[MyAppleMenu] Sep 3, 2008

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**** Second Lawsuit Hits Over iPhone 3G Performance <http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/09/03/second.iphone.3g.lawsuit/>
by MacNN
Both Apple and AT&amp;T have been sued by William Gills, a customer who complains that the companies have recklessly oversold the iPhone 3G, knowing that neither the device nor AT&amp;T's 3G network can support fast access for the current influx of users.

**** MaBaSoft Releases World Clock Deluxe 4.5.5 <http://www.macsimumnews.com/index.php/archive/mabasoft_releases_world_clock_deluxe_455/>
by Dennis Sellers, Macsimum News

**** Developers Should Skip Google's Chrome, And Jump Straight To WebKit <http://weblog.infoworld.com/yager/archives/2008/09/skip_googles_ch.html>
by Tom Yager, InfoWorld
For web applications, the framework's the thing, and the browser framework that will win the day is WebKit.

**** Cumulus 7.6 Adds PDF Rendering, Improves PowerPoint Handling <http://www.macworld.com/article/135348/2008/09/cumulus.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
Cumulus helps businesses manage digital assets.

**** AppleJack Now Roars On Leopard <http://www.macuser.com/troubleshooting/applejack_now_roars_on_leopard.php?lsrc=murss>
by Dan Moren, MacUser
AppleJacks lets you perform maintenance procedures such as disk repair, preference validation, and cache cleaning in a handy text-based system.

**** iPhone To Be Sold By Two Russian Companies <http://www.macworld.co.uk/ipod-itunes/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=22634>
by Dan Nystedt, Macworld UK
The new iPhone 3G will be sold by at least two mobile phone companies in Russia, and a third may be added soon.

**** Apple Announces Special Event September 9 <http://www.macworld.com/article/135322/2008/09/event.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Jim Darlymple, Macworld
Judging from the invitation sent by Apple, the event will focus on the iPod. With an iPod looking screen and the words "Let's Rock" it seems clear Apple will use the time to spark interest in its products for the holiday shopping season.

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**** The Cloud's Chrome Lining <http://www.newsweek.com/id/156911>
by Brian Braiker, Newsweek
What Googles browser suggests about the way the search giant views the web.

**** Web War <http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080915/melber>
by Ari Melber, The Nation
The Defense Department has drastically restircged blogging and prevented many enlisted soldiers from visiting social networking sites. Pentagon officials say these measures are designed not only to save bandwidth but to save lives.

**** Strip Mining Of Open Source <http://www.itpro.co.uk/605847/strip-mining-of-open-source>
by Richard Hillesley, IT Pro
Strip miing of open source can be interpreted as the apropriation of free software code for proprietary gain with no intention of feeding code changes back to the community.

MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** As Belt Tighten, Lobsters Shrink And Bar Menus Grow <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/03/dining/03econ.html?ref=dining>
by Frank Bruni, New York Times
As the New York restaurant world enters a characteristically busy fall season, what's most striking aren't the flasy openings but the strategic adjustments being made by restaurants that aren't taking their success, or for that matter their survival, for granted.

**** Daydream Achiever <http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2008/08/31/daydream_achiever/>
by Jonah Lehrer, Boston Globe
A wandering mind can do important work, scientists are learning - and may even be essential.

**** Walking In Fog <http://www.slate.com/id/2196657/?from=rss>
by Barry Goldensohn, Slate

**** Capturing A City's Pulse In Pictures <http://www.boston.com/ae/books/articles/2008/09/02/capturing_a_citys_pulse_in_pictures/?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Book+reviews>
by Seetha Narayan, Boston Globe
To take a photograph can be a passionate journey. If you've never felt that way about your impulse clicks of camera and cellphone, talk to Boston Globe veteran Bill Brett.

SingaporeSurf
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**** Bloggers 13 <http://blogs.straitstimes.com/2008/9/3/bloggers-13>
by Jeremy Au, Straits Times
Perhaps what's more interesting is the process by which the 10 had produced the joint statement, doping it in less than 24 hours.

**** Tang Jailed A Day <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Courts%2Band%2BCrime/Story/STIStory_274811.html>
by Khushwant Singh, Straits Times
Retail tycoon Tang Wee Sung, 56, was on Wednesday jailed for a day and fined $10,000 for making a false statutory declaration to get approval for a kidney transplatn. He was also fined $7,000 for organ trading.

**** Bloggers Urge Aims To Stand Up For Freedom Of Expression <http://journalism.sg/2008/09/03/bloggers-urge-aims-to-stand-up-for-freedom-of-expression/>
by Journalism.sg
See Also: Bloggers Say AIMS Report Can Be Improved <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/373577/1/.html>, by Imelda Saad, Channel NewsAsia.

**** Workers' Party Mass Cycling At East Coast Park Cannot, PAP Carnival At West Coast Park Can <http://www.mrbrown.com/blog/2008/09/workers-party-m.html>
by mrbrown
Noooooo! It is a PAP Community Foundation Event. You know, PCF? The ones who runt he kindergartens! /Totally/ unpolitical, ok?

**** Is A Good Foreign Worker One Who Doesn't Live Next Door? Serangoon Gardens Thinks So... <http://blueheeler.wordpress.com/2008/09/03/is-a-good-foreign-worker-one-who-doesnt-live-next-door-serangoon-gardens-thinks-so/>
by BothSidesOfTheJohorStraits

**** Can Radical Also Be Right? <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/274392.asp>
by Derrick A Paulo, Today
If the government wants to engage citizens in the new media as the report envisions, it cannot always set the agenda.

**** Law To Cover More Workers <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_274701.html>
by Goh Chin Lian, Straits Times
The manpower ministry is tabling for public consultation a slew of proposed changes to the Emplyment Act, which offers basic benefits such as salary protection, minimum employment terms and dispute resolution.