[MyAppleMenu] Sep 13, 2008

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**** Apple iPod Nano Fourth-Generation (8GB/16GB) <http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/reviews/entry/apple-ipod-nano-fourth-generation-8gb-16gb/>
by Jeremy Horwitz, iLounge
You'd be hard-pressed to find another player that's as cool and versatile as this for the price.

**** App Store: I'm Out <http://speirs.org/2008/09/12/app-store-im-out/>
by Fraser Speirs
I will never write another iPhone application for the App Sotre as currently constituted.
Writing software is a serious investment of time and energy. Apple's current practice of rejecting certain applications at the final hurdle - submission to the App Store - is disastrous for investor confidence.

**** Review: iTunes 8 <http://www.macworld.com/article/135521/2008/09/itunes8.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Scott McNulty, Macworld
iTunes is worth upgrading to for Genius alone. The reined podcast settings and new visualizers are also welcome additions. Grid view looks pretty, with a properly prepared library, but isn't the most practical way of browsing your library especially in an age when the single is outselling the album.

**** Podcasting App Rejected From The App Store <http://www.macworld.com/article/135527/2008/09/appstore.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
A new podcasting application has been refused entry into the App Store because it "duplicates the functionality of the Podcast section of iTunes," according to a note the developer received from Apple.

**** How To Find Hidden Preference Settings <http://www.macworld.com/article/135526/2008/09/findhidden.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Rob Griffiths, Macworld

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**** The Sound Of Light <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/05/AR2008090502091.html?nav=rss_print/washpostmagazine>
by Patricia E. Dempsey, Washington Post
Throughout her childhood, she could hear the foghorn of the lighthouse through her bedroom window. Now she had a chance to finally see it.

**** Attack Of The Megalisters <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/14/books/review/Sussman-t.html>
by Mick Sussman, New York Times
The state of the art in used-book selling these days seems to be less about connoisseurship than about database management.

**** Macau Hits The Jackpot <http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/macau-jackpot.html>
by David Devoss, Smithsonian Magazine
In just four years, this 11-square-mile outpost on the coast of China eclipsed Las Vegas as gambling's world capital.

**** Fall Down, Go Boom <http://www.good.is/?p=11432>
by Morgan Clendaniel, Good
Playgrounds became safer and less inspired at a time when kids needed them most&mdash;when competition for children's attention from video games and television meant that they provided the only outdoor playing time a child might get.

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**** News Focus: Temasek Loses Legal Battle In RI's Supreme Court <http://www.antara.co.id/en/arc/2008/9/12/news-focus-temasek-loses-legal-battle-in-ris-supreme-court/>
by Andi Abdussalam, Antara News
After a legal battle for about five months, Singapore's state-owned investment firm Temasek Holdings Pte Ltd has to accept an unfavorable decision by the Indonesian Supreme Court.

**** Six Short Political Films First Passed By Singapore Censors <http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/231488,six-short-political-films-first-passed-by-singapore-censors.html>
by DPA

**** 'Yes, The Country Needs Them &mdash; But Not In My Backyard' <http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/9/13/focus/2008706&sec=focus>
by Seah Chiang Nee, The Star

**** Bloggers Take Public Transport Debate To Speakers' Corner <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/375693/1/.html>
by Channel NewsAsia
Saturday's event is a prime example of how Singapore bloggers are moving from behind the comfort of their computer screens to the real world.

**** How Much Each Extra Stroke Cost: MHA Replies <http://www.straitstimes.com/ST%2BForum/Story/STIStory_277951.html>
by Toh Yong Chuan, Ministry Of Home Affairs, Straits Times
The government was advised by AGC and the mediation resulted in a settlement. It is one of the terms that the agreements should be kept confidential. Any litigant, including the government, will have to observe that.

**** New Rules At Our Border Checkpoints <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/275696.asp>
by Alicia Wong, Today
Singapore has implemented new rules at its immigration checkpoints &mdash; the Causeway and the Second Link &mdash; restricting access to the VIP lanes, said Mr Walter Chia, a press officer for the Singapore High Commission in Malaysia, in a letter to The Star newspaper.

**** Changes To Rules On Reserves? <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_277907.html>
by Zakir Hussain, Straits Times
An amendment to the Constitution will be tabled in Parliament on Monday by finance minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam. This is expected to deal with how the government calculates how much of the returns on investment of its reserves it can use for spending in any financial year.

**** It's Official - Promoting A Cause Is Illegal: Part 1 <http://yoursdp.org/index.php/news/singapore/1040-its-official-promoting-a-cause-is-illegal-part-i>
by Singapore Democratic Party
That's the nub of the problem: It's the rule &mdash; real or not, it's the rule.

**** PAP Dominance Is Impervious To Alaternative Online Content <http://journalism.sg/2008/09/13/212/>
by James Gomez, Journalism.sg