[MyAppleMenu] Oct 8, 2009

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**** Chamber To Apple: You Don’t Understand Our ’21st Century Approach To Climate Change.’ <http://thinkprogress.org/2009/10/07/chamber-vs-apple/>
Think Progress

U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donohue, who last year called for further “scientific inquiry” into climate science because of a “cooling trend,” today rebuked Apple for leaving his organization.

**** Apple Rejects Someecards App For Being Full Of Someecards Content <http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/-G9b5ahonlY/>
MG Siegler, TechCrunch

**** Adobe Does 'end-around' Apple With Flash Dev Tool, Says Analyst <http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.computerworld.com%2Fs%2Farticle%2F9139018%2FAdobe_does_end_around_Apple_with_Flash_dev_tool_says_analyst&usg=AFQjCNETFtDj3cDaBpCN5izX9IhaITFrgQ>
Gregg Keizer, Computerworld

Adobe's decision to give Flash developers a way to craft iPhone applications is an "end-around" Apple's decision to ban Flash Player from its popular smartphone, an analyst said today.

**** App Classics: The App Store's Missing Hall Of Fame <http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/readwriteweb/~3/alLnSf-Y7ag/app_classics_the_app_stores_missing_hall_of_fame.php>
Sarah Perez, ReadWriteWeb

App Classics analyzes iTunes rating and sales information to determine which applications have remained popular over time.

**** iPhone App Store Developers Aren't Getting Rich, And Why That's Not A Problem <http://www.edibleapple.com/iphone-app-store-developers-arent-getting-rich-and-why-thats-not-a-problem/>
Edible Apple

The key thing about the app store is that it actually gives you the opportunity to get in a game dominated by 7-footers.  It gives you the opportunity to to strike it rich.  Actually accomplishing that, however, is entirely different story.

**** Apple’s Mighty Mouse Never Lived Up To Its Name. And Now It Can’t. <http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/07/apples-mighty-mouse-never-lived-up-to-its-name-and-now-it-cant/>
MG Siegler, TechCrunch

It seems pretty clear at this point that Apple is getting ready to release a new mouse, probably with some kind of multi-touch capabilities, that is probably attached to some new iMacs. No one is happier about that than me, as I hate the current Mighty Mouse. But it looks like Apple may not have a chance to create a device that lives up to that name this time around, as someone else has won the trademark for the name “Mighty Mouse.”

**** iPod Apps Have Made Us Rich! <http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thesun.co.uk%2Fsol%2Fhomepage%2Ffeatures%2F2672385%2FiPod-Apps-have-made-us-rich.html&usg=AFQjCNHTu0uICuD8FNujanLemNkRziJKyw>
David Lowe, The Sun

**** Apple Returns Disputed Transport App To iTunes <http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cultofmac/bFow/~3/W-8a99zoU4M/18088>
Nicole Martinelli, Cult of Mac

**** From Cars To TVs, Apps Are Spreading To The Real World <http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2009%2FTECH%2F10%2F08%2Fapps.realworld%2F&usg=AFQjCNEpkoxX9DgwWd735RmhKcfDwk3BPA>
CNN

The App Store taps the creative energy of entrepreneurial developers. Whether they're big or small, they can make money through it, even though the challenges for them can be considerable.

**** Review: Pagehand 1.0 Word Processor <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=f02a095363214069041aac13f75a2cf3>
William Porter, Macworld

Pagehand 1.0.6 has the most elegant user interface of any word processor I’ve ever used. By “elegant,” I mean that the exceptional beauty of the program is closely related to the program’s ease of use. But Pagehand’s elegance is aristocratic. It’s not meant for menial work like, oh, index creation or outlining. Pagehand is like a Mont Blanc “writing instrument,” designed for individuals whose writing needs are simple enough that they have time to enjoy the experience of writing.

**** Create A Central Media Library <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=60e224e0870e1b74b0f69450abc9eab3>
Kirk McElhearn, Macworld

**** iPhone Tethering Still Unavailable, AT&T Says <http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.wsj.com%2Fdigits%2F2009%2F10%2F08%2Fiphone-tethering-still-unavailable-att-says%2F&usg=AFQjCNHQ-tYDHbqOal3EbX7DTxCN_2Oplw>
Andrew LaVallee, Wall Street Journal

AT&T subscribers still won’t be able to use their iPhones as wireless modems for their computers, despite the carrier’s reversed position on Internet-phone applications.

**** Flash On The iPhone <http://devwhy.blogspot.com/2009/10/flash-on-iphone.html>
Louis Gerbarg, /dev/why!?!

Now, the notion that what this thing emits is indistinguishable from something Xcode emits is laughable. They are very different, and not in a good way. While the apps may get acceptable frame rates on an iPhone 3GS, they don't on earlier hardware, and they almost certainly use substantially more battery power than native games.

**** Gain More Control Over QuickTime X Playback Speeds <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=ac44861a6468f4da7392e8972b2d905b>
Rob Griffiths, Macworld

**** Should Apple Give A Rat&#39;s Ass That Developers Aren&#39;t Getting Rich Off Of The iPhone Platform? <http://feeds.oreilly.com/~r/oreilly/digitalmedia/mac/~3/K93Z9PhwX3I/should-apple-give-a-rats-ass-t.html>
Mark Sigal, O&#39;Reilly Media: Mac and iPhone

**** iPhone OS 3.1.2 Is Out <http://www.tuaw.com/2009/10/08/iphone-os-3-1-2-is-out/>
Joachim Bean, TUAW

This update fixes the widely reported issue where the iPhone would not wake from sleep, and also fixes an issue involving video playback and cellular service.



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**** Gourmet Was For The Young And Scrappy, Too <http://www.salon.com/mwt/food/eat_drink/2009/10/07/gourmet_magazine/index.html>
Alex Van Buren, Salon

Media coverage has tarred Ruth Reichl's magazine as elite and stuffy. But it was so much richer than that.

**** In Search Of Chinese Science <http://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/in-search-of-chinese-science>
John Derbyshire, The New Atlantis

It would be interesting to know what Joseph Needham would have made of the new China, with its heroic materialism, its teeming commercialism, its bumptious militarism, and its sinister, vengeful race-nationalism. Probably he would have deplored much of it, while reminding us that at least Chinese scientists no longer have to work in caves and derelict pagodas.

**** Gourmet To All That <http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/08/opinion/08kimball.html>
Christopher Kimball, New York Times

Is American magazine publishing on the verge of being devoured by the democratic economics of the Internet? Has the media industry fully become an everyman’s playing field, without the need for credentials or paid membership? Or, to ask the questions that every media executive is really whispering, “Will I have a job next year?”

**** New Translation Freshens Up A Sprawling Modern Classic <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/07/AR2009100703662.html>
Michael Dirda, Washington Post

This year marks the 50th anniversary of "The Tin Drum," the first and best-known novel of Nobel Prize-winning author Günter Grass. While its narrator, the 3-foot-tall Oskar Matzerath, may be small in stature, his story is epic in scale -- nothing less than the history of Germany during the first half of the 20th century, told through the experiences of one family.



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**** US Government Debt <http://singaporemind.blogspot.com/2009/10/us-govt-debt.html>
Diary of A Singaporean Mind

Scrutinising the nickels and dimes given out to the poor while taking big risks with state reserves simply makes no sense....

**** Singapore Court Rules Against Magazine <http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052748704252004574459592648733438.html%3Fmod%3Dgooglenews_wsj&usg=AFQjCNGSBhARq3hUgfMv26-ByYNNrAQ-lA>
Wall Street Journal

The appeals-court panel on Wednesday agreed with a ruling last year that a 2006 Far Eastern Economic Review story improperly tied Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his father, the former prime minister, to corruption. The court also found the Review improperly suggested the Lees used libel lawsuits to cover up misdeeds.

**** Singlish <http://www.joannainsingapore.com/2009/10/singlish.html>
Joanna's Singapore Adventures

Despite their strong desire to develop a national identity and instil patriotism, the Singapore government is decidedly unimpressed by Singlish.

**** Singapore Pro-democracy Activists Score Rare Court Victory <http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fhostednews%2Fafp%2Farticle%2FALeqM5hzDrZLovhyyeCYpalfBPIFWVtDOw&usg=AFQjCNFbxWuiLiBr1ZBGz9Vht7xHvLJV3Q>
AFP

A group of Singaporean pro-democracy activists won a rare legal victory after being acquitted of involvement in an illegal march two years ago, according to court documents obtained Wednesday.

**** A-G Chambers Mulls Appeal <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/Singapore/Story/STIStory_439626.html>
Kor Kian Beng, Straits Times

The Attorney-General's Chambers is considering whether to appeal against the acquittal of five opposition leaders and supporters charged with taking part in an illegal procession in September 2007. A spokesman for the Chambers told The Straits Times on Wednesday that it has up to 10 days to file the appeal.

**** Government Land Revenue Falls <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/Singapore/Story/STIStory_439615.html>
Diana Othman, Straits Times

Government's total land sale revenue for financial year 2008/2009 fell to $7.3 billion from $12.4 billion a year ago. But it is still higher than 2007's $6.2 billion, said the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) in its 2008/09 annual report released on Thursday.

**** SDP Calls On Teo Ho Pin To Speak Up On Wet Market Saga <http://yoursdp.org/index.php/news/singapore/2880-sdp-calls-on-teo-ho-pin-to-speak-up-on-wet-market-saga>
Singapore Democrats

Mr Ambalam challenged Dr Teo to state publicly his position on the sale of the wet market. Silence and inaction on the part of the MP on such a controversial issue, one which has riled many residents, is not an option.

**** Singapore Backs Lee In Media Case <http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;sa=T&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2F2%2Fhi%2Fasia-pacific%2F8296157.stm&amp;usg=AFQjCNFrOBoLiFjiMIfr2rSp6D7_C9uVSQ>
BBC News

**** Singapore Yet To Return RI Airspace Control <http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/10/08/s039pore-yet-return-ri-airspace-control.html>
Fadli, The Jakarta Post

The Singaporean government seems unwilling to return control over Indonesia's airspace in the Riau Islands province, for economic and strategic reasons, a Batam airport official says.

Based on the 2009 Flight Law, Indonesia's airspace over Riau Islands should be returned to Indonesia, Tevi Amir, the chief air traffic controller at Batam's Hang Nadim Airport, said Tuesday. The airspace over the province had been under Singaporean control for around 10 years because of the limited capacity of Indonesia's radar systems, but this issue was no longer relevant, Tevi said.

**** Singaporeans Charged For “Walking”: A Case Of Taxpayers’ Monies Well Spent? <http://www.temasekreview.com/2009/10/08/singaporeans-charged-for-walking-a-case-of-taxpayers-monies-well-spent/>
The Temasek Review

**** Is Singapore Becoming A Nation Of Immigrants? <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2009/10/is-singapore-becoming-a-nation-of-immigrants/>
Amanda Lee, The Online Citizen

A nation is like a tree. Even if the tree crown is beautiful and is a home to many organisms living together, it is very important to remember the roots. The tree crown represents the different immigrants and Singaporeans living together and making Singapore a progressive society and nation. However, we must not lose our ancestral roots which are us – Singaporeans.

**** Stallholders Upset Over Plans To Turn Wet Markets To Supermarkets <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1010129/1/.html>
Cheryl Lim & Ting Kheng Siong, Channel NewsAsia

The Housing and Development Board (HDB) said on Thursday it will consider the needs of residents before approving any application to convert wet markets into supermarkets. 

HDB also said it will ensure the area retains the same variety of choices, as far as possible, when the application is approved.

**** How Cities Drive Plants Extinct <http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2Fearth%2Fhi%2Fearth_news%2Fnewsid_8295000%2F8295738.stm&usg=AFQjCNGFxj0PJz7kxKnfTK8svIkzp2f6cA>
Matt Walker, BBC News

**** Asia's Wealth Managers Prepare For Transparency <http://www.bing.com:80/news/rssclick.aspx?redir=http%253a%252f%252fwww.reuters.com%252farticle%252fcompanyNews%252fidUKTRE5971OO20091008>
Neil Chatterjee and Don Durfee, Reuters

As Singapore and Hong Kong prepare to grant foreign governments unprecedented access to the financial affairs of their bank account holders, Asia's private bankers sound confident business will only improve.

But they may be too optimistic.