[MyAppleMenu] Oct 25, 2009

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**** Inside Apple's New Mac Mini Server <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/10/24/inside_apples_new_mac_mini_server.html>
AppleInsider

**** Killer Apps Don't Always Make A Killing For Developers <http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tennessean.com%2Farticle%2F20091025%2FBUSINESS01%2F910250340%2F1003%2FNEWS01%2FKiller%2Bapps%2Bdon%2Bt%2Balways%2Bmake%2Ba%2Bkilling%2Bfor%2Bdevelopers&usg=AFQjCNHuL8KCTSI7hQO0mu12NJXT8zmWvA>
Wendy Lee, The Tennessean

Apple's iPhone has become a frenzied frontier to sell and market products, but making a profit there or even getting noticed is far from a sure thing. In Nashville, businesses ranging from well-funded corporations such as Nissan to entrepreneurs operating out of their homes have developed applications for the iPhone with different goals.

**** How Apple Is Gaining On Microsoft <http://brainstormtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2009/10/25/how-apple-is-gaining-on-microsoft/>
Philip Elmer-DeWitt, Fortune

Both companies beat expectations last week, but only one of them was growing.

**** Apple Punts On Lower-cost Macbook <http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.cnet.com%2F8301-13924_3-10382624-64.html&usg=AFQjCNFEhxyBywSTOIuMMFpgmoQFO8JNGA>
Brooke Crothers, CNET News

By not coughing up a low-cost MacBook, as some had expected, Apple has ceded a potentially huge market to PC makers. But is this just all part of Apple's marketing genius?

**** The Loss Of ZFS <http://devwhy.blogspot.com/2009/10/loss-of-zfs.html>
Louis Gerbarg, /dev/why!?!



MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** The Mystery of Music <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204488304574433340069373698.html>
Terry Teachout, Wall Street Journal

What about it has such power over human beings?

**** Long Day's Journey ... ... Into Knights <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/16/AR2009101601708.html?wprss=rss_print/washpostmagazine>
Rebecca Bengal, Washington Post

Men in tights, women in corsets, plainclothed suburbanites: Encounters at the Maryland Renaissance Festival can be a royal mystery.



SingaporeSurf
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**** PM Lee Warns Of Marginalised ASEAN If It Doesn't Stay Relevant <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1013491/1/.html>
S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia

Prime minister Lee Hsien Loong has warned that ASEAN risks becoming marginalised if it does not stay relevant. Speaking during the ASEAN leaders retreat on Saturday morning, he said it was vital for the grouping to strengthen cooperation, deepen integration and enable all its member countries to develop and prosper.

**** S$4m Public Space Unveiled At Dhoby Ghaut <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1013508/1/.html>
Wang Eng Eng, Channel NewsAsia

Dhoby Ghaut Green, just outside the Dhoby Ghaut MRT station, is the latest addition to the 28 parks in the city.

**** One Country, Two Systems Part IV <http://singaporerebel.blogspot.com/2009/10/one-country-two-systems-part-lv.html>
Martyn See, Only "Objective" And "Factual" Political Films Please, We're Singaporeans

**** A Peak Into PAP Politics – Present And Future <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2009/10/a-peak-into-pap-politics-%e2%80%93-present-and-future/>
Fang Shihan, The Online Citizen

The mere questioning of whether Singapore and the PAP are synonymous is indicative that we are in a transition of finding the anwer.

**** Living In Style (Not) <http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/10/25/living-style-not.html>
Jakarta Post

Singapore is more of a city than a country and one that is quite ambitious when it comes to promoting itself. Some people might call this Napoleon Syndrome; however we have to admit that Singapore actually has some success as well as ambition. Some though (in particular the last Formula1 leg) could hardly be called successful.

**** Progress, But At A Price <http://www.todayonline.com/Comment/Mondayblues/EDC091026-0000027/Progress,-but-at-a-price>
Today

Consumers, it seems, are losing out following the introduction of new contactless cards.

**** Wet Markets: No Change Unless There's A Signal <http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC091026-0000078/Wet-markets--No-change-unless-theres-a-signal>
Neo Chai Chin, Today

The National Environment Agency (NEA) may have no plans now to change the use or management of the 82 wet markets it operates, but the Housing and Development Board, which provides the facilities, will allow the sale or conversion to other uses if market forces send the "signal".

**** Foreigners And Permanent Residents A More Common Sight In The Heartlands <http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC091026-0000028/Foreigners-and-permanent-residents-a-more-common-sight-in-the-heartlands>
Leong Wee Keat and Ong Dai Lin, Today

A Singaporean walking around Boon Lay Shopping Centre could be forgiven for thinking he is in a foreign land. It has six minimarts - four Myanmarese, one Thai and one Indian - while seven remittance shops and Internet cafes dot its aisles.

**** 'PR Distribution In HDB Estates Will Be Monitored' <http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC091026-0000029/PR-distribution-in-HDB-estates-will-be-monitored>
Today

The Housing and Development Board will consider measures to prevent the congregation of permanent residents, if necessary.