[MyAppleMenu] Jan 13, 2011

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**** Steve Jobs Flip-Flops On The iPad’s Orientation Lock Switch <http://appadvice.com/appnn/2011/01/steve-jobs-happen-changed-mind-orientation-lock/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AppAdvice+%28AppAdvice%29>
Tyler Tschida, AppAdvice

Steve Jobs isn’t one to cave under pressure, whether it’s from the media, other tech companies, or even the most fervent of Apple users. However, with the release of iOS 4.3 beta, it appears that he has made a very un-Steve-like move. He has decided to go back on his declaration from late last year and has allowed Apple’s iOS development team to restore the ability to lock the iPad’s screen orientation using the physical switch on the side of the device. iPad users, rejoice!

**** Lyrica 2.0 <http://www.macworld.com/reviews/product/788985/review/lyrica_20.html?expand=true&lsrc=rss_main>
Dan Frakes, Macworld

Lyrica searches seven online lyrics databases for the currently playing track and displays those lyrics, if found, in the Lyrica window.

**** Creating (Or Obtaining) A Wireless Printer <http://www.macworld.com/article/157107/2011/01/create_wireless_printer.html?lsrc=rss_main>
Christopher Breen, Macworld

**** Posterous Review <http://www.macworld.com/appguide/app.html?id=707110&lsrc=rss_main>
Joel Mathis, Macworld

The app’s simple and elegant posting process should make it attractive to any iPhone owner with a Posterous account.

**** Yojimbo: An Info Manager That Takes Advantage Of The Macs' <http://www.macnews.com/2011/01/12/yojimbo-info-manager-takes-advantage-macs-capabilities>
MacNews

For those users needing an information manager that takes full advantage of their Mac's unique capabilities, and who don't need access to that information on devices other than a Mac, Yojimbo is a great and obvious choice.

**** Get The Menubar Tool That Follows Your Mouse <http://mac360.com/index.php/mac360/comments/free-get-the-mac-menubar-tool-that-follows-your-mouse>
Alexis Kayhill, Mac360

**** Dock Items In OS X Locked In Place <http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-20028340-263.html>
Topher Kessler, CNET

There may be a few reasons why this happens, including faults with the Dock preference and database files in addition to odd settings that may be added to the Dock when you install applications.

**** Initial Code For OpenJDK For Mac OS X Published <http://adtmag.com/articles/2011/01/13/first-apple-openjdk-code.aspx>
John K. Waters, Application Development Trends

**** Google Nixes Direct H.264 Support In Chrome <http://www.tuaw.com/2011/01/12/google-nixes-direct-h-264-support-in-chrome/>
Brett Terpstra, TUAW

Google has announced that its web browser, Chrome, will be removing support for direct HTML5 playback of H.264 video in the coming months, in favor of Google's WebM media container (which leverages the VP8 video codec). This is a blow to the adoption of Apple's preferred video standard, as well as an hint that the web may see some continued churn within the video format arena.

**** Apple's iPhone: No FaceTime On Verizon's 3G Network <http://www.mercurynews.com/business-headlines/ci_17078208?nclick_check=1>
Troy Wolverton, San Jose Mercury News

Apple and Verizon officials confirmed Wednesday that the Verizon version of the iPhone -- like the AT&T one before it -- will be able to make FaceTime calls only while connected to Wi-Fi hotspots. Verizon has touted the resilience of its network and said it is more than ready to handle iPhone users' data traffic. But at least for now, that traffic won't include FaceTime calls.

**** How To Make A Solid Mac Backup Plan <http://www.macworld.com/article/156601/2011/01/what_how_backup.html?lsrc=rss_main>
Christopher Breen, Macworld



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**** Denis Dutton, Intellectual Entrepreneur <http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2011/jan/12/denis-dutton-intellectual-entrepreneur/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+nybooks+%28The+New+York+Review+of+Books%29>
Robert Cottrell, New York Review Of Books

As others have remarked before me, Dutton was, in effect, a master of the tweet long before Twitter was invented. He knew how to capture and project in just a few words, not so much the essence of a story, as the zest or the mystery of it. Really, it was the opposite of precis writing. Having read Dutton’s teaser, instead of thinking, “Well, now I know what that’s about,” your reaction would be, “What on earth is that about?” and you would click dutifully on the “more»” link to find out.

**** Pimp My Poem <http://www.poetryfoundation.org/journal/article.html?id=241004>
Kathleen Rooney, Poetry Foundation

Moonlighting at Chicago’s Poetry Brothel.

**** The Trouble With Autobiography <http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/The-Trouble-With-Autobiography.html>
Paul Theroux, Smithsonian Magazine

What is more autobiographical than the sort of travel book, a dozen tomes, that I have been writing for the past 40 years?

The assumption that the autobiography signals the end of a writing career also makes me pause. And what is there to write?

**** Catcher In The Rye Sequel Might Just Be A Good Idea <http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2011/jan/13/catcher-in-the-rye-sequel-good-idea?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fbooks%2Frss+%28Books%29>
David Barnett, The Guardian

Certain literary characters take on a life beyond the books where they were created, and cease to be a single author's property.



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**** Made-in-Singapore Entrepreneurs <http://www.innovationmagazine.com/innovation/volumes/v3n2/free/entrepren2.shtml>
Innovation Magazine

Singapore has based its educational system on the expectation that its graduates will work for the government or multinational corporations (MNCs), neither of which prepares one for entrepreneurship. In America, if you work for a large company for a long time, people ask why. In Singapore, if people leave a large company, people ask why. This is a huge difference.

**** Why The Gazetting Of TOC Should Be A Wake-Up Call To Support The RP <http://votingrp.wordpress.com/2011/01/13/595/>
Reform Party

The only option left to you for genuine representation is to join and support a political Party. If you want to see a change and to have any hope for increased freedoms for Singapore in the future then this is only avenue left to you that has not yet been totally curtailed. Your actual participation in the real flesh and blood world is really all that remains.

**** 工人党不主张　现阶段实行最低工资制 <http://www.zaobao.com.sg/sp/sp110113_017.shtml>
联合早报

工人党秘书长刘程强指出，工人党并不主张在现阶段实行最低工资制，不过他认为，要是政府为提升员工技能和促进生产力增长的各项措施无法有效提高低薪工人的工资，那到时政府就有必要重新考虑这项建议。

**** 有些议员认为 不应全盘否定最低工资制 <http://www.zaobao.com.sg/sp/sp110113_019.shtml>
联合早报

虽然大多发言的议员都公开表明不支持实行这样的制度，不过也有好几名议员认为不应就此全盘否定最低工资制。

**** Is This Publicity Also? <http://www.todayonline.com/Voices/EDC110113-0000238/Is-this-publicity-also?>
David Foo, Today

Singapore Pools also publicises on its website the prizes and the number of winners, for its TOTO and Big Sweep results.

**** Minimum Wage Debate : 5 Hrs Confession Of PAP's Economic Sins... <http://singaporemind.blogspot.com/2011/01/minimum-wage-debate-5-hrs-confession-of.html>
Diary Of A Singaporean Mind

Lets put things in perspective. This is the same parliament that debated and supported the idea that our political leaders should be paid the highest salaries in the world. Yesterday, the same parliament got together to run down the idea of minimum wages - paying workers a decent wage for their work.

**** No Go For Changes To COE System <http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_623608.html>
Goh Chin Lian, Straits Times

The transport ministry, in its statement yesterday, said such changes would cause greater price fluctuations and make the market more rigid.

**** 对来届大选的一点期望 <http://www.zaobao.com.sg/yl/yl110113_007.shtml>
白添发, 联合早报

我希望来届大选将是非强制性，让选民自己决定要不要去投票，世界上有民主选举的国家和地区，绝大多数都没有强制选民投票。

**** Gazetting Of TOC - A Sign Of Weakness? <http://youngsingaporean.blogspot.com/2011/01/gazetting-of-toc-sign-of-weakness.html>
Majulah!

They (the ruling party) actually knew that they had pushed the envelope too much; they finally realised that they can actually and possibly sank into their worst ever performance in an General Election since our nation's independence; they are afraid the status quo will no longer be able to be maintained. The gazette of TOC reveals all this.

**** Let's Get Up To Speed <http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/Story/STIStory_623473.html>
Sanjaya De Silva, Straits Times

The classification has led to a strange situation whereby achievements of foreign students are listed while the achievement of a native-born performer is excluded.

**** Teacher & Scholar Selection <http://www.moe.gov.sg/media/parliamentary-replies/2011/01/teacher-scholar-selection.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+singapore-education%2Fparliamentary-replies+%28Parliamentary+Replies%29>
Ministry Of Education, Singapore Government

**** Government Set To Post S$6 Billion In Budget Surplus <http://sg.yfittopostblog.com/2011/01/13/government-set-to-post-s6-billion-in-budget-surplus/>
Faris, Yahoo!

A whopping S$6 billion in budget surplus; that is the amount the government is set to gain after a buoyant economy boosted tax collections last year.

**** Zaobao Reporter Says Harder To Get Information From SDP <http://yoursdp.org/index.php/news/singapore/4494-zaobao-reporter-says-harder-to-get-information-from-sdp>
Singapore Democratic Party

This is not the first time that Ms Yew finds herself embroiled in controversy over her reporting and remarks. The SDP took her to task for misrepresenting Dr Chee in the interview she conducted with him last year.

More recently, she was accused by TOC of publicising a private conversation she had with TOC officials, a conversation that was agreed would be off-the-record.

She now tries to pin the blame on the SDP for the unbalanced reporting.

**** New Malaysia-Singapore Cellular Roaming Charges In Two Months <http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsindex.php?id=556323>
Bernama

Malaysia and Singapore are expected to announce the new cellular roaming charges between both countries in two months, information communication and culture minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim said.

**** WIS Scheme Does Not Work <http://hardhitting-nobs.blogspot.com/2011/01/wis-scheme-does-not-work.html>
Musings From the Lion City

However if you read between the lines, it also tell you something else. Simply, what Singapore has in place right now does not work!

**** Registers Of Electors Open For Inspection From Jan 14-27 <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1104505/1/.html>
Imelda Saad, Channel NewsAsia




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