[MyAppleMenu] Sep 16, 2008

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**** Microsoft Beats Apple's iTunes Genius With MixView <http://gizmodo.com/5050410/microsoft-beats-apples-itunes-genius-with-mixview>
by Gizmodo
If the purpose of Genius is to invite you to expand your musical horizons, this is definitely not the right way to entice listeners to do so.

**** VMware Fusion 2.0 Available <http://www.macworld.com/article/135559/2008/09/fusion.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
The new version adds over 100 new features and enhancements. Among the changes is AutoProtect, a new feature VMware described as being like Time Machine for your virtual machine.

**** WebObjects 5.4.3 Available Now <http://www.macworld.co.uk/procreative/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=22809>
by Jonny Evans, Macworld UK
Apple upgrades its web application development stalwart.

**** A Deeper Look At Mac OS X 10.5.5 <http://www.macworld.com/article/135557/2008/09/1055update.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Rob Griffiths, Macworld

**** Review: Fourth-Generation iPod Nano <http://www.macworld.com/article/135554/2008/09/ipodnano4g.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Dan Frakes, Macworld
If you're in the market for your first nano, you can't go wrong. And if you've been waiting to upgrade a 1G or 2G model, now's the time to buy; compared to the similarly shaped 2G model, the new nano is better in every way except for the sharp corners.

**** Apple iPod Classic <http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/reviews/entry/apple-ipod-classic-120gb/>
by Jeremy Horwitz, iLounge
Despite its advances in battery life and capacity for the $249 asking price, the iPod classic i sno longer trailblazing in any way.

**** Mozilla Security Chief: Apple Should Open Up <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/15/snyder_calls_on_apple/>
by Dan Goodin, The Register
While Mozilla's security chief Window Snyder praised much of the behind-the-scenes work of Apple's security professionals, she said it's not enough that the work is carred out in secret.

**** Ballinger Students Get New Laptops <http://www.gosanangelo.com/news/2008/sep/15/ballinger-students-get-new-laptops/>
by Matt Phinney, Go San Angelo
Minutes after getting a new laptop, Tucker Travis sat in his morning classroom with the computer open, on the verge of finding out just what it could do.

**** Apple Update Finally Fixes Important DNS Bug <http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/09/15/Apple_update_finally_fixes_important_DNS_bug_1.html>
by Robert McMillan, IDG News Service
Apple has released a security update for its Mac OS X operating system, fixing a critical internet security flaw that the company had failed to properly patch in late July.

**** Will Apple Ever Fully Liberalize Mac OS X Virtualization? <http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9114758&source=rss_topic123>
by Eric Lai, Computerworld
Apple has only grudgingly allowed Mac OS X to be run on virtual machines.

**** Does Constant Time Machine Activity Compromise Disk Longevity? <http://lowendmac.com/misc/08mr/time-machine-drive-life.html>
by Charles Moore, Low End Mac
How can it not?

**** Things That Podcaster's Rejection From The App Store Is Not About <http://daringfireball.net/2008/09/podcasters_rejection>
by John Gruber, Daring Fireball
Podcaster, so far as I can tell, compiles with every written guideline in the SDK Agreement. If other guidelines exist, Apple should dd them to the agreement.
The point is not that Apple /can't/ reject apps arbitrarily. The point isn't about what Apple /can/ do but what they /should/ do.

**** Mac OS X 10.5.5 Update Focuses On Bug Fixes <http://db.tidbits.com/article/9771>
by TidBITS
Apple today released Mac OS X 10.5.5, rolling in a large number of bug fixes. As far as we can tell, there are no new feaures, but thanks to Apple's moderately detailed release notes (thanks, Apple!), users can get a sense of whether or not 10.5.5 is likely to resolve particular problems.

**** Printing Selected Text <http://www.macworld.com/article/135549/2008/09/printselectedtext.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Christopher Breen, Macworld
Once iPrint for OS X is installed, just select some text, press Control-Option-P, and the selected text in the active window prints.

**** Review: Second-Generation iPod Touch <http://www.macworld.com/article/135540/2008/09/2gipodtouch.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Chirstopher Breen, Macworld

**** GrandTotal Invoicing Application Debuts <http://www.macworld.com/article/135539/2008/09/grandtotal.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
GrandTotal helps freelancers, small and medium-sized businesses and others to generate personalized invoices, estimates and account statements for their clients.

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**** Porn Passed Over As Web Users Become Social: Author <http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080916/wr_nm/internet_book_life_dc>
by Belinda Goldsmith, Reuters
Social networking sites are the hottest attraction on the internet, dethroning pronography and highlighting a major change in how people communicate, according to a web guru.

MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Gut Instinct's Surprising Role In Math <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/16/science/16angi.html?_r=1&8dpc&oref=slogin>
by Natalie Angier, New York Times
A host of new stuides suggests that the two number systems, the bestial and celestial, may be profoundly related, an insight with potentially broad implications for math education.

**** Publishing's Back-Room Alchemists <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/09/13/boend113.xml>
by Alex Clarke, Telegraph
Internet or not, writers will always be grateful for an astute editor.

**** The Home Team <http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/09/15/080915fa_fact_hessler>
by Peter Hessler, New Yorker
How the Chinese experienced the Olympics.

**** Fast Lane To The Future <http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/10/india-highway/belt-text>
by Don Belt, photography by Ed Kashi, National Geographic Magazine
A new superhighway linking its four major cities is bringing old and new India into jarring proximity.

**** 6 Food Mistakes Parents Make <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/15/health/healthspecial2/15eat.html?_r=1&oref=slogin>
by Tara Parker-Pope, New York Times
A series of simple meal-time strategies can help even the pickiest eater learn to like a more varied diet.

SingaporeSurf
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**** MAS Urges AIA Policyholders Not To Terminate Policies Hastily <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/376283/1/.html>
by Pearl Forss, Ryan Huang and Wong Siew Ying, Channel NewsAsia
With regards to AIG, MAS said: "The value of these assets is not linked to AIA's or AIG's financial condition, but like all investments, their value may be affected by general market conditions." The MAS assured the public that "AIA currently has sufficient assets in its insurance funds to meet its liabilities to policyholders."

**** Citizen Soldiers: The Unsung Pillar Of The Singapore Armed Forces <http://military-life.blogspot.com/2008/09/citizen-soldiers-unsung-pillar-of.html>
by Military Life: Memoirs Of A Conscript In The Lion City
As I delve deeper into my own perspectives as a citizen soldier, I realise my own views on te impact of conscription on the psyche of a male citizen has resonated among my fellow nsmen.

**** ERP Gives Commuters A Choice <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_279163.html>
by Straits Times
Many more bus commuters and drivers are now able to get to work and home on time since more electronic road pricing (ERP) gantries came up in the city centre and expressways, said transport minister Raymond Lim on Tuesday.

**** 'New Uncertainties' For Singapore <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_279144.html>
by Straits Times
Trade and industry minister Lim Hng Kiang said in Parliament on Tuesday that the meltdown in the US financial market is causing 'new uncertainities' for Singapore.

**** Queue Forms At AIA Branch At Raffles Place As Policy Holders Seek Answers <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/376283/1/.html>
by Channel NewsAsia
Some Singaporeans are concerned that AIG, one of the world's largest insurers could be the next financial giant to fall after Lehman Brothers.

**** Oral Answer To Parliamentary Questions On PCF Event At West Coast Park On 31 Aug 08, 16 September 2008 <http://www.mha.gov.sg/news_details.aspx?nid=1282>
by Ho Peng Kee, Ministry of Home Affairs, Singapore Government
It was not a cycling event but a Family Day Carnival. The only cycling was when the prime minister and the other speical guests made their entrance by cycling a short distance from where the prime minister had alighted from his car to the stage. Secondly it was not organized by a political party but a registered charity.
The authorities considered the family day setting and community service focus of the event as well as the status of PCF as a registered charity and did not object to the event as the policy of disallowing outdoor political events did not apply in this situation.

**** Move To Ease Congestion At Woodland Checkpoint Causes Jam At BKE <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/376266/1/.html>
by Ting Kheng Siong, Channel NewsAsia
A three-month trial of a new traffic diversion scheme to ease congestion at the Woodlands Checkpoint has resulted in another jam further away.

**** Temasek Could Profit On Merrill Takeover: Economist <http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5i2utZN9Et0f-U1kZR8zBMw51evaA>
by AFP
Singapore's Temasek Holdings could walk away with a profit from its stake in investment bank Merrill Lynch despite the Wall Street firm's battering by a housing crisis, an economist said Tuesday. "It still might work out well from their perspective," said David Cohen, of global research house Action Economics.

**** The Cherished Right Of Reply, Refused. <http://edkieu.com/?p=123>
by Vexillum II

**** BofA Buyout Can't Quite Save Temasek's Investment In Merrill <http://www.thedeal.com/dealscape/2008/09/bofa_buyout_cant_quite_save_te.php>
by The Deal
Unfortunately, the markets haven't been kind to the stocks of either BofA or Merrill.

**** OK With Workers Living Nearby <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_279056.html>
by Arlina Arshad, Straits Times
News that a disused school in Serangoon Gardens was to be converted into a foreign-worker dormitory stirred a big outcry among residents there. In reality, however, that line has been crossed and workers have been living in residential estates for some time.

**** At Malaysia's Freedom Film Fest 2008 <http://www.yawningbread.org/arch_2008/yax-934.htm>
by Au Waipang, Yawning Bread