[MyAppleMenu] Sep 25, 2008

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**** Technology Allows Almost Anyone To Live Out Their Hollywood Dreams <http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/113/story/267520.html>
by Vincent Jackson, Press Of Atlantic City
"Once I got a computer and a camera, I thought the sky's the limit."

**** iTunes To Host Unsigned Tracks From Pure Play <http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/09/25/itunes.pure.play.deal/>
by MacNN

**** Apple Keyboards Need Better Key Labelling <http://cultofmac.com/opinion-apple-keyboards-need-better-key-labellin/3147>
by Craig Grannell, Cult Of Mac
Although Apple's current keyboard line is an imporvement on the keyboards of old, there's massive inconsistency across the range.

**** AppStore Management Draws Anti-Competitive Claims <http://cultofmac.com/appstore-management-draws-anti/3139>
by Lonnie Lazar, Cult Of Mac

**** Really Feeling The Music <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/25/technology/personaltech/25pogue.html?_r=1&8dpc&oref=slogin>
by David Pogue, New York Times
Two alternative earbuds are now available in the United States; both neatly solve all of the hearing, safety and fit problems of the traditional disc-style earbuds. Instead of going in your ear, they pass the audio signal through your bones or catilage. They'd be perfect, if they weren't so flawed in their own ways.

**** Things Are Rosy In Apple's Walled Garden - For Some <http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/sep/25/apple.research>
by Charles Arthur, The Guardian
Openness to all comers constitutes the difference between a platform, like Android, and a walled garden, like the iPhone (and, to be fair, pretty much every other mobile phone).

**** The Vista From Here Is Terrible As The Mac Attracts More Converts <http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10049620-16.html>
by Matt Asay, CNET News.com
It is these "influencers" that Microsoft should be most concerned about losing. Microsoft has completely lose its "cool" factor. Those that can afford to buck the IT department's preference are all running Mac OS X now, and not because they must.

**** Apple Releases Java Updates For Tiger, Leopard <http://www.appleinsider.com/blogs/mac/08/09/24/apple_releases_java_updates_for_tiger_leopard.html>
by AppleInsider

**** Don't Drive iPhone Developers Away, Apple <http://www.macworld.com/article/135729/2008/09/app_store_policies.html>
by Jason Snell, Macworld
If developers are afraid to write programs for the iPhone that aren't games, to-do lists, and tip calculators, for fear that all their hard work will be wasted by a malicious or capricious Apple rejection notice, they will stop writing programs for the platform. And the well of innovative, interesting iPhone software will dry up.
/Unfortunately, the scary thing is this: Apple can probably survive with just games alone on the iPhone. If DS Lite can be a bestseller, so can iPhone with tons of games. Remember "funnest"? Apple sure seems to be hinting that games are all they care about./

**** First Look: InDesign CS4 <http://www.macworld.com/article/135721/2008/09/indesigncs4_firstlook.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Galen Gruman, Macworld
Much of what's new in this sixth version of the page-layout program is under the hood, with new underlying file formats based on the XML standard and programming hooks that over time should make it easier to use InDesign files and functionality in automated publishing environments.

**** ShoveBox Adds Annotation <http://www.macworld.com/article/135717/2008/09/shovebox.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
ShoveBox enables you to capture, process and organize incoming information &mdash; "snippets" you don't want to forget, but data you can't act on at that moment.

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**** L.A. Fusoin Restaurants Create Easy Blends Without Borders <http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la-fo-fusion24-2008sep24,0,6036253.story>
by C Thi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times
There are two kinds of fusion cooking. The first kind is self-conscious about its fusion; it exists in order to cross boundaries. But in Southern California, there's another kind of fusion cooking.

**** The Virgin King <http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/poetry/2008/09/29/080929po_poem_ashbery>
by John Ashbery, New Yorker

**** Three <http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/features/2008/09/29/080929fi_fiction_lee>
by Andrea Lee, New Yorker

**** One And Done <http://www.slate.com/id/2198896/?from=rss>
by Joanna Weiss, Slate
How not to be the first contestant kicked off a reality show.

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**** Tiger Airways Increases Singapore-Kuala Lumpur Flights <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/378372/1/.html>
by Channel NewsAsia

**** Is Engaging The Mainstream Media Pointless? Part 1 <http://www.yawningbread.org/arch_2008/yax-938.htm>
by Au Waipang, Yawning Bread
Today, I found myself quoted in three different articles in two newspapers, and I guess it's as good a time as any to exlain why I believe in engagement.

**** Single Session Primary Schools <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_282433.html>
by Jane Ng, Straits Times
As part of sweeping changes to be made to all primary schools which will move toward a single session, all their teachers will have to be university graduates from 2015.

**** Government Approves New Biomass-Coal Multi-Utilities Complex On Jurong Island <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/378300/1/.html>
by Channel NewsAsia
The government has approved Tuas Power's proposal to build a new biomass-coal multi-utilities complex (MUC) at the Tembusu cluster on Jurong Island. The MUC will provide services and utilities such as steam, chilled water and electricity catered predominantly for industrial use.

**** Morals And Gobal Society: Let Loose In Dubai, Button Up In Singapore? <http://thedailytransit.wordpress.com/2008/09/25/morals-global-society/>
by The Daily Transit

**** Singapore Escort Girls Cash In On Grand Prix Traffic <http://www.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/idUSTRE48O0UX20080925?feedType=RSS&feedName=sportsNews>
by Daryl Loo, Reuters
Big spenders in Singapore for the city state's first ever Formula One Grand Prix this weekend have boosted business for high-end social escort agencies by a fifth, a local paper reported Thursday.

**** Changed Singapore Dream: Fleeing The City Of Possibilities <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2008/09/changed-singapore-dream-fleeing-the-city-of-possibilities/>
by Dharmendra Yadav, The Online Citizen

**** 'Not Anti-Competitive' <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/277842.asp>
by Ansley Ng, Today
A regulatory agency has thrown out complaints by a private school group that the Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) and NTUC Income were being anti-competitive in introducing a scheme to provide tuition fee insurance for private schools.

**** Maternity Perks Urged For Maids <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/277839.asp>
by Today
The proposed changes to the Employment Act may see more local workers coming under its umbrella, but two non-government organisations want the protection extended to domestic workers too &mdash; including the provision of the latest maternity benefits.

**** A Report In Time <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122228832869972415.html?mod=googlenews_wsj>
by Wall Street Journal Asia
GIC's report doesn't come anywhere near the level of disclosure that sovereign wealth funds managed in democratic states like Norway provide to their citizens. More transparency may be in GIC's own best interest. Knowing more about how GIC manages money is in Singaporeans' best interests, too.

**** Lee Hsien Loong V Review Publishing CO Ltd And Another And Another Suit <2008> SGHC 162 <http://lwb.lawnet.com.sg/legal/lgl/rss/supremecourt/58857.html>
by Singapore High Court

**** Singapore Wants Independents To Oversee Lehman Products <http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssFinancialServicesAndRealEstateNews/idUSSIN25483320080924>
by Daryl Loo, Reuters
Singapore's central bank has asked financial institutions that sold structured products linked to Lehman Brothers to appoint independent parties, who will oversee and investigate complaints from concerned investors.
"While MAS cannot order financial institutions to pay compensation, we are committed to ensuring a fair resolution process for all affected investors," said MAS deputy managing director Shane Tregillis in the statement.