[MyAppleMenu] Jun 12, 2009

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**** Apple Safari 4 Commands New Attention, EWEEK Labs Finds <http://feeds.ziffdavisenterprise.com/~r/RSS/eweek_apple/~3/6Hcc_xfpDFU/>
by Jim Rapoza, eWeek

The new browser one of the the most attractive and interactive browsers available today.

**** Apple Stores Knock Hundreds Off Leftover MacBooks To Clear Inventory [Dealzmodo] <http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/kPw6SYxb49M/apple-stores-knock-hundreds-off-leftover-macbooks-to-clear-inventory>
by John Herman, Gizmodo

What do you do when you've instituted a bottom-to-top refresh in your product line, your new shipments are imminent, but you still have hundreds of stores with leftover inventory? FIRE SALE, is what.

**** T-Mobile Accidentally Posts Secret iPhone 3G S Specs <http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~3/r4CFLvRPTJ0/>
by Charlie Sorrel, Wired

The relevant numbers are 256MB RAM for the OS, double that of the 128MB in the original iPhone, and a 600MHz processor, up from the pedestrian 412MHz of the first two models

**** Will Future iPhone Games Run On Your iPhone 3G? [Apple] <http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/i40GHeJnyoQ/will-future-iphone-games-run-on-your-iphone-3g>
by Jesus Diaz, Gizmodo

The short answer: For the time being, yes. But in the future, you may want to upgrade.

**** 4 Reasons Why The iPhone App Store Is Bad News For Google <http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider/~3/jekMwzAwmuY/4-reasons-why-the-iphone-app-store-is-bad-news-for-google-2009-6>
by Dan Frommer, Silicon Alley Insider

**** MacBook Pro 2009 Review <http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/andilo4mHgM/macbook-pro-2009-review>
by Jason Chen, Gizmodo

Apple did two things simultaneously that are usually contradictory; they lowered the price of their entire MacBook Pro line while at the same time bumping up the specs.

**** WinTel 3.0 Adds Support For True Virtualization <http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=26f2fa96d9d77e7da2fa89a081ff61f3>
by Bryan Fergus, The Mac Observer

OpenOSX announced Thursday version 3.0 version of WinTel, the company's Windows, Linux and other OS virtualization solution for Mac OS X. The new version adds support for true virtualization to their product.

**** Apple’s Awesome App Wall Gets Photosynthed <http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TechCrunch/~3/ZJgejuixb90/>
by Jason Kincaid, TechCrunch

Developers Andres Douglas and Greg Pascale (who was behind the iSynth application) have taken a whopping 273 photos of the App Wall and used them to build a virtual recreation using Microsoft Photosynth.

**** The Missing Sync Extends To Pre, iPhone On Windows <http://feeds.macnn.com/click.phdo?i=5fdea21e9ddc1c76cba9fefdf26d7a90>
by MacNN

The Missing Sync for the Pre allows users to sync data, such as iCal or Entourage, between a Mac and the smartphone. The service also works when the Pre is placed on the Touchstone charger.

**** Everyone Calm Down, You Won’t Have To Pay To Re-Download Apps On The iPhone <http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TechCrunch/~3/rePCEDlPGZA/>
by MG Siegler, TechCrunch

In the latest iPhone 3.0 GM build, which went live shortly after the WWDC keynote on Monday, the ability to re-download an app you’ve already purchased, looks to be have been restored.

**** Two New Mac Attacks Surface <http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10263002-83.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20>
by Elinor Mills, CNET News.com

Security experts have discovered two new attacks targeting Mac users, a new version of a worm and a Trojan hidden inside a porn site.

**** Loyalty To (or Investment In) Apple App Store Makes Switch From iPhone Tough <http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Loyalty-to-or-Investment-in-Apple-App-Store-Makes-Switch-from-iPhone-Tough-457566/>
by Andrew Garcia, eWeek

The G1 with Google and Palm Pre devices and carriers are enticing, but a big time and money investment in Apple App Store makes moving to a new platform difficult to justify, especially as vendors run out of ways to differentiate the actual devices.

**** How Apple Can Take Bite Of Business Market <http://www.reuters.com/article/smallBusinessNews/idUSTRE5584J520090611>
by Eric Auchard, Reuters

Apple Inc is taking steps to make its computers run on corporate networks, but these moves fall far short of ensuring Mac users win equal standing in business.

**** Apple&#39;s Cheap Tricks <http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2348545,00.asp&usg=AFQjCNE3QZsgOql7GORBNqKyqOA81JUy8g>
by Dan Costa, PC Magazine

For the most part, Apple products still cost more—often a few hundred dollars more—than competing Windows-based machines. But now that the Apple Tax has been trimmed to a reasonable size, a lot more people will find it worth paying.

**** How Green Is My iPhone? Not Very, Says Greenpeace <http://www.pcworld.com/article/166544/how_green_is_my_iphone_not_very_says_greenpeace.html>
by Tom Kaneshige, CIO.com

Environmental group questions "green" claims and asks if Apple will offer options to prevent phones from becoming e-waste.

**** MovieChapterizer 3.0 Adds Menu Options, Improvements <http://feeds.macnn.com/click.phdo?i=e5ab76816eddedf21d65e6a6c2bab65c>
by MacNN

**** Platform Vendors <http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2009/06/10c.html>
by Joel Spolsky, Joel On Software

Filling little gaps in another company’s product lineup is snatching nickels from the path of an oncoming steam roller.

**** Random Idea: Bring Back Shareware For iPhone Doom <http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/3-0&fd=R&url=http://technologizer.com/2009/06/11/random-idea-bring-back-shareware-for-iphone-doom/&cid=1258670740&ei=PpoxSsKcMYyQ9QSlu7yLCA&usg=AFQjCNHBJeLN0zTr5F4j98FW-4eL8oYNkg>
by Jared Newman, Technologizer

With the iPhone and iPod Touch, we’re seeing a resurgence of these small-time developers, looking to strike gold in an increasingly crowded playing field. If there was ever a time to bring back gaming shareware, this is it.

**** Why MacBook Is About To Mean Something Else Entirely <http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/2-0&fd=R&url=http://gizmodo.com/5287488/why-macbook-is-about-to-mean-something-else-entirely&cid=1258825347&ei=ScIxSs3AMJCQ9QS10oWQCA&usg=AFQjCNHDaLOsgeZzqWMFyqXA4N6gLD3EYQ>
by Matt Buchanan, Gizmodo.com

So, why is Apple basically wasting one of their most powerful brands, their "most popular Mac"?

Because they're about to call something else MacBook.

**** Anti-iPhone Ad Too Close For Apple's Comfort <http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/biztech/antiiphone-ad-too-close-for-apples-comfort/2009/06/12/1244664832484.html>
by Asher Moses, Sydney Morning Herald

Within a day, the ad was removed. Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), which operates the train system, said it pulled the ad down because it was "too dark" and did not let enough light through.

**** MacBook Price Cuts Highlight Tough Choices For Apple As Growth Slows <http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/06/macbook-prices/>
by Brian X. Chen, Wired

Apple has traditionally held its ground as a premium computer manufacturer, but it might just be getting sucked into a recession-prompted price war.

**** Could The iPhone Trip While Leaping Forward? <http://www.internetnews.com/mobility/article.php/3824496/Could+the+iPhone+Trip+While+Leaping+Forward.htm>
by Andy Patrizio, Internet News

The new iPhone 3G S uses an incompatible graphics library from the previous phones.

**** Even At WWDC, Developers Can't Get Straight Answers About App Store Rejections <http://www.tuaw.com/2009/06/11/even-at-wwdc-developers-cant-get-answers-about-app-store-rejec/>
by Charistina Warren, The Unofficial Apple Weblog

**** 'Star Defense' - Bam! A Galaxy In My Pocket <http://toucharcade.com/2009/06/12/star-defense-bam-a-galaxy-in-my-pocket/>
by Eli Hodapp, Touch Arcade

**** TimeTable Tracks Time Spent In Meeting, Events <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=518e7792fd54577f1e53016c8fd8c5a5>
by Dan Frakes, Macworld

**** Apple Sees 11 Million Downloads Of Safari 4 In Three Days <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/06/12/apple_sees_11_million_downloads_of_safari_4_in_three_days.html>
by Sam Oliver, AppleInsider

Apple said Friday that more than 11 million copies of its new Safari 4 web browser have been downloaded in the first three days of its release, including more than six million downloads by users of Microsoft's Windows operating systems.

**** Font Changes Coming To Mac OS X Snow Leopard <http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/06/font-changes-coming-to-mac-os-x-snow-leopard.ars>
by Chris Foresman, Ars Technica

One Mac developer has discovered a few interesting changes to fonts that are coming to the next version of Mac OS X. Apple is planning to say goodbye to a long-time monospaced friend of Mac developers.



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**** First Look: Microsoft Silverlight 3 Challenges Adobe AIR <http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/3-0&fd=R&url=http://www.infoworld.com/d/developer-world/first-look-microsoft-silverlight-3-challenges-adobe-air-216&cid=0&ei=jk8ySuHCBIOONqytwY4I&usg=AFQjCNF1ZhXHUrHTk1AzOpyspV0EGaJRsQ>
by InfoWorld



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**** The Same-Sex Future <http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nybooks/~3/9AwHuNVNcrQ/22791>
by David Cole, The New York Review of Books

What explains the apparent trend toward legal recognition of same-sex marriage or civil unions? And how should we understand the sharp discrepancy between the law and the politics of same-sex marriage?

**** China's Dictators At Work: The Secret Story <http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nybooks/~3/m4SGO_AXXMQ/22801>
by Jonathan Mirsky, The New York Review of Books

Twenty years ago, just before the Tiananmen killings on June 3 and 4, 1989, Zhao was thrown out of office for sympathizing with the students; until his death in 2005 he spent almost sixteen years under house arrest. Born in 1919 and a member of the Communist Party since 1938, once he achieved great power he was a political loner, with only—a big only—Deng Xiaoping to back him. But when Deng decided to smash the Tiananmen demonstrations, he also smashed Zhao. When Zhao died in 2005, he was nearly forgotten; but the state was still put on high security alert.

**** A Table For Few At T.G.I. Friday's <http://www.salon.com/news/brand_graveyard/feature/2009/06/12/tgif/index.html>
by Craig Fehrman, Salon

Casual-dining execs talk about innovation, evolution and, yes, a few failures; they parrot the rhetoric of "never letting a serious crisis go to waste." But, honestly, what can they change?



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**** Share With The Commuting Public The $1m Meant For Taxis <http://www.straitstimes.com/ST%2BForum/Online%2BStory/STIStory_389053.html>
by Gan Gim Teck, Straits Times

Taxi companies should look into how they can improve ridership, on their own.

**** Automation A Myth <http://www.straitstimes.com/ST%2BForum/Story/STIStory_389208.html>
by William Claxton, Straits Times

The IT industry is promoting a myth that Singapore leads the world in automation. Small and medium-sized businesses like mine can only call it 'fake automation'.

**** 'My Wheels Got Stuck In The Gap' <http://tnp.sg/news/story/0,4136,204735,00.html?>
by Lediati Tan, New Paper

Disabled man hit by MRT train doors stranded after train leaves with wheelchair.

**** S'pore Maintains Alert Status <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/Singapore/Story/STIStory_389332.html>
by Leow Si Wan, Straits Times

While the World Health Organisation raised its alert level for the Influenza A (H1N1) virus and declared a global pandemic yesterday, Singapore's Health Ministry (MOH) will not be upping its measures. This is because Singapore had already been on high alert and had put in place adequate measures to curb the spread of the virus.

**** Concession Card Only For Citizens <http://www.todayonline.com/Voices/EDC090612-0000025/Concession-card-only-for-citizens>
by Corrine Ng, Today

We would like to clarify that the Travel Concession Scheme, which is granted by the public transport operators and administered by TransitLink, is applicable to international schools registered with the Ministry of Education. However, the student must be a Singapore citizen and below 21 years of age at the time of application to be eligible for the student concession card.

**** Shoppers Spoilt For Choice <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/Singapore/Story/STIStory_389371.html>
by Tessa Wong & Jessica Lim, Straits Times

With belts being tightened and consumer spending dropping in the past few months, credit card companies and banks have been going all out to tempt shoppers with irresistible buys during the annual Great Singapore Sale (GSS).

**** Perdition And Sedition <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2009/06/perdition-and-sedition/>
by The Online Citizen

The invoking of the Sedition Act in the persecution of the Christian couple for distributing offensive tracts may seem overly harsh – setting a dangerous precedent for the future.

**** Cabbies Go Overboard? <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/Singapore/Story/STIStory_389384.html>
by My Paper

Taxi drivers are taking care to avoid places such as hospitals and airports because they are afraid they would catch the Influenza A (H1N1) virus there.

**** Why Is Lee Kuan Yew Strutting The Length And Breath Of Malaysia? <http://futurefastforward.com/malaysia-updates/1856-by-matthias-chang>
by Matthias Chang, Future Fastforward

Malaysians must be vigilant. Lee Kuan Yew cannot be trusted and while Singapore is our neighbour and a member of ASEAN, we must never forget that Singapore has never ceased to dictate terms to Malaysia whenever she perceives Malaysia as being weak.

**** Rich City-state Singapore Faces Tougher Future As Crisis Reveals Cost Of Heavy Export Reliance <http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/0-0&fd=R&url=http://www.latimes.com/business/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-as-singapore-poorer-future,0,3974034.story&cid=1259525129&ei=owUySoioLZK0NsnFtIwI&usg=AFQjCNHez833TBLhtxT6TnJ14nnftaUMYw>
by Associated Press

This speck on the map leapt from poverty to First World riches in a generation. Now its halcyon years of breakneck growth may be over.

**** Singapore Asked To Join In Combating Smuggling <http://www.tempointeractive.com/hg/nasional/2009/06/12/brk,20090612-181565,uk.html>
by Tempo

**** Developing Ties Between Singapore, Malaysia Must Be A Long Term Commitment: MM Lee <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/435573/1/.html>
by Channel NewsAsia

**** Forum Cancelled Because Of Police Investigations <http://www.yoursdp.org/index.php/component/content/article/2471-breaking-news-forum-cancelled-because-of-police-investigations>
by Singapore Democrats

The Singapore shame continues.

**** Crisis-Hit Singapore Tigthens Grip <http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/KF13Ae02.html>
by Tony Sitathan, Asia Times