[MyAppleMenu] May 13, 2010

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**** HTC Countersues Apple, Claims Infringement Of Five Patents <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/05/12/htc_countersues_apple_claims_infringement_of_five_patents.html>
AppleInsider

Taiwanese smartphone company HTC has responded to Apple's patent suit with a lawsuit of its own, accusing the iPhone maker of violating five patents.

"As the innovator of the original Windows Mobile PocketPC Phone Edition in 2002 and the first Android smartphone in 2008, HTC believes the industry should be driven by healthy competition and innovation that offer consumers the best, most accessible mobile experiences possible," said Jason Mackenzie, vice president of North America, HTC Corporation. "We are taking this action against Apple to protect our intellectual property, our industry partners, and most importantly our customers that use HTC phones."

**** Move Files Between Your iPad And Mac <http://www.macworld.com/article/151185/2010/05/ipadfiles.html?lsrc=rss_main>
Kirk McElhearn, Macworld

The first thing you need to do is learn how to get documents off of your Mac and onto the iPad, and then—after you’ve edited them or created new ones on the iPad—how to get them onto your Mac. There are two easy ways to do this, so read on to find out which is best for you.

**** C4 Indie Developer Conference Discontinued <http://www.tuaw.com/2010/05/12/breaking-c4-shuts-down/>
Erica Sadun, TUAW

In an impassioned blog post, Rentzsch has explained his reasons for shuttering C4. He writes that Apple's insistence on top-down control over its platforms (presumably more the iPhone OS than the Mac) crushes innovation and makes developers overly reliant on Apple for moving technology forward. 

**** Steam Gaming Service For Mac Now Available <http://www.macworld.com/article/150273/2010/05/steam_mac_launches.html?lsrc=rss_main>
Chris Holt, Macworld

Steam, Valve’s digital distribution service for gamers, is now live. Steam, for the uninitiated, is essentially an iTunes Store for games, except with more social features and demos of many games.

**** After Eight Suicides By Workers, Apple iPhone Maker Foxconn Swears It Treats Employees Well <http://www.nydailynews.com/money/2010/05/12/2010-05-12_after_eight_suicides_by_workers_apple_iphone_maker_foxconn_swears_it_treats_empl.html>
Associated Press

**** Psst, Pass It On: Apple Has No Secrets <http://www.infoworld.com/d/adventures-in-it/psst-pass-it-apple-has-no-secrets-533>
Robert X. Cringely, InfoWorld

Another leaked iPhone 4G prototype has allegedly been spotted in Asia -- so much for Apple's unhealthy obsession with secrecy.

**** Hands-on With Steam Gaming On Four Different Macs <http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20004844-1.html?part=rss&amp;subj=news&amp;tag=2547-1_3-0-20>
Rich Brown, CNET News

Though we can't say that Steam will bring Mac gaming on-par with the experience on a Windows system, with this release, Mac gamers finally have something to be excited about.

**** Talking With Giants In The iPhone App Space <http://db.tidbits.com/article/11276?rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+tidbits_main+%28TidBITS%3A+Mac+News+for+the+Rest+of+Us%29>
Robyn Weisman, TidBITS

While many of the people I spoke with said they are selling and developing apps for other mobile platforms like Android and BlackBerry OS, all seemed to view iPhone OS apps as a crucial part of their mobile strategies. And they consider debates over open versus closed environments as mostly minutiae.

**** Apple Airs New iPad Ad – Pays Homage To The Newton <http://appadvice.com/appnn/2010/05/apple-airs-ipad-ad-pays-homage-newton/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AppAdvice+%28AppAdvice%29>
Alexander Vaughn, App Advice

Apple has just begun airing “What is iPad”, its second TV commercial for the iPad and it’s quite an interesting one. Indeed, as some noted the ad is actually an homage to Apple’s unsuccessful tablet past; the Newton.

**** Adobe Tries To Prod Apple To Bury Hatchet By Placing Full-Page Ad Laced With Sarcasm <http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/05/12/BUPJ1DDISH.DTL>
Ryan Kim, San Francisco Chronicle

In a full-page ad in this section, Adobe tries to shame Apple into reconciling their differences. Look, Adobe says, we love a lot of the same things like creativity, innovation, apps, HTML5, Flash ... er, OK, maybe Flash is not mutually beloved.

**** MobileMe Mail Beta Adds Server Rules, Interface Tweaks <http://www.macworld.com/article/151226/2010/05/mobileme_mail.html?lsrc=rss_main>
Jason Snell, Macworld

Apple late on Wednesday announced a new beta program for the mail component of its MobileMe internet service. The new beta offers new interface views, server-based mail rules, SSL-based security, and improved performance, according to the company.



The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** DNA Robots On The Move <http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/25287/?ref=rss&a=f>
Prachi Patel, Technology Review

Machines made of DNA could one day assemble complex--and tiny--electrical and mechanical devices.



SingaporeSurf
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**** Singaporean Students Being Exam Smart Is <i>Not</i> The Problem <http://flaneurose.blogspot.com/2010/05/singaporean-students-being-exam-smart.html>
Flaneurose

The real problem lies in students being taught in an environment that fails to impart the skills of learning independently.

**** 没有从世界杯直播中牟取暴利 <http://www.zaobao.com/yl/yl100513_010.shtml>
詹智慧 新电信，黄淑音 星和, 联合早报

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杨荣发, 联合早报

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**** Farewell To The Last Of A Trio <http://thelongnwindingroad.wordpress.com/2010/05/13/farewell-to-the-last-of-a-trio/>
The Long and Winding Road

It was with a tinge of sadness that I realised that the last of a trio of landmarks that stood at the bottom of the southern slope of Fort Canning Hill has gone the way of two of its former companions.

**** Singapore Finally Gets To Watch World Cup 2010, But At What Price? <http://www.cnngo.com/singapore/play/mrbrown-singapore-gets-world-cup-2010-538201>
mrbrown, CNNGo

If our MPs know what's good for their political careers, they should swing by the kopitiam and buy us all a round or two as well. We can get pretty riled up by a match, you know. And if they are coming by to shake our hands and kiss our babies, we would also welcome some Farmer brand peanuts to go with our beer.

**** A Fitting Conclusion. <http://howdidthisgetpublished.wordpress.com/2010/05/13/a-fitting-conclusion/>
Tales From The ST Forum

By all means tear down this current PSLE grading system and reform it completely. But to call for the current system to be kept and only one single subject weightage to be lowered is an incredibly selfish act. Face it, the world doesn’t revolve around your offspring and the sooner you teach them that the better.

**** ［忘］了［本］来 <http://heartyinn.blogspot.com/2010/05/blog-post.html>
我是老师

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**** Not A Grain Of Truth In Sand Export Claims, Says Cambodian Government <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2010/05/not-a-grain-of-truth-in-sand-export-claims-says-cambodian-government/>
Royal Embassy of Cambodia (London), The Online Citizen

Cambodian government spokesman Khieu Kanharith dismissed the Global Witness report as politically motivated. “Their reports are always exaggerated far beyond the imagination and attack the Cambodian Government in order to try and bring political benefit to one of the smaller opposition parties,” he said.