[MyAppleMenu] Nov 8, 2008

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**** Apple Beats RIM, Microsoft To Become No. 2 Smartphone Provider <http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/11/apple_beats_rim.html>
by Eric Zeman, InformationWeek
Analysts have confirmed the numbers. Apple did indeed surpass RIM in sales during the second quarter to become the second-largest provider of smartphones. It also surpassed Windows Mobile. But can Apple keep the momentum going?

**** Papermaster Denies Breaking NCA In Joining Apple <http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/11/07/papermaster.vs.ibm/>
by MacNN
In his formal response to IBM, Papermaster claims that Apple and IBM do not compete with each other, and that his hiring was not primarily based on his work with the latter company.

**** Majestic Forest Features 60 Levels Of Mazes <http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/11/07/majestic.forest.ships/>
by MacNN

The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** The Cybercafe Lives <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/09/magazine/09wwln-medium-t.html>
by Virginia Heffernan, New York Times
Today, with superpowered handhelds, we imagine digital life as something that no longer requires devoted surfaces, mouse pads or uninterrupted stretches of time. But that's not true if you're a gamer.

**** Oh, Grow Up <http://www.economist.com/business/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12566826>
by The Economist
Blogging is no longer what it was, because it has entered the mainstream.

MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** The Caged Bird Speaks <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/09/books/review/Royte-t.html>
by Elizabeth Royte, New York Times
"Alex &amp; Me," Irene Pepperberg's memoir of her 30-year scientific collaboration with an African gray parrot, was written for the legions of Alex's fans, the (probably) millions whose lives he and she touched with their groundbreaking work on nonhuman communication.

**** Holding Up The Sky <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/09/books/review/Keefe-t.html>
by Patrick Radden Keefe, New York Times
The emergence of China's titanic manufacturing base has been chronicled in numerous books and articles in recent years, but Leslie Chang has elected to focus not on the broader market forces at play but on the individuals, most of them women, who leave their villages and sek their fortunes on the front lines of this economy.

**** A Genial Explorer Of Literary Worlds <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/08/books/08leon.html?_r=1&oref=slogin>
by A. O. Scott, New York Times
A single John Leonard sentence is, more often than not, an unmatchable catalog of learning, wit, enthusiasm and combativeness, and by the time Mr Leonard died on Wednesday, tose sentences surely numbered in the millions.

**** The End Of Vietnam In American Politics <http://www.forbes.com/opinions/2008/11/07/mccain-vietnam-war-oped-cx_jz_1107zogby.html>
by John Zogby, Forbes
Once again, history is not kind to the soldiers of America's least popular and most divisive war. This election may have closed the book on a Vietnam veteran ever being elected president.

**** Mercenary For Justice <http://nymag.com/news/features/51835/>
by Robert Kolker, New York Magazine
Pro-life zealot James Kopp murdered an upstte abrotion doctor in 1998. nd he might well have escaped the FBI if not for an informant whose desire for the big reward money led him to betray a lifelong friend.

**** /The New York Times/'s Lonely War <http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2008/12/nytimes200812>
by Seth Mnookin, Vanity Fair
The /Times/ is being whipsawed by the same economic woes battering the rest of the industry. But unlike virtually every other news organization on the planet, it has not significantly cut back on the number of staff in has on the ground in Iraq, a commitment which costs upwards of $3 million a year. "You can't cover a story only when interest peaks," says Bill Keller, the paper's executive editor. "You have to walk the beat all the time. This is so integral to what readers expect in /The New York Times/ that if we stopped covering the war in Iraq we should just go out of business."

SingaporeSurf
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**** Outstanding Issues Won't Affect Malaysia-Singapore Ties <http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news.php?id=370279>
by Bernama
Malaysia and Singapore will not allow outstanding issues to hinder efforts at forging closer bilateral ties, said foreign minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim Saturday.

**** Judge Orders Apple Executive To Stop Work <http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE4A706O20081108?rpc=401&>
by David Lawsky, Reuters
A U.S&gt; District Court judge in New York ordered a newly hired Apple Inc. executive to stop work immediately because he ight be violating an agreement with his former employer, IBM.
See Also:
<a href=http://apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/11/08/the-papermaster-chronicles-an-apple-vs-ibm-timeline/">The Papermaster Chronicles: An Apple Vs. IBM Timeline</a>, by Philip Elmer-DeWitt, Fortune.

**** The Little Kiddies And Their Beauty Sleep <http://mrwangsaysso.blogspot.com/2008/11/little-kiddies-and-their-beauty-sleep.html>
by Mr Wang Says So
The Singapore government likes to say that it has high standards, but are the standards high becuase the system is really good? Or because the students these days are just working harder and harder and harder.

**** And Then Suddenly The Tide Came In... <http://mrwangsaysso.blogspot.com/2008/11/and-then-tide-came-in.html>
by Mr Wang Says So
If the world heads into a really bad economic patch in the next few years, the IR projects can do litle to help Singapore.

**** 80 Hours In The Air-Conditioned Nation <http://www.openthefuture.com/2008/11/80_hours_in_the_air-conditione.html>
by Jamais Cascio, Open The Future
Underlying this evolution is a stark sense of insecurity.

**** The Languages Of Singapore <http://withonespast.wordpress.com/2008/11/08/the-languages-of-singapore/>
by With One's Past...

**** Singapore's "National Identity" <http://trishwishfish.wordpress.com/2008/11/08/singapores-national-identity/>
by Global Problems
What is a nation if its only pursuit is one of economic progress?

**** Teacher By Day, Bar Dancer By Night <http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/11/8/focus/2491247&sec=focus>
by Seah Chiang Nee, The Star
As the recession bites harder some find unconventional ways to get spending money while others show their meaner side.

**** Recession Drives Golf Club Memberships Below Par <http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSTRE4A70KG20081108>
by Neil Chatterjee, Reuters
Prices for exclusive golf club memberships in Singapore have been whacked as the global financial crisis seeps into the real economy.

**** Man Killed For Exposing Himself <http://www.yawningbread.org/arch_2008/yax-953.htm>
by Au Waipang, Yawning Bread
Curing homophobia requires teaching people to question received authority, peer pressure and the whole notion of social conformity.

**** The Legal Complications Of Oral Sex <http://mrwangsaysso.blogspot.com/2008/11/legal-complications-of-oral-sex.html>
by Mr Wang Says So
See Also: Wrong Sex And The Wrong Time? (And A Case Of Exemplary Journalism) <http://mollymeek.livejournal.com/200432.html>, by Mollymeek.

**** Special Lane Has Improved Bus Speeds <http://www.straitstimes.com/ST%2BForum/Story/STIStory_299676.html>
by Geoffrey Lim, Land Transport Authority, Straits Times
A car on average carries 1.5 people. A single-deck bus can carry 80 passengers. As road space is limited, we need to make a decisive shift towards public transport to meet travel needs. To do this, we need to increase the attractiveness of public transport, and bus lanes help to increase the speed and reliabiity of bus services for commuters.