[MyAppleMenu] May 25, 2010

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**** Elgato Releases EyeTV HD <http://www.macworld.com/article/151470/2010/05/eyetvhd.html?lsrc=rss_main>
Jonathan Seff, Macworld

Elgato on Monday introduced the EyeTV HD, a video-capture device designed to let you watch and record SD and HD programs from cable or satellite sources on your Mac.

**** Agile Web Solutions Takes Over Development Of Knox <http://www.tuaw.com/2010/05/24/agile-web-solutions-takes-over-development-of-knox/>
Dave Caolo, TUAW

**** The Universal Back Button <http://www.ollicle.com/2010/may/24/universal_back_button.html>
Ollicle.com

**** Google Vs Apple: Google Doesn't Need To Win <http://radar.oreilly.com/2010/05/google-vs-apple-round-1.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+oreilly%2Fdigitalmedia%2Fmac+%28O%27Reilly+Digital+Media%3A+Mac%29>
Mike Loukides, O'Reilly Media

Apple will not be able to take Google on in the areas of connectivity and cloud computing as long as they insist on a closed platform.

**** Can Jobs Still Wow After Leaks? <http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/24/as-apples-conference-approaches-can-jobs-wow-attendees/?partner=rss&emc=rss>
Nick Bilton, New York Times

What’s left to talk about?

New Mac ads! :-)

**** Under The Hood: Google Apps And Apple <http://www.mondaynote.com/2010/05/24/under-the-hood-google-apps-and-apple/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+monday-note+%28Monday+Note%29>
Jean-Louis Gassée, Monday Note

The almost unavoidable conclusion is that Apple could build itself a nice MobileMe 2.0. Tomorrow, Apple could play the freemium game.

**** I Said I Want A Revolution, Apple... <http://open.salon.com/blog/kathleen_lange/2010/05/22/i_said_i_want_a_revolution_apple>
Kathleen Lange, Salon

For those of us who want it all and want it all now, it's a bit frustrating to have to wait.

**** We Have Seen The Amazing Future Of Apple's iPad And ... <http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2010/04/02/businessinsider-ipad.DTL>
Henry Blodget, The Business Insider

If iPad prices follow the trend of iPod, iPhone, and other gadget prices, we should be able to buy the low-end version for $299 in two years and $199 in three years.  At $199, especially, the whole game changes.

**** Walmart To Sell Apple's 16GB iPhone 3GS For $97 <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/05/24/walmart_to_sell_apples_16gb_iphone_3gs_for_97.html>
AppleInsider

Walmart has revealed that it will begin selling the 16GB iPhone 3GS for $97 this week, more than $100 off of Apple's $199 suggested retail price.

**** Two Years Later, Apple Still Won't Fix Safari Hole <http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9177278/Two_years_later_Apple_still_won_t_fix_Safari_hole?source=rss_operatingsystems>
Robert McMillan, IDG News Service

Two years after fixing a security bug in the Windows version of its Safari browser, Apple apparently has decided that Mac users can go without a fix.

**** Software Lets Doctors See Brain Scans On iPhone <http://www.canada.com/Software+lets+doctors+brain+scans+iPhone/2930999/story.html>
Collette Derworiz, Calgary Herald

Canadian doctors will now be able to look at a stroke patient's brain scan and other diagnostic images on an iPhone after a Calgary research team received Health Canada approval for its software application.

**** Confirmed: Apple's Next iPhone Will Have Video Chat, Feature To Be Shown In Ads Directed By Sam Mendes <http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/confirmed-apples-next-iphone-will-have-video-chat-feature-to/>
Joshua Topolsky, Engadget

**** Hong Kong Labour Activists Push For iPhone Boycott <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/1058845/1/.html>
AFP

Hong Kong labour activists said Tuesday they plan to kick off a worldwide boycott of Apple's newest iPhone after a spate of suicides at a southern Chinese factory that makes the iconic device.

**** Confirmed: Apple Discontinues The iPhone 3G & Walmart Slashes 3GS Prices <http://appadvice.com/appnn/2010/05/confirmed-apple-discontinues-iphone-3g-walmart-slashes-3gs-prices/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AppAdvice+%28AppAdvice%29>
Alexander Vaughn, App Advice

**** Apple Launches Annual Back To School Program <http://www.tuaw.com/2010/05/25/apple-launches-annual-back-to-school-program/>
Megan Lavey, TUAW

Apple has launched its annual Back to School program for the US, enticing buyers with a free 8GB iPod touch after a $199 online rebate (you can also apply the same rebate to larger-capacity iPods).

**** Review: Twitterrific For iPad <http://www.macworld.com/appguide/app.html?id=458364&lsrc=rss_main>
Dan Moren, Macworld

Twitterrific presents a compelling, elegant Twitter experience that makes the most of what the iPad has to offer.

**** Why Apple's iPad Won't Save The Newspaper World <http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/may/23/apple-ipad-surrogate-digital-newspaper>
Peter Preston, The Guardian

The iPad won't deliver newspapers the revenue streams they dream of because it's seen as more than just a news device.

**** Gestures <http://ignorethecode.net/blog/2010/05/25/gestures/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IgnoreTheCode+%28ignore+the+code%29>
Lukas Mathis, Ignore The Code

In a way, gestural user interfaces are a step back, a throwback to the command line. Gestures are often not obvious and hard to discover; the user interface doesn’t tell you what you can do with an object. Instead, you have to remember which gestures you can use, the same way you had to remember the commands you could use in a command line interface.

**** FileMaker Releases Free Student Survival Kit For Bento 3 <http://www.macworld.com/article/151518/2010/05/bento_student_survival_kit.html?lsrc=rss_main>
David Chartier, Macworld

The Student Survival Kit includes five templates for organizing lecture notes, courses, group projects, special events, and job searches.

**** Why Apple Is Right About Flash On Smartphones <http://blogs.computerworld.com/16186/why_apples_right_about_flash_on_smartphones?source=rss_blogs>
Jonny Evans, Computerworld



The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** An Invisible Touch For Mobile Devices <http://www.technologyreview.com/communications/25380/?ref=rss&a=f>
Kate Greene, Technology Review

A simple gesture-sensing interface could add new meaning to mobile-phone conversations.



MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** For 77 Years, A Regular At Sardi’s <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/25/nyregion/25sardis.html?partner=rss&emc=rss>
Manny Fernandez, New York Times

Eating lunch at Sardi’s last Tuesday, William Herz did not have to order coffee. It was brought to him, right when he wanted it (in the middle of his meal, not after) by a waiter who served it in a white mug that no one else but Mr. Herz drinks from.

Mr. Herz is the only patron of one of the best-known restaurants in the world who gets his own cup: He is 93 years old, and he prefers using a mug with an easy-to-hold handle. After lunch on Tuesday, the mug was washed and returned to its usual place, on the shelf of a cabinet in the coat room, because the management and staff at Sardi’s know Mr. Herz will be back.

**** No Museum Left Behind <http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/no-museum-left-behind>
Lance Esplund, Weekly Standard

The relocation of the Barnes Foundation to downtown Philadelphia is fueled by ignorance and avarice, not altruism.

**** Scoured Light <http://www.thenation.com/article/scoured-light>
Ange Mlinko, The Nation

Nothing is simple in the poems of James Schuyler, not even the formal austerity of looking out a window.

**** Something From Nothing <http://www.slate.com/id/2254879/?from=rss>
Robert Pinsky, Slate Magazine

Poets like John Wilmot cut their world down to size with wit—then built it up again in art.



SingaporeSurf
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**** Woodlands Residents & Businesses See Revival With Railway Station In Neighbourhood <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1058725/1/.html>
Lynda Hong, Channel NewsAsia

It's not just the leaders who're pleased with the move. Residents and businesses in Woodlands are counting on the railway station in the neighbourhood to revive the estate.

**** Internet Control And Auto-regulation In Singapore <http://www.surveillance-and-society.org/Articles3%281%29/singapore.pdf>
Terence Lee, Surveillance & Society

This paper sets out to consider the use of new media technologies in the city-state of Singapore, widely acknowledged as one of the most technologically-advanced and networked societies in the world. Singapore is well-known as a politically censorious and highly-regulated society, which has been subjected to frequent and fierce insults and criticisms by those hailing from liberal democratic traditions. Indeed, much has been said about how the Singapore polity resonates with a climate of fear, which gives rise to the prevalent practice of self-censorship. This paper examines how certain groups in Singapore attempt to employ the Internet to find their voice and seek their desired social, cultural and political ends, and how the regulatory devices adopted by the highly pervasive People Action’s Party (PAP) government respond to and set limits to these online ventures whilst concomitantly pursuing national technological cum economic development strategies. It concludes that the Internet in Singapore is a highly contested space where the art of governmentality, in the forms of information controls and ‘automatic’ modes of regulation, is tried, tested, and subsequently perfected.

(Note: Link goes to a PDF document.)

**** Malaysia, Singapore To Cut 2nd Link Toll Charges <http://www.nst.com.my/nst/articles/Malaysia_Singaporetocut2ndlinktollcharges/Article/>
Bernama

The toll charges at both sides of the Second Link, connecting Tuas here and Tanjung Kupang in Johor, would be reduced significantly, both the leaders said at a joint press conference after the retreat.

**** Commuters Will Have More Choices And Flexibility <http://www.todayonline.com/Voices/EDC100525-0000119/Commuters-will-have-more-choices-and-flexibility>
Eugene Tan, Public Transport Council, Helen Lim, Land Transport Authority, Today

The term "Distance Fares" is reflective of a distance-based fare structure.

**** Railway Lands Could Be Developer's Goldmine <http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC100525-0000168/Railway-lands-could-be-developers-goldmine>
Esther Ng, Today

**** Railway Land Deal Cause For Rejoicing: PM Lee <http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC100525-0000159/Railway-land-deal-cause-for-rejoicing--PM-Lee>
S Ramesh, Today

Speaking to the media, Mr Lee said the focus was on developing the bilateral relationship at a time of many challenges in an uncertain world. 

"It is a matter for rejoicing. It is a good deal. Both sides are happy and this will benefit both sides considerably," said Mr Lee.

**** Our Collective Historical Amnesia: Failure Of “National Education” <http://guanyinmiao.wordpress.com/2010/05/25/our-collective-historical-amnesia-failure-of-“national-education”/>
Guanyinmiao's Musings

We must challenge our students to think, and not blindly soak up facts; this is the way to get the general populace informed and engaged gradually with our collective history. The NE system is flawed in its plain determination to regularly paint rosy pictures of our history, and selectively prescribe episodes to students.

**** Thinking Strategically <http://singaporesojourn.blogspot.com/2010/05/thinking-strategically.html>
Jolly Roger, Singapore Sojourn

**** Sell The SDP “Product” To The Political “customer”? No Thanks <http://yoursdp.org/index.php/news/singapore/3739-sell-the-sdp-product-to-the-political-customer-no-thanks>
Singapore Democrat Party

**** 6,700 S’poreans’ Foreign Spouses Denied Long-term Visit Pass Or PR Each Year <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2010/05/6700-sporeans-foreign-spouses-denied-long-term-visit-pass-or-pr-each-year/>
Leong Sze Hian, The Online Citizen

**** Is Tanjung Pagar Swap Another Limbang? <http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/fmt-english/news/general/5969-is-tanjung-pagar-swap-another-limbang>
Free Malaysia Today

Will the swap deal between Malaysia and Singapore regarding Keretapi Tanah Melayu Bhd's (KTMB) land in Tanjung Pagar end up like the Limbang crisis? That’s the question uppermost in the minds of Pakatan Rakyat leaders, said PAS' Kuala Selangor MP Dzulkefly Ahmad.

**** Oil Spills Off Singapore Coast After Ships Collide <http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-05-24/oil-spills-off-singapore-coast-after-ships-collide-update1-.html>
Yee Kai Pin, Bloomberg

Crude oil was spilled off Singapore’s southeastern coast after the MT Bunga Kelana 3 tanker collided with the MV Waily bulk carrier today, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore said in an e-mailed statement.

**** National Wages Council (NWC) Guidelines 2010/2011 <http://www.mom.gov.sg/home/Press_Release/Pages/20100525-NationalWagesCouncil(NWC)Guidelines20102011.aspx>
Ministry of Manpower, Singapore Government

Our recovery is now strong and broad-based.  Employees can look forward to wage increases and bonuses. At the same time, employers, unions and the government must continue to work closely to raise productivity so that wage increases will be sustainable and Singapore businesses remain cost competitive.

See Also: National Wages Council Calls For Sustainable Wage Increases [http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1058849/1/.html], by S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia.

**** Did Singapore Government Deliberately Dilute Mother Tongue? <http://www.magnetmoon.com/?p=36>
Magnet Moon

**** Fish Farm Owners Brace For Potential Damage From Oil Spill <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1058914/1/.html>
Jessica Yeo, Channel NewsAsia

Fish farms located in the Ubin-Pasir Ris area are not too worried about the oil spill resulting from the tanker collision off the East Coast of Singapore. The Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority of Singapore has given plastic sheets to some 35 fish farm owners to protect the area.

**** Malaysia-Singapore Relations Reach Tipping Point? <http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsindex.php?id=501060>
Zakaria Abdul Wahab, Bernama

If yesterday's meeting between Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and his Singapore counterpart Lee Hsien Loong was any indication, the bland relations between the two countries are now set to enter a new phase.

**** Singapore Starts Clean-Up After Tanker Collision Spills Oil <http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-05-25/singapore-starts-clean-up-after-tanker-collision-spills-oil.html>
Yee Kai Pin, Bloomberg

A flotilla of 20 ships was deployed to contain and clean up an oil spill that has moved to within 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) of Singapore’s southeastern coast after a collision between a tanker and a bulk carrier.

**** Najib's Visit To The Lion City <http://www.mysinchew.com/node/39501?tid=14>
Lim Sue Coan, Sin Chew Daily

Singapore has been taking a different path with Malaysia over the past 45 years since its withdrawal from the Federation of Malaysia on 9 Aug 1965. Singapore relied heavily on the Peninsular of Malaysia in its early days of independence, in terms of water supply, food and goods. But today, perhaps it is Malaysia that is relying on Singapore, particularly in terms of its rich capital.

**** Ophir-Rochor Land Parcel Could Be Worth Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars: Analysts <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/1058931/1/.html>
Julie Quek, Channel NewsAsia

A land parcel at the Ophir-Rochor area, which might be up for redevelopment by the Singapore-Malaysian joint venture company, M-S, could be worth hundreds of millions of dollars.