[MyAppleMenu] Oct 6, 2010

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MyAppleMenu
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**** Remembering The Macintosh TV <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=5b8d03e3e05933d6bd7e7f138391197c>
Benj Edwards, Macworld

**** SugarSync Introduces Multi-user Folder And File Sync <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=05c68c9c8bacc8a602ff592ffba6a477>
David Chartier, Macworld

**** Mac Gems: Alarms 1.0.1 <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=52c03d7a2601d5f6daecc8980b43127c>
Dan Frakes, Macworld

Alarms takes a novel approach to task-tracking, giving you a timeline onto which you can drop files, e-mail messages, and URLs you want to deal with by a particular date and time.

**** HDCP May Spoil Your Apple TV Fun <http://www.tuaw.com/2010/10/05/hdcp-may-spoil-your-apple-tv-fun/>
Michael Rose, TUAW

**** Adobe Patches Reader, Acrobat Security Holes <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=ee0b790955ef44a2813c49396560f2ca>
Philip Michaels, Macworld

Adobe rushed out a pair of updates to its Reader and Acrobat Pro products on the Mac Tuesday to tackle security holes in the software. The updates also improve stability of Reader and Acrobat, according to Adobe.

**** AirPlay Any App In IOS 4.2 Now – Here’s How <http://appadvice.com/appnn/2010/10/airplay-app-ios-42/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AppAdvice+%28AppAdvice%29>
Tim Chaten, App Advice

Just like Bluetooth, AirPlay remains the default output unless you tell your iOS device otherwise. Users with the beta of iOS 4.2 can actually turn on AirPlay mode in the iPod app. They can then jump into apps that currently don’t support AirPlay: Pzizz, Pandora on the iPad, and even Hulu Plus, and stream audio to Apple TV (or Airport express).

**** Apple Staring Down One Of Largest Patent Verdicts In History <http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2010/10/05/apple-staring-down-one-of-largest-patent-verdicts-in-history/>
Ashby Jones, Wall Street Journal

**** Testing The Goods: The New Apple TV Is Smaller, Sleeker, And Often Frustrating <http://www.popsci.com/gadgets/article/2010-10/apple-tv-review>
Dan Nosowitz, Popular Science

**** Revolutionary: Apple TV Could Be For Places, Not Just People <http://theappleblog.com/2010/10/05/revolutionary-apple-tv-could-be-for-places-not-just-people/>
Geoffrey Goetz, GigaOM

While the press and the entertainment industry are looking for a revolution in television, Apple could quietly and quickly swoop in and take over the kiosk market, placing an iOS device if not in the hands of, at least within 100 yards of every consumer on the planet.

**** The Free Mac App That Plays Windows Video And Audio <http://mac360.com/index.php/mac360/comments/the-free-mac-app-to-play-windows-video-and-audio/>
Alexis Kayhill, Mac 360

**** Avoid Unwanted App Store And In-App Purchases <http://db.tidbits.com/article/11650?rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+tidbits_main+%28TidBITS%3A+Mac+News+for+the+Rest+of+Us%29>
Glenn Fleishman, TidBITS

**** Briefly On OmniFocus <http://shawnblanc.net/2010/10/briefly-on-omnifocus/>
Shawn Blanc

**** New Apple TV Has Its Share Of Bugs <http://www.mcelhearn.com/2010/10/06/new-apple-tv-has-its-share-of-bugs/>
Kirk McElhearn, Kirkville

**** Apple Censors Shut Down BitTorrent App Client <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/10/06/iphone_torrent/>
Bill Ray, The Register

Apple has removed a previously approved BitTorrent client from the iTunes app store - though even the developer admits it only got approved 'cos it didn't mention the protocol.



The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Mirror, Mirror, Show Me My Vital Signs <http://news.cnet.com/8301-27083_3-20018626-247.html?part=rss&amp;subj=news&amp;tag=2547-1_3-0-20>
Elizabeth Armstrong Moore, CNET

How'd you like to check your pulse, respiration, and blood pressure as you brush your teeth in the mirror each morning? A PhD candidate at the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology is working to make this a reality in the near future.



MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Phantom Of The Fair <http://www.thesmartset.com/article/article10051001.aspx>
Scott Gabriel Knowles, The Smart Set

A dispatch from the Shanghai World Expo.



SingaporeSurf
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**** External Factors Led To Delays For Service 960 <http://www.todayonline.com/Voices/EDC101006-0000093/External-factors-led-to-delays-for-Service-960>
Bernadette Low, SMRT Corporation Ltd, Today

**** Rentals Don't Affect Quality Of Hawker Fare <http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/Story/STIStory_587145.html>
Ivy Ong, National Environment Agency, Straits Times

There is no evidence pointing to a co-relation between subsidised stalls and popular stalls. A stall's popularity depends largely on how tasty the food is, the quality of ingredients used, and the additional effort and value-add by the stallholder.

**** Singapore's Booming Appetite To Study Mandarin <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11468401>
Mariko Oi, BBC

As China climbs the global economic ladder, Singapore is pushing the usage of the language.

**** Singapore Chinese Put Their Bling On Show In Paris <http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jbKc3iW3iCXZXTPp5rAsWcGUfwTA?docId=CNG.206598fb22f92e16a410b484f1166d90.171>
Rory Mulholland, AFP

A major exhibition titled "Baba Bling" opened Tuesday in Paris showing how Singapore Chinese created a unique new culture by taking on board the Malay, British and Indian influences of their adopted city.

**** Lack Of Interest Derails S'pore 3G Spectrum Auction <http://www.zdnetasia.com/lack-of-interest-derails-s-pore-3g-spectrum-auction-62203432.htm>
Kevin Kwang, ZDNet Asia

The Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) will award 3G spectrum lots to each of the three local carriers after a planned auction for the lots failed to draw the interest of a fourth bidder.

**** Face To Face With Seelan Palay (Part One) <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2010/10/face-to-face-with-seelan-palay-part-one/>
Joshua Chiang, The Online Citizen

**** 开张三个月生意惨淡 白沙临时湿巴刹停业 <http://www.zaobao.com/sp/sp101006_016.shtml>
郑景祥, 联合早报

白沙伊莱雅路第623座组屋前面空地的临时湿巴刹，刚开张三个月，因为生意惨淡，摊贩不堪亏损而在前天宣告停止营业。这个临时湿巴刹原本是建屋发展局和当地基层组织，考虑到昇菘收购了白沙湿巴刹后迟迟未能开业，为解决居民买菜的燃眉之急而在7月3日火速搭建成的。

**** 90％私人公寓 向新一代宽网说不 <http://www.zaobao.com/sp/sp101006_003.shtml>
孙伟伦, 联合早报

新一代宽带网络光纤电缆已经涵盖超过半个新加坡，但是私人公寓方面，有90%拒绝让电缆拉到公寓大楼内。

**** Singapore Former Leader Lee Sends Off Late Wife <http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20101006-704284.html>
Chun Han Wong, Dow Jones

The founder of modern Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, said he'd be a "different man" if not for his late wife as he paid tribute to her contributions to the Southeast Asian city-state at her cremation Wednesday.

In his eulogy to Kwa, Lee Kuan Yew noted her contributions to the nation, including helping to draft the ruling People's Action Party's constitution, and a document that guaranteed neigboring Malaysia's observance of agreements to supply Singapore with fresh water.




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