[MyAppleMenu] Nov 13, 2008

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MyAppleMenu
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**** Review: MacBook Air 1.86GHz <http://www.macworld.com/article/136760/2008/11/macbook_air_review.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Jason Snell, Macworld
THe new generation of MacBook Air is superior to the original. However, the substantial upgrades Apple has made to the rest of the MacBook line threaten to narrow the MacBook Air's already limited appeal even further.

**** Apple's Enterprise Strategy The Same As It Ever Was <http://www.macworld.com/article/136762/2008/11/apple_enterprise.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by John C. Welch, Macworld
The reason why Al Shipp's retirement isn't the end of Apple as an enterprise company is because there was never a /beginning/ of Apple as an Enterprise company.

**** Apple's iPhone Offers The Ideal Micropayments Platform <http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/gigaom/mobile/2008_11_12_apples_iphone_offers_the_ideal_micropayments_platform.html>
by Narendra Rocherolle, Fortune
Apple has already re-inspired (and perhaps revitalized) the vibrant shareware industry; it now has a chance to legitimize new online business models.

**** Docs Show Apple Failed To Find Ideal Successor For iPod Chief <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/11/12/docs_show_apple_failed_to_find_ideal_successor_for_ipod_chief.html>
by Aidan Malley and Kasper Jade, AppleInsider
A series of statements made in court filings by tentative iPod and iPhone chief Mark Papermaster and those recruited him at Apple show that the company at first considered him a secondary pick. They also reveal that IBM's own management has partly contradicted its stance on whether the executive could leave.

**** Apple Updates iPod Nano, Classic Software <http://www.macworld.com/article/136761/2008/11/ipodupdates.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
Apple on Wednesday released updates for its iPod nano (4th generation) and iPod classic (120GB).

**** Agatha Christie: Peril At End House <http://www.insidemacgames.com/reviews/view.php?ID=993>
by Ted Bade, Inside Mac Games
All in all, Peril at End House is a pretty good game and will provide several hours of fun with some basic puzzles, all wrapped up in an Agatha Christie storyline.

**** Customized MacBook Pro Benchmarks <http://www.macworld.com/article/136757/2008/11/macbookpro28ghz.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by James Galbraith, Macworld

**** Thinking Outside The Apple TV With Boxee <http://www.macworld.com/article/136751/2008/11/appletvboxee.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Christopher Breen, Macworld

The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Death Of The OS, Re-Birth Of The Kernel <http://blogs.computerworld.com/os_death>
by John Brandon, Computerworld
The real-term vision for computing has to be: reduce the OS to its roots, and make the web the thickest pipe.

SingaporeSurf
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**** Sands Asks For Singapore Casino To Open In Stages <http://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking_news_detail.asp?id=9561&icid=1&d_str=20081113>
by AFP
The Singapore Tourism Board said it was considering a proposal by Las Vegas Sands for the complex to be opened progressively from the end of 2009.
/Is this fair to the other casino coampny, and to the other companies that lost in the tender?/

**** DBS Staff Get Layoff Letters <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_301888.html>
by Francis Chan, Straits Times

**** Tiger Kills Man At Zoo <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_301826.html>
by Straits Times
A Malaysian cleaner died after he was mauled by a white tiger at the Singapore Zoo on Thursday.

**** Singapore To Tighten Regulation On Derivation Sales - Report <http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssFinancialServicesAndRealEstateNews/idUSSIN37602720081113>
by Saeed Azhar, Reuters
Singapore will introduce stricter measures for sales of structured products, a government minister was quoted as saying, after retail investors suffered hefty losses on products listed to collapsed bank Lehman Brothers.

**** Former Singapore Lawyer Gopalan Nair Let Off With Warning After Pleading Contempt Of Court <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/389515/1/.html>
by Channel NewsAsia
Former Singapore lawyer Gopalan Nair will not be jailed for contempt of court but has been given a telling-off and warning against making attacks against the Singapore Judiciary in future.

**** Tissue Issue: 'Using Tissue To Reserve Is An Efficient Way Of Allocating Seats To Patrons" <http://www.straitstimes.com/ST%2BForum/Online%2BStory/STIStory_301475.html>
by See Eng Soon, Straits Times
The 'tisue culture' implicitly increases the turnaround of patrons at popular food centres, helping most workers who aim is to eat and return to work on time. In addition, this benefits people who dine alone.

**** What Will You Do When The Elections Come? <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2008/11/what-will-you-do-when-the-elections-come/>
by Andrew Loh, The Online Citizen
Will Singaporeans take an active role in the elections?

**** Random Readiness <http://mollymeek.livejournal.com/200484.html>
by Mollymeek

**** Apple's iPhone Faces Off With The Game Champs <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122644912858819085.html>
by Nick Wingfield and Christopher Lawton, Wall Street Journal
The iPhone and its sister device the iPod touch, which feature big screens and powerful graphics, are emerging as serious competitors to Nintendo's DS handheld and Sony's PlayStation Portable.