[MyAppleMenu] Feb 11, 2010

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**** FontAgent Pro Server 4 Released <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=52cf0d99637ee867b6ba421e8e210a0b>
Jackie Dove, Macworld

Insider Software has announced FontAgent Pro Server 4, an upgrade to its server software targeted to the enterprise sector of the font management market. Available now, it features font-usage tracking, live backup, automatic failover server access, Kerberos single sign-on support, and directory services enhancements.

**** Macworld 2010 Refocuses For New Era, Without Apple <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=5d9574bb92d3f3074458258a4d075495>
Dan Moren, Macworld

Macworld 2010 will be the first San Francisco show in which Apple hasn't participated, but that doesn't mean the show won't have plenty to offer attendees.

**** Head-To-Head: Parallels Desktop For Mac Vs. VMware Fusion <http://www.mactech.com/articles/special/1002-VirtualizationHeadToHead/>
Neil Ticktin, MacTech

How do VMware Fusion 3 and Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac compare?

**** Customize iMovie’s Titles <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=260471e3e86995a3c53ff57bf9f7b8ed>
Jeff Carlson, Macworld

iMovie '09 offers several pre-made designs for titles that overlap your video, from basic centered text to animated concoctions like Sideways Drift and Lens Flare. All you have to do is select the title and edit its text to get a slick effect. But you can do a lot more to change the appearance of the text, from quickly applying different fonts and colors to tweaking the typography.

**** Unclutter Your Hard Drive <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=2ef750a2b381bb82dd69f095523e4925>
Joe Kissell, Macworld

Getting rid of files you don't need can do more than just reclaim wasted disk space.

**** iPad Should Focus On Multitasking, Multiple Users <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=b7344a0b51d7ef2b590ae12ee389ec2c>
Kirk McElhearn, Macworld

Flexibility is essential for people to take advantage of the many tasks they can perform on the iPad, and these two “multis” would go a long way toward making the tablet easy to use.

**** Apple Releases Apple TV 3.0.2 <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/02/10/apple_releases_apple_tv_3_0_2.html>
AppleInsider

The update appears to be related to the release of Aperture 3.0, which made changes to how that software shares images over the local network, in addition to adding support for iPhoto's Places and Faces features.

**** IBM To Support iPhone, Macs With New Software <http://news.cnet.com/8301-13846_3-10451478-62.html?part=rss&amp;subj=news&amp;tag=2547-1_3-0-20>
Dave Rosenberg, CNET News

Big Blue is expected to announce Thursday at Macworld San Francisco that it will soon be delivering its enterprise social platform, Lotus Connections, and Lotus Quickr team collaboration package for use with the iPhone and Mac.

**** How Steve Jobs Blew The iPad Launch By Snubbing Macworld <http://www.cultofmac.com/how-steve-jobs-blew-the-ipad-launch-by-snubbing-macworld/29709?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+cultofmac%2FbFow+%28Cult+of+Mac%29>
Leander Kahney, Cult of Mac

Steve Jobs blew the iPad launch by not doing it at Macworld. There’s not the same buzz about the iPad as there was about the iPhone, and that’s because it wasn’t introduced to 4,000 fans at a keynote. And it won’t be on the show floor for fans to check out (even in a glass case).

You think that if Apple asks IDG to put a few glass cases at Macworld Expo for free, IDG will not agree?



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**** AOL Cracks Open AIM's Door And Lets In Facebook <http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=156c23f14a9761c9cfaad9e56e44a73c>
Brad Stone, New York Times

AOL is opening up its popular AOL Instant Messenger network and combining Facebook's chat service with its own.

**** Keep Your 20-sided Dice, I Have D&D On The Surface <http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10451247-1.html?part=rss&amp;subj=news&amp;tag=2547-1_3-0-20>
Matt Hickey, CNET News

When I initially saw Microsoft's Surface multitouch tabletop device about three years ago, the first thing I thought, as a geek, was how absolutely perfect it would be for Dungeons and Dragons games.

**** Wi-Fi At The Speed Of Light <http://feeds.technologyreview.com/click.phdo?i=ac1cbe47fae34e6b0bb52f2474d17716>
Erika Jonietz, Technology Review

Wireless optical networks could provide gigabit-per-second data transfer.



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**** The Eccentric Muse Behind Dave Eggers' McSweeney Journal <http://feeds.guardian.co.uk/~r/theguardian/books/rss/~3/6YO08LkGf50/dave-eggers-how-mcsweeneys-got-its-name>
Dave Eggers, The Guardian

In 1998 I started collecting fiction, essays and experiments for a journal I was planning to put out. I decided to name it Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern. Here's why.

**** Grandfather's Love, In A Sandwich <http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/grandfathers-love-in-a-sandwich.php>
Ian Knauer, The Atlantic

My grandfather, like most men of his day, never cooked. He never even set foot in the kitchen. So it was to my great surprise when he called me from the lawn with a brisk wave of his arm. He'd made a sandwich for my lunch: an act that to this day, if only due to its rarity, still symbolizes his love for me.

**** For Richer, For Poorer <http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/2010/01/for-richer-for-poorer/>
Paul Romer, Prospect

Forget aid—people in the poorest countries like Haiti need new cities with different rules. And developed countries should be the ones that build them.



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**** Religious Leaders Urge Followers To Speak Out If Rule Of Respect Is Breached <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1036694/1/.html>
Hoe Yeen Nie, Channel NewsAsia

Religious leaders say followers must speak out if they feel a religious elder has breached the rule of respect between religions. "This episode prompted various religious leaders to issue statements on the need to be respectful to other religions," said Syed Hassan Al-Attas, Imam of Ba'alwi Mosque. "But how do they ensure that the message is being heeded on the ground?"

**** There’s That R-word Again <http://miyagi.sg/2010/02/theres-that-r-word-again/>
My Very Own Glob {Curiosa Felicitas}

**** Judge Rules Misadventure <http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC100211-0000141/Judge-rules-misadventure>
Teo Xuanwei, Today

This much is clear: The food poisoning outbreak last April which killed two women and caused 152 others to fall ill was caused by bacteria-contaminated food from Mr Sheik Allaudin Mohideen's stall. What will remain unresolved, however - because of a lack of evidence - is how the contamination happened at the Indian rojak stall at the Geylang Serai Temporary Market, a coroner's court found yesterday.

**** Casino To Open First <http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC100211-0000127/Casino-to-open-first>
Ong Dai Lin, Today

With the weekend inching closer and no firm date for the casino opening announced, it may now be too late for tourists to fly in to gamble at the RWS casino.

**** Squatting In Parks Not The Same As Camping <http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/Story/STIStory_489096.html>
Jason Wong, Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports, Kong Yit San, National Parks Board, Mike Chan, Housing and Development Board, Straits Times

Camping in our parks is for recreational purposes only. Squatting in parks is illegal and not a viable option for people with housing difficulties.

**** Lunar New Year Opening For Singapore's First Casino <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1036871/1/.html>
Mustafa Shafawi, Channel NewsAsia

Genting Singapore said its Resorts World Sentosa casino in Singapore will have a soft opening on Sunday, February 14, in time for the Lunar New Year.  Its Universal Studios theme park is still on schedule to open in the first quarter of this year.

**** Reforming Singapore’s Political Economy: The Big Miss By The Economic Strategies Committee <http://www.temasekreview.com/2010/02/11/political-economy-the-big-miss-by-the-economic-strategies-committee/>
The Temasek Review

It is strange that Singapore’s political economy is left entirely out of discussion when it should be involved in the first place given the Singapore government’s pervasive control over our economy.

**** Not Your Ordinary Chit-Chat Session <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2010/02/not-your-ordinary-chit-chat-session/>
Terence Lee, The Online Citizen

But whatever the reason, by resorting to blanket laws as a means of control, the government is sending the unfortunate message that it does not trust community moderation as a means of conflict resolution. These laws, although unlimited in scope, also opens up the opportunity for hate groups to exploit it to their advantage.

**** S’pore Casino Operators Seek Lodging In Batam <http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/02/11/s’pore-casino-operators-seek-lodging-batam.html>
Fadli, The Jakarta Post

Businesspeople in the property sector have asked the Batam municipal council to consider issuing a permit for lodging facilities for casino workers from Singapore. Operators of the Marina Bay Sand and Resort World Sentosa casino in Singapore, which opened last month, are reportedly keen to cooperate with their Indonesian business partners for possible accommodation for their employees.

**** Singapore Lets The Dice Roll <http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/LB12Ae01.html>
Muhammad Cohen, Asia Times

The first casino in Singapore, the US$4.6 billion Resorts World Sentosa, opens this weekend. But don't expect pigs to fly, lions to lie down with lambs or Satan to buy snowshoes.

**** MFA Summons Romanian Envoy To S'pore Over Hit-and-run Accidents <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1036960/1/.html>
Teo Chia Leen, Channel NewsAsia

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) summoned the Romanian Ambassador to Singapore Aurelian Neagu, who is based in Tokyo, to the Republic on Thursday regarding the hit-and-run accidents involving the embassy's vehicle.

The MFA also referred to Dr Ionescu's interview by a Romanian television station in which he alleged that this was a case of a "set-up" by the Singapore government because he had been reporting on political activities in Singapore. The MFA told Ambassador Neagu that if these media reports had accurately quoted Dr Ionescu, then he had made very serious allegations against the integrity of the Singapore government which MFA categorically rejected as lacking any basis in fact.

**** UBS Stake May Be Worth 70 Percent Less As GIC Converts <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/11/AR2010021101114.html>
Saeed Azhar, Reuters

Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC will convert 11 billion Swiss francs ($10.33 billion) worth of UBS notes into shares next month at a price that may erode the value of its stake in the Swiss bank by 70 percent.

The potential loss is likely to draw fire from Singaporeans, who have been highly critical of sister wealth fund Temasek after it lost heavily betting on Western banks such as Bank of America-Merrill Lynch and Barclays.