[MyAppleMenu] Oct 7, 2009

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**** The iPhone Is Not An All-You-Can-Eat Buffet <http://feeds.slate.com/click.phdo?i=1147d71646db871d087922e23f61cb06>
Farhad Manjoo, Slate Magazine

**** Apple And Skype React To AT&T's Announcement Of Support For iPhone VoIP Services <http://www.macrumors.com/2009/10/06/apple-and-skype-react-to-atandts-announcement-of-support-for-iphone-voip-services/>
MacRumors

**** Apple Will Change iPhone SDK Agreement <http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AppAdvice/~3/fZ6pwgc2Gc8/>
Eric Norwood, App Advice

Apple has issued a statement regarding AT&T’s iPhone changing announcement today. Now that AT&T has no objection to VoIP apps on their wireless network, Apple will be amending their SDK agreement.

**** Is Apple's Software Quality Declining? <http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nillabyte.com%2Fblog.php%3Fb%3D268&usg=AFQjCNGEc22qCbkf0KfaLOP-KedRWbU0aQ>
Kyle Buckley, The Nillabyte Perspective

**** iPhone Finds A Little Love In Japan <http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pcworld.com%2Farticle%2F173249%2Fiphone_finds_a_little_love_in_japan.html&usg=AFQjCNEWB9pCmrcWDSpTA4TbJ-wt7pzy9Q>
Sumner Lemon, IDG News Service

One of the iPhone's challenges is that most Japanese users prefer clamshell and slider handsets, but that didn't stop Yamaha and partner Densan System from experimenting with the touchscreen phone.

**** Bento For iPhone Gains Bento 3 Support <http://feeds.macnn.com/click.phdo?i=758bafdcbfbd61bcafa65153d5b29ded>
MacNN

**** C:\ONGRTLNS.OSX <http://daringfireball.net/2009/10/congrtlns-osx>
John Gruber, Daring Fireball

Or: There is no replacement for creator codes in Snow Leopard.

**** Find And Merge Address Book Duplicates <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=a6fe445f849ba6c7355073c0e90df09d>
Joe Kissell, Macworld

Even if you’ve cleared out old, outdated contacts, you’ll still find that one of the most obvious sorts of address book clutter is multiple entries for the same person. This happens most often when you add records that differ slightly—for example, one for “Bob Smith” and another for “Robert Smith,” or ones listing different e-mail addresses or other contact info. Cleaning up these extra entries is easy in Address Book and doable, if a bit more complex, in Entourage.

**** App Store Profits Extremely Difficult, Developers Say <http://feeds.macnn.com/click.phdo?i=ceaccafeb1e217dba60db50df7b76b5a>
MacNN

**** Time Capsule Power Failures Continue To Affect Owners <http://feeds.macnn.com/click.phdo?i=67f606b5718426f6998534379b4ef268>
MacNN

Apple's Time Capsule network drives are still suffering from power failures, complaints on official support forums indicate.

**** Resetting Safari <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=d305113ff720ca98d2316d13eca7fc7a>
Christopher Breen, Macworld



MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Closing The Book On Gourmet <http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=1f98a88fc4ad4c43aecaaf144ddce95d>
Kim Severson, New York Times

Although it was easy to paint Gourmet as the food magazine for the elite, it was a chronicler of a nation’s food history, from its early fascination with the French culinary canon to its discovery of Mediterranean and Asian flavors to its recent focus on the source of food and the politics surrounding it.

**** Fried Chicken: A Migratory Bird <http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=de59c6c57b381541c4650bab259603d7>
Julia Moskin, New York Times

While adherents may argue about buttermilk or brine, batter or dredge and shallow fry or deep fry, dissenters say there’s a more fundamental question — is Southern fried chicken ever that inspiring?

**** Anyone Out There? <http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/07/opinion/07iht-edbignami.htm?_r=2>
Giovanni Bignami, New York Times

50 years ago last month, a letter to the magazine Nature ended the passive, look-up-and-ponder attitude by proposing a scientific, experimental approach. We don’t have an answer yet (or you and I would know), but in the process we have come up with quite a tale to tell.

**** These Foolish Things <http://www.incharacter.org/article.php?article=169>
Michael Dirda, In Character

There are three kinds of fools: Real Fools, Professional Fools, and Unsuspecting Fools. The professional, a staple of Shakespeare’s plays, is, in reality, nobody’s fool.

**** Garbage <http://www.lostmag.com/issue36/garbage.php>
Jeanne Koskela, LOST Magazine



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**** Singapore Forms Ministry For "Cyber-Wellness" <http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.neoseeker.com%2Fnews%2F11974-singapore-forms-ministry-for-cyber-wellness-%2F&usg=AFQjCNFu1vaIkD05Fyao89VzPI14fHOJNg>
Lydia Sung, Neoseeker

Governments around the world always need a scapegoat for its people to blame, and Singapore has its sights set on video games as well.

**** 12,700 Bids For 2,132 Flats <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/Singapore/Story/STIStory_439117.html>
Straits Times

Applications are pouring in for the HDB's sales exercise for 2,132 flats in 24 estates across the island.

**** SDP Five Cleared <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/Singapore/Story/STIStory_439121.html>
Kor Kian Beng, Straits Times

District Judge John Ng, in a written judgment, said he acquitted the five on the sole ground that he did not consider what they had done a 'procession'.

**** Fur Flies, And Rail Operator Apologises <http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC091007-0000101/Fur-flies,-and-rail-operator-apologises>
Neo Chai Chin, Today

The incident has got animal lovers up in arms over the treatment of the cat, and SBS Transit has apologised for the way procedures were not followed for such animal intrusions.

**** 易通卡更新服务太折腾人了 <http://www.zaobao.com/yl/yl091007_004.shtml>
胡宝, 联合早报

**** Is There Room For More Foreigners In Singapore? <http://www.temasekreview.com/2009/10/07/is-there-room-for-more-foreigners-in-singapore/>
Bhaskaran Kunju, The Temasek Review

It is indeed of some comfort to note the Prime Minister’s pledge to alleviate the concerns of the citizens but as mentioned earlier the promises are long standing and are still not yet fully resolved. Perhaps with the General Elections right around the corner there could be some practical changes in the immediate timeline.

**** 12,700 Applications For 2,132 HDB Flats Under Sales Of Balance Flats Scheme <http://www.temasekreview.com/2009/10/07/12700-applications-for-2132-hdb-flats-under-sales-of-balance-flats-scheme/>
The Temasek Review

**** PAP’s Eric Low Rapped For Stealing Limelight Of Hougang MP Low Thia Kiang <http://www.temasekreview.com/2009/10/07/paps-eric-low-rapped-for-stealing-limelight-of-hougang-mp-low-thia-kiang/>
The Temasek Review

Mr Eric Low’s latest attention-seeking antics did not go down well with netizens.

**** Ming Yi, Aide Convicted <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/Singapore/Story/STIStory_439198.html>
Carolyn Quek, Straits Times

Former Ren Ci Hospital founder Ming Yi and his former personal assistant Raymond Yeung were found guilty on Wednesday on charges over an unauthorised loan from the charity's funds to his aide in 2004. They will be sentenced on Nov 11.

**** Judge's Decision: Nothing To Be Elated About, Nothing To Despair <http://yoursdp.org/index.php/perspective/vantage/2882-judges-decision-nothing-to-be-elated-about-nothing-to-despair>
Chee Soon Juan, Singapore Democrats

Judge Ng had ruled that the Miscellaneous Offences Act (MOA) under which the defendants had been charged was not unconstitutional. He wrote that "There was no basis for the defendants to attack the constitutionality of the legislation."

Perhaps. But Mr Ng misses the bigger point which is that the police will not approve any application for outdoor political activity. The defendants made this point their main contention.

**** In Singapore Two’s A Company, Three’s A Crowd, But Five Is NOT A Procession <http://givemesometruth.wordpress.com/2009/10/07/in-singapore-twos-a-company-threes-a-crowd-but-five-is-not-a-procession/>
Alastair Su, Gimme Some Truth!

**** Loss Of English Soccer Rights Clouds StarHub's Outlook <http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052748703298004574458350789092442.html&usg=AFQjCNEz5u6mK1jXC9UKKEKaTX9Il3UQtA>
Se Young Lee, Wall Street Journal

A person familiar with the situation said Friday that SingTel paid more than S$280 million for the English soccer rights, which is about 90% of StarHub's full-year net profit last year, and that SingTel likely cannot recover the cost from the pay TV business.

"Effectively what SingTel's done is throw the balance sheet and crowd out the competitor," CLSA analyst Ashwin Sanketh said Thursday. "If this is a precedent for any content coming up, then you basically have the incumbent using their size... which is obviously not an ideal situation."

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黄诗荷, 大纪元

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**** Preserving The Past – Singapore And Its Monuments <http://yesterday.sg/2009/10/preserving-the-past-%E2%80%93-singapore-and-its-monuments/>
Yesterday.sg

**** Mah Bow Tan On Complaints From Buyers They Cannot Get A Flat: “It Is Ridiculous!” <http://www.temasekreview.com/2009/10/07/mah-bow-tan-on-complaints-from-buyers-they-cannot-get-a-flat-it-is-ridiculous/>
The Temasek Review

**** Singapore's Lees Win Case Against A Defunct Magazine <http://asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2089&Itemid=181>
admin, Singapore News Alternative

The announcement that the magazine would close was in fact seen by skeptics as a maneuver by Murdoch to nullify the lawsuit or as a quiet capitulation to Lee Kuan Yew, who staged a long series of lawsuits and other battles with the magazine and particularly with its onetime editor, the late Derek Davies. Although the Review no longer has assets in Singapore, its parent company, Dow Jones Co. does.

**** MOE Releases Guidelines On How External Vendors Conduct Sex Education Programmes <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1009882/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia

The Ministry of Education (MOE) has released guidelines which external vendors conducting sexuality education programmes in schools will have to adhere to.

**** Restrictions On Sand Exports By Vietnam Will Not Hurt Supply In Singapore <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/1009917/1/.html>
Tan Hui Leng & Imelda Saad, Channel NewsAsia

Singapore's Building and Construction Authority (BCA) said on Wednesday the recent restrictions on sand exports by Vietnam have not affected the supply of construction sand to Singapore.

**** Two More Wet Markets To Go <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/Singapore/Story/STIStory_439393.html>
Straits Times

The latest markets to be taken over by supermarket chains are at Block 623, Elias Road and Block 21, Hougang Street 51.

**** Majority Support Stricter Controls Proposed Under Smoking Act <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1009933/1/.html>
Hoe Yeen Nie, Channel NewsAsia

The Health Promotion Board has received 171 responses from the public on proposed amendments to the Smoking (Control of Advertisements and Sale of Tobacco) Act.

**** More Thoughts On The 'Not A Procession' Judgement <http://www.yawningbread.org/arch_2009/yax-1073.htm>
Yawning Bread

And you know what? The government itself knows its actions are unlawful. It knows that if ever a judicial review is conducted enquiring into its standing policy and individual decisions, the court will likely rule against them. A court with integrity will rule against them.

What grounds have I to arrive at this perspicuous insight? Simple, my dear Watson. You can tell who are the guilty parties from the way they sneak about.