[MyAppleMenu] Dec 29, 2007

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**** Will The iPod Kill Blockbuster? <http://www.forbes.com/technology/2007/12/28/apple-movie-rental-tech-media-cx_bc_1228apple.html>
by Brian Caulfield, Forbes
Forget the cavemous big box stores that laid waste to the retail landscape a decade ago. Apple chief executive Steve Jobs' tiny iPod has turned his company into a category killer for the digital era&mdash;first wirping out music stores and now, potentially, the corner video store.

**** Apple Making Deals For Web Video Rentals <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/28/technology/28apple.html?_r=4&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1198861259-5XE0NlQ0vxyEyH6pRQElIg&oref=slogin&oref=slogin>
by John Markoff, New York Times
Several people familiar with the negotiations said that more than one studio would appear onstage at the company's Macworld exhibition beginning Jan 14 to endorse a new Apple movie rental service.
/My guess: Besides Fox, Disney./

**** DockStar Mail Tool Adds New Clickable Indicators <http://www.macworld.com/article/131322/2007/12/dockstar.html>
by Peter Cohen, Macworld

**** Apple Readying HD Radio Push For Macworld <http://ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/apple-readying-hd-radio-push-for-macworld/>
by Charles Starrett, iLounge
iTunes Tagging is a new HD Radio feature designed to further boost iTunes sales by allowing listeners to "Tag" the currently playing song, automatically adding its information to a "Tagged" playlist on the connected iPod. When synced with a computer, the playlist appears in iTunes, making it easier to purchase tagged tracks from the iTunes Store.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Web Icon Set To Be Discontinued <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7163547.stm>
by BBC News
Netscape Navigator, now owned by AOL, will no longer be supported after 1 February 2008, the company has said.

MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Don't Fear Starbucks <http://www.slate.com/id/2180301/fr/rss/>
by Taylor Clark, Slate
Why the franchise actually helps mom and pop coffeeshouses.

SingaporeSurf
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**** Meeting The Rising Need For A University Education <http://thestar.com.my/columnists/story.asp?file=/2007/12/29/columnists/insightdownsouth/19867158&sec=Insight%20Down%20South>
by Seah Chiang Nee, The Star
Singaporeans are striving to prepare for the day when even a hotel receptionist must have a university qualification.
That may not be too far away.

**** SMRT eDM Exposes Ride SMRT, Celebrate Life! Contestants' Email Addresses <http://www.themediaslut.com/2007/12/847>
by Presenting The(new)mediaslut!
If you have taken part in SMRT's Ride SMRT, Celebrate Life! contests, you might receive an eDM with emails of other contestants group with yours.

**** Prima Food Gets Green Light From AVA To Resume Full Production <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/319788/1/.html>
by Chio Su-Mei, Channel NewsAsia

**** Transportation To Nowhere <http://singaporelifetimes.blogspot.com/2007/12/transportation-to-nowhere.html>
by Singapore Life And Times
I wonder if the transport minister's pay rise should not be held back until he can see satisfactory resolution to this matter?

**** Teachers' Salaries To Go Up Under New Package That Costs S$380m <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/319634/1/.html>
by Satish Cheney, Channel NewsAsia

**** Incidents Are A Call For Authorities To Act <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/229638.asp>
by Lim Boon Hee, Today
All these incidents show that there should be an island-wide parallel bus network as events have shown the MRT to be unreliable at times when there are huge crowds, like during the festive season. The ad hoc contingency bus services during train disruptions leaves much to be desired.

**** Monkey Mayhem At MacRitchie Reservoir <http://www.straitstimes.com/Free/Story/STIStory_190908.html>
by Tracy Sua, Straits Times
Fines could be upped for those who feed monkeys, in the wake of a recent incident where a horde of 15 primates grabbed food from a pregnant woman and her toddler at MacRitchie Reservoir Park.

**** More Legislation Needed To Protect Condo Owners Who Do Not Wish To Join En-Bloc Sale <http://www.straitstimes.com/ST%2BForum/Online%2BStory/STIStory_190823.html>
by Yeo Han Tiong, Straits Times

**** Why MRT Sign Not In Malay? <http://www.straitstimes.com/ST%2BForum/Story/STIStory_190929.html>
by S. Kulaveerasingham, Straits Times

**** Fresh Snag In SIA Bid <http://www.todayonline.com/articles/229657.asp>
by Today
Fresh questions about the outcome of a planned link-up between Singapore Airlines (SIA) and China Eastern Airlines are being raised following the appointment of Air China chairman Li Jiaxiang as chief of China's civil aviation regulator, analysts said on Friday.