[MyAppleMenu] Jan 25, 2010

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MyAppleMenu
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**** The Apple Way: Repeated Innovation + Patent = Domination <http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2010/01/24/the-apple-way-repeated-innovation-patent-domination-2/id=8589/>
Gene Quinn, IP Watchdog

**** Create Playlists On Your iPod Or iPhone <http://www.macworld.com/article/145852/2010/01/onthego_playlists.html?lsrc=rss_main>
Kirk McElhearn, Macworld

The On-The-Go playlist feature of iPods and iPhones lets you build a playlist wherever you are. Here's how.

**** Apple Fires Genius For No-show After He Volunteers For Haitian Earthquake Relief <http://www.cultofmac.com/apple-fires-genius-for-no-show-after-he-volunteers-for-haitian-earthquake-relief/27443?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+cultofmac%2FbFow+%28Cult+of+Mac%29>
John Brownlee, Cult of Mac

**** Apple, Adobe, And Flash <http://daringfireball.net/2010/01/apple_adobe_flash>
John Gruber, Daring Fireball

I would argue that it’s both — that Apple’s distaste for Flash Player is both a matter of engineering taste (that third-party software should only have access to high-level APIs) and politics. But objectively, regardless of what you personally wish Apple would do with regard to Flash, if Adobe needs Apple to grant them further access to the hardware to make the Mac version of Flash Player better, what are the odds that they’d get that sort of low-level hardware access on the iPhone OS? (Hint: zero.)

**** More Gems I’m Thankful For <http://www.macworld.com/article/145868/2010/01/morethankfulgems.html?lsrc=rss_main>
Dan Frakes, Macworld

Some Gems become such an integral part of your Mac’s day-to-day operation that you take them for granted.

**** PDF2Office Professional 5 Now Available, Supports Excel <http://www.macworld.com/article/145876/2010/01/pdf2office.html?lsrc=rss_main>
Ramu Nagappan, Macworld

Recosoft has announced the release of the latest edition of PDF2Office Professional. Version 5.0, which offers Snow Leopard support, converts PDFs to Microsoft Excel spreadsheets along with other Office formats.

**** Apple Reports Record Sales, Profits For The Holiday Season <http://www.myapplemenu.com/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/hcleong/listToday.cgi>
Philip Michaels, Macworld

For the three-month period ending December 29, 2009, Apple tallied sales of $15.68 billion and a net quarterly profit of $3.38 billion. That compares to year-ago figures of $11.88 billion in sales and $2.26 billion in net quarterly profit.

For the 2010 fiscal first quarter, Apple sold 3.36 million Macs, up 33 percent from the 2.5 million units the company sold in last year’s first quarter.



The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Factery Labs Launches A Web Start Page For Facts <http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-10439882-248.html?part=rss&amp;subj=news&amp;tag=2547-1_3-0-20>
Josh Lowensohn, CNET News

Factery Labs has a new tool that helps users keep an eye on trending news topics throughout the day.



MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** My So-Called Wife <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/24/opinion/24tsingloh.html?hp>
Sandra Tsing Loh, New York Times

When husbands and wives not only co-work but try to co-homemake, as post-feminist and well-intentioned as it is, out goes the clear delineation of spheres, out goes the calm of unquestioned authority, and of course out goes the gratitude.

**** This Article Is Not Yet Rated <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/24/movies/24scott.html>
A. O. Scott, New York Times

In the movie-smoking debate, even clear positions — that children must be protected from images that might influence their behavior, or that filmmakers should be immune from censorship and interference — tend quickly to be fogged with questions of context and nuance. That is because underneath the public discussion about smoking (or gun violence, or sexual promiscuity, or whatever social problem has seized the momentary spotlight) is another, much more confused discourse: about movies and about the ways they mirror and occlude reality.

**** Diagnosis <http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/poetry/2010/02/01/100201po_poem_cruz>
Cynthia Cruz, New Yorker

**** Fjord Of Killary <http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/features/2010/02/01/100201fi_fiction_barry>
Kevin Barry, New Yorker

**** Visiting Paris <http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/poetry/2010/02/01/100201po_poem_seshadri>
Vijay Seshadri, New Yorker

**** Address To The Toothache <http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/jan/25/robert-burns-address-to-the-toothache?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fbooks%2Frss+%28Books%29>
Robert Burns, The Guardian

**** Song Composed In August <http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/jan/25/robert-burns-song-in-august?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fbooks%2Frss+%28Books%29>
Robert Burns, The Guardian



SingaporeSurf
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**** Khaw Welcomes Competition <http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC100125-0000039/Khaw-welcomes-competition>
Maggie Chong and Evelyn Choo, Today

Competition during the next General Election (GE) will be welcome, according to health minister Khaw Boon Wan. It is good that more young and better educated people are entering politics, he said, when asked of the opposition parties' recruitment drive.

**** Lessons From Singapore On Bank Bonuses <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703822404575018984178503968.html?mod=googlenews_wsj>
Peter Stein, Wall Street Journal

Outsize bonuses at big banks and securities firms have never been more controversial. Governments are on the warpath, imposing bonus taxes and new rules to force bank paymasters to change the way they compensate their talent.

Singapore's Temasek Holdings Pte. Ltd. could give them a master class on the subject.

**** Another Warning Sign: China-Based, Singapore-Listed Firms Rapidly Collapsing Amidst Debt And Fraud <http://www.businessinsider.com/another-warning-sign-china-based-singapore-listed-firms-collapsing-amidst-debt-and-fraud-2010-1>
Joe Weisenthal, Business Insider

**** Lost In A World Of Toy Storeys <http://www.smh.com.au/travel/lost-in-a-world-of-toy-storeys-20100125-mtrj.html>
Andy Phillips, Sydney Morning Herald

The MINT Museum of Toys, a five-storey establishment between tall buildings close to Singapore's Raffles City complex, is the manifestation of every big kid's dream.

**** PM Lee Identifies 3 Areas Of Priority For Government <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1032838/1/.html>
S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia

Singapore's prime minister Lee Hsien Loong on Monday identified three areas of priority for the government: restructuring the economy, addressing the population shortfall and updating the political system.

**** Singapore Consumer Prices Ended Eight-Month Decline In December <http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=azvj5D97T6f0>
Shamim Adam, Bloomberg

Singapore’s consumer prices ended an eight-month decline in December as a recovering economy spurred demand for goods and services.

**** Reply From MFA On Singapore's Generous 50k Donation To Haiti <http://www.mrbrown.com/blog/2010/01/reply-from-mfa-on-singapores-generous-50k-donation-to-haiti.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+mrbrown+%28mrbrown%29>
mrbrown: L'infantile terrible of Singapore

Compassion must be based on guanxi one! Not say our gahmen no heart. They are just very pragmatic and responsible.

**** What Price Pragmatism? <http://iantan.org/archives/2068>
Ian Tan, Empty Vessel

Yet what kind of message are you sending out when you witness the terrifying humanitarian disaster with your own eyes, and you, who have the collective power to do so thanks to your population, offer a small token sum in return? What do I tell my children about a government that is rich in wealth but not so wealthy in spirit?

**** A Most Pragmatic Response. <http://www.insanepoly.com/blog/?p=935>
Insane Polygons

Long story short - essentially what our gahmen is saying is we only help those who can do something for us or do something to us.