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**** iPhone Gets Tepid Reception In China <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703294004574509181789222564.html?mod=rss_Today's_Most_Popular>
Loretta Chao, Wall Street Journal

Apple Inc.'s iPhone got a lukewarm welcome in its official Chinese debut, with a boisterous crowd turning out for a launch party in the capital but no sign of the sort of sellout reception that greeted the smart phone at its introduction in other countries.

**** Chinese iPhone Has Grey Market To Contend With <http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.computerworld.com%2F15019%2Fchinese_iphone_has_grey_market_to_contend_with%3Fsource%3Drss_blogs&usg=AFQjCNH5sjOqSb2Rk6DGwUjYWMF0S7A6Rg>
Seth Weintraub, Computerworld

Apple might already have finally met its match in when it comes to Chinese competition...from other iPhones.

**** Apple Snow Leopard Server: A Faster, Smoother Breed Of Cat <http://www.networkworld.com/reviews/2009/110209-apple-leopard-server-test.html>
Tom Henderson and Brendan Allen, NetworkWorld

On the surface, Apple's Snow Leopard Server feels like a $499 maintenance release, but underneath, there's much more – improved performance, more polish and new apps focused on collaboration and content sharing.

**** Do-It-Yourself iPhone Apps <http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/nov2009/tc2009111_312995.htm?chan=technology_technology+index+page_top+stories>
Olga Kharif, BusinessWeek

Services that do the coding for you make it easy for nontechies to create iPhone apps. Applications to the Apple App Store are exploding.

**** Review: Acorn 2.1 <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=3de1e021540e70237b18440646223262>
James Dempsey, Macworld

Acorn 2.1 is a great app for digital photography hobbyists, bloggers, or anyone who needs a decent amount of flexibility in editing images but doesn't require the power of a full image editor.

**** Apple's 2010 Capital Expenditures Could Signal Major Investments <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/11/02/apples_2010_capital_expenditures_could_signal_major_investments.html>
AppleInsider

Apple has forecast a 70 percent increase in capital expenditures for the 2010 fiscal year, which one analyst has said could be a sign the Mac maker is investing in "strategic new infrastructure."

**** Man Loses All His iTunes, But Apple Gives Them Back <http://consumerist.com/5395047/man-loses-all-his-itunes-but-apple-gives-them-back>
Consumerist.com

"Seeing that you have been a loyal customer since September, 2004, the iTunes Store would like to give you the opportunity to redownload (at no charge) all the titles you purchased on this account that are still available... Please note that you may download your purchases only once, so this is an exception. Also note that Apple does not offer protection for the loss of data from your hard disk, so I recommend that you back up your iTunes library as soon as possible and thereafter on a regular basis."

**** iPhone Hints: Lock Picture Orientation In Photos <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=edeb0ae39ceb96b094f23b2c077a8e02>
Dan Moren, Macworld

**** Apple’s iTunes Pitch: TV For $30 A Month <http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20091102/apples-itunes-pitch-tv-for-30-a-month/>
Peter Kafka, All Things Digital

Would you pay $30 a month to watch TV via iTunes? That’s the pitch Apple has been making to TV networks in recent weeks. The company is trying to round up support for a monthly subscription service that would deliver TV programs via its multimedia software, multiple sources tell me.

**** Power And The International Mac <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=e4ecfd15f5e79eade006894525f6d14e>
Christopher Breen, Macworld

Macs and their power adapters are—and have been for as long as I can remember—built to support 110 – 240 Volts. So, out of the box, you can jack your Mac mini or MacBook into just about any outlet you come across without fear of melting the thing. Where the country-of-purchase makes a difference is in the kind of plug that appears at the end of that power adapter. And that’s what you need to change.



The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** First Test For Election Cryptography <http://feeds.technologyreview.com/click.phdo?i=d8ebea1d1bf188c32fe9dcdcbac68693>
Erica Naone, MIT Technology Review

The first government election to use a new cryptographic scheme that lets both voters and auditors check that votes were cast and recorded accurately will be held tomorrow in Takoma Park, MD.

**** Software That Fixes Itself <http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/23821/>
Erica Naone, MIT Technology Review

A new tool aims to fix misbehaving programs without shutting them down.



MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Southeast Of Eden <http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/poetry/2009/11/09/091109po_poem_maxwell>
Glyn Maxwell, New Yorker

**** November Philosophers <http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/poetry/2009/11/09/091109po_poem_ford>
Katie Ford, New Yorker

**** Premium Harmony <http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/features/2009/11/09/091109fi_fiction_king>
Stephen King, New Yorker

They’ve been married for ten years and for a long time everything was O.K.—swell—but now they argue. Now they argue quite a lot. It’s really all the same argument. It has circularity. It is, Ray thinks, like a dog track. When they argue, they’re like greyhounds chasing the mechanical rabbit. You go past the same scenery time after time, but you don’t see it. You see the rabbit.

**** Where Horror Truly Lies ... <http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2009/oct/30/horror-fiction-stephen-king-1984>
Charlie Higson, Guardian

Stephen King didn't scare me when I first started reading adult horror fiction as a teenager – it was Orwell's 1984 that really frightened me.



SingaporeSurf
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**** We The Citizens Of Singapore <http://ian.onthereddot.com/2009/11/02/we-the-citizens-of-singapore/>
Ian On The Red Dot

Breath in, breath out. Calm down. Calm down.

**** Singapore's Public Transport Lags Behind Hong Kong's <http://www.straitstimes.com/ST%2BForum/Online%2BStory/STIStory_449094.html>
Liang Hien Fung, Straits Times

There is no real competition in the public transport sector in Singapore, unlike in Hong Kong where the companies running bus, minibus and train services compete for the same pool of passengers.

**** Act Now To Counter Looming Threat <http://www.straitstimes.com/ST%2BForum/Story/STIStory_449167.html>
John Richard Gee, Straits Times

Dr Ho could not be more wrong.

**** What Singaporeans Can Do <http://www.straitstimes.com/ST%2BForum/Story/STIStory_449166.html>
Jeffrey Chan, Straits Times

It is true that as Singapore is a small country, the consequences of environmental practices are likely negligible relative to the scale of global pollution today. But let us do our part.

**** Why Singapore Government Is Bruised By The World Press Freedom Index Ranking? <http://www.temasekreview.com/2009/11/02/why-singapore-government-is-bruised-by-the-world-press-freedom-index-ranking/>
Manisha Kumari, The Temasek Review

In spite of enjoying first status in almost all the thing, Singapore will continue to be the laughing stock in front of the world press and the ranking only getting worse if media continues to be in such a dilapidated state.

**** Minister Warns Of Singapore Slowdown <http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/029cbbfa-c712-11de-bb6f-00144feab49a.html?nclick_check=1>
Kevin Brown, Financial Times

Singapore’s trend rate of economic growth is likely to slow because of labour constraints and its success in achieving high levels of income per head, according to Tharman Shanmugaratnam, the island state’s finance minister.

**** 人民行动党大会 李显龙总理：行动党须保持开放和包容 <http://www.zaobao.com/sp/sp091102_014.shtml>
何惜薇 李韵琳 蔡永伟, 联合早报

李总理也指出，这个执政了50年的政党仍须遵循中庸之道、不过于偏激，但是也应接受不同的意见。

**** 13 Things You Don't Know About Singapore <http://www.cnngo.com/singapore/none/13-things-you-dont-know-about-singapore-861657>
CNNGo

**** 我专家:新加坡傍大款心态妄想成为亚洲以色列 <http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmil.huanqiu.com%2FObservation%2F2009-11%2F619665.html&usg=AFQjCNEcGvBz7ygaIltBoHDzErT4Mz0Zag>
环球网

据11月2日出版的《环球时报》报道 针对新加坡内阁资政李光耀日前发表的拉美国制衡中国崛起的言论，中国人民大学国际关系学院副院长金灿荣对《环球时报》说，这次李光耀发表对华不太友好的讲话，一是因为他知道中国政府的大方向是韬光养晦，不会跟他计较；此外，他也认为中国百姓在外交中的作用不大，不怕激怒普通中国人。

**** On Medical Leave And The Employee <http://singaporeaspirations.blogspot.com/2009/11/on-medical-leave-and-employee.html>
Singapore Aspirations

Why do employers in Singapore treat their employees in this way? Well, Singapore employers claim they are afraid that medical leave benefits will be abused, resulting in a loss of productivity at work. But if we think about it, the prevailing system in Singapore doesn’t really do much to prevent the abuse of medical leave benefits. Most companies will concede that employees who are determined to use up all their medical leave, will do so anyway whether or not their employers require them to see a doctor and obtain medical certification.

**** Court Gives Surrender Order <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/Singapore/Story/STIStory_449372.html>
Elena Chong, Straits Times

District judge Roy Neighbour said he was satisfied that there was sufficient evidence to justify a trial of the offences which Balldev Naidu Ragavan, also known as Balraj Naidu Ragavan, is facing.

**** 海南与新加坡有着血脉联系 牛车水寻骑楼之美 <http://www.hinews.cn/news/system/2009/11/02/010601289.shtml>
蔡葩, 海南周刊

海南与新加坡无论是自然的、地理的还是人文的，都有着扯不断的血脉联系。我们在牛车水，仿佛看到海口得胜沙路上风韵迷人的海口骑楼。

**** Potong Pasir Town Council Rebuts ST Report <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2009/11/potong-pasir-town-council-rebuts-st-report/>
Wilfred Leung, Potong Pasir Town Council, The Online Citizen

The report seems to imply that voters in Potong Pasir have been shortchanged because they did not vote for PAP. I beg to differ. After the last election, the Potong Pasir Town Council has work hard to implement various upgrading programs to enhance the whole of Potong Pasir, bringing residents many benefits and more convenience.

**** Singapore Healthcare <http://cambodiacalling.blogspot.com/2009/11/singapore-healthcare.html>
Diana Saw, Cambodia Calling

**** Temasek Eyes AXA China Stake, Valued At $1.05 Bln <http://www.reuters.com/article/privateEquity/idUSHKG13336420091102>
George Chen, Reuters

**** Most Difficult Policy <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/Singapore/Story/STIStory_449525.html>
Jeremy Au Yong, Straits Times

Intelligence does not necessarily translate into a flair for languages. That was the lesson minister mentor Lee Kuan Yew said he learnt in implementing the bilingual policy in schools.

**** Judge Toh Allows Last Minute Police Application <http://yoursdp.org/index.php/news/singapore/3009-judge-toh-allows-allows-last-minute-police-application->
Singapore Democrats

District judge Toh Yung Cheong granted the prosecution a last minute application to vacate a set of hearing dates because the police needed their witnesses for duty next week during the APEC meeting.

Contrast this with the warrant of arrest he issued for Dr Chee Soon Juan when the SDP secretary-general had to attend his father-in-law's funeral in Taiwan in June this year. Even after he was notified of the death, Judge Toh initially refused to rescind the warrant of arrest.




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