[MyAppleMenu] Mar 29, 2009

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**** Polished Apple: Buying Used Macs <http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/261989,polished-apple-buying-used-macs.html>
by DPA

Those looking to buy a computer from Apple, but unable to spare the extra couple of hundred dollars should consider a used model.

**** iPhone Dominates The World, Study Shows <http://www.pcworld.com/article/162151/iphone_dominates_the_world_study_shows.html>
by Sindya Bhanoo, The Industry Standard

Apple's iPhone and several Nokia and RIM devices dominate global smartphone traffic in many countries, according to a recent report by mobile ad serving company AdMob.

**** Apple's Mac Mini Upgrade Widens Its Entertainment Options <http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/practicalmac/2008938480_ptmacc28.html>
by Glenn Fleishman, Seattle Times

Before this month, the Mac mini was stuck in 2007; now it's a reasonable part of the iMac and Mac Pro family, while being a viable option as a home entertainment hub.

**** Helping Parents Snoop On Kids' iPhone Habits <http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/28/helping-parents-snoop-on-kids-iphone-habits/>
by Jenna Wortham, New York Times

Mobichp provides a free, kid-safe browser for iPhones and iPod Touches. The company's browser works exactly like Safari, but bars access to Web sites containing sexually explicit material, graphic violence, Web-based chat clients, e-commerce, social networks and games.



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**** Google Tries To Break IPv6 Logjam By Own Example <http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10204391-92.html?tag=newsLeadStoriesArea.1>
by Stephen Shankland, CNET

Although it's been hard for companies to financially justify the expense of embracing the next-generation standard for wiring together the Internet, the incentives are now arriving--and Google itself stands to benefit from the resulting democratization of networking.



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**** Stardust Memories <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/20/AR2009032001648.html?wprss=rss_print/washpostmagazine>
by Lauren Wilcox, Washington Post

Woody Allen has spent a lifetime making movies that play like love letters to Manhattan. But does his New York exist only on the big screen?

**** Reinventing America's Cities: The Time Is Now <http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/29/arts/design/29ouro.html?_r=1>
by Nicolai Ouroussoff, New York Times

The country has fallen on hard times, but those of us who love cities know we have been living in the dark ages for a while now. We know that turning things around will take more than just pouring money into shovel-ready projects, regardless of how they might boost the economy. Windmills won’t do it either. We long for a bold urban vision.



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**** 經濟不景請人更挑剔‧僱主不聘40歲員工 <http://www.sinchew.com.my/node/108030?tid=2>
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**** 说《人民》两字太沉重？ <http://ayolamimpi.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!753D1440FED21FCD!511.entry>
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**** No Comment. But You Didn't Hear It From Me. <http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/29/opinion/29pubed.html?_r=1>
by Clark Hoyt, New York Times

Junior press assistants, political operatives, Congressional staffers, midlevel bureaucrats, military and intelligence officers, cabinet secretaries, and sometimes even presidents refuse to be identified for many reasons: all glory is supposed to go to the boss; they disagree with the boss and are afraid of getting fired; they are talking about classified information and could be prosecuted; they want to promote a policy, or kill it, by getting it out before it is officially announced; they believe the public has a right to know about something that is being suppressed.

**** Nod For Airline To Fly Ipoh-Singapore Route <http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/3/29/nation/3583986&sec=nation>
by The Star

**** PAP Playing The Race Card Agin To Justify Its Witch-Hunt Against Embattled ST Journalist <http://wayangparty.com/?p=7095>
by Eugene Yeo, The Wayang Party Club

The PAP should not belittle one of its few achievements by blowing a small issue out of proportion in order  to justify its tirades at the ST journalist for doing her job.

To say that what Li Xueying wrote is completely inaccurate without hearing her side of the story is grossly unfair. Journalists are duty-bound to protect their sources, many of whom wish to remain anonymous out of fear of reprisals from the authorities.

**** They Ask: 'Why Do Only Some Shops Have To Move?' <http://tnp.sg/news/story/0,4136,197223,00.html?>
by Elysa Chen, New Paper

The decision to move only the stalls from one half of the street has upset some stall owners.

**** The Man Who Would Be King <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2009/03/the-man-who-would-be-king/>
by The Online Citizen

If RAdm Lui turns in a decent performance, the odds are that he will be rotated quickly to head more heavyweight ministries, and there have been rumours that the trade and industry minister is also slated to retire.  At this point, the prize seems very much his to lose.

**** The Mainstream Media's Clear Bias For The Political Elite <http://www.sgpolitics.net/?p=2598>
by Ng E-Jay, Sgpolitics.net

The political elite is given very comprehensive coverage in the mainstream press, which allows them ample opportunity to paint as good a picture of themselves as possible, but at the same time denies others the same privilege. In contrast, Opposition politicians like Dr Chee and other members of the SDP in particular are frequently slimed by the mainstream media with no opportunity to respond or engage the public.

This media bias and abhorrent lack of professionalism points to an urgent need for media reform. Unfortunately, as long as the PAP is in control of the mainstream media and exerts a repressive influence on free expression via the Newspapers and Printing Presses Act, the alternative side of Singapore politics will have to find expression on the internet instead.

**** 1 Lakh E-Mails To Singapore PM, Say Travel Agent Associations <http://www.samaylive.com/news/1-lakh-emails-to-singapore-pm-say-travel-agent-associations/615865.html>
by Noor Khan, SamayLive

Travel agents will send one lakh emails to the Singapore Prime Minister on April 1 as part of a campaign to protest against Singapore Airlines' failure in reinstating the agency commission.

**** Banned Film Hits 40,000 Views On Internet <http://yoursdp.org/index.php/news/singapore/2146-banned-film-hits-40000-views-on-internet>
by Singapore Democrats

The film, One Nation Under Lee, has been widely disseminated on the Internet as viewers forward it to their friends.

**** Employers Still Discriminating Against Older Workers <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2009/03/employers-still-discriminating-against-older-workers/>
by Gilbert Goh, The Online Citizen

Our labour hiring laws do seem to allow such discriminatory employment practices to prevail. Amazingly, employers seem to get away with such archaic third-world hiring practices in a first world, developed country.

**** Oh Crab! Yio Chu Kang Is 'The New East Coast' <http://tnp.sg/news/story/0,4136,197322,00.html?>
by Hedy Khoo, New Paper

Sudden crab craze hits area with 3 seafood joints vying for diners.