[MyAppleMenu] Apr 25, 2009

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**** Apple Found Guilty Of Willful Patent Infringement <http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/04/apple-found-guilty-of-willful-patent-infringement.ars>
by Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica

Apple has been found guilty of willfully infringing on a "predictive snooping" patent awarded to Opti Inc. in 2002. The company has been ordered to pay just over $19 million in compensation, despite its attempts to have the patent thrown out.

**** Mac Mini Media Center: Is It Worth It? <http://www.macworld.com/article/140210/2009/04/macmini_mediacenter_cost.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Christopher Breen, Macworld

Here’s what it costs to turn your mini into a media center—and how it performs.

**** Cut Down On Cables <http://www.macworld.com/article/140215/2009/04/cableclutter.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Dan Frakes, Macworld

Instead of carrying fewer cables, I carry smaller cables.

**** Pixelpipe For iPhone <http://www.macworld.com/article/140008/2009/04/pixelpipe.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Rob de la Cretaz, Macworld

Upload once to share photos with more than 75 online destinations.

**** Apple Store: The Big Chill <http://apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2009/04/24/apple-stores-the-big-chill/?source=yahoo_quote>
by Philip Elmer-DeWitt, Fortune

Is there an Apple Store near you? Count yourself lucky, because the days of Apple’s aggressive expansion into the branded retail space are over — at least for now.

**** Did Apple Just Fire 1,600 Retail Workers? Nope. <http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090424/did-apple-just-fire-1600-retail-workers-nope/>
by Peter Kafka, Wall Street Journal

The very strong likelihood here is that Apple cut a lot of workers’ hours, but not workers themselves.



The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Lip-reading Computer Can Distinguish Languages <http://news.cnet.com/8301-13639_3-10227163-42.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20>
by CNET

Lip-reading computer from researchers in Britain is able to identify languages spoken with "high accuracy," according to scientists.



MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Come Visit. Live Life. Eat Cheese. <http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/25/opinion/25collins.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss>
by Gail Collins, New York Times

It’s hard to go wrong when you’re picking a state flower, but the number of bad slogan-driven tourism campaigns is legion.

**** With Kindle, Can You Tell It's Proust? <http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/26/fashion/26kindle.html>
by Joanne Kaufman, New York Times

The publishing world is all caught up in weighty questions about the Kindle and other such devices: Will they help or hurt book sales and authors’ advances? Cannibalize the industry? Galvanize it?

Please, they’re overlooking the really important concern: How will the Kindle affect literary snobbism?

**** Great And Terrible Truths <http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/26/books/review/Bissell-t.html?partner=rss&emc=rss>
by Tom Bissell, New York Times

David Foster Wallace’s address at Kenyon College was funny, warm — and unmistakably dark.



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**** AWARE Veterans Set The Record Straight <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2009/04/aware-veterans-set-the-record-straight/>
by Darren Boon, The Online Citizen

Dr Soin had made it clear that AWARE had been founded on the principle of inclusiveness, and clarified the misconception of AWARE being pro-gay.

**** The Crux Of The AWARE Fiasco Is Not About Homosexuality Or Religion But The Space For Diversity <http://wayangparty.com/?p=8272>
by Eugene Yeo and Fang Zhi Yuan, The Wayang Party Club

What is really at stake is the space for a diversity of views in our secular, cosmopolitan and pluralistic society. Singapore is a multiracial, and multicultural nation. We must be able to tolerate inherent differences in beliefs and values so as to co-exist peacefully with one another.

**** Show Tolerance, Respect <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/Singapore/Story/STIStory_368322.html>
by Straits Times

Deputy prime minister Teo Chee Hean on Friday called for the two groups at loggerheads in the ongoing Aware saga to show respect and tolerance for each other's views.

**** AWARE - And Why You Should Cancel Your DBS Credit Cards <http://mrwangsaysso.blogspot.com/2009/04/aware-and-why-you-should-cancel-your.html>
by Mr Wang Says So

**** Singapore Shuns Help From RI Over Student's Death <http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/04/25/singapore-shuns-help-ri-over-student039s-death.html>
by Jakarta Post

Indonesian police said Friday a team of officers, currently in Singapore offering assistance into the investigations surrounding the controversial death of Indonesian student David Hartanto, had been turned down.