[MyAppleMenu] Jun 17, 2012

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**** Why Are Apple Laptops Becoming Harder To Take Apart? ****
<http://rc3.org/2012/06/16/why-are-apple-laptops-becoming-harder-to-take-apart/>
Rafe Colburn


> There are a lot of tradeoffs that go into product design. When it comes to laptops, there are capabilities (display resolution, processor speed, storage space, battery life, and so on), size and weight, cost, and upgradeability. Apple seems to have gotten the impression that upgradeability is the factor that people care about the least, and I suspect that they’re right.

I myself treasure the lightness.





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**** Tubes By Andrew Blum – Review ****
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/jun/17/tubes-andrew-blum-review>
Iain Morris, The Observer


> Blum leaves readers pondering questions that would not have occurred to them before and better informed about an innovation most of us take for granted.






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**** Questions Remain In Woffles Wu Matter ****
<http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/06/questions-remain-in-woffles-wu-matter/>
Choo Zheng Xi, The Online Citizen


> I am grateful for the Law Minister’s clarification with regards to why Section 204 of the Penal Code was not the charge used.

> However, I hope the Attorney General’s Chambers (AGC) can clarify why Section 182 of the Penal Code, which was in force at the time of Dr Wu’s offence, was not the charge used.

> Section 182 has been used in cases involving the provision of false information to the police in traffic related violations.



**** AGC Clarifies Media Reports On Woffles Wu Case ****
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1208110/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia


> It said the accused could not have been charged under that provision for intentionally perverting the course of justice. This is because the accused committed his offence in 2006, before that particular section of the Penal Code was enacted in 2008.

> The position of the accused is therefore different from others who were subject to section 204A and who have been punished with a jail term.



**** As Singapore Loosens Its Grip, Residents Lose Fear To Challenge Authority ****
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/17/world/asia/activism-grows-as-singapore-loosens-restrictions.html?pagewanted=all>
Andrew Jacobs, New York Times


> While no one is predicting a new era of noisy, public agitation or the imminent end of Singapore’s single-party rule, social activists and political analysts point to the increasing number of people who are shedding a long nurtured reluctance to challenge the nation’s paternalistic leaders and their “autocratic light” style of governance.

Good.


**** Paying The Price For Sports On Television ****
<http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_811898.html>
May Chen, Straits Times


> Fans worry cost of premium content on pay-TV will keep rising.

As expected, MDA's move to force the sharing of exclusive content between StarHub and SingTel do nothing to the cost of sports programmes.