[MyAppleMenu] Aug 18, 2010

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**** How To Improve Command + Tab On Your Mac <http://mac360.com/index.php/mac360/comments/how-to-improve-command-tab-on-your-mac/>
Ron McElfresh, Mac 360

Switché is a simple, elegant Mac app that only works on Macs running Snow Leopard but you’ll be impressed with what Command+Tab can really do. It’s an old dog that learns new tricks.

**** Review: Firefox Home For iPhone <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=54ac02700f847855219ebd919d9f6c23>
John Fuller, Macworld

The marquee feature of Firefox Home is the ability to access tabs opened on a desktop computer from an iOS device. The app ties in to Mozilla’s Firefox Sync add-on, which promises to automatically sync open tabs, browsing history, and bookmarks from all computers registered under the same account. It’s important to note, however, that the app itself does not update automatically, but the desktop browser sends data almost instantaneously. Setting up Firefox Home is a bit of a workaround, but Mozilla does an excellent job of making it as far from cumbersome as possible.

**** Managing And Securing IOS 4 Devices At Work <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=fcf4ea5101a15d64e32ef2b2799d3e53>
Ryan Faas, Computerworld

A lot has changed for the iPhone, its operating system and the smartphone industry as a whole in three years. For people who want to use the iPhone at work and the IT departments that support them, the changes have been good. In fact, some of the major updates in each new iteration of the iPhone operating system (now called iOS) were the ones that made it easier to manage and secure Apple’s mobile platform.

**** Mac Gems: DrawBerry Is A Great Vector-drawing Program <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=ed98b48f73f15f1b980b6f05efa44ed5>
John Brandon, Macworld

It’s rare when a free app (one with no strings attached) provides the features you need to get the job done. Although DrawBerry is not exactly a substitute for Adobe Illustrator, it works well in a pinch for creating a basic vector drawing image, such as a brochure or a garage sale sign.

**** Elements, A Dropbox-powered Text Editor, Released <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=f1ce3dfe603f202bed49180fd1f2316b>
David Chartier, Macworld

Elements is quite simple, really. It lets you create and edit text files that are automatically saved to your Dropbox account. While working on a file, Elements automatically saves your work every 60 seconds. If you don’t have a Wi-Fi or 3G connection, Elements lets you work offline and will upload all your changes once you get connected.

**** Apple's Batteries Over-Hyped <http://theappleblog.com/2010/08/17/apples-batteries-over-hyped/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+gigaomnetwork+%28The+GigaOM+Network%29>
Adam Jackson, The Apple Blog

What rubs me the wrong way is that Apple decided to sell batteries for these devices with claims that its product is better than any other.

**** Apple Suppliers Start Kickback Investigation: Report <http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Apple-Suppliers-Start-Kickback-Investigation-Report-662747/>
Nicholas Kolakowski, eWeek

Two of Apple’s Asian suppliers have launched their own investigation into an Apple manager’s alleged kickback scheme, according to Reuters, while another protested its innocence in the matter.

**** Barnes & Noble Nook E-reader Comes To Apple iPhone, iPad <http://www.intomobile.com/2010/08/17/barnes-noble-nook-e-reader-comes-to-apple-iphone-ipad/>
IntoMobile

All you bookworms are going to get some digital love, as the Barnes & Noble Nook e-reader software is now ready to go for the Apple iPhone, iPod and iPad. This app enters an increasingly-crowded market for digital book buying.

**** Apple Supports New High-end Compact Cameras <http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20013902-264.html>
Stephen Shankland, CNET

Apple recently issued software that lets iPhoto and Aperture handle raw photos from a range of new compact, higher-end cameras from several manufacturers.

**** Apple Corruption Case Highlights Temptations Of Employees Working Abroad <http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_15808388?nclick_check=1>
John Boudreau, San Jose Mercury News

Charges that a former Apple manager and an associate collected more than $2.5 million in kickbacks from six Asian suppliers underscore the challenges Silicon Valley companies face in monitoring the behavior of employees cutting deals far from headquarters, experts say.

**** Vimeo Launches Flash-free Universal Player For iPhone, iPad <http://feeds.appleinsider.com/click.phdo?i=3b2afe1e2a1b0eb31be4a96ff10b59ab>
AppleInsider

Video sharing site Vimeo has launched a new embedable HTML5 video player aimed at Apple's iPhone and iPad.

**** Leave Apple's Billions Alone <http://www.fool.com/investing/dividends-income/2010/08/17/leave-apples-billions-alone.aspx>
Rick Aristotle Munarriz, Motley Fool

It's true that Apple hasn't had much of an acquisitive appetite in the past. It's also true that Apple is unlikely to come into a greenback-slurping funk in the near term. However, you never know when an arms race is going to kick off.

**** New iPad Ad Hits The Web: “iPad Is Delicious” <http://appadvice.com/appnn/2010/08/ipad-ad-hits-air-ipad-delicious/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AppAdvice+%28AppAdvice%29>
Alexander Vaughn, App Advice

Apple launched last night a great brand new iPad commercial called “iPad is delicious”. After its last ad “What is iPad”, an homage to the Newton, this one focuses once again on some of the amazing things you can do with your iPad.

**** Singapore Firm Linked To Apple Case Seeks Legal Advice <http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/DigitalOne/Story/A1Story20100818-232632.html>
My Paper

**** HBO To Offer Streaming Video To Subscribers Via Apple's iPad <http://feeds.appleinsider.com/click.phdo?i=3372ec378183b3ae08eee84fd3bb0327>
AppleInsider

Premium cable network HBO has announced its intentions to offer a new iPad application that will allow subscribers to stream the network's content on the go.

**** SmileOnMyMac Unveils New Name, Broader Focus <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=7e07386eacbe50ea694735a92519f2de>
Philip Michaels, Macworld

SmileOnMyMac is getting a new name, though it’s keeping its smile. The developer of Mac productivity tools announced that it’s changing its name to Smile.

**** Hello, I'm A Jailbreaker: Actor Justin Long Demos Hacked iPhone <http://feeds.appleinsider.com/click.phdo?i=bc747bc892c5f7d370f7908cb0a8c5f0>
AppleInsider

Actor Justin Long, who played the role of "Mac" in Apple's long-running "Get a Mac" commercials, this week showed off a series of humorous text messages on network TV, aided by an application available only on jailbroken iPhones.

**** Apple Really Is Becoming Microsoft... <http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/apple-really-is-becoming-microsoft/38162>
David Chernicoff, ZDNet

Had I not proposed my solution this would have been an ongoing problem that would have simply led to a very frustrated customer. And the irony of the proposed solution being a Windows-esque wipe and reinstall would have gone unnoticed.



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**** Telling Tails <http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2009/08/telling-tails/7533/>
Tim O'Brien, The Atlantic

The problem with unsuccessful stories is usually simple: they are boring, a consequence of the failure of imagination. To vividly imagine and to vividly render extraordinary human events, or sequences of events, is the hard-lifting, heavy-duty, day-by-day, unending labor of a fiction writer.

**** For Some Foods, You Just Had To Be There <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/18/dining/18souvenir.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss>
Sarah Maslin Nir, New York Times

Although Internet buying makes sense — why haul a treat through Customs if a computer click brings the same result? — plenty of purists favor lugging over logic. For them, a treat bought at its source and carried home by their own (or a loved one’s) hands is somehow more genuine, more delicious, more earned, than one secured in an easy, remote transaction on the Web.



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**** Singapore's Anti-corruption Bureau Quiet On Apple ... <http://www.macworld.co.uk/mac/news/index.cfm?newsid=3235798>
Sumner Lemon, MacWorld UK

Singapore's Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) declined to say whether it has opened an investigation following allegations of an elaborate kickback scheme that involved an Apple employee and at least six Apple suppliers, including three Singaporean companies.

"CPIB is unable to comment on the case against Paul Shin Devine and Andrew Ang as it is currently handled by the U.S. authorities," CPIB spokeswoman Tan Chai Ying wrote in an e-mail response to questions about whether the Singaporean government is also investigating the alleged kickback scheme.

**** The Delights Of Shopping In Singapore <http://www.barbieinablender.org/the-delights-of-shopping-in-singapore/>
Barbie In A Blender

**** How Singapore Turned Improbable Into Reality <http://www.temasekreview.com/2010/08/17/how-singapore-turned-improbable-into-reality/>
Ng Kok Lim, The Temasek Review

**** Three Clippings From Last Saturday’s Newspaper <http://yawningbread.wordpress.com/2010/08/17/three-clippings-from-last-saturdays-newspaper/>
Yawning Bread

It’s one thing to do something (censoring) that citizens criticise and object to, it’s another to circumlocute, equivocate and deceive (to deny that they have censored when they have indeed censored).

**** Not A Good Reason Not To Have A Baby Drop <http://singaporegirl.wordpress.com/2010/08/17/not-a-good-reason-not-to-have-a-baby-drop/>
Food Fuels Me To Talk...

**** Singapore's Once Unruly Young Artist, Still Poking At Social Norms <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/18/arts/18iht-leow.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop, New York Times

He was once considered the enfant terrible of Singapore’s nascent alternative art scene for his headline-grabbing art performances, including one in which he dressed up in a suit made of fake dollar bills and another involving his own urine.

But nearly 20 years later, Vincent Leow is part of the art scene establishment. He was selected to represent Singapore at the 2007 Venice Biennale and his work is currently the subject of a mid-career review at 8Q sam, the contemporary art arm of the Singapore Art Museum, albeit minus the controversial early performances.

**** Programming: It's Up To MediaCorp, SingTel, StarHub <http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/Story/STIStory_567659.html>
Goh Kee Nguan, Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee, Straits Times

The programming schedule is decided by the various media owners.

**** Why MediaCorp Didn't Telecast S'pore V Zimbabwe <http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/Story/STIStory_567657.html>
Kim Wong-Nathan, MediaCorp, Straits Times

The International Olympic Committee through Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) provides the television feed to all broadcasters. Channel 5 could not telecast the football match between Singapore and Zimbabwe as OBS did not provide the feed for this match.

**** Faces From The Street <http://www.mrbrown.com/blog/2010/08/faces-from-the-street.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+mrbrown+%28mrbrown%29>
mrbrown: L'infantile terrible of Singapore

I thought it would be fun to share some of my photos taken of the folks who lined the streets of Ang Mo Kio, as the Olympic Torch made its way through Ang Mo Kio. These are faces of real people, many of whom just happened to be there when our noisy bus and convoy went by. I loved the ready smiles and waves we got from them.

**** An Open Letter To Dr Vivian Balakrishnan <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2010/08/an-open-letter-to-dr-vivian-balakrishnan/>
Choo Zheng Xi, Andrew Loh, The Online Citizen

The unfortunate implication of your statement is that the negativity surrounding the YOG so far has been directed at volunteers and athletes.

Let’s be clear: not a single article we’ve read online so far that has been critical of the YOG has dishonored the work of genuine volunteers or even those who have been “volunteered”. Neither has it been directed against our athletes, of whom every Singaporean hopes will do us proud. In fact, all criticism has been directed at the shoddy work of the main organizing committee, which seem to think it can treat the youths of Singapore like conscripts and organize a world-class event with minimal preparation. This is what Singaporeans are outraged about.

**** 有必要选择 <http://blog.omy.sg/dannyyeo/archives/3501>
杨君伟, Omy

**** SM Goh : Your Problems Are Just Gripes.... <http://singaporemind.blogspot.com/2010/08/sm-goh-your-problems-are-just-gripes.html>
Diary of A Singaporean Mind

SM Goh wants to recast our dreams but within the established power structure to maintain the status quo. The future is ultimately far more challenging and Singapore will do much better with a more open society one that does away with the current power hierachy and its draconian rules and controls that limit our freedom.

**** 本月29日国庆群众大会有大宣布？ <http://www.zaobao.com/sp/sp100818_017.shtml>
联合早报

李显龙总理将在本月29日在国庆群众大会上向国人发表讲话。一般相信这次群众大会极可能是大选举行之前的最后一次。因此，他将以什么基调去为一年之中最为重要的政治演讲定调，或者将宣布什么新政策，都令人期待。

**** 李显龙总理国庆献词反应 政府直接派发现金红包最“定心”？ <http://www.zaobao.com/sp/sp100818_016.shtml>
周殊钦 郭丽娟, 联合早报

针对如何分配与国民分享的果实，受访的议员和学者都提出了他们的期许。他们都认为民众除了关心个人能尝到多少果实，也很在意政府是以什么样的方式来和他们分享经济增长成果。

**** 14零售商多已将含毒玩具下架 商家：进货时无从知道有毒 <http://www.zaobao.com/sp/sp100818_006.shtml>
刘丽仪, 联合早报

本地售卖的一些玩具被消费者协会发现“含毒”，受访的小型零售商店和摊位老板无奈申诉，他们没有办法在进货时一一检查玩具的安全性，多数时候只能依赖有关当局，被动地在接获关于玩具有问题的通知后，才下架或退货，甚至得自行承担损失。

**** Swiss Vandal Fricker Gets Extra 2 Months Jail Bringing Total To 7 Months <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1075780/1/.html>
Imelda Saad, Channel NewsAsia

Swiss vandal Oliver Fricker has been slapped with two more months to his jail term bringing the total to seven months. Delivering his judgement following the prosecution's appeal for a heavier sentence, Justice VK Rajah took into account that Fricker's act of vandalism was planned.

**** AIA Singapore Hurt By Loss Of Insurance Agents-report <http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSSGE67H00U20100818>
Nopporn Wong-Anan, Reuters

AIA, which is working on a listing of its shares in Hong Kong, has lost about 700 agents in Singapore in the past year and is now trying to poach from rival insurers, the Straits Times newspaper reported.

**** Train Services Disruptions Expected In September <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1075781/1/.html>
Dylan Loh, Channel NewsAsia

There will be disruptions to train services in September when the Land Transport Authority (LTA) carries out track modification works at the Jurong East MRT Station.

There will be no train services between the Jurong East and Clementi Stations on September 4 and 5. Also, there will be no train services on September 18 and 19 between the Jurong East and Bukit Batok Stations.

**** 7 Month Festival <http://hybiscuskiss.blogspot.com/2010/08/7-month-festival.html>
Whoo Girl

Out in the "Heartlands" (basically, not the center of Singapore but where most locals live out in), there has been a noticeable bustling-about that even foreigners like myself would be curious about. Loud, abrasive music and people shouting along with strung lights and candles being bit around...

**** 多名中国人在新加坡从事殡葬业 工作十分卖力 <http://www.chinanews.com.cn/hr/2010/08-18/2474752.shtml>
中国新闻网

**** Singapore-Reasons Of Success <http://andylimjj.blogspot.com/2010/08/singapore-reasons-of-success.html>
His Blog

**** 面对反华的新加坡，中国可以说不吗？ <http://bbs.tiexue.net/post_4098777_1.html>
铁血论坛

但是新加坡人从来不说自己是中国人，反而时常吹捧“中国威胁论”，难道中国对不起它还是它本来就是以美国为首的西方国家豢养的一只狗？

**** Roof Collapses In Heavy Rain <http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_567851.html>
Straits Times

**** MOE Says Can Now Bring Any Water Bottles You Like <http://www.mrbrown.com/blog/2010/08/moe-says-can-now-bring-any-water-bottles-you-like.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+mrbrown+%28mrbrown%29>
mrbrown: L'infantile terrible of Singapore

It seems the MOE wisely retracted the no logo order, the one I mentioned in an earlier post. I like how it was called a "miscommunication" and the retraction a "clarification".

**** SM Goh Re-appointed Chairman Of MAS <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1075801/1/.html>
S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia

**** CPF Interest Rate Maintained At 2.5% Per Annum For Ordinary Account Savings <http://mycpf.cpf.gov.sg/CPF/News/News-Release/N_18August2010.htm>
CPF Board, Singapore Government

**** An Insider's View Of Academic Censorship In Singapore <http://uk.asiancorrespondent.com/39132/an-insiders-view-of-academic-censorship-in-singapore/>
Ben Bland, Asian Correspondent

**** 14 Bids For Stamford Rd Site <http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_567934.html>
Joyce Teo, Straits Times

A UNIQUE 1.43 ha commercial plot at the junction of Stamford Road and North Bridge Road has attracted 14 tender submissions.

The site comprises Stamford House, Capitol Building, Capitol Theatre - all three of which have been gazetted for conservation.

**** Probe Into YOG Food Poisoning Incident <http://sg.yfittopostblog.com/2010/08/18/nea-moh-probe-food-poisoning-at-yog/>
Fann Sim, Yahoo!

Close to 30 Youth Olympic Games (YOG) volunteers are reported to have suffered from food poisoning after consuming their meals last Sunday morning.

**** Singapore's Casinos Just Opened But They're Already Set To Knock-Out Las Vegas <http://www.businessinsider.com/singapores-casinos-just-opened-but-theyre-already-rivalling-las-vegas-2010-8>
Vincent Fernando, Business Insider

It's been barely five years since Singapore announced that it would develop integrated casino resorts, yet already the island nation has become a serious rival to Las Vegas, with just two major casinos.

**** Singapore Students Were Indeed <i>Forced</i> To Generate Fake Support For Yog Torch Rally <http://www.temasekreview.com/2010/08/18/singapore-primary-school-students-forced-to-welcome-yog-torch-rally-to-generate-fake-support-for-it/>
The Temasek Review

According to one teacher we spoke to on the condition of anonymity, they were asked to bring the students out as early as 3.30pm and were made to stand in the rain for almost two hours to ”cheer” for the YOG torch rally.

“What to do? The instructions come from the top. We have to welcome the YOG procession even if there are thunderstorms. I just hope that my students won’t fall ill from standing in the rain for so long,” she said in exasperation.

**** One Country. Two System. <http://singaporeanskeptic.blogspot.com/2010/08/one-country-two-system.html>
Singaporean Skeptic

You see this example in the YOG is not an isolated incident. It is just another symptom of the widespread rot that exist in the thinking of the people in charge.

While they treat outsiders like gods because they constantly seek foreign approval, the authorities take Singaporeans for granted because they can get away with it.

**** Government Force Feeds Market With More Land <http://www.h88.com.sg/article/Government+force+feeds+market+with+more+land/>
Cheryl Han, H88.com.sg




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