New York Times by Ken Belson:

While South Korea has rightfully been called a broadband paradise, Japan is fast turning into one.

In just two years, the number of broadband, or high-speed, Internet connections has grown tenfold, to more than 10 million. The market was cracked open by small providers who pressured the local phone giant, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone, a unit of the NTT Group, to enter the fray. Having watched Korea vault past Japan, Japanese policy makers also assembled a national broadband strategy with initial targets that now look far too conservative.

7:19:43 PM    

BBC News:

Apple has sold more than a million songs since the launch of its online music service a week ago.

The figure is much higher than record industry executives had predicted, who had expected Apple to reach the million milestone in a month.

It will be interesting to see the trends in track sales once the novelty has worn off. I, for one, have been loading up on my favorite old tracks. Here's the big question: Will users buy new music from iTunes as an alternative to buying traditional CDs? I'm debating that one for myself.

Stay (i)Tuned.

-Tim
8:42:03 AM