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Link: Apple iPhone review roundup - Engadget.

I would normally refrain from posting about something that is already on every single site on the internet - but of the new stuff we found out about the iPhone today, the thing that most blows my mind is that they managed to get AT&T (Cingular as then was) to agree to let Apple sell the freaking service exclusively through iTunes. Apple is developing a habit of reducing existing retail channels to a state of complete irrelevance...

The Record Industry's Decline | MetaFilter

Link: The Record Industry's Decline | MetaFilter.

This is a pirated MP3 of the smallest violin in the world playing for the record industry.

I'm really only posting this because this comment made me laugh so much.

The Interpreter

Link: A Reporter at Large: The Interpreter: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker. Pride, politics, the Piraha and the Universal Grammar (or not.)

Made in Stevenage | The Guardian | Guardian Unlimited

Link: Made in Stevenage | The Guardian | Guardian Unlimited. Gary Younge on Formula 1 sensation Lewis Hamilton.

'Sopranos' creator's last word: End speaks for itself- NJ.com

Link: 'Sopranos' creator's last word: End speaks for itself- NJ.com.

Put me in the "love it" category, though I did practically scream at my TV. Let's face it, a more traditional denouement would have been an anticlimax. The final scene was anything but. And people, isn't the journey the reward?

Ready or not | Sport | The Observer

Link: Ready or not | Sport | The Observer. A fascinating look at the trials of South Africa's preparations for the 2010 World Cup.