[MyAppleMenu] May 19, 2009

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**** Bento For iPhone <http://www.macworld.com/article/140661/2009/05/bento_iphone.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Jeffery Battersby, Macworld

Bento for the iPhone and iPod touch is an amazing, versatile, and powerful application, making it possible for you to create databases and manage a variety of information, all from your mobile device. Combined with Bento on your desktop, the Bento app is the best, easiest to use database application you’ll find on the iPhone or any other similar device.

**** Mac Software: Stepchild To Windows Versions No More? <http://www.macworld.com/article/140662/2009/05/macsoftware_enterprise.html?lsrc=rss_main>
by Tom Kaneshige, CIO

It’s high time Windows enterprise developers get serious about the Mac, Mac engineers say. Like it or not, the Mac’s ranks are growing quickly inside corporations.

**** Apple Begins Stress Testing iPhone 3.0 Push Notifications <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/05/18/apple_begins_stress_testing_iphone_3_0_push_notifications.html>
by Prince McLean, AppleInsider

Apple this week enlisted the services of the Associated Press and called upon many of its iPhone developers to help stress test its new Push Notification service slated for delivery in iPhone 3.0.

Let's hope there's no MobileMe-like problems when iPhone 3.0 launches Real Soon Now.

**** Stanford's Free iPhone Course Hits 1 Million Downloads <http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10243639-37.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20>
by Jim Dalrymple, CNET

Stanford University on Monday said its free iPhone Application Programming course has been downloaded more than 1 million times since being uploaded to Apple's iTunes U&mdash;a learning-focused area of iTunes&mdash;seven weeks ago.

**** Why China Won't Fall For The iPhone <http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/may2009/gb20090518_251230.htm?campaign_id=rss_daily>
by BusinessWeek

Perhaps the biggest hurdle for the iPhone is that the mobile market has transformed since it launched. Two years ago, the iPhone was the only truly elegant palm-sized internet platform. The competition is now catching up, with several touch-screen 3G phones set for launch this summer. Most will be cheaper than the iPhone and many will have better Chinese language support, SMS handling and support for widespread Windows Mobile, Java and Symbian applications.

**** Want To Fool Apple's App Store? Plant AN Easter Egg <http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/05/appstoreeasteregg>
by Brian X. Chen, Wired

Despite Apple’s reputation for being a notorious gatekeeper with its iPhone App Store, there’s a way to sneak in content such as porn, profanity or potentially malicious code, with no hacking required: Easter eggs.

**** All My Mail: A Smarter Inbox For Your iPhone <http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/18/all-my-mail-a-smarter-inbox-for-your-iphone/>
by Jason Kincaid, TechCrunch

**** Why Is Apple Rejecting PhoneGap-Built iPhone Apps? <http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/why_is_apple_rejecting_phonegap-built_iphone_apps.php>
by Marshall Kirkpatrick, Read Write Web

**** Earbud Static: It's The Heat, Not The Humidity <http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=3940>
by David Morgenstern, ZDNet

An Apple technical note appears to suggest that iPod users this summer might consider wearing cotton and avoiding hyper-air-conditioned rooms when exercising. If not, be prepared for a shock.



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**** Will Your Next Netbook Be Running Android? <http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/05/android-netbooks/>
by Priya Ganapati, Wired

Google’s mobile operating system, Android, has been confined to cellphones so far. But consumer electronics makers are looking to make the new OS part of other gadgets too, such as netbooks, digital photo frames and e-book readers.

**** Glympse: A Hassle And Worry-Free Way To Share Your Location, Minus The Social Network <http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/18/glympse-a-hassle-and-worry-free-way-to-share-your-location-minus-the-social-network/>
by Jason Kincaid, TechCrunch

**** Site Lets Writers Sell Digital Copies <http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/18/technology/start-ups/18download.html?partner=rss&emc=rss>
by Brad Stone, New York Times

Turning itself into a kind of electronic vanity publisher, Scribd, an Internet start-up here, will introduce on Monday a way for anyone to upload a document to the Web and charge for it.



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**** Dan Brown's America <http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/19/opinion/19douthat.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss>
by Ross Douthat, New York Times

The movie treatment of his novel, “Angels and Demons,” is cleaning up at the box office this week. The sequel to “The DaVinci Code,” due out in November, might bouy the publishing industry through the recession. And if you want to understand the state of American religion, you need to understand why so many people love Dan Brown.

**** This Zombie Moment: Hunting For What Lies Beneath The Undead Zeitgeist <http://www.laweekly.com/2009-05-14/la-vida/this-zombie-moment-hunting-for-what-lies-beneath-the-undead-zeitgeist/>
by Gendy Alimurung, LA Weekly

We are in a time of the walking undead. A time of global economic recession, global pandemic and hand-sanitizer frenzy. A time when hordes of the foreclosed, the fired and the flu-ridden wander among us. A time when forlorn survivors of the downsized are reduced to hungry shells of their former selves as they soldier on in half-empty offices. Zombies, in other words. Zombie banks. Zombie corporations. Zombie housing tracts. Zombies are the “It” monster of our global mass panic.

**** Last Days <http://www.slate.com/id/2218592/?from=rss>
by Elise Partridge, Slate



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**** May 1987 - A Conspiracy Un-Proved <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2009/05/may-1987-a-conspiracy-un-proved/>
by Andrew Loh, The Online Citizen

There has been no independent inquiry or investigation into the arrests till this day.

**** Singapore AIDS Candlelight Memorial 2009 <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2009/05/singapore-aids-candlelight-memorial-2009/>
by Darren Boon, The Online Citizen

Light sticks may have replaced the flame of candlelight, but it did not dim nor diminish the poignance and sombre mood of The Singapore AIDS Candlelight Memorial 2009.

**** Parents, Students Panic As Publication Of Past-Year Exam Papers Held Up <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/430189/1/.html>
by Teo Xuanwei, Today

Students have sworn by them to ace their exams for the past four decades, but copyright problems mean that the wildly popular Ten-Year Series (TYS) have, so far, not been available this year — leaving some parents flustered.

**** Steps Afoot To Speed Up Train Frequency <http://www.straitstimes.com/ST%2BForum/Story/STIStory_378642.html>
by Bernadette Low, SMRT Corporation, Straits Times

Our train services are planned based on travel demand, carrying capacity of trains, time required for passengers to alight and board at each station, and other considerations such as the need to maintain a safe distance between trains running in the same direction on a track.

**** New Institute For Poly Grads <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/Singapore/Story/STIStory_378721.html>
by Jeremy Au Yong, Straits Times

Singapore is to set up an institute that will offer a more direct route to degrees for polytechnic graduates. It will team up with foreign universities that offer degree courses, president S R Nathan said when he announced the plan yesterday.

**** Group Claiming To Represent &quot;Conservative Majority&quot; Of Singaporeans Launched Another Petition To MOE To Remove Aware As Sex Education Provider <http://wayangparty.com/?p=9507>
by The Wayang Party Club

**** Pathetic ASEAN Silence And Pathetic Singapore's Dismay <http://singaporecitizen.wordpress.com/2009/05/18/pathetic-asean-silence-and-pathetic-singapores-dismay/>
by Everyday's Life In A Snapshot - For Lesser Mortals Only

George Yeo advocates the continued engagement of Burma. Ever since Burma joined ASEAN in 1997, what good has engaging Burma accomplished?

**** Singapore To Develop 3 New Tertiary Institutes Of Excellence <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/430227/1/.html>
by Channel NewsAsia

Singapore is looking into developing three new institutes of excellence in the tertiary education sector – the Singapore Institute of Applied Technology, a new university in partnership with the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a new medical school.

**** Did STTA Try To Smoke Liu Guodong Into Signing A Document To Absolve Lee Bee Wah From Future Legal Repercussions? <http://wayangparty.com/?p=9483>
by The Wayang Party Club

The sneaky behavior of STTA is putting Singaporeans to shame. As a national sports association funded entirely by taxpayers’ monies, it should be more mindful of its words and actions. However it appears that STTA is fast becoming the personal fiefdom of a certain PAP MP instead of Singapore’s table tennis association.

**** Singapore's GIC Still Bets On UBS, Citi <http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSSIN46352420090519>
by Saeed Azhar and Kevin Lim, Reuters

Singapore state investor Temasek's brief love affair with Wall Street banks has ended in tears, but the country's biggest sovereign wealth fund GIC is still sticking with its bets. "GIC is a long-term investor and will continue with its investments in Citigroup and UBS," a GIC spokeswoman said on Tuesday. GIC is one of the world's largest sovereign wealth funds.

**** Kopi, Teh Still At Same Price <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/Singapore/Story/STIStory_378838.html>
by Leow Si Wan, Straits Times

**** Former Table Tennis Coach Liu Demands Apology From STTA <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/430302/1/.html>
by Low Lin Fhoong, Today

While Liu could not confirm if he intends to take legal action against the STTA, he added that he will return to Singapore to meet with Lee face-to-face to seek an explanation and apology. 

**** Straits Times Of May '87 - Four Days Of Government Statements On "Marxist Conspiracy" <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2009/05/straits-times-of-may-87-four-days-of-government-statements-on-marxist-conspiracy/>
by Andrew Loh, The Online Citizen

22 years later, with back copies of the Straits Times from the archives, we take a look at how the main broadsheet in Singapore covered the events of 27 May to 30 May, 1987 - the first four days.

**** Teo Soh Lung - In Her Own Words (Part One) <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2009/05/toc-exclusive-teo-soh-lung-–-in-her-own-words-part-one/>
by Teo Soh Lung, The Online Citizen