[MyAppleMenu] Oct 14, 2010

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu
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**** Repairing Mail Passwords <http://www.macworld.com/article/154835/2010/10/repair_mail_password.html?lsrc=rss_main>
Christopher Breen, Macworld

**** Last iPhone Exclusivity Deal In Europe Goes Bye-Bye <http://appadvice.com/appnn/2010/10/iphone-exclusivity-deal-europe-byebye/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AppAdvice+%28AppAdvice%29>
Bryan Wolfe, AppAdvice

T-Mobile’s exclusive deal to sell the iPhone 4 in Germany is dead. And with it, the last of the exclusivity deals in Europe is no more.

**** Yummy FTP Review <http://www.macworld.co.uk/macsoftware/reviews/index.cfm?reviewid=3243751&olo=rss>
Karl Hodge, Macworld UK

While other FTP tools for the Mac disguise the process, Yummy FTP lays it bare – and it’s all the better for it.

**** iPhone 4 A Huge Hit In Status-Conscious China <http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_16331780?nclick_check=1>
John Boudreau, San Jose Mercury News

Apple infatuation has officially arrived in the land of 800-million-plus mobile phone users.

**** Mac Users Are Getting New Outlook From Rival <http://ptech.allthingsd.com/20101013/microsoft-office-2011-mac-review/?mod=ATD_rss>
Walter S. Mossberg, Wall Street Journal

Microsoft’s new Mac Office is by far the best Mac version of the suite I’ve used, and I can recommend it.

**** As The iPhone Goes ... <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/14/opinion/14thu4.html?_r=1&ref=opinion>
New York Times

Apple isn’t commenting on reports that it will release a new iPhone for use on Verizon Wireless’s network next year. We find the prospect of a non-AT&T iPhone tantalizing. Could it mean that wireless service providers will finally have to accept real competition?

**** iPad Comes To Verizon! <http://ihnatko.com/2010/10/14/ipad-comes-to-verizon/>
Andy Ihnatko's Celestial Waste of Bandwidth (BETA)

But yes, the big deal is that Apple and Verizon have clearly allowed themselves to be seen holding hands in a restaurant. Perhaps they’re planning a summer wedding.

**** In Search Of The iTunes Media Server <http://db.tidbits.com/article/11627?rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+tidbits_main+%28TidBITS%3A+Mac+News+for+the+Rest+of+Us%29>
Michael E. Cohen  and Adam C. Engst, TidBITS

For those of us who have spouses, companions, siblings, children, or parents with whom we share both musical tastes and living quarters, the "one person, one media collection" model doesn't work well. Nor does it work well even for one person, if that one person has, for example, a computer in a home office and another in the living room, and wants access to the same iTunes library in both places. What we want is a central iTunes library that everyone on a home network (or using separate user accounts on a single Mac) can share when each of us runs iTunes. But that's not quite what Apple has given us.

**** New Mobileme Calendar Now Available To All Subscribers <http://www.macworld.com/article/154880/2010/10/mobileme_calendar_public.html?lsrc=rss_main>
Dan Moren, Macworld

The highlight of the new Calendar, besides a streamlined and updated Web interface reminiscent of the iPad’s Calendar app, is a bigger emphasis on sharing.

**** The iBookstore Six Months After Launch: One Big Failure <http://www.tuaw.com/2010/10/14/the-ibookstore-six-months-after-launch-one-big-failure/>
David Winograd, TUAW

It's been over six months since the release of the iPad on April 3rd, and the simultaneous launch of iBooks and the iBookstore, which promised to give Amazon's Kindle and Kindle Store a run for its money. I figured that this would be a good time to see just how the iBookstore has progressed. The answer, in a word: poorly ... very poorly.

**** Apple's iPad Coming To At&T And Verizon Stores On October 28Th <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/10/14/apples_ipad_coming_to_att_and_verizon_stores_on_october_28th.html>
AppleInsider

Both AT&T and Verizon announced Thursday that they will begin selling Apple's iPad in their brick-and-mortar retail stores on Thursday the 28th, with the latter offering the device in conjunction with its MiFi mobile hot spots.



The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Improving Phones Through Surveillance <http://www.technologyreview.com/communications/26524/?ref=rss>
Tom Simonite, Technology Review

A cell-phone application that logs everything the phone's user does--from sending e-mail to playing games--may not sound so desirable. But researchers are deploying the software to see if they can determine the best ways to improve the battery life of phones and uncover network dead spots.



MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Philip Roth's Playful, Unpredictable "Nemesis" <http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2010/10/13/nemesis_philip_roth/index.html>
Greil Marcus, Salon

The literary icon's latest novel considers the effects of a polio epidemic in 1940s New Jersey.

**** My Life As A Bra Fitter <http://www.salon.com/life/life_stories/index.html?story=/mwt/feature/2010/10/13/life_as_bra_fitter>
Natalee Woods, Salon

I help women find lingerie that's right for their body. Crystal made me reconsider exactly what that means.

**** Through The Valley Of The Nest Of Spiders <http://www.bostonreview.net/BR35.4/delany.php>
Samuel R. Delany, Boston Review



SingaporeSurf
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**** Swimmers, Parents Accept SSA's Apology <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1086930/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia

Singapore Swimming Association President Jeffrey Leow has said he regrets his choice of words when commenting on coach Ang Peng Siong's late filing of the final relay entry form.

**** HK's Property Cooling Measures May Attract More Mainland Chinese Investors To S'pore <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/1086927/1/.html>
Georgina Joseph, Channel NewsAsia

The latest property cooling measures in Hong Kong may prompt more mainland Chinese buyers to turn to Singapore as a destination for property investments. Market experts said this may in turn cause property prices here to escalate higher and it could even spur another round of cooling measures.

**** Singapore's Economy Shrinks As Manufacturing Slows; Currency Band Widened <http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-14/singapore-s-economy-shrinks-as-manufacturing-slows-currency-band-widened.html>
Shamim Adam, Bloomberg

Singapore’s economy contracted last quarter as manufacturing eased, and the central bank said it will widen the range its currency can trade in to absorb greater volatility in global financial markets.

Gross domestic product shrank an annualized 19.8 percent in the third quarter from the previous three months after climbing a revised 27.3 percent in the April-to-June period, the trade ministry said today. The median forecast of 19 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News was for a 15.7 percent contraction.

**** 地铁反恐短片的答复 <http://www.zaobao.com.sg/yl/yl101014_008.shtml>
林方伟，公共交通保安委员会, 联合早报

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**** 'Bear Sighting' Publicity Stunt Now A Public Nuisance Case <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1086997/1/.html>
Ng Jing Yng, Today

Worried residents, searches by animal interest and wildlife groups, even police officers having to cordon off the area - all because of a purported "bear" sighting along Ulu Pandan Road which has turned out to be a publicity stunt by a company to market shavers.

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**** Singapore’s Third Quarter GDP Growth Within Expectations <http://app.mti.gov.sg/data/article/23082/doc/Advance%20GDP%20Estimates%203Q10.pdf>
Ministry Of Trade And Industry, Singapore Government

The decline in growth momentum was an expected correction from the exceptional growth in the first half of the year. On a seasonally adjusted quarter-on-quarter annualised basis, the manufacturing sector contracted by 57 per cent in the third quarter, after expanding by 67 per cent in the preceding quarter. This decline is largely attributable to the biomedical manufacturing cluster. Some pharmaceutical companies switched to producing a different value-mix of active pharmaceutical ingredients; there were also some plant maintenance shutdowns during the quarter.

(Note: Links goes to a PDF document.)

**** Singdollar To Continue Modest & Gradual Appreciation <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/1086999/1/.html>
Mok Fei Fei, Channel NewsAsia

Singapore's central bank will keep its monetary policy of a modest and gradual appreciation of the local currency. In its twice-yearly policy statement, the Monetary Authority of Singapore said it will increase the slope of its policy band slightly.

**** Inflation Rises To Hit 4 % <http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_590566.html>
Straits Times

Singapore's inflation is set to rise to 4 per cent by end of the year and stay high in the first half of 2011, said the Monetary Authority of Singapore on Thursday.

**** æ–°ä¼ åª’ç–¼â€œå…»å­å…»å¥³â€ “亲生子女”纷出走？ <http://www.zaobao.com.sg/fk/fk101014_001.shtml>
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**** Philips In Trouble For Singapore Bear Hoax <http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jH6_GQkxN4ZA7SaTGehJzYEG8zgQ?docId=CNG.eaac05d5f1986b04dd380561cc5ff4fe.521>
AFP

Dutch electronics giant Philips is under investigation in Singapore after a marketing campaign for a new shaver triggered a search for a wild bear.

Philips issued a public apology after a fuzzy video of a bear-like creature was sent to a social-media website by a marketing firm on Wednesday, triggering a search by zoo officials -- armed with a tranquiliser gun -- and animal-welfare activists.

**** Singapore To Tame Inflation As Economy Sizzles <http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jp7VLewziWexIRmlXJ0CnIM4Qlmg?docId=CNG.eaac05d5f1986b04dd380561cc5ff4fe.4e1>
Bernice Han, AFP

Singapore on Thursday announced a surprise move to tighten monetary policy, pushing the local dollar to new highs as the economy headed for 13 to 15 percent expansion this year.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) signalled its anti-inflation stance after government data showed the economy expanded an annual 10.3 percent during the third quarter.

**** Singapore: A Long Way From Vegas <http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424052748703440004575547662042351570-lMyQjAxMTAwMDEwNDExNDQyWj.html>
Patrick Barta, Wall Street Journal

What's missing: flashing lights, free-flowing booze and a lot of the other energy sources that make Vegas an intoxicating place for many visitors—and intolerable for others. In their place, visitors will find plenty of family-friendly activities and shopping, as well as a touch of high-concept design, much of it still under construction.

**** Vexed Over Cash-Only Taxi Rides <http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Singapore/Story/A1Story20101014-242217.html>
Joy Fang, My Paper

Taxi commuters are up in arms over the reluctance of cabbies to accept any form of payment besides cash, despite the option of cashless forms of payment.

**** Was US Movie Poster Too Spicy For Singapore? <http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Singapore/Story/A1Story20101014-242238.html>
Victoria Barker, My Paper

Sony Pictures marketing director Irene Tay told my paper that "what is visually acceptable in the US may not be culturally acceptable here".