[MyAppleMenu] Jul 22, 2010

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**** Apple Among 36 Companies Targeted In E-mail Spam Patent Suit <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/07/21/apple_among_36_companies_targeted_in_e_mail_spam_patent_suit.html>
AppleInsider

A new lawsuit filed this week has accused Apple, Google and numerous others of patent infringement, alleging that the companies are improperly profiting from spam filtering technology created by InNova.

**** Mac Gems: FlyGesture Takes Advantage Of Mouse Or Trackpad <http://www.macworld.com/reviews/product/572546/review/flygesture_102.html?expand=true&lsrc=rss_main>
Jeffery Battersby, Macworld

While FlyGesture is easy to use, mastering more than a handful of gestures can prove daunting, especially since it’s possible to create complex gestures. But as a utility for launching applications or performing repetitive tasks on the “fly,” FlyGesture is a sure bet.

**** A Few More Details On Apple's MacPaint Donation <http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/archives/2010/07/a_few_more_details_on_apples_macpaint_donation.html>
Arik Hesseldahl, BusinessWeek

**** Vendor Inaction Leads Researcher To Disclose Safari, IE Flaw <http://arstechnica.com/security/news/2010/07/vendor-inaction-leads-researcher-to-disclose-safari-ie-flaw.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss>
Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica

If you use the autocomplete features in Safari, certain versions of IE, Firefox, or Chrome, you could be making yourself vulnerable to identity theft and other attacks, according to one security researcher scheduled to speak at the Black Hat conference next week.

**** Remotely Control A Mac Via The Web <http://www.macworld.com/article/152820/2010/07/remoteaccesswebservices.html?lsrc=rss_main>
Glenn Fleishman, Macworld

Network and computer firewalls, router configurations, network topology, and other factors can make all remotely accessing a computer inside a private network a nightmare. The Web services LogMeIn and GoToMyPC both sidestep those obstacles by connecting remote machines through central servers. As long as both computers can reach out to those servers, a remote connection can be made.

**** Skype For iPhone Gets IOS4 Background Multitasking In Version 2.1 <http://www.tuaw.com/2010/07/21/skype-for-iphone-gets-ios4-background-multitasking-in-version-2/>
Steven Sande, TUAW

**** Apple The New World Leader In Software Insecurity <http://arstechnica.com/security/news/2010/07/apple-the-new-world-leader-in-software-insecurity.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss>
Peter Bright, Ars Technica

Apple has displaced Oracle as the company with the most security vulnerabilities in its software, according to security company Secunia. Over the first half of 2010, Apple had more reported flaws than any other vendor. Microsoft retains its third-place spot.

**** AT&T Defensively Publishes Private Dropped Call Data <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/07/21/att_defensively_publishes_private_dropped_call_data.html>
Daniel Eran Dilger, AppleInsider

**** The iPad Clearly Cannibalized Mac Sales Last Quarter — Except The Opposite <http://techcrunch.com/2010/07/21/ipad-sales-mac/>
MG Siegler, TechCrunch

For now, it appears that the iPad may help Apple sell a bunch of its own trucks.

**** Apple And AT&T: Why Monopolies Make People Mad <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bj-gallagher/apple-and-att-why-monopol_b_653239.html>
BJ Gallagher, Huffington Post

These may seem like small problems to Steve Jobs, but they feel like big problems to customers who are trapped by the monopoly established by Apple and AT&T.

**** Track Time, Tasks, And Projects On Your Mac—Easy <http://mac360.com/index.php/mac360/comments/how-to-track-time-tasks-and-projects-on-your-mac-the-easy-way/>
Mac 360

**** Analyst: Apple Shifts Chip Balance Of Power <http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-20011246-64.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=News-Apple>
Brooke Crothers, CNET

Apple is set to become the world's second largest semiconductor buyer in 2011, another sign of the shift in the balance of power in the chip world.

**** Womans Request For iPhone Repair Denied Because Of Last Name <http://wokv.com/localnews/2010/07/womans-request-for-iphone-repa.html>
Adam Kirk, WOKV

A woman from Orange Park said she can't get her phone fixed, because Apple's automated software doesn't like her last name. Sandy Burdick told our news partner Channel 4 the Apple website would not let her set an appointment to have her phone fixed, because of her last name.

**** I Know Who Your Name, Where You Work, And Live (Safari v4 & v5) <http://jeremiahgrossman.blogspot.com/2010/07/i-know-who-your-name-where-you-work-and.html>
Jeremiah Grossman

All a malicious website would have to do to surreptitiously extract Address Book card data from Safari is dynamically create form text fields with the aforementioned names, probably invisibly, and then simulate A-Z keystroke events using JavaScript. When data is populated, that is AutoFill’ed, it can be accessed and sent to the attacker.

As shown in the proof-of-concept code (graciously hosted by Robert "RSnake" Hansen), the entire process takes mere seconds and represents a major breach in online privacy.

**** Think Apple Is Big Now? You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet <http://www.cio.com/article/600126/Think_Apple_Is_Big_Now_You_Ain_t_Seen_Nothing_Yet>
Tom Kaneshige, CIO

**** Foxconn To Hike Prices To Cover China Pay Increase <http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=11223935>
Associated Press

Foxconn Technology Group, which makes iPhones and other gadgets for global technology companies, plans to charge them more to partly cover wage increases at its mammoth manufacturing compound in southern China.

The extent of price hikes will differ according to products, C.L. Huang, vice president of Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., parent firm of Foxconn, said at a news conference Wednesday night. She did not name the clients.



The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** How To Distinguish Fiction From Nonfiction <http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/25514/?ref=rss>
Technology Review

Telling fact from fiction isn't always easy on the on the web. Now researchers have discovered a method that could help automate the process.



MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** The Top Idea In Your Mind <http://www.paulgraham.com/top.html>
Paul Graham

I think most people have one top idea in their mind at any given time. That's the idea their thoughts will drift toward when they're allowed to drift freely. And this idea will thus tend to get all the benefit of that type of thinking, while others are starved of it. Which means it's a disaster to let the wrong idea become the top one in your mind.



SingaporeSurf
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**** Watchdog Criticises Singapore Over Case Of British Writer <http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20100721/tap-singapore-crime-britain-executions-r-06f3cb7.html>
AFP

Global media watchdog Reporters Without Borders has urged London to "do everything possible" to prevent Singapore from charging the British author of a book on executions in the city-state.

Shadrake's book alleges double standards in Singapore's use of the death penalty, which is carried out by hanging for crimes like murder and drug trafficking.

**** Senators Pledge To Save Malaysian On Death Row In Singapore <http://www.mmail.com.my/content/43891-senators-pledge-save-malaysian-death-row-singapore>
Joseph Kaos Jr., The Malay Mail

Yong Vui Kong, the 22-year-old Malaysian who is facing the gallows in Singapore for drug trafficking, has received more support from his countrymen today – with Dewan Negara senators backing a campaign to plead for Yong’s clemency from Singapore President Sellapan Ramanathan.

**** Bowing And Scraping <http://yawningbread.wordpress.com/2010/07/21/bowing-and-scraping/>
Yawning Bread

**** Harry Lee Says The PAP Is Powerless To Help Us. <http://singaporeanskeptic.blogspot.com/2010/07/harry-lee-says-pap-is-powerless-to-help.html>
Singaporean Skeptic

After all, are we not supposed to be paying for results? If you want us to have a lower expectation of the government, just lower your pay cheque to match your abilities and we'll have more realistic expectations of what you can and cannot do.

**** Lawyer M Ravi Files Judicial Review On Yong Vui Kong’s Case <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2010/07/lawyer-m-ravi-files-judicial-review-on-yong-vui-kongs-case/>
Choo Zheng Xi, The Online Citizen

Mr Ravi’s application argued that the clemency process has been so prejudged that the court should issue an order of prohibition to prevent the execution and the clemency process from moving ahead.

**** Why A Fairer Fare Policy Is Facing Undue Criticism <http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/Story/STIStory_556366.html>
Elvin Ong, Straits Times

This unhappiness can be traced to the Land Transport Authority's (LTA) estimate that one-third of commuters will have to pay 31 cents more a week on average, while two-thirds will save 48 cents. How did LTA derive these figures? What evidence was used in formulating them? Is it true in reality?

**** Nature And Singapore <http://singaporeshortstories.blogspot.com/2010/07/nature-and-singapore.html>
Singapore Short Stories

**** Of Singapore Government And Recent Floods <http://saintmarce.blogspot.com/2010/07/of-singapore-government-and-recent.html>
Saint Marce

My challenge is simple, who forseen that rainfall in Singapore can hit that high?

**** Who's Crazy Now, Singapore? <http://zoneasia.blogspot.com/2010/07/whos-crazy-now-singapore.html>
The Asia Zone

The PAP must have been very frightened to have arrested Shadrake. Apparently, the pen is still mightier than the sword.

**** Omigosh! He's Gone Mental! <http://singaporedesk.blogspot.com/2010/07/omigosh-hes-gone-mental.html>
Singapore Notes

**** When Lee Kuan Yew Struck A Chill In Expat Hearts <http://www.pressrun.net/weblog/2010/07/when-lee-kuan-yew-struck-a-chill-in-expat-hearts.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rana+%28Blowin%27+In+The+Wind%29>
Blowin' In The Wind

**** 我国CBD停车费　10环球金融中心最低 <http://www.zaobao.com/sp/sp100722_007.shtml>
陆彩霞, 联合早报

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**** So, Who Is Going To Solve #Sgflood? <http://kixes.wordpress.com/2010/07/21/so-who-is-going-to-solve-sgflood/>
Funny Little World

We pay our ministers good amazing salaries and put our trust in them to run this country and serve the needs of the people. When troubles arise, we deserve to know that they are stepping up to the plate and doing the jobs they have been entrusted with. We deserve to hear their apologies for having let us down the first time ’round, and assurances that they are learning from their oversight and fixing the problem.

**** Taiwan May Try To Reach Free Trade Accord With Singapore, Negotiator Says <http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-07-22/taiwan-may-try-to-reach-free-trade-accord-with-singapore-negotiator-says.html>
Chinmei Sung and Paul Allen, Bloomberg

Taiwan may seek a free-trade accord with Singapore following its first such deal with China, the island’s top negotiator with China Chiang Pin-kung said.

**** Singapore Flood Response Not Sufficient: Lee Kuan Yew <http://www.mysinchew.com/node/42197>
AFP

The Singapore government's measures to reduce the impact of recent floods on homes and businesses were insufficient, the island's founding father Lee Kuan Yew said in remarks published Thursday.

The 86-year-old former prime minister, now an adviser to his son Lee Hsien Loong's government, said Singapore's small land area made it difficult to deal with "acts of God."

**** Workers Can Expect Better Pay Rise: Labour Chief <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1070939/1/.html>
Evelyn Choo, Channel NewsAsia

A strong economic rebound and robust growth of 13 to 15 per cent projected for the year for Singapore spell good news for wages. Labour chief Lim Swee Say said he is optimistic that workers will get better wage increases this year compared to last year.