[MyAppleMenu] Jan 12, 2010

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**** Optimize Photos For Your Digital Scrapbook <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=943854bbd6a49c1558ff30bdf9271229>
Katherine Murray, Macworld

Your photos are the centerpiece of your digital scrapbooking pages, giving your friends and family a sense of what you felt that day. The vibrant colors, the light on the faces, or the majesty of the landscape all tell aspects of the story you capture on the page.

**** Microsoft Will Patch Mac Word To Comply With Court Order <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=e12934176d117f48c168501b45daf713>
Gregg Keizer, Computerworld

Microsoft will patch Word on the Mac to comply with a federal court's ruling requiring it to remove custom XML technology from its popular word-processing software.

**** Dragon iPhone App Tweaked, Search Tool Released <http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19512_7-10432078-233.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=News-Apple>
Lance Whitney, CNET News

Over the weekend, the company updated its Dragon voice dictation app for the Apple iPhone and unveiled a new Dragon Search app to let you find info via voice.

**** Apple Releases Remote Desktop 3.3.2 Update <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=230e1fa51f6384d4fa0f21b98414d4e7>
Dan Moren, Macworld

Apple rolled out Apple Remote Desktop 3.3.2 on Monday, improving the overall stability and performance of the remote-management tools as well as fixing a number of specific issues.

**** Fingerworks.com Content Pulled Ahead Of Apple Tablet Announcement <http://www.macrumors.com/2010/01/11/fingerworks-com-content-pulled-ahead-of-apple-tablet-announcement/>
Arnold Kim, MacRumors.com

The content of Fingerworks.com has been removed this week after remaining online for nearly 5 years after the acquisition of the company by Apple. The removal seems to correspond with the impending announcement of an Apple tablet later this month. One possible explanation is that Apple will finally be implementing many of the same advanced multi-touch keyboard gestures that were originally pioneered by Fingerworks.



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**** The Flowerings Of Love Are Not For The Weak <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/12/books/12book.html?partner=rss&emc=rss>
Janet Maslin, New York Times

Amy Bloom’s new book, a collection of stories, is beautifully astute.



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**** Register Rooms Subletting <http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_476356.html>
Straits Times


>From Feb 1, flat owners who sub-let rooms in their Housing Board flats will have to register with the HDB within seven days of doing so, as part of ongoing efforts to eradicate loan-sharking activities and to better protect HDB residents.


**** Stronger Measures Spelt Out In Moneylenders Act Include Freezing Accounts Of Culprits <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1030125/1/.html>
S.Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia

**** Govt Not Proceeding To Make Borrowing From Loansharks An Offence For Now <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1030127/1/.html>
S.Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia

The home affairs ministry has decided not to proceed to make borrowing from loan sharks an offence for now. Moving the second reading of the Moneylenders Act in Parliament, senior minister of state for home affairs, Associate Professor Ho Peng Kee explained that the ministry has received mixed feedback on the issue.

**** Oral Reply To Parliamentary Question On Why A Child Whose Parents Are Of Different Races Cannot Have Both Races Reflected In His Or Her Identity Card, 12 January 2010 <http://app4.mha.gov.sg/news_details.aspx?nid=MTY1Nw%3d%3d-PM2KL1rzVZc%3d>
Singapore Government

The system, especially with the recent changes, already provides for an appropriate level of flexibility and choice to parents who are of different races. Ultimately, however, parents who are of different races should come to a decision as to which of their races they would like their child to be recorded as belonging to.

**** Oral Answer To Parliamentary Question On What Is Being Done To Prevent Accidents Involving Cyclists, 12 January 2010 <http://app4.mha.gov.sg/news_details.aspx?nid=MTY1NQ%3d%3d-z16tmKUORTQ%3d>
Singapore Government

Investigations show that for fatal and serious road traffic accidents involving cyclists over the first 9 months of both 2009 and 2008, slightly more than 50% of the cyclists are found to be at fault. The common causes of accidents where the cyclists are at fault are namely changing lane without due care, failing to keep a proper look out, and failing to give way to traffic with right of way.

**** MRT Shooting Justified <http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_476338.html>
Elena Chong, Straits Times

A verdict of justifiable homicide was recorded on Tuesday on the death of an unemployed man who was shot by a police officer at Outram Park MRT station.

**** 我国土地规划全面 能应付人口增长需要 <http://www.zaobao.com/sp/sp100112_030.shtml>
联合早报

**** Singapore Puts Off Hosting 2013 SEA Games <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_singapore/view/1030148/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia

Community development and sports minister Dr Vivian Balakrishnan confirmed Tuesday that Singapore won't host the 2013 Southeast Asian Games because of delays in the construction of a new Sports Hub.

**** Our Response To NMP Assoc Prof Pauline Tay’s Questions To Parliament <http://unfcccecosingapore.wordpress.com/2010/01/11/our-response-to-nmp-assoc-prof-pauline-tays-questions-to-parliament/>
ECO, Post COP15

**** Singapore Weathers The Crisis And Prepares For A Stronger Year <http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2010/01/12/singapore-weathers-the-crisis-and-prepares-for-a-stronger-year/>
Siow Yue Chia, East Asia Forum