[MyAppleMenu] Oct 3, 2008

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**** Fake Rumors Of Steve Jobs Heart Attack Circulate <http://www.macrumors.com/2008/10/03/fake-rumors-of-steve-jobs-heart-attack-circulate/>
by Arnold Kim, MacRumors.com

**** Apple Wins BlackBerry Defectors With Business iPhones <http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aBs_3csbrhT4&refer=home>
by Connie Gulielmo, Bloomberg
After more than 30 years pitching first Macintosh computers and then iPod media players to consumers, Apple is using the iPhone to attract a new audience: business buyers.

**** Review: StoryMill 3.1 <http://www.macworld.com/article/135775/2008/10/storymill31.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Tim Haddock, Macworld
StoryMill 3.1 provides an impressive workflow approach and toolset that can't be replicated in your current word processor. If you're the sort who prefers plotting in a MacBook to jotting in a notebook, odds are StoryMill could prove a real asset in getting your 100,000-word opus onto the printed page.

**** First Look: More CS4 App Previews <http://www.macworld.com/article/135872/2008/10/cs4_overview.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Macworld

**** Apple Releases Apple TV 2.2 Update With Genius Playlists <http://www.macrumors.com/2008/10/03/apple-releases-apple-tv-2-2-update-with-genius-playlists/>
by Arnold Kim, MacRumors.com

**** Widget Overload <http://blogs.smh.com.au/gadgetsonthego/archives/2008/10/widget_overload.html>
by Adam Turner, Sydney Morning Herald

**** iTunes 8.0.1 Fixes HD Episode Deletion Issue And More <http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/10/02/itunes-8-0-1-fixes-hd-episode-deletion-issue-more>
by Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica

**** Ballmer Vs Jobs <http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2008/10/02/ballmer-vs-jobs/>
by Stuart Turton, PC Pro
All that concerns me here, is the image put forth by the Mac community that Steve Jobs is some kind of incredible showman, able to stop time with a bat of his eyelids, and the world with a movement of his lips. It's a lie. He's just a very clever man in a polo neck.

**** Apple's Deadline For iPhone Push Notification Passes <http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10057146-37.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=News-Apple>
by Tom Krazit, CNET News.com

**** The Fear <http://daringfireball.net/2008/10/the_fear>
by John Gruber, Daring Fireball
Rules you disagree with are frustrating. Rules you don't know about are /scary/.

**** Royalty Rate Doesn't Change For Apple, Music Retailers <http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10056852-93.html>
by Greg Sandoval, CNET News.com
The Copyright Royalty Board on Thursday froze the rate that digital-music stores, such as iTunes and RealNetworks' Rhapsody, must pay music publishers.

**** Security Researcher Reveals iPhone Design Flaws <http://www.macworld.co.uk/ipod-itunes/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=23015>
by Jeremy Kirk, Macworld UK
The first concerns the iPhone's email application, which automatically downloads images within an e-mail, said Aviv Raff, a security researcher.  The second design flaw is how the iPhone's email application dsiplays URLs.

**** A Touch Of Cocoa: Inside The iPhone SDK <http://arstechnica.com/articles/culture/iPhone-SDK.ars/1>
by John Timmer, Ars Technica
Apple's SDK reveals far more about the device than any of the company's statements, and it provides some insight into what it took to cram OS X onto a mobile device. It also reveals a bit about how Apple, given what amounts to a redo on Cocoa, has aggressively pushed its software design philosophy onto its developers.

**** Faulty iBook/PowerBook Power Adapter List Expanded <http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/10/02/faulty-ibookpowerbook-power-adapter-list-expanded>
by Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica

**** MercuryMover 2.0 <http://www.macworld.com/article/135859/2008/10/mercurymover.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Dan Frakes, Macworld
This useful OS X add-on lets you move and resize the active window using keyboard shortcuts.

**** Clue Classic Released For Mac <http://www.macworld.com/article/135855/2008/10/clueclassic.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
Clue Classic is a new casual game based on the classic board game Clue.

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**** IT Security Hindering Innovation: IDC <http://reseller.co.nz/reseller.nsf/inews/A1530A2A253CB552CC2574D70000E3F2>
by Ross O. Storey, Reseller News
Organizations are struggling to strike the right balance between driving new innovations to market and instituting effective IT security practices, according to new research by IDC.

MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Babble On, Say Researchers In 'Linguists' Documentary <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/01/AR2008100103115.html>
by Joel Garreau, Washington Post
Doesn't your life seem like a daily adventure in linguistics? Americans today routinely encounter more languages from more continents than at any time in the past century. Whether you're getting a meal or a clean shirt or a cab, or visiting a university or a hospital or simply walking through the mall, it's easy to think you're living in the golden age of language diversity.

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**** Dormitory Decision Upsets Some Serangoon Gardens Residents <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/380077/1/.html>
by Pearl Forss, Channel NewsAsia

**** Six Historic Bridges In Singapore Gazetted For Conservation <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/380028/1/.html>
by Ryan Huang and Greta Georges, Channel NewsAsia
For the first time, structures such as bridges, towers and pavillions will be conserved as part of Singapore's architectural heritage, and Anderson Bridge is one of six bridges named for conservation in 2008.

**** Three Catch Dengue From Tainted Blood In Singapore <http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE4912RY20081002>
by Melanie Lee, Reuters
Three people contracted the dengue virus after receiving tainted blood from a donor in Singapore, a doctor wrote in a letter published in a medical journal on Thursday.

**** Singapore Can't Force Banks To Compensate Investors <http://www.cnbc.com/id/26999957?__source=RSS*tag*&par=RSS>
by Reuters
Singapore's central bank said it does not have the power to force banks to compensate retail investors who bought structured products linked to failed U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers.

**** MND Gives Go Ahead For Workers' Dormitory At Serangoon Gardens <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/379997/1/.html>
by Camie De-Souza, Channel NewsAsia
The Ministry of National Development (MND) has decided to proceed with a dormitory development at the former school site at Serangoon Gardens for manufaturing and services workers.

**** Aberdeen, Daiwa SB Abandon Singapore DOllar As Recession Looms <http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aSvilgVEJoBw&refer=home>
by Lilian Karunungan, Bloomberg
Daiwa SB Investment Ltd. and Aberdeen Asset Management Asia Ltd. are selling Singapore dollars on speculation the central bank will curb the currency's advance as the economy teeters on the brink of recession.

**** Temasek Benefits In Crisis Even As Pitfalls Lie Ahead <http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3b20b4c0-8fe3-11dd-9890-0000779fd18c.html>
by John Burton and Paul Betts, Financial Times
Plenty of potential pitfalls remain for Temasek.

**** Why The Confusion Now? <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/279324.asp>
by Ow Chee Chung, Society for the Physically Disabled, and Leslie Teo, Handicaps Welfare Association, Today
The use of the decal as a policy were discussed from the planning stage. It was then proposed that, to avoid confusion to the commuters, the decal will be displayed only after the service is declared as a wheelchair accessible bus (WAB) service. Thus we find the comments from SBS Transit and the LTA in the article confusing given the disregard to the original discussion and agreement.