in case any of you were wondering why sony decided to stir up a little anti-apple spin soup on february 1st about apple's in-app purchasing, it's because apple has had a press-conference announced for some time for february 2nd about ...in-app purchasing. i'm not sure why all of the observers who were commenting on the issue all over cyberspace didn't acknowledge that, but hey, you know, when the elephants fight, the little animals just run and hide. anyway, let's see what apple says on groundhog day, ok? oh, by the way, the press conference is being jointly held with rupert murdoch, which is a big blatant warning you better plug your nose, since this crap is gonna smell really, really bad. -bowerbird