[MyAppleMenu] Jun 24, 2009

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**** AT&amp;T Navigator Turn-by-turn GPS Solution Hits The App Store <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/06/23/att_navigator_turn_by_turn_gps_solution_hits_the_app_store.html>
by AppleInsider

AT&T on Tuesday became the latest player to attempt to capitalize on what's sure to become a multi-million dollar market for iPhone-based turn-by-turn GPS driving solutions, launching its AT&T Navigator software on the App Store.

**** Syncing Large Music Libraries <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=95c54d11accc4193c0261563c4b8c461>
by Kirk McElhearn, Macworld

When you’ve got a lot of music, you generally have no problem fitting it on your Mac, but you may run into problems syncing your iPod or iPhone. Depending on which model you own, you may not be able to put all your music on your portable device.

**** Review: MacBook Pros (13-inch, Mid 2009) <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=7c2d1c3bfc13f640dfd7ae3c07363724>
by James Galbraith, Macworld

With its lower price, the return of FireWire (woo-hoo!), longer battery life, better looking display and a new built-in SD Card slot that you can boot from, the newest member of the MacBook Pro makes an impressive debut.

**** Touched By The iPod Update <http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10270818-37.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=News-Apple>
by Lance Whitney, CNET

**** Absent Jobs, Cook Emerges As Key To Apple's Core <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124571582988539249.html>
by Wall Street Journal

Tim Cook, who has run Apple Inc. for five months while Steve Jobs has been on medical leave, has emerged as a star in his own right -- and one that the company needs to make sure stays put.

**** Review: Brushes For iPhone <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=2c636697676d0bf3964964be3f5c356d>
by Tim Mercer, Macworld

I’m definitely impressed with what can be done in Brushes, and it has inspired me to further dive into digital painting. If you’re an artist, you’ll certainly want this app on your mobile device.

**** Apple Has Psystar's Lawsuit Stay Lifted; Palm Pre Unhurt By iPhone <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/06/23/apple_has_psystars_lawsuit_stay_lifted_palm_pre_unhurt_by_iphone.html>
by AppleInsider

Psystar's hopes of stalling Apple's lawsuit have crumbled as the Mac maker has successfully overturned the court stay on its case.

**** Apple Updates Final Cut Pro, Time Capsule And AirPort Firmware <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/06/23/apple_updates_final_cut_pro_time_capsule_and_airport_firmware.html>
by AppleInsider

Apple on Tuesday released Final Cut Pro 6.0.6 to address playback issues on certain Mac Pro and Xserve systems. Separately, the company also issued a bug fix update for Time Capsule, AirPort Extreme, and AirPort Express Base Stations that include 802.11n support.

**** New iPhone Loses Its Space <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=9896f7624242af51a87842868d91a363>
by Mark Hattersley, Macworld UK

In an oddly uncharacteristic move, Apple has quietly changed the way it is spelling the new iPhone 3GS, which now appears without a space all of Apple's press materials.

**** Apple’s Obsession With Secrecy Grows Stronger <http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/23/technology/23apple.html?_r=2>
by Brad Stone and Ashlee Vance, New York Times

Apple is one of the world’s coolest companies. But there is one cool-company trend it has rejected: chatting with the world through blogs and dropping tidbits of information about its inner workings.

Few companies, indeed, are more secretive than Apple, or as punitive to those who dare violate the company’s rules on keeping tight control over information. Employees have been fired for leaking news tidbits to outsiders, and the company has been known to spread disinformation about product plans to its own workers.

**** Apple Cracks Down On Gift Card Fraud <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=10125ee97661c40086954002b705d9ed>
by Ginny Mies, PCworld.com

**** Why We Need Steve Jobs <http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/1-0&fd=R&url=http://www.newsweek.com/id/203361&cid=1264207329&ei=Kl1BStvABubbmQeq96jkAg&usg=AFQjCNF7cjW5CXfvDAoVwCHYNTQA87uMZw>
by Daniel Lyons, Newsweek

He brought us the Mac, the iPhone, and a new way of living with technology. A look at the career of Apple cofounder Steve Jobs.

**** iPhone And iPod Touch Get Inductive Charging <http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/5-0&fd=R&url=http://www.slipperybrick.com/2009/06/iphone-and-ipod-touch-get-inductive-charging/&cid=1266439192&ei=AVdBSqGGG-DbmQfymYSWBQ&usg=AFQjCNEMc_TNW6GqX5FnolpFco-caf7g9w>
by Slippery Brick

**** A Million New iPhones, $30 Apologies, And Two Kinds Of Cracking <http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/4-0&fd=R&url=http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2009/06/23/a-million-new-iphones-30-apologies-and-two-kinds-of-cracking/&cid=1264640285&ei=xixBSsSwCNqdlQeJ7uCWBQ&usg=AFQjCNE_tNbn2WYoqUbfiqF-94SDW3BVJg>
by Andrew Heining, Christian Science Monitor

**** Apple's Well; Jobs? Unsure <http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-biz-apple-steve-jobs-june23,0,7082848.story>
by Wailin Wong, Chicago Tribune

Company calls latest iPhone a hit, but it's staying mum on the health of its founder.

**** Memphis Hospital Confirms Steve Jobs’s Liver Transplant <http://cultofmac.com/memphis-hospital-confirms-steve-jobs-liver-transplant-with-jobss-permission/12124>
by Leander Kahney, Cult Of Mac

Methodist University Hospital in Memphis has confirmed that Steve Jobs had a liver transplant — and the disclosure was made with Jobs’s permission, the hospital says.

In a statement released on Tuesday, the hospital said Jobs was the sickest person on the waiting list at the time the donor organ became available.

**** Can You Manage An iPhone Like A BlackBerry? <http://www.infoworld.com/d/mobilize/can-you-manage-iphone-blackberry-609>
by Doug Dineley, Galen Gruman, InfoWorld

Apple's iPhone 3.0 OS and iPhone Configuration Utility 2.0 extend the iPhone's enterprise-class management and security features. The InfoWorld Test Center sees how far they really go.

**** Steve Jobs And Apple: Here We Go Again <http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/24/steve-jobs-and-apple-here-we-go-again/>
by Joe Nocera, New York Times

On Monday, when Mr. Jobs officially returns to work, the board should put out a straightforward, unambiguous statement about what Mr. Jobs’s health problems are, what his prognosis is and whether those problems will affect his ability to lead. And if they don’t, the Securities and Exchange Commission, which is supposedly conducting an inquiry into the way the company has handled previous announcements about Mr. Jobs’s health, should force them all to resign.

**** Apple iPhone 3GS Price War Brews <http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,25683911-15306,00.html>
by Stuart Kennedy, Australian IT

Carriers are cranking up the hype for the arrival of Apple's new iPhone 3GS on Friday with midnight launch events, price plan wars and the promise of a Lara Bingle visitation.

**** Review: Yojimbo 1.5 <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=18292bab95fd12b7db117380bc14e912>
by Stuart Gripman, Macworld

If people describe you with words like “meticulous” and “fastidious,” you may not need a junk drawer. For the rest of us, an uncluttered place to stash serial numbers, PDFs, bookmarks, and Web archives is a welcome tool. Yojimbo 1.5.1 ably fills this need with a minimum of fuss. I’d like to see some more advanced organizational tools, but that’s a minor criticism for an otherwise well-conceived and stable product.

**** Review: The Sims 3 <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=cbeea81cd23beb424071e62b8f6f9fe1>
by Chris Holt, Macworld

Simulation game is an instant classic.

**** PulpMotion Creates Professional Multimedia Presentations <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=edbb2d3dbadbe00221e61a4a294adc6d>
by Kris Fong, Macworld

**** QuicKeys 4 Released <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=6e66cd8940ea424f609b918992373688>
by Peter Cohen, Macworld

QuicKeys 4 helps you automate common tasks using “Abbreviations” and “Shortcuts.” Typing text, opening an application, clicking a button or making a menu selection are all examples of things you can automate using QuicKeys.



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**** $100 Laptop Becomes A $5 PC <http://feeds.technologyreview.com/click.phdo?i=f79d9e46042a46da037cff07f9a05872>
by David Talbot, Technology Review

Putting OLPC's software on a USB drive gives old PCs a new lease on life.



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**** The Gay Generation Gap <http://nymag.com/guides/summer/2009/57467/>
by Mark Harris, New York

Forty years after Stonewall, the gay movement has never been more united. So why do older gay men and younger ones often seem so far apart?

**** The Nike Experiment: How The Shoe Giant Unleashed The Power Of Personal Metrics <http://www.wired.com/medtech/health/magazine/17-07/lbnp_nike>
by Mark McClusky, Wired

Using a flood of new tools and technologies, each of us now has the ability to easily collect granular information about our lives—what we eat, how much we sleep, when our mood changes.

**** Why Your Marriage Sucks <http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/06/24/vindication_love/index.html>
by Amanda Fortini, Salon

Passion has died, argues author Christina Nehring, taking domestic bliss with it. But is romance really in crisis?



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**** Schools Ready To Implement Home-based Learning For Students On Leave Of Absence <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/438059/1/.html>
by S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia

The Ministry of Education has said schools are well-equipped to implement home-based learning for students who have to take leave of absence when schools re-open on Monday.

**** Hotel 81 In Tiong Bahru Hasn't Got A Licence Yet <http://www.straitstimes.com/ST%2BForum/Story/STIStory_394510.html>
by Muhamad Rostam Umar, Singapore Tourism Board, Peter Tan, Urban Redevelopment Authority, Straits Times

With regard to the heritage value of Tiong Bahru, URA is mindful of maintaining the unique charm of the area. In fact, this was the reason why URA decided to conserve the flats at Tiong Bahru.

**** Ensure E-govt Websites Are Disabled-friendly <http://www.straitstimes.com/ST%2BForum/Story/STIStory_394505.html>
by Chia Woon Yee, Society for the Physically Disabled, Straits Times

As the Government continues to promote technology usage, government agencies should emulate MCYS and NCSS in adopting W3C standards to ensure all e-government services are universally accessible.

**** S$26m Construction Work For Museum Galleries Awarded Without Competition <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/438275/1/.html>
by Hasnita A Majid, Channel NewsAsia

Some S$26 million worth of construction work for museum galleries was awarded to an exhibition designer without competition, according to the Public Accounts Committee which scrutinises the use of public funds.

**** 26 New H1N1 Cases In Singapore, Bringing Total To 220 <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/438284/1/.html>
by Channel NewsAsia