Even the best of us have “blond moments” when we forget where we’ve parked the car and end up having to look for it… Well, if you own an iPhone, using the recently released iCarPark iPhone app you’ll never have to ask “Was it parking lot A or B, honey?” again.
By Steve Coll , New America Foundation The New Yorker | March 2, 2009 Two years ago, Pervez Musharraf, who was then Pakistan’s President and Army chief, summoned his most senior generals and two Foreign Ministry officials to a series of meetings at his military office in Rawalpindi. There, they reviewed the progress of a secret, sensitive negotiation with India, known to its participants as “the back channel.” For several years, special envoys from Pakistan and India had been
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The auto manufactures are competing to put the most computer into your car. The merging of digital devices and personal transportation is progressing with alacrity. We know this. The fact that there has been “chips” in our cars for a decade or so is also well known. OnStar™ GPS tracking of ourKnight Rider dashboard ("Kitt")movements has been successfully marketed as a benefit to us, and we pay extra for the privilege. And our car has a microphone, to listen for ‘our calls for help’ (but, only wh
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Fair, competitive environment to benefit all parties, says FTC Yusuke Yoshino / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer By instituting antimonopoly measures, the Fair Trade Commission aims to create an environment in which broadcasters would be able to air songs at a lower cost while music copyright holders, such as composers, would be able to earn higher royalties. The FTC attached importance to the point that the blanket arrangements between the Japanese Society of Rights of Authors, Composers and Pu
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JASRAC told to halt monopoly practices The Yomiuri Shimbun The Fair Trade Commission has ordered the Japanese Society of Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers to stop its practice of signing music copyright fees contracts with broadcasters in a manner that prevents other companies from entering the copyright-management business. JASRAC has a blanket arrangement with NHK and commercial TV stations in which the broadcasters are authorized to air all songs and music pieces whose copyright
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