[MyAppleMenu] Nov 16, 2008

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**** Where Is Google Voice-Powered Search? <http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10098125-2.html>
by Desiree Everts, CNET News.com
One reason for the delay could be that it has been bogged down by Apple's App Store approval process.

**** Lifting The Veil On Luxury <http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/spectrum/Lifting-the-veil-on-luxury.4695749.jp>
by Jonathan Margolis, Scotland On Sunday
Apple turns an activity more often these days associated with workaday drudgery into a delight.

**** This Mac Is A Real Pro <http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/columnists/story.html?id=2d4d577c-47c3-4d8f-a8eb-6db6a9a5c4b5>
by Murray Hill, The StarPhoenix

The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** What Has Driven Women Out Of Computer Science? <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/business/16digi.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper&oref=slogin>
by Randall Stross, New York Times
Computer science has changed considerably since 1991. Now, there are even fewer women entering the field. Why this is so remains a matter of dispute.

MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Enough With The Sweet Talk <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/books/review/Queenan-t.html?ref=todayspaper>
by Joe Queenan, New York Times
Forget unfair negative reviews. The real problem is the unfair positive ones.

**** What Is Art For? <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/magazine/16hyde-t.html?ref=todayspaper>
by Daniel B. Smith, New York Times
The poet, philosopher, translator and scholar Lewis Hyde has spent his life trying to figure that out &mdash; and become a literary cult figure in the process.

SingaporeSurf
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**** Two-Party System Won't Work <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_303018.html>
by Straits Times
A two-party system will not work in Singapore, which is much better off with 'one dominant, clean and good party,' said prime minister Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday.
But he acknowledged that the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) 'should not have a carte blanche'.

**** After Five Weeks, Where Are The Politicians? <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2008/11/after-five-weeks-where-are-the-politicians/>
by Andrew Loh, The Online Citizen
Isn't 10,000 investors enough reason for them to come forward and help out?

**** Barking NTUC Chief Has No Bite <http://wherebearsroamfree.blogspot.com/2008/11/barking-ntuc-chief-has-no-bite.html>
by Where Bears Roam Free
It has long been argued, for decades, that as long as S17(2) of the Industrial Relations Act is in place, all the hot air MOM or NTUC talk about retrenchment will be just that - hot air. The retrenchment exercise by DBS has proven just that.

**** Partisan Political Films Please, We're The PAP <http://singaporerebel.blogspot.com/2008/11/partisan-political-films-please-were.html>
by Martyn See, No Political Films Please, We're Singaporeans
It's two steps back, one step forward.

**** PM Lee Says Singapore's Budget To Be Bought Forward To January 2009 <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/390194/1/.html>
by S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia
Singapore's prime minister Lee Hsien Loong has announced that the country's budget statement will be brought forward to Janaury next year. The budget is usually delivered by the finance minister in February.
Mr Lee said the government is working out the best combination of measures for the coming budget with the am of not just helping Singaporeans with the present downturn but also to build up strength for the future.

**** Is This Rude? <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_302991.html>
by Cheryl Tan and Cara Van Miriah, Straits Times
No, it's not, say diners who dismis students' campaign against using tissue paper packets to reserve seats.

**** Government Must Do What Is Right: Goh Meng Seng <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2008/11/government-must-do-what-is-right-goh-meng-seng/>
by Andrew Loh, The Online Citizen

**** The Future Of Regulatory Oversight In Singapore <http://gigomole.blogspot.com/2008/11/future-of-regulatory-oversight-in.html>
by The Gigamole Diaries
Now that lassiez-faire has been offiically pronounced dead, dare we hope the government will invest a bit more and provide us better regulatory service?

**** Singapore! - Green Buildings In The Garden City! <http://www.maximizingprogress.org/2008/11/singapore-green-buildings-in-garden.html>
by Maximizing Progress

**** Agencies Recruiting Sarawak Workers For Singapore Under Watch <http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Saturday/NewsBreak/20081115185830/Article/index_html>
by Bernama

**** Tan Kin Lian Asks: Is It Fair? Investors Answer: No! <http://www.sgpolitics.net/?p=1219>
by Ng E-Jay, Sgpolitics.net