[MyAppleMenu] Jan 10, 2010

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

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**** Smartphone Touch-screen Analysis Tests Finger Fidelity <http://ces.cnet.com/8301-31045_1-10431635-269.html?part=rss&amp;subj=news&amp;tag=2547-1_3-0-20>
Kyle VanHemert, CNET News

Moto Development Labs devised a simple method of analyzing capacitive touch screens using drawing programs. They put the iPhone, the Nexus One, the Droid, and the Droid Eris through the paces and proved not all touch screens are created equal.

**** Apple Updates Bonjour For Mac OS X <http://www.macsimumnews.com/index.php/archive/apple_updates_bonjour_for_mac_os_x>
Dennis Sellers, Macsimum News

Apple has updated the Mac OS X version Bonjour, also known as zero-configuration networking, to version Update 2010-001. It addresses problems with “Apple TV and iTunes connectivity,”



The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** USB 3.0 Finally Arrives <http://www.pcworld.com/article/186566/usb_30_finally_arrives.html>
Melissa J. Perenson, PC World



MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Wunderkind Comes Of Age <http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2010/jan/10/profile-martin-amis-andrew-anthony?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fbooks%2Frss+%28Books%29>
Andrew Anthony, The Guardian

Long described as the enfant terrible of the literary novel, the author of London Fields and Money has now turned 60. Yet his new book – the 12th – reveals that, far from losing his youthful outlook, he has rediscovered it.



SingaporeSurf
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**** Laws To Be Clarified <http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_475562.html>
K. C. Vijayan, Straits Times

The Penal Code spells out clearly, in many situations, what constitutes an offence and the likely punishment, but one anomaly stands out: contempt of the courts. New laws will be put in place so that ordinary people will know the penalties for this offence.

**** Google Phone Hits 3G Bump <http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/TechandScience/Story/STIStory_475608.html>
Irene Tham, Straits Times

Scores of buyers of its first 'own brand' smartphone, the Nexus One, seem to have experienced 3G connection problems.

**** Singapore Crowded By Foreigners? <http://www.chinapost.com.tw/commentary/the-china-post/special-to-the-china-post/2010/01/10/240091/Singapore-crowded.htm>
Sue-Ann Chia, Straits Times

The government — caught in the crossfire between the demands from Singaporeans and the business community — seems to be in a tight spot.

**** It's Wait-And-See For Singapore's Soon-to-open Integrated Resort <http://www.chinapost.com.tw/asia/singapore/2010/01/10/240137/Its-wait-and-see.htm>
Jessica Lim, Straits Times

In two weeks' time, four hotels at Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) in Singapore will throw their doors open. But will tourists bite? Not likely, say the travel agents contacted.

**** GIC Faces $575m Loss In 'biggest US Real-Estate Blunder' <http://www.pressrun.net/weblog/2010/01/gic-faces-575m-loss-in-biggest-us-real-estate-blunder.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rana+%28Blowin%27+In+The+Wind%29>
Blowin' In The Wind

**** Recycling Bin At Each Block <http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_475709.html>
Maria Almenoar, Straits Times

Residents in Admiralty Drive will have a recycling bin at every HDB block as part of a pilot project to get more people to recycle.

**** Civil Disobedience In Singapore: Part I <http://yoursdp.org/index.php/perspective/special-feature/3228-civil-disobedience-in-singapore>
Chee Soon Juan, Singapore Democrat News

**** HDB Housing Policies – Tilting The Advantage Towards PRs? <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2010/01/hdb-housing-policies-%e2%80%93-tilting-the-advantage-towards-prs/>
Leong Sze Hian, The Online Citizen