[MyAppleMenu] Mar 8, 2010

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu
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**** Apple, Siemens, Sisvel force Booth Shutdown At CeBIT <http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/03/07/apple.and.others.say.exhibitor.violated.patents/>
Electronista

**** Apple’s New Stance On ‘Cookie Cutter’ Apps: Add More Features Or ... <http://techcrunch.com/2010/03/07/apple-cookie-cutter-apps/>
Jason Kincaid, TechCrunch

In the wake of Apple’s sudden decision to remove nearly all “sexy” applications from the App Store, we’ve been hearing that the company is also clamping down on so-called “cookie-cutter” applications — iPhone apps that are built from templates using one of the many app-building services available.

**** Apple Airs First iPad Commercial During Oscars, Steve Jobs At Event <http://www.macrumors.com/2010/03/07/apple-airs-first-ipad-commercial-during-oscars/>
Arnold Kim, MacRumors.com

Apple just aired their first iPad commercial during the 82nd Annual Academy Awards.

**** Apple, Microsoft Warming Up To Each Other <http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2011285362_brier08.html>
Brier Dudley, Seattle Times

You don't often hear Microsoft's Steve Ballmer gushing about Apple, but he was sure being nice to his Cupertino, Calif., rival last week.



The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Drag-and-Drop Into The Cloud <http://feeds.technologyreview.com/click.phdo?i=0aa00f8571f5bd16028b6521af74c549>
Erica Naone, Technology Review

A startup promises a painless way to move existing software.



MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Algebra In Wonderland <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/07/opinion/07bayley.html?partner=rss&emc=rss>
Melanie Bayley, New York Times

The other-worldly events in “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” can be interpreted as satire on 19th-century advances in mathematics.

**** Washing The Elephant <http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/poetry/2010/03/15/100315po_poem_ras>
Barbara Ras, New Yorker

**** The Knocking <http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/features/2010/03/15/100315fi_fiction_means>
David Means, New Yorker

**** Liberty Brass <http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/poetry/2010/03/15/100315po_poem_hirsch>
Edward Hirsch, New Yorker



SingaporeSurf
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**** Push For Peace And Progress <http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/3/7/focus/5813106&sec=focus>
Lourdes Charles and Nelson Benjamin, The Star

Just 40 days after being proclaimed as the Johor Ruler, Sultan Ibrahim Ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar speaks to Sunday Star on how Johor should move forward and regain its glory days.

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**** ‘Build Bridge To Replace Causeway’ <http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/3/8/nation/5815564&sec=nation>
Lourdes Charles and Nelson Benjamin, The Star

A bridge should replace the Causeway to boost connectivity between Malaysia and Singapore, said Johor ruler Sultan Ibrahim Ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar.

He said he was willing to be the mediator between both countries to resolve some of the issues including the bridge project, supply of water to the island republic or even extending Singapore’s Mass Railway Transit into Johor Baru.

**** 情不够用 <http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_630b37820100hi17.html>
林秋霞

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**** Internet Not A Haven Where Anything Goes, Warns Minister <http://digital.asiaone.com/Digital/News/Story/A1Story20100308-203162.html>
Straits Times

Those who take advantage of the anonymity of the internet to do harm to others or to the community will face action by the authorities, said law minister and second minister for home affairs K. Shanmugam in Parliament yesterday.

**** The Quota And Its Limitations <http://www.todayonline.com/Weekendvoices/POV/EDC100308-0000063/The-quota-and-its-limitations>
Gillian Koh, Today

**** Building Capabilities: The Singapore Success Story <http://wphr.org/2010/andrew-jensen/building-capabilities-the-singapore-success-story/>
Andrew Jensen, World Poverty And Human Rights Online

Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen’s assertion that the “enhancement of human freedom is both the main object and the primary means of development” is critical to understanding the successful basis of the Singapore model.

**** Gopalan Nair’s Despicable Hoax <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2010/03/toc-editorial-gopalan-nair%e2%80%99s-despicable-hoax/>
Choo Zheng Xi, The Online Citizen

The online community could do Mr Nair a favor by taking him at his word now and completely ignoring anything else he has to say. We would be stupid indeed to do otherwise.

**** No Further Measures To Cool Property Market For Now: Mah Bow Tan <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/1042219/1/.html>
Wong Siew Ying, Channel NewsAsia

National development minister Mah Bow Tan on Monday said the government will not be introducing more measures to cool the market for now. Mr Mah said that while no further measures will be introduced, the government stands ready to do more if there are signs of overheating in the property market.