Archive for October 20th, 2003

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Windoze Users Flock to iTunes

Early
reports from Apple Computer’s foray into Windows-based online music indicate
exuberance among consumers for the company’s iTunes service. Apple has
sold more than one million songs to iTunes for Windows customers since
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Massachusetts Goes Open Source

Eric Kriss, administration and finance secretary for the State of Massachusetts, has directed the state’s chief technology officer to choose open-source and open-standards technologies whenever possible. Applications from vendors such as Microsoft that do not allow access to their source code can only be bought in cases in which a cost-effective, open-source alternative is [...]

Rare Magic Charms Discovered at Harvard

Anyone
who believes in magic, even a little bit, can’t help but be excited by
today’s announcement out of the University of Cincinnati. It seems
that John Brolley, a professor of Religious Studies [...]

Kofi Annan Denies “Puppet” Acusations

Characters from Sesame Street are being used
to promote peace in the Middle East.
78 Episodes of the long-running television series are being
produced in Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Territories with the help
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Rush Limbaugh Sings

One of America’s great strenghts is the freedom
it grants its citizens to reinvent themselves in the face of failure,
discredit and ruined reputations. After bombing on the talk-show curcuit
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Endangered or Converged?

Another article on Gadget Convergence, this one in the Economist.
In accord to their general mistrust of technology they take a negative
spin and focus on "the Death of the PDA". Isn’t it obvious to everyone
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