[MyAppleMenu] Jan 27, 2011

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**** Apple Removes Banned Nazi Anthem From German iTunes <http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1473366/latest-from-wire/>
Eric Kelsey, Reuters

Apple removed a notorious anthem of the Nazi Party from the German version of its iTunes online music store on Wednesday, a German spokesman for the U.S. firm told Reuters.

**** Review: Downloading Mac Software, Made Simple <http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=12769164>
Dana Wollman, Associated Press

I set up the Mac App Store on my MacBook and spent a week treating myself to new games and other apps. Suffice it to say, I can get used to having a computer that tries to be as smart as, well, my smart phone.

**** First Glance At Objective-C And The iPhone SDK <http://webbtech.posterous.com/a-java-developers-first-glance-at-objective-c>
Webb Brown

All things considered, Objective-C feels pretty easy to pick up coming from an OO background -- not to say it doesn't have some curveballs. My guess is that the biggest adjustment for those coming directly from a Java background is (re)learning to manage memory allocations effectively.

**** We’ll Refund Your Old Purchase If You Switch To App Store – Developers <http://www.cultofmac.com/well-refund-your-old-purchase-if-you-switch-to-app-store-developers/78842>
Giles Turnbull, Cult Of Mac

Mizage, makers of the Divvy window management application, have come up with a clever way round the problem of migrating customers from traditional online purchases to official Mac App Store purchases: if you can prove you’ve bought their app twice, they’ll refund your original payment.

**** Apple’s Life-Saving Potential <http://blogs.forbes.com/kymmcnicholas/2011/01/26/apples-life-saving-potential/>
Kym McNicholas, Forbes

The San Ramon Fire Protection District, which is located east of Silicon Valley, has released an app that notifies people who are trained in CPR when someone is having a heart attack nearby.

**** Inability To Boot To Safe Mode In OS X <http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-20029694-263.html>
Topher Kessler, CNET

**** Macworld Industry Forum: John Gruber Talks About Web Apps Vs. The Web <http://www.tuaw.com/2011/01/26/macworld-industry-forum-john-gruber-talks-about-web-apps-vs-th/>
David Winograd, TUAW

**** Power-user Replacements For OS X Apps <http://www.subelsky.com/2011/01/ive-noticed-that-longer-i-use-os-x-more.html>
Mike Subelsky

I've noticed that the longer I use OS X the more replacements I'm finding for Apple's built-in applications. Apple focuses heavily on design and aesthetics, which means their apps often lack power-user features. Here's my list.

**** With Skype 5.0 Out Of Beta, Group Video Chat Becomes A Premium Feature <http://www.macworld.com/article/157435/2011/01/skype5.html?lsrc=rss_main>
Marco Tabini, Macworld

With the latest release, Skype has made some changes to its software in response to customer feedback and is also packaging some functionality into a “premium” pricing tier.

**** MacBook Pro Supplies Tightening Ahead Of Potential Refresh <http://www.macrumors.com/2011/01/26/macbook-pro-supplies-tightening-ahead-of-potential-refresh/>
Eric Slivka, MacRumors

MacRumors has heard from several sources that supplies of Apple's existing MacBook Pro models, particularly the 15" and 17" sizes, are beginning to run low in Apple stores and at third-party retailers, suggesting that the company may be drawing down stock in advance of an update to the product line. At least one major retail chain has reportedly notified its branches that it has been unable to fulfill replenishment orders, a situation that has been tied to forthcoming product updates in the past.

**** Recosoft Announces InDesign-to-Office Conversion Tool <http://www.macworld.com/article/157433/2011/01/id2office.html?lsrc=rss_main>
Philip Michaels, Macworld

ID2Office works as a plug-in for the CS4 and CS5 versions of InDesign, Adobe’s page layout tool. It will convert the text, associated fonts and styles, paragraph structure, tables, graphics, and other object and document properties to their matching object and file properties in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint.

**** Apple, News Corp To Hold Event To Launch The Daily <http://www.loopinsight.com/2011/01/27/apple-news-corp-to-hold-event-to-launch-the-daily/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+loopinsight%2FKqJb+%28The+Loop%29>
Jim Dalrymple, The Loop

According to the invitation received by The Loop on Thursday, News Corp Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch will be joined by Apple’s Vice President of Internet Services, Eddy Cue to introduce the newspaper.

**** When The CEO Gives iPads To All: One CIO's Story <http://www.macworld.com/article/157415/2011/01/companyipad.html?lsrc=rss_main>
Tom Kaneshige, CIO

Ballal, though, faced a bigger question: What will happen after employees got a hold of the iPad?

**** Apple Indicates Final Xserve Orders Won't Ship For Two More Months <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/01/27/apple_indicates_final_xserve_orders_wont_ship_for_two_more_months.html>
AppleInsider

With just days to go before Apple officially pulls the plug on its Xserve line of rack-mount servers, the company has indicated that all orders for the systems taken today and through Monday won't ship for at least another two months.

**** iTunes Goes CDMA-Friendly <http://appadvice.com/appnn/2011/01/itunes-cdmafriendly/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AppAdvice+%28AppAdvice%29>
Alexander Vaughn, AppAdvice



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**** Nonfiction: Nabokov Theory On Butterfly Evolution Is Vindicated <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/01/science/01butterfly.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss>
Carl Zimmer, New York Times

Few professional lepidopterists took these ideas seriously during Nabokov’s lifetime. But in the years since his death in 1977, his scientific reputation has grown. And over the past 10 years, a team of scientists has been applying gene-sequencing technology to his hypothesis about how Polyommatus blues evolved. On Tuesday in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, they reported that Nabokov was absolutely right.

**** Multiple-Universe Theory Made, Well, Easier <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/27/books/27book.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss>
Janet Maslin, New York Times

This book explores the idea of parallel universes, the array of different forms they might take, the wigginess of their implications (“this would blow Newton’s mind”), the wild extremes that can be extrapolated from such conjectures and the challenge of backing up theory with scientific proof. Yet his book’s first page promises that it will take “no expertise in physics or mathematics on the part of the reader” to keep up.

**** Is Haggis Really That Disgusting? <http://www.salon.com/food/francis_lam/2011/01/26/haggis_tasting/index.html>
Francis Lam, Salon

It's a sheep organ-stuffed sheep stomach. It's Scotland's national dish. What's not to love?

**** When My Car Was The Safest Place To Live <http://www.salon.com/life/feature/2011/01/26/living_in_van/index.html>
Becky Blanton, Salon

I still sleep in my van in a Walmart parking lot from time to time. It's one of the few things I miss about being homeless: the feeling of being anonymous, of being invisible to the demands of my life. I like to slip back inside when it rains, usually in the spring or fall, when it's not too hot or too cold. I snuggle into my sleeping bag at the back of the van, listen to the sound of rain hitting the roof and my dog snoring at my feet.



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**** Remake S’pore Into 1st-class Rights Defender <http://aliran.com/4214.html>
Kong Soon Tan, Aliran

**** 10 Things I Miss About Singapore. <http://www.storyofbing.com/?p=8114>
Story Of Bing

Kopi-Peng. Kau. Nescafe cannot make it lah.

**** NSE Not Exactly The Green Choice <http://www.todayonline.com/Voices/EDC110127-0000233/NSE-not-exactly-the-green-choice>
Colin Ong Tau Shien, Today

**** LKY Says He Never Undermined Successors Like Dr M <http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/lky-says-he-never-undermined-successors-like-dr-m/>
Leslie Lau, The Malaysian Insider

“That was my intention. If the new PM fails, I have failed,” Singapore’s founding father said in his latest book, “Lee Kuan Yew: Hard Truths To Keep Singapore Going”.

Comparing his attitude with that of Malaysia’s fourth prime minister, he said: “Mahathir never thought that way. He undermined his successors.”

**** Possible Candidates For The Presidential Election? <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2011/01/possible-candidates-for-the-presidential-election/>
Jason Lee, The Online Citizen

We have six more months to persuade that eligible candidate who could play a role – no matter how small or gradual the impact is – in shaping our political future over the next six years, and we should indeed do so given that the ruling party is unlikely to offer us an “alternative” this time, unlike the case 18 years ago.

**** Yong’s Story <http://kirstenhan.me/2011/01/27/yongs-story/>
Furry Little World

At the end of it all, it just boils down to this: is it really right for us to kill this boy? Will it solve anything? And what would his execution say about the sort of people we are?

**** LKY’s Concerns About Islam Unjustified <http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/1/27/focus/7877902&sec=focus>
Imran Price, The Star

The fact is that the number of inter-marriages between the races in Singapore is on the rise. There is absolutely no basis for his claim that Muslims have less friends of others races and inter-marry less than other races.

On the contrary, a 2007 study found that the majority Chinese were much less inclined to intermarriage than the minority races in percentage terms.

**** 最低工资制度行不通 <http://www.zaobao.com.sg/yl/yl110127_007.shtml>
Farah Abdul Rahim，人力部, 联合早报

最低工资制和我们帮助及支持低薪工友的措施是不一致的，也和我们要达到的目标相左。正如国会最近的辩论所显示，最低工资制会损害维护我们的工作精神和自力更生意识的原则，若在不分技术、能力或生产力水平的情况下，工友都可以获得最低工资，他们将失去接受培训和提升的动力。这同我们在各层面提高生产力的更广泛措施是背道而驰的。

**** Parliament To Sit On Feb 14 <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1107225/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia

**** Revision Seen In Singapore 2010 GDP Growth <http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/1/27/business/7878688&sec=business>
Reuters

Singapore's economic growth for 2010 may be revised slightly downwards after December manufacturing data came in below forecasts, economists said yesterday.

**** You Can't Put The Fizz Back Into The Can <http://yoursdp.org/index.php/news/singapore/4542-you-cant-put-the-fizz-back-into-the-can>
Singapore Democratic Party

Subserving themselves to Mr Lee Kuan Yew's anachronistic style of politics is not at all an astute gambit. In fact it is a dead-end street. All this talk of demolishing opponents is spouted by a man who is trying to relive a bygone era.

**** Yale Still Waiting On NUS Budget <http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2011/jan/27/yale-still-waiting-on-nus-budget/>
Alison Griswold, Drew Henderson, Yale Daily News

Despite original projections that it would be released as early as Dec. 2010, Yale and the Singaporean government have yet to settle on a budget for the proposed Yale-National University of Singapore liberal arts college.

**** A Night With Singaporean Libertarians <http://funwithgovernment.blogspot.com/2011/01/night-with-singaporean-libertarians.html>
Nonoy Oplas, Government and Taxes

**** The Online Citizen Changes Fundraiser To Private Party <http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_628911.html>
Vanessa Jalleh, The Online Citizen

After being told to apply for licences for its fundraising event on Saturday, The Online Citizen (TOC) announced on Thursday that the event is no longer open to the public.

It is now a private event for invited guests only. TOC said guests who wish to attend can email the website and they will receive their invites by email in return. TOC announced it will be admitting up to only 150 guests.

**** Significant Drop In Property Prices Unlikely: Analysts <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/1107290/1/.html>
Jonathan Peeris, Channel NewsAsia

The recent government cooling measures in Singapore's property market will bring down sales volume, but not to the extent of causing a significant fall in prices.

According to a report by DTZ Research, sales volume is expected to fall as short-term speculators will be weeded out by the hefty seller's stamp duty of up to 16 per cent within the first year of purchase. However, the property consultancy said not all investors will withdraw from the market.

**** SFD To MDA: Ban The Jolly Hangman <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2011/01/sfd-to-mda-ban-the-jolly-hangman/>
The Online Citizen




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