Steve Jobs told USA Today that the Apple App Store will launch with “more than 500″ applications Thursday night for the iPhone and iPod touch. Of these, 25% will be free and 90% (of those for sale) will cost $9.99 or less. “This is the biggest launch of my career,” said Jobs. Analyst Tim Bajarin at Creative Strategies said, “When IBM introduced the PC, it was good, but it didn’t take off until people started discovering the software.” It’s these apps then, he adds, that will “dramatically differentiates the iPhone” from Treos and BlackBerrys. Indeed, while consumers are focused on the launch of the iPhone 3G device, it’s the App Store which has analysts in such a tizzy.

Mantis Users Directory ( <a href="http://www.mantisbt.org/directory.php">http://www.mantisbt.org/directory.php</a> [<a href="http://www.mantisbt.org/directory.php" target="_blank">^</a>] ) now has 500 registered companies and projects. Although it is a nice milestone for the directory, it is a very small fraction of the users out there. If your company or project is not registered yet, then go the users directory page and click Submit. While submitting you can also provide a comment or testimonial as the ones shown at <a href="http://www.mantisbt.org/testimonials.php">http://www.mantisbt.org/testimonials.php</a> [<a href="http://www.mantisbt.org/testimonials.php" target="_blank">^</a>]

I’ll be "on the road" this weekend, traveling out-of-state for a family gathering. It’s my niece’s first birthday party, so we couldn’t pass on that invitation. We don’t usually attend all of our niece’s and nephew’s birthday parties, but the first one is always special. I’ll be catching the California Auto Club 500 on the radio [...]

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Ecco il testo del nuovo spot TV della Fiat:

La vita è un insieme di luoghi e di persone che scrivono il tempo.
Il nostro tempo.
Noi cresciamo e maturiamo collezionando queste esperienze.
Sono queste che poi vanno a definirci.
Alcune sono più importanti di altre, perché formano il nostro carattere.
Ci insegnano la differenza tra ciò che è giusto e ciò che è sbagliato.
La differenza tra il bene e il male.
Cosa essere e cosa non essere.
Ci insegnano chi vogliamo diventare.
In tutto questo, alcune persone e alcune cose si legano a noi in un modo spontaneo e inestricabile.
Ci sostengono nell’esprimerci e nel realizzarci.
Ci legittimano nell’essere autentici e veri.
E se significano veramente qualcosa, ispirano il modo in cui il mondo cambia e si evolve.
E allora, appartengono a tutti noi e a nessuno.
La nuova Fiat appartiene a tutti noi.

di seguito una divertente parodia

il primo spot della nuova fiat 500