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Monthly Archives: April 2003

Branching Out.

I’ve been thinking recently that I should be branching out and reading some new blogs. I have a collection of XML feeds that I read using NetNewsWire Lite everyday, and often supplement those with other sites and blogs (like William Gibson’s, soon to be retired, blog) that don’t use RSS.

So, if you have a blog that you have recently started I’d love to know the URL, and promise to be a regular reader for a while. Either post a comment, or send me an email. I’m happy to post a link on my blog to help you along.

iTunes Store For International Users.

The major complaint that international Apple users have about iTunes4 and the new Music Store, is the restriction to U.S. billing addresses only. Although I realise that this is bound to be as legally complex as Michael Jackson’s medical law suits, I share the frustrations of Ben Hammersley.

If your in a similar state of mind, swing over to the Apple Features for International Users and join the growing collection of undersigned.

David A. Basskin, President of the Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency explains the legal reason for the issue on Ben’s blog comments.

“The reason why the Apple iTunes Music Store isn’t yet available outside the US is because Apple hasn’t made arrangements to obtain the rights outside of that country (this is called “clearing the rights” in the music business).“

Smart Dust And Personal Area Networks.

The ever busy Cory Doctorow (of Boing Boing) has written a short fiction story for Business 2.0. The article, Six Technologies That Will Change the World, discusses several of the more far out technologies that some companies are working on. An organ/tissue printer, sociable robots, supersonic jets (I guess this means economically viable ones), solid fuel batteries, electronic paper, and dust sized intelligent sensors.

Cory’s short story wraps all this up into a futuristic situation, bringing the ideas to life. It’s clever, and although it’s very short, is a neat read.

The story can be found at the bottom of the fourth page.

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