[MyAppleMenu] Mar 3, 2008

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MyAppleMenu
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**** 25 Native iPhone Apps We Hope To See <http://www.macworld.com/article/132322/2008/03/iphoneapps.html>
by Macworld
With Apple to reveal iPhone software details, here's our wish-list for developers.

**** An Apple For Your TV <http://arstechnica.com/reviews/hardware/apple-tv2.ars>
by Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica
The Apple TV is a bit too restrictive in what you can and can't do with it.

**** MacBook Air Aflutter: Demand Stays Strong, Sold Out Often <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080302-macbook-air-aflutter-demand-stays-strong-sold-out-often.html>
by Ken Fisher, Ars Technica
It might not be the iPhone, but the MacBook Air is selling much stronger than many of us wold have guessed. After a full month of being on the market, the MacBook Air is still a difficult commodity to obtain in some markets (not all), and Apple is still quoting a 5-7 business day minimum shipping time even for the most standard models ordered from its web site.

**** Woz Finds Flaws In Apple's Latest Offerings <http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/03/03/1204402340251.html>
by Asher Moses, Sydney Morning Herald
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak heaped less than lavish praise on the company's iPhone, MacBook Air and Apple TV products when visiting Sydney this morning.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** After Suicide, Blog Insults Are Debated <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/03/business/media/03blog.html?_r=1&oref=slogin>
by Bob Tedeschi, New York Times

MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Does Boston Really Need A Mayor? <http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/magazine/articles/2008/03/02/does_boston_really_need_a_mayor/>
by Tom Keane, Boston Globe
More and more, the job of running a municipality seems better-suited to a professional manager.

**** Teaching Boys And Girls Separately <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/02/magazine/02sex3-t.html?_r=1&ref=magazine&oref=slogin>
by Elizabeth Weil, New York Times
Separating schoolboys from schoolgirls has long been a staple of private and parochial education. But the idea is now gaining traction in American public schools, in response to both the desire of parents to have more choice in their children's public education and the separate crises girls and boys have been widely reported to experience.

**** On The Road <http://www.believermag.com/issues/200803/?read=article_klosterman>
by Chuck Klosterman, The Believer
What's the difference between a road movie and a movei that just happens to have roads in it?

SingaporeSurf
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**** Khaw Reveals Income Tiers For Means Testing <http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/Singapore/STIStory_212749.html>
by Straits Times
All Singaporeans who earn below $3,200 a month will continue to enjoy full subsidies from the government when they are hospitalised in class B2 or C wards in public hospitals. At the highest end, patients with a monthly income of $5,201 and above will still receive 65 per cent in subsidies in a Class C ward and 50 per cent in Class B2.

**** Be Meek And Be Dispossessed <http://www.yawningbread.org/arch_2008/yax-847.htm>
by Au Waipang, Yawning Bread
Our Singaporean culture of not speaking up when something goes wrong is also part of the reason that things are the way they are.

**** Why Are Talented Singaporeans Leaving? <http://www.mrbiao.com/blog/why-are-talented-singaporeans-leaving.html>
by This Lush Garden Within
I personally feel even more motivated to leave after hearing the recent comments from Singapore's leaders in the press about how they can easily replace lost homegrown talent with foreign ones.

**** Two Separate Probes Into Terrorist's Escape <http://www.straitstimes.com/Free/Story/STIStory_212600.html>
by Ben Nadarajan, Straits Times
An internal probe by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) will look into whether 'criminal wrongdoing' was involved.