[MyAppleMenu] Nov 19, 2008

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**** Flash Memory Developer Claims iPods Violate Patents In Samsung Suit <http://www.macworld.co.uk/business/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=23573>
by Jon Brodkin, Networld World
Flash memory developer Spansion has filed patent infringement suits against Samsung seeking to ban the US sale of more than 100 million iPods, mobile phones, digital cameras and other consumer devices containing flash technology.

**** Review: Fireworks CS4 <http://www.macworld.com/article/136795/2008/11/fwcs4.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Cyndy Cashman, Macworld
No longer the forgotten app, Adobe has fully integrated the vector program into its suite.

**** Microsoft Feared Mac Vs. Vista Comparison In '05, Insider E-Mails Show <http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9120798&source=rss_topic123>
by Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
More than a year before Windows Vista's release - and long before Apple started poking funa t the operating system - Microsoft officials were already worried about comparisons between Mac OS X and Vista, insider e-mails disclosed yesterday revealed.

**** MacBook Owners Enraged As Apple Blocks Some Displays <http://cultofmac.com/macbook-owners-enraged-as-apple-blocks-some-displays/4836>
by Ed Sutherland, Cult Of Mac

**** Judge Dismisses Psystar Antitrust Lawsuit Against Apple <http://www.macworld.com/article/136934/2008/11/psystar.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
In his ruling Judge William Alsup found that Psystar's claims did not meet the requirements to find in favor or an antitrust claim. "Indeed, Psystar's allegations are internally contradictory."

**** How Safari 3.2'S Anti-Phishing Does, And Doesn't, Work <http://db.tidbits.com/article/9862>
by Rich Mogull, TidBITS
It's commendable that Apple added these features to bring Safari up to the level of its competitors, but users shouldn't rely on them as definite protections from phishing.

**** Ripping And Playing Audiobooks <http://www.macworld.com/article/136824/2008/11/audiobooks.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Kirk McElhearn, Macworld

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**** Omaha Beach <http://www.slate.com/id/2199859/?from=rss>
by Piotr Florczyk, Slate

**** Enceladus: Secrets Of Saturn's Strangest Moon <http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=enceladus-secrets>
by Carolyn Porco, Scientific American
Wrinkled landscapes and spouting jets on Saturn's sixth-largest moon hint at underground waters.

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**** SM Goh Should Send Teo Ho Pin To Learn From Hougang Town Council To Keep PAP MPs On Their Toes <http://wayangparty.com/2008/11/19/sm-goh-should-send-teo-ho-pin-to-learn-from-hougang-town-council-to-keep-pap-mps-on-their-toes/>
by Eugene Yeo, The Wayang Party Club Of Singapore
Mr Teo Ho Pin should learn some basic investment strategies from Mr Low Thia Kiang lest he frittered away our precious Town Council sinking funds again.

**** The Silent People's Representative <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2008/11/the-silent-people&#8217;s-representative/>
by Lim Chih Yang, The Online Citizen

**** COE Crashes To $2 <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_304229.html>
by Christopher Tan, Straits Times
The number of bids submitted exceeded the COE supply of 1,851 by only one.

**** PAP Town Councils - What A Fiasco <http://mrwangsaysso.blogspot.com/2008/11/pap-town-councils-what-fiasco.html>
by Mr Wang Says So

**** Our Very Own "Lipstick On A Pig" <http://groundnotes.wordpress.com/2008/11/19/our-very-own-lipstick-on-a-pig/>
by Groundnotes
How does the PAP patronize Singaporeans? Let me count the ways.

**** Town Council Losses: Who's Accountable? <http://www.straitstimes.com/ST%2BForum/Online%2BStory/STIStory_303797.html>
by Karen Woon, Straits Times
The government has advocated high pay packages to public servants, because their pay should be commensurate with the risks they take, just like the CEO of a private organisation. But when mistakes are made, the CEO has to answer for them, most often at the cost of his job. So who should take the rap for these mistakes? And what actions will be taken to prevent future cases like this?
See Also: Questions Over Losses By Town Councils <http://www.straitstimes.com/ST%2BForum/Story/STIStory_304036.html>, by Liew Yeng Chee, Straits Times. Will there be accountability?

**** Reply To Chua Sheng Yang <http://tankinlian.blogspot.com/2008/11/reply-to-chua-sheng-yang.html>
by Tan Kin Lian

**** Does Labour Chief Know Labour Laws? <http://melvintansg.blogspot.com/2008/11/does-labour-chief-know-labour-laws.html>
by Melvin Tan, A Blog Day's Work