[MyAppleMenu] Jun 28, 2008

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**** Customers Groan As Rogers Sets iPhone Prices <http://ca.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idCAN2730789320080628>
by Susan Taylor and Wojtek Dabrowski, Reuters
Canadians have long bemoaned high cost of wireless service compared to those in the United States, and many blame lack of competition in a relatively thinly populated country that stretches across six time zones.

**** The iPhone 1.0 Should Be Cheap Now. Right? <http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/06/the_iphone_10_s.html>
by Marin Perez, InformationWeek
There will be a variety of factors, but many people are more than willing to pay for a device they can control.

**** Apple Makes Example Of iPod Repairman In Lawsuit <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/06/26/apple_makes_example_of_ipod_repairman_in_lawsuit.html>
by Aidan Malley, AppleInsider
The owner of an iPod repair shop is being sued by Apple for misuse of the coveted iPod trademark - and of allegedly manipulating Apple to both send him replacement units for free as well as tricking the electronics giant into repairing out-of-warranty iPods.

**** Slife 2.0 Gets It Right <http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/06/27/slife-20-gets-it-right/>
by Mike Gunderloy, Web Worker Daily
You launch it on your Mac, and it lurks in thebackground, keeping track of what you do on the machine.

**** Apple's Upcoming iPhone Remote App For iTunes Is Really Smart <http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/06/iphone-ipod-tou.html>
by Eliot Van Buskirk, Wired
WIth one free little add-on, Apple will strengthen its ecosystem, shoring up the connections between its hardware, software and music aspects.

**** CD Lovers Smile As Rogue Amoeba Releases LiveDiscKit For Developers <http://www.macuser.com/software/cd_lovers_smile_as_rogue_amoeb.php?lsrc=murss>
by THomas Gagnon-van Leeuwen, MacUser
This development kit allows anyone to create a Live Disc application using InterfaceBuilder.

**** Solving The Mystery Of Snow Leopard's Shrinking Apps <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/06/27/solving_the_mystery_of_snow_leopards_shrinking_apps.html>
by Price McLean, AppleInsider

**** Apple Notebook Shipments Up 61 Percent <http://www.macworld.com/article/134211/2008/06/notebook.html>
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
A new report from market research firm DisplaySearch shows Apples notebook shipments grew 61 percent from the first quarter of 2007 to the first quarter of 2008. Shipments rose from almost 900,000 to just over 1.4 million.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** The Meaning Of Bill Gates <http://www.economist.com/opinion/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=11622119>
by The Economist
As his reign at Microsoft comes to an end, so does the era he dominated.

MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Same Dance, Different Song <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/24/AR2008062401160.html?nav=rss_print/washpostmagazine>
by Jeanne Marie Laskas, Washington Post
You can't help but marvel at the passage of time, all these generations.

**** Cubicle Rats <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/29/books/review/Sarvas-t.html?_r=1&oref=slogin>
by Mark Sarvas, New York Times
Considering the ubiquity of the work experience in American lives, and the thousands upon thousands of novels published annually, perhaps the question shouldn't be why there are two work-related novels right now but why there aren't many more.

**** Interpreting The Evolution Of English <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121461372224612691.html?mod=rss_Books>
by Timothy Farrington, Wall Street Journal
Accents, dialects, slang and how we got from King James to hip-hop swagger.

**** No Country For Young Men <http://tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=06d65840-0997-482e-a84d-b09b61a7b0e5&p=1>
by Mara Hvistendahl, The New Republic
The one-child policy was instituted in an attempt to hamper the wild growth of the Chinese population. But, in the process of plugging one hole, the government may have left another open. The coming boom in restless young men promises to overhaul Chinese society in some potentially scary ways.

**** The Death Of Life Writing <http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/biography/story/0,,2287893,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=10>
by Kathryn Hughes, The Guardian
Celebrity memoirs, breathless lives of 18th-century socialites and countless royal mistresses - whatever happened to the golden age of biography? And what is the future for a genre in which the best subjects have already been written about, time and again.

SingaporeSurf
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**** Singapore Charges Two For Organ Trading <http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSSIN10297620080628?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews>
by Reuters
The Singapore government has charged two Indonesians for putting their kidneys up for sale in the city-state, in what local media say is the first prosecution against organ trade in the country.

**** MOH To Examine If There Are Any Lapses In Living Donor Transplant Programme <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/356973/1/.html>
by Hasnita A Majid, Channel NewsAsia
Health minister Khaw Boon Wan as said his ministry will review the living donor transplant programme to see if there are any lapses, after a current case of organ trading wraps up in court.

**** No-Nonsense Status Dented <http://thestar.com.my/columnists/story.asp?col=insightdownsouth&file=/2008/6/28/columnists/insightdownsouth/21670366&sec=Insight%20Down%20South>
by Seah Chiang Nee, The Star
All these indicate to Singaporeans that not all is right with the no-nonsense home affairs ministry, the frontline body that overlooks security, including the war on terrorism.
The public has called for the minister to be held accountable for his "complaency", which has been rejected by the prime minister. Some wanted him dismissed, while other said his salary should be docked as punishment.

**** Case Is As Neutral As It Can Be <http://www.straitstimes.com/ST%2BForum/Online%2BStory/STIStory_252331.html>
by Seah Seng Choon, Case, Straits Times

**** Iras Refuses To Say Sorry For Its Mistakes <http://www.straitstimes.com/ST%2BForum/Story/STIStory_252536.html>
by Cheah Chew Kuan, Straits Times
What is wrong with this organisation? There is no comprehension of the words 'customer', 'service', nor, it appears, even simple courtsey, respect and professionalism.