[MyAppleMenu] Jul 16, 2009

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**** Apple Has Secretly Released A Tablet Computer: It's Called iPod Touch <http://feeds.oreilly.com/~r/oreilly/digitalmedia/mac/~3/I0KxFYR-soE/apple-has-secretly-released-a.html>
by Mark Sigal, O'Reilly Media: Mac and iPhone

Perhaps the real story with respect to the forthcoming Apple Tablet Device is that Apple has already released a tablet computing device. It's called the iPod touch, and because it's often overshadowed by its noisier sibling, the iPhone, we sometimes forget that it has already sold 15M+ units.

**** Big Game Publishers Embrace App Store <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/07/15/big_game_publishers_embrace_app_store.html>
by AppleInsider

While many of the early successful iPhone and iPod touch games came from small-time developers, big-name content creators like Electronic Arts, id Software and Konami are flocking to the platform, using their brands and marketing muscle to compete.

**** iCal And Shifting Time Zones <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=e2502b89da85a9c0c559d28bb4280f50>
by Christopher Breen, Macworld

Launch iCal, choose Preferences from the iCal menu, click the Advanced tab, and enable the Turn On Time Zone Support option.

**** WhoPaste 2.0 Makes Adding Contacts Easy <http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=a3d5019ff021f52572032efca5932cf2>
by Bryan Fergus, The Mac Observer

WhoPaste allows users to copy contact information as found on Web pages, in emails or text documents, and spreadsheets.

**** Apple Releases iTunes 8.2.1 <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=59f3c8eb8973c8f61e9c4750c82833eb>
by Dan Moren, Macworld

**** RIP: The iPod Classic May Be At Death’s Door <http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cultofmac/bFow/~3/0VBZQdWf2K8/13078>
by Lonnie Lazar, Cult of Mac

As flash memory and solid state drives steadily become the storage media of choice for portable electronic devices, Apple’s iPod Classic - the device widely credited with kickstarting the company’s rise from the ashes of the John Scully era - may not survive to celebrate its 10th birthday in 2011.

**** Cronkite School of Journalism: This Just In <http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/action/cronkite/?sr=hotnews?sr=hotnews.rss>
by Joe Cellini, Apple

"Online media is a part of our core curriculum; it's a required course. Even our so-called print students learn to shoot video and edit on Final Cut Pro."

**** Franz Ferdinand: Better At Night <http://www.apple.com/logicstudio/action/fferdinand/?sr=hotnews?sr=hotnews.rss>
by Joe Cellini, Apple

"I want as little as possible to get between the idea and capturing the idea, and Logic seemed perfect for that."

**** Freeway 5.4 Adds CSS Menu Creation, AddThis Tools <http://feeds.macnn.com/click.phdo?i=473e34e3453cdd3088d5bb1612825d53>
by MacNN

Softpress has released Freeway 5.4, upgrading the website design software with an extended CSS menu creation tool and an AddThis action for social bookmarking.

**** The Mac & Third-Party Software Launches: Nothing Has Changed <http://www.macsurfer.com/redirr.php?u=422168>
by Tom Reestman, The Apple Blog

Any time Mac users get to thinking that Apple’s great success the last dozen years has changed how developers view the Mac, it hasn’t.

**** The MacBook Air Is Doomed <http://theappleblog.com/2009/07/15/the-macbook-air-is-doomed/>
by Charles Jade, The Apple Blog

Since the manila-envelope unveiling at Macworld Expo 2008, the MacBook Air has gotten less Apple Event love than the time it takes Yael Naïm to sing “New Soul.”

**** Many App Store Applications Are Bulk Duplications <http://www.informationweek.com/news/personal_tech/smartphones/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=218500793>
by W. David Gardner, InformationWeek

Developers are experimenting with template-based mobile applications that are sold at the same price, have the same look and feel, but whose content is swapped out in different locations.

**** Microsoft: Apple Wanted 'Laptop Hunters' Ad Pulled <http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10288022-37.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20>
by Steven Musil, CNET News.com

It should come as no surprise that Apple isn't a big fan of Microsoft's "Laptop Hunter" ads, but some may be surprised to learn the Mac maker's lawyers reportedly called a senior Microsoft executive and demanded the ads be removed.

**** Review: Purify 2.1 <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=63e989fb7b2e129e0a6d1cc48387ed86>
by Rob Griffiths, Macworld

Purify 2.1.8 worked well as a pass-through spam filter. By acting as a pass-through, timing issues are avoided, and all e-mail will be filtered.

Setup, however, is complicated, and getting the most out of the program requires knowledge (regular expressions) that not all users will have. Users will also have to set up their own spam processing rules in their e-mail client, which is something not everyone will want to do.



The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** A Virtual Game To Teach Children Languages <http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=be330ffd66977bde61ac1b54709f0fef>
by Claire Cain Miller, New York Times

Wiz World Online, developed by 8D World, a start-up based in Shanghai, China, and Woburn, Mass., was built by Rick Goodman, who developed the popular games Age of Empires and Empire Earth. In his latest virtual world, instead of re-enacting historical battles, Chinese children can learn English.



MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** How To Read Infinite Jest <http://www.kottke.org/09/07/how-to-read-infinite-jest>
by Jason Kottke

If you opt not to destroy your copy of IJ, you should use the three bookmark method.



SingaporeSurf
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**** Auditor-General’s Report <http://geraldgiam.sg/2009/07/auditor-generals-report/>
by Gerald Giam

It is no secret that Mr Yeo was the one who pushed hard for SPRING to be relocated to Fusionopolis, to “help bring Growing Enterprises to A*STAR’s incubator facilities”. He perhaps felt that working near A*Star was more conducive for him and his executive team. But in doing so, he may have cost taxpayers over $2.8 million (assuming that the new office in Fusionopolis will also cost over $800,000).

**** Rainfall Less Over Last Century <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/Singapore/Story/STIStory_403602.html>
by Amresh Gunasingham, Straits Times

New data shows Singapore's rainfall has been dwindling over the last 30 years and more extreme weather changes are predicted to hit the region in the coming years.

**** Switzerland or Singapore for Private Offshore Banking? <http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog/switzerland-or-singapore-for-private-offshore-banking/>
by Peter Macfarlane, Q Wealth Report

Generally, the rule is that convenience is a threat to privacy.

**** Singapore’s Health Care System <http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/2009/07/singapores-health-care-system/>
by E.D. Kain, The League Of Ordinary Gentlemen

But this would never work in the United States!

**** Funding Discrepancies Exposed In Report By AG Raises Ire <http://www.motochan.com/2009/07/15/funding-discrepancies-exposed-in-report-by-agd-raises-ire/>
by Master Of The Obvious

**** Safe, Safe, City, Or, O Mr Kishore Mahbubani! <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2009/07/safe-safe-city-or-o-mr-kishore-mahbubani/>
by The Online Citizen

Singapore is a safe city, we like to say. Say it often enough, loudly enough, and strangely, it becomes actual enough, safe in our factual fantasy.

**** Singapore CIOs Investing In Offbeat Tools: IDC <http://www.infoworld.com/d/adventures-in-it/singapore-cios-investing-in-offbeat-tools-idc-417>
by Subatra Suppiah, MIS Asia

Singapore CIOs are investing in innovative offbeat IT tools such as social networking and Web 2.0 mashup initiatives in preparation for economic recovery, said analyst firm IDC.

**** Singapore Central Bank Suffers S$9.2 Bln Loss In FY 08/09 <http://www.lse.co.uk/MacroEconomicNews.asp?ArticleCode=ox3ut6magx3d5sp&ArticleHeadline=singapore_cbank_suffers_s$92_bln_loss_in_fy_08/09>
by Nopporn Wong-Anan, Reuters

Singapore's central bank said on Thursday it posted a net loss of S$9.2 billion ($6.34 billion) in its last financial year that ended March 2009, badly hurt by a decline in global markets.

**** Singapore Airlines Figures For June Underline The World Wide Collapse In Air Travel <http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http://feeds.crikey.com.au/~r/CrikeyBlogs/~3/280BGnABD9k/&usg=AFQjCNEyl2lECfxZpwgNmModUvIpABc5DQ>
by Ben Sandilands, Crikey

**** President Appoints NMPs <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/Singapore/Story/STIStory_403944.html>
by Zakir Hussain, Straits Times

**** Looking East Again: More Hotness On The Singapore Front <http://www.cloudave.com/link/looking-east-again-more-hotness-on-the-singapore-front>
by Krishnan Subramanian, CloudAve

**** Singapore Central Bank: Policy Right For Price Stability <http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http://www.reuters.com/article/usDollarRpt/idUSSIN14017620090716&usg=AFQjCNGh9HMQa8a_KKtfDeq2cAZ4tQIKxA>
by Reuters

Singapore's central bank on Thursday raised its 2009 inflation forecast but said monetary policy was suitable to ensure both price stability and an economic recovery.