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...where 1.5 million Pakistani children spend nearly all their time memorizing the Koran in Arabic, even though few Pakistanis speak the language. Pakistanis say that so far the government has failed to build new secular schools that would provide an alternative to the madrasahs. Religious conservatives are trying to expand their reach: a Pakistani cleric and Member of Parliament has launched a campaign to shut down cybercafes throughout the country, describing the Internet as a "red-light district...
...That'll take time. Although Soundbuzz is set to become Asia's first regional digital music store, expanding soon into Hong Kong, India and Taiwan, its download numbers are still modest. Meanwhile, Asia's other pioneering online stores, like Max MP3 in Korea and iBiz in Taiwan, remain small and local. Japan, with its $4.16 billion music market and love of all things high-tech, should be an obvious opportunity for online-music sales. A survey by Japan's Nikkei Business Daily found that 47% of respondents would buy music from iTunes if they could. But Sony, the obvious candidate...
...leave it, Singapore-based Osim is hoping its new full-body massage chair will keep the tense and weary glued to their seats. The iSymphonic AV can detect its user's acupressure points, custom-tailoring each massage to the particular stresses of the day. With leg rests that expand to accommodate people of all heights and a remote control, the iSymphonic is being touted as the easiest chair of them all. Hook your stereo or TV into it, and the chair also rubs you in rhythm. "We all know music relaxes the mind," says Osim representative Alan...
...hotels and is in the process of installing them in the rest of that chain's nearly 200 locations. Guests can visit kiosks to check in, check out, upgrade rooms or leave messages for other guests. Hilton has kiosks in Chicago, New York City and Boston and plans to expand to a total of 45 hotels by the end of the year. Marriott is running a pilot kiosk program in a handful of its hotels as well, and the smaller, members-only hotel chain Club Quarters has kiosks in multiple locations...
...drive to "socialisticbutterflyosity." An algorithm then calculates a student's compatibility with a list of matches. "I wanted a vegan girlfriend who plays the cello and likes folk music," Stillman says. The site has been a hit on the Wesleyan campus. This fall their more ambitious project, CampusMatch, may expand from five to dozens of schools...