[MyAppleMenu] Dec 4, 2009

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**** Apple Issues Java Update For 10.5, 10.6 <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=62982584f1847ccc724b6ba86bf8e9ad>
Dan Moren, Macworld

Apple released the two updates, Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 1 and Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 6, on Thursday. Both include a number of security fixes for the cross-platform technology, with the Leopard update being the heftier of the two, weighing in at 122MB.

**** Apple Clears First Hurdle In Bid For New Cupertino Campus <http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13920191?source=most_viewed>
Matt Wilson, San Jose Mercury News

Apple Inc. is one step closer to building a second campus in Cupertino after waiting eight months for city planners to rezone its 7.78-acre property on Pruneridge Avenue to allow office use.

**** Apple Finally Gets It Right With Magic Mouse <http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.suntimes.com%2Ftechnology%2Fihnatko%2F1920297%2Cihnatko-apple-magic-mouse-120309.article&usg=AFQjCNFcCF2uqIOwUYi9xA4NdehGDVqKew>
Andy Ihnatko, Chicago Sun-Times

I’ve been using the new Magic Mouse for a couple of days now and I can happily say that Apple’s curse is over. Apple has finally designed a practical and useful mouse that’s better than the cheapest hunk of plastic from the Microsoft pricelist.

**** Review: PDFpen 4.5.2 <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=bea004f667ecb347f0a57c94d976e748>
Rob Griffiths, Macworld

If you find yourself wishing for more PDF editing features than you get in Preview, or if you’ve got a need for OCR conversion of scanned documents, PDFpen is an excellent tool for the job. Its abilities compare well with Acrobat Pro, and yet PDFpen comes in at roughly a tenth of the cost. There are a couple of rough edges, but nothing that detract too much from the program’s PDF editing skills.

**** Apple's App Store Police Relent On Hardware Images <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/03/mactracker_gets_apple_images/>
Rik Myslewski, The Register

Apple's App Store police have again exhibited a brush with common sense, and allowed another iPhone app to display previously forbidden images of Cupertino hardware.

**** Apple Quietly Adds 3.33 GHz Quad-Core Option To Mac Pro [Updated: Xserve] <http://www.macrumors.com/2009/12/04/apple-quietly-adds-3-33-ghz-quad-core-option-to-mac-pro/>
MacRumors

Apple has quietly upgraded its Mac Pro offerings, adding the option of a 3.33 GHz quad-core processor and adding the ability to configure both the quad-core and 8-core models with 2 TB hard drives, doubling the machine's total build-to-order hard drive capacity to 8 TB.



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**** Do You See A Pattern? <http://www.slate.com/id/2237109/>
Witold Rybczynski, Slate Magazine

An architectural theorist who has inspired smart-growth advocates, counterculture DIY-ers, and computer programmers.



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**** Why S'pore Doesn't Need A Cooling-off Day Just Yet <http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/Story/STIStory_462322.html>
Joshua Selvakumar, Straits Times

Compared to our neighbouring countries, we score 100 per cent for orderliness and 5 per cent for anxiety. So I would say there is no need for a cooling-off day on the eve of polls.

**** Absence Of Whale Sharks Won't Hurt IR <http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/Story/STIStory_462316.html>
Goh Si Guim, Straits Times

**** Attorney-General Is Challenging The Stay <http://rachelzeng.wordpress.com/2009/12/04/attorney-general-is-challenging-the-stay/>
Rachel Zeng

I really cannot understand why the AGC is so eager to execute this 21 year old. Yes he had committed a crime but he must be given a chance to have his appeal heard and furthermore he is so young. Shouldn’t he be given a chance to repent?

**** èµžæ‰¬â€œç™¾æŠ˜ä¸æŒ â€ç²¾ç¥ž 总理向华文教师致敬 <http://www.zaobao.com/sp/sp091204_011.shtml>
周殊钦, 联合早报

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**** Blogging Opportunities In The Next General Election <http://uk.asiancorrespondent.com/25876/blogging-opportunities-in-the-next-general-election/>
Chua Chin Leng, Asian Correspondent

**** How Will The “Cooling Off” Law Be Enforced In Cyberspace? <http://www.temasekreview.com/2009/12/04/how-will-the-cooling-off-law-be-enforced-in-cyberspace/>
The Temasek Review

**** AGC Drops Charges Against Chee Soon Juan <http://yoursdp.org/index.php/news/singapore/3153-agc-drops-charges-against-chee-soon-juan>
Singapore Democrats

The Attorney-General's Chambers (AGC) has dropped three remaining charges against Dr Chee Soon Juan for speaking in public without a permit. Dr Chee was originally charged with eight separate counts.

**** Changes To NS Basic Military Training And Medical Classification From 2010 <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1022481/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia

There will be a a new 19-week BMT for obese recruits, and either a 9-week or 4-week customised BMT for other classes of recruits to better prepare them for their subsequent combat, combat support and combat service support roles.

**** Sands Plans Phased Opening For Singapore Resort <http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN039008520091203>
Deena Beasley, Reuters

Las Vegas Sands Corp expects to open its $5.5 billon, 2,700-room Singapore casino resort in phases starting in the first quarter of next year, a company spokesman said on Thursday.

**** Cooling Day For <i>Rational</i> Decisions.. <http://singaporemind.blogspot.com/2009/12/cooling-day-for-rational-decisions.html>
Diary of A Singaporean Mind

I would like to ask Singaporeans this rational question right now: Are you better off than you were 4 years ago? Another rational question would be: What are 5 things that PAP govt has done that benefits Singaporeans in the past 4 yrs? Yet another few rational questions: Does the peformance of our leaders justify their salaries? Do you feel greater financial security today than you did 4 years ago?

**** SIA May Pull Out From KL-Singapore Route <http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/articles/20091204211455/Article/index_html>
Bernama

The emergence of low-cost airlines on the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore route has eroded the market of traditional airlines, with Singapore Airlines (SIA) expected to either reduce its capacity or pull out from the route. According to an industry source, SIA could also hand over its capacity to sister airline Silk Air, just like it did for the Penang route.