[MyAppleMenu] Jul 27, 2011

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MyAppleMenu
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**** Lion FireWire Security Issue Misleading <http://www.loopinsight.com/2011/07/26/lion-firewire-security-issue-misleading/>
Jim Dalrymple, The Loop

**** iPaddling PCs <http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2011/07/26/ipaddling-pcs/>
Doc Searls

Two points here. One is that Apple has created a very lively marklet for apps in countless niches. The other is that the iPad has become the primary platform for many of those applications, while the PC has become the secondary one — or worse, a place for promotional messages about iPad apps.

**** Four Lion Terminal Hacks <http://www.macworld.com/article/161330/2011/07/four_lion_terminal_hacks.html#lsrc.rss_main>
Lex Friedman, Macworld

We've found a variety of Terminal tricks that can tweak various Lion behaviors. 

**** Quit Apps Without Lion Remembering Their Open Windows <http://www.macworld.com/article/161366/2011/07/override_resume_temporarily_when_quitting_lion.html#lsrc.rss_main>
Lex Friedman, Macworld

The Option key turns Quit into Quit and Discard Windows—which works precisely as you’d expect.

**** Core I5 MacBook Airs Zoom Past Predecessors <http://www.macworld.com/article/161362/2011/07/macbookairbenchmarks.html#lsrc.rss_main>
James Galbraith, Macworld

**** Reverting Safari 5.1 To 5.0.3 <http://www.macworld.com/article/161367/2011/07/revert_safari.html#lsrc.rss_main>
Christopher Breen, Macworld

**** Lion Passwords Can Be Pilfered With New Tool <http://www.macworld.com/article/161369/2011/07/lion_passwords_can_be_pilfered_with_new_tool.html#lsrc.rss_main>
Jeremy Kirk, IDG News Service

A company that makes password recovery tools has released one that can snatch passwords from a locked or sleeping Mac running OS X Lion by plugging another computer into the Mac’s FireWire port. The attack technique is several years old and the only way to defend against it is to turn the Mac off.

**** Review: Apple Mail 5.0 <http://www.macworld.com/article/161372/2011/07/mail_5_review.html#lsrc.rss_main>
Nathan Alderman, Macworld

As it always has, the new Apple Mail offers a feature set good enough for the broad majority of everyday users, executed superbly, and integrated tightly with OS X.

**** Using Spaces On OS X Lion <http://mattgemmell.com/2011/07/27/using-spaces-on-os-x-lion>
Matt Legend Gemmell

Whilst it’s genuinely useful once you’re accustomed to it, it does hide away some of the previous functionality you might have relied on. This brief article describes how to restore some of the Spaces behaviour from Snow Leopard.

**** PayPal Users Mistakenly Charged As Much As $4,000 For Mac OS X Lion <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/07/27/paypal_users_mistakenly_charged_as_much_as_4000_for_mac_os_x_lion.html>
Neil Hughes, AppleInsider

Multiple PayPal users have been incorrectly charged for purchasing Mac OS X 10.7 Lion from the Mac App Store numerous times, with one user claiming to have received a bill of nearly $4,000 for the $29.99 software.



The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** A Touch Screen Keyboard That Accommodates You <http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/helloworld/27036/?ref=rss>
David Zax, Technology Review

Ironic that the digital keyboard is so cumbersome to the digits, no? IBM has an idea to fix that—and it involves "anatomical profiling."



MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Book Publishers Getting To Grips With The Potential Of Apps <http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/appsblog/2011/jul/25/book-apps-roundtable>
Stuart Dredge, The Guardian

**** Wooing With Words In The Age Of The Incredible Shrinking Message <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/27/books/microstyle-by-christopher-johnson-review.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss>
Dwight Garner, New York Times

Christopher Johnson’s lively first book, “Microstyle: The Art of Writing Little,” is a work of pop linguistics that doesn’t have much that’s blindingly new to say. That is, it synthesizes a wide range of current thinking from recent books about grammar, branding, cognitive science and Web theory. But it does so with intelligence and friendly wit. Mr. Johnson’s point is that words are for wooing, in ways both personal and professional, and his own prose is sociable enough to underscore that point and spritz it with a bit of sophisticated perfume. His book is here, like a dating guide, to whisper: You too can woo.

**** Evolution Right Under Our Noses <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/26/science/26evolve.html?_r=2&ref=science&pagewanted=all>
Carl Zimmer, New York Times

To study evolution, Jason Munshi-South has tracked elephants in central Africa and proboscis monkeys in the wilds of Borneo. But for his most recent expedition, he took the A train.

**** American English Is Getting On Well, Thanks <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14285853>
Grant Barrett, BBC

But the larger point, as Engel puts it, is the "sloppy loss of our own distinctive phraseology through sheer idleness, lack of self-awareness and our attitude of cultural cringe". He writes, "We are letting British English wither."

The "we", in my opinion, is best thought of as the scribbling class that includes Engel.



SingaporeSurf
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**** MOF: ex-President Ong Was Given ‘Full Access’ To Information Of Reserves <http://www.temasekreview.com/2011/07/27/mof-ex-president-ong-was-given-full-access-to-information-of-reserves/>
The Temasek Review

It is downright despicable, deplorable and demeaning of the state media to distort the words of ex-President Ong Teng Cheong in order to serve the partisan interests of the PAP nine years after his death.

**** Singapore Losing Competitive Edge As Currency Soars: Expert <http://www.cnbc.com/id/43904928>
CNBC

Wei Zheng Kit, an analyst at Citi, notes that while Singapore remains competitive on many measures, the appreciation of the Singapore dollar could erode its advantage in the near term.

**** Religion In Singapore: Promoting Secular Humanism, Not “Hateism” <http://guanyinmiao.wordpress.com/2011/07/27/religion-in-singapore-promoting-secular-humanism-not-“hateism”/>
Guanyinmiao's Musings

**** Two Party System Will Ruin Singapore <http://mysingaporenews.blogspot.com/2011/07/two-party-system-will-ruin-singapore.html>
Chua Chin Leng, My Singapore News

Single party or multi party systems are just systems. It is the leaders that make them good or bad. We have seen how a single party system can be good and also can be bad. It is not the panacea or the only panacea for good governance. It is as flawed as the leaders running it.

**** Signs Of A Weak, Ineffectual Government <http://singaporedesk.blogspot.com/2011/07/signs-of-weak-ineffectual-government.html>
Singapore Notes

**** Punching Above One’s Own Weight <http://mysingapura.wordpress.com/2011/07/26/punching-above-ones-own-weight/>
My SIngapura (Singapore)

**** Double Standards Of The PAP On The Role Of The Elected President <http://singstatistician.blogspot.com/2011/07/double-standards-of-pap-on-role-of.html>
Thoughts Of A Singapore Statistician

Both Dr Tony Tan and Mr Tan Kin Lian talk about PAP policy issues. There is however a clear double standard in the way Mr Tan Kin Lian is treated and the way in which Dr Tony Tan is treated.

**** Planning For ex-KTM Railway 'Corridor' Over Next 2 Years <http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_695321.html>
Grace Chua, Straits Times

Plans for the former KTM railway land will be hammered out between government agencies, interest groups and the public over the next two years, said minister of state for national development Tan Chuan-Jin in a meeting with the media on Wednesday.

**** Singapore's GIC Shifts Assets To Emerging Markets <http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hoq0ZfNlRwSHRAtf2mr6FDDojBkw?docId=CNG.a56654e8e6430dda3d5cd47ac6773f23.391>
AFP

Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC has shifted more assets to emerging markets amid uncertainly over the recovery of the US and European economies, its annual report said Tuesday.

**** Promises Of Better Services In Public Transportation Reneged <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2011/07/promises-of-better-services-in-public-transportation-reneged/>
Sharon Chan, The Online Citizen

In the past, fare hikes always came with the promises of better service. But were the promises kept?

**** PRC Hawker Couple Given Singapore PR By PAP <http://www.temasekreview.com/2011/07/27/prc-hawker-couple-given-singapore-pr-by-pap/>
The Temasek Review

Do Singaporeans shun being hawkers at foodcourts? Or is Singapore facing a shortage of hawkers?

**** President Can Be Alternative Channel To Parliament: Tan Kin Lian <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1143435/1/.html>
Channe NewsAsia

Speaking to reporters before delivering a talk on Wednesday evening, Mr Tan said Singaporeans should not just depend on one avenue to convey their views on important issues.

Mr Tan added the president can play a useful role in conveying views of the people. He said Singaporeans can still turn to their MPs in raising concerns, but the president can be an alternative channel.

**** Kin Lian: Fear Of Responsibility A Serious Problem <http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC110728-0000076/Kin-Lian--Fear-of-responsibility-a-serious-problem>
Tanya Fong, Today

Adding that Singaporeans' fear of taking responsibility leads to the fear of making decisions, Mr Tan reiterated that values such as trust, honesty and courage are important for self-improvement.