[MyAppleMenu] Apr 3, 2010

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**** Big Names Unveil iPad Apps <http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-20001642-37.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=News-Apple>
Lance Whitney, CNET News

The iPad will let you watch streaming movies from Netflix, play games from Electronic Arts, and read the latest adventures of Spider-Man, thanks to new apps announced Friday.

**** 10.6.3 Update Breaking SMB Mounted Volume Write Access For Many <http://www.cultofmac.com/10-6-3-update-breaking-smb-mounted-volume-write-access-for-many/36401?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+cultofmac%2FbFow+%28Cult+of+Mac%29>
John Brownlee, Cult of Mac

If you need to write to a mounted volume over SMB, you might want to hold off on updating to OS X 10.6.3 if you haven’t done so already: Apple support forum users are reporting major problems in multiple threads that SMB is borked.

**** Will The iPad Cause The End Of Innovation? <http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/02/will-the-ipad-cause-the-end-of-innovation/?partner=rss&emc=rss>
Joshua Brustein, New York Times

Apple’s tight control over software development for its products has been an issue in the past. Many developers have long complained about the strict, sometimes arbitrary-seeming standards it keeps over what Apps it offers through its App store.

Yet the rush of developers working on apps for the device before they have even touched it — and the general mania that has been building for the last two months — makes it clear that there are plenty of fans.

**** Apple iPad Could Be An A+ For Schools <http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2010/04/ipad-education-schools.html>
Mark Milian, Los Angeles Times

With several school districts across the country providing students with free laptops during their tenure, a cheaper and perhaps more practical solution could be to supplant computers with iPads. Some schools are already planning to dole out Apple's new tablet computer, as others debate doing the same.

**** For Amazon, Arrival Of The iPad Opens Door To More E-Book Sales <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB20001424052702303338304575156622836258874.html>
Yukari Iwatani Kane and Geoffrey A. Fowler, Wall Street Journal

Electronic books are expected to be a major selling point for Apple Inc.'s iPad, which goes on sale Saturday. But competitors, particularly Amazon.com Inc., could end up as major e-book providers for the new device.

**** Under The Radar, Apple's Asian Suppliers Work Furiously <http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hpQruUVIlYbsS8gynytmIIUk0vpg>
AFP

The fevered buildup to Saturday's iPad launch has demonstrated the brute efficiency of the little-known Asian suppliers responsible for turning Apple's design vision into hands-on reality.

**** When I Joined Apple <http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/1146/when-i-joined-apple>
Daniel Jalkut, Red Sweater Blog

I joined Apple because they were threatening to change the world. I stayed on at Apple because they were changing the world. And I remain loyal to that company because, in spite of my absence, they have changed the world. In more ways than I can imagine, they’re inventing the future. And I’m along for the ride.

**** Did Apple Drop PA Semi For Intrinsity To Create The A4? <http://blogs.computerworld.com/15872/did_apple_drop_pa_semi_for_intrinsity_to_create_the_a4?source=rss_weintraub&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+9To5Mac-MacAllDay+%289+to+5+Mac+-+Apple+Intelligence%29>
Seth Weintraub, Computerworld

**** How iPad Application Pricing Will Change The App Store Game <http://www.mcelhearn.com/2010/04/03/how-ipad-application-pricing-will-change-the-app-store-game/>
Kirkville

When Apple announced the prices of the first apps they presented – Pages, Keynote and Numbers, from their iWork suite – they set a new bar for App Store pricing.

**** Microsoft Won’t Make Office for IPad, Says Google No Threat <http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601204&sid=auKD3w1mOXrs>
Peter Burrows, Bloomberg

Microsoft Corp., the world’s largest software maker, has no plans to make a version of its Office suite of programs to run on Apple Inc.’s iPad, said Stephen Elop, president of Microsoft’s business division.

An iPad edition of Office would likely be built by a unit within Microsoft’s consumer business that creates versions of Office that work with Apple’s Macintosh personal computers. Kristen Woody, a spokesman for that unit, says it “doesn’t have anything to share at this time.”



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**** Journey's End <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/04/books/review/Messud-t.html?partner=rss&emc=rss>
Claire Messud, New York Times

We’ve all met Kevin Quinn, the 50-year-old protagonist of James Hynes’s fourth novel, “Next”; indeed, a fair number of us actually are Kevin Quinn, caught at midlife somewhere between jaunty and defeated, living with one foot in the present and one foot firmly in the past. In some ultimately perilous way, as we should be warned by the novel’s title, Kevin isn’t very good at thinking about what’s next.

**** The Parent Problem In Young Adult Lit <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/04/books/review/Just-t.html?partner=rss&emc=rss>
Julie Just, New York Times

Judging from The New York Times children’s best-seller list and librarian-approved selections like the annual “Best Books for Young Adults,” the bad parent is now enjoying something of a heyday. It would be hard to come up with an exact figure from the thousands of Y.A. novels published every year, but what’s striking is that some of the most sharply written and critically praised works reliably feature a mopey, inept, distracted or ready-for-rehab parent, suggesting that this has become a particularly resonant figure.



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**** “腰斩”特长巴士路线的商榷 <http://www.zaobao.com/yl/yl100403_006.shtml>
李顺福, 联合早报

为了让公共交通工具能够满足中下层国人的需求，当局有必要在维持营运系统效率操作和照顾到广大民众需求之间取得适当的平衡。只有以人为本的心态做好巴士路线的规划，我们才可能拥有一流的交通系统。

**** A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats? <http://flaneurose.blogspot.com/2010/04/rising-tide-lifts-all-boats.html>
Flaneurose

**** Is The Straits Times Above Astroturfing? <http://singaporerecalcitrant.blogspot.com/2010/04/is-straits-times-above-astroturfing.html>
Singapore Recalcitrant

It is precisely because of the dearth of genuine news about the political and financial mismanagements of the government which the mainstream media are covering up that there is a healthy growth of the new media to counter this journalistic abberation of the mainstream media.

**** Helping S’poreans Save On Electricity Bills? <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2010/04/helping-sporeans-save-on-electricity-bills/>
Leong Sze Hian, The Online Citizen

Singapore is the country with the highest electricity prices in the region and charges its consumers more than countries like the United States and France. Why?

**** 维文医生： 公积金制让每代人养老“自给自足” <http://www.zaobao.com/sp/sp100403_019.shtml>
杨萌, 联合早报

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社会发展、青年及体育部长维文医生认为，到头来，一些人鼓吹的福利制度要持续下去，不是得增收课税，就是得减少拨出的福利。“坦白说，我认为这是政治上的庞氏骗局（Ponzi Scheme），搞不好还会导致政治瘫痪。”

**** It's More Than Just Shopping In Johor <http://thestar.com.my/columnists/story.asp?col=insightdownsouth&file=/2010/4/3/columnists/insightdownsouth/5981516&sec=Insight%20Down%20South>
Seah Chiang Nee, The Star

For a segment of the population, mostly middle and low-wage earners who have fallen behind, the frequent trips to Johor have become a necessary feature to combat high costs.

Due to costs, more Singaporeans are seeking treatment in Malaysia (now making up 10% of its total medical tourists) even as wealthy foreigners are still making their way here. In Malaysia, Singaporeans can cut medical bills by at least 50% even if they can wait in queue.

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蔡永伟, 联合早报

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