[MyAppleMenu] Apr 14, 2009

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**** Mac Pro: THe Perfect Workstation <http://www.infoworld.com/d/mac/mac-pro-perfect-workstation-168?page=0,0&sr=hotnews>
by Tom Sullivan, InfoWorld

With more than double the memory throughput of an eight-core, 3GHz Xserve, the massively parallel Nehalem-based Mac Pro is built to rock your world.

**** Disk Doctor Releases Photo Recovery Software For Mac <http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/disk_doctor_releases_photo_recovery_software_for_mac/>
by Bryan Fergus, The Mac Observer

**** iPhone Finds A Home In The Enterprise Market <http://www.macworld.com/article/139983/2009/04/iphoneenterprise.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld

**** Apple To Sell $899 20-Inch Aluminum iMac To Schools <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/04/13/apple_to_sell_899_20_inch_aluminum_imac_to_schools.html>
by Sam Oliver, AppleInsider

Apple this week quietly announced plans to begin selling an aluminum 20-inch iMac configuration to qualified educational institutions for just $899, effectively closing the book on the white 17-inch legacy model that had previously assumed a similar role.

**** Wish You Were Here: Send Real Postcards From Your iPhone <http://cultofmac.com/wish-you-were-here-send-real-postcards-from-your-iphone/10067>
by Nicole Martinelli, Cult Of Mac

An app called “Wish You Were Here” lets you use pics taken with your iPhone, personalize a greeting and caption and then send them via snail mail.

**** Birdhouse Helps You Polish Your Twitter Posts <http://www.macworld.com/article/139968/2009/04/birdhouse.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Dan Moren, Macworld

The $4 Birdhouse only concerns itself with one facet of Twitter: the composition of award-winning, needle-sharp tweets of infinite wisdom.

**** Rehr Asks Apple To Add FM To iPods <http://www.radioink.com/Article.asp?id=1271503&spid=24698>
by Radio Ink Magazine

NAB president/CEO David Rehr has written to Apple COO Timothy Cook to urge the electronics maker, "as a recognized leader in both the mobile phone and portable music player arenas," to begin including FM radio capability in iPhones and iPods.

**** What iPhone Effect? Some Mobile Industry Insiders Are Still In The Dark <http://venturebeat.com/2009/04/13/what-iphone-effect-some-mobile-industry-insiders-are-still-in-the-dark/>
by Matthaus Krzykowski, Venture Beat

**** Why Developers Are More Excited About The iPhone <http://venturebeat.com/2009/04/13/why-developers-are-more-excited-about-the-iphone/>
by Jason Spero, Venture Beat

**** iPhone Jailbreaking Still Going Strong <http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9131481&source=rss_news>
by Mel Beckman, Computerworld

Although most iPhone users seem satisfied with the smorgasbord of applications delivered by Apple's iPhone App Store, power users yearn for more.

**** Apple Bores A Big 'iHole' In Korea's Walled Garden <http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?no=385082&rel_no=1>
by Jean K. Min, OhmyNews

For an average Korean, mobile Internet has remained the exotic hobby of a few early adopters. There are a number of reasons for this: The screens of average handsets are too tiny for pain-free Web browsing, home-grown user interfaces are clunky and service providers built heavy walled-gardens around their poor content and charged ridiculously exorbitant prices.

The "Jesus phone" from the Cupertino, California company shattered all these preconceptions in a day. Apple's iPhone proved that sleek Web-browsing beyond any carefully groomed walled-garden is feasible and even enjoyable on a tiny screen if assisted by intuitive software, all without paying a dime to greedy telcos thanks to its Wi-Fi connectivity.

**** HD Camcorders: Capturing Video Into iMovie <http://www.macworld.com/article/139841/2009/04/hdediting.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Christopher Breen, Macworld

**** What Are All Those iTunes Files? <http://www.macworld.com/article/139974/2009/04/itunes_files.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Kirk McElhearn, Macworld

You’ve probably peeked into your iTunes folder (It’s located in your user folder: Music: iTunes) and may have been perplexed by all the files and folders it contains, wondering what they’re all for. Here’s an overview of the files and folders that iTunes uses, both in the iTunes folder and elsewhere.

**** BackBlaze Online Backup Debuts For Mac <http://www.macworld.com/article/139991/2009/04/backblaze.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Peter Cohen, Macworld

BackBlaze, an automated online backup service for PC, is now available for the Mac. It’s priced at $5 per computer per month.

**** Yep (Mac OS X App) <http://cultofmac.com/cult-of-mac-favorite-yep-mac-os-x-app/10090>
by Craig Grannell, Cult Of Mac

**** Photo fx For iPhone <http://www.macworld.com/article/139944/2009/04/photofx.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Tim Mercer, Macworld

Maybe you find the iPhone’s built-in camera wanting. Or perhaps you just want a way to take the ordinary pictures that camera produces and turn them into something really special. In either case, Photo fx from The Tiffen Company is worth a look.

**** CinemaView Displays Equipped With Mini DisplayPort <http://www.macworld.com/article/139994/2009/04/cinemaview.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Peter Cohen, Macworld

Consumers and businesses who want Mini DisplayPort-equipped monitors without paying Apple prices may soon have a new option: Collins America has announced its line of CinemaView displays — three forthcoming LCD monitors designed especially for the Mac.

**** What A Teardown Is, And Isn't <http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/archives/2009/04/what_a_teardown.html>
by Arik Hesseldahl, BusinessWeek

One thing I constantly have to explain when I write these stories is this: A teardown analysis doesn’t give you a full picture on a particular product’s profit margin, and it’s not intended to, nor do I suggest anywhere in the story that it does. But if you were to ask how much Apple or anyone else makes as on each unit sold of a given product, a teardown can help you get a little closer to an educated guess.



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**** Last Voyage For The Keeper Of The Hubble <http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/14/science/space/14prof.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss>
by Dennis Overbye, New York Times

John Grunsfeld was sitting in an astronomical meeting in Atlanta in January of 2004 when he got a message to come back to headquarters in Washington to talk about the Hubble Space Telescope.

To say that he was excited would be an understatement. As an astronaut, Dr. Grunsfeld had twice journeyed to space to make repairs on humanity’s most vaunted eye on the cosmos, experiences he had described to a high-level panel pondering Hubble’s fate only a few months before as the most meaningful in his life. He was looking forward to leading the third and final servicing mission, which had been delayed by the loss of the shuttle Columbia and its crew the year before.

**** Child's Pose <http://www.slate.com/id/2216027/?from=rss>
by John Dickerson, Slate

How my kids found peace and tranquillity at the White House Easter Egg Roll.

**** No Extra Charge <http://www.slate.com/id/2216030/?from=rss>
by Troy Patterson, Slate

The dubious art of informercials.

**** This Is Not The Beginning Of The End <http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/04/13/reich_optimism/index.html>
by Robert Reich, Salon

It probably isn't even the end of the beginning of the recession. We can't wish the economy back to health.

**** Boldly Going Nowhere <http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/14/opinion/14shostak.html?partner=rss&emc=rss>
by Seth Shostak, New York Times

Piling into a starship and barreling into deep space may long remain — like perfect children or effort-free bathroom cleaners — a pipe dream.

**** After The Service, The Widow Considers The Etymology Of The Word <i>Salary</i> <http://www.slate.com/id/2216016/?from=rss>
by J. Allyn Rosser, Slate



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**** Parliament Passes The Public Order Act Of 2009 <http://www.sgpolitics.net/?p=2672>
by Ng E-Jay, Sgpolitics.net

**** Parliament Passes Bill To Corporatise Changi Airport <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/422095/1/.html>
by Channel NewsAsia

A smaller CAAS will continue to be the regulator, promoter and developer of the aviation industry, while a corporatised entity will operate Changi Airport and the airport emergency services as well as exploit investment opportunities overseas.

**** Singaporeans Can Kiss Elections Goodbye <http://yoursdp.org/index.php/component/content/article/2232-singaporeans-can-kiss-elections-goodbye>
by Singapore Democrats

The SDP has been hoping that it will not come to pass. But it has. Singapore is set to purchase electronic voting machines from India. We might as well kiss elections goodbye. This is no melodrama and it is certainly no exaggeration. Here's why.

**** Aren't They Quick To Change Their Headlines? <http://mrwangsaysso.blogspot.com/2009/04/arent-they-quick-to-change-their.html>
by Mr Wang Says So

If there are 10,000 available jobs, and 5,000 of them go to Filipinos, then at best 5,000 of them are left for Singaporeans. That's half. That's not the "bulk".

**** MTI Revises Forecasts For 2009 GDP Growth To -9.0 To -6.0 Per Cent <http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/advgdp1q2009.pdf>
by Ministry Of Trade And Industry, Singapore Government

The Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) announced today that it expects Singapore's GDP to contract by 6.0 to 9.0 per cent in 2009, lower than the contraction of 2.0 to 5.0 per cent that it had forecast on 21 January 2009. (Note: Link goes to PDF document.)

**** Exploring The Unique Wonders Of Singapore <http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,25313417-5013605,00.html>
by April Fonti, Daily Telegraph

It can be difficult to explain the lure of Singapore.

**** 4 Month Delay In Food Grading Label &amp; 61 Rats At Geylang Serial Market: Has NEA Been Complacent? <http://wayangparty.com/?p=7667>
by Fang Zhi Yuan and Eugene Yeo, The Wayang Party Club

The unfortunate Geylang Serai food poisoning episode has exposed the flaws of both NEA’s grading system and its enforcement.

**** Public Order Bill <http://www.wp.sg/wordpress/2009/04/public-order-bill/>
by Sylvia Lim, The Workers' Party

The Bill as a whole will give the State a carte blanche to control citizen activity and further erode whatever little power Singaporeans have to pursue legitimate causes. This is in contrary to the Workers’ Party belief in Power to the People.

**** 愤青一两句：新加坡政府干什么去了？ <http://cnliupp.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!CA6CF43C7E95BF87!1061.entry>
by ZhengNinG

新加坡还有多大的吸引力来留住新移民，还有多少的优势来腾飞？逆水行舟，不进则退。今天已经不是90年代初，新加坡政府也应该适时而动，让世界看到它在思维上的变化，看到它的诚心，信心和决心。不然，这个小岛也就只能成为大海中的一叶扁舟，被人忘却。

**** Singapore Says Economy May Contract As Much As 9% <http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=an7LUEHdeLXE&refer=home>
by Shamim Adam, Bloomberg

Singapore said its recession will be deeper than previously expected, prompting the central bank to adjust the band within which the currency is managed to help the nation exit its worst economic slowdown on record.

The worst global economic slump since World War II has pushed Asia’s trade-dependent nations into the region’s deepest slowdown in more than a decade. Singapore’s efforts to prevent job losses by handing out cash to companies haven’t stopped manufacturers such as Creative Technology Ltd. from firing workers as orders fall.

**** No Reason For Weakening Singapore Dollar: MAS <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/422165/1/.html>
by Channel NewsAsia

**** Singapore Devalues Currency After Record GDP Fall <http://www.reuters.com/article/usDollarRpt/idUSSIN44407720090414>
by Nopporn-Wong Anan, Reuters

Singapore's central bank on Tuesday eased monetary policy for the second time since 2003 by effectively devaluing the currency as the government forecast a record economic contraction this year.

The move came as Singapore's economy contracted a record 11.5 percent from a year earlier in the first quarter of 2009, more than a market median forecast of an 8.8 percent slump and deepening the trade-dependent city-state's worst ever recession.

**** Review Of The Public Sector <http://tankinlian.blogspot.com/2009/04/food-poisoning-in-markets.html>
by Tan Kin Lian

In recent years, many government agencies have reduced their manpower in the bid to cut cost. We now have insufficient number of people to enforce the law.

**** A Freeze On Rent Will Be Unfair: Fu <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/313646.asp>
by 938 Live, Channel NewsAsia

**** We Need To Cover Cost Of Living <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/313618.asp>
by Melvin Lim Soon Hin, Today

The government should consider allowing low-income earners — say below $2,000 — to choose to pay a reduced (say, 10 per cent?) CPF contribution to make up for the loss in income.

**** Opposing The Public Order Bill <http://yawshinleong.blogspot.com/2009/04/opposing-public-order-bill.html>
by Yaw Shin Leong

**** Good Tactics, Bad Strategy <http://hardhitting-nobs.blogspot.com/2009/04/good-tactics-bad-strategy.html>
by Hard Hitting In The Lion City

The Singapore government may have done a good job on the conversion scheme but it is a case of good tactics, bad strategy.

**** Singapore: Recession Likely Deeper Than Expected <http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5i0m5iNrs07R48cl4ydk_VRayVfXw>
by AFP

Singapore's worst economic crisis since independence is predicted to be even worse than expected, with output now forecast to shrink by up to 9.0 percent in 2009, official data showed.

The revised 2009 outlook was the fourth downgrade since November, a reflection of the severity of the recession confronting the trade-dependent state as electronics and other manufactured exports continue to plunge.

**** 150 AWARE Members Seek Vote Of No Confidence In New Executive Committee <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/422230/1/.html>
by Channel NewsAsia

Some members of the Association of Women for Action and Research (AWARE) have sought a vote of no confidence in the newly elected executive committee.

**** Cheaper Broadband Soon <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/Singapore/Story/STIStory_363359.html>
by Chua Hian Hou, Straits Times

Consumers can expect more Internet service providers (ISPs) to launch 100Mbps consumer broadband services next year at about $75 a month or less.

**** Buzz Over Resort Jobs <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/Singapore/Story/STIStory_363354.html>
by Lim Wei Chean, Straits Times

Two reports circulating on the Internet that half of the 10,000 jobs at Sentosa's upcoming integrated resort (IR) have been set aside for foreigners have created a furore among some Singaporeans.

**** Photo Gallery: Geylang Serai Market In The Aftermath Of Singapore's Worst Food Poisoning Outbreak <http://wayangparty.com/?p=7725>
by The Wayang Party Club

**** Call For Checks And Balances <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/Singapore/Story/STIStory_363391.html>
by Jeremy Au Yong, Straits Times

Three Members of the House yesterday opposed the new public order rules, arguing that these gave overarching powers to the police without sufficient checks and balances.

**** 一对在新加坡的中国老人的省钱经 <http://money.baidu.com/2009-04-14/116664837.html>
by 百度

**** Singapore Dollar Devalued After Worst Ever Slump <http://www.pressrun.net/weblog/2009/04/singapore-dollar-devalued-after-worst-ever-slump.html>
by Blowin' In The Wind

The ministry's powers of economic divination seem to have been rattled by the crisis as the economy gets worse and worse.

**** Singapore To Get 39 Percent More Hotel Rooms Amid Glut, CBRE Says <http://www.lookatvietnam.com/2009/04/singapore-to-get-39-percent-more-hotel-rooms-amid-glut-cbre-says.html>
by Bloomberg

€œWith declining occupancy and revenue-per-available-room levels already apparent, the addition of new supply will likely result in a further softening of the market, Alison Poore, senior consultant at CBRE Hotels-Southeast Asia, said in a statement.

**** Singapore Expands Air Services Agreement With Malaysia <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/422280/1/.html>
by Channel NewsAsia

The new agreement gives carriers of both countries the right to operate between Singapore and six new destinations in Malaysia, namely Ipoh, Kuala Terengganu, Kuantan, Malacca, Sandakan and Tawau.

**** The End Of Asia's 'Export-Led' Development Has Begun <http://www.lancastereaglegazette.com/article/20090414/OPINION02/904140327>
by Xiaoxiong Yi, Lancaster Eagle Gazette

Economically, Asia's export-led development finally might have outlived its usefulness.

**** An Alternative To Penalising Labour <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2009/04/an-alternative-to-penalising-labour/>
by The Online Citizen

**** Muzzling The Madding Crowd <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2009/04/muzzling-the-madding-crowd/>
by The Online Citizen

Like the new Films Act passed some weeks earlier, the Public Order Act introduces enough ambiguity and powers to – in effect – constrict civil liberties even as it retains a visage of liberalisation that allows the government to self-righteously argue that it is taking a positive step.

**** Rojak Seller To Go To Court <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%252BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_363577.html>
by Judith Tan, Straits Times

**** MediaWARE <http://thinkingbetterthinkingmeta.blogspot.com/2009/04/mediaware.html>
by Sam's Thoughts

Our mainstream media has to conduct itself more professionally. You have to respect your subjects/interviewees. Even if you want to be conservative or sympathetic to the government, you should at least portray, for example, minorities or political opposition without damaging/threatening their reputation or dignity.

**** Don't Mess With The Singapore Dollar <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123969032467016467.html>
by Mark Cranfield, Wall Street Journal

Singapore isn't willing to step onto the slippery slope of competitive currency devaluation. By ceding that it can't control external demand for its goods, it's being as clear as it can that it doesn't want foreigners to lose confidence in the Singapore dollar and take their wealth elsewhere.

The money these temporary residents spend in the local economy has become significant in the past five years, and a driver of the near doubling in residential property prices between 2006 and 2008.




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