[MyAppleMenu] Jul 8, 2009

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**** Hear That? It’s The Sound Of Your New Hearing Aid, The iPhone <http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/u9_n7GNTWAs/>
by Jason Kincaid, TechCrunch

**** Mobile Phone Keyboards <http://daringfireball.net/2009/07/mobile_phone_keyboards>
by John Gruber, Daring Fireball

Are software touchscreen keyboards good for everyone? Certainly not. But this is another aspect of the Apple Way. Apple tries to make things that many people love, not things that all people like. The key is that they’re not afraid of the staunch criticism, and often outright derision, that comes with breaking conventions.

**** Versatile VLC Media Software Finally Turns 1.0 <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=aee1ac71bb8a4ed928c05e0073ea7220>
by Dan Moren, Macworld

**** Prowl Sends Growl Notifications To iPhone <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=711b11019134853c3c8a60eae952caa3>
by Dan Moren, Macworld

**** Cameras 1.0.1 <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=128d705cbd610b186b6d5fbec1ed7385>
by Dan Frakes, Macworld

Mac OS X can automatically open iPhoto, Aperture, or another program whenever you connect your digital camera or media card, but not everyone likes this behavior. If your beef with this automated device-handling is not that it exists at all, but rather that you’d prefer it if OS X could handle each device differently, Flexibits’s Cameras is for you.

**** Maiden, NC Now Home To $1 Billion Apple Data Center <http://feeds.arstechnica.com/~r/arstechnica/apple/~3/sOslxI3bvnw/maiden-nc-now-home-to-1-billion-apple-data-center.ars>
by Chris Foresman, Ars Technica

After enticement by state and local governments, Apple has chosen the town of Maiden in Catawba County, North Carolina, as the location for a new data center. Building and staffing the data center is expected to bring as many as 3,000 jobs to the area.

**** Flying Meat VoodooPad Pro <http://www.maclife.com/article/reviews/flying_meat_voodoopad_pro>
by Ray Aguilera, MacLife

VoodooPad Pro is one of those apps that takes a while to grow on you. When you open up a new document for the first time, VoodooPad looks kind of like a TextEdit window—in other words, plain and devoid of excess features. But if you’re the kind of person who needs to capture information and ideas as they happen, before they disappear into the ether—writers, students, compulsive list-makers, listen up—VoodooPad quickly becomes a valuable tool for recording all the awesome band names, Wi-Fi passwords, haiku, class notes, important telephone numbers, and ideas for your novel that pass between your ears every day.

**** Rogue Amoeba Airfoil <http://www.maclife.com/article/reviews/rogue_amoeba_airfoil>
by Ray Aguilera, MacLife

Airfoil one-ups iTunes by streaming any audio to any Airport Express, computer, iPhone, or iPod touch on your network, perfect for setting up multiroom audio using gear you already own.

**** Apple's iPhone Vulnerable To Hotspot Hijacking <http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/vulnerabilities/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=218400816>
by Thomas Claburn, InformationWeek

The new iPhone 3.0 software automatically launches the Safari browser in certain circumstances, a feature that makes the iPhone more usable and less secure.

**** Battery Tests Confirm iPhone 3GS Improvements, But Complaints Linger <http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~3/MxyZ-6lWZ7M/>
by Brian X. Chen, Wired

Wired.com conducted a battery test comparing the iPhone 3GS with the iPhone 3G, and the former came out hours ahead.

**** Amazon Killing Mobile Apps That Use Its Data <http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/07/amazon-killing-mobile-apps-that-use-its-data/>
by MG Siegler, TechCrunch

A recent change to Amazon’s Product Advertising API means that apps like Delicious Library are being restricted from using it.

**** Judges Roll A Dozen iPhone Suits Into One <http://www.pcworld.com/article/168006/judges_roll_a_dozen_iphone_suits_into_one.html?FORM=ZZNR9>
by Gregg Keizer, Computerworld

Last week, a panel of federal judges consolidated a dozen separate cases that consumers had filed against Apple, claiming that the company's iPhone 3G constantly dropped calls, had trouble connecting to AT&T's network and was significantly slower than advertised.

**** More On The iPhone Keyboard <http://www.infrageeks.com/groups/infrageeks/weblog/a3bd6/>
by Infrageeks


>From a logistics and supply chain management perspective this is a huge deal. Every other physical keyboard based system has to maintain specific models by locale.


**** Apple’s Disclosures On Jobs Said To Be Subject Of SEC Review <http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=ammDViTHaP0U&FORM=ZZNR>
by Connie Guglielmo, David Scheer and Karen Gullo, Bloomberg

Apple Inc.’s disclosures about Steve Jobs’s health remain under scrutiny by U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigators over how his condition went from “relatively simple” to “more complex” in nine days, said a person familiar with the matter.

**** Sending GPS Devices the Way of the Tape Deck? <http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/08/technology/08gps.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss>
by Jenna Wortham, New York Times

Now the smartphone is beginning to displace yet another stand-alone device — the GPS receiver — as a convenient way for drivers to get directions to unknown destinations.

**** The Missing Sync For Pre Launches With Mac Support <http://feeds.macnn.com/click.phdo?i=870cc8fdb5353205a601e045b48ad80f>
by MacNN

**** New And Improved For Jul 8, 2009 <http://www.myapplemenu.com/2009/07/08/IM074815/>
by Heng-Cheong Leong, MyAppleMenu

Baseline 1.5 [http://www.mildmanneredindustries.com/baseline/] answers the question "Where has all your disk space gone?"

MacProxy [http://www.tidalpool.ca/macproxy/] "provides system-wide network proxy support for the Mac, including for applications without proxy support."

Postbox [http://postbox-inc.com/] "works behind the scenes to catalog everything in your email."

Typinator 3.5 [http://www.ergonis.com/products/typinator/] "is an automatic text software that boosts your productivity and eliminates errors by automating the process of inserting frequently used text and graphics and auto-correcting typing errors."

**** After Chrome OS, How Long Can The Google-Apple Friendship Last? <http://deals.venturebeat.com/2009/07/08/after-chrome-os-how-long-can-the-google-apple-friendship-last/>
by VentureBeat



The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** MIT Develops Camera-like Fabric <http://news.cnet.com/8301-13580_3-10281376-39.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20>
by Stephen Shankland, CNET News.com

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a fabric made of a mesh of light-sensitive fibers that collectively act like a rudimentary camera.

**** Google Unveils A PC Operating System <http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=0f53f420d119dd14c880d2eb28a4a0c0>
by Miguel Helft and Ashlee Vance, New York Times

In a direct challenge to Microsoft, Google announced late Tuesday that it is developing an operating system for PCs based on its Chrome Web browser.

The move sharpens the already intense competition between Google and Microsoft, whose Windows operating system controls the basic functions of the vast majority of personal computers.



MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Our Lady Of The Kitchen <http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2009/08/julia-child200908>
by Laura Jacobs, Vanity Fair

The making of the cultural phenomenon that was Julia Child had three key ingredients: a man, a meal, and a TV camera.

**** Morality: Stephen King's All-New Story Of Recession <http://www.esquire.com/fiction/fiction/stephen-king-morality-0709>
by Stephen King, Esquire



SingaporeSurf
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**** A Question Of Party <http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC090708-0000101/A-question-of-party>
by Esther Ng, Today

One of the nine new names is a Young PAP member.

**** Singapore's Official Foreign Reserves Increase In June <http://www.rttnews.com/Content/AllEconomicNews.aspx?Node=B2&amp;Id=998211&amp;FORM=ZZNR9>
by RTT News

**** Nominated Members Of Parliament <http://www.news.gov.sg/public/sgpc/en/media_releases/agencies/parl/press_release/P-20090707-1.html>
by Singapore Government

**** The Smile Police <http://cambodiacalling.blogspot.com/2009/07/smile-police.html>
by Cambodia Calling

Honestly, despite growing up with the courtesy campaign, I am quite sure it had little effect on me and my friends.

**** Members Unaware Of Major Aware Decisions <http://www.todayonline.com/Voices/EDC090708-0000148/Online-only---Members-unaware-of-major-Aware-decisions>
by Phua Sui Lin, Today

Does the exco has the power and authority to make such a decision without consulting its members?

**** Adelson Says Singapore Casino Opening Delayed <http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/07/08/ap6629031.html>
by Associated Press

Las Vegas Sands Chairman Sheldon Adelson said the opening of the company's $5.5 billion Singapore casino and resort will be delayed until early next year because of problems sourcing construction materials.

**** New Bridge To Sentosa Now Operational <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/441150/1/.html>
by Channel NewsAsia

**** MOH Stops Listing H1N1 Cases <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/Singapore/Story/STIStory_400609.html>
by Grace Chua, Straits Times

Starting Wednesday, the Ministry of Health will no longer track the total number of Influenza A (H1N1) infections here, or the number of cases from affected countries.

**** Road Safety Markings Extended <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/Singapore/Story/STIStory_400611.html>
by Bhuvaneswary Narayanan, Straits Times

The Land Transport Authority (LTA) will extend two new road safety initiatives - Traffic Calming Markings (TrCM) and Your Speed Sign (YSS) - to more areas following positive results from its pilot run.

**** Two Boards Merge <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/Singapore/Story/STIStory_400667.html>
by Straits Times

The Preservation of Monuments Board (PMB) has merged with the National Heritage Board (NHB) as part of an on-going move by the Government for smaller statutory boards to merge with larger ones.