[MyAppleMenu] Jun 20, 2009

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**** Why Does Mac OS X Keep Snubbing The Enterprise? <http://feeds.ziffdavisenterprise.com/~r/RSS/eweek_apple/~3/k1vBZbLVBq8/>
by Don Reisinger, eWeek

Does Mac OS X keep snubbing the enterprise? It's possible and there's no explanation for it. But it could be one of many reasons why Apple continues to lag behind Microsoft Windows in market share in the enterprise. It’s also becoming clear that Snow Leopard, the next edition of the Mac OS, is unlikely to help Apple application software make significant new inroads into the enterprise.

**** Apple Warns iPhone 3G S Activations May Take Up To 2 Days <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/06/19/apple_warns_iphone_3g_s_activations_may_take_up_to_2_days.html>
by AppleInsider

In a near repeat of problems that plagued last year's iPhone 3G launch, Apple's iPhone activation servers are showing signs of buckling under the pressure of hundreds of thousands of customers who are attempting to activate their new handsets and warning of delays that could span two days.

**** Review: MacBook Pro (17-inch, Mid 2009) <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=ed9f250787ca38ee0accd8160328a35a>
by Dan Frakes, Macworld

The latest 17-inch MacBook Pro is by all measures a minor hardware upgrade over its predecessor, offering only slightly faster processor options and a bump in hard-drive capacity. The more significant change is the value you get for your money: Apple has dropped the price of the computer by $300 and similarly reduced the price of build-to-order upgrades.

**** Apple's iPhone Enterprise Strategy: Constant Improvement <http://feeds.arstechnica.com/~r/arstechnica/apple/~3/c68bnwI-VkI/apples-iphone-enterprise-strategy-constant-improvement.ars>
by  Chris Foresman, Ars Technica

The iPhone OS 3.0 update has added plenty of features that make the iPhone a better corporate enterprise citizen. Apple has also given IT admins a new configuration utility and a guide for deploying the iPhone for business use.

**** iPhone 3.0 Opens Up New Features For Developers <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=83a6bba5f1c933cf127378ef227384fa>
by Macworld

We round up some of the recently updated apps taking advantage of iPhone 3.0.

**** Crowds And Glitches Come With iPhone <http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=8ed9e9117663745e704cae95626ac806>
by Jenna Wortham, New York Times

Hollywood has its red-carpet premieres. The National Football League has its opening kickoff celebration. For technology fans, Apple’s release of its latest devices are as good as it gets.

**** Why iPhone Navigation Is Expensive <http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2009/06/why_iphone_navi.html>
by Stephen Wildstrom, BusinessWeek

There are two main sources of maps, Navteq (owned by Nokia) and Tele Atlas (a TomTom unit) and they aren't cheap.

**** Jobs Had Liver Transplant <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124546193182433491.html>
by Wall Street Journal

Steve Jobs, who has been on medical leave from Apple Inc. since January to treat an undisclosed medical condition, received a liver transplant in Tennessee about two months ago.



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**** The Newsweekly’s Last Stand <http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200907/news-magazines>
by Michael Hirschorn, The Atlantic

As The Economist demonstrates, week in and week out—is that niche is sometimes the smartest way to take over the world.

**** The Capitalist Manifesto: Greed Is Good (To A Point) <http://www.newsweek.com/id/201935>
by Fareed Zakaria, Newsweek

No economic system ever remains unchanged, of course, and certainly not after a deep financial collapse and a broad global recession. But over the past few months, even though we've had an imperfect stimulus package, nationalized no banks and undergone no grand reinvention of capitalism, the sense of panic seems to be easing. Perhaps this is a mirage—or perhaps the measures taken by states around the world, chiefly the U.S. government, have restored normalcy. Every expert has a critique of specific policies, but over time we might see that faced with the decision to underreact or overreact, most governments chose the latter. That choice might produce new problems in due course—a topic for another essay—but it appears to have averted a systemic breakdown.



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**** 'Schools Thinking Of Even Mailing Lessons To Students' <http://tnp.sg/news/story/0,4136,205499,00.html?>
by Santokh Singh and Veena Bharwani, New Paper

It seems most schools have seriously started gearing up for a longer break. Messages and e-mails have been sent out to teachers by heads of departments and principals asking them for their online lesson plans.

**** ICA Can Do More To Solve The Causeway Choke <http://www.straitstimes.com/ST%2BForum/Online%2BStory/STIStory_392634.html>
by Joe Kwan, Straits Times

The situation used to be the other way round in the early 1980s when Singaporeans used to gripe about the slow and inefficient Malaysian immigration. Now I am among the many Singaporeans who would readily sing praises about Malaysia's efficient immigration clearance.

The ICA has to ask itself how things have reached such a level? How much is really due to stepped-up security?

**** Jitters Over Religion Hard Sell <http://thestar.com.my/columnists/story.asp?col=insightdownsouth&file=/2009/6/20/columnists/insightdownsouth/4150690&sec=Insight%20Down%20South>
by Seah Chiang Nee, The Star

Increasing reports of insensitive evangelism have irked many Singaporeans and raised fears about a possible backlash.

**** Mooting A Social Assistance Scheme Search Engine <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2009/06/mooting-a-social-assistance-scheme-search-engine/>
by The Online Citizen

**** Singapore Says Would Act If North Korea Ship Has WMD <http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/1-0&fd=R&url=http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-40471320090620&cid=1264135997&ei=nt48SuXnA4KqMpnO2bcF&usg=AFQjCNF60kYGdhYgSa2W8PFhC_O9CTMJAA>
by Reuters

Singapore will take action against a North Korean ship that the United States is monitoring, if the vessel heads to its port with a cargo of weapons, the government said on Saturday.

**** Flu Victim Didn't Attend Concert <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/Singapore/Story/STIStory_393184.html>
by Judith Tan , Straits Times

Did the German researcher who had flu symptoms attend the Lady Gaga concert last Sunday?

According to the health ministry (MOH), the 56-year-old did not. However, its spokesman did not reveal which concert he had gone to.