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links for 2007-07-25

• iPod index shows Australians do better than Brazilians [The Age]
  “Australian iPod prices are among the cheapest in the world, but few of the gains from the stampeding Australian dollar are being passed on to consumers, the latest CommSec iPod index shows.”
  (tags: australia apple ipod cost exchangerate)
• Army recruiters use the lure of games, podcasts [The Age]
  “The internet has become the new battleground for Australian Defence Force recruitment, which in the last week alone has launched a multiplayer gaming portal and a reality-style podcast series following the life of trainees.”
  (tags: videogames games violence australia military elearning)
• Dispatches From the Hyperlocal Future
  Bruce Sterling blogs from the future (2017 to be exact) in “Harvey Feldspar’s Geoblog”. A good read!
  (tags: blog fiction future brucesterling)