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**** Six Essential iPhoto Editing Tricks <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=1e550672ea270336674cdc3bba9329c3>
Derrick Story, Macworld

iPhoto includes most of the image editing tools that casual photographers need to spruce up their photos. In fact, it may have more powers than even seasoned iPhoto users realize. Here is a handful of my favorite iPhoto image editing tips.

**** China Unicom To Sell iPhones With Local Wi-Fi Support <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=f25ee21f208ddb502c44172b9735bb50>
Michael Kan, IDG News Service

Although iPhones have been officially sold in China since last year, the devices have come without Wi-Fi support in order to comply with Chinese laws. But now that is set to change as China Unicom is preparing to sell iPhones with Wi-Fi capabilities later this month.

**** Select Which Apps To See In Exposé <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=3ba4e3ea147f3e1e2e35fc570cce6aba>
Whitson Gordon, Macworld

**** Game Center Not Supported On iPhone 3G And Second Gen iPod Touch <http://www.tuaw.com/2010/08/05/game-center-not-supported-on-iphone-3g-and-second-gen-ipod-touch/>
Mike Schramm, TUAW

There's bad news for those of you with old iPhones. Apple has confirmed that the latest beta of Game Center is a no-go for anything older than an iPhone 4. That means that iPhone 3Gs and second generation iPod touches are out for Apple's social gaming app.

**** Mac Gems: Track Facebook, Twitter With Cruz Browser <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=abd38704156802e20730efe3395dc37f>
Jeffery Battersby, Macworld

Cruz is a Web browser designed for the ADHD crowd, especially if your ADHD tends to all things socially networkable.

**** Nolobe Releases Interarchy 10 <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=9c81654ccbfcb98c844c10b3c409fdc8>
Serenity Caldwell, Macworld

First developed as Anarchie for the Mac OS back in 1993, the FTP client has seen numerous changes, additions, and even a new name since that initial release. Interarchy 10 adds support for a plug-in architecture, allowing developers to create and design commands to be executed directly onto the server.

**** This Is Your Grandfather's iPad as Japan Elderly Embrace Apple <http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-08-05/this-is-your-grandfather-s-ipad-as-japan-s-elderly-embrace-apple-s-size.html>
Pavel Alpeyev and Yoshinori Eki, Bloomberg

Yasuda and his peers, looking for easier ways to browse the Web and send e-mails, are a potentially lucrative demographic for Apple as the proportion of people aged 65 and over climbs to records each year in countries including the U.S., China and France. Japan has the world’s oldest society, with the elderly accounting for an estimated 22 percent of the population, almost triple the global average.

**** FTC Believed To Be Investigating Apple's Anti-Flash Stance <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/08/05/ftc_believed_to_be_investigating_apples_anti_flash_stance.html>
AppleInsider

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has denied a Freedom of Information Act request for documents related to a complaint filed by Adobe against Apple, stating that the release of the information would impede the commission's "law enforcement" duties.

**** Mac Usage Surges Amongst University Of Virginia Freshmen Since 2004 <http://www.tuaw.com/2010/08/05/mac-usage-surges-amongst-university-of-virginia-freshmen/>
Sang Tang, TUAW

According to the University of Virginia's Information Technology and Communication (ITC), which services the IT needs for most of the campus, 43 percent of first-year students at its residence halls during 2009 were using a Mac. The figure represents a continuation of a five-year trend that's seeing increased Mac penetration on the campus amongst first year students.

**** Review: Sim City Deluxe – What’s In A Name? <http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AppAdvice/~3/GF3rTdq3_3s/>
Trevor Sheridan, App Advice

Sim City Deluxe is thankfully redesigned, and gives a much more enjoyable experience. Sim City is a classic game that didn’t feel right on the iPhone in its first incarnation, but it feels right at home in this version. The game is designed well in most regards, and gives you tons to do in a streamlined form.

**** The Apple Must Win For The Iphone To Survive Myth <http://www.technightowl.com/2010/08/the-apple-must-win-for-the-iphone-to-survive-myth/>
Gene Steinberg, TechNightOwl

As history has shown, however, Apple can live long and prosper with a small market share, so long as sales continue to grow and financials continue to beat Wall Street estimates.

**** Review: Apple Magic Trackpad <http://www.macnn.com/reviews/apple-magic-trackpad.html>
MacNN

The Magic Trackpad has enhanced my user experience and that is not something I have ever genuinely said about an Apple mouse. It is accurate and doubles as a great control surface for programs like GarageBand.

**** Apple Ipod Mishaps Unreported <http://search.japantimes.co.jp/rss/nb20100806a4.html>
The Japan Times

Apple Japan Inc. has failed to report 34 minor accidents involving older models of its iPod nano portable music player, the government said Thursday.

**** Is Apple's Market Value Too Big For Comfort? <http://online.barrons.com/article/SB50001424052970204203204575411562794931930.html?ru=yahoo>
Mark Hulbert, Barron's Online

There is a significant possibility that Apple's rapid ascent up the market-cap ladder is being fueled by more than just the company's underlying fundamentals, with investor euphoria also playing no small part. If so, Apple's stock will have a hard time living up to investors' expectations.

**** Apple Stores Raking In Revenue <http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20100805/apple-stores-raking-in-revenue/?mod=ATD_rss>
John Paczkowski	, Wall Street Journal

The engine driving those rising revenues? The iPad, whose launch generated a 38.7 percent increase in visitors per store, a 52.9 percent increase in same-store revenues, and a stunning 106.3 percent increase in non-Mac revenues.

**** Can You Buy Me Now? Apple And The War For The Mobile ... <http://arstechnica.com/staff/fatbits/2010/08/can-you-buy-me-now.ars>
John Siracusa, Ars Technica

There's only one thing for it. Apple needs to get the iPhone on more carriers as soon as possible. Nowhere is this more important than in the US, where the iPhone is available on just a single carrier—one that's decidedly not the market leader. The only way for Apple to eliminate the distribution and marketing advantage currently enjoyed by Android is to make sure that everywhere an Android phone is for sale, there's an iPhone sitting right next to it that will work on the same network. Only then will Apple get a fair shot at selling based on the things it can actually control: the hardware and software of the phone itself.

**** New Apple Store Is The 'Biggest Ever' <http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/10879531>
Dan Whitworth, BBC

Apple say the Covent Garden store is their largest ever - spread over three floors it's the 28th in the UK.

Apple's senior vice president of Retail Ron Johnson wouldn't give any details about how much it cost to renovate the 19th century building, simply saying the company had "paid what we think is the right price."

**** Theoretical Attacks Exploit iOS Browser Flaw <http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20012860-245.html?part=rss&amp;subj=news&amp;tag=2547-1_3-0-20>
Elinor Mills, CNET

Now researchers are coming up with different ways to get an iOS device user to visit a Web page hosting the exploit, which is vital for an attack to succeed and not necessarily easy to do if trying to attack a stranger.

**** Cash-Rich Apple's CFO May Have World's Best Job <http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE67246Z20100803>
Gabriel Madway, Reuters

Apple Inc chief financial officer Peter Oppenheimer faces a dilemma that perhaps every finance chief wishes to have: obscene amounts of cash and nowhere to put it.

**** Apple; A Lesson In 21st Century Innovation <http://www.businessdayonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13402:apple-a-lesson-in-21st-century-innovation&catid=138:commentary&Itemid=358>
Ottoabasi Abasiekong, Businessday

**** Beatles And Itunes Deal Still At Impasse: Yoko Ono <http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=11339007>
Dean Goodman, Reuters

Don't hold your breath waiting for Beatles songs to go on sale at iTunes or other online retailers, Yoko Ono said on Thursday.

**** Apple Store, Covent Garden: One To One Membership ... <http://www.macworld.co.uk/digitallifestyle/news/index.cfm?newsid=3234472&pagtype=allchandate>
Nick Spence, MacWorld UK

As Apple celebrates the opening of its latest Apple Store tomorrow, right in the heart of Covent Garden, London, the Mac maker is offering a special deal.

Mac owners can buy a One to One membership, normally available only with the purchase of a new Mac.

**** Apple Opens "Try Before You Buy" Section In App Store, Step To Fight App Piracy <http://9to5mac.com/app-store-try-before-you-buy>
Mark Gurman, 9 To 5 Mac

Today Apple added a new section dedicated to promoting free applications on the App Store. One of the subsections of this new feature is "Try Before You Buy." This section features many of the popular "free" or "lite" editions of apps, but the section title is what makes this all interesting.

**** Review: Turbo.264 HD Software Edition 1.1 <http://www.macworld.com/reviews/product/574054/review/turbo264_hd_software_edition_11_build_1081.html?expand=true&lsrc=rss_main>
Jonathan Seff, Macworld

The Turbo.264 HD Software Edition performs the same functions as the standard, hardware-enabled version, but at half the price. But that price difference also buys you much faster encoding and the ability to use the Turbo.264 HD hardware with other video apps that support its acceleration.

The larger question is whether $50 is worth it for an application whose feature set can largely be replicated by other options that cost less or, in some cases, nothing at all.

**** Apple In Talks To Buy China's Handseeing <http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6751C520100806?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews>
Kelvin Soh, Reuters

Apple Inc is in talks to buy Chinese software maker Handseeing, an executive at the Chinese company said on Friday, a deal that would mark the iPhone maker's first acquisition in the country. Handseeing is a little-known gaming company headquartered in southwest China's Sichuan province. It designs online games based on popular Chinese folklore.

**** Jailbreaking Your iPhone: The Pros And Cons <http://www.macworld.com/article/153198/2010/08/jailbreak_worthwhile.html?lsrc=rss_main>
Christopher Breen, Macworld



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**** Topic Of Cancer <http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2010/09/hitchens-201009>
Christopher Hitchens, Vanity Fair

I have more than once in my time woken up feeling like death. But nothing prepared me for the early morning last June when I came to consciousness feeling as if I were actually shackled to my own corpse. The whole cave of my chest and thorax seemed to have been hollowed out and then refilled with slow-drying cement. I could faintly hear myself breathe but could not manage to inflate my lungs. My heart was beating either much too much or much too little. Any movement, however slight, required forethought and planning. It took strenuous effort for me to cross the room of my New York hotel and summon the emergency services.

**** The Global War On Small People <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/06/books/06book.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss>
Dwight Garner, New York Times

At its heart, however, “A Foreigner Carrying in the Crook of His Arm a Tiny Bomb” — the excellent title is a riff on the title of Edmond Jabès’s 1993 book, “A Foreigner Carrying in the Crook of His Arm a Tiny Book” — is about the ordinary men and women, brown-skinned in general and Muslim in particular, who have had their lives upended by America’s enraged security apparatus. Mr. Kumar calls them the “small people,” and to them he extends his own impressive and trembling moral imagination.

**** Mary We Crown Thee With Blossoms Today! <http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2010/08/o_mary_we_crown_thee_with_blos.html>
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

My grade school couldn't get state approval today. The teachers were unpaid and lived communally. Two grades were taught in one classroom. There were no resources for science, music, physical education, or foreign languages except the Latin of the Mass and hymns. No playground facilities. The younger students were picked up by the single school bus; as soon as we were old enough, we rode our bikes to school, even in winter.

**** Rescuing The Enlightenment From Its Exploiters <http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/reviewofbooks_article/9365>
Tzvetan Todorov, Spiked

While the Enlightenment, ‘one of the most important shifts in the history of man’ as one recent account put it, has certainly had its detractors, who blame it for anything from the Holocaust to soulless consumerism, it now also has a veritable army of self-styled heirs. Militant secularists, New Atheists, advocates of evidence-based policy, human rights champions… each constituency in their turn will draw justification from the intellectual emanations of that period beginning roughly towards the end of the seventeenth century and culminating – some say ending – in the 1789 French Revolution and its aftermath. And each in their turn will betray it.

**** David Berman And Epistemological Closure In The Propaganda State <http://htmlgiant.com/author-spotlight/david-berman-and-epistemological-closure-in-the-propaganda-state/>
Jeremy Schmall, HTMLGIANT

David Berman’s life has been one of failure and refusal. At least, that’s what he said at the very rare talk he gave at NYU on July 25th, the concluding event of the inaugural Open City Summer Writing Workshop. Although the idea of Berman being a failure was news to me—I am an enormous fan of his book of poems (Actual Air) and his former band (Silver Jews)—he does have a point.



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**** Why Sound System Was Tested At 6.30am <http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/OnlineStory/STIStory_562537.html>
Koh Hoong Hua, Louis, , Straits Times

The OCW involved many volunteers and helpers, and the organiser had to brief them on their tasks and proceedings prior to the event. The briefing was conducted using the sound system.

**** Design 'Flaw' Has Grounded Battlestar Galactica <http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC100806-0000078/Design-flaw-has-grounded-Battlestar-Galactica>
Teo Xuanwei, Today

A "flaw in the design" of the car of the Battlestar Galactica roller-coaster is what's keeping the star attraction in Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) grounded. Genting Group chairman and chief executive Lim Kok Thay revealed this yesterday in his first public comments on the stalled attraction.

**** Global Policies Govern S'pore IT Tenders <http://www.zdnetasia.com/global-policies-govern-s-pore-it-tenders-62201890.htm>
Eileen Yu, ZDNet Asia

To ensure IT tenders are properly managed, governments must establish strict legal policies and build compliance procedures into the procurement process, an industry analyst urges, noting that the Singapore government has adopted global guidelines to ensure trade transparency.

**** My Project On Food Wastage In Singapore <http://yesterday.sg/2010/08/imprintsyesterdaysg-my-project-on-food-wastage-in-singapore/>
Yesterday.sg

**** When I Was Poor...... <http://ongct888.blogspot.com/2010/08/when-i-was-poor.html>
Life Is Fantastic!

**** Singapore Reflections - A Shape Of Things To Come? <http://dormgrandpop.blogspot.com/2010/08/singapore-reflections-shape-of-things.html>
Dormgrandpop

Singapore’s distinctive society, political economy and governance institutions have been shaped by these views and by imperatives of national survival. Other societies, too, are facing similar imperatives, but have done far less well in coping. Within a few decades such imperatives will be undeniable planet-wide realities. Who can say that Singapore’s distinctive mix of free market capitalism, socialism and a commitment to living humanely within limits does not have lessons to offer? Who can say that it may not offer a “best possible” shape of things to come as our human species faces the imperatives posed by overshoot and collapse?

**** Arts Group Files Petition <http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_562991.html>
Adeline Chia, Straits Times

THE advocacy group behind the 'Censorship isn't working: regulate instead' campaign has submitted a petition with 1,786 signatures in favour of their position to the authorities.

**** M'sian Media Sites More Investigative Than Singapore's <http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/fmt-english/news/general/8892-msian-media-sites-more-investigative-than-singapores>
M Krishnamoorthy, Free Malaysia Today

Malaysian home-grown blogging and social media networks provide greater diversity of opinion than Singapore’s news websites, according to a survey.

**** Prisoners Are Fit To Drop In Singapore <http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/LH07Ae01.html>
Megawati Wijaya, Asia Times

Readers of the book, mostly perhaps ordinary citizens of Singapore, are not in the position to confirm or deny the allegations, given their lack of information or access to information. Singapore's government itself has every duty to prove to its citizens that such allegations are indeed untrue.

Given the potentially constructive debates it may spin off, it is indeed sad that this book is not available for purchase in Singapore. Singapore's Media Development Authority (MDA) said that it had not banned it in Singapore. A report by state-owned newspaper Straits Times, however, reports that the book had been withdrawn from a major bookstore's shelves at the MDA's request