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**** Has Apple Done Enough To Fight Malware On Macs? <http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/has-apple-done-enough-to-fight-malware-on-macs/3485>
Ed Bott, ZDNet

I still believe the Mac Defender attack was a successful proof of concept for the bad guys. The social engineering was excellent, and I am certain it brought in enough ill-gotten gains to bankroll the next phase of development.

Remember, this was done via a malware toolkit—the first one ever released for the Mac platform. The next version of this toolkit is being written with full knowledge of how Security Update 2011-003 works. The bad guys are counting on Apple taking weeks to work up its response. That could make Mac Defender version 2.0 very nasty indeed.

**** Watch Out For OSX Lion’s “All Windows Where You Left Them” Feature! <http://jeremylaurenson.wordpress.com/2011/06/20/watch-out-for-osx-lions-all-windows-where-you-left-them-feature/>
Jeremy Laurenson

**** Game Theory And Probability Of iPhone Passwords <http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2011/01/27/game-theory-and-probability-of-iphone-passwords/>
Mind Your Decisions

There are 4! = 24 possible ways a password can be formed from four distinct and known numbers. Will using just three numbers increase the number of possibilities?

**** Tiny Wings <http://www.macworld.com/appguide/app.html?id=843192>
Philip Michaels, Macworld

**** Hulu Plays Along With Apple’s New Rules. Who’s Next? <http://allthingsd.com/20110620/hulu-plays-along-with-apples-new-rules-whos-next/>
Peter Kafka, All Things D

**** Calibre 0.8.3 <http://www.macworld.com/article/160425/2011/06/calibre.html#lsrc.rss_main>
Heather Kelly, Macworld

The free, open-source Calibre is an e-book manager, e-book creator, and desktop e-book reader. It’s also a must-have tool for any bibliophile with an e-reader and a growing library.



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**** Into The Heart Of The Ice <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304432304576369743545425336.html?mod=WSJ_LifeStyle_Travel>
Bill Streever, Wall Street Journal

But glaciers are inescapably and uniquely beautiful, blue ice mixed with white snow forming rolling hills, sheer cliffs and long shallow ramps, surfaces reflecting light and casting shadows, the frozen mass creating its own cold winds. A glacier is a landscape beyond normal experience, and moulins go inside the glacier, into the beauty and the mystery.

**** Poem Of The Week: Hero And Leander By Christopher Marlowe <http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2011/jun/20/poem-of-the-week-christopher-marlow?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fbooks%2Frss+%28Books%29>
Carol Rumens, The Guardian

**** The Liberty Scam <http://www.slate.com/id/2297019/?from=rss>
Stephen Metcalf, Slate

Why even Robert Nozick, the philosophical father of libertarianism, gave up on the movement he inspired.



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**** Guard Against DBSS Flat Pricing Affecting The Resale Market <http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/Story/STIStory_681705.html>
Khong Kiong Seng, Straits Times

What also struck me was the observation of market watchers that the developer did not pay a hefty price for the land. This record pricing could unduly create a spiralling effect on the prices of resale flats - not just in the vicinity but also the whole of Singapore - as sellers would now use this as a new benchmark.

**** Stumped By PUB Clause <http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/Story/STIStory_681712.html>
Gurmit Singh Kullar, Straits Times

I do not understand how and why the PUB is assigned blanket indemnity in case the supply of water is disrupted. Which other government department would then be liable to ensure Singaporeans have water supplied to our homes?

**** Rethinking Healthcare Financing In Singapore: Part 3 <http://www.yoursdp.org/index.php/news/singapore/4855-rethinking-healthcare-financing-in-singapore-part-3>
Leong Yan Hoi, Tan Lip Hong And Toh Beng Chye, Singapore Democratic Party

**** 火车驶向尽头 “遗民”另谋出路 <http://www.zaobao.com.sg/sp/sp110620_006.shtml>
陈宇昕 萧佳慧, 联合早报

1932年落成的丹戎巴葛火车站即将在本月30日进入“最后一夜”后功成身退结束运作。在火车站里经营咖啡店、杂货店及钱币兑换生意的小市民，因而也成了火车站的“遗民”，目前还在为往后的日子打点。

**** $431,000 In CPF But Homeless Soon? <http://thesingaporeobserver.wordpress.com/2011/06/15/431000-in-cpf-but-homeless-soon/>
Leong Sze Hian, The Singapore Observer

Since some EC owners may in a sense have been forced by HDB to purchase ECs instead of normal HDB flats. This is because they exceeded the Income Ceiling of $8,000 for HDB flats. Why are they being discriminated against by not being allowed a second HDB concessionary loan?

**** Steve Wynn Keen To Open Casino Hotel In Singapore-report <http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/20/wynn-singapore-idUSL3E7HK02820110620>
Kevin Lim, Reuters

Casino gaming tycoon Steve Wynn, who controls Wynn Resort and Wynn Macau , is keen to build a property in Singapore, where two one-year-old casino-resorts look set to surpass the Las Vegas Strip in gaming revenues this year, the Business Times reported. Wynn will have to wait till March 2017 to open a property in the Southeast Asian city as Singapore has granted the two incumbents exclusivity for the period.

**** Consider Law To Give Maids A Day Off Every Week: Halimah <http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_681815.html>
Kimberly Spykerman, Straits Times

Singapore should consider legislation that makes employers give their domestic helpers a rest day every week, said Madam Halimah Yacob, the minister of state for community development, youth and sports.

Just like other workers who enjoy a rest day, domestic workers, too, need to rest and should not be made to work excessive hours that could affect their health and well-being, she added.

**** Pink Dot Or More Like Pink Park <http://singaporeactually.com/2011/06/19/pink-dot/>
Singapore Actually

**** Pink Dot Singapore - My "Mom". <http://babymicrophone.livejournal.com/361460.html>
Babymicrophone

**** Design, Build And Sell Scam <http://singaporedesk.blogspot.com/2011/06/design-build-and-sell-scam.html>
Singapore Notes

**** Is Singapore Elections Department Incompetent, Or Were There Shenanigans? <http://exchersonesusaurea.blogspot.com/2011/06/is-singapore-elections-department.html>
Ex Chersonesus Aurea

The irregularities that SDP reported are a case of Elections Department's incompetence, if not worse.

**** What DPM Teo Is Trying To Tell Us <http://atans1.wordpress.com/2011/06/20/what-dpm-teo-is-trying-to-tell-us/>
Thoughts Of A Cynical Investor

Why doesn’t he come out and simply tell us that we shouldn’t treat the presidential election as another chance to show our dis-satisfaction with the ruling PAP? Sumething that we did in 1993, when Mr Chua Kim Yeow (a retired accountant-general) stood against Ong Teng Cheong.

**** Khaw Says He Can’t Intervene With DBSS Prices <http://thesatayclub.net/2011/06/khaw-says-he-cant-intervene-with-dbss-prices/>
Julian Tan, The Satay Club

If all this government involvement in the world of commercial business didn’t damage Singapore’s reputation, then there is no reason why government intervention in the area of public housing would.

**** Why Malay Muslim High Tea For PAP Only <http://thinkhappiness.blogspot.com/2011/06/why-malay-muslim-high-tea-for-pap-only.html>
Dharmendra Yadav, Think Happiness

The Malay Muslim leadership is merely mirroring the sentiments of the general Malay Muslim community in pursuing their interests in a manner that is pro-PAP – as much as such an agenda would appear partisan or polarising to some.

**** Fish Don't Know They're In Water <http://sivers.org/fish>
Derek Sivers

Yes, the rest of the world can enjoy a good laugh at the stereotypical American - just now realizing he's not the center of the universe.

**** Pink Dot 2011 – Stimulating Social Change Or Reinforcing Status Quo? <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2011/06/pink-dot-2011-stimulating-social-change-or-reinforcing-status-quo/>
Lisa Li, The Online Citizen

It is interesting that PM Lee seems to fear the anger and backlash of the moral conservative and religious communities more than that of the ‘immoral’, ‘depraved’ LGBTQ communities. Perhaps it is merely a numbers game. Yet, if the Government truly regards LGBTQ people as ‘immoral criminals’ under the law, shouldn’t it be more wary of them?

**** Temasek's Ho Has Told Staff She Is Not leaving-Sources <http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/06/20/temasek-ceo-idINL3E7HK0SU20110620>
Saeed Azhar, Reuters

Ho Ching, the chief executive of Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings , has told her staff internally that she is not leaving the company, two sources said, dismissing a recent news report that she may leave in August.

**** From State To Temasek <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2011/06/from-state-to-temasek/>
Leong Sze Hian, The Online Citizen

Who benefits from the transaction when a state entity is corporatised? If an entity is sold, what is the price? How do Singaporeans benefit?

**** DBSS Is Still Public Housing, No? <http://speakspokewritewrote.wordpress.com/2011/06/20/dbss-is-still-public-housing-no/>
SpeakSpokeWriteWrote

True Minister, but it seems heartbreaking to see what could have been BTO apartments in a mature estate given over to a private developer. Now this property is out of reach of most ordinary Singaporeans. I put it to you that you can do much more. Revamp the rules and conditions of DBSS. If the conditions are not favourable enough to the developers, then don’t tender for them. If they are not interested, HDB can easily do a BTO isn’t it? Focus on providing housing and not some fancy private condominium wannabe projects that fool no one.

**** Singapore Urges China To Clarify South China Seas Claim <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13838462>
BBC

Singapore has called on China to clarify its claims in the South China Sea following recent confrontations with Vietnam and the Philippines.

Singapore said China's "ambiguity" had caused international concern.

**** Microsoft Game Banned For Lesbian Scene <http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/81354-microsoft-game-banned-for-lesbian-scene>
Ovais Subhani, Reuters

Singapore has banned a Microsoft Corp video game which contains a scene showing a human woman and an alien woman kissing and caressing each other, a local newspaper reported on Thursday. Singapore is the only country to have banned the game, so far, and it is the first Microsoft video game to be banned in the city-state, The Straits Times said.




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