[MyAppleMenu] Jul 26, 2010

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**** 40 Cool Ilife Features You Probably Don't Use <http://www.techradar.com/news/computing/apple/40-cool-ilife-features-you-probably-don-t-use-705088?src=rss&attr=newsall>
Steve Paris and Ben Harvell, TechRadar

The iLife suite is designed to make life as easy as possible by apparently limiting the number of options available to you. But just because you're constrained doesn't mean it has to be Apple's way or the iWay.

What many basic and intermediate users don't realise is that all of these programs have a lot of hidden features within them, designed to offer more advanced users some powerful tools and useful shortcuts that they can use to improve their workflow.

**** Mimicking Apple An Imperative For PC Makers <http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-20011582-64.html>
Brooke Crothers, CNET

Wintel has its place in PCs and servers. But the iPad is breaking old molds and spurring the PC companies to do the same.

**** Fanboyism And Brand Loyalty <http://youarenotsosmart.com/2010/05/19/fanboyism-and-brand-loyalty/>
You Are Not So Smart

Realize you have your irrational reasons, and so do they, and nothing will be gained by your proselytizing.

**** Do Kiwis Go Crazy For Ipads? <http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/07/25/do-kiwis-go-crazy-for-ipads/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+fortuneapple20+%28FORTUNE%3A+Apple+2.0%29>
Philip Elmer-DeWitt, Fortune

YouTube videos -- some wild, some less so -- document iPad's launch in 9 countries Friday.

**** Pad Try: Are iPad-Formatted Music Releases A New Frontier Or A Distraction? <http://www.sfweekly.com/2010-07-21/music/pad-try-are-ipad-formatted-music-releases-a-new-frontier-or-a-distraction/>
Phillip Mlynar, SF Weekly

**** Review: iPad's Point Becomes Clear <http://tvnz.co.nz/technology-news/review-ipad-s-point-becomes-clear-3673429>
Stacey Hunt, ONE News

The thing that sold me is the books. I had always been against reading books on a screen of any sort but having seen them on an iPad, I've changed my mind.

**** Limited Imac Retail Inventory Precedes Anticipated Update <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/07/25/limited_imac_retail_inventory_precedes_anticipated_update.html>
AppleInsider

**** Review: Layers For iPad <http://www.macworld.com/appguide/article.html?article=152924&lsrc=rss_main>
Tim Mercer, Macworld

**** Review: MemoryMiner 2.1.1 <http://www.macworld.com/reviews/product/573447/review/memoryminer_211.html?expand=true&lsrc=rss_main>
Nathan Alderman, Macworld

Last month’s vacation photos can too easily become this month’s blur of forgotten details. MemoryMiner 2.1.1 turns photo albums into narratives, tagging people and locations to preserve the stories of your life. While its interface needs refinement, the program largely fulfills its big ambitions.

**** What Goes Into Making A Hit iPhone Game? <http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-20011382-248.html?part=rss&amp;subj=news&amp;tag=2547-1_3-0-20>
Josh Lowensohn, CNET

In order to get an idea of what it takes to bring a game to market, CNET talked to a handful of successful developers, as well as with a company that helps people without the technical know-how to build a title connect with developers who can.



The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** New Languages, And Why We Need Them <http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/25854/?ref=rss&a=f>
John Pavlus, Technology Review

Creators of two dozen new programming languages--some designed to enable powerful new Web applications and mobile devices--presented their work last week in Portland, OR. The reason for the gathering was the first Emerging Languages Camp at the O'Reilly Open Source Convention.



MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Claustrophilia <http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/poetry/2010/08/02/100802po_poem_fulton>
Alice Fulton, New Yorker

**** Blue Water Djinn <http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/features/2010/08/02/100802fi_fiction_obreht>
Téa Obreht, New Yorker



SingaporeSurf
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**** What Would Charles Darwin Have To Say About Our Government? <http://dotseng.wordpress.com/2010/07/25/what-would-charles-darwin-have-to-say-about-our-government/>
Dotseng

**** Size Matters, But Depth Matters More <http://www.todayonline.com/Commentary/EDC100726-0000038/Size-matters,-but-depth-matters-more>
Loh Chee Kong, Today

Mr Zink believes that size does matter. But it is by no means the critical ingredient - as Citi's experience has shown.

**** 杨伟光课题不能星火燎原？ <http://createbloggers.com/susuteh/archives/4020>
Susuteh 奶茶 Blog 大马政治时事博客

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**** Opposition SPP Elects 14 Members To CEC <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1071470/1/.html>
S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia

The opposition Singapore People's Party (SPP) held its ordinary party conference on Sunday, and elected 14 members to its decision making central executive committee.

Veteran politician Chiam See Tong remains in the committee. The new faces include his wife Lina Chiam and member Desmond Lim, who's reported to have differences in the party over the possible inclusion of the Reform Party into the Singapore Democratic Alliance.

**** Southern Ridges Walk With Nature And Heritage Kakis <http://otterman.wordpress.com/2010/07/25/southern-ridges-walk-with-nature-and-heritage-kakis/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OttermanSpeaks+%28Otterman+speaks...%29>
Otterman Speaks...

**** How Many Indians, Chinese, Malays And People Of Other Races In Singapore's Total Population? <http://www.pressrun.net/weblog/2010/07/how-many-indians-chinese-malays-and-people-from-other-races-in-singapores-total-population.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rana+%28Blowin%27+In+The+Wind%29>
Blowin' In The Wind

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**** äººå®¶åƒå±Žï¼Œåˆä¸è§ä½ åƒå±Žï¼Ÿ <http://www.merdekareview.com/read/13822.html>
独立新闻在线

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**** Is The PAP For Or Against Us? <http://dzygn.blogspot.com/2010/07/is-pap-for-or-against-us.html>
Pan And Zi

**** 楊偉光能否揀回性命？ <http://opinions.sinchew-i.com/node/15646>
林放, æ˜Ÿæ´²æ—¥å ±

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楊偉光案件，馬新政府當然不會把死刑存廢的問題相提並論，但是，由於政府本身也存在要求和自動寬赦的先例，自然就應給楊偉光第二次生命的機會，否則，政府的慈悲心就顯得厚此薄彼了。

**** MBT : There Is <i>Imbalance</i> In The Market! <http://singaporemind.blogspot.com/2010/07/mbt-there-is-imbalance-in-market.html>
Diary Of A Singaporean Mind

The truth is the PAP GDP growth strategy now has become highly dependent on foreigner labor and this imported labor is brought in at a faster rate than what our infrastructure can support.

**** Their Dreams, Our Nightmares <http://singaporedesk.blogspot.com/2010/07/their-dreams-our-nightmares.html>
Singapore Notes

**** Citibank Pulls Sharkfin Promotion <http://sggreendrinks.wordpress.com/2010/07/26/citibank-pulls-sharkfin-promotion/>
Green Drinks Singapore

**** Singapore's Output Rises At Slowest Pace Since February As Demand Cools <http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-07-26/singapore-s-output-rises-at-slowest-pace-since-february-as-demand-cools.html>
Shamim Adam, Bloomberg

Singapore’s industrial production rose at the slowest pace in four months in June as pharmaceutical and electronic manufacturers made fewer goods, suggesting demand may ease as the global recovery cools.

**** ERP Rates For 4 Gantries Revised After Quarterly Review <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1071555/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia

**** Increase In Suicide Rates In S'pore, Male Suicides Double That Of Female <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1071583/1/.html>
Hoe Yeen Nie, Channel NewsAsia

Figures from the Samaritans of Singapore, SOS, showed that the total number of suicides has increased from 364 in 2008 to 401 last year. This it says brings the suicide rate to 9.35 per 100,000 residents from 8.76 per 100,000 in 2008.

**** Employers Bear Brunt Of Unnecessary Foreign Worker Levy Hike <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2010/07/employers-bear-brunt-of-unnecessary-foreign-worker-levy-hike/>
Pritam Singh, The Online Citizen

The points raised with regard to the foreign worker levy hike in the Economic Strategies Committee (ESC) Report released in February 2010, and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s announcement of the arrival of 100,000 more foreigners into Singapore’s workforce this year make for a curious contrast.

**** Shooting The Messenger In Singapore <http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/LG27Ae01.html>
Alex Au, Asia Times

Three recent incidents have brought renewed attention to the repressive nature of Singapore's People's Action Party (PAP)-led government at a time when the island state is bidding to attract more foreign tourists and investment.