream and one previously gutted and languishing on ice.

SingaporeSurf
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**** Responsibility, Responsibility, Responsibility! <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2008/06/responsibility-responsibility-responsibility/>
by Andrew Loh, The Online Citizen
Suc blatant disregard for taking responsibility can and will only do further damage to the government's claim that it is a government of integrity.

**** Ahhhhhhh!!! Like That Also Can? <http://leelilian.blogspot.com/2008/06/ahhhhhhh-like-that-also-can.html>
by Lee Lilian, The Itch To Write
To me, it's the 5th time mistakes as such had happened.

**** Fremont Blogger Held In Singapore <http://www.mercurynews.com/valley/ci_9681300?nclick_check=1>
by Patrick May, San Jose Mercury News
"We've monitoring the case very closely," a representative of the U.S. Embassy said. "Under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, we believe an individual should be able to peacefully exercise fundamental human rihts, especially freedom of expression, regardless of frontiers."
The Embassy representative described U.S.-Singapore relations as "generally very healthy. They're not an ally, but we consider them a close partner."

**** New University Proposed For Singapore <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/356080/1/.html>
by Channel NewsAsia
A Singapore government-led committee proposed on Tuesday that a new publicly-funded university be established as part of wide-ranging efforts to retain local and foreign talent.

**** The Government Does Not Make Money From The ERP Increase. So Says Lim Swee Say. <http://mrwangsaysso.blogspot.com/2008/06/government-does-not-make-money-from-erp.html>
by Mr Wang Says So
The last time round, our finance minister missed his budget estimate by $7,100,000,000. In percentage terms, what makes you think Swee Say will do any better?

**** Singapore Gets Pedra Branca: What's Next? <http://old.thejakartapost.com/detaileditorial.asp?fileid=20080624.F04&irec=3>
by I Made Andi Arsana, Jakarta Post
Put simply, there are now some outstanding pending boundary segments that these three neighboring states need to settle.

**** Wong Kan Seng's Latest Career Achievement <http://mrwangsaysso.blogspot.com/2008/06/wong-kan-sengs-latest-career.html>
by Mr Wang Says So
You know what will happen next, don't you?

**** Challenge To Thrive In The Online World <http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/6/24/nation/21633945&sec=nation>
by The Star
Institute of Policy Studies senior research fellow Tan Tarn How said maintaining credibility was important to ensure continued patronage. "Most Singaporeans feel that newspapers can be trusted and don't feel they need to find the truth elsewhere. That is why the internet does not play an important role, unlike in Malaysia," he said.

**** Dad Flies Off Using Son's Passport <http://www.straitstimes.com/Free/Story/STIStory_250948.html>
by Carolyn Quek, Straits Times
He checks in at Changi, clears immigration and gets on Tiger Airways jet to Vietnam.

**** Remembering George Carlin
by Heng-Cheong Leong, MyAppleMenu
Via lonelysandwich, George Carlin <http://lonelysandwich.com/post/39478066/carlin-quote> on life.
<p class="permlink">Permanent Link to This Post <http://www.myapplemenu.com/singapore/2008/06/24/id0011/>

**** The Economics About Banning Political Films <http://bleongcw.typepad.com/simple_is_the_reason_of_m/2008/06/the-economics-o.html>
by Bernard Leong, Simple Is The Reason Of My Heart
Technologies and social practices change and the same kind of deterrence can falter against the backdrop of innovation in the internet.

**** Rationality Vs Political Expediency In Internet Policy <http://journalism.sg/2008/06/24/rationality-vs-political-expediency-in-internet-policy/>
by Arun Mahizhnan, Journalism.sg
There is a sharp distinction between what is rational - rational even to political leaders - and what is politically expedient.

**** Brain Drain? Few Worries, Say Employers <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/261281.asp>
by Lin Yanqin, Today
Singapore employers ranked 12th out of the 27 countries and territories when it came to worryig about the brain drain, and third from the bottom in their concern that government and businesses were not doing enough to slow the outward migration.

**** Cancel National Day Parade Flypast And Save Fuel <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/261249.asp>
by Denis Distant, Today
There are still seven weeks left to save that expensive jet fuel.
/Seriously, why not cancel the parade too? I won't miss it./