[MyAppleMenu] Oct 9, 2008

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MyAppleMenu
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**** Mac Vs. PC: Making The Switch <http://www.biscaynetimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=165:mac-vs-pc-making-the-switch&catid=40:columnists-tech-talk&Itemid=156>
by Marc Stephens, Biscayne Times
There's a reason you never see an Apple store empty.

**** Apple To Launch $800 Laptop <http://www.inquisitr.com/4834/exclusive-apple-to-launch-800-laptop/>
by The Inquisitr
According to the source, Apple retail stores have been given price sheets that list 12 price points for the new range of laptops, with prices between $800-$3100.

**** 'Thank You Apple. Seriously.' <http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3776786/Thank+You+Apple+Seriously.htm>
by David Needle, Internet News
The iPhone's success is helping Apple, developers and even the competition.

**** Apple Stops Colorado Call Center Plans, 500 Jobs Lost <http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/10/08/apple.nixes.call.center/>
by MacNN

**** What Could (Should?) Steve Jobs And Other Admired CEOs Do To Bolster Investor Confidence? <http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/archives/2008/10/what_could_shou.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_byteoftheapple>
by Peter Burrows, BusinessWeek
Apple sells computers to thousnds of schools, philanthropies and non-profits, all of which are bound to get hit hard as interest rates rise and charitable donations drop. Maybe Apple could come up with some innovative way to help them weather the hard times.

**** The Clumsys <http://www.insidemacgames.com/reviews/view.php?ID=983>
by Jack Shiels, Inside Mac Games

**** Recession Or Not, Apple Will Forge Ahead <http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/business/appleaday/blog/2008/10/recession_or_not_apple_will_fo.html>
by David Zeiler, Baltimore Sun
Unveiling compelling new products while its competitors retrench will give those consumers who are still spending one more reason to choose Apple.

**** Undercover Theft Recovery Software Reduces Memory Usage <http://www.macworld.com/article/135973/2008/10/undercover.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Peter Cohen, Macworld

**** Apple Field Trip Program: Hands-On Classes For K-12 Students <http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/10/08/apple-field-trip-program-hands-on-classes-for-k-12-students>
by Erica Sadun, Ars Technica
The field trips offer schools a free one-hour training sessions for students while strengthening school branding with Apple.

**** Review: Maple 12 <http://www.macworld.com/article/135794/2008/10/maple12.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Flip Phillips, Macworld
Scientific computing marches forward.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Netbooks Will Boost Adoption Of Linux, Says Novell CTO <http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/10/09/Netbooks_will_boost_adoption_of_Linux_says_Novell_CTO_1.html?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/10/09/Netbooks_will_boost_adoption_of_Linux_says_Novell_CTO_1.html>
by John Ribeiro, IDG News Service

**** Blogging Like The World Depended On It <http://www.newsweek.com/id/163022>
by Brian Braiker, Newsweek
Transforming social networking into social change.

MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Why Poets Take Trains <http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2008/sep/26/poetry.trains.oriordan>
by Adam O'Riordan, The Guardian
Planes are too expensive, cars shouldn't even be considered. Little wonder, then, that the train is the poet's preferred mode of transport.

**** The Bonds Of Matrimony <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/02/AR2008100202706.html>
by Carolyn See, Washington Post
Philip Lopate is such a smart man and such a fine writer that sometimes it's hard to know whether he's gaming you &mdash; having fun with you just because he can.

**** False Apology Syndrome - I'm Sorry For Your Sins <http://www.incharacter.org/article.php?article=119>
by Theodore Dalrymple, In Character
I am, of course, sorry if you disagree.

SingaporeSurf
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**** Two New Flyovers For CTE <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_287695.html>
by Christopher Tan, Straits Times
Two new pairs of flyovers will be built along the most congested stretches of the Central Expressway (CTE). THe Land Transport Authority said on Thursday one flyover will allow northbound motorists from the Pan-Island Expressway (PIE) to continue their journey on the CTE without competing with those taking the Braddell exit.

**** PEMA And The Arts In Singapore <http://www.singaporelawreview.org/2008/10/pema-and-the-arts-in-singapore/>
by Amos Toh, Singapore Law Review
These restrictions abrogate not only the right of an artist to perform, but also to fulfill his professional duties. Moreover, /PEMA/ is merely a microcosm of a wider, more perplexingly restrictive climate enforced through the letter of the law.

**** Serangoon Gardens, LTA And MND: A Bureaucratic Carousel <http://groundnotes.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/serangoon-gardens-lta-and-mnd-a-bureaucratic-carousel/>
by Groundnotes
Why did the LTA or MND not anticipate the protest from Tai Hwan and Mei Hwan estate residents given the experience with Serangoon Gardens?

**** Has Crisis Shaken Singaporeans? <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_287678.html>
by Straits Times
The nightmare on Wall Street reached Singapore on Wednesday, with The Straits Times Index nosediving a sharp 6.6 per cent. But it seems not many Singaporeans are too concerned.

**** Police Officers Not Allowed To Be Human - Lionel De Souza <http://pkchukiss.sgblogging.com/2008/10/08/police-officers-not-allowed-to-be-human-lionel-de-souza/>
by Pkchukiss
If the morale and discipline of the local police force were that easily weakened by an honest posting of a person's thoughts on the internet as what De Souza has suggested, it implies that the police officers are not sufficiently trained to contain their human emotions while on the job.

**** Singapore Fund Has Stakes In UK Bailout Banks <http://www.pressrun.net/weblog/2008/10/uk-bailing-out-banks-partly-owned-by-singapore-fund.html>
by Blowin' In The Wind

**** Serangoon Gardens: Who's Afraid Of The Dark Man? <http://thotspeak.blogspot.com/2008/10/serangoon-gardens-whos-afraid-of-dark.html>
by The Art Of Dumbspeak (And Pigging-Out)
I think before the government arrests any more people for hurling racist remarks pertaining to Persons of Non Chinese race on their blogs, they should examine the prejudice that was blatantly displayed without proper censure and censorship in the past month.

**** NUS Up, NTU Down <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_287654.html>
by Sumathi V. Selvaretnam, Straits Times
Singapore's two biggest universities moved in opposite directions in the latest survey of international universities by The Times of London Higher Education supplement.

**** Temasek Banks Of Powerful Appeal Of Utilities <http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/87510e8c-9496-11dd-953e-000077b07658.html>
by John Burton, Financial Times
The current financial crisis may actually increase the appeal of PoweSeraya to buyers.

**** Wayne Wang Sets Sights On Singapore <http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/world/news/e3i3a362ca17e5cae634e29e30e0bd7ea27>
by Janine Stein, Hollywood Reporter
Chinese-American director Wayne Wang is talking to Singapore financiers, directors and film industry authorities about making movies in the Southeast Asian city-state.

**** Here Today, Gone Tomorrow <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/280395.asp>
by Lin Yanqin, Today
Four in five of the expats surveyed by HSBC Bank International were unsure if their children would remain in Singapore, which meant that this group was the least certain about where their children would choose to live.

**** We Want A Mr JBJ But Not Another Harry Lee Kuan Yew In Burma <http://sanooaung.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/we-want-a-mr-jbj-but-not-another-harry-lee-kuan-yew-in-burma/>
by San Oo Aung's Weblog
For Jeyaretnam, no amount of security was worth the sacrifice of individual liberties to which Singaporeans have grown accustomed, while for his nemeses within the ruling People's Action Party, security and prosperity (particularly their own) are paramount over individual rights.

**** Liberalising Expression At Hong Lim Park: Speakers No Longer Cornered? <http://www.singaporelawreview.org/2008/10/liberalising-expression-at-hong-lim-park-speakers-no-longer-cornered/>
by Hong Jia, Singapore Law Review