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Daily SG: 21 Oct 2009

Posted by singaporedaily on 21st October 2009

The Gospel of Harry
- The Kent Ridge Common: A discussion of the national issues raised during the Kent Ridge Ministerial forum
- The Secret Political Blog: Why Singapore’s social divide is inevitable
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: MM Lee : Social Divide Inevitable
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Why the social divide is NOT inevitable.
- TOC: Kent Ridge Ministerial Forum: The Lion, The Young And The Orchestra
- The Temasek Review: MM Lee: “Never mind the Gini Coefficient!”
- Sgpolitics.net: Social divide inevitable in Singapore, but a lot of it is caused by PAP
- Singapore Democrats Blog: Spoken like an emperor (with no clothes) [Thanks Seelan]
- Singaporean Skeptic: PAP says: “You die. Your business.” You still vote for them.
- The Secret Political Blog: MM Lee doesn’t care about his legacy? Yeah right

Road to Perdition Election
- a blog day’s work: A lost sense of Parliamentary democracy
- still me: ISM

Housing
- Gerald Giam’s Blog: Reducing cost of public housing: Some policy suggestions
- The Temasek Review: The great public housing debate
- Singapore Aspirations: On making HDB housing affordable [Thanks aspirant]

Strangers in a Strange Land
- TOC: Singapore employers discriminate against their own
- Asian in America: Profit motive blinding governments to public good [via TOC]

Singaporeans are fed, up with progress!
- The Enquirer: Letter to my PM: No country for my old man

GIC, Temasek State Fund Investments
- Chee Wai’s Random Musing: Temasek Bonds

Healthcare & Healthcare Providers
- William McGurn: What Singapore Can Teach the White House [Thanks CelluloidReality]

Daily Discourse
- Today In Singapore: Thinking From The Rear
- Balderdash: Amusing bits from the FAQ of the Registry Of Societies
- The Asia File: Singapore maintains secrecy over death penalty stats [Thanks Ben]
- Singapore Aspirations: On EPL and fair competitive practices [Thanks aspirant]

Life, the universe and everything
- Ian On The Red Dot: Why Aren’t There Hot Girls Dancing At Singapore Tech Events?
- Cooler Insights: Why Looks and Beauty Matter
- Indianomics: What your email account tells about your credit score [Thanks Liau Chuan Yi]

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Daily Tech: 21 Oct 2009

Posted by dk on 21st October 2009

Good news for the ebooks lovers out there!! Barnes & Noble has just launched their……. WAIT! Apple has just updated their iMac with 21.5 and 27 Inch LED Screens, Mac Mini with server option, MacBook with 7 Hour Battery and a super good looking Magic Mouse to replace the Mighty Mouse. And I’m so in love with the Magic mouse which has multi-touch. Time to get rid of my “not so mighty” mouse. Oh sorry, what was I saying just now about Barnes & Noble? Eeeerrrr…..

Oh ya! They launched a new ebook reader called Nook. But most likely most people won’t notice it. Rule of thumb, try not to launch anything on a day when Apple is rumored to do a product refresh.

News
- LA Times: The Nook: Barnes & Noble announces its own e-reader
- On9Systems : Day 2 with Google Wave
- Engadget: Google Voice voicemails appearing in public search results
- Techcrunch: Applause For Finland: First Country To Make Broadband Access A Legal Right
- PC World: Windows 7? Don’t Upgrade, Buy A New PC
- Inforworld: Twitter warns users not to change log-in data until further notice
- The Neo Dimension: Hunt with Yahoo! and award yourself with attractive prizes
- Techcrunch: Schmidt: “Android Adoption Is About To Explode”
- USA Today: Google to launch remote book downloading platform
- OmniTechNews: Canon announces the EOS ID Mark IV
- Techspot: Dual Boot Windows 7 with XP/Vista in three easy steps
- Arstechnica: Mozilla disables vulnerable Microsoft plugin for Firefox
- IDG: Sony announces 250GB PS3 Slim out 11/3 for $349
- Tech65: PSA: Beware of Google Wave scam sites!
- MacRumors: Apple Introduces Magic Mouse - A Multi-Touch Mouse
- MacRumors: Apple Updates Mac Mini and Adds Server Option
- MacRumors: MacBook Updated with LED Display, Multi-Touch, 7 Hour Battery
- MacRumors: Apple Releases Updated iMac Models With 21.5- and 27-Inch LED Screens
- MacRumors: Apple Introduces New Aluminum Remote, Improves Performance on AirPort Extreme and Time Capsule

Reviews | Guides
- Cnet: Motorola Cliq
- Cnet: Nokia Booklet makes it official: $299 with 2-year AT&T contract
- Engadget: First GSM Palm Pre now on sale in Germany
- Cnet: RIM BlackBerry Storm 2
- Tech65: How To: Turn Audio CDs into Audio Books on iTunes

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