[MyAppleMenu] Jun 29, 2008

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MyAppleMenu
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**** Six Great Uses For The Web Clip Widget <http://mac.elated.com/2008/06/29/six-great-uses-for-the-web-clip-widget/>
by Reality Distortion

**** Appeal Of iPhone Is Enduring <http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2008/06/29/appeal_of_iphone_is_enduring/>
by Bloomberg

**** Third-Party Tool Allows Mac Pro Overclocking <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/06/28/third_party_tool_allows_mac_pro_overclocking.html>
by Aidan Malley, AppleInsider
The German edition of /ZDNet/ has postd a utility dubbed ZDNet Clock Tool that allows owners of the Intel-based Mac workstations to push the clock speeds of their Xeon processors significantly higher - with leaps from 2.8GHz to 3.24GHz for more recent systems.

**** Norway Carrier Says No MMS For iPhone 3G <http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/28/no.mms.on.iphone.3g/>
by MacNN
NetCom, the iPhone 3G carrier in Norway has published its iPhone 3G plans, confirming that the 3G version will lack MMS, just as the original version did.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Windows Could Use A Rush Of Fresh Air <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/29/technology/29digi.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&ref=business&adxnnlx=1214701958-QZ80g6W75Yy4Kvby3e+VyQ>
by Randall Stross, New York Times
The best solution to the multiple woes of Windows is starting over. Completely. Now.

**** They Can't Hide Their Pryin' Eyes <http://www.newsweek.com/id/143737?from=rss>
by Jennifer Ordonez, Newsweek
An appeals court ruling makes it more difficult for employers to sniff around in workers' electronic communications.

MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Running Strong <http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/magazine/articles/2008/06/29/running_strong/?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Globe+Magazine>
by Shira Springer, Boston Globe
WHen amputee athletes compete against able-bodied athletes, they're called courageous. But when they nearly win, they are accused of cheating.

SingaporeSurf
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**** The Issue Of Human Organ Trading In Singapore <http://mrwangsaysso.blogspot.com/2008/06/issue-of-human-organ-trading-in.html>
by Mr Wang Says So
I am inclined to agree with Dr Lee Wei Ling (who happens to be Lee Kuan Yew's daughter) that it is possible, and desirable, to legalise organ trading.

**** The Workers' Party Elects New CEC <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2008/06/the-workers-party-elects-new-cec/>
by The Online Citizen

**** Murdoch Has Axe To Grind With Singapore <http://www.pressrun.net/weblog/2008/06/murdoch-has-axe-to-grind-with-singapore.html>
by Blowin' In The Wind
The Wall Street Journal and the Australian, on the other hand, were quite partisan &mdash; as indeed they might be, given their sister publication Far Eastern Economic Review's wrangle with Singapore's leaders.
/The "solution" is not to make sure all newspapers be completely bias-free and objective, because, frankly, there is no such thing. THe solution is to have more newspapers, more sources, competing with different ideas and bias. At least the Wall Street Journal disclose potential bias up front, whereas Straits Times typically do not. (Look at Straits Times coverage of the local television media, where it had a substantial stake in MediaCorp TV.)/

**** "Patriots" In Court <http://chemgen.wordpress.com/2008/06/29/patriots-in-court/>
by Chemical Generation Singapore
Gopalan has bitten more than he can chew and the US Embassy has not swooped down to save him from certain incarceration (merely a matter of how long).

**** Taxi Firms Mulling Over Fuel Surcharge <http://www.straitstimes.com/Free/Story/STIStory_252841.html>
by Christopher Tan, Straits Times
Just months after taxi fare rose sharply, cab commuters may have to brace themselves for another cost hike: fuel surcharges.

**** Authoritarian Govenments Can Lock Up Bloggers. It Is Harder To Outwit Them. <http://nawaat.org/portail/2008/06/28/authoritarian-governments-can-lock-up-bloggers-it-is-harder-to-outwit-them/>
by Nawaat.org
The best and quickest way of defending those in prison may be with the help of other internet activists.

**** Rocket Food <http://singaporelifetimes.blogspot.com/2008/06/rocket-food.html>
by Singapore Life And Times
Inflation is not only a function of raw material prices, fuel and electricity, it is also a function of the "Kopi Tiam effect" - large organisations of food management companies bidding atrronomical prices for many a food centre and then passing on the costs down the line finally to the consumer.
/The lack of more basic choices &mdash; from hawker center to wet market to neighbourhood shopping to buses are hurting the lower incomes./