[MyAppleMenu] Dec 25, 2004

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MyAppleMenu
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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Clarion To Market iPod-Compatible Car Audio System
<http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/worldbiz/archives/2004/12/25/2003216708>
Bloomberg

Clarion will begin selling a car audio and video system in Japan next year that's compatible with Apple's iPod portable music player.

[Opinion]

*** iPod You Pod, We All Pod Together
<http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/12/22/1103391821402.html>
Charles Purcell, The Age

The iPod is the most popular Christmas gift this year, but it comes with a new type of snobbery: what, exactly, do you play on it?

[Review]

*** Rise Of Nations Gold
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/reviews/view.php?ID=546>
Michael Phillips, Inside Mac Games

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** The Year Search Became Personal
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4111341.stm>
Alfred Hermida, BBC News

There is no shortage of companies vying for the loyalty of web searchers, offering a wealth of different services and tools to help you find what you want.

MyAppleMenu Reader
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The other things in life

[Life]

*** Hip Hotels With A Kid-Friendly Vibe (Sorry, No Water Slides)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/26/travel/26hipkids.html?oref=login&ex=1261717200&>
Jennifer Conlin, New York Times

"These types of hotels are all about making adult environments work for children, not the other way around."

*** A Motown 'Silent Night' That Echoes Down The Years
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23633-2004Dec23.html>
Neely Tucker, Washington Post

In the winter of 1989, I lost my mind and moved from the beach in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to Detroit, an inexplicable adventure that led me to discover sub-zero temperatures, some of the best musicians in the Western Hemisphere and my nominee for the best Christmas songs ever recorded.

*** 'Race' Contestant Has Somebody To Shove
<http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6743532/>
Andy Dehnart, MSNBC

No penalty, no elimination, no 800-number for information about domestic violence.

*** Give Me Seasonal Schmaltz
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,1072-1413358,00.html>
Gerard Baker, The Times

Christmas captures the defiing characteristic of Americans -- their lack of cynicism and scepticism.

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[News]

*** Return CPF Money, Singapore Told
<http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2004/12/25/nation/9738367&sec=nation>
Malaysia Star

The national airspace should not be traded for the release of the RM2bil in pensions belonging to Malaysians which is now locked in Singapore's Central Provident Fund, Johor Umno deputy chief Datuk Mohamed Khaled Nordin said.