[MyAppleMenu] Oct 20, 2008

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu
====================================

**** Finder Rewrite For Apple's Snow Leopard <http://www.macworld.co.uk/macsoftware/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=23220>
by Karen Haslam, Macworld UK
A hint that Apple is rewriting the Carbon-based Finder and other Apple-authored applications in Cocoa, seems to suggest that the company is doing its own housekeeping behind the scenes with the launch of Snow Leopard.

**** Apple Ads About Microsoft Ads About Apple Ads About Microsoft <http://technologizer.com/2008/10/20/apple-ads-about-microsoft-ads-about-apple-ads-about-microsoft/>
by Harry McCracken, Technologizer
I kinda wonder whether these venture too far into the realm of insider baseball.

**** Is The New MacBook Expensive? <http://technologizer.com/2008/10/19/is-the-new-macbook-expensive/>
by Harry McCracken, Technologizer
The MacBook is close in price to the laptops I looked at which it resembles most closely, all of which target what I think of as the low end of the high end of the notebook market; if there's a Mac Tax here, it's not worth worrying about.

**** PDFClerk Pro 3.4 Adds Watermark Support <http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/10/19/pdfclerk.3.4.update/>
by MacNN

**** New MacBook Air's Newness Lies Within <http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10069429-64.html?part=rss&subj=news>
by Brooke Crothers, CNET News.com
The latest MacBook Air masks a lot of new electronics under an old skin.

**** The Psystar Myth - Not As Cheap As Advertised <http://www.edibleapple.com/the-psystar-myth-not-as-cheap-as-advertised/>
by Edible Apple
So all in all, an iMac and equivalent Psystar system are essentially the same.

**** Computing In The Cloud, With Suspenders <http://shiftingcareers.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/19/computing-in-the-cloud-with-suspenders/>
by Marci Alboher, New York Times

**** New 'Get A Mac' Ads Hit The Jugular <http://www.insanely-great.com/news.php?id=9796>
by Insanely Great Mac
Microsoft recently began responding to Apple's Get a Mac ads and now the mothership has returned that volley. Perhaps, "returned fire" is a better way of putting.

The Tomorrow Weblog
====================================

**** Wikipedia And The Meaning Of Truth <http://www.technologyreview.com/web/21558/?a=f>
by Simpson L. Garfinkel, MIT Technology Review
Why the online encyclopedia's epistemology should worry those who care about traditional notions of accuracy.

**** The Video Web <http://www.technologyreview.com/business/21545/>
by Neil Savage, MIT Technology Review
Three startups let users layer new content onto online video.

**** How Microsoft Will Compete With 'Free' <http://news.cnet.com/8301-13953_3-10069777-80.html>
by Jean-Louis Gassee, CNET News.com
Microsoft's future business model will borrow from Apple and Google, it will have two components: proprietary devices and "universal" Cloud services. And like its models, it will attempt to extract extra profits by nicely tying both components together.

MyAppleMenu Reader
====================================

**** Free To Be His Own Buckley <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/19/fashion/19buckley.html>
by Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times
Perhaps only Christopher Buckley, the novelist, political satirist and son of the conservative icon William F. Buckley Jr., would think to quote the queen of England in describing his increasingly complicated life.

**** Learning To Make An Oud In Nazareth <http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/poetry/2008/10/27/081027po_poem_padel>
by Ruth Padel, New Yorker

**** The Crossing <http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/poetry/2008/10/27/081027po_poem_stern>
by Gerald Stern, New Yorker

**** On Reality TV, Even 'Survivor' Looks Mortal <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/19/business/media/19reality.html?ref=todayspaper>
by Brian Stelter, New York Times
The series &mdash; once renowned for rejuvenating CBS and drawing young viewers to the network &mdash; is showing its age. So, too, is the competition-based reality format that has dominated television for nearly a decade.

**** How Do We Show Our Love For New York? We Say It With Monsters <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/19/nyregion/19destroy.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper&oref=slogin>
by Sam Roberts, New York Times

>From the earliest urban legends to the latest computer games, Americans have embraced fantasies of the city's destruction as "a reaffirmation of New York's greatness," said Max Page, a professor of history and architecture and the author of a new book called "The City's End: Two Centuries of Fantasies, Fears and Premonitions of New York's Destruction."


SingaporeSurf
====================================

**** Singaporeans Come First <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_292731.html>
by Straits Times
Curbing the number of foreign talents who are prepared to immigrate here would be counter-productive to Singapore's long-term interests, said home affairs minister Wong Kan Seng on Monday.
See Also: Written Answer To Parliamentary Question that in view of the need for a rooted local populace in Singapore, whether the future immigration policies will be tightened since our recent population statistics reveal that citizens comprise only 65% of the local population <http://www.mha.gov.sg/news_details.aspx?nid=1296>, by Ministry of Home Affairs, Singapore Government.

**** GIC, Temasek To Invest More <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_292713.html>
by Straits Times
Government of Singapore Investment Corp and Temasek Holdings, the nation's investment companies, can take advantage of financial turmoil to add assets instead of being forced into 'panic' sales, said senior minister of state for finance, Mrs Lim Hwee Hua on Monday.

**** Backing Of Government's Reserves More Than Sufficient To Guarantee Deposits <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/384130/1/.html>
by Channel NewsAsia
Trade and industry minister Lim Hng Kiang has said about S$700 billion is deposited by individuals and non-bank customers in banks, finance companies and merchant banks here.

**** "Good Number Of Singaporeans" Affected By US Institutional Meltdown, Says Minister <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/384113/1/.html>
by Channel NewsAsia

**** Singaporeans Must Play Their Part To Address Issue Of Housing Foreign Workers <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/384106/1/.html>
by Camie De-Souza, Channel NewsAsia
National development minister Mah Bow Tan has said while worker dormitories are located away from residential areas as far as possible, it is a challenge to house an increasing foreign worker population in land-scarce Singapore.

**** New ERP Gantry At Eunos Link; Two Gantries Up Charges <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/384079/1/.html>
by 938Live
It will cost eastbound traffic more to pass throught he ERP gantries at Marina South and on the slip road from Ophir Road during evening peak hours from next month.

**** Singapore Economy To Be Weak For Several Quarters - Government <http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssFinancialServicesAndRealEstateNews/idUSSP13110420081020>
by Koh Gui Qing and Kevin Lim, Reuters
Singapore's economy, which fell into a recession in the third quarter, will see growth remaining weak for "several quarters" through inflationary pressures will take time to ease, the country's trade minister said on Monday. Lim Hng Kiang also said while Singapore's inflation, which hit a 26-year-high of 7.5 percent in April, May and June, will continue to ease, it will take time for the decline in prices to be reflected in the consumer price index.

**** Multi-Racial, Perhaps Not. <http://commsblogger.blogspot.com/2008/10/multi-racial-perhaps-not.html>
by COM 101
I thought Singapore was a multi-racial country that took pride in accepting different cultures and embracing them. This is definitely not a very loving act that these Serangoon Gardens residents have done to them.

**** Suing For Defamatory Remarks <http://tankinlian.blogspot.com/2008/10/suing-for-defamatory-remarks.html>
by Tan Kin Lian
Is this the kind of society that our minister is so proud about? A society where people are fearful to spek up, in case they make a slip and get be sued till bankrupt?

**** The Minibonds Issue - Difference Between HK And SIngapore <http://www.xtralicious.com/2008/10/20/the-minibonds-issue-difference-between-hk-and-singapore/>
by Rachel Chung, Xtralicious

**** Killiney Kopitiam: A Tale About An Old Hainanese Gentleman <http://ieatishootipost.sg/2008/10/killiney-kopitiam-tale-about-old.html>
by ieatishootipost
Great kopi and kaya toast and a legacy of an old Hainanese man preserved for future generations to enjoy.

**** Singapore: Great Service, Poor Building Codes <http://not-that-sane.blogspot.com/2008/10/singapore-great-service-poor-building.html>
by Not That Sane
Regulations that we take for granted in the United States, like building codes, are not part of the milieu here.

**** The Singapore Government Is Not Corrupt <http://ian.onthereddot.com/2008/10/20/the-singapore-government-is-not-corrupt/>
by Ian On The Red Dot

**** Floating Dormitories? <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/282471.asp>
by Imelda Saad, Today

**** Yes To Elites But No To Elitism <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2008/10/yes-to-elites-but-no-to-elitism/>
by Pearl Lee, The Online Citizen