[MyAppleMenu] May 1, 2009

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MyAppleMenu
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**** VetFM 3.0 Vet Practice Management Software Adds 150 Features <http://www.macworld.com/article/140326/2009/04/vetfm.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Peter Cohen, Macworld

**** Tiger Wodds PGA Tour Released For iPhone, iPod Touch <http://www.macworld.com/article/140329/2009/04/tiger.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Peter Cohen, Macworld

**** Teversham Quits Xbox For Apple <http://www.mcvuk.com/news/34129/Xboxs-Teversham-joins-Apple>
by Tim Ingham, MCV

Microsoft's Xbox strategy boss Richard Teversham has quit the firm to join arch rival Apple, MCV can reveal.

**** iPhone App Developers Threaten To Sue Apple Over Late Payments <http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/D1rs4enPuiE/>
by TechCrunch



The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Sending Cell Phones Into The Cloud <http://www.technologyreview.com/communications/22571/>
by Christopher Mims, MIT Technology Review

New technology offloads processing from a mobile device to its cloud-based doppelganger.



MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** A Scanner Darkly <http://www.believermag.com/issues/200905/?read=article_lafarge>
by Paul La Farge, The Believer

Short of participating in a genocide, how can you know what it's like to be thoughtless on the level of Adolt Eichmann? Jonathan Littell's The Kindly Ones makes the attempt by immersing its reader in a dense, intensely readable marsh of information.



SingaporeSurf
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**** SDP's May Day Message: Time To Help Our Workers <http://www.yoursdp.org/index.php/component/content/article/2313-sdps-may-day-message-time-to-help-our-workers>
by Singapore Democrats

The Singapore Democrats repeat our call for a democratic and free labour union where workers are empowered and be free of economic enslavement. In doing so we will cultivate an economy that can compete on the world stage and not be at the constant mercy of an export-oriented economic model.

**** Churches Should Stay Out <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/Singapore/Story/STIStory_371025.html>
by Zakir Hussain & Wong Kim Hoh, Straits Times

The National Council of Churches of Singapore (NCCS) has said it does not condone churches getting involved in recent matters related to the Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware).

It also does not condone pulpits being used for the purpose, it said in a statement on Thursday night.

**** Museum Apologises For Any Unpleasantness Caused <http://www.straitstimes.com/ST%2BForum/Online%2BStory/STIStory_370827.html>
by Julie Tan, Asian Civilisations Museum, Straits Times

Dear ACM: instead of saying 'aplogise... for any unpleasantness caused," why not try saying 'apologise for *the* unpleasantness caused."

**** Jetstar Moves To Bolster Singapore Hub <http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/business/story/0,28124,25410097-36418,00.html>
by Steve Creedy, The Australian

Jetstar hopes to gain $20 million a year in synergies as it aggressively grows Singapore as a strategic hub and merges Jetstar Asia's operations with its own.

**** MOE Investigates Complaints Over AWARE's Sex Ed Programme <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/426254/1/.html>
by Today

The Ministry of Education (MOE) said Thursday that some parents have expressed concern over the content found in an “AWARE Comprehensive Sexual Education: Basic Instructor Guide” that has been posted online.

**** Economic Growth Should Benefit All, Not Just The Rich <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2009/05/economic-growth-should-benefit-all-not-just-the-rich/>
by Avery Chong, Gerald Giam, Nathaniel Koh, Watson Chong and Yaw Shin Leong, The Online Citizen

**** The Risk Of Disease On A Very Crowded Little Red Dot <http://mrwangsaysso.blogspot.com/2009/05/risk-of-disease-on-very-crowded-little.html>
by Mr Wang Says So

**** How Much Money Did AWARE New Exco Spend Since 28 March 2009? <http://wayangparty.com/?p=8554>
by The Wayang Party Club

The new exco doesn’t inspire confidence from the way it manages AWARE’s finances. As a non-profit organization, we would expect them to pay closer attention to fiscal matters instead of splurging unnecessarily.

**** 新达城会议中心拒绝旧执委另租场地要求 <http://www.zaobao.com/sp/sp090501_516.shtml>
by 刘丽仪, 联合早报

新达城会议中心管理层接受AWARE执委租用设施在明天举行特别会员大会的申请，但拒绝了旧执委要在同个时间另租场地的要求。

**** Don’t Let Dr Thio Su Mien Off The Hook: MOE Should Not Allow Itself To Be Held Hostage By A Vocal Minority To Serve Their Own Selfish Agenda <http://wayangparty.com/?p=8674>
by Eugene Yeo, The Wayang Party

**** Singapore Refuses Nitschke Meeting <http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/world/singapore-refuses-nitschke-meeting-20090501-ap7i.html>
by AAP

Police in Singapore have refused permission for a meeting on voluntary euthanasia law reform planned by Exit International, a group founded by Australian euthanasia advocate Philip Nitschke.

**** Singapore Police Block Euthanaisa Talk <http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/asia_file/blog/2009/04/30/singapore_police_block_euthanaisa_talk>
by Ben Bland, Telegraph

Nitschke said that the decision was "immensely disappointing" and that he was talking to lawyers about the possibility of an appeal.