[MyAppleMenu] Jul 7, 2011

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**** Sparrow, The Ideal Mail Client For Mac <http://smokingapples.com/software/sparrow-the-ideal-mail-client-for-mac/>
Ankur Gupta, Smoking Apples

Sparrow has an aesthetically pleasing interface and it goes about its job nonchalantly. The developers have added some cool animations that not only serve as eye candy but also add to the functionality of the app. I’ve used the enhanced Mail.app that Apple intends to ship with Lion and Sparrow is already a step ahead of it.

**** Western Digital Clears Up Time Capsule Server-grade Controversy <http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20077294-1/western-digital-clears-up-time-capsule-server-grade-controversy/?tag=mncol>
Rich Brown, CNET

"Needless to say Apple has very stringent requirements that are very specific to them and very unique to them, and that drive has actually been developed and is unique for that Apple product."

**** Bungie's Classic 'Marathon' Game Now Available On iPad <http://www.macrumors.com/2011/07/06/bungies-classic-marathon-game-now-available-on-ipad/>
Arnold Kim, MacRumors

Bungie's classic first person shooter Marathon is now on the App Store for the iPad. The free download offers 27 levels divided into 6 chapters. The interface has been modified to accommodate touch screen interaction of the iPad.

**** Apple To Allow Additional FCP 7 Enterprise Licenses And More On FCP X <http://www.macrumors.com/2011/07/07/apple-to-allow-additional-fcp-7-enterprise-licenses-and-more-on-fcp-x/>
Arnold Kim, MacRumors

Notably, the event reveals that Apple is working on allowing existing Final Cut Pro 7 enterprise deployments to purchase additional licenses. One of major complaints about the FCP X launch had been Apple's discontinuing sales of Final Cut Pro 7 even before video professionals had been able to become comfortable with FCP X. 

**** Presidents Compared <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2011/07/presidents-compared/>
Ghui, The Online Citizen

Since all of the above countries have Presidents who serve a similar role to President Nathan, why is he paid so much more than his counterparts? The PAP’s past rationale for high salaries has been to prevent corruption but since President Nathan wields no real political power, where is the danger of him falling prey to corruption?

**** Stream Audio From iOS Devices To Your Mac With Airfoil 4.5 <http://www.macworld.com/article/160981/2011/07/rogue_amoeba_updates_airfoil.html#lsrc.rss_main>
Alexandra Chang, Macworld

The 4.5 update to the software now lets you stream audio from iOS devices to your Mac using the free Airfoil Speakers Mac app. Another notable new feature in Airfoil 4.5 lets you send audio from iTunes itself to other Macs.

**** TidyTop 1.1 <http://www.macworld.com/article/160187/2011/07/tidytop_review.html#lsrc.rss_main>
Christopher Breen, Macworld

**** Apple Developing Fixes For Dangerous iOS Vulnerabilities <http://www.macworld.com/article/160990/2011/07/ios_security.html#lsrc.rss_main>
Jeremy Kirk, IDG News Service

Apple said on Thursday that it is developing a fix for vulnerabilities that affect its iPhone, iPad and some iPod touch models, a problem that the German government warned could be used to steal confidential data.

Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security, known as BSI, issued an alert on Wednesday about the vulnerabilities, which it said could be exploited if a user opened a specially crafted PDF document. The issue involves how the iOS parses fronts within the mobile version of the Safari browser.

**** Transferring Stickies From One Mac To Another <http://www.macworld.com/article/160992/2011/07/transfer_stickies.html#lsrc.rss_main>
Christopher Breen, Macworld

Your Stickies notes are stored in a file called StickiesDatabase. You can find it by following this path youruserfolder/Library/StickiesDatabase. Just copy that file from this location on your iMac to the same location on your MacBook Pro (replacing the StickiesDatabase file on your laptop).

**** Apple Updates Canon Printer Drivers For Snow Leopard <http://www.macworld.com/article/161000/2011/07/apple_updates_canon_printer_drivers.html#lsrc.rss_main>
Alexandra Chang, Macworld

**** Apple’s iAd Is Said To Cut Advertising Prices <http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-07/apple-s-iad-mobile-ad-service-said-to-cut-prices-as-clients-turn-to-rivals.html>
Adam Satariano, Bloomberg

Apple Inc.’s iAd mobile-advertising business has cut rates by as much as 70 percent as some marquee clients are using rival services, two people with knowledge of the matter said, signaling the company is struggling to parlay its technology leadership into success in the ad industry.

**** Apple Customers Have Downloaded 15 Billion Apps <http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/07/apple-passes-15-billion-app-downloads/?partner=rss&emc=rss>
Nick Bilton, New York Times



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**** Samsung Releases Code Of WebCL Implementation For WebKit <http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2011/07/samsung-releases-code-of-webcl-implementation-for-webkit.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss>
Ryan Paul, Ars Technica



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**** The Year Of Wonders <http://www.themillions.com/2011/07/the-year-of-wonders.html>
Alex Shakar, The Millions

The previous Friday, bidding on my first novel had reached six figures, then paused for people to track down more cash.  I’d later learn one editor spent the weekend trying to reach her boss on his Tanzanian vacation, finally getting through via the satellite phone of a safari boat on the Rufiji river, but that he wouldn’t OK a higher bid because he couldn’t get the manuscript in time.

I was 32.  I’d never made over $12,000 in a year.



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**** National Day Parade 2011 Organiser Relearns Copyright Issue Raised During N-Day 2008 <http://kementah.blogspot.com/2011/07/national-day-parade-2011-organiser.html>
Senang Diri

Concerns over intellectual property (IP) issues raised three years ago could have helped National Day Parade Executive Committees (NDP EXCO) of subsequent years avoid this legal and public relations minefield.

**** Man Accused Of Murder Freed: Challenge To PM Lee Cabinet To Witness Execution <http://rogerpoh.wordpress.com/2011/07/07/man-accused-of-murder-freed-challenge-to-pm-lee-cabinet-to-witness-execution/>
Spotlight On Singapore

Congratulations to the Court of Appeal for this verdict in saving a man from death, and to his lawyer, R. Thrumurgan, who stood by him through 6 long bleak years.

A government that prides itself as a first- world nation one does not kill. Unless being a pariah in the eyes of civilized societies is appealing.

**** Emergency Landing: Can Tiger Airways Roar Back? <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14044028>
Phil Mercer, BBC

**** Winning The Bus Route <http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2011/07/public-transport>
The Economist

Reducing peak-time congestion would not only save transport costs (smoothed occupancy would mean less half-empty off-peak trains, which cost as much to run as crowded peak ones); it would also save time for transport users, potentially improving productivity at work and economic output.

The government of the city state of Singapore—11m public transport journeys a day, average commute time 35 minutes—is planning to pilot an incentive scheme later this year to do exactly that. Commuters will earn credit for each journey taken (triple credit for off-peak journeys) to earn a chance of cash prizes in weekly lotteries.

**** The Shady Business Practices Of GLCs <http://singstatistician.blogspot.com/2011/07/shady-business-practices-of-pap-led.html>
Thoughts Of A Singapore Statistician

In their forays overseas, GLCs have repeatedly gotten into trouble with foreign governments for shady business practices. This disturbing part about these revelations is that many of these practices are tolerated as OK in Singapore.

**** 坐了六年冤狱 他可以告政府吗？ <http://www.zaobao.com.sg/sp/sp110707_005.shtml>
傅丽云, 联合早报

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**** A Year On - Pandan Thoughts & Hot Soup <http://singaporesojourn.blogspot.com/2011/07/year-on-pandan-thoughts-hot-soup.html>
Singapore Sojourn

One of the more distinctive and welcoming smells of Singapore is that of the pandan leaf, which is used in a variety of kueh kueh and gives kaya toast its sweet aroma. Now these same leaves are being used in Asia's first aquatic science centre to filter out nitrates and phosphorus which promote algae growth and effect water quality.

**** Garden Of The Bay, Singapore By Wilkinson Eyre <http://cubeme.com/blog/2011/07/06/garden-of-the-bay-singapore-by-wilkinson-eyre/>
CubeMe

**** The Water Strategy <http://singaporedesk.blogspot.com/2011/07/water-strategy.html>
Singapore Notes

**** ELD Should Give Answers In View Of Presidential Elections <http://www.yoursdp.org/index.php/news/singapore/4893-eld-should-give-answers-in-view-of-presidential-elections>
Singapore Democratic Party

The Elections Department (ELD) has yet to respond to questions from the SDP regarding the voting process during the last general elections. The SDP posed many questions about the inconsistent manner the rules and regulations were implemented several weeks ago.

**** Presidential Hopefuls Dr Tony Tan And Tan Kin Lian Submit Papers At Election Dept <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1139430/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia

**** Six Years Gone... Thank You Very Much <http://javertworld.blogspot.com/2011/07/6-years-gone-thank-you-very-much.html>
Javert World

The screw up by police and the prosecutors wasted 6 years of a man life and near cause the death of an innocent man.

This could very well happen to you and me.

**** Temasek Boosts Assets 3.8% To S$193 Billion <http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-07/temasek-boosts-assets-3-8-to-s-193-billion.html>
Netty Ismail And Joyce Koh, Bloomberg

Temasek’s assets climbed to S$193 billion ($157 billion) in the year to March 31, surpassing last year’s record of S$186 billion, the firm said in its annual report today. Net income jumped to S$12.7 billion from S$4.6 billion a year earlier.

The Singapore-based company spent more in emerging markets including China, India, Pakistan, Brazil and Mexico, as developing nations led the global economy’s recovery from its worst recession since World War II. Temasek said about 45 percent of its holdings are in growth regions.

**** Tiger Airways Says Remains Committed To Australia For Long Term <http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/07/tigerairways-australia-idUSL3E7I70IE20110707>
Harry Suhartono, Reuters

**** Presidential Election Watch Part II - Tony Tan As EP - Too Close For Comfort ? <http://de-leviathan.blogspot.com/2011/07/presidential-election-watch-part-ii.html>
De Leviathan @ Sg

**** Chan Chun Sing’s ‘Reform’ Call Hews To Form <http://yawningbread.wordpress.com/2011/07/07/chan-chun-sings-reform-call-hews-to-form/>
Au Waipang, Yawning Bread

What Chan wants — or worse, what Chan does not even realise his words mean — is that people should shut up and set about doing those things that further the government’s goals consistent with its unquestioned paradigms. That would make a “better society” for which the government will take credit. The energies of the government are then freed to better police the state and citizenry so that those setting out to do things contrary to the paradigms are more efficiently stopped.

Do not “tear down institutions”, he said. What institutions? The police? The courts? Parliament? The electoral system? Our mainstream media? The civil service? They don’t look like institutions to me when the way they operate, they do nothing to defend fairness, justice, and the rights of citizens, including the right to dissent. What he calls “institutions” are more accurately described as mechanisms of control, in which case, he was calling on people, in his speech, not to “throw stones, cast doubt and tear down mechanisms of control”.

The minister should sit down, shut up and think before he speaks.

**** NSP Seeks Rule Changes For Presidential Polls <http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_688102.html>
Kor Kian Beng, Straits Times

The opposition National Solidarity Party (NSP) has proposed a change to the Constitution to require presidential candidates to cease being members of political parties at least two years before contesting.

NSP secretary-general Hazel Poa told The Straits Times yesterday that such a requirement would ensure that candidates are not only independent of political influences but also seen to be so.

**** Tide Turns Against Tan Kin Lian <http://thesatayclub.net/2011/07/tide-turns-against-tan-kin-lian/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tide-turns-against-tan-kin-lian>
Tanya Wei, The Satay Club

Presidential hopeful Tan Kin Lian, who just one month ago was seen as the overwhelming choice for most opposition supporters because of his promise to be a “People’s President” and to speak up for ordinary citizens, is fast losing support because of perceptions that he is petty, egotistical and is intolerant of criticism.

**** Shocked By Singaporeans’ Xenophobia: Brian Replies <http://thesatayclub.net/2011/07/shocked-by-singaporeans-xenophobia-brian-replies/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=shocked-by-singaporeans-xenophobia-brian-replies>
Brian Carillo, The Satay Club

**** Having Nicole Seah For Lunch <http://singaporegirl.wordpress.com/2011/07/07/having-nicole-seah-for-lunch/>
Food Fuels Me To Talk...

All of us was impressed by Nicole’s maturity and her earnestness, although I wish she won’t keep saying somewhat apologetically ”I know it’s cheesy” every time she uttered something patriotic or goody two shoes, like wanting to do something for Singapore, the people, etc.

**** Man Accused Of Murder Freed: State Has To Compensate <http://rogerpoh.wordpress.com/2011/07/08/man-accused-of-murder-freed-state-has-to-compensate/>
Spotlight On Singapore

Apart from the issue of compensation, PM Lee cannot choose to remain silent over the “serious lapses” by the police and prosecutors. He has to address public disquiet over the potential for a miscarriage of justice when the overarching aim is to find an accused person guilty at all cost.