[MyAppleMenu] Nov 12, 2010

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**** Faulty Updaters Not Updating To OS X 10.6.5 <http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-20022496-263.html>
Topher Kessler, CNET

A number of people have mentioned not being able to update to OS X 10.6.5, especially when they have used the standalone Combo updaters that have been found at sites like MacUpdate. After installing these updates, they have found the system still to be running OS X 10.6.4.

**** You Say You Want A Mac Software Revolution? <http://blogs.computerworld.com/17340/you_say_you_want_a_mac_software_revolution?source=rss_blogs>
Jonny Evans, Computerworld

In future I hope not to read headlines saying political satire apps are unavailable to me, or find that deskop or user interface enhancements I may enjoy to use aren't available via the most easy-to-reach store simply because they do not pass Apple's self-made guidelines.

On my Mac, the only thing I want Apple to reject software for is because it is buggy, insecure or contains malware.

**** Apple Looking For Mac App Store Reviewers <http://www.9to5mac.com/35165/apple-looking-for-mac-app-store-reviewers>
Mark Gurman, 9 To 5 Mac

**** A MacBook, An iPad, And The Rest: A Study In Sizes <http://thesmallwave.com/macbook-and-ipad-a-story-of-sizes>
Tom Reestman, The Small Wave.

In the world of mobile devices doing general tasks, the iPad rules, and even the MacBook seems overblown and outdated. But get the MacBook among its PC peers and one remembers just how much it still blows the majority of them away.

**** MacBook Air Breathes New Life Into Laptop Design <http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2010/11/11/macbook_air_breathes_new_life_into_laptop_design/>
Hiawatha Bray, Boston Globe

Most of us would want every conceivable option for our thousand bucks. But if you spend the money on a MacBook Air, you’ll get perhaps the best option of all: simplicity.

**** A Zombie Keyboard, An App-store Rejection, A Call From Steve Jobs And The Economy-for-iPad App <http://blog.cascadesoft.net/2010/10/31/a-zombie-keyboard-an-app-store-rejection-a-call-from-steve-jobs-and-the-economy-for-ipad-app/>
Cascade Software Corporation

Steve Jobs has a well-deserved reputation for creating great quality products and for his passion for excellence and user experience. I’ve also read that he is a detail-oriented executive and a hands-on guy who is intimately involved with his company’s work (in a way that few other CEOs are).

His phone-call reinforced those notions and went further to suggest that he was also a very conscientious guy who cared about people. The fact that he took the time to read my email, think about the app and then personally call me was amazing.

**** My Default.png Dilemma <http://www.marco.org/1548306059>
Marco Arment

I’m sticking with the Apple convention for now, but it’s always going to annoy me until I come up with a better solution.

**** Steve Jobs, A New Mogul With Old Methods <http://www.slate.com/id/2272941/entry/2272967/>
Tim Wu, Slate

Apple's vision of the future is based on the marriage of 21st-century technology with the 20th century's approach to integration. The best content from Hollywood and New York and the telephone and networking power of AT&T converge in Apple's tools, which respond instantly to every human desire. It is a combination of undeniable power and attraction. Best of all, the worst of the Internet—the spam, the unreliable apps, the messy, amateur content—are eliminated.

**** Apple Fixes Broken IPv6 By Breaking It Some More <http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/11/apple-fixes-broken-ipv6-by-breaking-it-some-more.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss>
Iljitsch Van Beijnum, Ars Technica

In Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar, Apple introduced IPv6 support. Like other IPv6-capable operating systems, Mac OS will prefer IPv6 over IPv4 if it has a choice. That is, until yesterday's 10.6.5 Snow Leopard update. With regular IPv6 connectivity, the newly updated Snow Leopard will still try to connect over IPv6 first, but for IPv6 destinations that are reachable over 6to4, the snowy cat prefers IPv4 instead. It will only connect over 6to4 to IPv6 destinations if there's no IPv4.

The disadvantage of all this automatic behavior is that if something doesn't work, it's really hard to get around the breakage. 6to4 gateways can be flakey—they are operated for free for the good of the Internet after all. Some ISPs don't carry the 6to4 route in their network, while many universities filter 6to4 packets.

**** Apple's iAd Helping Rivals <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704756804575608783491284628.html?ru=yahoo>
YUKARI IWATANI KANE And EMILY STEEL, Wall Street Journal

Apple Inc.'s iAd interactive mobile ad service is having an unintended impact on rivals: It's largely helping their businesses by generating broader advertiser interest in mobile phones and gadgets.

**** iPhone 3G Excluded From AirPlay Support <http://www.tuaw.com/2010/11/12/iphone-3g-excluded-from-airplay-support/>
David Quilty, TUAW

While Apple's own website states that "AirPlay is coming soon and will be available on all iOS 4 devices," which one would imagine includes the 3G iPhone, it looks like it is not meant to be.

**** Apple Releases iTunes 10.1 <http://www.macworld.com/article/155685/2010/11/itunes_10_1.html?lsrc=rss_main>
David Chartier, Macworld

Tunes 10.1 brings full support for AirPlay, its new technology evolved from AirTunes. AirPlay allows you to stream music, video, and photos from iOS-devices or iTunes to other AirPlay-enabled devices. iTunes 10.1 also supports syncing an iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad with iOS 4.2, which Apple is expected to release soon.

**** Apple Trips Up Enterprise iPhone Apps <http://www.macworld.com/article/155667/2010/11/ios_developer_enterprise_program.html?lsrc=rss_main>
Tom Kaneshige, CIO

Apple has come a long way, secretly courting the enterprise to adopt iPhones and iPads, but a closer look at its iOS Developer Enterprise Program shows that Apple still has much to learn about the needs of companies.

**** Bugs & Fixes: Beware OS X 10.6.5 And PGP WDE Protected Drive <http://www.macworld.com/article/155665/2010/11/1065_pgp.html?lsrc=rss_main>
Ted Landau, Macworld

**** Apple Contributing To Open Source Mac Java Project <http://www.macworld.com/article/155676/2010/11/apple_oracle_java.html?lsrc=rss_main>
Dan Moren, Macworld

Java enthusiasts can relax a little bit: on Friday, Apple announced that it will work with Oracle to help create an open source Java SE 7 implementation for Mac OS X.

**** CopySwap 1.1 <http://www.macworld.com/reviews/product/718855/review/copyswap_11.html?expand=true&lsrc=rss_main>
Dan Frakes, Macworld

CopySwap comes in handy in the specific situation where you want to swap text between a document and the Clipboard—in other words, when you want to replace one section of text with another snippet, but keep the original for use elsewhere.

**** The Art Of Not <http://www.randsinrepose.com/archives/2010/11/12/the_art_of_not.html>
Rands In Repose

Yet in a crowded market of low-end mobile photo editing tools, Instagram has become an overnight success. Why? They said no — a lot.

**** Looking At Different Writing Tools For Macs <http://brooksreview.net/2010/11/writing-tools/>
Ben Brooks, The Brooks Review



The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** How Mobile Apps Are Disrupting The Car-Rental Business <http://www.technologyreview.com/business/26644/?ref=rss>
Lauren Cox, Technology Review

Why Zipcar's technology and car-sharing business model have caught the attention of the big players.

**** Why Google Can’t Build Instagram <http://scobleizer.com/2010/11/12/why-google-cant-build-instagram/>
Robert Scoble, Scobleizer

So, how does a big company innovate?



MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Love! Valour! Compassion! <http://moreintelligentlife.com/blog/molly-young/love-valour-compassion?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MoreintelligentlifeTotal+%28moreintelligentlife.com+-+total%29>
Molly Young, More Intelligent Life

Oh, the joys of Nora Ephron! That voice. That snobbishness. That candour. "I Remember Nothing", the author's latest collection of essays, covers subjects as varied as meat loaf, memory, the onset of carpal tunnel syndrome (from playing too much online Scrabble), the internet, Christmas dinner, divorce and ageing. But mostly ageing.

**** Going Korean <http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/10/going-korean/?ref=opinion>
Mary H.k. Choi, New York Times

Pedicures are disgraceful. This is not a diatribe on female grooming rituals. I do not resent the hamster wheel of appearing kempt.

This is a story about reluctantly thrusting your feet in the face of an older Korean woman when you are Korean and female yourself. And unmarried. And 30. Also, broke.

**** Why Airplane Dining Has Always Been Awful <http://www.salon.com/food/food_business/index.html?story=/food/francis_lam/2010/11/11/why_airplane_food_sucks>
Francis Lam, Salon

If you think airline food is bad now, you should have seen it in its "glory" days.

**** Paul Auster's Unexpectedly Searing New Novel <http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2010/11/11/sunset_park_paul_auster/index.html>
Mark Athitakis, Salon

The literary icon's "Sunset Park" is a somber, poignant look at abandoned homes and disrupted families.

**** How Do You Say... <http://www.thesmartset.com/article/article11121001.aspx>
Frank Bures, The Smart Set

Learning a language is one thing; living it is another.



SingaporeSurf
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**** Changi Takes A Gamble On Fees <http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC101112-0000045/Changi-takes-a-gamble-on-fees>
Liang Dingzi, Today

It is ironic how three days after Today carried a story on Nov 1 about the possibility of airlines charging airports a price for bringing in passengers, the Changi Airport Group (CAG) announced it would be raising airport charges and introducing a fee for transit and transfer passengers from April next year.

**** Ex-aide Back In ACS (I) <http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_602376.html>
Jane Ng, Straits Times

**** Elections Must Be Really Close... <http://yoursdp.org/index.php/news/singapore/4334-elections-must-be-really-close>
Singapore Democrat Party

Netizens must ask why the PAP goes to such lengths to, on the one hand, attack the Singapore Democrats, and, on the other, deprive us of means to defend ourselves and communicate with voters. Why do we get the feeling that the PAP just wants one particular party out of the political scene?

**** Busloads Of Gamblers Add To Traffic Jam <http://www.nst.com.my/nst/articles/12jpbhkh03/Article/>
Sim Bak Heng, New Straits Times

Commuters are complaining that the coaches are worsening the traffic situation which is already moving at a snail's pace during the morning rush hour.  Malaysian Tourist Guides Council president Jimmy Leong said the incentive could prompt bus operators to prefer serving the Singaporean tourism industry.

**** ACS (I) Teacher Returns To School <http://sg.yfittopostblog.com/2010/11/12/asc-i-teacher-returns-to-school/>
Alicia Wong, Yahoo!

The controversy broke last month when Mr Tan, who is in his early 30s, filed a complaint with the school’s Board of Governors that Dr Ong had behaved inappropriately toward him.

**** Gazetting Of MARUAH As Political Association ‘Politicizes Human Rights’, Says MARUAH Chairperson. <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2010/11/gazetting-of-maruah-as-political-association-politicizes-human-rights-says-maruah-chairperson/>
The Online Citizen

“Human rights are universal and inalienable, and should not be hijacked by politics,” said MARUAH chairperson Braema Mathi in an email correspondence with The Online Citizen. “Indeed, it is this very act of gazetting us as a Political Association that politicizes human rights, and inappropriately so.”

“On the one hand, the government and various ministers consistently call for Singaporeans to be more active and to contribute to society and to take ownership and stand up for how we want to see our society to develop. On the other hand, when we do exactly that, we get pinned back by this sort of decision by the Government,” she added.

**** The Wake Of Reason: Enter The Humanist Society In Singapore <http://newasiarepublic.com/?p=21672>
Gwee Li Sui, New Asia Republic

The shape of Singapore’s secular space is changing. This is inevitable in view of several factors: the general development of any secular society; the demands of a multi-cultural and multi-religious sphere; the rise of religious fervour in recent decades; and the existing threat of fundamentalism.

**** NEA To Beef Up Rules For Food Caterers <http://www.asiaone.com/Health/News/Story/A1Story20101112-246881.html>
Sherilyn Lim, My Paper

Food-poisoning cases involving caterers have been on the rise - up from four in 2007 to 10 this year, the National Environment Agency (NEA) said yesterday.

**** Mixed Reactions To M1's Decision To Enter pay-TV Market <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/1093140/1/.html>
Ryan Huang, Channel NewsAsia

**** MM Lee Says Entry Into Secondary Schools Based On Performance <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1093147/1/.html>
Joanne Chan, Channel NewsAsia

Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew has said students who have missed out of entering good primary schools should try their best to get into top secondary schools.

**** SIA Says One Of 3 Affected A380s Back In Action <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/1093167/1/.html>
Satish Cheney, Channel NewsAsia

SIA spokesman Nicholas Ionides said on Friday that the second aircraft is expected to return to the skies by Saturday. Work on the third plane is ongoing.

**** Kovan Market Faces 'Heat' After S$4m Facelift <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1093169/1/.html>
Wayne Chan, Channel NewsAsia

Stall-holders at a newly-upgraded market-cum-hawker centre at Kovan are complaining about the heat. They said the nearly S$4 million upgrading has made the centre hotter and affecting their business.

**** Mixed Report Card For The New Media <http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC101113-0000065/Mixed-report-card-for-the-new-media>
Loh Chee Kong, Today