[MyAppleMenu] May 31, 2010

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MyAppleMenu
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**** Is Mac The Future Of Computing? <http://www.pcauthority.com.au/Feature/176428,is-mac-the-future-of-computing.aspx>
Paul Nesbitt, PC Authority

Wouldn't it be great if there was a PC which was secure, easy to use and yet free to do with you as you please? It's called the Mac.

**** Steve Jobs Wants To Be Your Mommy, Your Daddy And Your Personal Savior <http://adage.com/mediaworks/article?article_id=144135>
Simon Dumenco, Advertising Age

Apple's increasingly infuriating restrictions on free speech are damaging its brand.

**** Stop The Lies! The Day That Microsoft 'saved' Apple <http://www.zdnet.com/blog/apple/stop-the-lies-the-day-that-microsoft-saved-apple/7036?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zdnet%2FApple+%28ZDNet+The+Apple+Core%29>
David Morgenstern, ZDNet

What was this legal action that gave Apple so much leverage over Redmond? It was a strange one: the Apple Computer v. San Francisco Canyon Co. lawsuit.

**** Apple's Vetting Of iPhone Apps Is Ham-handed But Not An Illegal Threat To Free Speech <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-scheer/apples-vetting-of-iphone_b_595100.html>
Peter Scheer, Huffington Post

Competition between Google and Apple should assure that consumers will have choices. If Apple persists in rejecting apps merely because they make fun of public figures, for example, the rejected apps should be available on the Google platform (and vice versa). That is the best we can hope for. It is also a better outcome than anything that might be achieved through litigation.



The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Holiday Inn To Test Smartphone As Hotel-Room Key; Some Guests Prefer To Skip Front Desk <http://travel.usatoday.com/hotels/post/2010/05/holiday-inn-to-test-smartphone-as-hotel-room-key-some-guests-prefer-to-skip-front-desk/93807/1>
Barbara De Lollis, USA Today

InterContinental Hotels Group next month will begin testing new technology at two Holiday Inns that lets guests use their smartphones to unlock their hotel-room door, Hotel Check-In has learned. IHG figures that many guests today already carry smartphones and some would enjoy the freedom to avoid the front desk.

**** Web Start-Ups Making Deals For Users’ Private Data <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/31/business/media/31privacy.html?partner=rss&emc=rss>
Stephanie Clifford, New York Times

As concern increases in Washington about the amount of private data online, and as big sites like Facebook draw criticism that they collect consumers’ information in a stealthy manner, many Web start-ups are pursuing a more reciprocal approach — saying, in essence: give us your data and get something in return.



MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Looking For A ‘New’ Narrative Of Founding Fathers <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/31/books/31book.html?partner=rss&emc=rss>
Dwight Garner, New York Times

Mr. Rakove tells the story of the American Revolution from a multitude of shifting angles, dividing his book into sections that include liberators, lawmakers, generals, diplomats. “Revolutionaries” is a serious, probing work of history that boils down a career’s worth of thinking and research. It’s not a particularly memorable or stirring book, though, and certainly not the one-volume lightning strike some have sought.

**** A Maxim <http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/poetry/2010/06/07/100607po_poem_dennis>
Carl Dennis, New Yorker

**** Extreme Solitude <http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/features/2010/06/07/100607fi_fiction_eugenides>
Jeffrey Eugenides, New Yorker

**** Pimp My Ride <http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/poetry/2010/06/07/100607po_poem_knox>
Jennifer L. Knox, New Yorker



SingaporeSurf
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**** 1st World Country, 3rd World Wage Structure? <http://singaporemind.blogspot.com/2010/05/1st-world-country-3rd-world-wage.html>
Diary of A Singaporean Mind

**** Singapore Tries To Green Up Its Act <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/31/business/energy-environment/31green.html?pagewanted=all>
David Fogarty, New York Times

The government wants the clean-technology sector to become a major pillar of the city-state’s booming economy, which is already a regional center for financial services, petrochemicals, semiconductors, education, shipping and aviation. It has rolled out a series of investments, tax sweeteners and other incentives since 2007 to achieve its goal.

**** Corruption-Free Government Agencies? <http://www.transitioning.org/2010/05/30/are-our-government-agencies-that-corruption-free/>
Gilbert Goh, Transitioning.org

The government  needs  to realise that the whole civil service  is  funded by tax payer’s money and they are accountable to the public. Any operational lapses need to be rectified early and if there is a serial defaultor like the MDA, heads must roll so that the public is assured of a serious commitment to provide corruption-free public  service.

**** Sage Of Singapore <http://cherubim77.blogspot.com/2010/05/sage-of-singapore.html>
Tony Siew, Revelation Is Real

If Malaysian politicians can overcome some past historical baggage about Singapore, perhaps there is much we (Malaysians) can learn from Singapore's development, governance, and above all, its non-corruption culture at all levels.

**** Singapore-Malaysia Industrial Estate Affects Batam Trade Zone <http://www.antara.co.id/en/news/1275219329/singapore-malaysia-industrial-estate-affects-batam-trade-zone>
ANTARA

The industrial cooperation between Malaysia and Singapore could disadvantage the Batam, Bintan, Karimun Free Trade Zone (FTZ), a noted businessman said.

**** Relocation Of KTM Station In Singapore <http://faisalabdaziz.blogspot.com/2010/05/relocation-of-ktm-station-in-singapore.html>
Muhammad Faisal Abdul Aziz

**** State Productivity <http://yoursdp.org/index.php/perspective/vantage/3470-state-productivity>
Mohd Jufrie Mahmood, Singapore Democrat Party

**** City Harvest Church Under Investigation <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1060093/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia

The Office of the Commissioner of Charitiies (COC) has received complaints of misuse of church funds against City Harvest Church. The COC has informed the Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) and they are investigating some financial transactions involving several individuals and companies related or connected to the City Harvest Church. 

**** 'Critical' Singapore Histories Not Solely Anti-PAP <http://us.asiancorrespondent.com/clement-tan/critical-singapore-histories-not-solely-anti-pap>
Clement Tan, Asian Correspondent

**** MPA Says Efforts To Clean Up Oil Spill Show "positive Results" <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1060136/1/.html>
Claire Huang, Channel NewsAsia

MPA said that as of Monday, there has not been any report of oil patches in the Singapore Strait south of Changi.