[MyAppleMenu] Sep 16, 2010

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**** Apple Dishes On AirPrint Wireless Printing For IOS <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=80ce7ce7842e30a441bc43f859ee5640>
Dan Moren, Macworld

Users will be able to directly print to HP printers that include the company’s new ePrint feature, debuting in models this fall. According to Apple, iPad users will be able to print text, photos, and graphics via printers on a local network, or over Wi-Fi. Drivers and printing software don’t need to be installed, and Apple says there’s no setup or configuration.

**** Open Web Pages Automatically <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=d6e7ae6100147b4ed6df3fe357d27d12>
Christopher Breen, Macworld

My recent tips about Automator seems to have piqued the interest of readers who normally don’t touch this fine automation tool.

**** iPad Blows Kindle Out Of The Water - But Amazon's Kindle App Is Best iPad Reader... <http://billhillsblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/ipad-blows-kindle-out-of-water-but.html>
Bill Hill, The Future Of Reading

Since I got my iPad, I find reading books on it so good that I can no longer bear to use my Kindle - although the Kindle app is the best eBook reader on the iPad, and the only one I use. Picking up the Kindle - after using the iPad for several weeks - is like stepping back into the Dark Ages of eBooks - a small-screen world of poor contrast, in which you can read comfortably only in perfect, bright lighting. It looks somehow pathetic alongside the iPad. You can never go back home again...

**** Apple Releases Pro Applications Update <http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=76f49269ad134ae272c289f3f3e8f3de>
Jonathan Seff, Macworld

On Wednesday Apple issued Pro Applications Update 2010-02—recommended for all users of Final Cut Studio, Final Cut Server, and Logic Studio—with improved versions of Final Cut Pro 7, Motion 4, Color 1.5, Compressor 3.5, and Qmaster 3.5.

**** Finally! Apple Embraces A Standard For Metadata In PDFs <http://sprinkleofcocoa.blogspot.com/2010/09/finally-apple-embraces-standard-for.html>
Glenn Howes, A Sprinkle of Cocoa

**** The MacBook Air Doesn't Get Enough Credit <http://theappleblog.com/2010/09/15/the-macbook-air-doesnt-get-enough-credit/>
Adam Jackson, GigaOM

It’s the best notebook Apple makes and it also happens to be the smallest. It’s a machine for 75 percent of the portable Mac users out there, and too many people are buying more than they need when the MacBook Air fits in just nicely.

**** Vectorworks 2011 – A Preview In Boston <http://architosh.com/2010/09/vectorworks-2011-a-preview-in-boston/>
Anthony Frausto-Robledo, Architosh

**** Apple iPod Nano 6G <http://www.reghardware.com/2010/09/15/review_media_player_apple_ipod_nano_6g/>
Stephen Dean, The Register

The new iPod Nano is certainly neatly designed, and the touchscreen will have definite novelty value for people who haven’t previously been able to afford an iPhone or iPod Touch. I can live without the camera but the lack of video playback seems like a rather mean cost-cutting measure – especially given the price increase.

**** Yahoo Chief Slams Apple’s IAd <http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2010/09/16/yahoo-chief-slams-apples-iad/>
Reuters

**** Chrome Update Fixes Serious Mac OS X Bug <http://www.webmonkey.com/2010/09/chrome-update-fixes-serious-mac-os-x-bug/>
Scott Gilbertson, Wired

Google has updated the stable and beta branches of its Chrome web browser with several important bug fixes and stability improvements, including a rather serious security bug in Mac OS X.

**** Apple Patches Zero-day QuickTime Flaw With 7.6.8 Release <http://www.scmagazineus.com/apple-patches-zero-day-quicktime-flaw-with-768-release/article/178987/>
Dan Kaplan, SC Magazine

Apple on Wednesday released a new version of QuickTime to plug two vulnerabilities, including a zero-day flaw that is being actively exploited simply by tricking a victim into visiting a web page.

**** Apple's Easing Of App Rules Boosts Approvals For Developers <http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-apple-apps-20100916,0,5533630.story?>
David Sarno, Los Angeles Times

Developers reported that their creations had suddenly come out of the deep freeze and been approved for consumers using the company's iPhone family of devices.

**** Finding The Best Way To Read Books On An iPad <http://ptech.allthingsd.com/20100915/finding-the-best-way-to-read-books-on-an-ipad/?mod=ATD_rss>
Walter S. Mossberg, Wall Street Journal

Overall, each of the three iPad apps makes the device a fine way to read e-books. Multiple apps and stores—including many not covered here—allow choices absent from dedicated reading devices.

**** iTunes Tip: Find Out How Much Space You Can Save On Your iPod If You Convert Songs To 128 Kbps AAC <http://www.mcelhearn.com/2010/09/16/itunes-tip-find-out-how-much-space-you-can-save-on-your-ipod-if-you-convert-songs-to-128-kbps-aac/>
Kirk McElhearn, Kirkville

Previously, the capacity bar would increase in real time as content was added to your device. Now, in iTunes 10, you can see the results of your change even before you start syncing.



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**** Australia’s Lost Giants <http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2010/10/dreamtime-animals/achenbach-text>
Joel Achenbach, National Geographic Magazine

Seven-foot-tall kangaroos, rhino-size browsers, enormous flightless birds, and a predator that could kill them all: Such were the megafauna that once dominated Australia. Then humans arrived, and most of the giant animals vanished. Did the Ice Age finally catch up with them? Or did humans hunt megafauna to extinction?

**** Two Is The Magic Number <http://www.slate.com/id/2267004/>
Joshua Wolf Shenk, Slate Magazine

What makes creative relationships work? How do two people—who may be perfectly capable and talented on their own—explode into innovation, discovery, and brilliance when working together? 



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**** Singapore Sees Danger Of Property Bubble Forming <http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-09-15/singapore-sees-danger-of-property-bubble-forming.html>
Shiyin Chen, Bloomberg

Singapore’s government sees a danger of a property bubble forming and recent measures to cool speculation were designed to pre-empt this.

**** Malay Language Not A Hindrance To Malaysia's Development <http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v5/newsindex.php?id=528178>
Bernama

A professor said on Wednesday the Malay language as a medium of instruction has never been a hindrance to Malaysia's development and proven for more than 30 years as a language of knowledge that has seen Malaysia achieved success in many areas.

"It is not impossible with the knowledge acquired through sources in the Malay language, for Malaysia to one day surpass other countries including Singapore in several areas including economy," he said through an emailed message to Bernama Wednesday.

**** Your Vote Is Secret <http://geraldgiam.sg/2010/09/your-vote-is-secret/>
Gerald Giam

Let’s be very clear: your vote is secret. I will take you through the whole balloting process to see why.

**** HDB Policy On Singles: Singaporean Vs Permanent Resident <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2010/09/hdb-policy-on-singles-singaporean-vs-permanent-resident/>
Leong Sze Hian, The Online Citizen

Why are Permanent Residents (PRs) who are single buying HDB resale flats like nobody’s business?

**** RWS Tenant's View <http://www.todayonline.com/Voices/EDC100916-0000103/RWS-tenants-view>
Adrian Houghton, Today

RWS has gone to great expense to provide free transport to all Singaporeans to enjoy these attractions, and should be congratulated on it. Both IRs have created a huge amount of employment opportunities for Singaporeans. 

Has anybody thought of the cost savings to the soon-to-be 20,000 staff members that need to get work everyday, never mind the environmental advantage of fitting 50 people on a bus instead of using 13 taxis?

**** Hard Work For YOG Not Recognised <http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/OnlineStory/STIStory_578962.html>
Junaida Mohammed Sharif, Straits Times

Unfortunately, unlike her peers who volunteered, she did not receive a certificate of participation as a token of appreciation. Her teacher told her that he would look into the matter, but it was unlikely that she would get one.

**** Casino Levy To Be <i>Raised</i> After The Elections? <http://singaporealternatives.blogspot.com/2010/09/casino-levy-to-be-raised-after.html>
Goh Meng Seng, Singapore Alternatives

**** 增设PG13级作用有限 <http://www.zaobao.com/sp/sp100916_040.shtml>
赖诗琳, 联合早报

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**** 审查委员会报告反应 受访各界认为 方言让语言环境多姿彩 <http://www.zaobao.com/sp/sp100916_039.shtml>
谢燕燕, 联合早报

新闻、通讯及艺术部审查检讨委员会认为我国有空间放宽方言的使用，对此，受访议员、社团领袖和年轻人认为，放宽方言的使用，能让本地的语言环境变得多姿多彩、百花齐放。

**** 审查委员会报告反应 适度放宽对方言影片限制 <http://www.zaobao.com/sp/sp100916_038.shtml>
联合早报

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**** 审查委员会报告反应 两电信公司已提供网上内容过滤 新电信：过万用户订购服务 <http://www.zaobao.com/sp/sp100916_037.shtml>
孙伟伦, 联合早报

两家电信公司新电信和星和表示，它们已提供网上内容过滤服务。新电信更指出，已有逾万名用户订购这项服务，服务向来受用户欢迎。

**** Rebuttal To MCYS Reasons For The Termination Of Irs Shuttle Buses <http://www.temasekreview.com/2010/09/16/rebuttal-to-mcys-reasons-for-the-termination-of-irs-shuttle-buses/>
The Temasek Review

I have taken the shuttle numerous times and the exterior of the bus say “free shuttle bus to RWS: and not “free shuttle bus to casino”. The only advert on the bus I remember promotes Universal Studios with a nice logo behind the bus.

**** Fewer PRs This Year <http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_579307.html>
Straits Times

Fewer applications for Singapore Permanent Residence (PR) will be granted this year with the tightening of the immigration criteria introduced since late last year, said deputy prime minister Wong Kan Seng in Parliament on Thursday.

The number 'will be noticeably less than that in 2009,' he said in reply to a question from Nominated MP Professor Paulin Tay Straughan, who asked for the number of applications for PR in 2009 and this year, and how many were successful.

**** No Problem Selling Flats Under EIP <http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_579304.html>
Straits Times

Ethnic minority owners should not have problem selling their Housing Board flats because most HDB neighbourhoods have not reached the limits under the Ethnic Integration Policy (EIP).

As at September, 86 per cent of 162 HDB neighbourhoods have not hit the EIP limits. Potential flat sellers may face limitations in 14 per cent of neighbourhoods only, said Parliamentary secretary for national development Mohamad Maliki Osman in Parliament on Thursday.

**** Oral Answer To Assoc Prof Paulin Tay Straughan Who Asked The Deputy Prime Minister And Minister For Home Affairs (a) How Many Applications Were Received For Permanent Residency In 2009 And 2010 And What Is The Proportion That Was Successful For Each Year; (b) What Is The Profile Of Those Who Were Successful In Their Applications; (c) Whether The Fall In Proportion Of Permanent Residents (PR) Is Due To More Stringent Immigration Policies; And (d) What Are The Implications Of This Restriction On PRs On The Old-age Support Ratio For Singapore In The Long Term, 16 September 2010 <http://app4.mha.gov.sg/news_details.aspx?nid=MTgxNw%3d%3d-cu4K%2bDUAjvE%3d>
Ministry Of Home Affairs, Singapore Government

**** Censorship Review Committee Regrets But Affirms Censorship <http://yawningbread.wordpress.com/2010/09/16/censorship-review-committee-regrets-but-affirms-censorship>
Yawning Bread

The members of the committee seemed never to have interrogated their own paternalistic approach, one where there’s the state doing the regulating allegedly for others’ good. They merely recognised that that state can no longer do it alone and the entire report takes the direction of persuading others to join the state so that it becomes less ineffective.

**** Govt's Property Cooling Measures Unlikely To Significantly Impact Market <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/1081686/1/.html>
Rachel Kelly, Channel NewsAsia

The recent property-cooling measures are not likely to have a significant impact on the overall property market in Singapore. 

Property experts speaking at an industry seminar on Thursday said global economic issues play a larger role, and that property prices will ride on positive economic growth.

**** IRs Must Remain Accessible By Public Transport: Public Transport Council <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1081688/1/.html>
Milton Sau, Channel NewsAsia

The Public Transport Council said the IRs should remain accessible by public transport. This is why public buses are allowed to offer the paid service.

**** Shaw To Introduce Digital IMAX To Singapore <http://www.screendaily.com/territories/asia-pacific/shaw-to-introduce-digital-imax-to-singapore/5018362.article>
Liz Shackleton, Screen Daily

Singapore’s Shaw Theatres is set to open the territory’s first digital IMAX screen when it reopens its flagship Lido Cineplex in April next year.